AboutIdeasNow – search /about, /ideas, /now pages of 7k+ personal sites
Hi HN! It’s hard to find interesting people to work with on your ideas. Our solution: index the /about, /ideas, /now pages of 1000s of personal websites. There are thousands of cool personal sites out there, with amazing ideas on them, but there’s nowhere to easily search through. So we built a simple site that indexes 7k+ personal sites [0]. We were inspired by Derek Sivers’ Now page movement [1] and other IndieWeb directories [2], but we figured that it would be more useful if we: * Let you search directly across personal sites without having to visit them * Take the content…
AboutIdeasNow – search /about, /ideas, /now pages of 7k+ personal sites launched on February 26, 2024 with 586 votes, #30 of 3,962 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
AboutIdeasNow is a searchable index of over 7,000 personal websites, allowing users to find collaborators and interesting projects. It specifically indexes three pages from each site: /about, /ideas, and /now, letting users search across these sections without visiting individual websites. The tool is designed for people looking to connect with others around shared interests and work opportunities, drawing inspiration from Derek Sivers' Now page movement and IndieWeb directories.
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Find people to collaborate with by searching through the /about, /ideas and /now pages of 1000s of personal sites
Find people to talk to or collaborate with by searching across the /about, /ideas and /now pages of 1787 personal websites. Find more posts by searching for things you're interested in! Or click the AboutIdeasNow logo to filter by a specific post type. Help other people find you by adding your website to aboutideasnow.com. Learnfrom aboutideasnow.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN! It’s hard to find interesting people to work with on your ideas. Our solution: index the /about, /ideas, /now pages of 1000s of personal websites. There are thousands of cool personal sites out there, with amazing ideas on them, but there’s nowhere to easily search through. So we built a simple…
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