bookmarked The internet used to be fun
here’s a collection of articles that to some degree answer the question “Why have a personal website?” with “Because it’s fun, and the internet used to be fun."
(It still is, but it used to be, too)
IndieWeb
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
I’ve seen a few indie web directories popping up lately, so in an attempt to keep track of them all I’ve started on a directory of indie web directories.
Then I was introduced to Russel’s paradox, which asks if a directory should include itself?
The answer is no, you make another one.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2026
liked IndieWeb.org Principles
bookmarked A Website to End All Websites
[…] the path back to feeling like you have some control is to un-spin yourself from the Five Apps of the Apocalypse and reclaim the Internet as a set of tools you use to build something you can own & be proud of
Sunday, March 1st, 2026
How to create an RSS Feed
In my last post I recommended starting with RSS to make your site followable.
This is how to do that. …
Ways to make your feed followable
You’ve got 3 posts on your site and you want people to be notified about new ones.
Here’s all the ways I can think of doing that. …
Wednesday, September 10th, 2025
Into the Fediverse 🖖
We live in strange times, with strange social networks doing strange things.
So why, on the same day I said I was team IndieWeb, did I enter the Fediverse? …
Tuesday, September 9th, 2025
Getting My Own Site
The second step to getting on the IndieWeb is to have your own site.
This is easier said than done, and there are lots of different ways of doing it.
This is what I did. …
Getting My Own Domain
The first step to getting on the IndieWeb is to have your own domain.
I’ve already got one, so I thought I’d explain how I got it. …
