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?
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, …
Why Are We Still Doing This?
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Why is every rationalist blog post way too long? - alex wennerberg
For my piece on Catholic miracle apologetics, I read (correction: skimmed) a 25,000-word post by rationalist blogger Scott Alexander. My piece, which cited (but does not focus on) his, ended up being a cool 2,700 words. I don't think it would benefit from being longer, and it was the result of me cutting around 70% of the text I initially wrote.
Jacky's homepage on the DARPA-created, commerically-available Web. - Jacky Alciné
In your Web browser, of course. And not all of me; that'd be weird! You're using Firefox, right? You can catch up by email with 112 other folks, on a social network in the Meta, commonly known as Facebook, Threads, Blacksky in the Atmosphere or X, commonly known as Twitter as I continue to share and work on all things towards history, open digital technology, culture — and everything in between. I write essays of varying length; most recently I wrote "On the Notion of Shutting the Fuck up". I keep notes weekly and (near) daily links. Here's what I use on the regular.
15 rules for blogging, and my current streak
Posted on Thursday 10 Sep 2020. 493 words, 2 links. By Matt Webb.
Alexis King’s Blog
This is a blog post I have been considering writing for a long time.
My approach to running a link blog
I started running a basic link blog on this domain back in November 2003—publishing links (which I called “blogmarks”) with a title, URL, short snippet of commentary and a “via” …
My approach to running a link blog
I started running a basic link blog on this domain back in November 2003—publishing links (which I called “blogmarks”) with a title, URL, short snippet of commentary and a “via” …
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…
Poets in the Machine
2024 marks the blog's 30th anniversary. Is it time to give popular online writing—from blogs to tweets and newsletters—the critical attention it deserves?
How would I improve RSS? Three ideas
Posted on Wednesday 29 Jul 2020. 1,702 words, 7 links. By Matt Webb.
The Subversive Hyperlink
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
you know what? my own blog was overdue today too
Ecosystem updates / small stuff
alex-bsky.leaflet.pubI 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.org
