Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.
@brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different.
That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback).
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RE: https://indieweb.social/@tg/115967619782982891
really good story... up until
"Podcasts borrowed the queue from music players. But nobody ever felt guilty about unplayed albums. "I haven't listened to all my records" isn't a confession."
I have always felt guilt about unheard music, but I will read on...
