Matt Doane

My new personal site is finally live. It's built with Eleventy by @zachleat.com, and I just want to say thanks for creating and maintaining such an excellent project. I'm really proud of how it turned out. mattdoane.com

I really need a new og:image. Seen any good ones lately?

I know y’all hate AI, but I used it, and I’m proud pf the result. Wrote about it here. mattdoane.com/blog/did-i-m...

a favorite bit of writing on Dolly: David Cantwell on "Coat of Many Colors" "I am poor, but I will be more than that. I *am* more than that. Despite your contempt, the things I love are worth loving."

I was hoping for your help with something. (Please RT for reach.) Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that?

Yesterday I discovered Ray Bradbury’s There Will Come Soft Rains. Since it’s usually published as part of The Martian Chronicles, I made my own cover for the story and wrote a little about it. mattdoane.com/blog/there-w...

Giving this a go as I’m definitely in the Album Whale Venn diagram. Check out my album list, Best of 2026, on Album Whale! albumwhale.com/matt-doane/b...

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

why don't you watch the Monterey Bay Aquarium live jellyfish cam and maybe you'll calm down