Digital Garden
As I encounter and learn to understand this term, I find that I seem to be more and more drawn to it. It seems to be what I've always wanted; something I've been missing for a long time.
For more in-depth info, see: 20220411214512-A-Brief-History-and-Ethos-of-the-Digital-Garden
Some questions for me:
What do I want to put in the garden? What would I like to plant?
What plants am I interested in cultivating?
I'm working on on of my own, too! Thanks to a somewhat unexpected find on Reddit I've discovered a plugin specifically designed for obsidian to self-publish a digital garden. It's a little janky, and it's not as customizable as I'd really like it to be, but I think it's a step in the right direction. For now, I've made a note as my landing page: Entrance..
Terms:
term usage digital garden a collection of interlinked, hypertextual, heterarchical pieces of information that celebrate the process of learning, building, and growing; moves slowly; ex: wikipedia digital campfire like gardens, a place of "coziness" characterized by a focus on exploring ideas in some form of "real time"; moves more quickly; ex: group chats, personal blogs, possibly also 4chan (for some people) digital streams the web as we know it; web 2.0, the concept of a "feed," or "timeline"; moves the quickest; ex: twitter, instagram, facebook et al.
Examples:
Earliest known example of a "digital garden":
http://www.eastgate.com/garden/Enter.html
#people/Maggie_Appleton has a digital garden on her website
Further Reading:
20220412110418-Of-Digital-Streams,-Campfires-and-Gardens
20220411211839-The-Garden-and-the-Stream
My blog is a digital garden, not a blog
Digital Garden Terms of Service
How to set up your own digital garden
The Garden and Stream IndieWeb popup
Digital Gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet