http://www.nymag.com/news/media/15972/
An interesting graph of how the 50 most popular weblogs out in the wild link to each other. Looking at this, one gets the feeling that a side effect of web-based social networking is cliques. How can we avoid it? How does someone new break in? (Robert Scoble has some ideas.)
Let's Encrypt is ten years old. It's changed the web for the better.
"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter."
The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.
"History shows us that all progress comes from the meeting of diverse people, with different ideas, and different backgrounds." The web is no different.