Stellar Web Links

I'm Coyote. Welcome to my hub of links A compilation of useful links on the subjects of the internet, language, books, sounds, graphics, drawing, games, and more.

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

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Links — connections between ideas — are the magic system of the Internet. They power the open web, enriching online writing. Generative AI is the parasitic dark magic counterpart to the link. What makes the Internet the Internet is the ability to hyperlink. Without it, you’re in a walled garden, and those have an admission fee: your self, proxied by the record of your entire online life.*

A collection of web pages from across the Internet that have a curated collection of bookmarks and/or links.

Hyperlinks deserve more recognition in light of all the ways their value has been sidelined and denied. From deliberate corporate link suppression to link-shy site cultures on social media to the dysfunctional state of deteriorating search engines, the web has changed a lot over the years since the days of early link-based web logs, and a familiarity with the importance of links can no longer be taken for granted. It needs to be expressly advocated. To that end, I present a link compilation in praise of links.

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Dead Simple Sites curates the most minimal sites on the web.

A free, self-guided class to help you take your first steps into digital product design. With all the great content available online (plus a bit of discipline), we believe you should be able to learn the basics of our profession before investing in cost-prohibitive more formal education and training.

A publication full of interesting, relevant, and curated links.

Philographics: Big Ideas in Simple Shapes is a series of designs that explain 95 different philosophical theories using the language of graphic design.

Something non-designers understandably struggle with is how to make things look good. One of those things is long form content that’s well set and readable. Luckily, CSS makes this easy, you just have to know what to change.

Experiments and small projects made by OHZI Interactive.

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Here’s a non-exhaustive list of blogs I enjoy reading. Anton Zhiyanov Brandon Rhodes Brandur Charity Majors Dan Luu Drew DeVault’s Blog Fabien Sanglard’s Website Harmful Stuff Hynek Schlawack Joel on Software John Gruber Julia Evans Preslav Rachev Simon Willison’s Weblog

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An experimental canvas showing Bluesky posts falling in real-time. You can hover over words to see the full context, and click on them to go to the original post.

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Discover Forever ✱ Notes, a unique digital note-taking framework designed for Apple Notes users.

Developers, it’s time for you to choose a side: will you help rid the web of privacy-invading tracking or be complicit in it? What can I do? Remove third-party scripts from Google, Facebook, etc.

Thinking about a career change? Look no further! Our list of professions, apps, and human activities that are ripe for replacement by artificial intelligence will have you feeling confident about your future job security. Come see the full list and find out if your job is at risk. Don't say we didn't warn you.

For drafts of the Indie Microblogging book

Well, sheesh. I opened a little can of worms when sharing Miriam's "Am I on the IndieWeb yet?" with a short post bemoaning my own trouble getting on the

Remember the old 80x15 badges we used to put on our websites? I just updated our IndieWebCamp badge with the new logo! You can use this on your own site by copying the HTML below! Feel free to download the image and host it yourself too.