Inspired by the previous discussions [1][2] I finally decided to dedicate myself to actually set up a personal home for my projects that's not just a portfolio used in job searching.

The recent thread [3] about about "the small web" was especially inspirational for me, as some of the projects shown there returned the awe and wonder I used to associate with discovering what the internet is about.

Usually I've abandoned website projects as soon as I hit an ankle-high wall as I don't feel confident in my skills nor my interest as a human. The previous HN discussions helped me change my perspective on the value of permanency, dedication and general prolificness.

RSS is not dead, 2020 will be the year of (my) blogs!

[1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23237559)

[2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23205588)

[3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23326329)

The first time I stumbled upon Special Fish was in the first comment on another HN thread titled "Rediscovering The Small Web" [1], so if you find Special Fish interesting you may also like some other things mentioned there.

I spent a couple of hours sufring the site and various personal pages linked within some profiles. From my small sample, it seemed to be popular among some sort of lo-fi designer/technoartist crowd. It was different enough from my usual intake of the web to hook me up for a bit.

I was tempted to register an account, but gave up after reading the pitch: "Special Fish is a place for exploring logs and lists." I mean... I've done blogs (on both home-made and stock tools), tumblrs, micro-blogs (Twitter and Identi.ca), small project-based websites, you name it. What is left to explore on the logs/lists space, especially given the simple pages I've witnessed across the site (and the simple tools given to authors, I guessed), that signing up would be compelling? What are the results of this exploration on Special Fish that are worth mentioning?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23326329