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  • Are news paywalls still relevant in 2022?

    Are news paywalls still relevant in 2022?

    Or perhaps the question should be “were they ever relevant at any point of time?” Recently I was checking for news about the ongoing political and economic crisis

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  • Static vs dynamic personal blogs and interacting with readers

    Static vs dynamic personal blogs and interacting with readers

    In this day and age when the average internet user’s online presence is mostly restricted to social media sites where the main form of interaction is clicking/tapping on `like` and `fave` buttons on a mobile screen, having an online identity like your own website seems like an extravagance, particularly when you choose to own a…

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  • The non-content of the Internet

    The non-content of the Internet

    Beware, this is a bit of a rant. Today I clicked on `Pocket`, Mozilla’s built-in content aggregator and offline reader which is sneakily advertised in Firefox. Then found this apparently “Pocket-worthy” article among others. From its very title, I knew that it was one of those empty “non-content” articles — where a bunch of inane,…

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