Getting my blog closer to the Internet I used to love
The starting point
Yesterday, I stumbled upon a corner of the internet filled with personal websites and 'old school' blogs, with all their qualities, flaws, quirks and uniqueness. I came across some that I really liked, others that I closed immediately, but they all had one thing in common: they weren't sanitised like most of the web in 2025.
This glimpse of what the web was like 20 years ago, reminded me how much I miss it.
And it motivated me to change a lot of things on my blog, to make it more fun, less rigid, to make my life easier and allow me to post more things on it, even if they don't fit into the specific boxes I've limited myself to.
After 'a few' hours of reading, thinking and taking notes, I wisely decided not to blow everything up (for once), but to make small changes to move towards what I want. There will probably be more in the weeks or months to come.
I think the biggest change will be in what I decide to post here, and the form it takes. I took the time to think about and formulate 'rules' for my blog. This may seem contradictory to what I said two paragraphs above about my desire for more freedom, but rather than rules per se, it's a list of things I allow myself and encourage myself to do.
The rules of my blog
I talk about topics that interest me
- and these topics may change over time
- and it doesn't matter if they only interest me
- and they don't have to be serious or important
- and I am under no obligation to talk about 'important' things about which I have nothing to say
I talk about these topics however I want
- not all articles have to be long (or exhaustive)
- I can choose a new and weir angle, or write something that is not original at all
I am not looking for perfection
- Firstly, because it does not exist
- Secondly, because it does not suit me
- Finally, because it is better to publish an imperfect article than to keep a draft waiting for perfection
