Bookmarks tagged "books"
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Can We Please Put an End to Overperformed Audiobooks?
Please just read me a story without distraction. I don’t need to hear a variety of voices from a single narrator if a full-cast production is not in the cards.
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The Village Effect of the Greater Web
The corporate web is fucking up, big time. Except for perhaps TikTok (give it time), users have retreated to the DMs à la the "cozy web."
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My Kobo Customizations
A great post with lots of great customisations and hacks for the Kobo for when I make my eventual upgrade to the Libra 2
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Kobo Libra 2
Mind blown, imagine if book readers supported RSS feeds?
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A look at search engines with their own indexes
The author, Seirdy, takes a look at all of the non-meta search, indexing search engines that they’ve been able to find. Published in November 2022, it’s amazing the number that are already no longer available.
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The Gamification of Reading Is Changing How We Approach Books
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Dot-com – Vague, But Exciting
This article briefly analyses the dot-com boom and bust between 1995 and 2001. It also looks into the rise of Amazon and how Bezos made it a success amidst the dot-com bust.
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I don't want to log in to your website
This article examines how relying on tech giants for user authentication and advertising has complicated the web. Web developers should prioritise user privacy and find ways to reduce reliance on tech giants. I avoid participating with websites that push "login with x" prompts on me. I shouldn't have to log in to anything to read a simple page of text.
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Is Amos Burton a Sociopath?
At first glance yup, but this article dives deeper to discover that Amos is indeed a complex person.
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The Old Internet Died And We Watched And Did Nothing
Quick: Can you think of a picture of yourself on the internet from before 2010, other than your old Facebook photos? How about something you’ve written? Maybe some old sent emails in Gmail or old Gchats? Thankfully I can. This article explores this more.
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A Love Letter to Net.Art - The History of the Web
In an interview for her book Internet Art in 2004, writer Rachel Greene had this to say about why she felt...