url: https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz title: Escaping Flatland author: Henrik Karlsson type: blog date_added: 2024-08-09 description: Extremely deep and thought provoking writing. On thinking, life, learning and many things. --- url: https://ploum.net title: Ploum author: Lionel Dricot type: blog date_added: 2024-08-09 description: Mostly French, originally found through his article on the forever computer. Computing, culture, and writing. --- url: https://sive.rs title: Derek Sivers author: Derek Sivers type: blog date_added: 2024-08-09 description: One of my favourite authors, thinkers, and one of the original inspirations for my self hosted journey. --- url: https://herman.bearblog.dev title: Herman author: Herman Martinus type: blog date_added: 2024-08-09 description: Developer of a wonderful minimalist blogging platform based in South Africa. --- url: https://ludic.mataroa.blog title: Ludicity author: Nikhil Suresh type: blog date_added: 2024-08-10 description: Software developer and rager against the stupidities of working in the industry. As a software engineer myself I can relate. --- url: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com title: Baldur Bjarnason's Notes on the Web author: Baldur Bjarnason type: blog date_added: 2024-08-10 description: Web developer from Iceland. Great thoughts on development and the web, and sharer of many interesting links. --- url: https://gregegan.net title: Greg Egan author: Greg Egan type: blog date_added: 2024-08-10 description: My favourite author. He writes the hardest science fiction that I have ever found and his blog explains the concepts to help with understanding his books. --- url: https://www.themarginalian.org title: The Marginalian author: Maria Popova type: blog date_added: 2024-08-10 description: One of the first blogs that I followed. Philosophy, history, art. A celebration of the beauty of humanity. --- url: https://manuelmoreale.com title: Manuel Moreale author: Manual Moreale type: blog date_added: 2024-08-10 description: Developer who writes about anything but. I like the breadth of his interests and he has pointed me to many other wonderful personal websites as well. --- url: https://stephango.com title: Steph Ango author: Steph Ango type: blog date_added: 2024-08-13 description: CEO of Obsidian. Writes about a wide variety of thoughts. --- url: https://fasterthanli.me title: Faster Than Lime author: Amos type: blog date_added: 2024-08-13 description: Very in depth articles on programming and how computers work. Have learned a lot from his work. Also has a youtube channel of the same name. --- url: https://pluralistic.net title: Pluralistic author: Cory Doctorow type: blog date_added: 2024-08-13 description: Science fiction writer and activist. Mainly in the tech space but his concerns about monopoly power and his self coined enshittification stretch across any one sector. --- url: https://berjon.com title: Robin Berjon author: Robin Berjon type: blog date_added: 2024-08-13 description: Web developer and works on creating web standards. Very thoughtful work on the future of the web. Envisions a kinder, more people first web where our technologies serve us as opposed to exploiting. --- url: https://www.wheresyoured.at title: Where's Your Ed At? author: Ed Zintron type: blog date_added: 2024-08-13 description: Tech journalist and critic. I find that his writing starkly points out things that I have felt "wrong" in tech over the past decade and dives into why. --- url: https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/unfolding title: Everything that turned out well in my life followed the same design process author: Henrik Karlsson type: article date_added: 2024-08-13 description: A wonderful and thoughtful perspective on developing a deep understanding of things in life to guide ourselves to something that fits us personally. --- url: https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/writing-to-think title: How to think in writing author: Henrik Karlsson type: article date_added: 2024-08-13 description: Using writing as a tool for thinking deeply. --- url: https://berjon.com/public-interest-internet/ title: The Public Interest Internet author: Robin Berjon type: article date_added: 2024-08-13 description: What if the internet were designed and maintained for the people that used it? --- url: https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/do-not-end-the-week-with-nothing title: Don't End the Week with Nothing author: Patrick McKenzie type: article date_added: 2024-08-13 description: Good perspective on how to choose what to work on. Preferentially work on what you can take with you regardless of where you go. --- url: https://ploum.net/the-computer-built-to-last-50-years/index.html title: The Computer Built to Last 50 Years author: Lionel Dricot type: article date_added: 2024-08-13 description: Pondering on how we use computers and how we could design them to be tools that last. --- url: https://www.plough.com/en/topics/life/work/just-your-handyman title: Just Your Handyman author: Kurt Armstrong type: article date_added: 2024-08-13 description: On work, and the satisfaction in personal small work and problem solving. Not everything needs to be big.