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Connor Tomas O'Brien

Personal blog · connortomas.com · on HN as connortomascultureprogramming

Connor Tomas O'Brien's personal blog at connortomas.com covers culture and programming. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “In Defense of the Floppy Disk Save Symbol”. The last post was in 2014, but the archive is still widely read.

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5mentions?
3HN people?
2013–2014first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2013

The author on HN?

connortomas · 61 karma · member since 2012

Founder of Bkclb (bkclb.co), a startup linking small publishers to adventurous readers. - connortomas.com -

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Most-linked posts?

  1. In Defense of the Floppy Disk Save Symbol
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-04-07

What Hacker News says?

  1. oseibonsu · 2013-04-07

    Submitted In Defense of the Floppy Disk Save Symbol as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  2. ohjeez · 2014-08-20

    Submitted In Defence of the Floppy Disk Save Symbol as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. connortomas · 2013-03-14

    Submitted What Makes *Your* Web Service Sustainable? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  4. connortomas · 2013-02-06

    Submitted The Future of Computers as Trucks as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. connortomas · 2013-02-09

    Submitted Avoiding the Medium-Sized Stuff as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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