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(Bonus) A Conversation with Jason Kottke

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Jason Kottke started Kottke.org in 1998, making it one of the oldest, still maintained blogs on the web with over 26,000 posts spanning topics from art and technology to design, culture, and general knowledge. This is a peek behind the scenes of Jason's process, his philosophies, and general thoughts on the internet––where it’s been, and maybe where it’s going. We talked about what running the blog looks like now, how it’s changed over the years. The evolution of patronage models, and his current thoughts on them. We talked a bit about burn out and managing that tension between what you really want to do versus what may appear to be the path of success online. And about the increasingly challenging task of maintaining ownership over what you create online. We also compared and contrasted our experiences as an OG blogger versus an OG vlogger, and how terrible both of those words are. Links: Kottke.Org Jason Kottke on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Want to give a special someone a gift they'll truly love this Valentine's Day?

0:04.8

Treat them to something that never goes out of style.

0:07.7

A beautiful bouquet of 12 red roses.

0:11.1

They're classic for a reason.

0:12.9

And all for just £15 at Waitrose.

0:16.3

Selected lines and stores.

0:17.6

Subject to availability ends 14th of February.

0:26.7

Music lines and stores subject to availability ends 14th of February welcome to the Kotky Ride Home for Saturday September 19th 2020 I'm Jackson Bird and welcome to the

0:34.0

Kotke Ride Home's first ever bonus episode.

0:38.6

Appropriately, this first bonus episode is with the man himself, Jason Kotke.

0:45.3

Jason started Kotke.org in 1998, making it one of the oldest, still-maintained blogs on the web,

0:53.4

with over 26,000 posts spanning topics from art and

0:57.9

technology to design, culture, and general knowledge. As he says, quote, the essential people,

1:05.8

inventions, performances, and ideas that increase the collective adjacent possible of humanity."

1:12.6

Over the years, Kotki, the site, and Jason Kotke, the person, have helped influence

1:18.8

numerous elements of social media and the internet, including the Permilink, the Tumble

1:24.2

blog, and Kickstarter-like crowdfunding before Kickstarter.

1:29.0

For people unfamiliar with Jason and his blog, hopefully this will serve as a good opportunity

1:34.0

to get to know him and his work a little better.

1:37.2

And for you longtime cocky.org readers, this is a peek behind the scenes at his process, his

1:43.4

philosophies, and general thoughts on the

1:46.1

internet, where it's been, and maybe where it's going.

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