I’m writing again
dan_hawkins
126 points
33 comments
May 22, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (15 comments)
homarp
<insert minecraft server kickstarter joke>
baal80spam
I absolutely loved his "Triumph of the nerds" trilogy. It's my childhood!
geocrasher
memories of slashdot rush in
tjansen
I wouldn't be here if I hadn't somehow obtained and read Accidental Empires as a kid. Still no empire of my own though :(
thought_alarm
It's always fun when an old relic pops up in ye olde RSS reader. His feed would have been one of the originals I started following 25 years ago or so.
brk
Skimming through his posts he was also “back” to writing in 2023. Looks like he wrote 2 things then. Maybe he’ll do a longer run this time, maybe a good half dozen posts before another 3 year break?
ChrisArchitect
Link to actual post: https://www.cringely.com/2026/05/21/im-writing-again/
trollbridge
Okay, bunch of memories came back of getting PBS's online presence going on AvantGo (one of the predecessors to "mobile web") and getting I, Cringely's column hosted on it... Edit: some of these are still up there! http://feeds.pbs.org/pbs/cringely/pulpit-audio
lorecore
He's best known for Triumph of the Nerds but I really liked Plane Crazy, where he tries to build an airplane while basically having a breakdown: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164814/
tptacek
Neat, maybe he can do a followup on how OrangeDAO X Press Start Cap Fellowship Program for new Web3 entrepreneurs is going.
UncleOxidant
From reading that it seems that he and his crew are working on an AI chip?
wewewedxfgdf
Including all the mentally unwell people/trolls in the comments who have become obsessed with Bob's Minecraft server project that did not work out. Their righteous indignation will valiantly carry forth forever! Let them never stop obsessing! "But it matters!" "It's really important!" "He's a liar, and boy our society is collapsing because of liars!". Urghh. They are in the comments here too, riding high white horses.
kittikitti
This reading like an em-dash enthusiast wrote it.
garyrob
This goes back a LONG way for me. I really enjoyed his Notes From The Field column in InfoWorld, which was both reliably funny and reliably interesting, from around 1987-1995.
nibblecid
I just discovered this and I want to learn more about the AI job you guys are doing! I’ll subscribe!