A small set of privacy-first tools for makers, no logins, no bullshit. All run in the browser, no installation needed. Image converters, croppers, calculators (px to rem for example), QR code generator and more. Long live the handmade web.
Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.
Blog Archives
Tag: indieweb
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How Indie Video Killed The Spotify Star
A RetroStrange TV community member known as limebar is building something big, indie, and cool as hell for music creators and fans: a 24/7 streaming music video channel with your stuff on it. Read the announcement blog post and follow the channel.
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Talent Has Never Been Enough
Alex Sujong Laughlin for Defector, which I should finally get around to subscribing to…
Netflix’s new eight-episode docuseries Pop Star Academy is an exploration of the delicate balance of talent, dedication, and charisma required to craft celebrity. Part American Idol with the cutthroat edge of Korean survival shows, Pop Star Academy documents 20 young women as they compete against each other for nearly two years for one of six spots in a new K-pop–style girl group called KATSEYE.
This is a hell of an article.
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How to Monetize a Blog
This is an incredible webpage. Art project, blog post, expose, a shout into the void all at once.
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See You At XOXO Fest?
Quick note to the blog audience that I’ve been lucky enough to get a ticket to XOXO this year, the last one of this awesome series of events celebrating independent creators. I’ve had the good fortune to go several times and it’s my favorite thing every time. If you’re going I’ll see you there.
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Metafilter needs help. Let’s help Metafilter.
In a post on MetaTalk, cortex lays it out for us. The site is currently running at about an $8,000/mo. The vast majority of their operating costs go to pay for kind, thoughtful, moderators and the folks who keep the servers running. If you can afford to support Metafilter, do it. The internet needs independent spaces like Metafilter.