| | This month, we've got some great news! The MailPoet 3 beta is progressing very smoothly (we even used it to send this newsletter to over 22,000 subscribers.) We also have a number of other announcements, so read on to find out more!
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| MailPoet News Automatic bounce handling for MailPoet 3 is coming. Many of our readers were unhappy with the fact that bounce handling would only be supported in the MailPoet Sending Service. However, we have some awesome news! An external developer will be creating a bounce-handling add-on third-party senders.We'll keep you updated as to its progress, so stay tuned. Read more about the specifics on our blog. The MailPoet team is happy to welcome its newest developer: Alex! Hailing from Russia, Alex will be working on the new plugin. Are you an early bird or a night owl? This month on the blog, we explore the advantages and disadvantages of working early in the morning vs. late at night. MailPoet was featured on GoDaddy's blog this month. Do you know what MailPoet's original name was? Find out in the post. Big thanks for GoDaddy for the interview! Rafael Ehlers, MailPoet's Support Manager, had a great time at WordCamp U.S. and Post Status, two awesome WordPress events in Philadelphia. Did you attend WordCamp too? Let us know! In case you haven't heard, we've finally released a beta version of MailPoet 3! Download it and let us know what you think! | | | Writing and Productivity Need some inspiration for your email copywriting? Check out this treasure trove: a free library of email copy from a wide variety of great companies. Feeling disorganized in your personal and professional life? Read this lengthy topic on Hacker News for some reader suggestions. Our favorite? Keep it simple and just use a journal. Want to make your side project idea into a side project reality? Try following Andy Jiang's 6-step process to shipping side projects. Every December, Bill Gates publishes a short list of his favorite books of the preceding year. Check out his five favorites on GatesNotes.com. Our recommendation? David Foster Wallace is always a good choice! Ever wonder why we all use the QWERTY keyboard layout? The BBC has a fascinating article on the history of the (in)famous layout. Supposedly, it was created specifically to slow typists down! | | | WordPress and Technology WordCamp US was December 4, 5, and 6th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Couldn't make it? Check out Matt Mullenweg's "State of the Word" talk. In brief: WordPress is still doing awesome, but needs to be more future-oriented. WordPress 4.7 is now available. Should you upgrade? Check out the full breakdown here. Have you ever brought down millions of WordPress sites accidentally? Jeremy Boyd unknowingly did so when he published a tiny code fix for a WordPress plugin on his website. Months later, an exploit took advantage of it. Read his humorous story on his blog. Kudos to Google, who has announced plans to run entirely on renewable energy in 2017. Next up: Google Windmills? | | | Randomly Interesting Many everyday objects have a dark and mysterious past. But gingerbread cookies? Watch QZ's video on the dark and violent history of gingerbread cookies. Learning a foreign language? Or just want to improve your British accent impression? Listen as the actress Sarah Jones offers tips to help you sound like someone else in the Theatre section of The New York Times. Want to feel like you're living in the future? Check out Time's Top 25 inventions of 2016. Our favorite? Foldable bike helmets - they're perfect for commuting to the virtual office! Looking for a tough puzzle to solve? Meet the Voynich Manuscript: an enigmatic book from the Middle Ages, written in an indecipherable language. This month, Yale University released a photo facsimile of the book, which is complete with dozens of bizzarely interesting illustrations. Good luck decoding! | | | - Kiefer and the MailPoet Team
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