Volume I · Mindoro
A weblog, written from Puerto Galera, on the open web.
Essays, links, notes, and book marginalia from David Krug — founder of 701am, based on the north coast of the Philippines.
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Essays · May 17, 2026
The Long, Slow Return of the Personal Website
For a decade we outsourced our writing to platforms with better distribution and worse manners. That bargain is quietly coming undone.
Linkblog · May 16, 2026
A field guide to the disappearing typefaces of the 1970s
Lovely visual essay from Letterform Archive on the photo-typesetting era — a narrow twenty-year window when type was made of light instead of metal or pixels.
Notes · May 15, 2026
Three Small Tools I Use Almost Every Day
None of these are productivity hacks, and I'm slightly embarrassed by how much I use them.