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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Seeing A Different Web
Matt’s post talks about how the return to the "small web" or "IndieWeb" has allowed new surfers to recapture the original sense of community and direct interaction of the early days of the web, before social media and the five websites.
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Writing HTML, Writing the Web, Righting the Web
cogdog reflects on their early days on the web, starting in 1993, and their passion for HTML, a foundation of the web.
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The Indie Web Has Got Me Down - ReadBeanIceCream
After six months on their indie web journye, RedBeanIcecream is feeling a bit down.... Down to write more!
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The Search For My First Website
TribesmanJohn goes searching for their original website
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Finding Dead Websites
An interesting look at how marginalia detects dead websites to avoid serving dead links
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Shittification of the Internet
Thoughts and commentary on how the internet is getting shitter and why 2000s were the best years of the internet.
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In Search of the Lost Web | maraoz
A nice look into the decline of the web from the perspective of guitar chord websites.
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The Web is Fantastic Actually, Sightless Scribbles
Robert Kingett explores whether its popular to hate the Internet right now? But is that a fair assessment where your experience of the Internet is limited to five websites/apps and haven't taken the explore the often less travelled parts?
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FABLED.DAY — choosing a sobriquet
Clarity takes a look at what it takes to choose an online handle
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Homestead the Web · Caolan
Rather than co-opting social media design, Caolan reminds us that we don't need to mimick when we already have all the control and freedom we need with our own websites.
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You Can Make A Website
Coyote has put together a comprehensive guide aimed at demystifying the process of creating a personal website for beginners. Filled with useful tips and links to other resources across the indie web.
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Enough With The Bullshit
Aren’t you tired of all the bullshit? Because BEEW is!
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Making Space for a Handmade Web | Figma Blog
What if instead, there were millions of websites, each one handmade by a single person?
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Building a Website Fit for 1999
Wes has built a retro website, with retro like hosting. What a fun project.
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Don't Make a Blog, Make a Brain Dump
Brad talks about the concept of a "brain dump" as a more approachable way to share personal experiences and thoughts without the pressures associated with traditional blogging.
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A Dream for the Web
Static Made has dream of a web that's small and strange and wonderful
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The Web We've (Never) Lost
Doesn't it feel like the web is getting worse every day? Do you miss the days when Google wasn't a garbage factory, Twitter wasn't a cesspool of Nazis, and you weren't treated like a pair of eyeballs with a wallet? Don't worry, the web of yore is still alive and kicking – in fact, it's thriving. You just need to know where to look. Let's take a dive into the non-mainstream web, where people create blogs and websites for the sheer joy of it, algorithmic feeds are nowhere to be found – and you can join, too!
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Google is Using AI to Censor Independent Websites
Google isn’t satisfied with its monopoly on the questions we search.
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Keep on GIFin’ — A New Version of GifCities, Internet Archive’s GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine! | Internet Archive Blogs
The Internet Archive launches a new version of GifCities, the online animated gif search engine
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A Blog Is Freedom
We all need a bit more freedom across the web