Author: Ryan Neudorf
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Ev Williams and the future of online publishing
Great piece on Ev Williams and the open web. Yet his run near the top has been remarkably consistent. While other CEOs in his early-web cohort have left the industry, or have become writers or consultants, Williams has stuck around, leading companies. His startups have nearly all specialized in the same abstract medium: text boxes.…
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The Story of Alkaline Trio’s Goddamnit
Chicago’s Alkaline Trio is one of the most influential bands from the turn of the century “emo” era. I came across the Original Sin documentary from 2008, about their first full-length release Goddamnit. It’s a great watch! Check it out. Part 1 Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm1LhObR3F4 Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzjLoPEeMyU Part 4 Is missing 🙁
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Freelancing: Paying for Dental Care in Canada
I have once again found myself in a situation without medical insurance coverage. Fortunately for Canadians really only means that I am without dental ((and optical and some prescription drugs)) coverage. For whatever reason, our utopian government funded health system does not cover dentistry. So I once again started the futile process of searching for decent…