Bookmarks
A curated collection of links, articles, and resources I've found worth sharing. Browse by topic using the tags below, or follow along via RSS.
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Let’s take back the Web!
Let’s start our own blogs again, on our own domains.
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Why a personal site rather than social media presence?
Hamattion why they have a website rather than just a social media profile
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What helps me browse a personal website | Bacardi55's Web Cave
I find myself highly aligned with bacardi55's preferences!
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WTF happened to blogs | Michal's corner
Remember when blogs were raw, unfiltered windows into someone’s mind?
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Server Side Includes, the hottest of the web in 1995
Supercharge your website with Server Side Includes. Managing a common header, navigation and footer is easy. You just need an Apache webserver.
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The internet's original sin
Sustainable models are needed to continue to support an open web
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A Personal Site Versus Social Media - Jason Journals
On social media, you share microposts; you write short-form stuff. But a personal blog has no character or word limit, so you can write long-form posts (plus short…whatever you want).
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Finding the indie web is hard | Delyo's garden
The struggles and challenges of finding and connecting with independent, personal websites and blogs outside of the walled gardens in the small web.
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Now that we have the IndieWeb how are others to find it?
How do people who don't know about IndieWeb, but would like to escape the web-scape funk they’re beholden to, find out about IndieWeb?
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Natural Responsiveness
Tips and examples to help maintain natural responsiveness in web design. Great for HTML/CSS beginners
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The next decade of the web | James' Coffee Blog
The positive and negative personal experiences of growing up on the web. What's next for the web?
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The Revenge of the Home Page
As social networks become less reliable distributors of the news, consumers of digital journalism are seeking out an older form of online real estate.
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The Internet is a Series of Webs
The future of the internet seems up in the air. Consumed by rotting behemoths.
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I feel hacked
Nowadays, searching anything online is frustrating. Pages and pages of sponsored results. Ads everywhere! Click-bait galore!
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Beware the cloud of hype - The History of the Web
When you see such outlandish shamelessness look for the cloud of hype that lies beyond it. Remember the lessons from the web.
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Is the Golden Age of Fair Use Over?
If you take from the web, you should give back.
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Lamentations of a Web 1.0 Dinosaur
Why didn't you make it easier for the non-technical to carve out their own spaces on the web rather than forcing them into the centralized digital fiefdom known as social media?
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Cheers to the Small Web - Cole's Blog
Cole wants to thank all of us who create their own space on the web
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Tutorial | A simple page builder app.
Looks like an interesting browser based WYSIWYG website editor tool?
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Small matters
The idea behind the Small Web is to return to the early days before the internet was overly commercialized, homogenized, and controlled by mega-corporations.