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indie.claytonhickey.me

A new iteration of my, Clayton Hickey's, personal website with an emphasis on an indie web principles

What do I want from my website

I don't like reading mass-produced articles because I think the lack of context of who the author is too big to reliably interpret the article for things to remember. I don't think this concern could ever be fully eliminated for more-sensitive topics without the authors writing and publishing independently because there will always be the question of "what did their publisher say"? I want to use my website as an experimental solution to this problem and see if others will be interested in reading and copying. I also want it to be beautiful.

Enumerated

  1. Develop a personal solution for self-publishing
  2. See if others are reading
  3. See if others are copying
  4. Be beautiful

Relation to current iteration of website

I have a workable solution for self-publishing (goal 1). I don't like that I can't reasonably publish from anything other than my computer though. I think my next iteration should have an "admin" page where I can write as long as I'm authed.

I have a solution to see if other people are reading or copying though email comments (goal 2 and 3). I don't like that no one uses it. I think my next iteration needs to have on-site comments so that there are incentives to comment for feedback to me and conversation for others.

I find my current website ugly (goal 4). I think it's because I haven't experimented enough. I will experiment with more funky colors and layouts in my next iteration.

Theme

I honestly don't know much about indie web trends. I read a bit about neocities and webrings. I like the idea of the internet being like a city with roads (links/webrings) between places (web pages). I also don't like cars so I think the theme will be a (tourist) city where cars are banned. I also want to make it pixelated to convey a computer-y aesthetic.

Places

  • Bridge over river: friend's sites
  • Train station: webrings
  • Art museum: about & portfolio
  • Library: blog
  • Broadcast station: Global RSS feed
  • Arcade: games
  • Office: software/tools