More People Should Do This: Link Blogging

Original article by Simon Willison ↗

Maintaining a link blog is a low effort, high value way to contribute to internet life. You get to share things you find interesting, develop your voice, and create a public record of your intellectual interests.

Simon has been running his linkblog since 2003 — over 7,600 entries. The argument for doing this is compelling: it’s lower stakes than a full blog post, you’re adding context rather than creating from scratch, and it builds a useful personal archive over time. I refactored my blog to add linkblog entries as well as quotes.