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Sam Littlefair

@littlefair.ca

Building @vowel.cc, @color.horse Formerly @storyblok.com, prismic.io, @lionsroar.com

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Sam LittlefairSep 29, 2026

The Websites We Deserve

Our lives run on websites. From banking apps to recipe notes, we have entrusted the web with virtually everything we care about. In exchange for our trust, the creators of the internet made us a promise: if you want to, you can create your own website and put it on the internet.

Sam LittlefairSep 28, 2026

I'm testing an #atproto publish from Vowel.

Sam LittlefairSep 25, 2026

Today is the day I put my blog on the atmosphere, powered by Vowel.

Sam LittlefairFeb 2, 2025

Indigenous Rights Don't Cause Crime

If that title sounds obvious, talk to the New York Times. The bastion of journalism just published an article about white organized criminals wreaking havoc in a white lobster-fishing community, which spends 1100 of its 1600 words discussing "thorny questions about Indigenous rights."

Sam LittlefairFeb 1, 2025

Marriage and Family in the Middle Ages, by Frances and Joseph Gies

How the family unit tranformed from the economic engine of Europe to the venue for awkward holiday dinners.

Sam LittlefairFeb 1, 2025

I'm putting a post-it note here for myself:

Sam LittlefairSep 24, 2024

Women in Anglo-Saxon England, by Christine Fell

How French vikings popularized misogyny in England.

Sam LittlefairSep 11, 2024

How to Choose the Right Camera Film

What I've learned about film stocks after two years of shooting.

Sam LittlefairSep 9, 2024

How the West Came to Rule, by Alexander Anievas and Kerem Nisancioglu

An exploration into the darker side of European greatness.

Sam LittlefairSep 5, 2024

The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber and David Wengrow

An anthropologist and an archaeologist revise human history.

Sam LittlefairJul 24, 2024

The Great Transition, by Bruce Campbell (Part Two)

How the Middle Ages came to an end and a new world began.

Sam LittlefairJul 8, 2024

Last month, I traveled to Paris for work. While there, I gave notice at my job. After four years, it's time for a change. Like all changes, it felt poignant and emotional.