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Internet Phone Book

The Internet Phone Book is an annual publication that showcases the vast and interconnected web of the internet, featuring essays, musings, and a directory of personal websites. It has been published since 2025 and invites submissions from individuals with personal websites. The Internet Phone Book aims to provide an alternative to social media by highlighting the richness and diversity of the internet.

Readers have found the Internet Phone Book to be a source of inspiration and enjoyment. Anastasia Pappa, writing for Desired Landscapes, resonated with the foreword and felt it underscored the distinction between social media and the broader internet. Halim Lee described it as the book he has been most loving and enjoying recently, both in reading and engaging with its content. Andy Baio from Waxy.org echoed similar sentiments, calling it one of the greatest projects he has encountered in recent times.

Silvio Lorusso praised the Internet Phone Book as the tip of the iceberg for a vibrant community of around 700 individuals, whose contributions have sparked numerous intriguing ideas. Dobbs expressed his preference for the analog experience offered by the Internet Phone Book, expressing a disdain for Google's digital offerings. Olia Lialina, referring to the Internet Phone Book as The Whole Internet for our times, demonstrated its potential to encapsulate the essence of the contemporary web.

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