Chendur Singaram

A Robotics Engineer from CMU helping you learn the science of how gadgets work by writing a newsletter. And sharing my process of building it along the way!

[Chendur Singaram @ChendurSingaram]

Committing to 66 days of working on Growing my newsletter for 90 mins, starting today.

I'll update my success/failure in this thread, each day.

This is to get comfortable sharing and become disciplined by committing to it publicly. Join Me🙌

Newsletter: https://t.co/2uwD6QveW3

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Day 37-45: Completed 6 out of 9 days

1. Wrote a newsletter on how Smoke detectors work

2. Went down a rabbit hole understanding how Internet and WiFi work.

3. Rebranding my newsletter from "One gadget at a time" to "How do Gadgets work?".

* It makes more sense in the long term.
* Conveys more about the newsletter.
* Was able to get a dot com domain.

Subs: 187
Streak: 39/45

[Chendur Singaram @ChendurSingaram]

Committing to 66 days of working on Growing my newsletter for 90 mins, starting today.

I'll update my success/failure in this thread, each day.

This is to get comfortable sharing and become disciplined by committing to it publicly. Join Me🙌

Newsletter: https://t.co/2uwD6QveW3

[Chendur Singaram @ChendurSingaram]

Day 35-36: Completed ✅

1. Optimized my website sign-up forms that were low performing by changing the headlines and descriptions.

Especially the footer had the most visitors and was the least performing. Will test them for a month to look at the performance.

2. Swifted through my folder with gadget ideas to understand some of them like how a phone call and SMS work.

Streak: 33/36
Subs: 186

[Chendur Singaram @ChendurSingaram]

An amazing video that explains how the Internet works. Spend 20 minutes if you'd like to learn.

The sources and references attached are a goldmine.

https://t.co/YhvLpooAUQ

[Chendur Singaram @ChendurSingaram]

My friend @hashtagcolson runs a free newsletter called 'Today You Should Know', which I read every Friday without fail to understand how the world works.

Definitely check out and subscribe here:
https://t.co/Uv41j83yKW

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Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine there would be so much cool science behind how popcorn pops.

This is hands down my favorite snack and thanks a lot for answering my question @hashtagcolson

Beautifully simplified and now I can't look at popcorn the same way again!😅

https://t.co/uU0g3Nv0z9

[Chendur Singaram @ChendurSingaram]

Learn the science behind how a gadget works every other Wednesday here: https://t.co/BYPyuAyB77

[Chendur Singaram @ChendurSingaram]

This is the graph of how my subscriber count has changed by reaching out to friends and family.

It plateaued eventually as it was supposed to - we only have so many.

[Chendur Singaram @ChendurSingaram]

Day 19 of 66: Completed ✅

Laid out a basic sketch for my newsletter issue coming out in 2 days on WiFi. Here is a sample of the introduction.

Streak: 18/19
Subs: 173

[Chendur Singaram @ChendurSingaram]

Day 18 of 66: Completed ✅

1. Understood how WiFi works.
2. Resent confirmation emails for my friends and family to confirm the subscription.
3. Generated QR codes for my website - helps with my public park visits and talking to strangers.

Streak: 17/18
Subs: 173