This is a list of links to other blogs I find interesting to read or to follow, or blogs for which I appreciate the design. For now the list is just alphabetical, but when I'll find the will to do it I'll add some sort of categorization.
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Reading
These are websites I follow and read on a consistent basis.
| Site | Description |
|---|---|
Ali Reza Hayati  |
Always interesting takes, I especially like the posts about social media and privacy |
| Andrea Corinti |
I enjoy reading his thoughts, especially about the Fediverse. He blogs in three different languages. |
| Aral Balkan |
Activist, designer and developer. I like the small web he's building. |
| Bacardi55 |
Very interesting blog posts every time (and easy to read), nice bookmarks collection that inspired mine. |
| Black Trowel Collective | Anyone should sign up for the BTC, to be honest. |
| Brain Baking |
I like his posts, and the discussions about academic work environment hit me hard every time. |
| Colleen Morgan |
One the earliest archaeological blogs I read, always interesting posts without skipping a beat. |
| Daudix |
I am in love with the design David makes for his blog and his Duckquill theme for Zola |
| Eric Murphy |
I like his way of approaching things and his views on open source and FOSS |
| Foss Academic |
A great example of being an academic and use exclusively FOSS software. I took a lot of ideas for changing the tools I us from there. |
| It's more of a comment |
Another great archaeology blog that puts out a lot of interesting content about digital archaeology, gaming, 3D, etc. |
| Joel Chrono |
A nice website I enjoy reading and exploring |
| Le ore dentro ai libri |
Italian blog about literature with a cozy layout and a variety of different topics |
| Minutes to Midnight |
I got a lot of inspiration for this blog and some personal ideas from this blog, I enjoy every single post |
| OhHelloAna |
I love the website style and content is very interesting |
| Ploum.net |
Lots of interesting reads about the web, fediverse, and free software |
| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow |
Not always easy to follow, but hardly to disagree with. |
| Silvia Maggi |
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| Songs on the Security Networks |
I like his hindsights on FOSS, the Fediverse, and such, plus an objectively cool name. |
| Starbreaker.org |
I like his takes and his direct and plain approach to writing blog posts. |
| Ye Olde Blogroll |
I am always eager to get a new feed notification from here to see who I might be following next. |
| Zack's barely articulate rambles |
I feel a lot of affinity with Zach and I enjoy reading his thoughts and posts about Open Science, archaeology and such. |
| ahwx.org |
One of the maintainer of LibreY, always interesting stuff and a very nice person to interact with. |
| cyb.org.uk |
Interesting topics and clean design. |
Websites
These are non-personal websites that I found useful/nice-looking.
| Site | Description |
|---|---|
| Aftermath |
The only gaming news website that does content and don't create drama over random reddit posts |
| Archaeogaming |
Interesting discussions on gaming and archaeological teaching/experience. |
| Just Use Email |
A website advocating for using email instead of all the messy instant messaging apps/platforms we use. |
| Marginalia Search |
An independent search engine focusing on non-commercial content. |
| Search my Site | An independent search engine focusing on small web, personal websites, and digital gardens |
| Small Technology Foundation |
Two amazing persons advocating for the small web and person-focused technology |
| Wiby search | A search engine for the small web and suitable for older computers |
| Yokogao | Nice website about less-known (to me) japanese culture |
Other blogs
These are websites that I haven't had the chance to read much about yet, or that I only read occasionally.
| Site | Description |
|---|---|
| 82MHz |
Minimal website, I especially enjoyed the posts about the relationship with instant messaging platforms. |
| Jasmine's Journal |
Super nice and relaxing design |
| Josh Comeau |
Nice website and his interactive css tutorials are really something amazing. |
| Kev Quirk |
A lot of interesting content and design ideas. |
| Levant's Cyberspace | Absolutely briliant design and aestethics. |
| Solo |
New discovery, love the design ideas behind the website. |