Words I wrote in 2024

People spent a lot of time and energy in 2024 talking about (and on) other people���s websites. Twitter. Bluesky. Mastodon. Even LinkedIn.

I observed it all with the dispassionate perspective of Dr. Manhattan on Mars. While I���m happy to see more people abondoning the cesspool that is Twitter, I���m not all that invested in either Mastodon or Bluesky. Or any other website, for that matter. I���m glad they���re there, but if they disappeared tomorrow, I���d carry on posting here on my own site.

I posted to my website over 850 times in 2024. sparkline

I shared over 350 links. sparkline

I posted over 400 notes. sparkline

I published just one article.

And I wrote almost 100 blog posts here in my journal this year. sparkline

Here are some cherry-picked highlights:

January: Continuous partial ick ��� Voigt-Kampff.March: What the world needs ��� Write for yourself.April: My approach to HTML web components ��� Naming custom elements, naming attributes, the single responsibility principle, and communicating across components.June: Filters ��� A web by humans, for humans.August: Frostapalooza ��� A truly special event.November: The meaning of ���AI�������� Naming things is hard, and sometimes harmful.