I spent several hours today, away from the code, writing about Gifthood. It's likely the longest blog post I have ever written. Might make for some good weekend reading for atproto and decentralized web folks alike.
The Condition of Giving
gifthood.orgJun 28, 2026 at 3:10 AM
15 rules for blogging, and my current streak
Posted on Thursday 10 Sep 2020. 493 words, 2 links. By Matt Webb.
A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox
When writing in public, there is a common idea that you should make it accessible. This is a left over from mass media.
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.
Alexis King’s Blog
This is a blog post I have been considering writing for a long time.
Blogroll – Manu
I believe we should all blog more and connect more with strangers. There's not much I can do as an individual. I can offer to be your first reader, …
Decentralisation and blogging on atproto - Connected Places
The space for blogging and long-form writing on atproto is rapidly developing, and it gives some interesting insight in what decentralisation on atproto looks like
thebigtradeoff
thebigtradeoff - the new blog in LiveJournal. There should be new interesting records soon.
Okay I had to do it: I'm spinning off my blog posts about ATProto and the importance of decentralized social media into its own blog: What The Function!? Where we answer "WTF is this" and "WTF does it matter" Subscribe to WTF today! wtf.samclemente.me/whats-the-function-of-what-th…
What's The Function of What The Function!?
wtf.samclemente.meyou know what? my own blog was overdue today too
Ecosystem updates / small stuff
alex-bsky.leaflet.pubAfter a long time, there's finally a new blog post. I've been working on in the past few months on a new project called Matadisco! It's about metadata discovery and publishing on #ATProto: vmx.cx/cgi-bin/blog/index.cgi/matadi… #FOSS4G #geo
Matadisco | vmx - the blllog.
vmx.cxjust noticed I had exactly one free afternoon to get a blog out this month and that was today :)
Speeding up and slowing down
alex-bsky.leaflet.pubI wrote something about atproto from the perspective of having lived through the early days of the internet. timtrautmann.com/blog/the-nerds-are-building-a…
The nerds are building a new internet, and I could feel it in the room
timtrautmann.comnew tiny blog post on my new tiny blog 🤓
Stop Advertising The Atmosphere As Speculative Technology
tiny-thoughts.ezraboeth.com
