My work on the web has always owed a lot to Jason Kottke. When I first started blogging at the end of 2003, he was my age, but already an elder on the blogging scene. A lot of my thoughts about blogging, the open web, owning your content, and publishing on your own site were shaped by or originated with him. And in the last few years, he’s been supportive of me and my work.
In fact, some of y’all only know who I am because you first heard about my work via Kottke.org. A couple of times over the last few years, my newsletter Life Is So Beautiful has gotten linked to by Jason. And when he went on sabbatical a few years ago, he put my newsletter on the list of recommended reading for folks while he was gone.
And now, my site is on his new blogroll, or what he’s calling the KDO Rolodex.
I have been tempted for years to put up a blogroll of my own, but it’s a pain to keep them up to date, and I’m an ADHD human, and it just feels like a recipe for letting people down.