Matt Weber

Charity Majors wrote this on LinkedIn about a week ago and it’s been on my mind since.

says Robin Sloan, writing of the artisanal communication app he made to stay in touch with his family during the height of the pandemic: My family all agreed we were going to need a replacement [for the defunct minimalist messaging app TapStack], and while

Discussion at Old Men Running the World.

he says he wants to kill us he says it very often just let him know you love him his attitude will soften let’s wait a little while let’s wait a little longer the enemy is gaining strength let’s wait until he’s stronger By Leonard Cohen; collected in The…

“The Desperation of Causal Inference in Ecology,” by Lizzie Wolkovich.

Just wanted to say I was there for the great Steam Store Crash of 2025, 5 minutes after SILKSONG launched.

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I recently read Matt Finch’s “A Quick Primer for Old School Gaming,” which is maybe the first thing that’s ever made me think I might understand what the “Old School Renaissance” is, does, and/or stands for.

Warren Ellis laid out his current workflow in his newsletter; no one asked me, but here’s mine.

My main pop-cultural reference point for Shark Week—other than the thing itself—is 30 ROCK, wherein Tracy Morgan’s Tracy Jordan exhorts his audience to live every week like it’s, you know.