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š” RSS Rethink
: Perhaps the reason why email newsletters work when RSS feeds didnāt comes down to controlāthat is, publishers feel like they have some say in the medium. And perhaps good olā RSS could borrow from that. 07/05/2021 #68
š Security Hype as a Dumb Excuse (SHaaDE)
: If big tech companies are insistent on using security concerns as an excuse to fortify their competitive advantage, we should at least have the right to call it out. 07/01/2021 #67
šŖ Shaving the Yak
: Sometimes, the best adventure to take is the one you stand no chance at succeeding at. But you learn something anyway. 06/29/2021 #66
š¾ A Shortened Lifecycle
: Western Digitalās decision to prematurely cut off support for an external hard drive leaves its customers holding the bag in the worst way imaginable. 06/28/2021 #65
š¹ The Hidden Motherboard
: The retro gaming world lost a giant over the weekendāand I canāt stop thinking about how I see myself in a pivotal decision that launched their programming career. 06/24/2021 #64
šø A Modulation Masterpiece
: How a popular music YouTuber did something magical with an old cheesy pop song: He forced you to think differently about it, which is really what good storytelling is all about. 06/22/2021 #63
š Thigh-High Problems
: The reason a virtual restaurant called Thighstop now exists is because wings simply became too popular, and Wingstop needs to buy more of the bird. 06/21/2021 #62
š± OnePlusā Shaky Math
: The cult Android device maker (which I personally use) is making some behind-the-scenes changes, but something doesnāt add up. 06/17/2021 #61
š The Power of Structure
: For some people (read: me), the secret to being able to create is having a little tension. Which is to say: The deadline is an important element of the work. 06/15/2021 #60
š¾ Planned Sorta-Obsolescence
: Appleās move to separate out certain features in its newest operating systems may seem like a not-cool thing to do for users, but in reality, itās a sign that the company might finally be learning not to arbitrarily leave old devices behind. 06/14/2021 #59
š¤ A Letter to My Robot Namesake
: Amazon has a robot named Ernie, and as someone else also named Ernie, I feel it is my duty to write him a letter to wish him well as he does his thankless job for Amazon. 06/10/2021 #58
š¶āš«ļø The Worst Possible Light
: Appleās decision to turn email marketing into a privacy issue means that theyāve put email publishers at odds with their own readers. Maybe Apple should talk to us first before doing something that harms our industry? 06/08/2021 #57
š Out of Sync, Yet in Sync
: As organizations figure out how to get the toothpaste back in the tube that is remote work, one strategy that might help is by maintaining some of the flexibility remote work offered. If someone wants to leave for a couple of hours to work elsewhere, let them. 06/07/2021 #56
āļø I Wrote Some Stuff At Seventeen
: Discussing the time I wrote 5,000-word pieces for a late-ā90s gaming website in exchange for free computer games. I was driven by wanting to tell people how awesome emulation really was. 06/03/2021 #55
š Amazonās Weird Email Rule
: For some reason, despite allowing affiliate links to be shared on social media, Amazon does not allow them to be shared in emailsāwhich stinks for publishers that could really make them shine. 06/01/2021 #54
šØ No Room For Polymaths
: A common challenge I see for creative types in the working world is that they tend to be pushed in one direction, despite having skills in many realms. Too bad, because I like design. 05/31/2021 #53
š Utopia Is Complicated
: The problem with the old internet isnāt that we treat it like the good old days of digital utopia; itās that we donāt have enough detail about it to properly understand it with the depth and nuance it deserves. 05/27/2021 #52
š The Great Key Fob Caper
: Pondering that time my Uber driver was unable to finish the trip because they stopped for gas and realized they left their key fob at home. 05/25/2021 #51