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Giles Turnbull

Personal blog · gilest.orgwritingweb

Giles Turnbull's personal blog at gilest.org covers writing and web. Since 2010, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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2010–2026first – last linked?
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Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link Giles Turnbull's blog for a longer interview about a man who wrote down every thought he had, and for a follow-up post about making the indie web easier. The comments only point to these posts.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

What Hacker News says?

  1. Longer interview: http://gilest.org/luvly/20040322-lion.html

    Comment linking /luvly/20040322-lion.html

    on “The Man Who Wrote Down Every Thought He Had”
  2. Submitted How to Be Clear as a story · 195 points

    HN discussion
  3. It's mentioned in the follow-up post: https://gilest.org/indie-easy-again.html

    Comment linking /indie-easy-again.html

    on “Let's make the indie web easier”
  4. Submitted Let's make the indie web easier as a story · 70 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Doing Weeknotes as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted AI and the Human Voice as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted A chat with 19-year-old me as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted What using RSS feeds feels like as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Use the human voice, not the corporate voice as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted In defence of Flickr as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Not Moaning about AI as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted How to Be Clear as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Nice little cards made out of bits of internet as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted On having a proper job as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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