Chi Señires, an UX designer, Phillippines, is webaster of chisenires.design
She write about various of topics: technology, design, Japanese, manga, etc...
She use Astro to build HTML
The content is in red text on a white background, making it very eye-catching.
She has written 62 blog posts
You can send Webmention to reply her posts.
Subscribe viaHer website is also member of Indieweb Webring, support her via Ko-fi
~hedy's site has a minimalist style
She used ~ tilde make me think of UNIX philosophy: "do one thing well"
She didn't write much
She started to write since 2021. And she only wrote a few posts each year.
Since 2025, I haven't seen her update new posts
I still recomend her site because it has unique style.
Her site has own personal identity
Interestingly, her site has Gemini
In my opinion, she used Gemini protocol like mirror, in parallel the website.
Follow site via RSS, Atom blogroll
Comment on articles via email, Webmention, guestbook
Like most other OG bloggers, Graz also wrote blog post very early.
He has written since 2003, more than 20 years ago.
He focuses on technology but he also writes about book reviews and other topics.
Besides blog posts, website has notes and photos.
His website has main menu that is very simple.
He combined some pages into Slashes.
All blog posts appear on Archive page.
Andre's website uses white background and black text.
It is only blog and a member of Indieweb webring.
This site has some interact ways:RSS
For banner exchange, it has size that is bigger than traditional size (88x31)
Now, site has 116 posts since 2022
Here is a list that is Websites use RSS and Webmention in IndieWeb Webring
I don't know and write all websites
They are only websites that I can share
If you know website that I dropped, feel free to send me via email: tungle@Wfdoujin.com or guestbook. Thank you!
zacharykai.net by Zachary Kai
cobb.land by Cobb
fullmetalbrackets.com by Ariel
reillyspitzfaden.com by Reilly Spitzfaden
artlung.com/ by Joe Crawford
afranca.com.br by Andre
zerokspot.com by Horst Gutmann
blog.rishabhps.com by Rishabh P. Sharma
home.hedy.dev by hedy
chisenires.design by Chi Señires
edwinwenink.xyz by Edwin
rhyswynne.co.uk by Rhys Wynne
khleedril.org by Dale Mellor
burgeonlab.com by Naty
bneil.me by Ben Neil
bagaag.com by Bagaag
billglover.me by Bill
svemagie.net by svemagie
jamesleighton.com by James Leighton
uxbrad.com by Brad Cooper
chrisburnell.com by Chris Burnell
benharri.org by Ben
pablo.space by Pablo Murad
rmendes.net by Ricardo Mendes
davidroessli.com by David Roessl
stevenwoodson.com by Steven Woodson
benji.dog by Benji
michaelspellacy.com by Michael "Spell" Spellacy
boffosocko.com by Chris Aldrich
pinkgallica.com by mishi
roytang.net by Roy
scientiac.space by σπανδαν
alongtheray.com by Ray
frills.dev by Frills
fusil.uk by xander
beko.famkos.net by Beko Pharm
andrewshell.org by Andrew Shell
jagrg.org by Jonathan Gregory
autisticasfxxk.com by Rachel
brennan.day by Brennan
negatethis.com by Negate This
yashgarg.dev by Yash Garg
RSS helps you subscribe blog posts. Webmention helps you ping your response to webmaster.
Today, I research about an OG blogger
He is Joe Crawford.
As his About page, he has been blogging since 2001.
His page has 9505 posts, 3308 comments, 6704 embedded images, 3710 outbound links, and about 893,825 words.
That's a large accumulation over a long time
His site has a nice header
He designed header and menu in a very retro style
Because he is web developer, the layout of website is very clear and easy to understand
His website has an interesting thing.
It has Like page. It is similar to feature on social media.
This makes his site very social web.
He also didn't ignore trend of creating reels on TikTok and Instagram. He tried to create self-hosted reels on his website.
Reel isn't problem. The problem is algorithmic feed, infinite scrolling, and autoplay.
They are addictive features
In my opinion, the advantage of personal website is that it doesn't have addictive algorithms.
Instead, we actively choose our information sources and explore them by surfing the web.
Follow him via RSS
My feeling when I access Basil's page at the first time was it had few features.
It only had two sections on menu: blog and recent activity.
Perhaps she loves minimalism.
I'm interested in the website's background color.
An introduction at the top of the homepage.
From the avatar at the top, I guessed Basil was a girl.
Her blog has some long paragraph and small font, so they might be difficult to read.
The recent activity is interesting
She shares movies and books that she watched and read recently
When I visited reillyspitzfaden.com at the first time, my impression was that it looked very elegant.
Website's background is dark black, highlighting the white text.
He wrote blog that about both code and music.
It combines both technology and art.
"Example: This article is about MIDI file, terminal, bash script
You can send him Webmention or comment directly
Besides About page, there is Now page.
It is similar About page in feature, but it's dynamic in status.
The website is a member of both webring:Indiering and Cyberia
Follow the website via RSS, blogroll ., Fediverse, Bluesky, or support page
I see another interesting point is website use Pagefind as search tool
"This is David Foley's home on the WWW".
It's title on David Foley's personal website.
He used GravCMS: https://getgrav.org/ to create it.
I like this section near footer: "David elsewhere on the web"
Online presence of David is on social media.
On Github
On keybase
On Fediverse
On Neocities
On Indieweb.org
And on Paypal :))
His site is also member of IndieWeb Webring.
You can discuss with David through Mastodon , Neocities
Donate him via Paypal , Buy a coffee
Subscribe via RSS
Hope his site helps you surf funny and find various things interresting.
Yesterday, I wrote a post to response a article on site in IndieWEB Webring.
This is a personal website that about Linux, self-hosting, and web development.
fullmetalbrackets is also website that about UNIX culture
As his manifesto on Homepage, topic and content are like hobby and passion for technology
I see Ariel used Astro to build HTML from md
Each category or slash page, they have number of articles.
The background of the site is white combined with gray.
Besides Indiering, the site also is member of Fediring and CSS Joy.
You can interact with the site via: RSS, blogroll, webmention, Mastodon, Bluesky, or support Ariel by Buying a coffee.
I found one interesting thing:the site has Lifestream, sharing all the media that Ariel has played, read, and watched.
I like this website. Because it's special.
Its background's color is simple. It make me remember Windows OS in 90'.
below backgorund is three boxes. Each box has thin border. Backgound is white, different from site's background.
There is 88x31 button in a box.
This layout is very Indieweb
All layout is in one panel. Only scroll down a bit.
I like the posts has Reply vis Webmention and Reply via Mastodon.
They used little button. Instead of complicated comment system.
This site is minimalist.
Cobb also used PGP key.
It's called Web of Trust.
So I feel this site is very retro.
Zacharykai.com is personal website of Zachary Kai. He is Australian.
As his About page introduces, he like reading, listening to music, and traveling.
The website has a light grey background. It's simple and elegant.
Two sides of the website are blank, with a balanced container in the middle for the it.
Zachary's site is a member of several webrings: Indiering, Metaring, etc.Like traditional personal websites, Zachary uses almost all the interactive ways of Social Web: webring, RSS, blogroll, newsletter, guestbook, etc.
I didn't see him using 88x31 buttons or webmention.
Zachary uses slash pages such as Now, changelog, About, Uses, and sitemap on his site.
He is an active member of the Indieweb community.
He has many blog posts about Indieweb.
Daring Fireball is John Gruber's blog. It's one of the blogs from the early 2000s Blogsphere.
I just found out...John Gruber is the creator of Markdown.
John Gruber has a rather unique writing style.
On Daring Fireball, he quotes and shares links, while also writing his opinions.
I think this was an early form of comment, different from social media.
Bloggers commented on each other's posts using their own articles.
Then they sent linkback like trackback and pinkback to let the website owner know.
Currently, linkback have been standardized and modified to Webmention.
Trackback and pingback easily become spam.
That drawback has been fixed with Webmention.
People read Daring Fireball because they are interested in John Gruber's perspective.
John has a unique writing style that reflects his personal identity. For over 20 years, his blog has been a popular destination for those seeking John's technology commentary.
For over 30 years, since 1994, Scripting News has consistently updated its content daily, stirring up the internet every single day.
Although Dave Winer is called the father of RSS and many other pioneering technologies, I only recently noticed and knew about him.
Scripting News can be considered the oldest active blog. It's like a witness to the history of the Internet for over 30 years, from its early beginnings.
Dave is an original blogger, a first-generation blogger from the start days of blogging.
Scripting News has a simple and common layout for personal blogs. The main content is on the left, and the sidebar is on the right. The sidebar contains a blogroll, a list of blogs that Dave follows.
The main content includes blog posts, links, news, and "about." Dave writes regularly every day, following his writing rhythm. Sometimes the blog only shows the date, month, and year without a headline.
Over the past 30 years, Scripting News' interface has undergone many changes, but its two-part layout has remained largely unchanged.
Maybe Dave has changed some CMS and SSG to create the website.
However, the articles still have full HTML extensions.
He also doesn't use HTTPS, as he explains in the About page:"This blog began in 1994, long before there was HTTPS. I don't have the time to jump through hoops that Google and the EFF want to force me to jump through. Google is a guest on the web, as we all are. Guests don't make the rules. "
Scripting News is a website worth visiting and following if you enjoy learning about the history of the Web, the Indieweb, and exploring technology from the perspective of an OG blogger – the creator of many simple yet unique and beautiful.
If we were to say which website best represents the Open Web, Scripting News would be the most fitting representative.