About
Spyglass is a collection of written works, thoughts, and analysis by M.G. Siegler, a long-time technology investor and writer. While the core focus is on the tech sector, a wide-range of topics will be explored. Perhaps the best way to frame the site is as a real-time notebook for what M.G. is reading and thinking about from a vantage point that's outside of Silicon Valley after so many years on the inside.
Operationally, Spyglass is three core products rolled into one:
- a blog – thoughts on a wide-range of topics posted throughout the week
- a column – more in-depth writing published regularly on the site
- a newsletter – a dispatch sent around timely topics
To get full access to the newsletter and column – as well as a new audio version of the column (instructions below) – you will need to be a member of the Spyglass paid tier, 'The Inner Ring'. The cost is $10/month or $100/year:
You can follow along with everything on:
If you're interested in certain topics, those are segmented by #tags – and each has their own page as well as RSS feed. (For example, here's the feed for posts about Apple.)
Spyglass Aloud:
Exclusive to members of The Inner Ring, there's an audio version of the Spyglass 'From Afar' column, which I call 'Aloud'.
Paid members will see the following new 'Podcasts' area on your account page, with a note to 'Access your private podcast feed'.
Clicking on 'View' will take you to a Spyglass landing page hosted on the podcast service Transistor where the feed is housed.
Clicking on 'Spyglass Aloud' here will take you to a page where you can easily subscribe via your podcast player of choice, and also sign up for email alerts when new episodes are published if you want (if you subscribe via a podcast player, they'll automatically appear, of course). This all works on mobile and desktop.
One more thing:
If you really, truly want to receive every post – the column, all the blog posts – in your inbox, members can do so by clicking here and toggling on the 'Email Me Everything' slider. This is off by default as it will mean a decent amount of regular email in your inbox. And I already include links to such posts in the newsletter. But I know some people prefer this method of delivery, so... enjoy?
