Cool Links
Artists to Follow
Just a few illustrators, photographers, writers, and more.
Amber McBride
Antwan Eady
Ashley C. Ford
Calmatic
Candice Benbow
Dayna Nuckolls
DeAndra Hodge
DeAnn Wiley
Dominique Ramsey
Ehime Ora
Ebony Glenn
Hillary D. Wilson
Indya Boone
Janelle Washington
Jason Reynolds
Jonell Joshua
Kaylani Juanita
London Ladd
Loveis Wise
Major Myra
Marcus Dawson
Michell C. Clark
Nadia Fisher
Naima Cochrane
Niña Mata
Octavia Ink
Olivia Amoah
Pascal Campion
Philip Lewis
Shamar Knight-Justice
Shantrelle P. Lewis
Sharee Miller
Sydney Smith
Teju Abiola
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Zeke Peña
Yaba Blay
Blogs and Email Newsletters
Austin Kleon
Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers. One of the blueprints for blogs and newsletters.
Fran Meneses
An illustrator, author and content creator currently living and working in Brooklyn, NYC.
Todays Special with Christian Robinson
Stories, pictures, and food for thought from award winning illustrator, author, animator, and designer Christian Robinson.
Giving Back
Great places to donate to! I've given to some of these over the years.
Philabundance
Philabundance works with over 350 community partners to distribute food throughout nine counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey.
South Jersey Food Bank (or your local food bank!)
The Food Bank of South Jersey exists to provide an immediate solution to the urgent problem of hunger by providing food to people in need, teaching them to eat nutritiously, and helping them to find sustainable ways to improve their lives.
Interactive Websites
Fish Doorbell
Ring a doorbell to let a real life fish through a lock gate in the Netherlands. Available from early March to late May.
Lumon Industries - MDR
Severance fans! You too can do Macrodata Refinement at your leisure. Enjoy each number equally.
Interesting Websites
Black Archives
Founded in 2015 by Renata Cherlise, Black Archives is a multimedia platform that brings a spotlight to the Black experience. Through an evolving visual exploration, Black Archives provides a dynamic accessibility to a Black past, present, and future. Follow on IG, too.
Black Film Archive
A living register of Black films that celebrates the rich, abundant history of Black cinema. Black Film Archive is an evolving archive dedicated to making historically and culturally significant films made from 1898 to 1999 about Black people accessible through a streaming guide with cultural context.
Internet Archive
A non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Online Games
GeoGuessr
A geography game, in which you are dropped somewhere in the world in a street view panorama and your mission is to find clues and guess your location on the world map. Sign up required.
MonkeyType
A minimalistic and customizable typing speed test.
Neal.fun
Games, visualizations, interactives and other random stuff.
QWOP
Make a dude run using the keys Q, W, O, and P.
The Wiki Game
Race from one Wikipedia page to another using as few steps/links as possible.
Podcasts
Questlove Supreme
A Black nerd version of NPR.
A fun, irreverent and educational weekly podcast that digs deep into the stories of musical legends and cultural icons in a way that only Questlove and Team Supreme (Phonte Coleman, Laiya St. Clair, Steven Mandel [Suga Steve], Bill Sherman [Unpaid Bill], Bill Johnson [Boss Bill]) can deliver. Each episode is driven by conversation ranging from the guest’s origins (along with a few never-before-revealed secrets to their success) to their life passions and current projects. This is not your typical interview show. This is about legends and legends in the making bringing their legacy to life in their own words. Previous guests have included Usher, Michelle Obama, Chris Rock, Steve Miller, Maya Rudolph, Weird Al, Chaka Khan, Babyface and many more. Ran from 2016-2025.
Another Round with Heben and Tracy
Happy hour with friends you haven't met yet.
Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton cover everything from race, gender and pop culture to squirrels, mangoes, and bad jokes, all in one boozy podcast. Ran from 2015-2017.
YouTube Channels
Sunset Drive California
SoCal Slow TV.
Relax and enjoy stunning California sunsets through immersive driving videos. No music or narrations—just the soothing sights and sounds of the streets. Perfect for unwinding after a long day.
Texas Bushman
Making people laugh, bringing laughter and spreading laughter.
A dude named Joe dresses up in a bush costume and pranks people on the San Antonio Waterfront. Funny reactions and wholesome interactions.
Vertex Effects
Artist interviews and guitar gear.
Guitarist and pedalboard maker Mason Marangella invites musical legends, has them play their greatest songs, and interviews them about what happened behind the scenes in the studio.