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thesimon
At least on iOS Chrome, the color of the email field is white on white which makes it hard to see what you are typing.

A preview on what to expect (e.g. The last email that was sent out) would be nice, too.

Paul_Dessert
Thanks for the heads up. It should have a "pinkish" background. I'll look into it. EDIT: Fixed. It was a CSS bug
ing33k
Same with FF 35 on OS X 10.10.2
dhagz
Same on Safari, OSX 10.10.2

Seems to be across the board based on comments.

chriskelley
I would recommend filling in real address details in Mailchimp. After I entered my email and was taken to the confirmation page I immediately regretted it when I saw the "1234 B St LA, California 90210" address. Not a good signal for legitimacy.
Paul_Dessert
Yeah. I work from home and I didn't want my address public. I understand your concern.
aaronpk
P.O. boxes are your friend
jdawg77
I have a free, open source software on github. Is this the kind of thing that would be featured in the tips for designers & developers? It's a bit hard to figure out what kind of tips, without a sample / preview of the content you're going to send...
ianbicking
I'd want to see a sample before I signed up.
[dead] Paul_Dessert
Please see my comment above about this. Thanks!
thetmkay
Can we send you ideas for the list?
Paul_Dessert
Absolutely! My contact info is at the bottom of the "Think Tank" page.
ereckers
It would be nice to have an example of what an email would look like (even 1 screenshot on 1 page would be alright for me).
aepearson
Ditto on this. I have no idea what I'm signing up for...
fuzzythinker
Can't enter email on both FF and Chrome.. EDIT: actually, can, just both the text and background is white.. WHY???
Paul_Dessert
Still looking into this. It's weird. It looks good in FF on my localhost, but I see what you're talking about when it's on the live server. EDIT: Fixed. It was a CSS bug
q2
Like others, I also like to see a sample before sign-up. Also, there need to be assurance that given email won't be used for other purposes/shared with others/spam ...etc.
Paul_Dessert
Please see my comment above about this. Thanks!
psp
I need inspiration at specific time and for that a periodic email is not going to cater me well. Would you consider delivering this in some other format - for example online gallery that is available when I need it?
Paul_Dessert
For now I'm going to keep it as an email list. If the participation is high enough, I'll start posting people's completed projects to the site. Kind of a "completed projects" gallery
spdustin
Why not make the Mailchimp archive public? Folks can subscribe if they want, get a feed, or view the archive. Content is the same either way. And that'd solve the "I'd like to see what I'm subscribing to" questions.
Paul_Dessert
@everyone asking for a sample. I have no intention of spamming you. There aren't any examples because it's a new newsletter. There is nothing to show yet. I'll add an archive section to the site and post old newsletters a few days after I send them out.

Those that have signed up, thank you! You should see the first newsletter later next week.