The second income stream called out in my business plan gels with my first newspaper client carrying TJI as a newspaper column.
True Business
Maybe It’s A Tumor
This Just In continues to grow: I had three more countries joining this week: Malaysia, Korea and Finland.
Genesis: “This Just In”
Once I had the business plan set, I looked at the pile of upcoming bulletin board items and decided how I would format them — and started writing. Over the weekend, I designed what I thought a “plain text” email newsletter should look like, including how long I thought it should be, and finished the first issue.
How I Invented For-Profit Email Publishing
I “invented” for-profit email publishing on Wednesday, June 22, 1994. I’m not aware of any others who claim to have invented it before that time [but see the update below]. This is a brief description of what I came up with, and how.
Introducing My Blog
This obviously wasn’t written in 1994 (the date showing on this posting, and the date This is True was born, albeit under a maiden name) — blogs didn’t exist in 1994.