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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Praising the small web
Those of us who have taken the time to build our own sites on the 'small web' generally have something to share that’s outside the regular perspectives.
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Blogging is back
Robert Birming declares now is the ideal time to start a personal blog
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I Like Your Blog If...
Lou Plummer likes your blog
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The IndieWeb’s next stage? – Tracy Durnell
The IndieWeb could help people escape silosl, but the IndieWeb is exclusive
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Link Punk: A Linkblog
A fantastic link blog worth subscribing to
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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Various Search Engines I've Used
Scribbles 'n Bits shares a comprehensive evaluation of search engines they've used over the last five years.
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The Web Is Not Inevitable – Nathan Knowler
The Web needs you and me.
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melkat.blog - Hosting the Jamstack
These companies are also taking tons of money from venture capitalists, so I will go out on a limb and say that they are not profitable. They probably don’t even have a sustainable business plan.
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The perfect site doesn’t exist - Branch
Michelle Barker discusses the challenges of maintaining and improving web projects over time while considering environmental challenges.
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Blog Anonymously
This website provides tips for blogging anonymously. Goes a bit further than blogging under a psuedonym.
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Link Pantry
Link Pantry is a collection of links on various topics
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That site you use is dead
Are we not tired yet? Just like how nobody needs Twitter, nobody needs Google. A better web does exist.
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You’re a Blogger, Not an Essayist - I am BARRY HESS
Barry Hess reminds us that we're bloggers, and not essayists. Encourages us to simply write and blog rather than agonising over it.
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We Are the Curators of the Web - I am BARRY HESS
Barry Hess puts forward a suggestion for a collaborative approach to small web curation
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Manifesto for a Humane Web
If what we don’t want from the web is increasingly clear, perhaps it’s time to identify what kind of web we do want. How do we define a humane web?
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Do Things and Tell People
Five rules for sustainable self-promotion of what you put love into creating.
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Building a Website is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Personal websites are about expressing yourself, sometimes it takes times to figure out who you are and what you value, and even longer to properly express that.
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Static site hosting hurdles
When it comes to static sites, there are a myriad of solutions for authoring and compiling, but talk about hosting these static sites, and we are still in the early 2000s.
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The personal website returns: the good, the bad, and the ugly of it
Needless to say, I welcome the homecoming of the homepage, personal or otherwise. Not that some ever really went away.
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a view source web
View source is a reminder that software is a human activity with all its nuance, and mundanity, laid bare waiting to be viewed in our browsers. View source is a slow space, a gesture to see the presence of a person, and a space to come back to.