The personal website of Michal Zelazny. Reflections on life, society, technology and the connections between them.

The web was established with the best of intentions. The basic idea was that if everyone could share their thoughts and ideas with the world, the best ones would be vetted and float to the top. The bad ones would be ignored and pushed to the bottom.

There's a corner of the Internet where people have been reclaiming their digital independence by hosting their own websites and promoting the idea of owning your own content—it's called the IndieWeb. This community has its own website, IRC channels, social media presence, and more, all dedicated to the idea that individuals should control their own digital presence through personal websites.

I’m a 50-ish year old guy living in Birmingham U.K. I’ve a first-class degree in English literature, a career in education and setting up the computer book publishing house "glasshaus" behind me. I was member of the Web Standards Project‘s Accessibility Task Force . T

A British writer and designer from San Francisco.

A collection of popular essays written here and elsewhere.

Personal website manifestos. I’ve been meaning to write some kind of Important Thinkpiece™ on the glory days of the early internet, but every time I sit down to do it, I find another, better piece that someone else has already written. So for now, here’s a collection of articles that to some degree answer the question “Why have a personal website?” with “Because it’s fun, and the internet used to be fun.”

Maggie's digital garden filled with visual essays on programming, design, and anthropology

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