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Posted on Friday 11 Oct 2024. 942 words, 12 links. By Matt Webb.

A few people I follow have multiple blogs that they use for various topics, but I don't really understand why.

Over the years I have noticed that many bloggers (myself included) tend to have more than one blog. For example, I prefer to have one blog for my rants in Italian, another for my rants...

I am more excited about the web than I have been in a long time.

Kev Quirk wrote a post yesterday wondering why people have …

I've written over 3,000 blog posts throughout the years. This blog has become a repository of my thoughts, feelings, experiments, hopes, and creations. It has also become outdated, buggy, and suffers from link-rot. So, every day, I tend to my digital garden. I go in to old posts and check that the links are still […]

AI. It’s a topic that dominates headlines and is discussed endlessly on social media. There are valid arguments on both sides—both for and against it. However, one perspective that I’ve...

Now, why aren’t both serotonin agonists and dopamine agonists prescribed together? Actually, only recently, prescriptions like Abilify, which only partially deal with dopamine, are available. But t…

File structures with simple contents can be used instead of YAML, TOML or JSON. More effectively!

Venkatesh Rao, while retiring the Ribbonfarm blog, makes a serious prediction: I do think that the end really is here for the blogosphere though. This time it really is different. I’ve weathered many ups and downs in the blogosphere over my 17 years in it, but now it feels like the end of the blogging era. And what has emerged to take its place is not the blogosphere (and really shouldn’t try to be), even though parts of it have tried to claim the word.

Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

A few simple additions to make links to your site look better on Mastodon.

Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

Developers could compete to delight them.

Personal websites are not just about words. The presentation of information about ourselves is just as important as anything we write on our blogs or webpages. Our personal sites are fashion statements. They are a critical part of how we want to present in the world and represent a strong signifier of how we see ourselves and want to be seen. The reason more developer-minded folks gravitate towards static site generators is obvious– their technical simplicity makes it easy for us to make our websites our own.

The release of a new social media feature for bloggers made a lot of people happy thanks to a few big helpers.

Playing in the dirt.

A response to Blog like a Painter by Robert Birming.

A comparison of painting to blogging, and how my paint cans have dried up (aka some sort of writers block?)

I don’t use Wordpress so this war between Matt …

i'm more interested in discovering independent websites

A personal reflection on rekindling a love for writing and learning the importance of keeping hobbies simple and enjoyable.

I write a reply to a post about life online being real life, share some additional related posts, and expand on the subject with my own experiences and feelings.

Discover how the simple idea of "blogging like a painter" can help you overcome the overwhelm and build your blog one step at a time.

If you're a homeowner, you know how daunting it can feel to paint your entire house at once. Hiring someone to do it can be expensive, and doing it yourself ...

My boss didn't show up for our 9 AM meeting this morning. Her status still shows her as on PTO and traveling on the West Coast, so I assume she just forgot t...

New York City based web designer, standards advocate, founder of A List Apart, and many other things, Jeffrey Zeldman: I stayed because I believe in the work we do. I believe in the open web and owning your own content. I’ve devoted nearly three decades of work to this cause, and when I chose to […]