@ragman and I hosted #HTMLDay in Philadelphia's Washington Square park today. A couple photos we took have been uploaded to the are.na. We were pleasantly surprised that many people found out about us through neocities! Some also from bluesky or mastodon, and some that showed up because of a friend or sheer happenstance. Folx made pro-comic sans and the color pink stickers, pipe cleaner art, interactive nfc tags for trees and weevils, chatted about journaling, game accessibility, and community gardens. Of course, we also made some html pages: a crowd sourcing of favorite tags from followers, a gallery of visitor selected colors, a collection of fun dithered instruments, and more! Thanks to everyone who came to hang out, it was a very respectful and lovely time with wonderful people.
Are.na for photos if you participated, no matter from where: https://www.are.na/html-energy/html-day-2025-photo-album
Are.na for sites: https://www.are.na/html-energy/websites-made-on-html-day-2025
If you made a site and want a free year of the button down newsletter service: https://bsky.app/profile/jmduke.com/post/3lv5hwyipu22j
If you're interested in learning HTML or making your own site, I have resources at the bottom of this blog! https://www.pixouls.xyz/blog/2022-04-20_handcrafted-site.html
a collection of papers that have been hand-written by several people
html header tag in black, green html energy sun drawing
blue head and title opening tag
title starts with "philly html day"
in red, the lines continues "honda civic support group"
in blue it continues "2025 in the park real"
in red continues "NEW working 2025"
dithered photo of HTML day from a thermal printer. a crowd of people sitting under a tent on picnic blankets.