| 2,133 words
TAGS: blogging, internet, technical, IndieWeb
Take back your corner of the Internet. Stop building on rented land. Stop trusting platforms that see you as product. Stop waiting for some company to make the "perfect" tool.
| ai | 1,582 words
TAGS: Digital Culture, Media Criticism, Social Commentary, technical, AI
Part 3 of a series on the AI Crisis
| 342 words
TAGS: meta, personal essay
My first post on this weblog, writing from Calgary on Treaty 7 Territory about returning to independent writing on the open web with simple, enduring technology.
| culture | 1,922 words
TAGS: personal essay, Cultural Criticism, Media Criticism, sports
Romance and Mythology in Mixed-Martial Arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship
| culture | 2,030 words
TAGS: personal essay, Cultural Criticism, Media Criticism
That's the Whole Point
| writing-craft | 2,445 words
TAGS: personal essay, Cultural Criticism, Digital Culture, Writing Process
Using the Methods of Journalists from the Past to Inspire Your Writing Today
| culture | 3,179 words
TAGS: personal essay, music
Growing Up With Bon Iver
| writing-craft | 1,780 words
TAGS: personal essay, Writing Process, publishing
Accessibility, Gatekeeping, and Who Gets to be Published
| personal-favourites, culture | 2,670 words
TAGS: personal essay, community, Cultural Criticism, Digital Culture
What is cringe? The feeling when you see somebody deeply love something you don't understand.
| indieweb | 1,897 words
TAGS: personal essay, Digital Culture, Social Media, technical, Medium, IndieWeb
Why You (yes, you) Should Join Medium, Tumblr, and NeoCities.
| personal-favourites, lyric-essays | 1,921 words
TAGS: personal essay, philosophy, productivity
The liberation of realizing you can't waste your time.
| personal-favourites, history | 2,200 words
TAGS: personal essay, politics, History
Ordinary people chose to do the right thing and saved us all. We barely remember them.
| 2,766 words
TAGS: personal essay, Medium, productivity, publishing
What I've learned getting out of my own way.
| writing-craft | 4,912 words
TAGS: Literary Journalism, personal essay, Writing Process, publishing
On independence, integrity, and telling the truth beautifully. (featuring Better Call Saul and Homestuck?)
| personal-favourites | 2,194 words
TAGS: personal essay, Creative Process, Writing Process
An Invitation to Theft, A Refusal of Authorship, and Why Your Name Matters Less Than Your Message
| personal-favourites, lyric-essays | 1,658 words
TAGS: personal essay, Creative Writing, Writing Process
29 Examples to Get You Started!
| indigenous | 3,058 words
TAGS: Academic Writing, Indigenous Writing, Social Justice, Literature, Media Criticism, politics
How do we reckon with Canada's Pretendian problem?
| politics | 2,062 words
TAGS: personal essay, Writing Process, politics
An Open Letter to Conservatives
| personal-favourites | 3,398 words
TAGS: Digital Culture, Media Criticism, politics, technical, Medium
There's a lot to the forgotten past of Medium's most successful writer.
| personal-favourites, community | 1,962 words
TAGS: personal essay, community, Social Commentary, Urban Planning
Did you know it's actually better than driving?