Blogs Are Back
A browser-based RSS reader that stores everything locally. There’s also a directory you can explore to get you started.
Frank Chimero · Redesign: Wants and Needs
Websites sit on a design spectrum. On one end are applications, with their conditional logic, states, and flows—they’re software.
On the other end of the design spectrum are documents; sweet, modest documents with their pleasing knowableness and clear edges.
For better or worse, I am a document lover.
This is the context where I fell in love with design and the web. It is a love story, but it is also a ghost story.
Related links
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
Hand-coded, syndicated, and above all personal websites are exemplary: They let users of the internet to be autonomous, experiment, have ownership, learn, share, find god, find love, find purpose. Bespoke, endlessly tweaked, eternally redesigned, built-in-public, surprising UI and delightful UX. The personal website is a staunch undying answer to everything the corporate and industrial web has taken from us.
Developing an alt text button for images on my website | James’ Coffee Blog
I like the idea of adding this to personal websites:
Mastodon shows an “Alt” button in the bottom right of images that have associated alt text. This button, when clicked, shows the alt text the author has written for the image.
P&B: Jeremy Keith – Manu
In which I answer questions about blogging.
I’ve put a copy of this on my own site too.
Once Again From the Top • Jason Santa Maria
Welcome back, Jason!
Related posts
Harry Roberts is speaking at Web Day Out
This line-up just gets better and better! You’ll want to be in Brighton on March 12th, 2026.
Blog Questions Challenge
Answers to some questions about blogging.
Words I wrote in 2024
Some handpicked highlights from my blog.
Feed reading
Serendipity is the best algorithm.
Our web
The web is what we make it.