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H.U. — A Prequel

Posted January 27, 2021February 2, 1997 in Categories Firsts, Other Projects, True Business2 Comments

The “Honorary Unsubscribe” doesn’t exist yet, but this week’s Premium issue — the first Premium edition ever — had something at the top that previewed the idea:

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Don’t Say I Didn’t Tell You So

Posted August 25, 2018December 8, 1996 in Categories Online Life, Other Projects, Rant2 Comments

I had spoken about spam here and there in True, but in this issue I published the first installment of what would become my Spam Primer — a warning that unsolicited email advertising was now officially a serious problem on the net.

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Secret Identity

Posted August 25, 2018July 9, 1995 in Categories Other Projects, Technology4 Comments

It took a while, but I’ve finally started to get the question from readers: “Are you the same Randy Cassingham that wrote the book on the Dvorak keyboard?”

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