Why does every personal website look like this now?

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Жыл бұрын

What's with the boring, soulless websites everyone has now? I remember a time when you used to find all kinds of interesting things on people's websites. These days, they're just glorified Linktrees with links to their Twitter and GitHub. Is there any way to bring back the glory days of the personal website?
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@Shockwaveo Жыл бұрын

my favorite website is about:blank

@syfenx Жыл бұрын

When you said the blog wasn't updated in 3 years I felt attacked lol

@SteadyEddyyy Ай бұрын

I found this video while looking for other people who feel this way. Ive recently gone down the rabbit hole of old websites, link lists, and Neocities websites. It sucks that most of us spend our entire time on the "web" just using the same 3 or 4 apps. Today, I began working on a personal website. I have a professional one for my graphic design portfolio, but I want a sandbox to express myself. After all, learning to code on MySpace is what pushed me towards a career in design. Thanks for talking about this!

@cherry6288 2 күн бұрын

Can i know more about u May be ur website

@vikingthedude Жыл бұрын

“Hi 👋 “ I’m ashamed to admit mine has looked like that before

@sprinklednights Жыл бұрын

I wish I could invest more time into creating blogposts on my website, but I currently struggle with school and life, so my website looks quite bland. By the way, your quality of videos has really increased in my opinion. Kudos to you and keep going!

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@joelchrono Жыл бұрын

Hey, keep it up, most of my blogs are barely 300 words and don't necesarily talk about super complex stuff, its pretty relaxing to get home and just type some stuff like some sort of public journal

@jirehla-ab1671 Жыл бұрын

@@EricMurphyxyz think its best that you use this website for showcasing yur portfolio - containing your best works. That's what the creative industry do a lot.

@JodyBruchon 11 ай бұрын

Everyone should use their personal websites instead of social media. Starve the beasts of content and they die.

@rato_gordo Жыл бұрын

Since i switched to GNU/Linux OS's i've grow a curiosity for using tech more freely and with domain of it. I'm in the process of setting up a web server and building a web site. Your videos on that matter are really insightfull.

@AndreyBondarenko1979 Жыл бұрын

I remember you talked about your page years ago. I used to study your page and thought of what to use to build my own page (Gatsby or NextJS) or whatever that time you talked about, checked the links, kept ideas in my head. I can say your page was a sort of example.

@richard343s 11 ай бұрын

99% of people don't need a personal website at all.

@AntonioNoack 10 ай бұрын

and at least 95% don't have one (I'd guess)

@octopusfly 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. This resonates. One main problem you are exposing, for me at least, is a real one: Consume in the crowd or create in the void. I got some soul-searching to do. ~An American in Korea 🇰🇷

@randomsearches369 Жыл бұрын

I have actually been reading your blogs, and I have been following you for a while. I find them insightful, and I'm looking forward to your future blogs.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@beanpasteposts 3 ай бұрын

When I was first taught web development that your personal website IS your business card, and it should be designed to be marketable to potential employers. It had to be bland, professional looking and sterile, and like it was made using bootstrap or tailwind with react. I’m so glad I found neocities and the amazing websites people are making on there! I now approach my personal website like it’s my online home, not a glorified resume. It’s where I crash, post about stuff I like, and even include a fanpage or two! Websites are supposed to be fun! I think alot of people have sadly forgotten that.

@FicoosBangaly 2 ай бұрын

Luke Smith said at some point that we should also bring back webrings. This will ensure we don't depend on Google for discoverability .

@xrradia 4 ай бұрын

stumbled upon this video because i’m about to make my personal website. i know you’re right about the essence of the internet shifting over time but as a participant i’m kind of lost on the exact change. was born in 2002. but hopeful to push out more authentic content!

@sspaeti Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Eric. This is so true and why I've been updating my website since 2007 (many iterations I have gone through). It's so rewarding. Now I'm having my blog and adding my personal notes from Obsidian as a Second Brain on my website too. They are connected and have interactive graphs with backlinks. This is not only helpful and looking nice, but it also helps with learning, as we can associate a new term so something we know. To me, that's the future of blogging or websites. I wrote about it on my website and second brain as well :)

@dranon0o Жыл бұрын

That us just how the internet should have been and was No need for over complicated visuals, just exchange information... QUICKLY I don't want to download 1-5Mb of content for each page

@occultsupport Жыл бұрын

that wallpaper 😳 I think I'm in love

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

If you want it, here you go: github.com/ericmurphyxyz/wallpapers/blob/master/abstract.png

@occultsupport Жыл бұрын

@@EricMurphyxyz thank you 🙏

@socialkruption Жыл бұрын

Funny you mention this, I'm doing the same thing with my site right now. I'd add Chris Coyier (owned css-tricks at one point) to the list of personal websites that has content like the OG days.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

That's another good one!

@user-xf9kr6se7o 6 ай бұрын

just finished making a website using hugo and hosted it on a vps. i am a nurse, not a tech professional and it was soooo satisfying to create my own site!

@neetdemon Жыл бұрын

Really crazy that I ran into this video by the time I was thinking of re-doing my portfolio website. I want to make it more into a personal website rather than something just to sell out to the corpos.

@premiumbot3991 Ай бұрын

God damn. I genuinely feel inspired.

@weirdo3116 Жыл бұрын

i miss the personal websites that also either hosted or linked to projects the person did. especially when the project is something related to a game. i actually want to make my own site and have it host or link to some projects i'm thinking of making. currently I have a pokedex one that I started almost 2 years ago that I still have to finish (lmao). but I want to do more stuff like one where I can show off warhammer models I've painted or one that shows crafting trees for terraria items. all of this will be written in react + nextjs btw (L M A O)

@bruhsoulz3347 Жыл бұрын

this is actually a good point, i want to, one day, be able to have my own. maybe ill learn more when i get my summer break, ive had basic experiences with html maybe it wont be that hard

@techvishnuyt Жыл бұрын

Ahh i was waiting for you to make a video about this ngl

@monadic_monastic69 11 ай бұрын

Another great example I want to highlight is Maggie Appleton's personal website!

@helloimatapir Жыл бұрын

Why do so many professional web developers have the most amateur looking websites? Back in my day, we didn't have Flexbox, yet my GeoCities site looked way better!

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Minimalism has gone too far

@Blake_C137 Жыл бұрын

Hey Eric, I really enjoyed your “Ultimate Browser Tier List” and “Ultimate Search Engine Tier List” videos. I’d love to see you do a similar “Ultimate Email Provider Tier List” video with the same kind of information behind it: functionality, privacy, ads, etc.

@EricMurphyxyz 11 ай бұрын

Coming soon :)

@dequan300 Жыл бұрын

Wow this flashed me back when the web was new . I think I will bust out my own website .

@aidannotfunny 2 ай бұрын

I love personal sites. I’ve had one for like 2 years now, and I upload all my games, news, comics, art, and anything else on there too. It’s the greatest way to express yourself and differentiate yourself :)

@alessandrospiridigliozzi7943 11 ай бұрын

what desktop theme do you use?I've never seen a topbar like the one you have! looks cool!

@ruinmasters Жыл бұрын

I watched a few videos on this topic - yours is the first that's inspired me to think about the "why" behind personal websites, rather than making a glorified resume

@AnalyticMinded Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. It's a good reminder to revive my own personal website, which has been languishing for many, many months now. My problem is that I don't have that much to say, and when I do, I let perfect be the enemy of good.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

I definitely have an issue with perfectionism too, but I'm trying to get over it and just hit the publish button!

@patricknelson 11 ай бұрын

Funny… I thought of Jared when you mentioned that (i.e. personal sites loaded with content). Ironic that you show that archetypical site; if you check mine you’ll see the same thing. In my defense, my domain has been around _forever_ and I used to host my portfolio there back when I was getting started (and my email is still there). So, at least if you see my email and go to the domain, you can learn a tiny bit about me by going to my other sites and etc. I still need to update it though (it’s outdated, as you also mentioned, lol, without even mentioning me specifically).

@thatguynar Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile I’m sitting here with no personal website. I’ve always had these crazy ideas for my personal website only to never really bother with it. Ended up making several dumb browser games instead lol

@AntonioNoack 10 ай бұрын

Just try it 😄, it's not that hard, and you surely can do it 😊. Also don't worry about not having enough content. Over time you can link/include everything that fascinates you. (and I myself have an overfilled link website xD, have to restructure it at some point (have been saying this for three years now XD))

@CoasterMan13Official Жыл бұрын

My website is just the most bare bones shit you'll ever see.

@datascientist7395 Жыл бұрын

Eric, your approach to this subject is excellent. I'm going to follow the same path; I was already thinking about it, and your video was like a push in that direction. Gratitude.

@pranitmane 6 ай бұрын

i can talk about anything, any topic for hours, but talking about myself just sucks, i get frozen, cant talk more than "hi i am pranit and i am a xyz"

@wintrywind 11 ай бұрын

I feel attacked lol, thanks for the video!

@gregoriusmike 10 ай бұрын

People creating and working on their own websites is important for the freedom of the internet. It's also important for small and medium sized businesses to decrease reliance on big tech and tech in general.

@PLANET-EATER 7 ай бұрын

It's because everyone is passing around the same source code repo

@LeandroSilva-yo1qh Жыл бұрын

We need a search engine to find good websites.

@AntonioNoack 10 ай бұрын

Write it 😄.

@MatrixMaverick1980 2 ай бұрын

People’s presence are now scattered all over social medias.

@KingPr0o7 Жыл бұрын

Hello Eric! I’ve also noticed about end of last year. I took a shot of making my own website, and made it for something I wanted to show. You’ve inspired me to start working on it again!

@randomtinypotatocried Ай бұрын

I took mine down and never got around to revamping it. Maybe I should do so

@madthumbs1564 Жыл бұрын

I haven't noticed a problem. I have noticed though that there are some Linux users that don't understand what 'minimum specs' means. If Reddit is so bad technically; how has it been thriving with all the toxicity and down voting (mob mentality / echo chambers) to boot?

@nomadicwolf6132 10 ай бұрын

As someone looking to build a personal website that is a meaningful & constant record of personal growth & professional, this was excellent and full of great examples & points. Just wish you would have linked to those websites in the description for quick reference. Thanks for the good info!

@yehorbilovus2620 2 ай бұрын

Hello Eric. I recently installed Firefox on my laptop and I want to make it look like yours browser from this video. What is the way to do it?

@kbaeve Жыл бұрын

Am I watching the revival of homepages?

@vanilla4064 11 ай бұрын

I'm curious, how did you get your browser to look like that?

@moussaadem7933 4 ай бұрын

Firefox still sports "user chrome" themes

@khurtwilliams Ай бұрын

You’re hanging out on the wrong web. My website has NEVER looked like this. My website is over 20 years old.

@RandomGeometryDashStuff Жыл бұрын

01:49 does instagram recompress images?

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Every big website does, yes.

@comrade_rahul_1 3 ай бұрын

Can I know which linux distro is that? ❤

@paintitblack4199 Жыл бұрын

That's a nice site. Simple and clean.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@SiyaMedia Жыл бұрын

Your website is cool,

@babthooka 8 ай бұрын

Great! Now I also have to do a website :s

@fikrirahmatnurhidayat4988 Жыл бұрын

What browser do you use?

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Hardened Firefox, I have several videos about it

@TheUnderMasked 2 ай бұрын

Mostly because we are mostly unremarkable people living unremarkable lives (in the grand scheme of things)

@Skyman12808 Жыл бұрын

Hello Mr Eric Which Linux Distributions Do you Recommend for Gaming

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Any distro works fine in my experience, you don't need a special "gaming distro"

@Skyman12808 Жыл бұрын

@@EricMurphyxyz Thanks but is it ok if make a video about Recommended Linux Distributions for New users

@909crime 11 ай бұрын

One easy way to keep your website updated is to write a script that scrapes your social media and reposts it all on your website. (Doesnt have to be your offical website, but it could be a nice way to archive your posts)

@jameswalker199 11 ай бұрын

Setting up a personal website is something I've been meaning to do for a while. I don't have a lot of stuff to say, but it would be a nice way to show off projects and things, as a bit of a portfolio.