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Comment by simonw

1 year ago

I want more people to have link blogs.

I have one in the sidebar of https://simonwillison.net/ which I've been running since November 2003. You can search through all 6,836 links here: https://simonwillison.net/search/?type=blogmark

I can post things to it with a bookmarklet. It has an Atom feed.

It's such a low-friction way of publishing. A lot of https://daringfireball.net works like this too. I also like https://waxy.org/ and https://kottke.org/ for this.

I'd love to see more of these.

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epiccoleman  1 year ago

I love this idea, I've got a ton of links that I was going to add to a post at some point. I like the idea of having a whole separate section on the blog for that, with a feed. Very cool, I'll have to find some time to add something like this to my site.

fatterypt  1 year ago

I just wanted to say that I recently went back to using my RSS feed as a main source of news, and your TILs have been one of the first additions to it. Appreciate it!

jassyr  1 year ago

I enjoyed the blog. Where do you find the time to post though, once you're done with work or do you schedule specific time to post?

  • simonw  1 year ago

    I think the secret to blogging frequently might well be not having a job... I occasionally pick up pieces of consulting work or sponsorship but I'm mainly working full-time (uncompensated) on my own projects.

    Link blogs are different though: posting to those genuinely takes a couple of minutes per link. I've maintained my link blog happily while having a full-time job.

  • aymar_99  1 year ago

    We could automate the link posting process. Here is a thought, create a form which accepts the input of link details, stores in some place and ur website reads and displays from there. Submitting a form could be simpler and can be done from any device.