# 🔗 Bringing people together with the web - James' Coffee Blog

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-06-23
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/06/23/bringing-people-together-with-the-web-james-coffee-blog/
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> [My recent blog post about categories](https://jamesg.blog/2026/06/04/is-there-a-power-law-of-category-use) was inspired by a discussion with [Thomas](https://vanderwal.net/) about work he was doing on his site. [Thomas then wrote a blog post in response to mine](https://vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2147), and several people reached out with their ideas. I was delighted to see how much discussion and inquiry can come from a single blog post.

*Source:* [Bringing people together with the web - James' Coffee Blog](https://jamesg.blog/2026/06/10/together-with-the-web)

This _used_ to be the norm. I am fairly confident that my preference for longer form writing isn't just my penchant for verbosity / slowness in thinking. That it comes from trying to be more nuanced, articulate and hopefully more thoughtful. 

That said, a part of me still accepts that there are obviously going to be people who have the clarity of thought without needing time to think. I think I've realized that _I_ am not that person. 

I believe that twitter's constraints of 256 characters (~~128 characters~~) used to make me write better, but the _speed_ of interaction made me _think worse._ Like, with anything, ymmv.