Andy Claremont
@andymci
Professional geek. Amateur dad. Building things on the web for a living.
Andy Claremont
andymci.com
Many concepts can be explained concisely, in simple language, and we should all strive for clarity. But the aphorism is a mistake, for a number of thoughts approximate the carpenter’s craft, and to meaningfully reveal them requires time and attention. Sometimes these cannot simply be told to another at all, they must be grown. For a topical example... See more
Simon Sarris • Long Distance Thinking
Global Warming Is Influencing Global Timekeeping
scripps.ucsd.edu
“That climate change has been able to change how fast the whole Earth spins is yet another indication that we are having an effect on the world unlike anything seen before.”
Life and A Good Life
“As I go about my day, folding laundry, or thinking through what needs to be done, my clutter reminds me of the people who have filled my life and, now, my apartment.”
There are people that talk about things they love and people that talk about things they hate.
This rant via Shalom Auslander
I was thinking about sex the other day because I was having a really depressing day, and a dead body had been found by the pier, and as I was taking my son to school and waiting at a traffic light, a homeless man in a mad fury began circling my car, shouting and spitting, and it felt like forever before the light turne
... See moreThe trouble with the internet, Mr. Williams says, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it tries to supply them.
‘The Internet Is Broken’: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It (Published 2017)
Knowing where to go and what to do is the currency that, in the modern aspiration economy, makes curators more important than influencers. They guide their audience through culture by putting forward a selection of images, references, codes, product releases, or memes. Curation gives even mundane objects value by connecting them with a point of vie... See more
andjelicaaa.substack.com • Move Over Influencers, Here Come Curators
Webdesign as architecture
www--arc.com
A Good Life and Life