Updated 4/10/2023
Websites
My websites
- Cascadia Inspired – my blog focused on nature and creativity
- My microblog – short notes, lots of food
- Sense Memory – my (completed) pandemic photo project
RSS feeds for this website
People I know
- Nova Falls
- Cass Holiday
- Durnell Studio
- Joseph Andrew Lafond
- Laurie Noel
- Petricake Games
- Novella Farms
- Wander Bigger Running
IndieWeb folks
- Chris Aldrich
- David Shanske
- Angelo Gladding
- gRegor Love
- Anthony Ciccarello
- Maxwell Joslyn
- Johannes Ernst
- Jacky Alciné
- Benji
- Tantek Çelik
- James G
- Mark Sutherland
- Nick Simson
- T. Michelle Moore
- Andrés Cárdenas
- Jacob Hall
My apologies if I’ve overlooked someone!
Other interesting people
Cool Artists – a long list of personal websites of artists and craftspeople of all varieties (my taste leans towards pop surrealism)
Interesting People – a list of personal websites of interesting people from a range of backgrounds who I’ve followed on social media
Blogs and Newsletters
(Tip: Substack and Buttondown newsletters have an RSS feed you can subscribe to if you prefer that to email. Marked with a *)
I’ve bolded some of my favorites. Some of these seem to be inactive but I haven’t removed them in case they come back.
Art & Design
Blogs
- AI Weirdness (Janelle Shane)
- David DuChemin – photographer
- Design is Fine. History is Mine. – historical art and design
- Eye on Design (AIGA) – graphic design
- Foley Music and Arts – musician
- McMansion Hell (Kate Wagner) – architecture criticism
- Mikko Lagerstedt – photographer
- Lucy Bellwood – illustrator
- Photo Cascadia – photographers
- Present&Correct – art and design
- Robin Rendle – typography and design
- Rebecca Toh – photographer
- Reimena Yee – comic writer and artist
- Sarah Avenir – writer – added 4/23
- Spoon & Tamago – Japanese art and design
Newsletters
- Adventures in Typography (Robin Rendle)
- All I Care About This Week (Nicole Linh Anderson)*
- The Craftsman (Gianfranco Chicco) – handcraft
- Dearest (Monica McLaughlin)* – historic jewelry at auction
- Dense Discovery (Kai Brach)
- Rebecca Toh
Lifestyle & Culture
Blogs
- Analog Office (Anna Havron) – analog organizing and working
- Anna Havron – self care and productivity
- The Aesthetics of Joy (Ingrid Fetell Lee) – home design
- Daniel Kanter – home design and restoration
- Going Medieval (Eleanor Janega) – medieval history and commentary
- Raptitude (David Cain) – habits and mindfulness
- The Urbanist
Newsletters
- A Working Letter (Mandy Brown)*
- Cafe Anne (Anne Kadet)* – slice of life NYC
- Culture Study (Anne Helen Petersen)*
- Curious About Everything (Jodi Ettenberg)*
- From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy* – food and culture
- Garbage Day (Ryan Broderick)* – the internet
- The Intrinsic Perspective (Erik Hoel)* – science and humanities
- My Sweet Dumb Brain (Katie Hawkins-Gaar)*
- Passion by Kait (Kait Scalisi) – sexuality
- The Trend Report (Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick)* – culture
- undefended / undefeated (Sara Hendren)*
- Where’s Your Ed At (Ed Zitron)*
Creative Work & Marketing
Blogs
- Tone Knob (Nick Parker)* – marketing
- A Life of Productivity (Chris Bailey)
- What Works (Tara McMullin) – work life
Newsletters
- Roden (Craig Mod)
- The Imperfectionist (Oliver Burkeman)
- Wandering Aimfully (Caroline and Jason Zook) – marketing for small (creative) businesses
- Courtney’s Weekly Tea (Courtney Milan)
Writing & Publishing
Blogs
- Heart Breathings (Sarra Cannon) – writing and productivity
- KJ Charles – author
- Jami Gold – author
Newsletters
- Counter Craft (Lincoln Michel)*
- Lonely Victories (Hurley Winkler)*
- The Written World (Alix E. Harrow)*
- Happy Dancing (Charlie Jane Anders)*
- Welcome to Garbagetown (Cat Valente)* – added 4/23
- The Hypothesis (Annalee Newitz)* – added 4/23
Finances
Blogs
- A Purple Life – early retirement lifestyle
- Mr. Money Mustache (Pete Adeney) – financial independence
- Our Next Life (Tanja Hester) – early retirement
- The Fioneers – early retirement – added 10/22
- Financial Mechanic – early retirement – added 10/22
Misc.
Blogs
Newsletters
- The Drongo (Maxwell Joslyn) – interviews
- Lab (Robin Sloan)
- Thinking about… (Timothy Snyder)
- Trespassers (Robin Sloan)
- Your Local Epidemiologist (Dr. Katelyn Jetelina)* – COVID and public health
Trying Out (4/23)
Lifestyle & Culture
- Range Widely (David Epstein)*
- Adjacent Possible (Steven Johnson)*
- Experimental History (Adam Mastroianni)*
- Reading the End (Jenny Hamilton) – book reviews and commentary
- Blind Archive (Beatrice Adler-Bolton)* – capitalism and health
- On Sabbatical (Cécile Marion)* – work and balance – added 4/23
- On the Commons (Antonia Malchik) – land and work – added 4/23
- SAIPUA (Sarah Ryhanen) – nature and work – added 4/23
- Design Mom (Gabrielle Blair)* – culture – added 4/23
- gen yeet (terry nguyen)* – added 4/23
- Tor.com “Mark as Read” column (Molly Templeton) – added 4/23
- Barry Lee Art* – art and disability and queerness – added 4/23
- Kening Zhu – added 4/23
- Authenblissity (Lesley) – added 4/23
Writing
- Left/Right (Jessica Hatch)*
- Internetly (Alice Lemee)*
- So Relatable (Chrissy Hennessey)* – creative work
- The Maven Game (David Moldawer) – writing
- Why Be Happy When You Could Be Writing (Amber Sparks)*
- Cold Takes (Kelly J. Baker)* – added 4/23
Other
- Tread Lightly, Retire Early
- Birds – Landscapes – Nature (Chuq Von Rospach)
- The Last Word on Nothing – science group blog – added 4/23
- Clamsplaining (Dan Killam) – clam science – added 4/23
- Interconnected (Matt Web) – added 4/23
- History from Below (Sarah Bond) – Mediterranean history – added 4/23
- The Vajenda (Dr. Jen Gunter)* – women’s health and commentary – added 4/23
- The Disordered Cosmos (Chanda Prescod-Weinstein)* – science and politics and intersectional justice – added 4/23
I’ve decided not to list assorted personal blogs of people who I don’t know, at least for the time being.
Other interesting feeds
12/2022 – I unfollowed a bunch of feeds due to overwhelm. I’ve resubscribed to a handful, removed a handful that I don’t feel the need to resubscribe to, but am keeping these that I don’t feel ready to follow again yet, but still might want to.
Blogs
- homeculture (Meg Conley) – cultural / political commentary
- Scott Santens – UBI
- Budget Bytes Vegetarian Recipes (Beth Moncel)
- Nonprofit AF (Vu Le)
- Leonie Dawson
- KIRISKA – fine artist
- Self-Publishing Advice (Alliance of Independent Authors)
- Silvia Maggi – accessible design
- The Book Designer
- Alastair Humphreys – adventure and travel
- Seth Godin – marketing
- SPINE – book covers
- Everything is True (Ada Hoffman)* – autism and writing
- Boundless (Paul Millerd)
Newsletters
- Notes from a Small Press (Anne Trubek)*
- Men Yell at Me (Lyz Lenz)* – commentary
- The Art of Noticing (Rob Walker)* – paying attention
- Transfer Orbit (Andrew Liptak) – science fiction and cosplay
- Jill Filipovic*
- Maybe Baby (Haley Nahman)*
- Meanwhile (Daniel Benneworth-Gray)
- Cruel Summer Book Club (Jillian Anthony)*
- Nisha’s Internet Tote Bag (Nisha Chittal)*
- In Abeyance*
- griefbacon (Helena Fitzgerald)*
- Pasts Imperfect (Sarah Bond)* – history
- The Fox is Black (Bobby Soloman)* – design and culture
- Storythings
- [SIC] Weekly (Ben Dietz)*
- Publishing is Hard (DongWon Song)*
- Craft Talk (Jami Attenberg)*
- The Whippet (McKinley Valentine)
- Harry’s newsletter (Marketing Examples)
- Raw Signal Group (Jonathan and Melissa)
- The Honest Broker (Ted Gioia)* – culture
- Laura Olin
- Nothing Mountain (Holly Wood)*
- Violet Blue’s Pandemic Roundups
- Areopagus – The Cultural Tutor
- Ridgeline (Craig Mod) – walking in Japan
- Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice (Patricia Elzie)
- Burnt Toast (Virginia Sole-Smith)*
18 replies on “Blogroll”
Gardens and Streams II: Notes and Thoughts – Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
Intellectual Monocropping – Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
Breaking Out of What the Algorithm Feeds You – Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
This Article was mentioned on tracydurnell.com
Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.
This Article was mentioned on tracydurnell.com
This Article was mentioned on tracydurnell.com
This Article was mentioned on tracydurnell.com
This Article was mentioned on tracydurnell.com
This Article was mentioned on tracydurnell.com
This Article was mentioned on tracydurnell.com
Tracy Durnell mentioned this on tracydurnell.com.