EXPLORE
25+ years of writing, organized by theme. Each cluster below is derived from the content itself — posts that share ideas, not just tags.
Blogs and Media
Blogging as a form, blogging as a business, and what it meant for the journalism, advertising, and publications that came before.
Blog-Era Link Roundups
Daily and weekly link roundups, running cultural commentary, design humor, and the rhythm of the early blogosphere as it followed the web in real time.
Platform Wars and the Open Web
Microsoft versus Apple, web standards, accessibility, and the long-running fight over what kind of platform the web should be — and who gets to decide.
The Web We Lost
Two decades of writing about what made the open web work, how platforms enclosed it, and what we've lost in the trade — the spiritual home of this archive.
NYC, and After 9/11
Life in Manhattan and the years that followed September 11th — the food, the neighborhoods, the people, and the long shadow that fell over the city.
Prince, Music, and Pop Culture
Decades of writing about Prince, his music, and his fight for artistic independence, alongside broader notes on pop, film, and TV.