Mark Nottingham writes about the desire to see syndication feeds get more attention as a standard
2024
Tracy Durnell is starting a new series on her blog about “the pernicious quest for more”
Thoughts on Robin Sloan’s analogy that computer programming for yourself is like cooking at home
Anna Zivarts has a piece in Streetsblog about her experience in a Waymo and it is worth your time.
In which Erin Kissane introduces her new endeavor researching social media and online communities
In which Helvetica Blanc reveals a set of cards they designed for Magic: The Gathering
In which Mike Monteiro introduces us to The Strong Choice Doctrine
Feelings about yards, gardening, and nature
On the distinction between being intelligent and being thoughtful
A cool reader for RSS and more
On the difference between consequences and punishment for reckless driving (and in parenting).
Mandy Brown wrote a thoughtful post about attention, social media, and creativity that struck a chord for me.
Kids are people, and they deserve the same respect and consideration that you expect from your friends
Mike Monteiro had a great post about how ‘hobby’ is a bad word, and I think I agree.
This send-up of advertising on the web made me LOL.
In which I recomment Cassy Lottman’s post about her “productivity stream” and briefly reflect on the term “productivity”
A short YouTube video from Linus Bowman about these absolutely brilliant tactile maps of intersections for the visually impaired
Darius Kazemi and Erin Kissane have published findings from their research into governance on the fediverse
In which I begin an experiment with RSS
What if you used your static site generator to output PHP instead of HTML?
Thinking about the value of software that can help you forget things, instead of burdening you with them forever.
How growing up 30 minutes from anything turned me into an urbanist
A list of my twelve favorite problems
The IndieWeb is essentially by developers for developers, and I think that’s fine because I’m unconvinced that its technologies are all that important
How I used JPEGs as templates in Eleventy to build a photo gallery