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Knowing what you are and what you need

<p>Jacob Kastrenakes <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/25/22301375/twitter-super-follows-communities-paid-followers">on Twitters new features:</a></p> <blockquote><p> Direct payment tools have become increasingly important for creators in

Not Missing The Newsletter Boom

<p>Andy Nicolaides <a href="https://thedent.net/2021/02/23/blogging-with-heycom.html">on the new ‘blogging’ in Hey</a></p> <blockquote><p> One of the guiding principles of Hey, to me,

It’s Easy To Blame Facebook

<p>Casey Newton on Facebook and Google vs Australia <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/18/22288510/google-facebook-australia-news-media-bargaining-code">wrote</a></p> <blockquote><p> It’s worth mentioning that any Australian

I Still Don’t Know What I Want To Be When I Grow Up

<p>I posted <a href="/2021/02/18/i-find-it.html">this very tongue in cheek recently</a>. A brief thought that passed through my mind whilst walking my dog and listening to <a href="https://www.

What’s Essential To You?

<p>Matt Birchler <a href="https://birchtree.me/blog/i-still-love-blogging-on-ghost/">nailing it once again:</a></p> <blockquote><p> One man’s bullshit is another man’s essential features, but for me, Ghost

Webmentions To Avoid Twitter

<p></p> <p>Perhaps avoid is the wrong word, but we’ve all felt that annoyance that we opened the app to send a quick tweet and all of a sudden time has disappeared. There are a number of ways

Writing For Yourself And Growth

<p>Chris Hannah <a class="u-in-reply-to" href="https://chrishannah.me/my-attitude-towards-growth-on-this-blog/">on blog growth</a></p> <blockquote><p> That made me think, if money isn’t going to be a

Matt Goes Back to the Mac? Sorta.

<p>Matt Birchler <a href="https://birchtree.me/blog/matt-goes-back-to-the-mac/">on his purchase of a MacBook Air</a>:</p> <blockquote><p> Next up is figuring out an angle to talk about this

Cross Posting To Twitter

<p>After <a href="/2018/01/20/using-microblog-aka.html">trying</a> and <a href="/2019/12/15/bye-microblog.html">failing</a> several times, I am starting to move <a href="/2021/02/04/digital-social-distancing.

Why do I run?

<p>There are numerous things that I cannot remember when and why I started doing, I just do. But running I know exactly when and why. I was in my second year of secondary school, and we were doing cross country. I’d never