After nine years, most recently at Fastly and before that at Glitch (and Fog Creek), I am very soon (finally!) going to be taking some time off from working to...

Towards the end of last year, I got the delightful opportunity to talk to Scott Carey for the Priority Zero podcast from LeadDev. LeadDev is such a wonderful...

One of the biggest sources of miscommunication is people having different styles of communication, or different norms about the right way to express emotion...

I love any kind of advocacy for safer, more humane streets, so it was a real joy to get to guest on the wonderful The War on Cars podcast. Doug Gordon went d...

The slogan, for people who weren’t in Manhattan that day, is “Never Forget”. The people who were not here, who were never here, call it “9/11”. But the people...

In short: Tomorrow’s my birthday. I’m asking you to help me support the Lower Eastside Girls Club, and I’ll match whatever you donate through this secure fo...

I spend so much time writing, and thinking, about technology and tech companies. And so much of it’s critical. I point the finger at how the apps and sites we...

Chris Poole is founder of two of the Internet’s most creative communities, the notorious 4chan, and Canvas, its playful image remixing cousin. The Details...

Matt Haughey’s the founder of MetaFilter, one of the web’s longest-running and most respected web communities, and its popular Q&A section, Ask MetaFilter....

Dan Harmon is the Emmy-winning writer, former executive producer of Community, co-founder of Channel 101, and executive producer of Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa...

I was very happy to see this morning that Fred Wilson had shared his thoughts on inclusivity , building off of my earlier post You Can’t Start the Revolution...

Last week, I found this picture of a group dinner at Guero’s restaurant in Austin, TX, taken during South by Southwest in 2002. At the time, most of us...

From eWeek’s “Upcoming” section, which I’d praised a few weeks ago , comes this interview with Java creator James Gosling . The key quote, for me: Of Goo...

When Matt Haughey first described his new site Fortuitous , which just launched two weeks ago, I was particularly excited because this is a new blog tha...

I wanted you to read this thread on Stripper Web (you know, the community site for strippers?) where the women share stories of farting on their customers. A...

There’s a fascinating conversation taking place across a couple of blogs, which Steven’s post on leaving Brooklyn alterted me to. Douglas Rushkoff was mugge...

Remember a few years ago I mentioned that I was moving to San Francisco ? Well, it’s time for an update: I’m moving back to New York City! There’s a cou...

There are lots of different corners of the web, most of which have the good graces to be supportive and interesting and to act like, well, a community . Peopl...

Some tenets: Contributing to a community, online or offline has value. As long as that value is recognized and rewarded, a community will thrive. Rewar...

I have this theory about a radical improvement in user experience that could be made for any website that allows comments to be submitted by readers. Especiall...

Spring is coming, and with the return of baseball and the chirping of young birds in the air, a young man’s thoughts turn to… Internet standards. As in years...

Hey kids, do you like links? Me too. Chris Anderson revisits the death of the blockbuster , which is of course astute and correct, but is mostly interesti...

I’ve never played an MMORPG, but I do understand how important they are in the lives of the people who invest in them… they’re both entertainment and community...

Vauhini Vara’s got a great interview with Michael Hart on the Wall Street Journal website today. (Click quick, that link probably expires.) I’ve always fel...

I’ve been mostly offline (more on that later) but there’s been some really interesting commentary on my last post, most notably Caterina’s lengthy response ....

This is a little outside my area of expertise, but that’s why I thought it might be interesting: I’ve just posted over on IntentBlog , a relatively new blog s...

Matt talks about being at the helm of a shitstorm : "I’d hate to see blogs get known for reactionary authors". I think it may be too late. Having...

A young up-and-coming researcher named Clay Shirky has just published Flaming and the Design of Social Software , which I think is useful in that it talks abo...

I don’t know if it’s related to the topic of community behavior, but it’s also probably worth noting that the best political posts I’ve seen tend to be from bl...

Having been on the wrong side of the same kind attacks that David Hailey faced , I still keep wondering how we’ve made so many blog communities that are so un...

Dan Woods has a poignant lament about the end of life for his application (and labor of love) Watson. The circumstance is unfortunate, but it would be totall...

Another minor milestone for me is the new TypePad beta badges that are popping up. It’s really exciting to see people connecting with each other through the...

In keeping with the community nature of the observance, the best links about today’s Link and Think event in honor of World AIDS Day are at MetaFilter , the...

Hey, everyone, it’s my last post on all this foolishness . I’d like to get back to the fun stuff. First, a tremendous thank you to everyone who’s emailed, lin...

It’ll be interesting to watch this develop…. Russell Simmons has been making moves to enter the political arena for years, having hosted Democratic fundraise...

Howdy, neighbors! It’s the NYC bloggers map ....

For all the people who’ve ever asked me how I can consider myself spiritual when I don’t believe in religions or gods, and for all the people who’ve always und...

Some good news: At Damien ‘s behest, a gathering of New York webloggers (and friends). You can get all the info here , and this is an open invite to all in...

I’ve got nothing new to say, I just wanted to hear from everybody....

So, i’ve been reflecting quite a lot recently about communities, both online and off. one of my favorite online communities that i’ve been participating in a l...

I’m back! Thanks so much to all of you for your patience. While I was gone, I had this page up, and many of you were kind enough to contribute your sites...

The headline of this op-ed piece says it all: Harlem should be next Clinton home . I like the idea. Let me know where they’re moving, I could use some secre...