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dansinker, 8 days ago to random

This week I gave a talk at the 11ty International Symposium on Making the Web Real Good. It was about Question Mark, Ohio and about how the web is still a place of endless possibility. I've adapted the talk into a blog post for you.

Read "Building a Town that Doesn't Exist" on my site: https://dansinker.com/posts/2024-05-10-doesntexist/

dansinker, 10 days ago to random

Today! It's the @eleventy conference! I'm speaking around noon, about making 40 websites in a year for Question Mark, Ohio. It's free! Going all day! Come! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLxJ6PtuF9M

dansinker, 11 days ago to random

This Thursday I'm going to be talking about Question Mark, Ohio and building things on the web at the 11ty International Symposium on Making Web Sites Real Good. Full schedule looks awesome. Come watch! It's free! https://conf.11ty.dev/#schedule

dansinker, 17 days ago to random

Excited to be speaking at the @11ty International Symposium on Making Websites Real Good next Thursday, May 9. I'll be talking about what I learned spending the last year building more than 40 websites to create the world of Question Mark, Ohio. Registration is free & the whole thing is online! https://conf.11ty.dev/

dansinker, 1 month ago to random

I ended the indictment.fyi newsletter tonight and I feel a little guilty about it, so as penance, maybe, or out of a feeling that if I've taken something out of the world maybe I should also put something back in, here's three things I've been particularly excited about lately. Here's three for flinching.

Read "Three For Flinching" on my site: https://dansinker.com/posts/2024-04-14-three-for-flinching/

ben, 1 month ago to random

If I wanted someone to come talk to my org about the state of the news industry in 2024 (from a product and technology perspective), who should I ask?

dansinker, 1 month ago to random

Still a lot of "We want this to be an interoperable platform that anyone can build on but not like THAT" going on huh

dansinker, 2 months ago to random

Pretty excited this news is finally out. I'm joining @brianboyer in helping the Chicago Reader get their web experience as awesome as the rest of their reporting.

The Reader was my first gig out of college. It's nice to come home.

https://chicagoreader.com/reader/press-releases/brian-boyer-dan-sinker-product-development-joey-mandeville-grants/

dansinker, 3 months ago to random

I've built over 30 websites for Question Mark, Ohio but nothing with the scale and scope of today's launch, The Question Mark Sentinel, a fully searchable newspaper archive with over 150 stories across it's 90 year history. https://questionmarksentinel.com/

dansinker, 3 months ago to random

Part Three of Question Mark, Ohio begins next week. The final third of this year-long story told across the Internet is so big and so exciting and I can't wait to share it with you.

Get caught up with our very thorough Reader's Guide complete with episode summaries, character bios, and so many links.

https://questionmarkohio.com/

danhon, 3 months ago to random

"Silos are fine so long as there's an API between them" seems to misunderstand the defining characteristic of a silo.

dansinker, 4 months ago to random

There seems to be no way to wear an Apple Vision Pro and not look like a total herb.

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dansinker, 4 months ago to random

I made a patch to celebrate the venerable, beautiful typeface Cooper Black. Yours for eight bucks, ships free in the US. https://shop.dansinker.com/products/cooper-black-patch

dansinker, 4 months ago to random

I wrote my exit interview for 2023. Good riddance to a shit year. https://dansinker.com/posts/2023exit/

dansinker, 4 months ago to random

I'm quitting 2023. After 364 days, today will be my last day. My tenure here has not been a good one and I requested an exit interview with HR so that 2023 can understand why I'm leaving and perhaps, how it might do better in the future.

Read "2023, The Exit Interview" on my site: https://dansinker.com/posts/2023exit/

dansinker, 4 months ago to random

2023 was a lot of hard things, but losing Sinead O'Connor and Pee-Wee Herman within a few days of each other felt especially cruel. At the tail end of a difficult year I wrote a small offering to the mystic and man-child that meant so much to those of us that grew up different.

Read "Feel So Different, Remembering Sinead O'Connor and Pee-Wee Herman" on my site: https://dansinker.com/posts/peeweesinead/

dansinker, 4 months ago to random

god bless the united states postal service. tip your carrier this season.

dansinker, 5 months ago to random

If you're looking for a stocking stuffer for someone great, I'm still shipping patches all week. https://shop.dansinker.com/

dansinker, 5 months ago to random

Excited to be the voice of checks notes the mineral tantalum in the new episode of RIP Corp. Thanks for bringing me in, @ingrid https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/2500-and-a-dream-fansteel-and-the-history-of-tantalum

dansinker, 5 months ago to random

Last week in Question Mark, Ohio: Violet Bookman gets closer to finding missing boy Quentin Quinn and Officer Ron Dublowski discovers a drug ring in nearby Marietta with connections back to his favorite TV show. https://questionmarkohio.com/episodes/twenty%20nine/

dansinker, 6 months ago to random

Just built an image map like it was 1995.

dansinker, 6 months ago to random

Happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day to all who celebrate.

dansinker, 6 months ago to random

When I was younger I tried to build artist/musician/weirdo Laurie Anderson's tape-bow violin from a single sentence description. While I never got it to work quite right, it taught me everything I know about asking "why."

Read "Let X Equal X" on my site: https://dansinker.com/posts/tapeloop/