“That was, and remains, the central allure of Web publishing. When I learned the Internet existed, I was excited to get to write stuff for it, not just because what I wrote could be beamed around the planet (and even to space!) in a matter of seconds, but because there was an infinite amount of canvas on which to paint. The Internet became not just a place to publish, but a place to improve. I could write something, and if it didn’t work, that was OK, because I could just write something else. It was a place to get reps. It was a place to get better.”