This really resonates with me. Tim Bray duly notes that people are writing on Medium, and being shunted towards native apps, and that content is getting centralised at Facebook and other hubs, and then he declares:
But I don’t care.
Same.
Anyhow, I’m not going away.
Same.
Tim Bray on blogging in 2017 May 8, 2017 Tim Bray: On a blog, I can write about blogging and whimsically toss in self-indulgent pictures of May’s budding azaleas. OK, Tim. I see your azaleas and raise you these springtails. Tim’s post via Jason Kottke and Jeremy Keith. See also. #blogging #jason kottke #jeremy keith #springtails #tim bray View all posts
A blog post can be a plain text document uploaded to a server. It can be an image hosted on a social network. It can be a voice note shared with your friends.
Title, dates, comments, links, and text are all optional.
No one is policing this.
The most important lesson that blogging taught me is that writing is for thinking first, communication last.
Erin is back! Add this beautiful blog’s RSS feed to your reader now.
A directory of blogs, all nicely categorised:
ooh.directory is a place to find good blogs that interest you.
Phil gave me a sneak peek at this when he was putting it together and asked me what I thought of it. My response was basically “This is great!”
And of course you can suggest a site to add to the directory.
- You’re the curator
- You decide what’s interesting
- You have more control over what you read and how
- It’s a fast and efficient way of reading a lot of web
- It’s just better than the endless scroll of a social media feed
Spot on!
To me, using RSS feeds to keep track of stuff I’m interested in is a good use of my time. It doesn’t feel like a burden, it doesn’t feel like I’m being tracked or spied on, and it doesn’t feel like I’m just another number in the ads game.
To me, it feels good. It’s a way of reading the web that better respects my time, is more likely to appeal to my interests, and isn’t trying to constantly sell me things.
That’s what using RSS feeds feels like.
Responses to my thoughts on why developers would trust third-party code more than a native browser feature.
Baldur Bjarnason has written my mind.
Tinkering with your website can be a fun distraction.
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Tinkering with my website and getting inspired at Indie Web Camp Brighton.