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ResourcesLearnings from one year of Writer Office HoursOne year ago this week, writers and the Substack team started gathering in weekly Office Hours discussion threads together for the first time. In 38 threads with tens of thousands of comments, writers shared bold ambitions for publishing on Substack, swapped sharp insights on growing an engaged email list, and celebrated milestones like going paid.A year in and the discussion threads continue, with writers learning and navigating a new chapter for online publishing. Together through Office Hours, Substack writers have authored advice for the future.In 1997, Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich wrote an essay as a...2022-05-1203 min
Kindness Magnet 🧲The First Labor Day Parade“Labor is the source from which nearly all, if not all of human comfort and necessities are drawn.” – Abraham Lincoln.The first unofficial Labor Day was celebrated on a Tuesday (not a Monday)….September 5, 1882….when 10,000 workers marched from City Hall to Union Square in New York in the first parade to recognize the contributions of the American worker. It almost didn’t happen.No MusicGrand Marshall, William McCabe, was ready to march. But there was no music…. until 200 members of the Jewelers Union arrived by ferry with a band playing, When I First Put...2021-09-0603 min