Replied to a post on tbray.org:
Thank you, Tim, for still blogging, and owning your own identity on the web. Your presence makes it more vibrant, unique, and diverse.
The great danger is that the Web’s future is mall-like: No space really public, no storefronts but national brands’, no visuals composed by amateurs, nothing that’s on offer just for its own sake, and for love.
This sentence in particular resonated with me. I want the web to be a massive, interconnected network of independant thinkers, businesses, artists, communicators, individuals, etc., not just a collection of brands shouting into the void, hoping to attract consumers.
I totally agree with this review of the first episode of American Gods. It was, in many ways, a triumph! What seemed unfilmable has started off with an impressive bang. Now, can it sustain its strong start? I sure hope so.