John Gruber has addressed (once again) why his ever-popular site Daring Fireball doesn’t have comments: What makes DF an efficient and effective soapbox is exactly that it is not noisy. My goal is for not a single wasted word to appear anywhere on any page of the site. [...] Comments, at least on popular websites, [...]
I started ForkBombr when I left Apple in 2008. At the end of 2009, I posted this, saying I was putting the site on hold: I decided to simplify in 2010. I’ve stopped checking Google Reader religiously, and am toning it down on Twitter. I’m writing for me for the first time in years, doing [...]
I started ForkBombr in September 2008. Since then, it’s seen impressive growth, averaging 3,000 page views a month, which still surprises me. In the last 12 months, it’s been read in 105 countries. Most hits come from readers using a Macintosh, although 17% of you are still using Internet Explorer. The most popular articles have [...]
After working in an Apple Store for three blac Fridays, I’m not leaving my house today. If you’re like me, and like shopping online, head over to Amazon, buy anything via this link, and help support ForkBombr. You’ll be glad you did.
All ForkBombr content is — and will remain — free. That said, I pay the bills for this thing out of my own pocket. If you like what you read here, feel free to help pitch in. I’ve added a “Support ForkBombr” link to the sidebar. Past that, I’m not going to annoy you with [...]
Almost 60 percent of you read my content via RSS. All ForkBombr content is published in the feed, and will continue to be in the future. Today, however, I’ve added another way to follow Forkbombr: Twitter. I’m not one of those guys who thinks social media will save the world, or that social media can [...]
I’ve revamped the CSS here on ForkBombr. If you read my content via RSS and never visit, come drop by and take a look. Gone is the dark background, the type is all a little smaller and the logo now lives in the sidebar. A few other loose ends have been tied up. If you’re [...]
As I previously posted, we have found out our son has brain cancer. He just underwent his first round of chemo and we’re back home now. Thank you for the kind emails, and rest assured we will continue to update on our “Josiah Updates” page. That said, Merri advised me the other night to “give the people what [...]
Dear Readers, I wanted to drop a quick line and let you know updating on ForkBombr is coming to a screeching halt for a while. On Friday, May 8, we found out our 6-month old son has a brain tumor. He’s at St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Needless to say, I’m focused on my family alone [...]
Due to ongoing issues with my RSS feed, I’ve switched to using FeedBurner. Here’s the link: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/forkbombr/rss2
