kottke.org is ten years old today (kottke.org)
kottke.org is 10. Many happy returns, Jason.
Twenty.
Congratulations, Jason—twenty years of kottke.org is a hell of an achievement!
I’ve been reading back through the early archives (which I wouldn’t recommend), and it feels like excavating down through layers of sediment, tracing the growth & evolution of the web, a media format, and most of all, a person.
Related links
Blogs Are Back
A browser-based RSS reader that stores everything locally. There’s also a directory you can explore to get you started.
The Case for Blogging in the Ruins
Start a blog. Start one because the practice of writing at length, for an audience you respect, about things that matter to you, is itself valuable. Start one because owning your own platform is a form of independence that becomes more important as centralized platforms become less trustworthy. Start one because the format shapes the thought, and this format is good for thinking.
Blog Alarm Clock | Brad Frost
See, I’ve always compared that building pressure of need-to-blog to being constipated (which makes the resultant blog post like having a very satisfying bowel movement), but maybe Brad’s analogy is better. Maybe.
Resonance | James’ Coffee Blog
Ah, the circle of life!
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Feed reading
Serendipity is the best algorithm.
Indie Web Camp Nuremberg
Updating my website with related posts and fixing link rot.
That fediverse feeling
Mastodon is a vibe shift in the best possible way.
Browsers
Something about a browser that grinds your gears? Share it!
Feeds
I’ve made a /feeds URL.