we need notecards for the web

Felix Salmon is right in so many ways here, but his note about some user-generated content platforms being “too beautiful” as to become intimidating/a barrier to bringing quick thoughts to the web is particularly prescient.


Top podcasts of the year, interview format

In no particular order…

By the Way, in Conversation with Jeff Garlin: Matt Weiner (Really any of Jeff Garlin’s interviews could be at the top of this list, but the Weiner interview was his best. See also, Sarah Silverman, Bob…