The Year In Homepages: Part II
Dateline: 01/05/98 - Weekly feature from your Guide to Personal Web Pages.
The envelope, please... Or something like that.
Welcome to Part II of my look back at 1997 in the world of personal homepages (Part I sets the scene, so take a look if you haven't already). This week's article contains my selections for the best homepages in the primary categories of individual personal expression on the Web. Note that I required that a page still be in existence as of this writing in order to be considered. Where possible, I take note of dearly departed sites that would otherwise have been among the finalists.
So, without further ado, here are my favorite sites of 1997:
Best Online Diary/Woman
Heavy WaterBest Online Diary/Man
Maggy Donea is more at home in this medium than anyone else I know. She's been called a Web diva: After following this diary since its inception, I can say that she well deserves her devoted following.Runners-up: Gabby Hon's Fragment, Cathy Young Harrison's Cook's Diary, and Nette's Diary of a Mystic Detective.
Dearly departed: Carolyn Burke's Carolyn's Diary, Alexis Massie's Writing of Days.
Down On Your KneesBest Soapbox/Woman
Cory Glen's words occasionally disturb my sleep. What else can I say? Note: Unfortunately, Cory seems to have axed all past entries. Pity, that.Runners-up: Mark Thomas's Place Of General Happiness, now known asSorabji.com, Gus Mueller's Musings of the Gus.
Dearly departed: Nigel Richardson's Countdown to the Big 40.
Stay TunedBest Soapbox/Man
Columbine's weekly rants on living in a world of "total advertising immersion."
The Lance Arthur ExperienceBest Personal Narrative ("Revealer")/Woman
He has the voice - and the look.Runner-up: Ben Turner's The Soapbox.
Ankiewicz StudiosBest Personal Narrative ("Revealer")/Man
The personal side of artist Kristen Ankiewicz's site is as deep, varied, and worthwhile as any you'll find.Runners-up: Zannah's Found2, Joy McManus's Contemplating the Vair, Michelle Johnson's The Personal Homepage of LMichelle.
Out of Balance
Gerry Manacsa's site is beautiful to look at, beautiful to read.Runner-up: Justin Hall's Links.net.
