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This standardises all my markdown files to have no leading newline after the `---` that ends the frontmatter. This makes display on Gemini (in which newlines matter) much more consistent! I can't spot any errors with the regex I used here, but there may be one or two articles that change shape — hopefully I can spot them and fix them!
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| Your space on the Web | 🚀 | 2024-05-17T12:04:51+01:00 | Friends! Are you unsure how to make your own space on the web? I'm offering time, money &experience to help you build your online garden, away from the ads and head-hacking of the social media giants. |
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Hello friends, I miss you! I'm barely on the giant social media sites any more, which means I don't get to interact with so many of you in the ways I used to. It sucks.
So I have a proposition for you: if you're feeling a little creative, if you'd like to be the change bringing more personality and creativity to the internet, then I'll help you get there.
I'll help you find your voice on the web — maybe a hobby, your thoughts, photography, art or poetry; I'll help you build your site (sharing what I already know and learning more together); I'll buy you a birthday present's worth of tools that suit you; and I'll help you find others doing the same.
Leave the attention-seeking, profit-optimised, social media slop to wither and die — come and bring your creativity and joy to the IndieWeb community!
Inspiration & joy
Here are some favourites of mine; some intimidatingly impressive, some simple and expressive:
- This poetic ode to soft tech, and its author Helena's creativity.
- …and mmm.page, the gloriously expressive (free!) platform its made on.
- The beautiful kinetic woodwork of David C. Roy — this piece in particular just mesmerises me.
- Red Blob Games is Amit Patel writing explaining the super geeky world of game development in a way that's really accessible and engaging.
- Neocities is the spiritual successor of the 1990s' "GeoCities" site that made "having a website" a possibility for everyday people. This is an internet of creativity and passion — sometimes unfathomable, but always intriguing.
- Low←Tech Magazine, an online publication powered by a solar-powered computer — sometimes, often at night, it won't be available, and that's totally fine.
- This incredible interactive article on the physics of how how bikes work (with many other similarly fantastic articles along side)
- Jennifer Mills News, a cute weekly one-page newspaper covering the everyday adventures of Jennifer Mills.
- chia.earth, a deconstruction of a calm landscape, represented in text, that you can explore and change.
- neal.fun, particularly the delightful Internet Artifacts, bringing the concept of an internet museum (about the internet to life.
- A good old blogroll! A list of interesting blogs you might like to visit.
I should stop there, or I'll never post this — the internet is so full of hidden creativity and joy, I hope you'll be a part of that!