Bloglog

I'm a little bit worried about doing it right.

I was listening to Celeste Headlee interview Anil Dash on …

I was at the hair salon this past week. This is very few and far between for me, because I kind of...avoid going to the hair salon. As ridiculous as it s...

Hello! Thank you for reading what I write. Sorry to ask, but… who are you? I was chatting to a friend about what it is like running a blog, finding new topics, keeping up with a daily schedule, moderating comments, etc. And they asked, quite reasonably, "who are your readers?" And, honestly, I have very […]

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

It's been 7 days since I updated my robots.txt and the results are in. Has anything changed? Has my site tanked? Time to find out. To make sure the …

It's even worse than it appears..

The WGA's win may pave the way for more.

It's been a while, friends—fortunately I have not yet shuffled off this mortal coil. I'm visiting Seattle this week, staying with two good friends. I opted t...

Ruminations on outsourcing our values

A case for abandoning web analytics

I tell you about the period I couldn’t use my arm, and how I used technology to work. But seriously, I should have rested.

Roy Tang's blog. Programmer, engineer, scientist, critic, gamer, dreamer, and kid-at-heart. Randomly amazed.

If your community tells you your strategy is wrong, believe them.

I've been thinking about whether to switch doctors recently. I have a rare, incurable chronic illness that I see a specialist many states away for, and as fa...

Since I moved out of the startup world I've exclusively worked on small projects. Niche, simple tools packed with love and attention to detail. I've written ...

.. and other self advice

Writing, blogging, life, tech and mental health with a philosophical/psychological slant

Autumn has arrived. Change is on its way.

The US system of wage labor and corporate person-hood means that work is bullshit and impermanent, but this week a few events made me reflect on how much possibility for other ways of working are still available.