Sunday Tabs
Here’s what’s open in my tabs right now:
archive.is: Sort of like the Wayback Machine, archive.is downloads and stores a full copy of whatever URL you happen to put in its search bar (if it isn’t already there). The interesting thing about it is that you can put in a link to a paywalled article and read it immediately. It has a Firefox extension, too, for adding pages with one little click.
CodeWord Conf 2023: A free virtual conference focusing on content, taking place on Sept. 21. Looks interesting.
21 Best GoodReads Alternatives for Ethical Book Tracking: I found this list while looking for a simple app to manage my To Be Read list. I use GoodReads and like it well enough, but I mainly use it to find recommendations from people I actually know (IRL or online). I want something without the social component that lets me just make a list of books I want to read and then links to places where I can buy them. Once I get a link to Amazon (or Bookshop, or BN.com, or GoodReads), the Library Extension helps me order them from the library. This list focuses more on social reading, with some solid entries, but I didn’t find exactly what I’m looking for (other than LibraryThing, which I know well and love, but I’d probably need to start over with a new account to do what I want to in this case).
The Golden Age of Web Design: This area of the Web Design Museum covers the early 2000s, which I do consider a kind of Golden Age. Around 2004 CSS got to the point where we could quit using tables for layout, and make horizontal lists for navigation, and it was just lovely and exciting.
Ask a Manager – Our website is being held hostage by an abusive volunteer: The volunteer developed the website IN A LANGUAGE HE CREATED. I’ve seen a lot of problems with volunteers working on websites, but this one absolutely takes the cake. I have been on both sides of this issue, and I have a ton of advice, but to put it very simply: if your nonprofit needs a website and doesn’t have the money to hire a pro, please use SquareSpace or Wix, and make sure more than one person can access your domain host.