Geoff George

Chicagoan, dev, writer and former micro/macro editor of little consequence, compulsive movie/TV watcher, ever-recovering night owl, and bookworm. Opinions are mine. He/him. (Also posts at @geoffdgeorge@mastodon.social.)

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A Little Lit Roulette

I've selected the last couple of books from my shelf at random, and turns out I prefer it

May 10·4 min read·758 words

Behold, the Future

A reminder from ‘The Deuce’ that all is transitory as I explore new ways to carry this Web 1.0 space forward

Apr 7·1 min read·24 words

Dispatch from the Trail: A Depressing Duo

William T. Vollmann’s “Europe Central” is hitting uncomfortably close to home, and at the same time I'm braced for Yiyun Li’s latest

Mar 3·3 min read·430 words

Douglas Adams on AI, Before There Was AI

A passage from one of the author’s comic novels of the 1980s clarifies a key user flaw of our AI present

Jan 31·4 min read·676 words

Page-Turner Tunes: Boards of Canada’s “Music Has the Right to Children”

The first entry in a series on my favorite albums for locking in while reading

Jan 11·5 min read·874 words

At Present Pace ...

A year's-end reminder that the race is long but only against myself

Dec 24·3 min read·410 words

When is a book TOO big?

In terms of sheer size, I’ve finally found my limit with one of my latest reads

Dec 17·3 min read·544 words

Read What You Want

Engagement-based media has worried the concept of performative reading into a trend, and too many are falling for it

Nov 17·4 min read·754 words

Raising the Garage Door

Figuring out how to find people outside the algorithmic platforms

Nov 2·1 min read·14 words

Up Next

One book closes, three more open

Oct 17·3 min read·434 words

Enter House

Mark Z. Danielewski might be for the adventure gamers

Oct 16·4 min read·655 words

My Current Read

A big, sprawling tip of the spear of what could have been an even bigger, even more sprawling thing

Oct 7·3 min read·523 words

Take Three

Not the first iteration, probably not the last

Oct 5·3 min read·435 words

The View

Scattered thoughts from a third-floor overlook

Sep 20·1 min read·8 words

Don’t Be Precious

A reminder to myself about how blogs are supposed to work

Sep 18·1 min read·14 words

TikTok Gets (Barely) Banned

The app went dark and was resurrected in less time than my transpacific flight

Jan 26·1 min read·18 words

RIP, Mr. Lynch

A brief remembrance

Jan 19·1 min read·6 words

Attending to My Attention

Some thoughts on the year behind, and some blog-related resolutions for 2025

Dec 21·1 min read·16 words

Bluesky Replies as Comments

This is rad

Dec 7·1 min read·7 words

We're Mad as Hell. What Now?

What good is a rant when everyone's delivering one?

Dec 1·1 min read·15 words

Back to the Text

Can We Make Indie Blogging a Thing Again?

Oct 19·1 min read·12 words