Coffee Before Running
Ditherpunk, HTTPoetics, My Boyfriend, Celine Nguyen and cassette tapes
Dear reader
I eagerly entered the new year. I rushed to set up the business infrastructure here in Greece, schedule Naive Yearly, catch up on old promises and build healthy routines. I was in such a hurry that I drank coffee before running to go faster.
When January became February, I was still running. But I started to feel like running on a treadmill. I was in motion, but the landscape remained still. Or maybe the maze is a better metaphor because I momentarily experienced progress until I reached another dead-end. I got confused and exhausted and lost my ability to prioritise the to-do list.
I’m still running but for the past ten days without coffee. How are you?
With care
Kristoffer
Wayside flowers
Field notes
1.
Ditherpunk, a guide. For reference I use Dither Me This.
2.
»A website is a poem that is already in everyone's pocket, a house built from photos of other houses, a book where every chapter is another book where every chapter is another book.«
Imagine if every syllabus spoke about the internet with similar poetry as the HTTPoetics syllabus.
3.
My Boyfriend is a new online magazine looking for submission for their second issue.
4.
»More striking, and moving, is the alphabetically ordered, temporally disordered narration: ‘Grandma died. Grandma has been sick. Grandma is ailing still’. Death, after all, comes before life in the dictionary.«
Celine Nguyen writes about Alphabetical Diaries, Sheila Heti’s latest book, an edited version of 10 years of alphabetically ordered diary entries. Bonus tip: Celine writes an excellent newsletter with the backstory of the review.
5.
WWWalkman uses cassette tapes to share, store and remix websites.
Collections
Hi! Thank you for reading. You are always welcome to write me at kristoffer@naiveweekly.com. Last postcard was sent to 2819 inboxes. Logo by Dreams™. Photograph by Ana Šantl.
Really enjoyed this — clear, thoughtful, and a fun read that makes the topic feel relatable and useful.
On a somewhat related note, when creating visual content (like fitness infographics, illustrations, or visuals for newsletters) experimenting with different dithering styles can add texture and personality. For quick real‑time comparisons and experimentation before exporting, I’ve been using https://ditherimage.online
— browser‑based, fast, and great for testing multiple looks.