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.
21 Very Short and Addicting Stories You Can Read Online
It can be extremely hard to find time to read these days. With our lives cluttered with work, school, life, and new amazing episodes of…
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
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.meAfter 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.cxnew tiny blog post on my new tiny blog 🤓
Stop Advertising The Atmosphere As Speculative Technology
tiny-thoughts.ezraboeth.comyou know what? my own blog was overdue today too
Ecosystem updates / small stuff
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.comjust noticed I had exactly one free afternoon to get a blog out this month and that was today :)
Speeding up and slowing down
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