One day, combing through my YouTube recommendations, I came across a video about this thing called the indieweb. This short 20 min video explaining what the indieweb was, instantly hooked me. Growing up with the Y2K personaility of the web, which wasall about creativity and expression, then having that crushed by the social media monoliths, this felt like coming home and rediscovering a part of myself I thought was gone forever. I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Where to start
What was my site goin to be? What are digital gardens? What were other people doing? As most things I start with diving head first and figuring it out as I go. The answer is: whatever I want it to be.
Wanting it to feel like the Y2K website of my dreams. I thought about the design and making it anonymous, without my face or name. I got through a couple of quick iterations. Learning about 11ty and how to create my own components. How to get connected with the indieweb. Before deciding I needed this site to be the cornerstone of my digital presence.
I needed something that I owned and controlled. Somewhere I could weave my professional and personal life. A place to share my projects, my thoughts, my interests, my identity.
So I created, X-Static Process.
What this is
A hub for all my projects, opinions on security news and bringing back that Y2K personality of the web.