Rabbit hole is a metaphor for simply becoming deeply absorbed in a topic or concept by following links or threads that sometimes seem like an endless exploration. Just like how it is when I discovered indie web, digital garden, and zettelkasten. I believe I am still deep in that rabbit hole and my exploration hasn't ended. I have bookmarked links to websites that I aim to explore soon and you can also join me by checking out my /bookmarks page.
When it comes to things of the web/internet, I am Alice and the internet is my wonderland.
-- Lily(me)
You know what makes going down rabbit holes easy? Websites that are not dead ends.
Yup!
There are blogs you find that just leads you to many other blogs and I am always so grateful for finding such blogs.
This is why no website should be a dead end1. There are also blogs that have been properly written to make it seem like you're going down a rabbithole in the writers brain and it's usually an interesting ride. This is because the webmasters understand the meaning of digital gardening.
Some of these blogs are:
- https://colinwalker.blog/
- https://manuelmoreale.com/
- https://andymatuschak.org/
- https://www.mentalnodes.com/
My goal with this website and garden of mine is to make it a hub of exploration. I plan to design it in a way that keeps my visitors engaged, have them exploring not just mine but other websites I link to. I do not plan to hold you or keep you within my walls but to create many channels of exploration using hyperlinks that keeps you exploring and surfing. If you come back here after going down holes, then great! If you don't, that's fine.
Footnotes
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Every site needs a Links Page / Why linking matters by Melon King ↩