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Dan Williams

Personal blog · iamdanw.com/wroteprogrammingculture

Dan Williams writes iamdanw, a personal blog at iamdanw.com about programming and culture. Since 2011, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “The Village and the Village”. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.

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10mentions?
9HN people?
2011–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for travel writing about unusual journeys, such as a trip on a container ship and a write-up of it in the postcards series. It also includes a post on what borders are.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Village and the Village
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-06-04
  2. Instapaper Placebo
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-03-08

What Hacker News says?

  1. mdisraeli · 2015-02-11Recommends
    At EMF Camp last summer, Dan W gave a great talk about his similar Unknown Fields trip on a container ship. This by far was one of the highlights of the event, as it was extremely insightful into this hidden world. You can watch the talk at http://www.iamdanw.com/said/emfcamp/ Dan is now writing up the journey, you can follow his tales at http://www.iamdanw.com/postcards/

    Comment linking /postcards/

    on “The shipping network that keeps the world running”
  2. opusdie · 2015-06-04

    Submitted The Village and the Village as a story · 17 points

    HN discussion
  3. cowsandmilk · 2015-06-09
    The advantage is not having to switch them... Your phone does it for you. I mean, it isn't like the border between the Netherlands and Belgium is always straightforward[1]. [1] http://www.iamdanw.com/wrote/what-are-borders-anyway/

    Comment linking /wrote/what-are-borders-anyway/

    on “The borderless SIM is finally here”
  4. danw · 2011-04-14

    Submitted DisplayCabinet - our 24 hour Internet of Things hack. What do you think? as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  5. donohoe · 2012-03-08

    Submitted Instapaper Placebo as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. robin_reala · 2014-11-20

    Submitted Christmas in Yiwu as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. fdb · 2014-07-09

    Submitted Instapaper Placebo as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. pavel_lishin · 2012-09-13

    Submitted Do The Other Things as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Swizec · 2012-01-30

    Submitted Arrivals for Foursquare - coolest 4sq app I've seen as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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