Damnit. Maciej Cegłowski is an annoyingly excellent writer. One day, in the far future, when I care more about writing I aspire to write half as well as him.
He just put up a transcript of a talk, called Web Design - The First 100 years. As is usual with him, I highly recommend it.
Other pieces of excellence of excellence from him:
- The Internet with a Human Face
- The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel, a story of engineering triumph.
- The official Pinboard Twitter account.
There's much much more. The best news, for me personally, is that there's a substantial archive at Idle Words that I've yet to explore. Though, I find myself rationing, afraid for a time when I will have read everything.
Help send him to Antarctica will you? It'll help forestall that fateful day.