Ken Schwencke's personal blog covers owning your own web presence through domains and self-hosting, plus notes on his move from Jekyll to Ghost. It also includes personal essays and film criticism, such as a fond appreciation of low-budget 'bad gay movies'.
Website: https://words.schwanksta.com/
Personal essays on sustaining a creative practice, covering creative energy, the cycle of making and releasing work, and the author's experience leaving Substack and building a personal website. It mixes reflective, metaphor-driven writing with practical advice on domains and choosing web platforms.
Audio engineer and sound designer John Stolzle posts portfolio updates about game audio work such as ONEiRA and Light Odyssey, plus occasional personal essays on the independent web. The sample is mostly placeholder portfolio text, with one reflective post about webrings, RSS and slow media.
A personal blog revival newsletter by a professional who left social media for a self-hosted blog, starting with a blogging questionnaire post about platforms and writing tools. It offers a light, first-person look at returning to independent publishing.
A personal newsletter from an author with opinions on technology and the internet. The only sample issue is a short note about rethinking what his personal site should be about and planning to build it by the end of summer.
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