The last post from the Lost Post, and the one you've all been waiting for. Back when this was one long long long post, before Live Journal sent it to the cornfield, I mentioned opening with Dickens' line, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." So it was for me in 2015. I've spent…
Everything is Amazing, But Nothing is Ours
Back in 2015, I wrote a blog post called Dropbox: the First Dead Decacorn. At the time, it was the most widely shared take I’d ever written. I learned several things from writing this piece, and no…
I am currently writing weekly here and have all my 2020 posts here.
This Year In Videogame Blogging: 2018
Another year has passed and now is the time to look back and take stock of the year that was. For Critical Distance that means crafting our mega roundup, with links curated from all the year’s week…
The Top Twenty-five New Yorker Stories of 2023
The articles that sustained the longest hold on readers during a year when many avoided the news.
Everything is In-Between — Douglas Rushkoff
I’ve begun this piece maybe twenty times in the past three weeks. By the time I’ve finished the first paragraph, some new thing happens that obsolesces whatever event I’m writing about. And I’m not even writing about the news, so much as using one shared moment as a “peg” for a piece about some larger phenomenon or strategy.
Another year: 2025
For the last ten years on Christmas Day I've written a retrospective on the past year. This year's is a public post.
Andy's Blog
Originally published in October, 2017 – over three years later in 2021 I am still happily using Posteo!
Long Links
My Long Links blog fragments curate long-form pieces that I think worth an investment of time, acknowledging that most people with jobs and lives and so on can’t read all of them, in the hopes that one or two will reward, Dear Reader, an intrusion into your scarce free time. Here’s another offering. But first, why haven’t I written any since December 2022?
The pivot - Charlie's Diary
Back to: Interim update | Forward to: In the eyeball waiting room
The pivot - Charlie's Diary
Back to: Interim update | Forward to: In the eyeball waiting room
Story Finder — Made Sick
Search and review a public Bluesky diary feed without sharing credentials or uploading an archive.
Longreads Best of 2015: Essays & Criticism
Story picks by Leslie Jamison, Jia Tolentino, Roxane Gay, Tom Scocca, Ann Friedman, Rachel Syme, Francesca Mari, Sari Botton, and Emily Perper.
Grieving the loss of details
I’ve been thinking about where I stand in respect to the current state of the industry. This is more of a journal note than a post, apologies for that. I usually leave this stuff private, but I thought I’d post this as a trial in case someone relates to this experience and feels less alone. All opinions are my own.
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
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