Back in the early days of what we eventually came to think of as Web 2.0, around the time Cluetrain was coming out, blogs were taking off. Kottke, Zeldman, Dooce, Mark Pilgrim and so on were all getting started. The sites were all hand-crafted, either running home-brew update scripts or just…
Yes, it’s funny, I agree completely. I wish I had more time, I feel like six to twelve months ago I was more part of the “community” of people on Tumblr, but I guess such is life? But it’s funny, looking back, I think I have absorbed a lot of the viewpoints and understandings of the people on Tumblr I blog with. Even if I’m not blogging directly about their post, it’s still sunk into my consciousness.