Most newsletters look identical. Substack normalized the look and feel of a modern newsletter to the point of visual boredom. But nothing looks like Dense Discovery, A tightly-packed newsletter I read just about every week.
Since 2018, Kai Brach has been consistently publishing this fun recommendation engine of fun software, inspiring quotes, and useful classifieds.
Recommendations run the gamut from software, websites, podcasts, but I hover over the books the most. Brach’s layout are clean, break well on different widths, and good about linking to more ethical services for book buying.
Like a good magazine, Dense Discovery interweaves ads in a way that doesn’t make me want to hurl my phone across the screen. Clearly marked, not floating or yelling over the content. That shows respect to the reader and to the advertiser.
Finally, the inspiration section has helped me follow more interesting people over the years. And I love that Brach regularly recommends new fonts.
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