It might just be my IndieWeb filter bubble talking, but I think there is a renewed interest in personal websites. A lot of big social media giants are falling out of favor, and it becomes cool again to own a space on the web rather than being one of a billion usernames.

Every day fans and followers reach out to learn about the websites/blogs/podcasts I follow to stay up to date with the tech & business world. So if you are ready to do some reading about reading, here you go:

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From Vox Recode

While low profits haven’t always been something Wall Street has tolerated, they actually form a key element of Amazon’s success. In a way, its low profits are making it more profitable.

From The Washington Post

In their sometimes rundown, often eclectic ways, urban districts offer a kind of visual stimulus – in the form of attractive single people, outrageous outfits, ethnic diversity and eclectic architecture – that has attracted artists and writers for hundreds of years. “City air,” goes an old German saying, “makes one free.

New York Times

To avoid congestion, the plan requires efficient mass transit. Mr. Calthorpe has proposed an alternative — autonomous rapid transit, or ART — using fleets of self-driving vans in reserved lanes on main arteries like El Camino Real. Those lanes would allow the vehicles to travel faster and require a lower level of autonomous technology. And the vans could travel separately or be connected together.

From Ian Bicking’s blog

Interesting talk by Connie Chan.