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The slow web
Reading on the web, again
RSS never left. A practical guide to building a calm reading setup that doesn’t decide what you see.
Noa Kestrel
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My reading list lives in a feed reader again. It took an evening to set up and it has given me back about an hour a day.
Start with twenty
Pick twenty sites you already visit on purpose. Subscribe to those and nothing else for a month. You will be surprised how little you miss.
A chronological list is the most radical feature on the internet.
Keep a slow folder
Long essays go into a separate folder that I read on Sunday mornings with coffee. The rest can wait, and most of it turns out not to need reading at all.
Written by Noa Kestrel
Writer and designer in Lisbon. One essay every Thursday, short posts in between. Replies are open, and I read every one.
