There is a reason our homes have windows and doors.

Personal blogs are the curated free expressions of peoples lives. Personal blogs are records of individuals trying to make sense of the world. Links are the windows and doors that stop the capitalist social media from siloing those expressions behind their concrete and rebar walls. Enclose. Capture. Rent.Will always be subverted by:Express. Share. Connect. Personal blogs are the perfect distillation of all the siloed online publishing channels: the everyday themes and highlights of Instagram coupled with the commentary of Twitter and book reviews of Goodreads, at a leisurely pace with no character limit, hyperlinks and unlimited photos. Yes, I want to see what you ate for lunch. Yes, I want your snarky take on this week’s tech culture kerfuffle. Yes, I want to hear the song you’ve had stuck in your head all week. I like hearing about the trials and triumphs of other normal people’s lives, seeing what goals they pursue and what they care about enough to write about. I gather book…