📝 i wrote about my panel experience at #AWP26, where i talked about sharing digital poetry works

plus, a little interactive experiment in seeing the process of editing on top of a script!

https://kayserifserif.place/posts/2026/wild-wild-tech/

Wild, wild tech | Katherine Yang

An account of our panel at AWP 2026!

the same text with edits visible vs edits obscured, all powered by `<ins>` and `<del>` and CSS
@kayserifserif KATHERINE I LOVE THIS

@kayserifserif i mean the entire write-up is tremendous

(also omg that attendee interaction! how wonderful!! and well-deserved!!)

but/and: WOW I LOVE THOSE EDIT MARKS

@beep HAHA YAY! i'm so glad you like!

yeah, having writing on my mind really made me think about tools for writing and the writing process. definitely taking Word/Google Docs as inspiration for how we digitally manage the editing process (whether alone or with someone else). it's such an interesting and important part. are there ways to motivate and honour that process?

@kayserifserif WOW, love this!
@jasonsantamaria thank you!! i was surprised at how relatively straightforward it was to implement, and using semantic elements too! i feel like there are lots of typographic possibilities to play around with :)
@kayserifserif In a past life @beep and I were part of a group that worked on a collaborative writing app that tried to show inline diff edits, so I love to see different approaches. Yours feels so light and smooth to read. 👏
@jasonsantamaria @beep oh that's so cool, i had no idea! is it still around or is there any documentation of it?
@kayserifserif @jasonsantamaria sadly it’s *not* still around, but our old blog is still online! you can see snippets of our UI still kickin’ around if you poke around enough http://stet.editorially.com/articles/iterating-the-editorially-ui/
STET | Iterating the Editorially UI

@kayserifserif @beep @kayserifserif No longer online, but there are screenshots to be found. Ethan has some good ones in his work section: https://ethanmarcotte.com/work/editorially/
Editorially — ethanmarcotte.com

In 2012 I cofounded Editorially, a collaborative writing and editing platform. Working alongside my cofounders Mandy Brown, Jason Santa Maria, and David Yee, we designed Editorially to be as responsive, as fast, and as accessible as possible.

@jasonsantamaria @kayserifserif also what jason said!

<3

@beep @jasonsantamaria @kayserifserif I have a decent collection of screenshots … including a set with the “Editorially will be shutting down” messaging.

I can pop them on Dropbox or something if people are interested.

@splorp @beep @kayserifserif Yes please! I have a bunch of screenshots myself, but am always up for grabbing more. Eventually I need to put a portfolio together online again :D
Editorially

Shared with Dropbox

Dropbox
@splorp @beep @kayserifserif Also, Type News! 😭
@jasonsantamaria @splorp @beep @kayserifserif — oh man! *Waves of nostalgia* (and pangs of guilt for not staying on top of certain personal things better back in the day).
@jasonsantamaria @beep @kayserifserif Type News would not have been as amazing an experience without @erikvorhes and the collaborative usefulness of Editorially.
@jasonsantamaria @splorp @beep @kayserifserif — ❤️ — I am swamped probably for the next year but would love to do something together again as soon as it’s remotely feasible!

@splorp @jasonsantamaria @kayserifserif Grant, this is such a gift.

Thank you so much 💜😭

@splorp — the hero we need but don’t deserve! /cc @jasonsantamaria @beep @kayserifserif
@erikvorhes @jasonsantamaria @beep @kayserifserif That’s far better than a hero we deserve, but don’t need.
@beep @jasonsantamaria @kayserifserif This is really cool to see, Katherine. I was intrigued by @latte recent explorations into putting captions on top of images, and this feels like an equally and magically useful task.

@Luke @beep @jasonsantamaria @kayserifserif love all of this!!

hehe so timely, i used ins/del for the first time the other week in a draft, for the purpose of making jokes :’) agree so much potential for showing inline edits to really bring a document to life. html is so cool

@latte love love LOVE this, del/ins might be in my top 5 html tags tbh

(a totally fine and normal list to have, why are you aski

@latte ps. da rotunda is now canon imo
@beep wait top 5 html tags would make a banger list. subscribe
@latte —uh oh i should make this huh

@beep @latte — I’ll do it if you do it!

(Also, concurrences on Editorially — I still miss it — and the ins/del approach! Totally riffing on this, with credit of course.)

@latte @Luke @beep @jasonsantamaria @kayserifserif “agree so much potential for showing inline edits to really bring a document to life” This was part of the impulse behind https://terza.commercialtype.com

Collaborative writing/editing is the best!

Terza

@litherland wait WHAT

CAREN THIS IS SO COOL

@beep Yeah, good times!
@beep (Also Terza is a tour de force, and one of my very favorite typefaces.)
@litherland This is beautiful! I love the split screen setup and the different ways you can follow the writing.
@litherland @latte @beep @jasonsantamaria @kayserifserif I uh, had to read the whole thing. It gripped me. And I chortled.
@Luke @latte @jasonsantamaria @kayserifserif @beep Jess is one of the best writers working today imho.

@litherland gripping stuff, I actually pretended to make the corrections myself while reading it to see how both versions read.
And the typeface, of course.

But now I just want to sneak magazines into places. Is that a thing??

@Luke thank you for the nice comment! yes, i'm always inspired by what @latte can do with web pages! <3
@jasonsantamaria @beep gosh, that looks like Good Software!! and such a strong, conscientious voice throughout all the articles on Stet. thank you for sharing, it sounded like such an inspiring endeavor!
@kayserifserif — this is so, so good.