Interviews & Commentary

Interviews & Commentary features conversations, perspectives, and opinion pieces related to blogging and digital publishing. It highlights the voices behind the work, including bloggers, writers, editors, and industry participants.

The goal is thoughtful commentary that reflects the community and the evolving realities of publishing on the web.

What happened to Michael Arrington in 2009 is now happening at scale

I quit my full-time journalism job to write on Substack and for the first six months I made $127 total — but something about owning my own words again after three decades of editorial compromise made me feel like I’d finally remembered who I was before I learned to write for approval

Before the Lawsuits: What the WordPress Community Looked Like at Its Best

The “You” revolution: How a magazine cover predicted the creator economy

The impossible promise of online civility: What happened when Mena Trott called out a critic