Make It Work vs. Make It Good

The Evolution of Creativity

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

Saying “No” In an Age of Abundance

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

You Might Debate It — If You Could See It

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

The AI Aesthetic

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

The Subversive Hyperlink

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

Writing Is Thinking

When you write about your work, it makes all of us smarter for the effort, including you. Done well, this kind of sharing means you’re contributing signal, instead of noise. But writers are made, n…

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Good Taste — ADVICE TO WRITERS

Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But you

I Don't Make Content - Fernando Gros

I’ve been putting stuff online since way before anyone was called a content creator. So, if we aren’t just making content, what are we doing?

What It Is I Do

Trying to make the Internet a more humane place to work and live.

Publishing is fucked. The ATmosphere could save it. | Paul Stephenson | Offprint

Building a future for publishing that keeps authors and readers at its heart.

Build the web you want to see

My website, James’ Coffee Blog, is now over five years old. I seldom thought about how old my website was until recently, when I looked and realised that years had passed since the single black-and-white HTML page that comprised my site. “Hyperlinks are my friend,” I said, in a playful tone whose message foreshadowed my deepening appreciation for the web and what the web could be.   Five years on, I find myself as invigorated about the web as I was at the beginning. I started what would become James’ Coffee Blog interested in blogging, seeing a personal website as a way to share words on the web. Those words would help me nurture my passion for writing. My website could, I learned, be a place for me to grow and experiment as a writer. Having a website encouraged me to ask the question what could I write today? Whether or not I published what I wrote, I was writing. I was making something. I was proud.   My passion for the web is fuelled not only by my own experiences writing, but by seeing what others make. Seeing others’ websites, I have asked myself questions like How did they make that?, spurring my interest in web design. Web design is a topic I would later find the motivation to study in greater depth.   I have been delighted by stories that people have shared, eliciting reactions in me from I see myself in this to That was fascinating! Blog posts on personal websites have made me curious, they have made me feel seen, they have satisfied my interest in learning – they have opened up new worlds, from the technical to the poetic, from the introspective to the collaborative.   When I was thinking what would be a good fit for The Good Internet Magazine – a publication whose very existence makes me excited about the future of the web – a question came to mind: “what have I learned over the years that a new web weaver would find interesting?” Here is my answer to that question.