A curated list of who I follow, with a focus on indie sites.
Last Updated 2023-01-03
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Indie bloggers I like
- Jeremy Felt – WordPress, indieweb, baking, the Palouse, and family. Weekly life updates.
- Chris Aldrich – Biomedical, indieweb, mathematics, zettlekasten, tools for thought
- Maggie Appleton – Visual essays, design, programming, tools for thought, digital garden
- Tom Critchlow – Indieweb, blogging, wiki, quotebacks
- Jackson Bierfeldt – Motorcycles, travel, polyglot, indie games, programming
- Rich Tabor – WordPress, block and theme development
- Marco Arment – iOS development, podcasting, coffee
- Zach Caceres – Software, learning, startup cities
- Anne McCarthy – Nomadic lifestyle, mental health, and making one’s way in life
- Rob Felty – Programming, linguistics, German, Elastic Search. Has a family blog with great annual reports.
- Matt Mullenweg – WordPress, open source, Automattic
- Artur Piszek – Programming, remote work, psychology
- David Bisset – WordPress, BuddyPress, Post Status
- Ton ZΔ³lstra – Indieweb, knowledge work, networks
- Chris Hardie – WordPress, local journalism
- Kimberly Hirsh – Indieweb, connected learning, parenting
- Alexey Guzey – Science, machine learning, blogging
- Julien Desrosiers – Front-end programming, indieweb, MontrΓ©al
- Alan Charlesworth – Programming and weekly life updates
- Jamie Tanna – Indieweb, blogging, software engineering, weekly life updates
- Ben Werdmuller – Indieweb, blogging, online communities, building software
- Tiffany Bridge – WordPress, cooking, recommendations
- Brandon Kraft – Musings on life and technology from a Jetpacker/A12
- Chris Glass – Photos and links, indieweb
- Danny Guo – Tech, startups
- Anne-Laure Le Cunff – Neuroscience, creativity, and productivity
- Chris Johnson – Web and iOS development, movies
- Frank Chimero – Design, blogging
- Gwern – Psychology, statistics, and technology
- Idle Words – Maciej CegΕowski’s blog, the pinboard guy
- Ilya Radchenko – Front-end programming, family
- Interconnected – Matt Webb on technology, since 2000
- Om Malik – Om on tech and photography
- Irrational Exuberance – Will Larson on software engineering leadership and tech
- Jim Nielson – Programming, design, tech in general, readlists
- Kevin Marks – Microformats, indieweb
- Daring Fireball – John Gruber. Tech commentary, occasional link posts
- Marty McGuire – Indieweb, tech
- Simon Willison – Datasette, data science, indieweb
- Bradley Taunt – UX, design, technology
- Mitchell Sipus – creating companies, products, infrastructure
- Paul Ford – Ftrain. Programming, building, tech
- Darius Kazemi – Bots, generators, weird internet stuff
- Kottke – Cool stuff from around the web and commentary
- Fab Fridays – On education and learning by Ana Lorena Fabrega
- Hannah Frankman – Education, learning, coaching
- MidAtlantic Daytrips – Traveling in the midatlantic region of the US
- Art of Noticing – Rob Walker on ideas, creativity, and humanity
- Cal Newport – Thinking, productivity, work
- CMT blog – Dan Knauss on CMT, living with disability
- Eric Meyer – CSS, technology, web standards
- Ali Spittel – Teaching people how to code, career advice in tech
- Jean-Baptiste Audras – WordPress core committer in France
- Erica Sadun – Programmer, author of lots of programming books
- Helen Hou-SandΓ – WordPress lead developer. UX, music, software
- Inessential – Brent Simmons on NewNetsWire, software development
- Julia Evans – Technology, programming, zines
- Justin Tadlock – Front-end dev, WordPress, writer, gardener
- Patrick McKenzie – aka patio11 on marketing, engineering, business
- Manton Reece – Software development, micro.blog, feeds, IndieWeb, life, books
- Nadia Asparouhova – How people work and live online. Open source software.
- Cheri Lucas Rowlands – Editor of Longreads
- Bruce Schneier – All things security
- Phil Glyford – Maker of ooh.directory, great weekly blog posts
- anhvn – Designer with a digital garden, sketchbook, media library, project library, and journal/blog. Love the Meta section, too.
Digital Gardens
- Maggie Appleton’s digital garden
- Tom Critchlow’s wiki
- Jeremy Felt’s foggy garden
- Ton ZΔ³lstra’s wiki
- Chris Johnson’s knowledgebase
- Michael Nielson’s notebook
- Chris Aldrich’s wiki-based commonplace book
- Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s Mental Nodes
- Chuck Grimmett’s Notes – my digital garden
Art & Design
- Ahmad Moussa/Gorilla Sun – Creative Coding, algorithms, p5.js
- Amy Goodchild – Generative art techniques and algorithms
- Tyler Hobbs – Essays on generative art and algorithms
- Austin Kleon – A writer who draws
- Chris Ried / Generative Collective – Creative coding news
- Flashy Programming – Nat Sarkissian on generative art, with his distinct natural style
- Inconvergent – Generative art and techniques by Anders Hoff
- George Francis – Generative art and programming
- Ben Kovach – Generative art and algorithms
- Immutable Collective – Creative coding news from a French generative art collective, founded by Camille Roux and Matthieu Segret
- Disquiet – Sound, art, and technology since 1996
- Hicks Design Journal – Design, art, tech
- Jeff Palmer – Generative art and data visualization
- Andy Kirk – Data visualization
- The Pudding – Visual essays
- Anders NorΓ©n – Designer of beautiful WordPress themes
Food & Drink
- Jeffrey Morganthaler – Bartending and cocktails since 2004
- Rum Wonk and Cocktail Wonk – Matt Pietrek on rum and cocktails. Also a good tiki book.
- Enid Wine Guy – Mitchell Earl on wine
- Alcademics – The Study of Booze by Camper English
- Alison Roman – Newsletter with great recipes
- A Piece of Cake – Recipes from Bill Clark. Cakes and desserts, occasional meals
- Drinking & Knowing Things – A newsletter to teach you about wine.
- Good Drinks – Alcohol-free cocktails from Julia Bainbridge
- Michael Ruhlman – Recipes, cocktails, and the like. Clevelander ex-pat.
- Modern Tiki – Nicole Weston and Robert Sharp on tropical cocktails
- David Lebovitz – French desserts and cocktails
- Rancho Gordo Blog – On beans and how to cook them
- The Woks of Life – Chinese family exploring their heritage through cooking
- Tiki with Ray – Tiki bar reviews and cocktails
Books, Literature, and Writing
- The Literary Saloon – M.A.Orthofer daily on literature since 2002
- Lost Art Press – Woodworking
- Transom Bookshop – Blog by Chris Steib at Transom Bookshop in Tarrytown, NY
- Books Read By – What interesting people are reading
- Summer Brennan – Essays, writing, cultural criticism
- Austin Kleon – A writer who draws. Frequent book recommendations
- Epic Magazine – Great true stores
- Longreads – Collections of the best longform writing
- Subtle Maneuvers – Mason Currey on routines, rituals, and wriggling through a creative life
- A Working Library – A blog about work, reading, and tech by Mandy Brown
- Andrew Spittle – Reading notes, thoughts on customer service
- Close Reading – The Slant Books blog
- David Perell – Writing, essays
- Eliot Peper – Book recommendations, writing sci-fi
- Word Hoard – Jane Scharl on writing and the written word
- James Somers – Programmer on writing, technology
- jcreviewsbooks – Jamie Palatnik reviews books and recommends indie bookstores
- Locus Magazine – All things sci-fi
- Claudia Dawson – Poetry, writing, and editing
- Robin Sloan – Writing, novels, short stories
Econ & Commentary
- Marginal Revolution – Updated daily since 2003. Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabbarok. A treasure.
- Carl Oberg – Alaska, accounting, history, Freemasonry
- ParentData – Emily Oster, evidence-based pregnancy and parenting
- Vitalik Buterin – Crypto, technology, economics
- Ben Casnocha – Entrepreneurship, commentary, often good book recommendations
- Paul Graham – Startups, commentary, working
- Isaac Morehouse – Entrepreneurship, education, freedom
- Julie Fredrickson – Startups, ecommerce, general commentary
- The Technium – Kevin Kelly on life, tech, and trends
- Mitchell Earl – Working, careers, marketing
- Works in Progress – Ideas for improving the world. Science, tech, politics.
- Zak Slayback – Society (progress & regress), technology (deep and light), and exploration
Woodworking, Cræft, Gardening
- Lost Art Press blog – Woodworking, hand tools, books
- Aspiring Peasant – Dave on gardening, homesteading, and parenting
- Alex Langlands – Craft, history, and archaeology
- Giant Cypress – Wilbur Pan on Japanese woodworking and wooddorking
- Growing with the Shumans – Sarah Shuman on homesteading, family, and sustainable living
- Simon Sarris – anecdotes, fables, tales, family, gardening, building
- Modern Farmer – Farm, food, the industry
- Peter Galbert – Notes on chairmaking
- David Fisher – Greenwood carving
- Elia Bizzarri – Hand tool woodworking
- Gareth Branwyn – Tool tips and shop tales
- Paul Sellers – Woodworking, primarily hand tools
- Peter Follansbee – seventeenth-century joined furniture; green wood, hand tools
- Megan Fitzpatrick – Woodworking, editing, publishing
Product Recommendations
- Cool Tools – Kevin Kelly and Mark Frauenfelder, excellent recommendations
- Caroline Finds It – Caroline Weaver, pencil queen, finds things people ask her about
- The Pen Addict – All about pens and stationary, Brad Dowdy
- Uses This – Interviews with people about the tools they use to do their work
Other Blogrolls & Linkblogs
- https://blogroll.org/
- https://ooh.directory/
- https://github.com/MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners
- Longreads – Collections of the best longform writing
- This Week in the IndieWeb
- IndieNews – Aggregator of IndieWeb stuff
- BringBack.blog directory – Indie bloggers who are participating in the Bring Back Blogging challenge
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35 responses to “Blogroll”
@cagrimmett you may have inspired me to dust off the cobwebs on mine and revisit/update my own blogroll
What an amazing list! Honored to be included.
i love this list! really enjoy how there’s a brief description of each site, it makes it so easy to discover new ones i like π
Thank you! π