Every webpage deserves to be a place

An appreciation for (technical) architecture

Posted on Saturday 28 Mar 2026. 995 words, 14 links. By Matt Webb.

An untitled post from Mar 2011

Posted on Thursday 17 Mar 2011. 1,130 words, 10 links. By Matt Webb.

15 rules for blogging, and my current streak

Posted on Thursday 10 Sep 2020. 493 words, 2 links. By Matt Webb.

Speaking is quick, listening is slow

Posted on Friday 27 Feb 2026. 925 words, 17 links. By Matt Webb.

No apps no masters

Posted on Friday 9 Aug 2024. 1,415 words, 11 links. By Matt Webb.

Please let me phone my podcasts app

Posted on Friday 24 Jul 2026. 1,047 words, 9 links. By Matt Webb.

The Subversive Hyperlink

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

Simon Willison on Blogging

Link to: https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-willison-on-technical-blogging

How the Web Was Lost – James Gleick

This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Webby Tim Berners-Lee with Stephen WittFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 389 pp., $30

2024-09-23-TPAC-Integrity-for-the-Web.pdf

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

A book about how to survive on the internet. It’s about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new social world emerging around us. This is the Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.

Jacky's homepage on the DARPA-created, commerically-available Web. - Jacky Alciné

In your Web browser, of course. And not all of me; that'd be weird! You're using Firefox, right? You can catch up by email with 112 other folks, on a social network in the Meta, commonly known as Facebook, Threads, Blacksky in the Atmosphere or X, commonly known as Twitter as I continue to share and work on all things towards history, open digital technology, culture — and everything in between. I write essays of varying length; most recently I wrote "On the Notion of Shutting the Fuck up". I keep notes weekly and (near) daily links. Here's what I use on the regular.

mmm.page — Your Corner of the Internet

Websites don't have to be so cookie cutter. Make a website that feels uniquely you in under five minutes.

How would I improve RSS? Three ideas

Posted on Wednesday 29 Jul 2020. 1,702 words, 7 links. By Matt Webb.

Internet Phone Book – Back in stock!

An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Published since 2025.