Five (or maybe eight) websites

by Peter on Saturday, February 19, 2011

You Might Find Yourself
Bobulate
i can read
Sexpigeon
ill iterate
Eunoia
I Love Charts
All That Is Interesting

These blogs are particularly interesting to me because of the nature of their presentation. Seemingly endless fragments of content—images, quick thoughts, quotes, videos, audio clips—pour into reverse chronological order to create one vast stream of consciousness. This sea of content paints a rather vivid picture of who the author is, and it does so more effectively than the majority of blogs that I come across. In this way, each of these sites is very much a personal experience.

A few other common factors contribute to the relatively unique style of these websites. Most of them don’t allow comments, and while some users may not like this, I think it adds more to these sites’ experience than it takes away from it. They all distinguish themselves with minimalistic design, further emphasizing the actual content of each one. There are also few or no ads, and I think that ads would only detract from reading in this context.

One more note for web nerds and bloggers alike: All of these sites are powered by Tumblr, a service which lends itself well to these stream-of-consciousness style blogs. It’s free, so check it out if you’re looking to maintain yet another online profile.

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