Rob Weychert | Art & Design
Rob has redesigned his site and it’s looking gorgeous.
I really like the categories he’s got for his blog.
A Recipe to Your Own Home-Coded Personal Website
There’s a sort of joy in getting to manually create the site of your own where you have the freedom to add anything you want onto it, much like a homemade meal has that special touch to it.
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It turns out I’m still excited about the web
While I’ve grown more cynical about much of tech, movements like the Indieweb and the Fediverse remind me that the ideals I once loved, and that spirit of the early web, aren’t lost. They’re evolving, just like everything else.
Social, I love you, but you’re bringing me down
Posting in a space I control isn’t just about the principle anymore. It’s a kind of self-preservation. I want to preserve my attention and my autonomy. I accept that I’m addicted, and I would like to curb that addiction. We all only have so much time to spend; we only have one face to maintain ownership of. Independence is the most productive, least invasive way forward.
IndieWebCamp Brighton 2024 · Paul Robert Lloyd
This is going to be a fun weekend!
Not got a personal website? Bring your laptop or mobile device, and we’ll help you get setup so that you can publish somewhere you control and can make your own.
Seasoned web developer? Learn about the different open web services, software and technologies that can help empower yourself and others to own their content and online identity.
w/e 2023-11-05 (Phil Gyford’s website)
On the one hand I still really enjoy writing code and making something work and look good (ish) and put it online where anyone in the world can see it. It’s still like magic. And is still some kind of personal affirmation, a way of saying “here I am!”, of enjoying that it’s noticed by someone, somewhere.
True.
On the other hand, the maintenance. It’s not like this is new to me, keeping things going for years, decades. And I try to make things as easy as possible – keep things up to date, make things in similar ways, stick to reliable and boring technologies, don’t start too many things, etc. But, especially when several things aren’t quite working right, it’s such a weight.
Also true.
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2023 in numbers
Another year on adactio.com
Indie Web Camp Nuremberg
Updating my website with related posts and fixing link rot.
The syndicate
Cross-posting to wherever is flavour of the month.
2022 in numbers
One year on adactio.com, complete with sparklines.
2021 in numbers
My year on adactio.com in numbers and sparklines.