open web

The Bluesky explosion and the Substack trap

The Twitter offshoot is edging towards becoming an X replacement — and two old school web thinkers critique Substack

The link controllers aren’t dead — yet

In the year of our Lord 2024, some websites are still trying to control who links to them.

Who's afraid of the small, average Apple News+?

A storm in a teacup around changes coming to Apple's news app, some thoughts on Reels, and a toxicity round-up. Happy Monday!

The first Engaged Reading Digest of 2020

Some great links to start your year.

Tumblr has transformed into a brand-safe zombie of its former self

An interview with a Verizon suit makes it clear that Tumblr is a hollow shell of what it once was. What does this say for the experimentation the web once offered?

It's 2019, and you still need to own your content

Beware the roach motels of the platforms - if content is your business, you still need to own and publish it yourself.

Recency is killing the web - and we'll all lose if that happens

Our obsession with organising everything around the latest content may be destroying the greatest value the web holds.

The creator of the World Wide Web is fighting to reclaim it from the Duopoly

When the creator of the World Wide Web is fighting to change how it operates, you know we’ve got a big problem. But what role did journalism play in this?

Micro.blog: what Twitter would be if it was built as part of the open web