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Arena, the little tool that could - Bonjour Yannick

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I love using tools a lot on the internet. I enjoy writing my own and finding alternatives to bulky ones. I love minimalist tooling that serves a purpose well — a little bit like the Unix philosophy, a tool that does one thing well. I’d rather find an Opinel than a Swiss knife. For the last year or so, I have been using Are.na, a tool you could compare to Pinterest if you are not really familiar with Are.na, but it is much more than a pin board for me. Are.na has two significant concepts: “blocks” and “channels.” You add blocks to channels, and you create channels as a collection of blocks. The twist: You can have channels from other people pinned in your channels, a meta level. I use it a lot to pin stuff from my browsing on the internet— a lot of pictures, links, and videos are there. But the nice part is that you can also have open collections where folks can come and add stuff that matches the channel. They can connect the blocks you created to their channels, and this is where the

I love using tools a lot on the internet. I enjoy writing my own and finding alternatives to bulky ones. I love minimalist tooling that serves a purpose well — a little bit like the Unix philosophy, a tool that does one thing well. I'd rather find an Opinel than a Swiss knife. For the last year or so, I have been using Are.na , a tool you could compare to Pinterest if you are not really familiar with Are.na, but it is much more than a pin board for me. Are.na has two significant concepts: "blocks" and "channels." You add blocks to channels, and you create channels as a collection of blocks. Th

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