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Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Aug 6, 2026
Five Interesting Indie Platforms You Might Not Have Heard Of
After deleting my corporate social media accounts, I've discovered five interesting indie platforms and online communities you might not have heard of: Special Fish, Ctrl + Shift + 3, web1.0 Hosting, Pillowfort, and Blue Dwarf. A look at what makes each unique, from brutalist design to old-device accessibility, and a call to support the independent web financially.
IndieWebsocial media
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Aug 1, 2026
You Don't Have to Blog
Responding to Dan Q's post on blogging expectations, I argue that you don't need to blog at all to participate in the IndieWeb. Your website can be shrines, art, or anything else. A retrospective on the poisonous gamification and commodification of blogging from the early 2000s, and the IndieWeb as a return to original weblogging where the Internet belongs to humans.
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personal essayIndieWeb
brennan.day
brennan.dayMar 17, 2026
Constellation of Living Stars
I've written 120 blog posts in the past 140 days, averaging 1,900 words per post. 250,000 words total on my blog currently. It's as good a time as any to review my work so far and speculate on the possibilities of my future.
personal essayCreative Process
brennan.day
brennan.dayFeb 27, 2026
'The Friend of Mankind Is No Friend of Mine': What's the Misanthrope's Place in Community?
My second principle for the IndieWeb requires good faith writing excludes the misanthrope. I want to reconsider that, carefully. Because the question of who gets to be here, and why, is more interesting and more complicated than I first let on.
IndieWebPhilosophy
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Feb 26, 2026
The Work Isn't Finished, It's Abandoned: Thoughts on WIP Pages
On executive dysfunction, the tyranny of perpetual drafts, and choosing messy immediacy over cultivated perfection.
Digital GardensIndieWeb
brennan.day
brennan.dayFeb 26, 2026
The Work Isn't Finished, It's Abandoned: Thoughts on WIP Pages
On executive dysfunction, the tyranny of perpetual drafts, and choosing messy immediacy over cultivated perfection.
Digital GardensIndieWeb
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Feb 22, 2026
Won't you be my neighbour?
We need to be good neighours to each other. But what does that mean on the IndieWeb? A look at mycorrhizal networks, Indra's Net, and the importance of building intentional connections between independent websites.
IndieWebCommunity
brennan.day
brennan.dayFeb 22, 2026
Won't you be my neighbour?
We need to be good neighours to each other. But what does that mean on the IndieWeb? A look at mycorrhizal networks, Indra's Net, and the importance of building intentional connections between independent websites.
IndieWebCommunity

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