1. He doesn't have an RSS feed. That's a medium many people use it to connect.
2. He doesn't have a mailchimp (or other) list to subscribe to. That's another medium people use.
3. He didn't optimize for Google. That's a huge medium people use to reach content. (he uses analytics, though. guess why)
4. Font size is set in pixels. This is the wrong way to do it if you want to be optimized for reading. You should set it in "em" to have the size of the browser default. Another reason why you need a professional to design a site.
It's true that we are sometimes (or in many occasions) taking the features to the extreme. But there is a reason why they are there. That's the new web. Learn how to use the feature to improve the experience, and not to make it worse.
It misses the point entirely and concentrates on the banality of the medium rather than the message.
The new web is the old web, rehashed with less content and more money making prospects through complicated meshes of dross leeched from the veins of media startups.
Not using is putting the message first for a change and I applaud that.
1. He doesn't have an RSS feed. That's a medium many people use it to connect.
2. He doesn't have a mailchimp (or other) list to subscribe to. That's another medium people use.
3. He didn't optimize for Google. That's a huge medium people use to reach content. (he uses analytics, though. guess why)
4. Font size is set in pixels. This is the wrong way to do it if you want to be optimized for reading. You should set it in "em" to have the size of the browser default. Another reason why you need a professional to design a site.
It's true that we are sometimes (or in many occasions) taking the features to the extreme. But there is a reason why they are there. That's the new web. Learn how to use the feature to improve the experience, and not to make it worse.
Not using is just moving us backward.