Dawn of a New Day, Dawn of a New Year
| 1,122 words
TAGS: IndieWeb, meta
Announcing the launch of brennan.day, an IndieWeb-focused personal site built with Eleventy, hosted on GitLab, and committed to ethical technology choices.
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Worse than Wrestling with God
| 721 words
TAGS: technical
An all-night debugging session wrestling with web design issues, from omg.lol glitches to CSS mysteries, and the decision to migrate to Eleventy.
Getting Things Up and Running
| 652 words
TAGS: meta, projects
Transitioning from private to public writing, sharing progress on the Calgary Groups project and plans for the brennan.day website setup.
Time to Fun Blog
| 733 words
TAGS: creativity, spirituality, blogging
A pre-dawn reflection on overcoming fear and perfectionism to create an authentic, no-stakes blog for genuine self-expression.
omg.lol is the Internet We Need Right Now
| 2,133 words
TAGS: blogging, internet, technical, IndieWeb
Take back your corner of the Internet. Stop building on rented land. Stop trusting platforms that see you as product. Stop waiting for some company to make the "perfect" tool.
Are NSFW AI Companions Actually Just Exploited Workers in Developing Countries?
| ai | 1,582 words
TAGS: Digital Culture, Media Criticism, Social Commentary, technical, AI
Part 3 of a series on the AI Crisis
Hello World!
| 342 words
TAGS: meta, personal essay
My first post on this weblog, writing from Calgary on Treaty 7 Territory about returning to independent writing on the open web with simple, enduring technology.
The Only Real Sport
| culture | 1,922 words
TAGS: personal essay, Cultural Criticism, Media Criticism, sports
Romance and Mythology in Mixed-Martial Arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship
No, Smiling Friends WON'T Become the Next Rick and Morty
| culture | 2,030 words
TAGS: personal essay, Cultural Criticism, Media Criticism
That's the Whole Point
10 Ways to Write Like the 90's
| writing-craft | 2,445 words
TAGS: personal essay, Cultural Criticism, Digital Culture, Writing Process
Using the Methods of Journalists from the Past to Inspire Your Writing Today
I Started Listening To Justin Vernon In Grade School. Now, He's Retiring As I Turn 30.
| culture | 3,179 words
TAGS: personal essay, music
Growing Up With Bon Iver
What does it mean to be a good editor?
| writing-craft | 1,780 words
TAGS: personal essay, Writing Process, publishing
Accessibility, Gatekeeping, and Who Gets to be Published
Fandom is Awesome. Furries are Awesome. Bronies are Awesome. Cringe is Awesome. Fuck You.
| personal-favourites, culture | 2,670 words
TAGS: personal essay, community, Cultural Criticism, Digital Culture
What is cringe? The feeling when you see somebody deeply love something you don't understand.
Move to a Better Internet in 2026.
| indieweb | 1,897 words
TAGS: personal essay, Digital Culture, Social Media, technical, Medium, IndieWeb
Why You (yes, you) Should Join Medium, Tumblr, and NeoCities.
You will never do anything productive or meaningful with your life.
| personal-favourites, lyric-essays | 1,921 words
TAGS: personal essay, philosophy, productivity
The liberation of realizing you can't waste your time.
The Three Times the World Nearly Ended
| personal-favourites, history | 2,200 words
TAGS: personal essay, politics, History
Ordinary people chose to do the right thing and saved us all. We barely remember them.
I wrote two dozen articles on Medium in November. It made me a living wage.
| 2,766 words
TAGS: personal essay, Medium, productivity, publishing
What I've learned getting out of my own way.
Tough, but Fair: How to Elevate Your Craft from Blogging to Literary Journalism
| writing-craft | 4,912 words
TAGS: Literary Journalism, personal essay, Writing Process, publishing
On independence, integrity, and telling the truth beautifully. (featuring Better Call Saul and Homestuck?)
Steal My Work
| personal-favourites | 2,194 words
TAGS: personal essay, Creative Process, Writing Process
An Invitation to Theft, A Refusal of Authorship, and Why Your Name Matters Less Than Your Message
THE ART OF THE MICROESSAY
| personal-favourites, lyric-essays | 1,658 words
TAGS: personal essay, Creative Writing, Writing Process
29 Examples to Get You Started!