Reading

Some links and articles about the small web, and how to make & use websites more responsibly and intentionally.

The Three-Legged Stool is the whitepaper of UMass Amherst's Initiative for Digital Pubic Infrastructure. It's a little bit academic but describes what I think is a great idea: an Internet made of smaller pieces that's friendlier to explore.

Resilient Web Design is a great longread about the history of HTML as a technology and the potential for its future.

LOW-TECH MAGAZINE is a digital publication about low-tech solutions to today's problems, including the energy consumption of the Internet and how to mitigate it. The site may not be up all the time; it's hosted on a Raspberry Pi powered by a solar panel.

The Internet Used to be Fun is a collection of links compiled by Rachel J. Kwon that's a lot like this one but longer.

endtimes.dev is a blog about practices + tips for making websites smaller, faster, and lower-impact.

The Internet With a Human Face is a lecture by Maciej Cegłowski about how deeply and badly we fucked up by subsidizing the internet with ads. It is from 10 years ago but the thesis holds up.

The Cheap Web is a manifesto with a bunch of links (not unlike this site) that makes a good case for online degrowth.

For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website by Gita Jackson is a great piece about why it's better to post on a platform you own than to give a corporation all your ideas for free.