A Formal Welcome and Intro
After much deliberation, I decided to move to Substack. Here's what will (and won't) change
Hello! To anyone new here, welcome aboard. To the very few people who have read my old blog posts and still have no idea what Substack is and are lost with what will happen to the old WordPress blog, DO NOT PANIC! Let me explain: Substack is a platform that helps people such as bloggers, journalists, essayists, and even national platforms to publish and distribute newsletters. I decided to switch to Substack because I thought it would be easier for me and my audience to find some of my old posts and to post and distribute new posts via email newsletters. If you look at the archives, some (but not all) of my posts from my old blog have been transported to Substack. For those wondering about the fate of my old blog, it will still be there. I will leave my old blog out there for those who want to see and archive it. I’ll even give you a link:
https://richmundmeneses.wordpress.com/
With all that in mind, I’ve decided to make a few changes.
First order of business, I am rebranding the blog as Interesting Things You Should Know About or ITYSKA. Weird acronym, I know, just roll with it. The purpose of this Substack will be to showcase and curate the best content online. A lot of my content will be featuring links, references, and guides towards content, online and offline, that are worth time your time. They can be blog posts, they can be Youtube videos, they can be podcasts, they can be studies, websites, books, and a multitude of other stuff that I find noteworthy. I’ll also be adding my own personal thoughts and summaries depending on the content
I am also going to give you updates on certain parts of my life at the beginning of my newsletters, such as my thoughts on noteworthy subject matter, glimpses into my background, plans I have in my life, and other personal updates. They won’t be too long and they’ll be a way to make this blog personable and to add more meat on the bone when it comes to what I’ll be adding to this Substack.
Expect to see posts on an infrequent basis, depending on how busy my life is. I have a life outside too. Seriously, touch some grass every once in a while. Expect posts to come monthly. However, I can occasionally post biweekly whenever I'm not busy or procrastinating. Don’t worry, I won’t be spamming your email inboxes every day. As of now, all of my newsletters will be free. I haven’t figured out yet how I’ll implement paywalled posts, but I can assure you that the monthly newsletters with the curated content will be free.
If you’ve made it this far, I want to thank you for reading this. Please subscribe to the newsletter so you can get the best content and most interesting content online. I want to give a huge thanks to Andrew Kirby, a major inspiration and one of the reasons why I decided to move my blog to Substack. Follow his Youtube channel, subscribe to his Sunday Synthesis newsletter which is filled with great content, and if you’re interested, check out his Online Synthesizers Skool. I’ll talk more about it in the next newsletter!
And if you can do one more thing? Share this all over social media with your friends and family. The content I will be sharing has the potential to change how you, your community, and even the entire world think about how information is gathered, shared, and consumed. That can only happen if you share this newsletter with as many people as you can. There’s little downside to sharing, reading, and subscribing to my content. Let’s change the world one little thing at a time!