I am always enjoying reading Roden issues by Craig Mod and this one made me add 2 books to my reading list
About small shops, "Miller says: "A true shop has a life, a breath, a status, set not by algorithms but by minds and hearts. And you know it.""
"Personal curation is a powerful practice to build your own content streams. And instead of seeing posts, articles, newsletters, podcast episodes piling up in your backlogs as a burden, and feeling overwhelmed by it, embrace it, embrace the content, embrace your personal curation."
That's why I do Full-Time Curious
Manuel Moreale is launching a curated newsletter starting on January 1st named Dealgorithmed and you should subscribe!
"Dealgorithmed is a newsletter for the people who still love and care about the web, for those who are tired of doomscrolling the same three sites day after day.
A newsletter about the small web, the poetic web, the quiet web, the web many say we lost years ago, yet it's still here, ready to be rediscovered by those who care."
Discover micro-interactions, easter eggs, and other seemingly extra design details that infuse life, personality, and fun back into the web.