Subject line real estate is crucial if you want to fit a complicated message into a very limited amount of available sp
I’m going to stop writing ‘Byteside [issue #] in the subject headings from now on. But I’m adding the lightbulb emoji to kick off the subject line. Give it a little 'pop’ in the email list while adding some Subject uniformity without eating up valuable readable space. Make sense? I hope so.
I’m also going to swap the sender name to ‘Byteside’ and the reply address to ‘ask@byteside.com’. As I start aiming to grow the newsletter I figure it’s better to not come straight back to my main Byteside inbox.
I’m flagging these because it might also mean that next week the newsletter goes AWOL in your spam folder. These kinds of changes can do that - reset how email filters see it and flag it as a potential problem.
So please keep your eyes peeled!
FINALLY…
I’m shifting back to Friday! As a recap of the week it feels fresher to hit Friday than Monday. So I’m going to test this idea through September and see how it feels. Anecdotally, people say Friday is a better day to read (I’ll target a lunchtime release), but maybe the stats will suggest people actually do more reading on a Monday when their eyeballs and brains are fresh.
THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING AN AWESOME BUNCH OF FEEDBACK FRIENDLY EARLY ADOPTERS!
ON WITH THE SHOW!
Me at Gamespot
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Tech
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I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Vlogging on YouTube!
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Great pedestrian UX in Melbourne
Clearest embedded traffic signage for nose-in-phone pedestrians I’ve ever seen. Nice one @Melbourne! https://t.co/eYKRXEuFJn
Games
Australia's Custa receives Overwatch's Dennis Hawelka Award
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TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Dead Cells’
Dead Cells has been a revelation on Nintendo Switch and now it’s on your phones. Get it and have a ball.
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