A moment of solitude on the mountains

I'm glad I managed to go for a hike this past weekend. There's something special about being up on a mountain alone, early in the morning.

A clear blue sky early in the morning over a mountain range

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March's Thoughts

Verified human

Writing voice and beginner’s mind

Bandwidth consumption

Thoughts on an unpolished note

A personal blog doesn't need a homepage

A rant on web font licenses

Minimum viable blog

Monetising online content

I'll read it

Website complexities

A moment on yet another lake

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2023February

Human curation

How much is a friendship worth?

A moment with a not-so-distant past

Good enough

Consumismo ed integrità morale

Great software is timeless

January

A moment with sand and waves

A less artificial future

Shared understanding

Unsolicited blogging advice

A moment in Italy's green heart

Quitting

RSS feeds for everyone

Money is one of the reasons why today's internet fucking sucks

A moment of sleepiness

2022December

How to start a successful blog in 2023

End of year book review

Free speech absolutism vs the real world

Quirky search engine

On the current decentralisation movement

To the moon

Another year of living without

On public email addresses

How to consume the news

A quick word on scrolljacking and new tab fuckery

November

A moment with real and fake birds

On internet silos

A moment of clouds and light

Letting go

October

On the struggles of the mind

My attempt to answer the question "What is too minimal?"

A moment of sunlight after the rain

September

Who owns a conversation?

Selfishness

The web is failing us

A moment of urban patience

#Shorts

UHX

August

Passionless Web

A moment contemplating the mountains

Selflessness

On becoming a better designer

Loneliness

July

A few thoughts on RSS

A moment of glowing light

Algorithmic nonsense

Production Values

June

What is worth filling your mind with?

May

Portfolio, Projects and Posts

Links and webrings

A moment reflecting on the past

April

Communities and free speech

On Web 3.0, capitalism and money

Honest Design

February

Spectrums

On owning your content, complexity, platforms, elitism and a bunch of other related topics

Endless everything

January

A moment on the lake

The new year’s post

2021November

On finding reasons

On life

October

Humans and tech companies

A somewhat depressing realisation

The creativity ark

Phones and Social Media

Thoughts on social media

September

On Words and Definitions

Six Seven Eight

Crunching some numbers

Can I ask you a favour?

On September the 19th

Social media and social groups

Social platforms

On the indie web... again

Thoughts on UX

August

On the indie web

Thoughts on communities

Sharing rules

Mistakes and doubts

On audience capture and fast food content

10 years

An update on side projects

July

A moment with old and new

On photographs

Adoption Sponsorships

On discovery and consumption

June

The internet is not broken. People are.

Sharing is caring

On reading books

Motivations

Online Conversations

Asynchronous conversations

May

What even is a website anyway?

Scaling Up Kindness

What I learned by being #1 on PH and reaching HN front page

The shape of digital interactions

A moment of solitude on the mountains

Should I care about this?

April

Something about the evolution of the web

March

Inspiration overload

Greed is ruining the web

My love/hate relationship with the web

February

A moment with sun and hot tea

Responsibilities

January

The curse of the perfect tool

Thoughts on newsletters

2020December

We wrote a little something

November

On November the 18th

Since Google asked...

Containers

On monetary support

A moment with mountains and clouds

October

A moment on the trenches

Let's play the internet game

Not a success story

A moment with my brother

A moment on the border

September

Words

A moment on the mountains

A moment with myself up on the mountains

Blogrolls and Links

A moment with a clear sky and a sunset

Manufactured Authenticity

August

Self reflection

On August the 9th

July

Friends' Projects

On July the 27th

On side projects, money, motivations and human connections

Welcome to Manu's website

My internet has no comments

How to start a blog

June

Domain Squatters

On Value

The reachability illusion

On Web Responsibilities

On Random Interactions: Part Two

A quick update on browsers

May

On Random Interactions

On Clutter, Noise, Abundance and Less

On Websites

The May Update

April

On burning out, breaking the law, disappearing and cabin fever

My new portfolio

March

Stories

Bits and Bytes of Humanity

Subscriptions

For the people who are listening...

February

Meandering Rivers

Web Responsibilities

Smallness

My weird phone setup, two years later

Why I hate money

A moment on a familiar peak

Workspace

Kind Words

January

Discoverability

Simple solutions

Faceless relationships

I don't know how to browse the internet anymore

Moments In Time

2019December

Fashion time

Here we go again

November

Trust

Closing thoughts: Living a simple life is not easy

Chapter 5: Objects are not everything

Chapter 4: Digital and Physical

Chapter 3: Function over Form

Chapter 2: Design doesn't matter

Chapter 1: The Mindset

Introduction: What Minimalism is and is not

Manu's guide to minimalism

October

Cento

Knowing yourself

Confidence

Meditations

Websites and complexity

Smart Technology

What makes you happy?

Human debugging

Leaving a mark

Ups and downs

August

Setups

Minimal Technology

Quitting social media

Minimalism and Technology

A Short Hike

Understated design

July

A simple browser

May

Mental Space

Writing, Hiking and Sharing

I want my phone to be a washing machine

April

Life, money, work, and a bunch of other things

Low tech solutions

March

What does minimalism sound like?

Digital and Work Setup

Minimalism Life

February

Time

Hello fellow human being

January

Technology of thoughts

Addition by subtraction

Problems and solutions

Digital Hermit

2018December

Walking

November

A bit of this, a bit of that

Lists are hard

Blogs

Why I stopped using feeds

October

The rhythm of digital life

Seven

Let’s talk Minimalism

September

Timeless design

Another iPhone post

A moment with the sunset and some puddles

August

Do not disturb

Ignore the numbers

Why I love emails

Quiet web

July

A minimal browser

The curation issue

Online authenticity

There are people on the other side

Who are you?

Typography and spacing in CSS

History of my personal website

Watching The World Cup

Mnmlqts

June

Mnmllist

Minimalissimo Shop

Be deliberate

A reflection on digital publications

TTRO

Things To Read Online

My “Water May”

May

"Not so quick" update

The usefulness of preferences

My April without surfing the internet

April

My March with no sweets, cookies and cakes

March

Alessandro Scarpellini

Portfolios

My weird phone setup

A minimal email client

My February without music and podcasts

February

This is it

A January with no computer before lunch

January

Numbers and stats

Meditation as a design tool

The Gallery - Version Six

I own a smartphone

A December with no wifi

2017December

Year in review, 2017 edition

Opinions

Personal brand is a stupid concept

How to deal with iOS like a crazy person

A November without digital entertainment

November

Being a "digital nomad" is overrated

Designed Space

Collaborations

6.04

An October without phone and tablet

October

Podcast Recommendations

Have fun

Money and Stress

September

A September without gaming

What matters

Declutter

On tools and crafts

My year of living without

Way too many side projects

Looking for something to read?

August

The unappreciated value of silence

Do I need this?

July

Minimalissimo

March

A moment with water and waterfalls

February

Winter is almost over

Style and lifestyle

Self questioning

Deal with it

January

Obstacles

Find something that works for you

I hate you Winter

So far so good.

Habits. habits everywhere.

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