Jason Kottke returns to the show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kottke.org.

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Links:

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Kottke.org’s 10th anniversary, with a retrospective of site designs.
Stellar:
- Jason’s introduction.
- Miriam Krule’s profile for The Atlantic.
- Archive.org’s archive of the home page.
- Jason’s farewell post, upon shutting it down in 2016. (“I’m not good at quitting things.”)
The Suck.com origin story.
Jason’s “Ask Me Anything” solicitation for questions.
Neolithic weblogs:
- Jorn Barger’s Robot Wisdom. He coined the term “weblog” and hosted a good FAQ.
- Justin Hall’s Justin’s Links.
- Dave Winer’s Davenet, which started in 1994.
Dean Allen:
- Cardigan Industries (“At the corner of art and commerce.”)
- Textism, perhaps the best written, best designed weblog ever. (“Make haste slowly.”)
- Dean’s bio, one of my favorite pieces of writing ever.
- Favrd.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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