are.na

I almost feel like I'm exposing a secret but are.na is the coolest site to exist even if it's nearly impossible to explain. If you like to collect internet artifacts like websites, photos, documents, resources, articles, digital gardens, and cool-ass homepages, and don't want things to be presented to you via an algorithm then you are (unfortunately) missing out! it does cost $$ to have more than 100 blocks, but by the time I got there, it became very clear the value of the tool, and that the money is going towards a good cause (the folks making the website, directly back into the website). There is something SO cool about the internet / html / digital garden / are.na / neocities community which is - so many people have created so many cool resources for you FOR FREE out of the goodness of their heart. Like are.na was fundamental in reminding me that the internet is actually Good! that so many people genuinely like sharing their knowledge with others because they love the thing they're doing, and want more folks to fall in love with it all too.