Newsletter

Herein you'll find an archived edition of my monthly newsletter: Jan 2025. Hope you enjoy!

Field Notes

What was supposed to be the January (and inaugural edition) is being published today! However, for posterity's sake, I'll only cover happenings of interest from January.

I shall return later this month with February's issue.

And please bear with me as I figure out the formatting for the issues.

I want to ensure it's a record for my own existence, but also pleasurable and useful for you! If you have any suggestions or advice, please email me.

I've achieved much in and around work this month!

A little writing and reading, a few lovely email exchanges, but most has been admin: setting up my zines collection, compiling stories for Echoes Of Distant Stars, my first short story collection, preparing The Mara Files for re-publication, and sorting out my publishing process.

Digital cleaning and mending, if you will!

On the last day of 2024, I posted my goals for the upcoming year. So far, I've achieved two (setting up my store on my site, launching my monthly newsletter.) Onwards!

Links/Tidbits

• Started attending Homebrew Website Club events, If you're interested in making websites for fun, why not join? They're lovely folk!
• Published Mildura Zine Fair 2024 Reflections
• Watched the livestream of Amanda Montell's author talk, facilitated by the Library Speakers Consortium. Also want to watch the replay of Seth Fishman's.
• Updates of interest from the changelog:
  • Added a page to archive my newsletter editions, and another to list my books.
  • Created, then linked my Indieweb Wiki page in the footer.
• Books I enjoyed:
  • I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner
  • Dark Wire by Joseph Cox
  • The Wrath Of The Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
  • Disability Visibility by Alice Wong
  • Letters To Half-Moon Street by Sarah Wallace
• Links discovered:
  • 52 Things I Learned In 2024 by Kent Hendricks
  • Alee Steele's Site
  • Blog Inspiration by Robert Birming
  • Cyber Nymph Garden
  • Hardcode Soft Skills by Dave Rupert
  • Laurel Schwulst's Site
  • Let A Website Be A Worry Stone by Ethan Marcotte
  • Knitted Camouflage by Joseph Ford
  • Syllabus For Taking An Internet Walk by Spencer Chang and Kristoffer Tjalve

Herein you'll find an archived edition of my monthly newsletter: Feb 2025. Hope you enjoy!

Field Notes

This issue... like next month's is being published in the middle of April. Long overdue!

I have no excuse except this is the beauty and curse of having a site: it's an infinite time sink of delightful projects and potential.

This was an excellent twenty-eight days for reading. Read so many great books, including a few paperbacks, which I missed after months of only electronic formats.

I participated in the IndieWeb Blog Carnival for the first time, which was great! The idea is encouraging people to post on their sites more often. It fits the bill! I've signed up to be a host, but that's not until 2026! Still something to look forward to, as far into the future as it is.

Sara hosted a special IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club meeting about writing, so you know I attended! The conversations were fascinating and varied. I'd love to host one in the future. I also attended the monthly 32 Bit Cafe webweaving workshop for the first time. Such fun!

This February was, as it always is, a short, yet pleasant month.

Links/Tidbits

• Published the following notes on my site:
  • Punchy Prose
• Updates of interest from the changelog:
  • Created a search page.
  • Added a page for recording my webmentions: sent/recieved.
  • Compiled the webrings I've joined.
  • Created a guestbook!
  • Linked my Internet Archive profile in the footer.
  • Added my FAQ page.
  • Added my principles for my internet existence to the colophon.
• Books I enjoyed reading:
  • Mr Nice Spy by Tiana Smith
  • The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Protection Spells For Press Buildings by Sarah Wallace
  • Playing The Short Game by Douglas Smith
  • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Muramaki
  • The Joy Of Missing Out by Svend Brinkman
  • The Frugal Wizard's Guide to Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
  • Hopeless Aromantic by Samantha Rendle
  • The Anthology Of Balaji by Eric Jorgenson
  • One Good Turn by Sarah Wallace
  • Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers by Jesse Q. Suantano
  • The Mimicking Of Known Successes by Malka Older
• Links discovered:
  • Creative Soulmates by Sabrina Y. Smith
  • Vincent Van Gogh's Letters
  • Naive — Call for Participation by Kristoffer Tjalve
  • Wayfinder
  • A Man Of Parts And Learning by Fara Dabhoiwala
  • Notes On My Reading Habits by Cecily Carver
  • Research As Leisure Activity by Celine Nguyen
  • The Bone Folder

Herein you'll find an archived edition of my monthly newsletter: Jun 2025. Hope you enjoy!

Field Notes

We're just going to ignore how I haven't published my 'monthly' newsletter for three.

This year's proving an excellent one for the poetic web. Two amazing projects released: the Internet Phone Book and the Good Internet Magazine. I'm proud to say I contributed to both!

I was alerted to Kami's excellent idea of trading blog post titles by the lovely Ava, and am pleased to say I'm engaging in this project! If you'd like to trade with me, please contact me. Hooray for getting myself to write more.

I have a few things in the works I'll be able to share in the coming months...that's it, really.

Tidbits

• Published the following notes:
  • The Unexpected Ambassador
• Updates of interest from the changelog:
  • Added my bookmarklets collection.
  • Added my accessibility statement to my colophon.
  • Added my UnOffice Hours page. If you'd like to book a call, please do!
  • Created the Fanfic Writers Collective: a directory of folks with sites and fanfiction.
  • Added my media kit to my press page.
  • Hosted April's IndieWeb Movie Club: The Castle (1997.)
  • Added a random page. Who knows where it'll take you?
• Links discovered:
  • Good Artists Copy, AI Artists ____ by Celine Nguyen
  • I Love Your Week Notes And Day Notes And Art And Lists by Annie Mueller
  • Make 2024 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm by Brendan Leonard
  • Full Of Themselves by Dominikus Baur + Alice Thudt
  • Sitters And Standers by Alvin Chang
  • A Personal Website Is A Bit Like A Quilt by Cory Dransfeldt
  • Beyond The Search Engine by Elan Ullendorff for One Thing
  • Cool Things People Do With Their Blogs by Dr. Wouter Groeneveld
  • Cool URIs Don't Change by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Designed To Last by Jeff Huang
  • Did We Give Up Before AI Arrived? by Seth Godin
  • Digital Pollution by Derek Sivers
  • Justifying Mediocre Work by Seth Godin
  • Map Of Reddit by Anvaka
  • Overlooked Reasons To Still Buy Physical Media by Dr. Wouter Groeneveld<
  • Surprising Uses Of Email by Charles Magahern
• Books I enjoyed reading:
  • This Is Strategy by Seth Godin
  • Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk
  • Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat by Hal Herzog
  • The Mystery Of The Spanish Chest by Agatha Christie
  • Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
  • Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee
  • More Than Words by John Warner
  • Truth by Hector Macdonald
  • Shade Spells With Strangers by Sarah Wallace And S. O. Callahan
  • Breeze Spells And Bridgegrooms by Sarah Wallace And S. O. Callahan
  • Popular by Mitch Prinstein
  • Fire Spells Between Friends by Sarah Wallace And S. O. Callahan
  • Grand Slam Romance (Book 1) by Emma Oosterhous And Ollie Hicks
  • Boyslut by Zachary Zane
  • Uncanny Valley by Anna Weiner
  • Grand Slam Romance (Book 2) by Emma Oosterhous And Ollie Hicks
  • Grand Slam Romance (Book 3) by Emma Oosterhous And Ollie Hicks
  • Siren's Call by Chris Hayes
  • The Education Of Pip by Sarah Wallace
  • Super Pumped by Mike Isaac
  • Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
  • The Earl Meets His Match by TJ Alexander
  • My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wisner
  • Dear Bartleby by Sarah Wallace
  • The Spellmaster Of Tutting-On-Cress by Sarah Wallace