Community
'Rules' for running a membership program
Craig Mod shares his guidelines from six years of building his membership program.
Doing Nothing With Your Favorite People Is Really, Really Good for You
Unstructured hangs are a lost art.
Does the superfan exist?
And should you feel bad if you've never met one?
Everyone's lonely but no one can hang out
On small acts of gathering.
The Analog Web
On reclaiming the web’s lost humanity.
Are Social Media Platforms the Next Dying Malls?
It was cool to hang out at the mall—until it wasn't.
When your commonplace book is a public database
Cory Doctorow on the value of longterm blogging.
The new alt media and the future of publishing
Anil Dash celebrates the initial flourishing of an important new wave of media.
The case for learning in public
Anne-Laure Le Cunff on how learning in public can increase your productivity and creativity.
Death of the follower & the future of creativity on the web
A SXSW talk that is both soul-crushing and inspiring.