(Site Resources) (Small Web)

My Site Stuff

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More about me: about me/my links

At first I didn't have a page for links, because I felt like I'd be linking either to obvious things or to the same things everyone else links to, but as I've been looking around the small web I have seen reflections on the importance of connection between sites and of curation versus algorhythmic discovery. Yes, some of the sites and resources I like to recommend are popular and you'll find them linked elsewhere, but my links serve as a list of places I recommend, so it says something about me as well as about the sites.

Given how hard it is for small content creators to get attention without spending all their time and effort trying to court the algorhythm like they're minor nobility at Cinderella's ball, the curation of links and blogrolls, sharing and making things you've enjoyed easily found, is probably as important as content creation when it comes to making the small web a better place. Rather than currying favor with those who have more power than you, why not spend your time with equals, discussing your projects and exchanging recommendations.

Loosely inspired by the idea of the digital garden and by a comment from lost letters in the 32-Bit Cafe chat, this is an attempt to create pages that combine the links I want to save and share with my own thoughts about the topic at hand. Some of them are still pretty basic, and some of them have taken on a life of their own.

My Thoughts on Web Design

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Other Topics

  • ADHMe - a webring for people with ADHD, as well as links and suggestions
  • Solarpunk - what it is, some related essays, and a lot of half-sorted links
  • Amazon Alternatives - where to get stuff to read and track that you've read it
  • Otherkin& or, on the internet, everyone knows you're a dog
  • Art Links - currently just links to art tutorials and finding public domain art online

The rest of this page includes all of my links for making websites and other, related subjects.

Aspirational

These are the kinds of sites that make me want to work on my website. My site may not look much like any of them, but they're what I looked at when I was thinking that I wanted to get back to having a personal website again. Some of them are by people I know, who reminded me how fun this can be, and some are by people I met in the 32-bit Cafe or sites that just instantly impressed me.

Marijn maya.land Ritual Dust Ocean Waves Fencraft Faeriepunk Nefaerien Frills VoiceDrew ForeverLikeTh.Is Starbreaker Museum of Alexandra Cyber Arcadia Flame and Song Metaparadox Kale Chips A Wanderer's Log Seeking Gryphon's Aerie manyface Solaria's Webspace Numeric Citizen Space James' Coffee Blog

Further Thoughts

Still Here?

I have a few more collections of indieweb or small web related links.

Own Your Data is an indieweb principle: that your content should not live in the cloud or in a social media silo but on a site you control. I'm not there yet but it's one of the things I'm trying to learn more about!

Security is getting more important all the time, given how much of our data is being collected online. I'm not an expert in the subject but I try to maintain a basic level of awareness of the evolving digital privacy situation.