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smallwebSomehow it's September already and the kick-off point for Small Web September has arrived! \o/
As a reminder, this is the first of five ‘check-in’/comment points that will be published during the event – you can check out the schedule and dates of these posts over on the event intro. There’s no cut-off point for commenting on these, so you can add something at any time – you also don’t need to comment on them all or do them in order! The themes are a loose guide, but all discussion is welcome.
This first post will be for introducing yourself and your project(s) and talking about what you’re planning to do during the month. Of course, there’s no obligation to stick to what you’ve set down and no-one will be checking up xD But it can be a nice thought exercise! You’re free to make the goal(s) as broad or as specific as you like – it’s totally up to you.
There’s no set format for this check-in, but here’s one you can use if you’d like (just copy-paste and replace the placeholders with your own answers in the comments):
Also, if anyone would like to answer it, here’s a discussion starter: What interests you about the small/indie web, and how did you learn about or get into it?
As a reminder, this is the first of five ‘check-in’/comment points that will be published during the event – you can check out the schedule and dates of these posts over on the event intro. There’s no cut-off point for commenting on these, so you can add something at any time – you also don’t need to comment on them all or do them in order! The themes are a loose guide, but all discussion is welcome.
This first post will be for introducing yourself and your project(s) and talking about what you’re planning to do during the month. Of course, there’s no obligation to stick to what you’ve set down and no-one will be checking up xD But it can be a nice thought exercise! You’re free to make the goal(s) as broad or as specific as you like – it’s totally up to you.
There’s no set format for this check-in, but here’s one you can use if you’d like (just copy-paste and replace the placeholders with your own answers in the comments):
<strong>Name:</strong> (Username, nickname, whatever you like to go by)
<strong>Project(s):</strong> (Share a link to your project(s) if you’d like to, and/or describe what you’re making or would like to make!)
<strong>What are you hoping to work on for SWS?</strong> (This can be as general as “add to my site”, or as specific as “archive X fanworks” or “implement a responsive layout”. You could even include ‘bonus goals’ – more ambitious things you’d like to get to if you have time!)Also, if anyone would like to answer it, here’s a discussion starter: What interests you about the small/indie web, and how did you learn about or get into it?
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Date: 2024-09-01 09:25 am (UTC)Name: annathecrow
Project(s): https://starwars.annathecrow.net, my SW fanpage; I also have a fanart archive and an older, unmaintained tilde on tilde.club
What are you hoping to work on for SWS? My broad goal is to stay excited. Keep the interest up, keep adding things, play around, have fun. Projects often turn to chores for me and I want to stave that off as long as I can.
I plan to mostly work on starwars.annathecrow.net, but I'm toying with the idea of either rebuilding the tilde as a personal site, or at least creating some project listing on annathecrow.net.
What interests you about the small/indie web, and how did you learn about or get into it? My favorite parts are creative freedom and technological minimalism. Which, I know that sounds like nonsense, given how maximalist most Small Web visual design is, but from technological perspective it's all very primitive. HTML, CSS, pictures, minimal JavaScript. I'm a professional web developer and many of us feel serious fatigue with the amount of stuff the sites we maintain are build from: dynamic frameworks, applications with complex life-cycles, advertisement systems, layers upon layers of tracking. To make something that's just a few paragraphs and links is incredibly refreshing.
(I mean, my sites are all built with static site generator frameworks, but that's because they're fun and like hell am I hand coding HTML if I don't have to. Markdown my beloved <3)
My first encounter with something that could be labeled Small Web was through tildes (sorry for the Medium.com link, the article is worth it). I immediately fell in love with the idea and found a home on tilde.club. It didn't really stick but it was an awesome experience. Tildes are a magical thing and I would be over the moon if someone built a fandom tilde. (One day I might go crazy and do it myself. How hard can that be? ...famous last words, lol.)
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Date: 2024-09-03 03:24 am (UTC)I feel you on that one! I want to preserve the novelty of doing small web stuff as much as I possibly can. And I want to avoid taking it too seriously. This conflicts a bit with my desire to have a "polished"-looking site (or even just a site that looks like I know what tf I'm doing); even as I'm trying to let my site be silly and imperfect, I want it to look "cool" xD It's a battle.
Oh my god, yes. I love that about small web site-building, too. Originally when I set out to make a personal fanworks archive, I thought that I would host it on WordPress so that I could archive without worrying about the look or code. I installed WP and looked at the dozens of files on my web host and thought, "...I have no idea what any of these are for." And the idea of not understanding my own site made me sad. So, I deleted it all and made a static HTML site instead \o/
Oh, that sounds very fun! And from 2014, too! Is tilde.club still going today?