What we do and who we do it for
We're on the frontier of figuring out trust and authority in the information age.
Infinite Play • Democratic Authority
We have a chance to do work we’re proud of, and to do it for people who care. And maybe we can do it in a way that will lead them to tell the others. Traffic from an algorithm isn’t the point, it’s a random bonus.
No sense being a puppet, especially if you can’t be sure who is pulling the strings or why.
Seth Godin • You Can’t Beat the Algorithm
In this age of digital cacophony dominated by these platforms, no one is looking out for you… but you. It makes perfect sense, then, when individuals tell me they want their website to do the job of “setting the record straight” on who they are and what they do.
Laurel Schwulst • My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be?
One glance and you aren’t subsumed by “visual cacophony” (no disrespect to visual cacophony, which we of course love) but you can tell that these sites are clearly operated by cool people with unique & interesting taste nonetheless…
Blackbird Spyplane • Too Many Places Are STERILE and TORCHED — Let’s Make Them COOL and FUNKY
f the history was search, the future is find – because finding what you want is increasingly hard. The needle in the haystack problem. Those who can help us find the best stuff, and connect us to the people we’ll most like (intellectually, romantically, artistically, demographically, and on and on), and steer us to the things we didn’t know we’d lo... See more
Brian Newman • | Sub Genre
In the early days of the internet, one of the first search engines, Yahoo!, hired “surfers,” people with particularly niche interests, to record and catalog new websites by hand. In those days, each site was crafted by hand by a person. Each site had a face you could see, and if desired, email.
Spencer Chang • Taking an Internet Walk
The beautiful thing about the internet is that it's still a wild frontier. The physical frontiers of our world are largely mapped and tamed. But the digital frontier is endless, and it's always open to settlers seeking better ways forward. We are all free to venture forth, follow our curiosity and aliveness, direct our attention in new ways, and fi... See more
rob hardy • The more beautiful internet our hearts know is possible
If you want to fix the web, don’t just ameliorate its symptoms. Instead, transplant another dimension onto the web. Extend the internet right out of your screen and into the rich cacophony of our shared world, with the new dimension of trust.