HEY World

Basecamp co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson talk about HEY World, a new feature of the HEY email service where customers can create a super simple blog. HEY World has no templates, no endless scroll, no ads, no trackers, and no JavaScript. It represents Basecamp's attempt to create a Web 1.0 typewriter for our current digital age. In this episode, we talk about the return of blogging, countering abuse, and the sunsetting of Basecamp's long-running Signal v. Noise blog. Stay tuned until the end for a chance to win some Basecamp bucks! And by Basecamp bucks, we mean actual American dollars.

Show Notes

HEY - 00:17

Jason's post announcing HEY World - 00:22

Signal v. Noise - 00:34

The dumpster fire project - 2:02

Jason on HEY World - 3:10

David on HEY World - 3:13

"Pick A Fight (on Twitter)," a vintage episode about David's relationship with Twitter - 3:28

"100% Facebook-Free," our episode about getting Basecamp off Facebook and Instagram - 4:40

"Two Weeks," our episode about launching HEY and running afoul of Apple - 5:21

Berkshire Hathaway's website - 18:23

The.Ink, Anand Giridharadas' newsletter - 18:45

The Lefsetz Letter - 20:21

HEY's Screener - 27:20

HEY's Shield - 27:44

Basecamp's "Until the end of the Internet" policy - 30:56

Greymatter - 31:34

David and Jason talk about how they met via email in this episode - 31:58