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Interesting links from around the web!
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Using the iPad as an iPad
This post discusses rediscovering the joy of using an iPad, as an iPad. I'm experiencing a...
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Apple Annie’s Weblog · Give your blog a name.
Apple Annie wants you to name your blog. While you're at it, stop using your face as your...
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Can We Please Put an End to Overperformed Audiobooks?
As a big audiobook reader/listener, I've noticed this while trying to get lost in a story, even...
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Read-it-Later vs Hoarding.
The struggles of read-it-later services. Are you actually going to read that link or just hoard them...
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The state of the web in 2024. Novelty. Booms & busts. The joy of simple HTML-centric web design. Personal websites. The centralized, walled web vs. the decentralized web.
A growing number of people are leaving the walled gardens of the web to find a better experience....
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Send links to your friends and make the Web a better place
Do you remember when the internet didn't have Google or other algorithms and platforms to push...
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Give me a web feed or an API for everything • Cory Dransfeldt
Too real for me at the moment. Agree wtih Cory as per usual. If I'm using your service, you...
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Make a Damn Website
This post dives into the importance of autonomy over presenting yourself online. Stop relying on...
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The Subversive Hyperlink
Lucky for us, who curate web experiences from the comfort of our homepages, we have no worries...
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Towards a quieter, friendlier web • Cory Dransfeldt
Great post from Cory. Avoid the noise, avoid the nonsense!
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The Teenage Web
Louie recounts their early experiences on the internet in the 2000s. Like many others, he...
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Breaking up with Slack and Discord: why it's time to bring back forums. — Joan Westenberg
Over at the Cafe we've realised the same thing. However we're kick starting our own forum,...
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Blogging Isn't Dead. It Never Died. It's Never Going to Die. Neither Is Personal Blogging - Jeffrey Pillow
While some have declared blogging dead over the years, Jeffrey reminds us blogging has never really...
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Why Personal Blogging Still Rules
This post explores the history of personal blogging, its decline, and eventual revival. Personal...
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Which self is this?
Rachel shares her journey about growing up extremely online. She shares how personas change from...
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You don't need to be an expert to write | James' Coffee Blog
If we were all experts our websites would be boring.
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Why I Blog. You Should Too!
Mike shares encouragement and tips on why you should blog and how to get going.
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A rant on ARC Search – Manu
Hard agree. I enjoy a good spam free search. The six pages in the example are all sites I’d actively...
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This website is personal - Frills
Don't worry Frills, you're not the only one who experiences this.
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Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names
An interesting study. My online interactions are done with my fLaMEd pseudonym, which is common in...
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Please, don’t force me to log in
I lose interest when an application or service requires me to create an account for no reason. I...
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How I deploy my Eleventy site to Neocities - localghost
Last week I said there needs to be more 11ty tutorials outside of Netlify. Sophie drops this one for...
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Remembering the early 00s teen website scene - localghost
Sophie takes a trip down memory lane to an era of the web that I thought was much cooler than the...
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LongLiveWebpages.txt
Xandra has shared another thought-provoking post as a follow-up to last week's internet...
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The State of the Independent Web 2022: Updated 2024
There is a gap for hosted tools; what could we do in this space? Overall, the independent and open...
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The quest for purging my bookmarks - Łukasz Wójcik, Blog
I think it's time to nuke my browser bookmarks and pocket reading list and close all open...
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2024 is the Year of the Blog
Lots of people are getting noisy about 2024 being the year of blogging. I'm all for it, but I...
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gilest.org: Make the indie web easier
I agree that creating and publishing for the web needs to be easier for **everyone**, not just...
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Your site, your home, your web • Cory Dransfeldt
Cory looks at how the fracturing of social media platforms has created an opportunity for people to...
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The web is yours | James' Coffee Blog
If you haven't got the message yet, James has more convincing for you to start your own website.
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Neatnik Notes · The power to _not_
I sometimes find myself in front of a comment or a post that screams for a response. The best thing...
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EveryoneShouldBlog.txt
Xandra want's more out of blogs than just technical topics. Any life no matter how mundane is...
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Static Site Generator Cheat Sheet & FAQ
Cassie added a little page to their site to jot down the answers to those questions when they find...
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The Year For Blogging To Pump Up The Volume
"There’s been a lot of pontificating lately that the web is ripe for a blogging renaissance,...
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Why Personal Websites are Important | Chuck Carroll
I can't stop talking about the benefits of having a personal website over relying on social...
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Ashton
Early sites had links pages that connected to other sites, forming a network of linked pages in the...
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The Guiding Principles of My Personal Website
"Core Website Tenets" focus on the mindsets of website building rather than the technical...
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The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
I’m all for more small scale web projects being created this year. More cool services like omg.lol...
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The Web is Fantastic
The Web is fantastic. I agree with Robb. He covers a lot of stuff that makes the Web a fantastic...
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Patterns for Personal Web Sites
Patterns for creating personal web sites. Last updated in 2009, a lot of the page still rings true.
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Choosing a Green Web Host
I’ve always been interested in green web hosting but it seems difficult to determine whether or not...
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My complete blogging workflow | Michael Harley
I love reading about other peoples workflows. Michael provides great detail into his, with a similar...
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blakewatson.com – omg.lol: an oasis on the internet
omg.lol is a gateway into the fun side of the web. It is one of many places on the modern web doing...
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I hate work. — Joan Westenberg
The idea of a work-life balance is a myth. It suggests that work should be as central to our lives...
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Why are drive-thru menus so hard to read?
I, too, am terrorised by the modern drive-thru experience. Unless I've planned ahead of...
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The Village Effect of the Greater Web
The corporate web is fucking up, big time. Except for perhaps TikTok (give it time), users have...
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What to Blog About When You Don’t Know What to Blog About
I really like 13. “Here’s an interesting thing someone else has to say. Here’s my take on it.” I’d...
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Paying tribute to the web with View Source
Being able to view source on a web page back in the day was a great learning tool for myself and...
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How Gaming Rigs Grew Up to Become Battle Stations
How much time do you spend setting up your space rather than using it?
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The Internet of ghosts
In the early 2000s, the music sharing platform Napster allowed users to view other users' entire...
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Barriers to a more social IndieWeb – Tracy Durnell
Blogging needs a different set of social norms than are in play on social media sites. Communication...
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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...
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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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Educational Sensational Inspirational Foundational
A growing collection of blog posts and websites that are educational, sensational, inspirational,...
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Simple Truths About Personal Websites · Matthias Ott – User Experience Designer
Write. Publish. Enjoy.
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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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The internet used to be fun
A continually updated collection of posts and blogs about the Internet. Lots of great reads in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Marginalia Search receives FUTO Grant
Everybody’s favourite small web search engine receives a no strings grant to continue development....
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Kagi Small Web | Kagi Blog
Great new Small Web features from Kagi! Unfortunately I’m not allowed to submit my own website...
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AOL Pretends to be the Internet - The History of the Web
AOL was always weird to me all the way down here in Aotearoa. I never understood how the trial disks...
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The end of the Googleverse
“They were encouraging people to write on the web,” said Baio. Bloggers like Lenssen, Baio, and...
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A look at search engines with their own indexes
The author, Seirdy, takes a look at all of the non-meta search, indexing search engines that they’ve...
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The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president
Yes. There was a time where you could be online too much. The author recalls in 1998, a plea for...
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Interview with Kagi | DKB
The Internet is run by adtech, and all the big companies thrive on it. The sooner we don't have...
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My Journey Away from the JAMstack
Interesting take, for now Netlify still does what I need it to do without issue so I’ll be sticking...
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Every person on the planet should have their own website 💡 Amin Eftegarie
Every person on the planet should have their own website, on their own domain name, and blog about...
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How Websites Die
The author looks to understand how websites die after researching defunct blogging platforms.
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MACHETES DIPPED IN RUM
This is a super long read that goes into huge detail about Bone Thugs-N-Harmony all the way up to...
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The Age of PageRank is Over | Kagi Blog
Great read on the state of search. I'm going to give Kagi a try!
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The Number Ones: Britney Spears’ “3”
Britney Spears has bangers for days but only three have made it to number one. What?!
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Tori Amos Bootleg Webring
The Tori Amos bootleg webring was a community of fans who collected and shared unofficial live...
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The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet
A look into the fascinating world of the Mirai botnet. Read about the origins, capabilities, and...
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Web rings: An alternative to search engines | Casey | College & Research Libraries News
Looking to explore topic-specific websites in a more organised and engaging way? Travel back to 1998...
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“I Realise Now How Harshly I Was Judged”: Miley Cyrus On Finding Her Peace – And Making The Album Of The Summer
Miley Cyrus' latest interview with British Vogue. Delve into this fascinating article to gain...
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The Story Behind Lil Kim’s Iconic Louis Vuitton Logo-Print Portrait
The Story Behind Lil Kim’s Iconic Louis Vuitton Logo-Print Portrait
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We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites
Personal websites and email can replace most of what people like about Facebook—namely the urge to...
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Discover personal websites
Another (hilarious) article emphasises the importance of website discovery. I'm nodding while...
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The Fight for the Open Web
There’s no better time than now to fight for the freedom of the web. While web3 might not be the...
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The Story Of How ODB Recorded His Verse For Mariah Carey’s Remix Is Fantastic
I've been enjoying season 3 of Wu-Tang: An American Saga and was reminded of this article while...
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Dot-com – Vague, But Exciting
This article briefly analyses the dot-com boom and bust between 1995 and 2001. It also looks into...
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I don't want to log in to your website
This article examines how relying on tech giants for user authentication and advertising has...
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No, Blogging Is Not Dying Anytime Soon - Darius Foroux
The author argues against video content creators' claim that blogging is dead. Video is not my...
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Miley's Whole Career Has Been Building to This Moment
I'm so happy that Miley is finally getting her flowers. How has Miley evolved as an artist over...
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The future of blogging
Koos discusses the challenges and opportunities for bloggers in a rapidly evolving online landscape,...
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A Web Renaissance
Written in 2022, Anil declares the internet is experiencing a new wave of innovation and creativity,...
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Smashmouth's White Magic
Zach dives into Smashmouth's hidden, mystical significance, particularly the references to...
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Why is your site like this?
Fellow small web enthusiast Di explores why they write, including the desire to create something...
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A Web that Reflects People and their Val… — Jacky Alciné
Dive into the current state of the internet and the rise of decentralised projects attempting to...
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Just Put Stuff Out There
We all fall trap to this. Create and share your work with the world instead of holding back and...
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In Defense of a Fussy Website
It is evident when a website has been crafted with care and excitement. It can enhance user...
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Bring back personal blogging
I whole heartedly agree with the message in this post, I share similar thoughts in my manifesto.
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Welcome to the new Verge
I'm interested to see how this works out for The Verge. Their redesign aims to provide a better...
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There Can Be Money in Blogging - Chris Coyier
I don't care for the making money parts, but the other points are solid.
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Blasts from the past
Is the Internet broken, or has the way use it created the issues we see today? We could all take...
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Own your stuff
Another article stresses the importance of owning and controlling your digital content rather than...
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The Year of the Personal Website
Have you heard me say 'create your own homepage!' before? Make 2023 the year we take back...
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Maybe the web should die
Written in 2015, this seems even more relevant today in 2023. The Web shouldn't die, but content...
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How to fix the internet
Written in 2015. Should the tech giants control user-created content like videos, podcasts, music...
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Is Amos Burton a Sociopath?
At first glance yup, but this article dives deeper to discover that Amos is indeed a complex person.
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Organizing the Eleventy config file
Lene dives deep and discusses how you could approach organising your Eleventy config file.
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Build your metadata library
This has kept me busy for the past 6 weeks. Katy explains the importance of metadata in web...
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2023, the year of websites
2023 will be the year of websites as people become more aware of the value of owning their content...
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I Got The Internet Going Nutz: Kreayshawn and 10 Years of SOMETHIN' BOUT KREAY' - MGRM
This article reflects on the 10th anniversary of rapper Kreayshawn's debut album Somethin Bout...
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This used to be our playground
There was a time when owning digital space seemed thrilling, and our personal sites motivated us to...
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How to Make a Website
wikiHow embodies an alternative history of the internet, and an interesting possibility for its...
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You Probably Don’t Remember the Internet
How do we memorialize life online when it's constantly disappearing?
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Yahoo, the Destroyer
How the historic company became known as a bumbling villain of internet culture
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Web 0.5
A few people have already used Web 0.5 by back-construction from Web 2.0. Sean Coates used it...
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The Old Internet Died And We Watched And Did Nothing
Quick: Can you think of a picture of yourself on the internet from before 2010, other than your old...
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404 Page Not Found | Kate Wagner
The artifacts of internet life are personal—that is, not professionally or historically notable—and...
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Statistically obsessed
Measure, analyze, check your stats, take a look at the insights. Whether you are running a business...
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How the Blog Broke the Web
The author first got online in 1993, back when the Web had a capital letter — three, in fact — and...
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2015 is the year the old internet finally died
The old blogosphere is being eaten alive by the rise of social media and the mobile web.
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What happened to the ‘old internet’? We used to have so much variety and choice – it's all collapsed, or has it?
The Internet brings the world into people’s homes, enabling people to interact with worldwide events...
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Let's bring Fan Sites and webrings back! - bryanlrobinson.com
In the days before the web was mainstream, it was a place of creation. First for education, then for...
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How to bring back the old internet
People who grew up with the internet of the 1990s probably remember forums — those clunky, lo-fi...
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It’s Time to Get Personal
Is it just me or does nobody have their own website anymore? Outdated sites, or sites that only...
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Why can't I write code inside my browser?
So I can write code inside my spreadsheet, but not inside my browser? WTF!
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The Organic Web
There was a time when owning digital space seemed thrilling, and our personal sites motivated us to...
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One Startup’s Vision to Reinvent the Web for Better Privacy
Blockstack’s system would let you control your own personal data—for example, by revoking a site’s...
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He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World. (Published 2021)
Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a...
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Exit Feeds, Enter Community
Information floods the internet. You can't control it, but it must be controlled for you to...
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How Social Media Killed Internet Art Communities
Zany, early creative communities like DeviantArt and conceptart.org have been steamrolled by...
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The year we wanted the internet to be smaller
Why tiny, weird online communities made a comeback in 2017.
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To Mend a Broken Internet, Create Online Parks
We need public spaces, built in the spirit of Walt Whitman, that allow us to gather, communicate,...
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A Love Letter to Net.Art - The History of the Web
In an interview for her book Internet Art in 2004, writer Rachel Greene had this to say about why...
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When the Web Was Weird
In the late ‘90s, an obscure site called Superbad pioneered jarringly bizarre, often ugly, but...
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Everyone Should Have Access to the Web - The History of the Web
The World Wide Web Foundation began as a way to bring the web to everyone. In these trying times, it...
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The Rise And Fall Of Grunge Typography
The Rise And Fall Of Grunge Typography by Sharan Shetty. Hop on the nostalgia train for a second....
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ZeroNet and the Future of the Internet
Cheapskates again takes a dive into alternet Internet protocols... Until recently, the conventional...
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Hunting the Nearly-Invisible Personal Website
Cheapskates goes hunting. The personal website is a somewhat mysterious animal that lives mostly...
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Autonomy Online: A Case For The IndieWeb — Smashing Magazine
There is an alternative to corporate bubbles online — it’s called the indieweb. build your own...
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The modern web is becoming an unusable, user-hostile wasteland
The question is: at which point do we reach the breaking point?
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Underscores, Optimization & Arms Races - Anil Dash
A dozen years ago, the web started to reshape itself around major companies like Google. We can...
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The Missing Hit and the Open Web
If it doesn't appear in google's search results, does it really exist?
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Seven Reasons for having a Personal Website
There are at least seven reasons you should have a personal website. Cheapskates lets us know what...
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Nostalgia Is Bullshit
When you come to the realisation that web 1.0 nostalgia is bullshit. September shares with us their...
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What I Learned about the Internet by Creating My Own Website
Here are some things Cheapskates learned about the Internet by creating their own website.
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Ten Commandments of the Small Internet
A grassroots Internet movement called \"the small Internet\" is afoot. Here are...
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GeoCities, webrings, and the cozy connectedness of the ‘90s internet
How GeoCities webrings made the ‘90s internet a cozier place.
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Ruins and Templates of Geocities
The free web hosting service GeoCities was founded by Beverly Hills Internet in July 1995, which...
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One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age | Digging through the Geocities Torrent
Digging through the Geocities Torrent
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I Made a Linguistics Professor Listen to a Blink-182 Song and Analyze the Accent
A linguistics professors analysis of the american pop punk accent. Great read.
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sadgrl | There's no place like the old internet
I started on the Internet back in 1996. Sadness came later. In this blog post she explores what the...
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Make your own independent website
Victoria shares how to make 2021 the year of the independent web....
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manifesto
The page that started a... something... We, the people of the Internet, have the power to restore it...
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Overthinking my nostalgia
Ana reflects on her nostalgia for the old web and what she can learn from it.
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Letting Go of the Old Web
Desiree explores what gets us to build a website and tries to understand what a website actually is...