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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Carl and the cookie and the Web
A brief history of Carl Steadman of suck.com fame
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Everything / Nothing
In the E/N world, the primary way of discovering more of these websites was through links from the sites you were already visiting.
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It's 2023, here is why your web design sucks.
What happened to the web designer role?
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Internet Artifacts
Check this one out on your phone for the best experience!
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My Backup Strategy: Notes About Syncing to a Synology NAS
A reminder to myself to setup my back ups...
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Simple Truths About Personal Websites · Matthias Ott – User Experience Designer
Write. Publish. Enjoy.
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Educational Sensational Inspirational Foundational
A growing collection of blog posts and websites that are educational, sensational, inspirational, and foundational.
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Old Web, New Web, Indie Web - petermolnar.net
If you have to decide on the order of creative freedom vs data ownership, what order do you choose?
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My Kobo Customizations
A great post with lots of great customisations and hacks for the Kobo for when I make my eventual upgrade to the Libra 2
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The internet used to be fun
A continually updated collection of posts and blogs about the Internet. Lots of great reads in there, including my one of my own.
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Rediscovering the Old Internet Vibe
Another recount of someone finding those old Internet vibes.
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Taylor Lorenz Extremely Online Book Interview | The Mozilla Blog
Great interview with Taylor Lorenz. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on and reading her new book, Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet.
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The OG Social Network: Other People’s Websites
What would the web be like today if Google hadn't killed Reader? Jim touches on that the web could have been our social netowrk. This is something that I talk about often and hope to see become a reality again.
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The Best Time to Own a Domain Was 20 Years Ago, The Second Best Time Is Today
I'm a strong supporter of personal websites, and in my opinion, the first step before diving into your design or choosing hosting is securing your own domain name. As Jim discusses in the post, your domain can be your digital verification badge, adding an extra layer of authenticity to your online presence.
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Kobo Libra 2
Mind blown, imagine if book readers supported RSS feeds?
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The Quiet Web | by Brian Koberlein
Another personal take on the quiet web. Touches upon adtech and how the quiet web avoids such nonsense. Once you get used to the quiet web, you may never want to go back.
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Did I Make a Mistake Selling My Social-Media Darling to Yahoo?
Peak 2000s social bookmarking website (that was great fun) sold to and destroyed by Yahoo! Who else used Del.icio.us?
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Best Practices When Using Fonts
A detailed post on web fonts, how to host your own, how to deal with unstyled content, variable fonts, subset fonts… Long but great read.
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Marginalia Search receives FUTO Grant
Everybody’s favourite small web search engine receives a no strings grant to continue development. This means that the search engine will be able to move out of an apartment and into a rack in a data centre somewhere. Great news all round.
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Small Web Connectivity
One of the things social media took from us was a true sense of connection.