LinkLocker

I'm pleased to announce that a number of new customization features have gone live on the site as of this afternoon. We've added a new Settings pane where you can adjust the way that your links are displayed: you can toggle between a few different overall display modes, and you have the option of showing / hiding various bits on each link's metadata (like its tags, its category, its "starred" status, and so on). There are a couple of other long overdue additions ...

There has never been a more perfect time to start being proactive about privacy than this moment, right now, at the end of 2016. The surveillance state is out of control—and it's currently being overseen by a relatively sane administration. Just think about how a Trump presidency might want to put to use the vast troves of personal data about you and your interests. A number of thoughts come to mind, and there isn't a pretty one in the bunch.

And it ...

I'm very excited to announce that we are launching the site officially next week (I'm going to keep the exact date under my hat just a little while longer, in case some disastrous bug or server explosion should cause an unexpected delay). I am very excited about this. And that is an understatement.