On the concept of “making content”—why SEO sucks, and why the IndieWeb is much better.

https://unattributed.cc/re-why-i-stopped-creating-content

#indieweb #audience #artist #writer #painter #sculptor #seo #marketing #promotion

I didn't feel like writing anything so I filled a questionnaire https://abhinavsarkar.net/notes/2026-100-webmasters/ #Blogging #indieweb

I'm surprised the seminal series "Rebooting the Blogosphere" by @stephtara didn't get more traction here back in September/October (that I could see).

I just re-read them. Yes, they're rather long posts, but believe me: they're well worth your attention and your time! Brilliant analysis.

Part 1 — Activities: https://climbtothestars.org/archives/2025/09/10/rebooting-the-blogosphere-part-1-activities/

Part 2 — Interaction: https://climbtothestars.org/archives/2025/09/11/rebooting-the-blogosphere-part-2-interaction/

Part 3 — Integration: https://climbtothestars.org/archives/2025/09/28/rebooting-the-blogosphere-part-3-integration/

#climbToTheStars #rebootingTheBlogosphere #analysis #indieweb #blogs

I didn't feel like writing anything so I filled a questionnaire https://abhinavsarkar.net/notes/2026-100-webmasters/

#Blogging #indieweb

Audiences are more than nameless, faceless “traffic” to the people who share their works

https://unattributed.cc/re-why-i-stopped-creating-content

#indieweb #audience #artist #writer #painter #sculptor #seo #marketing #promotion

Today's Write Now interview features Jacqueline West, author of BLACK POINT.
https://justincox.com/blog/2026/07/write-now-with-jacqueline-west/
#IndieWeb #Blogging #Interview

I’m currently building my first custom theme for my landing page with Astro and refining both the design and the code. 🚀 #AstroJS #WebDevelopment #IndieWeb
today's mini essay deals with the poor air quality we've experienced as a result of canadian wildfires. somehow, i managed to connect the phenomenon to makoto shinkai's disaster trilogy. what a stretch! you can read at: toadpress.com #MakotoShinkai #WeatheringWithYou #anime #indieweb #essay

I’m currently building my first custom theme for my landing page with Astro and refining both the design and the code. 🚀

#AstroJS #WebDevelopment #IndieWeb

I’m currently building my first custom theme for my landing page with Astro and refining both the design and the code. 🚀

#AstroJS #WebDevelopment #IndieWeb

made some progress, but stymied in my efforts to hand-write a `zsh` static blog builder for markdown files and html templates. particularly difficult areas:

- using `toml` frontmatter and site-wide configuration values.
- shortcodes called from within a markdown post, which render media embeds at that point.
- prev/next pagination.
- lists and counts for taxonomies and posts.
- recursive operations.

still learning shell intricacies and arcana. the journey continues.

#zsh #html #indieweb

DRY stands for Don’t Repeat Yourself.

I am pleased to have done something I have been meaning to do for a long time: clean up the multiple repeated layout templates and Hugo conditional code that generates all my microblog-style content:

* likes
* replies
* notes
* RSVPs
* and the latest one I added: books (preview below)

View full note:
https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/0722-0400

This is post 70 of #100DaysToOffload 🥳

#hugo #posse #indieweb #books #personalBlog #blogging #personalsites

SYSTEM RECORD // STYLEGUIDE Color is role-based, not decorative. Type changes with voice. Components carry provenance, state, and custody. The design language of Forgotten Industries is now inspectable. forgotten-industries.net/styleguide/ #ForgottenIndustries #WebDesign #IndieWeb
i wrote a mini essay today about the dead phrase 'surfing the web.' writing this also took me down a '90's themed memory lane. you can read today's essay on www.toadpress.com #personalessay #writing #90s #indieweb #blog #nostalgia #retro #essay

I Am Too Lazy for Webmentions

I keep seeing other authors talk about webmentions. I occasionally pull up the spec, read it, and then, immediately close it. Honestly, I am just too lazy to deal with it.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-21.html

#Blogging #IndieWeb

noticed people were signing up and doing nothing after. no post, no guestbook, no webring. signup dropped them onto a page with zero sign anyone else was here. added a small "3 things worth doing" nudge for new profiles. cybersoda.blog #indieweb #smallweb #buildinpublic #webdev #geocities

fLaMEd's episode of the "wonders of web weaving" podcast is so cool and insightful! loved listening :) great job @flamed & @jamesg.blog!!!

https://web-weaving.jamesg.blog/11

#indieweb #internet #smallweb #website #html

My blog has no comment form. Any reader can comment, reply and get notified; the trick is using email as the user interface.

https://en.andros.dev/blog/ad250446/my-comment-box-is-your-email-client/

#IndieWeb #Email #SelfHosted #OpenWeb #Python #Flask

German (post first — largest Mastodon audience)

Ich habe etwas gebaut, das ich mir seit Jahren gewünscht habe.

Wikipedia dokumentiert Fakten. HED dokumentiert, was Wikipedia nicht kann — wie es sich wirklich angefühlt hat, etwas zu erleben.

Hinterlasse eine Geschichte. Lies die von anderen. Oder drück einfach auf Zufällig und schau, was auftaucht.

hedarchive.org

#MenschlicheErfahrung #IndieWeb #Archiv #Geschichten