Feeling inspired by deepend’s suggestions here, I wanted to pose a question to the list—can you recommend a good blog or two that you’ve subscribed to this year? Having mostly shifted off social media and revived my RSS reader a while back, I’m always looking for new feeds to add, especially those maintained by some dedicated individual with an interest in a niche I can learn more about.
For instance, Weird Fucking Games (https://wfgames.net/) consistently shows me interactive art I would never have found on my own, with a focus on itch.io-hosted stuff you can play right in a browser. Silent-ology (https://silentology.wordpress.com/) covers a film era I know very little about with tons of research written in an accessible style. And Magical Trash (https://www.magicaltrash.com/) is literally just photos documenting the many varieties of garbage cans at Disney properties around the world.
—brendn
On Nov 26, 2024, at 2:54 PM, deepend@tilde.club wrote:
Well it seems people would like to keep this feature around a bit longer. I hope we can make more use of it. I will setup/communicate a better solution to notify of downtime/upcoming downtime. I don't think a mailing list is the best solution for that.
As for what to use the mailing list for here are some suggestions:
Personal Projects Showcase: Share what you're working on—coding, writing, art, etc. Encourage others to do the same.
Ask for Advice: Invite members to share their tips on coding challenges, server setups, or creative processes.
Tilde History & Stories: Discuss the origins of tilde.club or share nostalgic moments and anecdotes from the community.
Tech Trends & Discussions: Explore and debate emerging technologies, programming languages, or software tools.
Creative Writing Prompts: Share a topic or theme and invite members to write short stories or poems.
Tilde Themed Challenges: Create fun, light-hearted challenges like "Build a website in under 1KB" or "Create the most obscure ASCII art."
Open-Ended Questions: Pose questions like, "What’s your favorite command-line tool and why?" or "What’s a project you wish existed?"
Community Collaboration: Suggest collaborative projects like a community zine, shared website, or group coding project.
IRC or Terminal Hacks: Discuss cool things you can do with IRC, shells, or terminal emulators.
Monthly Theme Discussions: Rotate topics monthly—coding, philosophy, retro tech, etc.
Game Nights/Events: Organize virtual events like coding sprints, trivia, or multiplayer games.
Thanks everyone that replied!