Culture

Tech Cycles Inevitable?

Cory Doctorow reminds us that enshittification isn't caused by VC. His latest essay details how the big tech platforms have locked in users, dismantled competition, avoided regulation, and leverage IP law to prevent third party developers to de-enshittify their products for them.

Linklogging

I've been reading some posts lately on the return of the linklog (also called link blogging). This is the kind of blogging that used to be ubiquitous on the web about 15 years ago, and I'm thinking about returning to it.