A tumble into 2024

The Killing of Hypatia, by Soraya Field Fiorio.

'Endemic' SARS-CoV-2 and the death of public health, an editorial of the John Snow Project.

This is spot on:

There are a few simple things you can do to make your blog easier to archive and mirror:

Use simple HTML, with separate pages for every blog post.
Avoid features that require JavaScript.
Limit external dependencies. Serve your photos and other media from the same domain name as your HTML, so that everything can be moved together.

— Manton Reece in “Permanence,” a chapter of his book Indie Microblogging.

Along those lines, I keep trying to write a blog post about what you can do to ensure the longevity of your personal web content—a followup to this post of mine from way back in 2007—but I keep getting stuck like Eryn does:

I often fall into a trap when I sit down to write something in which I feel like I must first invent the Universe. The need to explain everything from first principles seriously hampers my ability (and frankly, desire) to write anything.

For a similar resolution to hers, see Create more. Consume less by Manuel Moreale. Here’s to a 2024 full of creative expression and communication.

Before a gray house stand a tree and two white street signs marking an intersection.
The top sign reads ’Noe’, but has been defaced to read ’Noel’.
The bottom sign reads ’Jersey.’ — ’Twas the season here in Noe Valley.

Artisans Cooperative, AKA "the Etsy you remember, before its enshittificationby drop shipping." See also their list of Etsy alternatives.

Deep Green, a chess app originally for the Newton, now on iOS. A Playdate port is in the works.

MacWhisper, a macOS app for creating transcripts of audio with OpenAI’s Whisper framework, by Jordi Bruin. (h/t Karl).

The internet used to be ✨fun✨, by rjkwon@mastodon.social.

The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again, by Anil Dash.

Rules for calm tech (Nicolas Bouliane’s rules, Amber Case’s concept):

Require as little attention as possible
Be honest with the user
Keep the user in control
Operate safely without supervision

Ambient Co-presence, by Maggie Appleton.

Hamish McKenzie’s letter makes it clear they’re not only committed to platforming bigotry, but funding and profiting from it — Andy Baio

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