Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#1

Post by raganwald » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 2:41 PM UTC

Raganwald's Nifty Fifty
raganwald.posterous.com

Re: Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#2

Post by statictype » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 2:41 PM UTC

Well, happy birthday. Looking forward to many more decades of good, thoughtful comments on whatever medium exists for hackers.

Re: Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#3

Post by raganwald » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 2:43 PM UTC

statictype wrote: post #2

Well, happy birthday. Looking forward to many more decades of good, thoughtful comments on whatever medium exists for hackers.

Thanks! I think I’m going to go retro hipster and along with vinyl records and polaroid photographs, I’ll spend more time talking to human beings in person.

Whoa.

Re: Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#4

Post by lionhearted » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 2:45 PM UTC

Happy birthday man -- hope the next 50 years are as good and better to you as this 50 was.

Re: Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#5

Post by qznc » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 2:56 PM UTC

Where is that "Lightweight Languages mailing list"? Google only gives me obsolete stuff.

Re: Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#6

Post by ccourteau » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 2:57 PM UTC

I visit Hacker News everyday and read nearly every one of your articles that shows up on this site. I know it will be a thoughtful and original read. Happy birthday Reginald!

Re: Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#7

Post by crusso » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 2:58 PM UTC

Happy Birthday.

At what point do you think you went from "posting essays online" to being a "blogger"?

Re: Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#8

Post by evmar » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 2:58 PM UTC

qznc wrote: post #5

Where is that "Lightweight Languages mailing list"? Google only gives me obsolete stuff.

It was ll1-discuss. It was a good list but I think it's gone now.

Re: Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#9

Post by throwa » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 2:58 PM UTC

Happy Birthday. Wishing you many more healthy and productive years.

Re: Raganwald's Nifty Fifty

#10

Post by raganwald » Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 3:01 PM UTC

crusso wrote: post #7

Happy Birthday. At what point do you think you went from "posting essays online" to being a "blogger"?

When I started, news aggregators hadn’t reached a tipping point. There was Slashdot and some other stuff, but the vast majority of people subscribed to RSS feeds.

I posted a few essays and shared the links, but I didn’t have a “readership” until I had an RSS feed and people could subscribe. So I consider myself to have started blogging when there was an RSS feed.

(A few years back I abandoned that, as I felt that the best way to reach people was via aggregators like HN and Twitter.)