Blogroll

Personal blog featuring thoughtful writing on life, blogging, and creative work. Includes regular Thursday dispatches, reviews of albums books and movies, photography, and reflections on topics like going dark on social media and finding your own pace.

A literary blog by Mandy Brown exploring the intersection of work, reading, and technology. Features thoughtful essays on books, writing, and ideas, with deep dives into literature, philosophy, and the practice of reading as a form of thinking.

Personal blog by Absurd Pirate featuring thoughts on life, holidays, charity, family, and social issues. Posts explore topics like learning to enjoy holidays again after loss and poverty, critiques of corporate charity programs, and reflections on making a difference in communities. Features honest, passionate writing about personal experiences, social justice, and family life, often with a socialist perspective.

Personal blog by Annie featuring thoughtful posts on life, personal experiences, reflections, and stories. Posts explore topics like detailed personal experiences (including medical procedures), telling stories about one’s life, gratitude and life philosophy, feelings and emotions, and various personal reflections. Features honest, detailed writing about personal experiences and thoughtful reflections on life.

Personal blog by Ava featuring thoughts on technology, data protection law, health, and creative projects. Includes posts on AI, connectivity, offline living, tech utopia, and personal reflections. Features a Now page, garden section, and participation in blog challenges.

Personal blog by axxuy featuring posts about baking, music, writing, daily life, and personal reflections. Posts explore topics like baking recipes, music listening habits, writing process, reading, and monthly reviews. Features thoughtful, introspective writing about the creative process and daily experiences.

Essays by Benedict Evans, a technology industry analyst. Features thoughtful analysis of what matters in tech, stepping back from the noise to understand what’s really happening and what it means.

Personal blog by Blueberry Lemonade featuring blog posts, archive, tags, about page, book recommendations, Hourly Comic Day entries, links, guestbook, and RSS feed. Covers various personal interests and creative content.

Substack newsletter by Samuel Arbesman featuring radical interdisciplinary content covering science, technology, complexity, humanities, and wonder. Explores connections between different fields of knowledge and thought-provoking topics.

Captain’s blog features posts on technology, privacy, digital sovereignty, minimalism, intentional living, budgeting, and unconventional lifestyle choices. Contains thoughtful reflections on pulling the plug on social media and AI, the prison of the present moment, and building a life aligned with values rather than consumption. The author writes unassisted (no AI, or at least not much AI), practices extreme minimalism, and explores what it means to live deliberately in an age of digital distraction. You are reading a website describing itself in a page that describes websites.

A blog by Carl Barenbrug focusing on product design, creative direction, and intentional living. Features thoughtful reflections on design philosophy (why taste matters more than tools), workspace setups, personal uniform/capsule wardrobe curation, and creative projects (Minimalism Life®, FormFeelingFunction®, 099 Supply). Posts explore topics like leaving social media for Are.na, the value of email newsletters over social followers, quality assurance in tech, memory vs blogging, voice notes experiments, and design culture. Offers insights on minimalism, creative collaboration, and building lasting digital work.

A blog by Cassidy Williams, a software engineer in Chicago. Features posts about software development, memes, and tech industry insights.

Personal blog featuring posts on various topics including technology, daily life, webcomics, and personal reflections. Posts explore topics like server administration, internet infrastructure, free speech, and personal experiences. Features technical writing and personal observations.

The CozyNet blog featuring updates, posts, and community content. Covers general updates, community happenings, and various topics of interest to the CozyNet community.

Personal blog by Cris featuring deep dives into random topics he’s weirdly opinionated on. Posts explore topics like time tracking, productivity, chores and procedure lists, quitting social media, and intentional living. Features honest, introspective writing about personal habits, productivity systems, and making intentional choices about how to spend time.

Blog by Derek Sivers, entrepreneur and author, featuring thoughtful essays on life, philosophy, and culture. Posts explore topics like moving to New Zealand to raise a child in nature, how to listen to Ulysses by walking through Kolkata and Istanbul, and reflections on living intentionally. Features concise, thought-provoking writing that challenges conventional thinking about life, work, and meaning.

Personal blog by Divergent Rays featuring weekly wrap-ups, posts on various topics, archive, about section, and blog links. Built with Zonelet and hosted on Neocities. Part of the indie web community.

Blog by Focustivity featuring posts on productivity, technology, reading, and personal development. Posts explore topics like RSS readers, Feedbin, book recommendations, AI developments, hardware setups (KVM switches), software development, and productivity tools. Features practical insights on technology and productivity.

A personal blog described as "an uncoordinated ramble through life’s adventures." Features posts and musings on various topics including daily life observations, rants about spoilers in puzzle games, thoughts on independent businesses using professional email addresses, and random reflections. Features honest, sometimes opinionated writing about everyday experiences and frustrations. A space for sharing thoughts on whatever comes to mind.

Personal blog by Gabriel featuring posts on technology, decentralized media, and reclaiming cyberspace. Posts explore topics like PeerTube, RSS, the Fediverse, corporate media platforms, and building independent alternatives to YouTube. Features thoughtful advocacy of decentralized technology, open web standards, and creating better alternatives to corporate-controlled media platforms.

Blog by Fr. Stephen Freeman exploring Orthodox Christianity, culture, and the journey of faith. Features thoughtful reflections on liturgy, incarnation, communion, theosis, knowledge of God, and the intersection of faith with modern life. Features deep theological insights and contemplative writing on Orthodox spirituality and practice.

A personal blog by Herman Martinus featuring writing, projects, and updates. Describes himself as someone who writes words, rides bikes, climbs mountains, and makes things.

Personal microblog by hlomen featuring week notes and posts on various topics. Posts explore topics like AI and work-life balance, daily rituals, and personal reflections. Features thoughtful writing about technology, productivity, and finding balance in work and life.

Idiomdrottning demonstrates a new and often cleaner way to solve most systems problems. The system as a whole is likely to feel tantalizingly familiar to culture users but at the same time quite foreign.

Personal blog at the crossroads of personal growth, digital life, and creative inspiration. Features posts on blogging platforms, education, learning metrics, work, and personal development. Features thoughtful reflections on writing, learning, productivity, and exploring different blogging platforms and tools. Win conditions include being serious about writing, making new friends, and creative growth.

A blog by Matt Webb, his notebook and space for thinking out loud since February 2000. Features thoughtful posts on technology, design, interconnected systems, AI, and culture. Posts explore topics like algoraves (live coding music), platform capitalism, AI training data, academic conferences, and the intersection of technology and society. Features deep, reflective writing that connects technology trends with broader cultural and philosophical insights.

Personal blog by James focusing on the indieweb, personal websites, and web development. Features posts on gratitude for the indieweb community, Homebrew Website Club events, typography, CSS, and reflections on the participatory potential of the web. Celebrates grassroots projects like powRSS, IndieWebCamp, blogging carnivals, and platforms that support personal websites. Advocates for shaping the indieweb through community participation.

Personal blog by Jeff featuring random thoughts, personal processing, fish tales, and other misadventures. Posts explore topics like the power of words, kindness, facing forward in life, minimalism (less > more), technology and phone ownership, and personal reflections. Features thoughtful, concise writing about life observations and personal growth.

Bear blog by Andrej Karpathy, AI researcher, started March 2025. Features detailed guides on chemical hygiene and digital hygiene, covering topics like water filtration, air quality, food sourcing and preparation, fabric choices, and reducing exposure to harmful chemicals. Provides thorough, research-backed recommendations on optimizing health and environment through careful attention to everyday choices.

Personal blog by Kev Quirk featuring reflections on work-life balance, smallholding life in Wales, and finding happiness through simplicity. Posts explore topics like the parable of the fisherman and businessman, stepping down from executive roles to find greater satisfaction, and annual updates on smallholding adventures. Features thoughtful commentary on career choices, minimalism, and living intentionally.

Blog by Laura Michet, a writer, editor, and narrative designer working in games. Recently helped ship Skin Deep with Blendo Games. Also a pathological cyclist. Features posts on game development, narrative design, comics, immersive sims, and the games industry. Posts explore topics like paid and unpaid writing tests, game industry hiring practices, comics reviews, and reflections on game development work. Features thoughtful commentary on narrative design and the games industry.

A personal website and blog by Luke Smith featuring posts on Linux, free software, privacy, and various technical topics. Advocates for simplicity and self-hosting.

A blog by Maaike Brinkhof focusing on IT topics and life reflections. Features posts about technology, quality, engineering, and personal experiences.

A blog by Maaike Brinkhof focusing on life topics and personal reflections. Features posts about quality, experiences, and various aspects of daily life.

Personal blog by Manuel Moreale featuring thoughts, pictures, interviews, and everything else published on the blog. Posts explore topics like the indie web, age-gating the web, social media, and interviews with bloggers through the "People and Blogs" series. Features thoughtful commentary on the state of the web, the indie web movement, and connecting with other bloggers through interviews.

A gloriously simple blog by Khem featuring personal reflections on technology, Linux, data privacy, and digital minimalism. Posts explore topics like the Linux journey from beginner to daily driver, protecting personal data in an age of corporate harvesting, and finding calm spaces on the internet away from advertisement-filled zones. Features thoughtful commentary on privacy, open source software, and maintaining a simple, meaningful online presence.

A personal website by Nick (bass2nick) featuring articles, projects, poems, audio content, music, audiobooks, photos, and various creative works. Includes original piano compositions, vocal covers (including metal), choir recordings, audiobooks, poetry, photography projects (film digitizing, photo restoration, compositing), and technical DIY projects (guitar modifications, 3D printing, microtonal frets). Also hosts various self-hosted services including XMPP server, imageboard, file hosting, and image galleries. Described as "You’ve found Nick’s Place. You are welcome here."

Personal blog by Nikhil, who has spent more than a decade working in the digital advertising industry. Features thoughtful essays on personal development, critical thinking, self-help, and navigating uncertainty. Posts explore topics like the uncertainty of new things, thinking in the age of anger, why self-help isn’t helping, and building systems for learning and growth. Features honest, introspective writing about personal growth and challenging conventional wisdom.

A personal blog by Ash (Raccoon’s Trash Can) featuring thoughtful reflections on life, people, and the human experience. Posts explore topics like Christmas loneliness and connection, reverse seasonal depression (loving winter), personal growth and self-reflection, revisiting old hobbies, the problem with numbers and metrics, subscription models and digital ownership, Wikipedia contributions, and navigating the complexities of being human. Offers honest, introspective writing about everyday experiences, relationships, and finding meaning in small moments.

Personal blog by Noelle featuring posts on books, reading, life, and digital wellness. Posts explore topics like reclaiming life from social media, digital detox, journaling, mental health, and reflections on reading and writing. Features honest writing about the impact of social media, finding peace through reading, and documenting the journey of living more intentionally.

A blog by Regina featuring reflections on travel, mindfulness, love, and life. Posts explore topics like van life, slowing down and enjoying the present moment, self-love and acceptance, chasing sunsets, finding beauty in everyday moments, and navigating life transitions. Features poetic, introspective writing about personal growth, mindfulness, and the journey of living intentionally. Shares thoughtful reflections on life, travel, and inner work.

A blog about purposefully regressing the state of tech and finding autonomy. Features posts on simplifying technology, rejecting forced AI usage, community building, hobbies (kalimbas, handpans, crochet, woobles), parenting, writing virtual machines, and reflections on working in tech. Posts explore topics like finding autonomy in a complex tech world, supporting independent businesses, and the importance of not needing social media for everything. Features honest, sometimes critical perspectives on technology and modern life.

A weekly newsletter by Cassidy Williams (cassidoo) hosted on Buttondown. Features curated web development links, interview questions of the week (with solutions shared the following week), jokes, stories, and photos of mechanical keyboards. Covers what’s new and cool in web development for everyone from beginners to pros. A fun, educational weekly digest that combines learning with entertainment. Also includes updates on Blogvent (daily December blog posts) and various tech topics.

A personal website by Scott (rscottjones), "tagline-free since 1998." Features thoughtful posts on travel strategies, retirement planning, intentional living, and personal quests. Posts explore topics like maximizing vacation time, planning where to live in retirement, travel questing (#GoQuesting), reducing friction in daily life, social media commentary, conservation and public lands, ASU Football, and web development projects. Includes /now pages with regular life updates and reflections on building an intentional life focused on travel and adventure.

A blog featuring philosophical reflections, quotes, and short posts on life, society, and human nature. Includes thoughtful commentary on various topics with a minimalist aesthetic.

A personal blog by smallcypress featuring reflections on intentional living, sobriety, teaching, and hobbies. Posts explore topics like living an IRL-oriented life in Baltimore, managing news consumption and doomscrolling, five years of sobriety, fishkeeping (goldfish ponds, medaka, planted tanks), teaching in urban middle schools, ADHD and personal agency, building systems for daily life, and coping with current events while maintaining hope. Features thoughtful writing about maintaining a faceted self, community building, and finding joy in everyday moments like aquarium visits, library trips, and neighborhood connections.

Personal blog by tala, a recent chemical engineering graduate and creative. Features thoughtful essays on depression and identity, self-discovery, writing and poetry, personal growth, and navigating life as a creative person. Posts explore topics like living with depression without letting it define you, disappointing others to be true to yourself, and finding courage to pursue creative goals. Features honest, introspective writing about the journey of becoming.

A blog by Terence Eden (@edent), subtitled "Regular nonsense about tech and its effects 🙃". Features thoughtful commentary on technology, web standards, and their impact on society. Posts explore topics like the OpenBenches project (crowd-sourced memorial benches), AI and agentic systems (critiques of outsourcing love and relationships), web APIs and scraping (advocating for proper API usage over HTML scraping), book reviews, vegetarian/vegan travel guides (Japan, Europe), and reflections on technology’s role in human connection. Offers practical insights on web development, privacy, and maintaining human relationships in a tech-driven world.

A blog by Thu Le, a product designer, tinkerer, and writer. Features posts on design, tools, productivity, running, personal development, and various interests.

Mind Garden by Tracy Durnell featuring thinking and learning in public. Posts explore topics like digital aura and authenticity, art theory, culture, aesthetics, and the nature of digital works. Features thoughtful analysis of how digital media differs from physical art, examining concepts like uniqueness, authority, and belonging in digital culture. Includes deep dives into art, design, and cultural theory.

Blog by Lindsay (Treading My Own Path) focused on less waste, less stuff, and sustainable living. Features practical guides and reflections on zero waste living, plastic-free living, permaculture gardening, keeping chickens, foraging, community sufficiency, and steps towards a sustainable lifestyle. Posts explore topics like recycling, circular economy, sustainable food, and green living practices. Provides actionable advice on reducing waste and living more sustainably.

xkcd, a webcomic by Randall Munroe featuring stick-figure drawings about romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Features geek humor, science jokes, and the "What If?" series answering absurd hypothetical questions with science.

Blog by Roberto Zoia featuring thoughtful posts on technology, book reviews, AI and automation, and cultural commentary. Posts explore topics like deep tech, staying sane in a world that rewards extremism, AI-generated content, and practical automation solutions. Features concise, insightful commentary on technology, culture, and thoughtful living.