Re:Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
by shortformblog on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @08:13AM
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I run Tedium, which is an obscurities newsletter/blog: https://tedium.co/
It’s been a passion project of mine for about five years, with the general idea of using the internet to find/surface obscure things that don’t get written about very often, with a goal of going against the grain of virality. I would say this dives into tech topics about half the time. (Last week I wrote a piece on the HP TouchPad.)
I keep a fairly regular posting schedule—twice a week, with syndicated pieces from The Conversation as well. Contributed writers are frequently featured with diverse focus areas—one guy is an expert at novelty music, for example.
The approach started as a newsletter, and is built with a newsletter schedule in mind. But it has the length and breadth of a well-researched blog.
It’s been a passion project of mine for about five years, with the general idea of using the internet to find/surface obscure things that don’t get written about very often, with a goal of going against the grain of virality. I would say this dives into tech topics about half the time. (Last week I wrote a piece on the HP TouchPad.)
I keep a fairly regular posting schedule—twice a week, with syndicated pieces from The Conversation as well. Contributed writers are frequently featured with diverse focus areas—one guy is an expert at novelty music, for example.
The approach started as a newsletter, and is built with a newsletter schedule in mind. But it has the length and breadth of a well-researched blog.
Some samples if you’re curious:
HP TouchPad History: https://tedium.co/2020/03/31/hp-touchpad-history/
How Netflix turned Bill Clinton’s impeachment into a growth-hacking opportunity: https://tedium.co/2020/02/06/impeachment-growth-hacking/
An interview with one of the first newsletter authors: https://tedium.co/2020/01/02/this-is-true-randy-cassingham-i...
A history of the LAMP stack, and why it was so important: https://tedium.co/2019/10/01/lamp-stack-php-mysql-apache-his...
And here’s a mission statement, if it helps: https://tedium.co/what-is-tedium