“Blogging is not like working in a slaughterhouse, grave-digging, diamond-mining, labor organizing, surgery, home healthcare, pediatric oncology, smuggling, teaching, or fighting forest fires. But it's skilled labor, and night- or weekend blogging is a particularly terrifying balancing act, full of p…”— Anna Merlan, vice.com
“There’s something freeing about someone becoming a little unhinged online.”— Ryan O’Connell, melmagazine.com
“I had a personal realization recently: kottke.org isn’t so much a thing I’m making but a process I’m going through. A journey. A journey towards knowledge, discovery, empathy, connection, and a better way of seeing the world.”— Jason Kottke, kottke.org
“I’m the last guy dancing on the stage, by myself, and everyone else has moved on to movies and television.”— Jason Kottke, niemanlab.org
“We made a couple Tumblr blog where we would put up funny jokes, date ideas, and pictures of cute couples. We also did challenges where you had to answer random questions once a day. Not only was it a great way to get to know each other better, but getting a sweet note once a day was also a really gr…”— Kaila, seventeen.com
“If there’s a rule to a successful blog post, it is: Have beautiful photos — good, nice, big, beautiful photos — and take an opinion on something. Hit people’s emotions. Saying ‘I’m in New Zealand,’ well, that’s great, but say something about New Zealand that can get people talking. And include a nic…”— Matthew Kepnes, frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com
“The open web is free—free like language is free, like consciousness is free. Freedom not so much as a right, but as a technical and inalienable fact.”— Robinson Meyer, theatlantic.com
“The natural form of online media is the exchange, not the blast. Tommy's ethos gives us the best chance of recapturing the honesty of blogs, before their spirit was sapped by the tastes of the Facebook masses. 'We put truths on the internet.' That's Tommy's motto. I can subscribe to it. Dauntingly,…”— Nick Denton, observer.com
“Blogs are likely to be better for readers than for capitalists, while I love the medium, I’ve always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses.”— Nick Denton, nymag.com