alive internet

A growing movement of people are tooling with back-end code to create sites that are more collage-like and artsy, in the vein of Myspace and Tumblr—less predictable and formatted than Facebook and Twitter. Digital gardens explore a wide variety of topics and are frequently adjusted and changed to show growth and learning, particularly among people... See more

f you take away the human element of manually giving context to information, then you’re taking away the moment when a person decides that something is important

At every turn, it exemplifies this sense of generative generosity and thoughtful, user-first design. Built as a place to think, gather, reflect, and build bridges between ideas alongside others doing the same, it’s one of the only digital spaces where my mind feels enriched instead of deadened; where I feel creatively productive instead of... See more

What “a more human internet” means:

I do think my North Star is definitely a more human internet. There are a lot of incentives driven by the business models or the performance, audience, fame... feeding the algorithm. And so I think that, to get us further towards that humanity, curiosity, sense of calm, I just think it's such an important and

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Here, he outlines the Web Revival, an internet-based movement derived from the Folk Revival of the mid-20th century, which promoted humanity and creativity in the face of rapid industrialisation. The Web Revival faces rapid digitisation. Riding this wave is: the Wild Web – punky freeform art homepages and chaotic sites such as MelonLand; Net... See more

Chia describes the concept as “a practice and process towards a place: a web that is more handmade, expressive, and intimate; where site-making is a political, personal, and poetic act. This is a growing collection of projects, tools, and teachings around it.” The poetic web pulses with metaphorical and suggestive potential – much like a poem, it... See more

I want to push the bounds of the digital world. I want to create spaces for discovering new ways to share intimate moments with each other. I want to create tools that empower people to reclaim the Internet from huge platforms to make it about us. I want to make websites, apps, and widgets that turn our everyday interactions with technology into... See more

The cozy web arose as an antidote, evoking the quirky hobbyist communities and handmade Geocities aesthetics of the early public internet before scale and corporatization altered the landscape. Niche blogs, craft forums, and subcultures bonding over specific interests aim to recapture that spirit of shared meaning over metrics.

You can’t call it the “online world” if you never leave your feed. If your entire internet life happens inside TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, or Twitter, you’re simply mall-walking, and malls are fine: predictable, climate-controlled, food courts and chain stores on every corner, but don’t mistake the mall for the city. The city is bigger,... See more