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February 2021 Weblog: A Healthy Web

Published: February 23, 2021

A report on the health of the Internet, and efforts to improve that health, bring us in to a new year.

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January 2021 Weblog: Taking the Power Back

Published: January 27, 2021

This month, a look at the power center in tech in the wake of a move to de-platform hate, and what the future of the personal site might look like.

Sidenotes

The man who drove from coast to coast

Published: January 19, 2021

When the web was still knew, one man decided to get on his motorcycle and do something about it.

Sidenotes

Excerpt from Chapter 5: Webzines Find Their Voice

Published: December 15, 2020

What follows is an excerpt from the latest chapter an ongoing series I’ve been writing for the last few months […]

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Hot Hot Hot Sauce

Published: September 1, 2020

When they opened their door to the public in the early 1990’s, Hot Hot Hot had over 320 hot sauce […]

Weblogs

August 2020 Weblog: A Change in the Web

Published: August 27, 2020

The Complete History, by me If you haven’t seen it yet, the first three chapters of my ongoing series at […]

Sidenotes

Fandom, Folksonomies, and Tagging Things Right

Published: August 18, 2020

The fan fiction community is tough. Resilient. Fandom — a catch-all term that includes fan fiction writers, readers, and participants […]

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I have some news

Published: August 5, 2020

Starting today, I will have an ongoing series at CSS-Tricks that we’re just calling Web History. It’s a chapter by […]

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July 2020 Weblog: It Can Be Our Web

Published: July 29, 2020

This month, finding your own space on the web, exploring the magic and quirks and possibilities of CSS, and (re)discovering community.

Features

What Happened to the Webmaster

Published: June 16, 2020

The webmaster was once a coveted and important role on the web. One day, it disappeared. This is what happened.

Sidenotes

Pandora Didn’t Pay Its Employees for Two Years, or How I do Research

Published: May 19, 2020

When I look at a story, sometimes I have to look past the history that has already been written to find the truth that was hiding behind it. This is one of those times.

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April 2020 Weblog: Learning to Be on a New Web

Published: April 29, 2020

Our latest crisis has produced a different kind of web, and for many of us, a different attitude towards our online lives.

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