Blogroll

Are.na Channels

• Kristoffer Tjalve's Telegrams (RSS) → Updates from one of my favorite internet artists.
• Naive: Call For Participation (RSS) → Calls for submissions to fascinating projects.
• Poetic Web Calendar (RSS) → 'Poetic Web' events: wonderful and unique.

Blogs

Creativity

• Everest Pipkin (RSS) → The many varied creations of an internet artist.
• Jack Cheng (RSS) → Thoughts on writing, slow tech, and life.
• The Artist's Notebook (RSS) → Paul Watson's studio journal of art and research.
• The Creative Independent (RSS) → Conversations and resources for creative people.

Culinary

• Honeybunch of Onion Tops (RSS) → Vegan, gluten-free recipes and gentle words.

Culture

• A Working Library (RSS) → Notes from having read esoteric, fascinating books.
• Becky Chambers (RSS) → News from a beloved writer of kind futures.
• Craig Mod (RSS) → Walking the world, and writing about it.
• Fix The News (RSS) → Good news of the week.
• Robin Sloan (RSS) → Dispatches from a well-read writer and jack-of-all-trades.
• Seth's Blog (RSS) → A fountain of thought-provoking, pithy ideas.
• The Pudding (RSS) → Data-driven journalism in the best way possible.
• Yancey Strickler (RSS) → Exploring new forms for creative people.

Curiosity

• Messy Nessy Chic (RSS) → Antiquarian treasures unearthed through the web.
• Swissmiss (RSS) → A digital garden of delights.

Literature

• Card Catalog (RSS) → Thinking like a librarian in the age of AI.
• Caroline Crampton (RSS) → From the author of A Body Made of Glass.
• LGBTQ Reads (RSS) → Queering up your shelf, one rec at a time.
• Reading the End (RSS) → Before they read the middle.
• Sightless Scribbles (RSS) → A fabulously gay blind author.
• The Hypothesis (RSS) → Annalee Newitz on science, history, and speculation.

Philosophy

• Billy Oppenheimer (RSS) → An amazing ability to connect disparate threads.
• Ryan Holiday (RSS) → Pithy, opinionated writing on life and reading.
• The Marginalian (RSS) → Notes between the margins of the greatest of literature.

Tech

• Anil Dash (RSS) → On making culture, since 1999.
• App Defaults (RSS) → The apps the people use.
• Ben Werdmuller (RSS) → At the intersection of tech, journalism, and community.
• Blogroll (RSS) → A blog on blogs.
• Chris Coyier (RSS) → Web craftsmanship from a longtime blogger.
• Dave Rupert (RSS) → Web development from an Austin coder and podcaster.
• Ethan Marcotte (RSS) → From the creator of responsive web design.
• Gossip's Web (RSS) → Handmade sites and experiments.
• Jim Nielsen's Blog (RSS) → Thoughtful musings on the web and design.
• Low←Tech Magazine (RSS) → A site running on solar.
• Mark Nottingham (RSS) → Web standards and protocol thinking.
• Matthias Ott (RSS) → Articles and notes on user experience.
• Ooh Directory (RSS) → Excellent blogs about anything and everything.
• Sacha Judd (RSS) → On communities, fandom, and popular culture.
• Salma Alam-Naylor (RSS) → Tech education with personality and verve.
• The HTML Review (RSS) → Celebrating all you can do with the language.
• The Technium (RSS) → Kevin Kelly on making the inevitable obvious.
• This Week In The IndieWeb (RSS) → What's happening across the indie web.
• Uses This (RSS) → What tools the folks of the internet use.
• Waxy (RSS) → Andy Baio's longtime corner of the internet.

Indie Blogs

3

• 32-Bit Cafe → Community for old web aesthetics and indie web.

A

• A parenthetical departure (RSS) → Notes and asides from Sylvia.
• Alastair Johnston (RSS) → Thoughts on a calmer life and internet.
• Artlung → Creative web design and development.
• Ava's Space → Personal indie web presence.

B

• benji.dog (RSS) → Personal indie web blog.
• The Bone Folder → Bookbinding and creative pursuits.
• Britt Coxon (RSS) → Artist, illustrator, and web designer.

C

• Chia's Blog (RSS) → She puts the art in internet.
• Chris Burnell (RSS) → An appreciator of the fine work of CSS.
• Chris Butler (RSS) → A designer with much food for thought on the topic.
• Chris Glass (RSS) → Treasure troves of miscellanea to explore.
• Cory Dransfeldt (RSS) → A whiz at automation, a media connoisseur and curator.

D

• Daryl Sun → Personal blog and digital garden.
• Dead Garden → Community and personal writing.
• Derek Sivers (RSS) → A man of many contrarian ideas and endless wisdom.

E

• Elly Loel (RSS) → Web design and accessibility, written with care.
• ev-fae@quest (RSS) → Evie Fae's online home. Speak friend, and enter.

F

• Flamed Fury → Indie web community and personal site.
• Forever Like This (RSS) → Insightful thoughts on many topics.

J

• James' Coffee Blog (RSS) → Longform thoughts from a prolific maker.
• Jason White (RSS) → Music, design, and interesting links.

K

• Keenan (RSS) → Just stunning, heartfelt writing.
• Konfetti Explorations (RSS) → Marisabel's combined feeds of creative play.

L

• Leilukin → Personal indie web blog.

M

• Maggie Appleton (RSS) → Digital anthropology, visual essays, and knowledge.
• manatee's wake (RSS) → A manatee watches the planet go round.
• Manuel Moreale (RSS) → A pioneer of web minimalism, and a generous interviewer.
• Mark Sutherland → Design and development blog.
• Maya On The Internet → Personal digital space.
• Mewizard → Creative personal site.
• Museum Of Alexandra → Digital museum and creative archive.

O

• OhHelloAna (RSS) → Personal indie web presence.

P

• Pablo Enoc (RSS) → Pablo Enoc's personal blog.
• Pagemelt (RSS) → Updates from the Pagemelt corner of the web.

R

• Rach Smith (RSS) → Notes as colorful as the rainbow.
• Reilly Spitzfaden (RSS) → Posts, notes, and photos from a personal site.
• Robb Knight (RSS) → Such a colorful, clever site.
• Robert Birming (RSS) → Everyday thoughts and small adventures from Sweden.
• Robin Rendle (RSS) → Design and typography make for a visual feast.

S

• Sara Jakša (RSS) → Personal writing and replies.
• Sara Joy (RSS) → Just pure fun.
• ShellSharks (RSS) → Writings on infosec, technology, and life.

T

• Tracy Durnell (RSS) → Thoughts, book notes, and endlessly-readable weeknotes.
• TransRats → Community blog and creative space.

V

• Velvet's Smoking Lounge → Retro aesthetic personal site.

W

• What The Fran (RSS) → Frances Crossley's bear blog.
• Wing Pang → Personal indie web blog.
• Winnie Lim (RSS) → Beautiful writing in its poetic sobriety.

Microblogs

• Tracy Durnell's Notes (RSS) → Book recommendations and delicious food.

Newsletters

Creativity

• Art Dogs (RSS) → Delightful dispatches on artists' companions.
• Austin Kleon (RSS) → 10 surprising, fascinating tidbits worth sharing.
• Creative Fuel (RSS) → Thoughtful prompts for a creative life.
• Noted (RSS) → A peek into the notebooks of thinkers and makers.
• Subtle Maneuvers (RSS) → The routines, habits, and superstitions of creative types.
• The Clearing (RSS) → Katherine May for wild minds and enchantment-seekers.
• The Art Of Noticing (RSS) → Ways to pay more attention to this beautiful world.

Culture

• Beyond (RSS) → Insightful interviews with writers and heart-centered minds.
• Cosmographia (RSS) → Travel the world, but not as you know it.
• Dandelion Seeds (RSS) → Illustrated essays on the beauty of life.
• Dense Discovery → Interesting corners of the internet, curated.
• Granted (RSS) → Adam Grant on psychology and work.
• It'd Be Fun, They Said (RSS) → Heartwarming personal essays from a full life.
• Jocelyn K. Glei → Thoughtful essays on arts and culture.
• milk fed (RSS) → Philosophy, prose, and perfume.
• One Thing (RSS) → Curated curiosities, one at a time.
• Personal Canon (RSS) → Thinking through art, literature, and ideas.
• postcards by elle (RSS) → Curated recommendations and longform essays.
• The Science of Better (RSS) → Charles Duhigg on becoming better.
• What Do We Do Now That We're Here? (RSS) → Living a meaningful life in a chaotic world.

Curiosity

• 10+1 THINGS (RSS) → Eleven interesting stories, handpicked.
• Curious About Everything (RSS) → Internet reads on everything and anything.
• Dealgorithmed (RSS) → For freeing yourself from the algorithmic web.
• Everything Is Amazing (RSS) → What the title says is true.
• Naive Weekly (RSS) → Links to the poetic corners of the internet.
• Recomendo (RSS) → Surprising, insightful, always helpful recommendations.
• Seven Senses (RSS) → Experience art and culture anew.
• The Monday Kickoff (RSS) → Start your week with food for thought.
• Things To Click (RSS) → Feed your curiosity with these rabbit-holes.

Philosophy

• Bookbear Express (RSS) → In which she helps herself, and helps others.
• Escaping Flatland (RSS) → Essays on relationships, thought, and agency.
• Human Stuff (RSS) → Generous, tender writing on this being people.
• James Clear → Habits, organization, and lots to think about.
• Tommy Dixon (RSS) → Essays on coming home.
• Wait But Why (RSS) → Sprawling explainers on the big questions.

Tech

• Escape The Algorithm (RSS) → Come for a internet wander.
• Installer (RSS) → What to read, download, watch, and test.
• Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends (RSS) → Reads on internet culture.
• The Elysian (RSS) → Let's build a future worth dreaming of.

Podcasts

• Deep Questions (RSS) → Cal Newport answers questions on living a 'deep life'.

YouTube Channels

• Adam Savage's Tested (RSS) → Maker culture and curious projects.
• Anna Howard (RSS) → Thoughtful video essays on art and culture.
• Art With Em (RSS) → Cozy art tutorials and creative musings.
• Bernadette Banner (RSS) → Handsewing and fashion history.
• By Katie Mai (RSS) → An illustrator of charming whimsy shares her process.
• Brandon Sanderson (RSS) → Fantasy and scifi writing advice and updates.
• Ghost Town Living (RSS) → Brent Underwood documents restoring a mining town.
• Hello Future Me (RSS) → Worldbuilding and storytelling essays.
• Honeybunch of Onion Tops (RSS) → Soothing baking and gentle creativity.
• Kaz Rowe (RSS) → Fascinating and obscure historical treatisis.
• Mina Le (RSS) → Fashion history and cultural criticism.
• Morgan Donner (RSS) → Historical fashion and costume creation.
• NerdForge (RSS) → The fantastical and extraordinary projects Martina & Hansi make.
• Overly Sarcastic Productions (RSS) → History and literature with humor and insight.
• pagemelt (RSS) → Literary musings and book commentary.
• paloma the peach (RSS) → Whimsical artmaking and gentle process.
• Prickly Alpaca (RSS) → Gorgeous fantasy art, costumes, props, and clothes.
• Rachel Maksy (RSS) → Vintage fashion and whimsical DIY projects.
• Simone Giertz (RSS) → Beautifully absurd inventions and engineering.
• struthless (RSS) → Honest advice on creative practice and being human.

Webcomics

Educational

• Oh Joy Sex Toy (RSS) → Sex education and toy reviews in comic form.

Humor

• Wrong Hands (RSS) → Cartoons by John Atkinson, with charming wrongness.
• XKCD (RSS) → Stick figures, science, and dry wit.

Romance

• Heartstopper → Sweet LGBTQ+ romance between teens.

Sci-Fi

• Runaway To The Stars (RSS) → Slice-of-life about inter-species (mis)communication.