[MlMt] 5by5

[Erik Mueller-Harder]

A few hours ago, Daniel Mann wrote:

> Yes, they could definitely be effective promoters for MailMate. Each 
> has led me to learn and try new tools, and purchase software, based on 
> their recommendations and example usage. So have Merlin Mann, Dan 
> Benjamin, Shawn Blanc, Ben Brooks, David Sparks, Katie Floyd, Marco 
> Arment, John Siracusa, and Federico Viticci. All do (or once did) 
> participate in the 5by5 community.

I read all of these people religiously and seriously consider spending 
the time and effort to use nearly any relevant software or technique 
that they espouse — and I know I’m hardly alone.  (I knew most of 
them did web videos, but I’ve never taken the time to watch any of 
them, since reading is so very much faster.)

Another person to approach would of course be John Gruber, the [Father 
of Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/), who of 
course has a *huge* audience with Daring Fireball.  He [used 
Mailsmith](http://daringfireball.net/2007/08/rethinking_email) and 
advocated for it for nearly a decade — leaving it (as so many of us 
did) because he needed IMAP.  I suspect he’d be intrigued by MailMate, 
and even if he wasn’t, Daring Fireball would seem to me to be a 
perfect place to advertise.

> I could see Brett and Dr. Drang (and possibly others in the above 
> mentioned group) wanting the ability to specify a markdown processor. 
> Brett Terpstra might like MultiMarkdown, while Dr. Drang might want to 
> use his own customized version. (I'm not trying to speak for them, 
> just speculating based on what I've read and heard from/about each in 
> following their work.)

And Gruber would probably want Markdown 1.0.1.  :-)

Finally, make sure to keep Ric Ford at 
[Macintouch](http://macintouch.com) apprised of new releases of MailMate 
and of crowd-funding status.  He still has a large and faithful 
old-school following, and his *raison d’être* is to inform Mac users 
about new apps and software updates.

— Erik
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.freron.com/pipermail/mailmate/attachments/20131104/1759840f/attachment.html>