My CDO let me down recently, as I discovered that I had given my annual reviews at least three different kinds of title, and as I had also chosen to not give them their own tag, distinct from Monthlies, it was a bit of a pain finding them. As it is, four I still have not found, but I have another whole year to do that. If, indeed, they exist. And as I seem to have a general outline format, I shall continue to use that.

Having whined recently about listening to music and finding music I want to listen to I resolved, casually, to do something about that. A couple of days ago, I took a look at Bandcamp to see what they thought I might like, based on what I have liked. The first thing they sent me to was OK, but not r...

I very much enjoyed Tracy Durnell's long post about listening without a streaming subscription, part of a series on wanting, or perhaps needing, less. It mirrors, at least partially, my own experiences of music in the past few years; having first reduced friction I now find that, in order to be more intentional, I need to reduce friction all over again

The chat at indieweb.org has been quite busy lately with people brainstorming about taxonomies, specifically about how to classify places that serve coffee. This isn’t something I am interested in, although the broader topic of classifications and taxonomies I do wrestle with from time to time. What triggered this post is the discussion over there that focused on emergent versus deliberately designed taxonomies.

Yesterday, almost nine months after starting, my from-the-ground-up redesign of the podcast website went live. Of course I was not working on it full time, although I have notes from 25 different sessions. Now that it is up and running, it seems like a good idea to reflect on the process. The primary reflection being, it is a pain.