Blogging on J's Blog

Against Content Churn

Wed, 13 May 2026 17:43:02 +0000

There is a pervasive societal pressure to produce content on a schedule. A blog post every day. A newsletter every week. A video every month. The creators who “make it” are the ones who grind, who hustle, who treat creativity like a factory assembly line. Let us be perfectly clear: there is no reason to make a blog post other than the desire to voice something to the world.

Think of a blog post as a pamphlet that you hand out. Do you want to hand out a pamphlet every day? Or do you want to hand out a meaningful pamphlet every few weeks, every month, or even once a year?

Why I Made a Blog

Sun, 10 May 2026 20:22:00 +0000

I made a blog because I want blogs to come back.

The web was supposed to be a place to share ideas, to stumble across something neat, to feel human curiosity rewarded. Now it is a playground for oligarchs and oligopolies. The corporate web is stale, curated by algorithms that keep you scrolling instead of thinking, and utterly devoid of genuine human interaction. When was the last time you found something online and thought, “That is genuinely neat”? It is a rare occurrence. It should be common.

How to Use a Blog in 2026

Fri, 08 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Blogs come in many shapes and sizes. But how do you consume content without surrendering your privacy? How do you read without feeding the algorithmic beast that decides what you see based on what keeps you angry or scrolling?

A blog is much more than a simple tool for publication. It is a tool for one’s mind, a tool for one’s creativity, and a tool for one’s connection to the world. It is a direct line between the writer and the reader, bypassing the middleman that traditionally curates, filters, and monetizes that attention. If you want to reclaim your connections, you must also reclaim your reading list. The way you consume information is just as critical as how you publish it.