So Jason's gone and redesigned Kottke.org, integrating all his content into one column, with all sorts of tricks to have movie reviews, book reviews, "classic" posts, remaindered links, etc., appear in-line but with mini-templates of their own. All of which is great, of course...I mean who doesn't love the big K?
Then why do I have this nagging feeling that someday we will all return to the talismanic ur-format of freedonia.com/~carl, where everything's on one page, all scrollable, searchable (CTRL+F, anyone?) and even permalinked for user-friendliness. Categories? Context-providing Google links? Comments? Revenue producing reading lists? Micro-ads? Daily, weekly and monthly archives? Feh. It's all about the output.
Remember, kids: this is all his fault. All of it. I blame Carl, and you should too.



I wish more people remembered that it really is all Carl's fault.
Posted by: Ben Brown | Nov 19, 2003 at 08:28 AM
And that Jason Kottke isn't an innovator.
Posted by: Ben Brown | Nov 19, 2003 at 08:31 AM
I blame Gans
Posted by: xian | Nov 20, 2003 at 10:12 AM
where *is* carl these days? the last time i saw him he was saying something about moving to vancouver. but i don't think that happened.
i usually blame carl for everything in general, to save time.
Posted by: richard | Nov 21, 2003 at 07:56 PM
I remember some wag wrote years ago that Adam Clayton was the luckiest man in the history of rock and roll. I think the same applies to Kottke. But his redesign is nice. Whatever. Also years ago I wanted to start walking around wearing a 'Hello, My Name is Carl' sticker. I was going to debut it at the first Eggers-mania reading here on the right coast. The line was too long and I went home despondent at the inevitable effects of minor celebrity. Somehow Carl managed not to soil it all. I still blame Carl. And I still want to walk around wearing that sticker.
Posted by: + o | Nov 23, 2003 at 01:38 PM
If I'm Adam Clayton, who's Bono? Or isn't the comparison that specific?
Posted by: jkottke | Nov 24, 2003 at 02:53 PM
I figured it was just one of those strange American things. Thanks for reassuring me that you're not _all_ so crazy, Anil ;-)
Posted by: Google | Nov 07, 2004 at 04:21 PM