Title: Hi,<p>I&#x27;d like to introduce, and ask feedback for, my newsletter <i>Interesting Things</i> [1][2].<p>It&#x27;s a response to the notion that many interesting stories posted to HN flies past and are not seen. Maybe they could, and should, be surfaced again somehow. A newsletter seemed like a good way to do it.<p>I experimented by trawling through the &#x27;newest&#x27; section of HN. The first few times were mind-numbing. Gosh, there&#x27;s so much noise in there! . But eventually I became more selective and efficient and it became repeatable.<p>Then I evolved it and added stories from reddit, newsletters that I subscribe to, and some other places. Whilst a portion of the stories are still from HN, it&#x27;s no longer only from there.<p>The criteria is &#x27;What I find interesting&#x27; but, since I&#x27;m a typical HN reader, the interest profile ends up being similar. It&#x27;s mainly tech but with splashes of startups, science, productivity, etc. I omit politics. I also try to omit product&#x2F;press releases, big corp stuff, and stories that would be covered by the mainstream tech press.<p>There is little overlap with other Hacker-News-based newsletters and digests. This is intentional. They cover the top stories from HN. Mine does not. (Maybe there might be one or two &#x27;tier 1&#x27; stories, but the majority are not.)<p>So anyway ... if you&#x27;d like to read interesting stuff (whether or not it was unnoticed by HN) please have a look at <i>Interesting Things</i>. I hope you guys like it and find it ... well ... interesting.<p>I&#x27;m also looking for criticism, feedback and suggestions for improvement. Some sample questions: Do you like the one-two liner blurbs? Are the blurbs useful? What do you think of the distribution of topics? Are there areas where you&#x27;d like to see more (or less) coverage? Please let me know. I&#x27;m happy to talk.<p>Thanks for reading!<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bengtan.com&#x2F;interesting-things" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bengtan.com&#x2F;interesting-things</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bengtan.com&#x2F;newsletter&#x2F;sample" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bengtan.com&#x2F;newsletter&#x2F;sample</a> (redirects to the latest public edition)
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