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2nd October 2002

A year ago, Mark Pilgrim’s manager told him to stop blogging. He refused, and was fired a week later. Today Mark celebrates.

Posted 2nd October 2002 at 10:36 am · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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