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2026

November

Nov 10 Why the File System Still Matters Data Ownership Digital Organization File Management File Systems Local Files software design
Nov 5 When Connecting to Another Computer Was an Event BBS Dial-Up internet history Modems Online Services Telecommunications
Nov 1 What Webrings Got Right independent web Internet Communities personal websites Web Discovery Web History Webrings

October

Oct 28 How We Found Things Before Google Bookmarks Internet Culture Google Search Engines Web Directories Web History Yahoo
Oct 16 The Strange Longevity of the Command Line Automation CLI Command Line Linux System Administration Unix User Interfaces
Oct 12 What Happened to the Desktop Metaphor? Desktop Computing Digital Literacy File Management Operating Systems software design User Interfaces
Oct 8 The Case for Boring Technology Infrastructure Interoperability Open Standards Reliability Software Simplicity System Administration
Oct 4 Why Plain Text Is Still One of the Best Technologies We Have Digital Longevity File Formats Markdown Open Standards plain text Unix

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