Sources and influences

In the interest of transparency about what sources influence my writing, I’ve bill of materials for the websites that I most frequently cite. I don’t quite know what you can learn from this list, but it might reveal hidden agendas and unconscious bias.

Top sources in the 200 most recent articles

  1. microsoft.com
  2. w3.org
  3. mozilla.org
  4. freedesktop.org
  5. gnome.org
  6. theverge.com
  7. kde.org
  8. kernel.org
  9. man7.org
  10. youtube.com
  11. apple.com
  12. torproject.org
  13. arstechnica.com
  14. windows.com
  15. github.com/brave
  16. ietf.org
  17. brave.com
  18. qubes-os.org
  19. developers.google.com
  20. theregister.com

All time top sources

  1. microsoft.com
  2. mozilla.org
  3. google.com
  4. w3.org
  5. gnome.org
  6. freedesktop.org
  7. apache.org
  8. europa.eu
  9. ietf.org
  10. apple.com
  11. theverge.com
  12. windows.com
  13. youtube.com
  14. play.google.com
  15. wordpress.org
  16. brave.com
  17. torproject.org
  18. docs.microsoft.com
  19. developers.google.com
  20. arstechnica.com
  21. developer.mozilla.org
  22. getnikola.com
  23. blog.google
  24. kde.org
  25. theregister.com
  26. statcounter.com
  27. webkit.org
  28. github.com/brave
  29. opera.com
  30. chromium.org
  31. github.com/mozilla
  32. googlesource.com
  33. developer.apple.com
  34. archive.org
  35. flattr.com
  36. googleblog.com
  37. builtwith.com
  38. redhat.com
  39. debian.org
  40. ubuntu.com
  41. sourceforge.net
  42. kernel.org
  43. man7.org
  44. whatwg.org
  45. nginx.org
  46. qubes-os.org
  47. httparchive.org
  48. cloudflare.com
  49. syncthing.net
  50. bunny.net
  51. wired.com
  52. tp-link.com
  53. nytimes.com
  54. lenovo.com
  55. quad9.net
  56. readability.com
  57. developer.android.com
  58. bing.com
  59. gnu.org
  60. tranco-list.eu
  61. urn:ietf:rfc:5861
  62. urn:ietf:rfc:4287
  63. bbc.com
  64. steampowered.com
  65. hypercore-protocol.org
  66. yandex.com
  67. lastpass.com
  68. instapaper.com
  69. mailbox.org
  70. developer.chrome.com
  71. docs.ipfs.io
  72. gitlab.com
  73. developer.twitter.com
  74. firewalld.org
  75. eff.org
  76. urn:ietf:rfc:7231
  77. bittorrent.org
  78. adobe.com
  79. flathub.org
  80. developer.microsoft.com
  81. html-tidy.org
  82. torrentfreak.com
  83. intel.com
  84. github.com/rpm-software-management
  85. chromestatus.com
  86. ipfs.tech
  87. pumabrowser.com
  88. venturebeat.com
  89. windowscentral.com
  90. mikrotik.com
  91. developers.cloudflare.com
  92. vivaldi.com
  93. microformats.org
  94. github.com/ipfs
  95. nanoc.app
  96. urn:ietf:rfc:7234
  97. creativecommons.org
  98. kornel.ski
  99. github.com/ruby
  100. asus.com

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Algorithmic transparency

Domains are scored +1 for the first link in an article, and +0,25 per additional link in the same article. Each link is counted once per article.