Who are you?
As I mentioned on the home page of my website, I'm Webber. I'm the person who wrote, arranged, and styled the code that allows you to read this text.
As for who I am as a person, I like to keep that information somewhat private, seeing as this is the World Wide Web after all. But I can tell you a little bit about me:
- I was born, raised, and live in New York City, sometimes humorously referred to as "Big NY" by my family.
- Although for half the year it's too damn cold to do much of anything outside, when the weather does get warm, I like to go birdwatching.
- Sometimes when I'm outside and I remember to bring my trusty DSLR, I like to take pictures of nature, birds, or other subjects. Although that technically counts as photography, I think that's a bit of a pompous title.
- For the other half of the year when I'm indoors, I like to listen to electronic music (house, techno, and ambient are a few of my favorite genres).
- Lastly, I've been trying to up the quality and quantity of books I read, which is funny because I used to read almost exclusively amateur works (see: fanfiction) when I was younger.
What is Webbersite?
Webbersite is the name I decided to give my little slice of NeoCities.
The name came from when I learned about NeoCities when I was younger. At the time, I was going though a bit of a "phase" (I think? That's the best word I can use to describe it.) where I started referring to certain personal things with some sort of pet name. Thus, the word "website" was corrupted into the word "webbersite".
Even after I grew out that phase, the name stuck out to me, and I decided to keep it instead of starting over with a new account.
Also, my alias, Webber, was created several months after I made my account. One day I woke up and realized that "Webber" was an actual name, so all I had to do was use it!
Where did you get your inspiration?
Like all creative works, the design for Webbersite came from many different sources. The dark color scheme, for example, came from a screenshot I saw of someone's Linux setup, which used this wallpaper. My logo, however, is totally original: I made it from scratch in Inkscape over the course of about a week.
When I was in the process of creating the logo for Webbersite, I tried to align the letters "WEB" horizontally in my vector graphics editor. However, I accidentally aligned them vertically, which put them on top of each other. I thought it looked neat, and I hadn't made a favicon yet, so I decided to keep the design.
A screenshot from the oldest intact copy of Webbersite I have archived, from around April 2023. If you remember this, then I would say 1) stop lying, and 2) thanks for sticking around.
My "sketchbook" of the Webbersite logo, with lots of color, layout, and perspective experimentation. I remember crafting these designs in my college's library, late at night after I had finished my classwork for the evening...
The stack of letters that formed the favicon I use can be seen on the right.