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Jun
07

catalog news 008: A Book is a Piece of Wood

Dear reader, A word from catalog staff member Mark: A Book is a Piece of Wood Digital technology is constantly
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May
17

catalog news 007: beta launch and latest updates 🚀

Dear book person, It's been a little while and lots has happened in the life of catalog. In
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Mar
07

catalog news 006: voyagers of the mind

dear friends, we've just entered book two of middlemarch with our bluesky friends, which has been a lot
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Feb
28

catalog news 005: relearning to read in the 21st century again, again

Dear catalog friends, A few updates on the catalog app and roadmap, before I go into my main train of
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Jan
06

catalog news 004: a space for book people

(Did you get this post as an email, because you're on our email list? Don't miss
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Nov
13
catalog news 003: the book link

catalog news 003: the book link

dear friends, the world seems to be on fire – from firebombs to wildfires to dumpster fires, a relentless march of
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Aug
30

catalog news 002: elegy for big box bookstores

Though I live in Brooklyn today, I grew up in the deep suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area. Our
7 min read
Aug
10
a card catalog

catalog news 001: a catalog

hello friends, stewart brand wrote in how buildings learn "a building is not something you finish. a building is
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