Dear reader,
I remain optimistic about the web. I attribute a sizable chunk of my optimism to the many years of work done by Elliott Cost and Laurel Schwulst, two good friends, and familiar names to anyone reading this newsletter regularly.
They are currently preparing for the fourth edition of HTML Day, an annual celebration of the web, with people gathering in parks and sitting on the grass all over the world. This is, literally, a grassroots movement of the world wide web. We are lucky to have Elliott and Laurel as the energy conductors.
With care,
Kristoffer
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Elliott & Laurel: HTML Day
Elliott Cost and Laurel Schwulst are two friends who keep the energy burning.
What is html day?
HTML Day is an annual celebration of ❇️ HTML Energy. This year (2025), it’s happening on Saturday, August 2, 2025 around the world!
Last year (2024), 22 cities hosted their own HTML Day. It happened in: Sydney, New York City, Rotterdam, Seoul, Shanghai, Toronto, Honolulu, San Francisco, Vancouver, Montreal, Stockholm, Hamburg, London, Saskatoon, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Austin, Portland (Maine), Atlanta, Lee/Lenox, and Seattle. There are some photos/videos here and here and here.
Why did you start it?
We didn't start the energy
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the energy
No, we didn't light it, but we tried put into an .html
Who or what inspired you?
Everyone that attended HTML Day in 2024, everyone that attended HTML Day in 2023, everyone that attended HTML Day in 2022, Bill Wurtz, Neta Bomani, Ritu Ghiya, Omar Rizwan, Aidan Quinlan, Philip Guo, Emma Rae Norton, Larissa Pham, Pirijan Ketheswaran, Marie Otsuka, Korede Aderele, Tom Bubul, Becca Abbe, Laurel, Min Gu Hong Manufacturing, Extra Practice, HTML Energy, Birdcall, Dr. Naive, Max Bo, Chia Amisola, Polina Lobanova, Hunter, Ben, Shengli, Jake, Pete, Ren, Star, Toph Tucker, Cindy, Yara, hello to our patreons, Sue, Kevin, Mom, Jill, Curtis, ❇️the universe.
Want to be a part this year (2025)? Fire up your local event .html website for Saturday, August 2nd. Specific instructions over at our events.html page!
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Field notes
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A Short Introduction to Feral Technology. I make an effort to read everything that Austin Wade Smith writes, as they always tickles the boundaries of my imagination..
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Being a script. This reads well with the above link. Here, Raphael Bastide reflects on how technology informs our perception of the world. It's experimental.
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I printed my Instagram feed for a month. We have all thought about it. Tiffany did it. Kudos.
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Calls for Participation: Taper #15 (Due 15/8), and The Wrong Biennale (Due 15/9).
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Poetic Web Calendar: Vector Festival (Toronto, 10-20/7), Kernel Magazine (SF, 17/7), Needlebound Volume 2 (Toronto, 17/7), Zine Workshop: What is the internet made of? (London, 19/7), FWB Fest (Idyllwild, 1-3/8), HTML Day (World wide, 2/8), HTML in Hyde #1 (Sydney, 2/8), What Hackers Yarn (Geestmerambacht, 8-12/8), and POST Design Festival (Copenhagen, 12/9).
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Wayside flowers
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