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+created_at: Sun Oct 03 17:19:09 +0200 2010
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+Title: Timeless
+Subtitle: A mixture of a blog, wiki and CMS
+
+Welcome to Timeless, the new incarnation of my blog. If you're reading this
+from the feed, I would recommend you to take a moment and visit the [newly
+redesigned site](http://timeless.judofyr.net/) which has been improved in
+many ways.
+
+I started my first technical blog in Feburary 2008 and have been blogging
+infrequently since then. As time has passed by, I've discovered that a blog is
+a surprisingly *bad* way to present technical content, both for the author and
+the reader. Timeless is an attempt at creating a new kind of blog with a focus
+on frequently updated, quality content which lasts longer than the beta of your
+favourite framework.
+
+(snip)
+
+## The Meaning of a Blog Post
+
+Attach a timestamp to a piece of text. Present it in reverse-chronological
+order. Simple and effective. For almost a decade blogs have been the primary
+medium for inviduals to express their opinion on the internet. A blog is
+perfect for writing about *changes*: a person's life, the society in general,
+the progress of a project, or other events. The readers are encouraged to
+frequently visit the blog in order to keep up to date, and in some blogs (these
+days: *most* blogs) they can also post comments and take a part of the
+discussion.
+
+So simple and so effective that it has slowly taken over the internet, which
+isn't *only* positive. Useful information is hidden beneath "September 2008",
+but is still as relevant today. Posts with glaring mistakes are left online
+because all blog posts should be immutable. People forget to write down the
+context (in the technical world: version numbers, operation systems etc), so
+it's impossible to know if the post still applies a few years later.
+
+The blog has become the norm, even in the places where it doesn't fit *at all*.
+
+## A blog that isn't a blog
+
+You might have arrived at this site under the impression that this is a blog.
+If so, I'm sorry to disappoint you: you won't find any timestamps here. Why?
+Because I don't want to write about changes. I don't have what it takes to
+maintain a blog and post regularly. All I want to do is to *write*. Not often,
+not always, but still: there are times when I simply want to write.
+
+If I'm not going to take advantage of the blog, then why should I be impeded by
+the disadvantages? Why do I feel I'm *obliged* to add a timestamp to each post?
+Why do I feel I'm *not allowed* to change or update the posts?
+
+I feel brainwashed, and Timeless is my attempt at breaking out of the prison.
+
+## Content, not changes
+
+The goal of Timeless is that every articles should be *timeless*. Well, not
+timeless in the usual meaning of the word, but timeless as in every article
+should include enough context to be easily understandable if you discover it a
+month, a year or maybe even ten years later. The article should be regularly
+updated as I learn and discover new aspects of the topic.
+
+Just because Timeless focuses on content, doesn't mean there's no focus on the
+changes. I don't expect people to manually look for changes, so I have both an
+[RSS feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/MagnusHolm) and [a separate
+page](/changelog) about the recent changes at Timeless.
+
+This gives me the perfect flexibilty: New readers can browser and explore the
+content like it's a wiki, while returning readers can easily see if there's any
+updated content. If you want to be notifed about further updates, you can
+simply subscribe to the feed, just like a normal blog.
+