Internet Blogs

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• Media diet — Here’s a thorny one: journalism needs paying, yet we grew up on free media. I pick over a long MetaFilter thread on pira
• ‘jumping the shark’ - not so bad — Remember when sharing links felt like treasure hunting? In this post I argue that "jumping the shark" can be a good thin
• on the ups and downs of change — Surprising moment of clarity led me to retire the dailywebthing after two decades. I set up the dailywebthing archives a
• an old thought and the new web — Remember pop-under ads from the early web? In this post I go back to September 2001, recall Yahoo and GeoCities, and exp
• In search of the least viewed article on Wikipedia — Curious what the least viewed article on Wikipedia is? I grabbed 2021 pageview data for a random sample of about 32,000
• Weapons of Mass Delusion — From conspiracy theories to online echo chambers, I unpack how misinformation spreads and why people cling to it. A rant
• Quiet Before the Storm — Something feels off too calm, too staged. I’m writing about that uneasy pause before everything kicks off again, whether
• I Love the Smell of Desperation in the Morning — You can practically smell it: flailing PR moves, bad apologies, and people scrambling to save face. I take a wry look at
• Don't Make Me Turn This Car Around! — This is a rant about collective misbehaviour—politicians, media, or just the internet acting like unruly kids in the bac
• Audience or Traffic? — I reflect on the difference between chasing traffic and building a real audience. Large numbers can bring visibility, bu