Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. 2001: The Family Computer 3. 2004: Exploring the Web 4. 2007: Living There 5. 2012: When Everything Started Changing 6. 2026: Logging On Today 7. The Internet I Miss 8. Closing 1. Introduction The internet; what can I say? It's the…
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Gaming
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I think I've been playing video games wrong my whole life. But I also think a lot of other people have too. I worry that the industry's relentless march…
Life
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My grandpa died today. I didn’t want that to be true. I wanted a few more years. I wanted a few more moments. I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t ready. I’m not ready.…
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Another day, another attempt by Congress to pass an age verification mandate, another useful idiot in the HackerNews comments section saying “okay but we have…
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Since late last year I have been slowly (very slowly) removing digital artefacts from a few places in my life. It partly goes hand in hand with the death plan…
Tech
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There is so much more to the internet than your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, and chat GPTs. And these things are not known by the general masses, not…
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Some people take this idea further, with 36 key keyboards that eschew the outer most column of keys to reduce the burden on the pinkies. There are tricks to…
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I've always been interested in how dating apps work. You really only have two choices if you want to get in the business. Help people find a match, and they…
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Semantic HTML is interface infrastructure: native elements carry behaviour, accessibility, form semantics, keyboard support, and platform adaptation before…
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There's a new games-focused webring in town. It's called Warp Point. Maybe you've already seen some other folks blog about it! For the uninitiated (or the very…
Writing
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and literature review
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