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2022 August

• 🔗 People who read live longer than those who don’t, Yale researchers say - Big Think Aug. 14, 2022, 7:25 p.m. via web

  '...The readers who read over 3.5 hours a week lived a full 23 months longer than the people who didn’t read at all. That extended lifespan applied to all reading participants, regardless of “gender, wealth, education or health” factors, the study explains.'

  Sun, Aug. 14, 2022, 7:25 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter 1 others
• 🔗 What we talk about when we talk about The Algo Aug. 14, 2022, 7:15 p.m. via web

  Vicki Boykis on the algorithm

  Sun, Aug. 14, 2022, 7:15 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 Winnie Lim » on leading a purposeless life Aug. 14, 2022, 6:20 p.m. via web

  "It is this space that I want. The space to move on, to tinker, to discover things I haven’t even thought of before. To be capable of giving up, letting go, quitting. I don’t wish to be fixed to something. It may give me more anxiety, but it gives me the freedom to explore and experiment. "

  Sun, Aug. 14, 2022, 6:20 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 The Founder of GeoCities on What Killed the 'Old' Internet Aug. 14, 2022, 6:18 p.m. via web

  "...GeoCities was not about self-promotion. It was about sharing your interest and your knowledge."

  Sun, Aug. 14, 2022, 6:18 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 Cramming 'Papers, Please' Onto Phones | Development Logs by Lucas Pope Aug. 14, 2022, 6:16 p.m. via web

  Great rundown of the challenges with migrating a desktop game to a very limited phone interface

  Sun, Aug. 14, 2022, 6:16 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / #gamedev / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 Rubenerd: Thinking aloud about web engagement Aug. 6, 2022, 8:45 p.m. via web

  Sat, Aug. 6, 2022, 8:45 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 The Terror of Everything Everywhere All At Once Aug. 3, 2022, 3:49 a.m. via web

  An excellent video essay about an excellent film, relating it to our modern hyperconnected and always online world

  Wed, Aug. 3, 2022, 3:49 a.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 Adactio: Journal—Directory enquiries Aug. 3, 2022, 3:46 a.m. via web

  Search engines vs directories

  Wed, Aug. 3, 2022, 3:46 a.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 An Interview with Roy Tang Aug. 3, 2022, 1:02 a.m. via web

  Interview with internet stranger friend found via my blog!

  Wed, Aug. 3, 2022, 1:02 a.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 This is what you're nostalgic for - The History of the Web Aug. 3, 2022, 12:55 a.m. via web

  Wed, Aug. 3, 2022, 12:55 a.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 Dense Discovery issue 198 Aug. 1, 2022, 3:21 p.m. via web

  Sharing this mostly for the first-hand account of war-life balance in Kyiv

  Mon, Aug. 1, 2022, 3:21 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 Andrew Sullivan: My Distraction Sickness — and Yours Aug. 1, 2022, 3:20 p.m. via web

  On how we all need to step away from all the interconnectedness every now and then

  Mon, Aug. 1, 2022, 3:20 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 My Instagram Reel just went viral (1.3M views). Here's why that sucks. Aug. 1, 2022, 3:19 p.m. via web

  Matt Ruby on trying to cater to the algorithm

  Mon, Aug. 1, 2022, 3:19 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 Revenge of the lurkers - by Caitlin Dewey Aug. 1, 2022, 3:18 p.m. via web

  "In other words, after more than a decade of Web 2.0 bliss, everyone has gone back to … lurking. "

  Mon, Aug. 1, 2022, 3:18 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 Notable people Aug. 1, 2022, 3:17 p.m. via web

  Interactive map that shows the most "notable" people from each area (based on Wikipedia). You can zoom in for more detail

  Mon, Aug. 1, 2022, 3:17 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter

2022 July

• 🔗 Hexagonal Pipes Puzzle July 30, 2022, 7:01 a.m. via web

  Sat, July 30, 2022, 7:01 a.m. / Roy Tang / links / #games / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 no hello July 18, 2022, 12:22 a.m. via web

  This reminds me of back in the day I would sometimes put "dont ask to ask, just ask!" in my jabber status at work because people would just message "Hi, can I ask a question?" and wait for me to respond before asking!

  Mon, July 18, 2022, 12:22 a.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 1x Engineer July 17, 2022, 8:24 p.m. via web

  A healthier and more realistic stereotype compared to the mythical 10x engineer.

  Sun, July 17, 2022, 8:24 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter
• 🔗 The week the open web won – Hi, I'm Heather Burns July 17, 2022, 1:57 p.m. via web

  I have no idea about the law mentioned in the context of this essay, but despite that it does a pretty good job of describing the benefits of the open web

  Sun, July 17, 2022, 1:57 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter 1 others / 💬 1
• 🔗 Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come! - Conservancy Blog - Software Freedom Conservancy July 3, 2022, 1:41 p.m. via web

  I'm interested to see how far this movement gets and what alternatives arise for those of us that aren't using github for useful open source projects and can't afford to pay for or self-host alternatives (I mostly use it for personal projects)

  Sun, July 3, 2022, 1:41 p.m. / Roy Tang / links / / Syndicated: mastodon twitter 1 others / 💬 2