Using Rules to Sort Through 17 Years of Gadgetopia

By Deane Barker

Date: April 3, 2019
From: Issue #26

I’ve been blogging at for almost two decades, and I’ve decided to make a purge. However, there’s just too much content to sort through (some 7,000+ posts).

So, my friend David Hobbs and I put together a post about using rules to manage the inventory:

Words, Links, and Centrality: Evaluating 17 Years of Gadgetopia Content

While it’s primarily about inventories and analysis, it also looks back on how the goals of a site change over time. I’ll admit to getting a little nostalgic.