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Somebody writes to a small blog and asks a simple question: may I translate your article into my language and republish it on my own site? The writer usually means well. The problem is that the blog has never answered the question, because the only copyright …
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A personal website can easily become a room where only its owner speaks. You publish notes, projects, and opinions, but readers rarely see …
A personal website can explain who we are, archive what we have made, and point visitors toward our best work. Yet those polished pages oft…
A Website Colophon — Documenting How Your Personal Site Is Made A personal website often grows one quiet decision at a time. You change the…
Every personal website eventually becomes a small museum. An old tutorial still receives visitors, a bookmarked essay keeps circulating, an…
When I first added an RSS feed and Webmentions to a personal website, the pages looked exactly the same to human visitors. Under the surfac…
Logging in usually means borrowing an identity from a large platform. A button marked “Continue with Google” is convenient, but it quietly …
Publishing on social media often feels like renting a lively shop in a mall. The crowd is already there, but the landlord controls the door…
Publishing on a personal website can feel strangely quiet. You may spend an evening shaping an idea, press publish, and then watch the conv…
For years, I treated the internet like a river that had to be watched continuously. If I looked away from social media, an important articl…
