Simon Willison makes a compelling case for maintaining a linkblog - a collection of short posts that point to interesting content elsewhere on the web, accompanied by brief commentary.
The key insight is that link posts serve as a lightweight way to:
- Curate interesting content you’ve discovered
- Add your own perspective without writing full articles
- Create a searchable archive of resources
- Share knowledge with your audience more frequently than full blog posts
This implementation in AstroPaper now supports exactly this pattern, with proper attribution via the “via” field and clear external link indicators.