KIXX.NEWS edition for:
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Today is Lover's Day and I don't really have any hot takes on that.
- Chris Coyier reminds us that running our own website is awesome? Unless it's not.
- How to host your site on that old Nintendo Wii you're using as a door stop.
- DHH encourages us to stand up to the cabal of giant tech companies.
- Getting off social media makes most people happier.
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Control: Running your own website
There is an idea in my bubble that running your own website is A Very Good Idea. I subscribe to the idea that running your own website is A Very Good Idea and will continue to help that along in my career. But there is a heaping helping of It Depends involved here.
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This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii
Some great inspiration to work within constraints.
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You can heal the internet
Our internet is being colonized and exploited by a cabal of tech titans. But smaller products, smaller teams, run by people with different motivations may be the answer.
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The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State
People who deactivated Facebook for six weeks reported a 0.060 standard deviation improvement in happiness, and people who deactivated Instagram for those six weeks reported a 0.041 standard deviation improvement. The analysis suggests the Facebook effect is driven by people over 35, while the Instagram effect is driven by women under 25.
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