Bing use-case! AKA One Weird Trick Time And Date Sites Hate
In my prior post¹ I noted that I use 'b' as a Search Shortcut for #Bing. Here is why:
* quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display, with readable days, days of the week, and weekends & holidays highlighted.
E.g. I type this into my Firefox address bar:
b dec 2024
then press return and immediately see:
Only Microsoft Bing search supports this.
On other search engines (Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo) all you get are links to random date time sites littered with ads, or blurry images of calendar months where the day numbers and holidays are too small to read.
This is something I have informally complained about to friends for years, that if you use Google Search for unit conversions, simple arithmetic, and even names of holidays, you get a nice large font “featured snippet” display of exactly your answer. But not something as simple as a month and year or even month with the implication that you want to see the current or next instance of that month.
How hard can that be to build? 12 names of months. 12 more 3-letter abbreviations. Multiplied by however number of languages supported. An intern could code that in under an hour. Someone has likely already written a regular expression for detecting this. (Aside: I tried year first, e.g. 2024 Dec, and hilariously enough that did not work to show the nice month display. So I suspect there is a minimal regular expression under the covers of this Bing feature.)
From having tried search engines for years, I was pretty convinced no one supported this.
Then on a whim I tried this in Bing recently (maybe I hadn’t before?) and to my pleasant surprise it worked.
There you have it, a use-case for Bing that only works in Bing, and reason enough to add a 'b' Search Shortcut in Firefox for Bing.
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I use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, so here are the Search Shortcuts I have setup when I want to explicitly search/lookup something elsewhere, roughly ordered by my perceived frequency of use:
If you don’t see one of these search engines in your Firefox Settings: Search Shortcuts, you can visit its URL above and then follow the instructions in James’s blog post to add it to your browser’s list of search engines. Once added there, it will show up in the Search Shortcuts table and you can double-click it and add a one-letter (or more) shortcut as you wish!
What Search Shortcuts have you setup in your browser?
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No I did not block you on the #fediverse / #Mastodon / #Misskey etc.
If you were following me @tantek.com on your client/server/instance of choice but noticed you were no longer doing so, that was due to a recent software bug in my fediverse provider which accidentally caused everyone’s #ActivityPub servers to unfollow me (bug details below).
No it’s absolutely not your fault, you did nothing wrong.
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by a software bug.”
Take another look at my posts if you want (directly on @tantek.com or try searching for that on your instance) and if you like what you see or find them otherwise informative and useful, feel free to refollow. If not, no worries!
Also no worries if you ever unfollow/refollow for any reason. I mean that.
I always assume people know best how to manage their online reader/reading experiences, everyone’s priorities and likes/dislikes change over time, and encourage everyone to make choices that are best for their mental health and overall joy online.
Bug details:
This was due to a #BridgyFed bug² that deleted my profile (“ActivityPub actor”) from (nearly?) all instances, making everyone’s accounts automatically unfollow me, as well as remove any of my posts from your likes and reposts (boosts) collections. It also removed my posts from any of your replies to my posts, leaving your replies dangling without reply-contexts. Apologies!
The bug was introduced accidentally as part of another fix about a month ago³, and was triggered within the following week⁴.
Anyone following me before ~2024-09-22 was no longer following me. A few folks have noticed and refollowed. Any likes or reposts of my posts before that date were also undone (removed).
Ryan (@snarfed.org) has been really good about giving folks a heads-up, and apologizing, and quickly doing what he can to fix things.
Bugs happen, yes even in production code, so please do not post/send any hate.
I’d rather be one of the folks helping with improving BridgyFed, and temporary setbacks like this are part of being an early / eager #IndieWeb adopter.
This bug has also revealed some potential weaknesses in other ActivityPub implementations. E.g. deleting an “actor” should be undoable, and undoing a delete should reconnect everything, from follows to likes & reposts collections, to reply-contexts. Perhaps the ActivityPub specification could be updated with such guidance (if it hasn’t been already, I need to double-check).
To be clear, I’m still a big supporter of #BridgyFed, #ActivityPub, #Webmention, and everyone who chooses to implement these and other #IndieWeb related and adjacent protocols as best fits their products and services.
All of these are a part of our broader open #socialWeb, and making all these #openStandards work well together (including handling edge-cases and mistakes!) is essential for providing #socialMedia alternatives that put users first.
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"text": "No I did not block you on the #fediverse / #Mastodon / #Misskey etc.\n\nIf you were following me @tantek.com on your client/server/instance of choice but noticed you were no longer doing so, that was due to a recent software bug in my fediverse provider which accidentally caused everyone\u2019s #ActivityPub servers to unfollow me (bug details below).\n\nNo it\u2019s absolutely not your fault, you did nothing wrong.\n\nWe need a variant of Hanlon\u2019s Razor\u00b9 like:\n\n\u201cNever attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by a software bug.\u201d\n\nTake another look at my posts if you want (directly on @tantek.com or try searching for that on your instance) and if you like what you see or find them otherwise informative and useful, feel free to refollow. If not, no worries!\n\nAlso no worries if you ever unfollow/refollow for any reason. I mean that. \n\nI always assume people know best how to manage their online reader/reading experiences, everyone\u2019s priorities and likes/dislikes change over time, and encourage everyone to make choices that are best for their mental health and overall joy online.\n\nBug details:\n\nThis was due to a #BridgyFed bug\u00b2 that deleted my profile (\u201cActivityPub actor\u201d) from (nearly?) all instances, making everyone\u2019s accounts automatically unfollow me, as well as remove any of my posts from your likes and reposts (boosts) collections. It also removed my posts from any of your replies to my posts, leaving your replies dangling without reply-contexts. Apologies!\n\nThe bug was introduced accidentally as part of another fix about a month ago\u00b3, and was triggered within the following week\u2074.\n\nAnyone following me before ~2024-09-22 was no longer following me. A few folks have noticed and refollowed. Any likes or reposts of my posts before that date were also undone (removed).\n\nRyan (@snarfed.org) has been really good about giving folks a heads-up, and apologizing, and quickly doing what he can to fix things.\n\nBugs happen, yes even in production code, so please do not post/send any hate.\n\nI\u2019d rather be one of the folks helping with improving BridgyFed, and temporary setbacks like this are part of being an early / eager #IndieWeb adopter.\n\nThis bug has also revealed some potential weaknesses in other ActivityPub implementations. E.g. deleting an \u201cactor\u201d should be undoable, and undoing a delete should reconnect everything, from follows to likes & reposts collections, to reply-contexts. Perhaps the ActivityPub specification could be updated with such guidance (if it hasn\u2019t been already, I need to double-check).\n\nTo be clear, I\u2019m still a big supporter of #BridgyFed, #ActivityPub, #Webmention, and everyone who chooses to implement these and other #IndieWeb related and adjacent protocols as best fits their products and services. \n\nAll of these are a part of our broader open #socialWeb, and making all these #openStandards work well together (including handling edge-cases and mistakes!) is essential for providing #socialMedia alternatives that put users first.\n\nReferences:\n\n\u00b9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor\n\u00b2 https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1379\n\u00b3 https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/commit/4df76d0db7b87cabbd714039546c05b3221169be\n\u2074 https://chat.indieweb.org/dev/2024-09-22#t1727028174623700\n\nThis is post 26 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e",
"html": "No I did not block you on the #<span class=\"p-category\">fediverse</span> / #<span class=\"p-category\">Mastodon</span> / #<span class=\"p-category\">Misskey</span> etc.<br /><br />If you were following me <a href=\"https://tantek.com\">@tantek.com</a> on your client/server/instance of choice but noticed you were no longer doing so, that was due to a recent software bug in my fediverse provider which accidentally caused everyone\u2019s #<span class=\"p-category\">ActivityPub</span> servers to unfollow me (bug details below).<br /><br />No it\u2019s absolutely not your fault, you did nothing wrong.<br /><br />We need a variant of Hanlon\u2019s Razor<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZV1_note-1\">\u00b9</a> like:<br /><br />\u201cNever attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by a software bug.\u201d<br /><br />Take another look at my posts if you want (directly on <a href=\"https://tantek.com\">@tantek.com</a> or try searching for that on your instance) and if you like what you see or find them otherwise informative and useful, feel free to refollow. If not, no worries!<br /><br />Also no worries if you ever unfollow/refollow for any reason. I mean that. <br /><br />I always assume people know best how to manage their online reader/reading experiences, everyone\u2019s priorities and likes/dislikes change over time, and encourage everyone to make choices that are best for their mental health and overall joy online.<br /><br />Bug details:<br /><br />This was due to a #<span class=\"p-category\">BridgyFed</span> bug<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZV1_note-2\">\u00b2</a> that deleted my profile (\u201cActivityPub actor\u201d) from (nearly?) all instances, making everyone\u2019s accounts automatically unfollow me, as well as remove any of my posts from your likes and reposts (boosts) collections. It also removed my posts from any of your replies to my posts, leaving your replies dangling without reply-contexts. Apologies!<br /><br />The bug was introduced accidentally as part of another fix about a month ago<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZV1_note-3\">\u00b3</a>, and was triggered within the following week<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZV1_note-4\">\u2074</a>.<br /><br />Anyone following me before ~2024-09-22 was no longer following me. A few folks have noticed and refollowed. Any likes or reposts of my posts before that date were also undone (removed).<br /><br />Ryan (<a href=\"https://snarfed.org\">@snarfed.org</a>) has been really good about giving folks a heads-up, and apologizing, and quickly doing what he can to fix things.<br /><br />Bugs happen, yes even in production code, so please do not post/send any hate.<br /><br />I\u2019d rather be one of the folks helping with improving BridgyFed, and temporary setbacks like this are part of being an early / eager #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> adopter.<br /><br />This bug has also revealed some potential weaknesses in other ActivityPub implementations. E.g. deleting an \u201cactor\u201d should be undoable, and undoing a delete should reconnect everything, from follows to likes & reposts collections, to reply-contexts. Perhaps the ActivityPub specification could be updated with such guidance (if it hasn\u2019t been already, I need to double-check).<br /><br />To be clear, I\u2019m still a big supporter of #<span class=\"p-category\">BridgyFed</span>, #<span class=\"p-category\">ActivityPub</span>, #<span class=\"p-category\">Webmention</span>, and everyone who chooses to implement these and other #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> related and adjacent protocols as best fits their products and services. <br /><br />All of these are a part of our broader open #<span class=\"p-category\">socialWeb</span>, and making all these #<span class=\"p-category\">openStandards</span> work well together (including handling edge-cases and mistakes!) is essential for providing #<span class=\"p-category\">socialMedia</span> alternatives that put users first.<br /><br />References:<br /><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZV1_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZV1_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1379\">https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1379</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZV1_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/commit/4df76d0db7b87cabbd714039546c05b3221169be\">https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/commit/4df76d0db7b87cabbd714039546c05b3221169be</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZV1_ref-4\">\u2074</a> <a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/dev/2024-09-22#t1727028174623700\">https://chat.indieweb.org/dev/2024-09-22#t1727028174623700</a><br /><br />This is post 26 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps\">https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e"
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"text": "No idea if they\u2019ll even respond to this. They probably won\u2019t. But it\u2019s more paper trail for me and the credit card company, at least.\n\nHi, I am still waiting for contact information for your attorney. I cannot find any public records that indicates that he works with your firm and I would greatly appreciate any evidence to the contrary. The public records indicate that he works with Skyworks Solutions, a semiconductor manufacturer in Irvine, California.\nAdditionally, in the USPTO filing it appears that a registration was only performed for class 41, when I was told that it would also be registered on additional classes (namely 9 and 35), which would justify the amount I was charged. Could I please get an itemized bill of what the $999 went to?\nI also still am concerned about the need for this registration having been done in the first place. Looking at the USPTO database, the only recent/pending registrations I\u2019ve found for \u201cSockpuppet\u201d or \u201csock puppet\u201d are for the baseball team as previously mentioned (and they are indeed in class 41), and also there is still the issue of common law trademark regarding band names; for example:\nGerben Law: An Overview of Common Law Trademark Rights\nLegalZoom: How to Establish a Common Law Trademark\nStan Soocher: Big Legal Battles Over Rights in Bands' Names\n\nSecure Your Trademark: Trademarking a band name\n\nThe legal advice is in; the mega pop star can\u2019t force you to drop your band name because, technically, you arrived on the music scene several years before she did. But from now on, when you mention the name of your band, people are probably going to start humming \u201cAll About That Bass.\u201d Here, the degree of trademark protection you missed out on becomes evident.\n[\u2026]\nKey Takeaway: When two or more non-trademarked bands share the same or a similar name, the one with the highest seniority usually wins and ends up with trademark protection.\n\n\n\nUSPTO: I Received a Letter/Email\u2026, particularly this excerpt:\n\nFederal registration is not required to establish trademark rights. Even if a trademark registration expires or is cancelled, the trademark owner may continue to have \u201ccommon law\u201d rights in the mark. Common law rights arise from actual use of a mark for particular goods or services and may allow the common law user to successfully challenge another party\u2019s use in court.\n\n\nFurthermore, my records show that I requested a cancellation of this process early on Friday, and I was told that I would receive a call \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d I never received that call, and then on Monday I was told that it was too late for a refund as the paperwork had already been submitted.\nIn addition, both California and Washington are two-party consent states, and I\u2019d like to note that I was only informed that the initial call was being recorded quite a ways into it (when I asked for more information about the competing mark), and was never asked for my consent to be recorded. However, the existence of the recording was later used to threaten me when I mentioned the possibility of issuing a chargeback.\nGiven that the paperwork does seem to have been filed as promised, I am willing to only take a partial refund based on the services actually rendered, but I am still not exactly thrilled with how this entire process has been handled, nor with the timbre of your communications to me.\nI am sure that any disputes along these lines can be cleared up with a simple conversation with your attorney, so I would greatly appreciate being able to have such a converation.\nThank you.",
"html": "<p>No idea if they\u2019ll even respond to this. They probably won\u2019t. But it\u2019s more paper trail for me and the credit card company, at least.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hi, I am still waiting for contact information for your attorney. I cannot find any public records that indicates that he works with your firm and I would greatly appreciate any evidence to the contrary. The public records indicate that he works with Skyworks Solutions, a semiconductor manufacturer in Irvine, California.</p>\n<p>Additionally, in the USPTO filing it appears that a registration was only performed for class 41, when I was told that it would also be registered on additional classes (namely 9 and 35), which would justify the amount I was charged. Could I please get an itemized bill of what the $999 went to?</p>\n<p>I also still am concerned about the need for this registration having been done in the first place. Looking at the USPTO database, the only recent/pending registrations I\u2019ve found for \u201cSockpuppet\u201d or \u201csock puppet\u201d are for the baseball team as previously mentioned (and they are indeed in class 41), and also there is still the issue of common law trademark regarding band names; for example:</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://www.gerbenlaw.com/blog/an-overview-of-common-law-trademark-rights/\">Gerben Law: An Overview of Common Law Trademark Rights</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/how-to-establish-a-common-law-trademark\">LegalZoom: How to Establish a Common Law Trademark</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.sxsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SXSW-2018-CLE-Stan-Soocher-Written-Materials.pdf\">Stan Soocher: Big Legal Battles Over Rights in Bands' Names</a></li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https://secureyourtrademark.com/blog/trademark-band-names/\">Secure Your Trademark: Trademarking a band name</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The legal advice is in; the mega pop star can\u2019t force you to drop your band name because, technically, you arrived on the music scene several years before she did. But from now on, when you mention the name of your band, people are probably going to start humming \u201cAll About That Bass.\u201d Here, the degree of trademark protection you missed out on becomes evident.</p>\n<p>[\u2026]</p>\n<p>Key Takeaway: When two or more non-trademarked bands share the same or a similar name, the one with the highest seniority usually wins and ends up with trademark protection.</p>\n</blockquote>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/i-received-letter\">USPTO: I Received a Letter/Email\u2026</a>, particularly this excerpt:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Federal registration is not required to establish trademark rights. Even if a trademark registration expires or is cancelled, the trademark owner may continue to have \u201ccommon law\u201d rights in the mark. Common law rights arise from actual use of a mark for particular goods or services and may allow the common law user to successfully challenge another party\u2019s use in court.</p>\n</blockquote>\n</li>\n</ul><p>Furthermore, my records show that I requested a cancellation of this process early on Friday, and I was told that I would receive a call \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d I never received that call, and then on Monday I was told that it was too late for a refund as the paperwork had already been submitted.</p>\n<p>In addition, both California and Washington are two-party consent states, and I\u2019d like to note that I was only informed that the initial call was being recorded quite a ways into it (when I asked for more information about the competing mark), and was never asked for my consent to be recorded. However, the existence of the recording was later used to threaten me when I mentioned the possibility of issuing a chargeback.</p>\n<p>Given that the paperwork does seem to have been filed as promised, I am willing to only take a partial refund based on the services actually rendered, but I am still not exactly thrilled with how this entire process has been handled, nor with the timbre of your communications to me.</p>\n<p>I am sure that any disputes along these lines can be cleared up with a simple conversation with your attorney, so I would greatly appreciate being able to have such a converation.</p>\n<p>Thank you.</p>\n</blockquote>"
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It looks likely .io (and .io domains) will go away in the next few years (as .cs and .yu did³), so here are my suggested steps to take depending on your usage of .io domains:
1. Avoid buying new .io domains (or making plans with existing ones; sell if you can) 2. If you currently run a .io service⁴ (for a company or community), make and publicize a transition plan (like a new domain, redirection, orderly shutdown plan for redirects) 3. If you have a personal site on a .io domain⁵ or subdomain, make your own transition plan, and perhaps post about how others should link to your posts 4. If you are using someone else’s .io domain to publish (like #GitHubPages⁶), make a transition plan to publish elsewhere and leave a forwarding note and link behind 5. If you use a .io domain as your Web sign-in login on any sites, switch them to another non-io personal domain 6. Similarly if your site accepts #WebSignIn logins (via #IndieAuth, #RelMeAuth, or even #OpenID), consider discouraging any new sign-ups from .io domains, and warning any existing users with .io domains to switch per # 5 7. If you have posts (or a whole #indieweb site) with links to .io sites or pages (like those in 2-4 above), make a plan for editing those links to point to an alternative or an archival copy (like on the Internet Archive)
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Videos from the last XOXO are going up on YouTube. Here’s a playlist of XOXO 2024 main stage talks. There are a lot of lessons to take away from these, and many calls to action.
But if you only watch one, it should maybe be this one that broke the audience entirely.
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I have put a lot of thought into deliberately shifting¹ metaphors², often in the context of the #indieweb³. One goal is to replace use of violent or divisive metaphors with actively constructive, cooperative, or joyful alternatives, like:
* gardening/farming e.g. digital garden⁴ * biology/ecology/nature e.g. digital ecosystem⁵ * cooking/baking e.g. eat your own cooking⁶ * toolmaking, clothing making, other useful crafts e.g. sew what you want⁷ * music, dancing, painting, and other expressive crafts e.g. remixing⁸ * travel, navigation, maps e.g. information superhighway⁹ * games, sports, running, e.g. surfing the net¹⁰
Some of these areas are well developed (sports metaphors), others are obvious or emergent from various IndieWeb efforts like our principles¹¹, and others could use brainstorming and experimentation.
Thoughts and words, whether spoken or written, influence each other in reinforcement feedback loops. Consciously choosing one can impact the other and vice versa.
Especially in messages to others or our even future selves, words and metaphors communicate and reinforce our values and thus merit care in their invention¹² and usage.
What are metaphors you have found constructive, cooperative, or joyful?
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"text": "I have put a lot of thought into deliberately shifting\u00b9 metaphors\u00b2, often in the context of the #indieweb\u00b3. One goal is to replace use of violent or divisive metaphors with actively constructive, cooperative, or joyful alternatives, like:\n\n* gardening/farming e.g. digital garden\u2074\n* biology/ecology/nature e.g. digital ecosystem\u2075\n* cooking/baking e.g. eat your own cooking\u2076\n* toolmaking, clothing making, other useful crafts e.g. sew what you want\u2077\n* music, dancing, painting, and other expressive crafts e.g. remixing\u2078\n* travel, navigation, maps e.g. information superhighway\u2079\n* games, sports, running, e.g. surfing the net\u00b9\u2070\n\nSome of these areas are well developed (sports metaphors), others are obvious or emergent from various IndieWeb efforts like our principles\u00b9\u00b9, and others could use brainstorming and experimentation.\n\nThoughts and words, whether spoken or written, influence each other in reinforcement feedback loops. Consciously choosing one can impact the other and vice versa.\n\nEspecially in messages to others or our even future selves, words and metaphors communicate and reinforce our values and thus merit care in their invention\u00b9\u00b2 and usage.\n\nWhat are metaphors you have found constructive, cooperative, or joyful?\n\nReferences:\n\n\u00b9 https://tantek.com/2023/132/t1/agenda-gardening-metaphors\n\u00b2 https://tantek.com/2023/023/t3/\n\u00b3 https://tantek.com/2023/022/t1/indieweb-eat-what-you-cook\n\u2074 https://indieweb.org/digital_garden\n\u2075 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ecosystem\n\u2076 https://indieweb.org/cook_what_you_want\n\u2077 https://indieweb.org/events/2020-08-19-hwc-west-coast#sewing\n\u2078 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_culture#Analog_era\n\u2079 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway\n\u00b9\u2070 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_metaphors#Functional_metaphors\n\u00b9\u00b9 https://indieweb.org/principles\n\u00b9\u00b2 https://tantek.com/2024/180/b1/responsible-inventing\n\nThis is post 24 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2024/277/t2/october-blogtober-indieweb\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e",
"html": "I have put a lot of thought into deliberately shifting<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-1\">\u00b9</a> metaphors<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-2\">\u00b2</a>, often in the context of the #<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-3\">\u00b3</a>. One goal is to replace use of violent or divisive metaphors with actively constructive, cooperative, or joyful alternatives, like:<br /><br />* gardening/farming e.g. digital garden<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-4\">\u2074</a><br />* biology/ecology/nature e.g. digital ecosystem<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-5\">\u2075</a><br />* cooking/baking e.g. eat your own cooking<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-6\">\u2076</a><br />* toolmaking, clothing making, other useful crafts e.g. sew what you want<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-7\">\u2077</a><br />* music, dancing, painting, and other expressive crafts e.g. remixing<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-8\">\u2078</a><br />* travel, navigation, maps e.g. information superhighway<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-9\">\u2079</a><br />* games, sports, running, e.g. surfing the net<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-10\">\u00b9\u2070</a><br /><br />Some of these areas are well developed (sports metaphors), others are obvious or emergent from various IndieWeb efforts like our principles<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-11\">\u00b9\u00b9</a>, and others could use brainstorming and experimentation.<br /><br />Thoughts and words, whether spoken or written, influence each other in reinforcement feedback loops. Consciously choosing one can impact the other and vice versa.<br /><br />Especially in messages to others or our even future selves, words and metaphors communicate and reinforce our values and thus merit care in their invention<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-12\">\u00b9\u00b2</a> and usage.<br /><br />What are metaphors you have found constructive, cooperative, or joyful?<br /><br />References:<br /><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/132/t1/agenda-gardening-metaphors\">https://tantek.com/2023/132/t1/agenda-gardening-metaphors</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/023/t3/\">https://tantek.com/2023/023/t3/</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/022/t1/indieweb-eat-what-you-cook\">https://tantek.com/2023/022/t1/indieweb-eat-what-you-cook</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-4\">\u2074</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/digital_garden\">https://indieweb.org/digital_garden</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-5\">\u2075</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ecosystem\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ecosystem</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-6\">\u2076</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/cook_what_you_want\">https://indieweb.org/cook_what_you_want</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-7\">\u2077</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/events/2020-08-19-hwc-west-coast#sewing\">https://indieweb.org/events/2020-08-19-hwc-west-coast#sewing</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-8\">\u2078</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_culture#Analog_era\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_culture#Analog_era</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-9\">\u2079</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-10\">\u00b9\u2070</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_metaphors#Functional_metaphors\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_metaphors#Functional_metaphors</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-11\">\u00b9\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/principles\">https://indieweb.org/principles</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-12\">\u00b9\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/180/b1/responsible-inventing\">https://tantek.com/2024/180/b1/responsible-inventing</a><br /><br />This is post 24 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/277/t2/october-blogtober-indieweb\">https://tantek.com/2024/277/t2/october-blogtober-indieweb</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e"
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"text": "Current status:\n\n\n\n~500 unreads in my RSS feed (and that\u2019s after some aggressive scanning and running through some of the higher-volume-but-lighter-weight stuff). \n\n\n\n~100 open tabs of stuff to either finish reading, share, or process in some way.\n\n\n\nInbox is read but I\u2019ve got a handful of messages to still respond to (apologies if you\u2019re waiting).\nBeen terrible at keeping in touch in general, so you could apply that statement to various messaging services as well.\n\n\n\n\nCompletely missed posting anything in September, despite plenty of desire and even some thoughts to share.\nLots of excuses: I flew out to a conference at the end of August, but promptly got sick the first day of the event and missed it; we bought a house and that\u2019s been a steady supply of tasks; the work project I spent the last 10+ months on finally released and the month leading up to launch was kinda crunch-y; we adopted another dog and have been getting her acclimated\u2026 the list goes on. After the flurry of stuff the past two or three months plus the year of traveling, it feels like I haven\u2019t had a chance to catch my breath in a while and I\u2019m fucking tired.\n\n\n\nSome quick thoughts:\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve been pondering looking at other blogging options, possibly rolling something up with a platform like Astro or similar. It\u2019s no diss on WordPress, but it doesn\u2019t hurt to experiment. It might give a nice opportunity to try out different layouts and patterns and ways of approaching the site beyond the traditional \u201cblog\u201d experience (maybe start thinking more of the garden concept). I\u2019ve got a few underutilized domains sitting around, so I\u2019ll probably experiment there rather than muck with this blog directly (for now). My actual blogging/writing needs are pretty simple: a spot where I can write without it feeling like a chore; working RSS feed support; maybe some improved media handling. Everything else is gravy.\n\n\n\nOne of my favorite online communities (the Slack associated with the XOXO festival) is going read-only soon, as the conference has officially run its course, and there\u2019s sort of a scramble within the community to find a solution folks can migrate to. As I mentioned before, I don\u2019t have a particular desire to run a forum or online space again, but the conversation has still piqued my interest and left me curious about what the options are these days, especially if you want something open source.\nA few I\u2019ve noticed while looking around is setting up an XMPP server, or a Matrix server, or a Rocket.Chat server, or a Mattermost server, or a Discourse server.\n\n\n\nThey all seem like kind of a pain in the ass in different ways. I think the ones I\u2019d be most interested in experimenting with personally would be either Matrix or Discourse (and yes, I know Matrix is technically a protocol, but I don\u2019t really care whether it\u2019s Synapse or Conduit or whatever). I think it\u2019s kind of neat that Discourse is primarily forum software, but they\u2019ve implemented what looks like a fairly robust chat system on top of it, so you get a hybrid chat+forum experience.\n\n\n\n\nThinking about my relationship with information in general, and how to better organize both what I write and what I read and want to save. Sort of a perennial topic if I\u2019m honest, but I\u2019m getting that itch again. This blog is still too high friction to be a scratch notebook, but as a step past that it might still fill a purpose. Pondering giving a genuine go at using Obsidian for that lower level scratch role.\nTired, a little fried from the pace of things lately, but hopeful that this fall and winter will strike a better balance. Hope you\u2019re all doing alright as well, and that this fall turns out to be slow in all the best ways.",
"html": "<p><strong>Current status:</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>~500 unreads in my RSS feed (and that\u2019s <em>after</em> some aggressive scanning and running through some of the higher-volume-but-lighter-weight stuff). </li>\n\n\n\n<li>~100 open tabs of stuff to either finish reading, share, or process in some way.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inbox is read but I\u2019ve got a handful of messages to still respond to (apologies if you\u2019re waiting).\n<ul><li>Been terrible at keeping in touch in general, so you could apply that statement to various messaging services as well.</li>\n</ul></li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completely missed posting anything in September, despite plenty of desire and even some thoughts to share.</li>\n</ul><p>Lots of excuses: I flew out to a <a href=\"https://xoxofest.com\">conference at the end of August</a>, but promptly got sick the first day of the event and missed it; we bought a house and that\u2019s been a steady supply of tasks; the work project I spent the last 10+ months on finally released and the month leading up to launch was kinda crunch-y; we adopted another dog and have been getting her acclimated\u2026 the list goes on. After the flurry of stuff the past two or three months plus the year of traveling, it feels like I haven\u2019t had a chance to catch my breath in a while and I\u2019m fucking <em>tired</em>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some quick thoughts:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I\u2019ve been pondering looking at other blogging options, possibly rolling something up with a platform like <a href=\"https://astro.build\">Astro</a> or similar. It\u2019s no diss on WordPress, but it doesn\u2019t hurt to experiment. It might give a nice opportunity to try out different layouts and patterns and ways of approaching the site beyond the traditional \u201cblog\u201d experience (maybe start thinking more of the <a href=\"https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history\">garden concept</a>). I\u2019ve got a few underutilized domains sitting around, so I\u2019ll probably experiment there rather than muck with this blog directly (for now). My actual blogging/writing needs are pretty simple: a spot where I can write without it feeling like a chore; working RSS feed support; maybe some improved media handling. Everything else is gravy.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of my favorite online communities (the Slack associated with the XOXO festival) is going read-only soon, as the conference has officially run its course, and there\u2019s sort of a scramble within the community to find a solution folks can migrate to. As <a href=\"https://nadreck.me/2024/05/roll-up-roll-out/\">I mentioned before</a>, I don\u2019t have a particular desire to run a forum or online space again, but the conversation has still piqued my interest and left me curious about what the options are these days, especially if you want something open source.\n<ul><li>A few I\u2019ve noticed while looking around is setting up an <a href=\"https://xmpp.org\">XMPP server</a>, or a <a href=\"https://matrix.org\">Matrix server</a>, or a <a href=\"https://www.rocket.chat\">Rocket.Chat server</a>, or a <a href=\"https://mattermost.com\">Mattermost server</a>, or a <a href=\"https://www.discourse.org\">Discourse server</a>.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>They all seem like kind of a pain in the ass in different ways. I think the ones I\u2019d be most interested in experimenting with personally would be either Matrix or Discourse (and yes, I know Matrix is technically a protocol, but I don\u2019t really care whether it\u2019s Synapse or Conduit or whatever). I think it\u2019s kind of neat that Discourse is primarily forum software, but they\u2019ve implemented what looks like a fairly robust chat system on top of it, so you get a hybrid chat+forum experience.</li>\n</ul></li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thinking about my relationship with information in general, and how to better organize both what I write and what I read and want to save. Sort of a perennial topic if I\u2019m honest, but I\u2019m getting that itch again. This blog is still too high friction to be a scratch notebook, but as a step past that it might still fill a purpose. Pondering giving a genuine go at using <a href=\"https://obsidian.md\">Obsidian</a> for that lower level scratch role.</li>\n</ul><p>Tired, a little fried from the pace of things lately, but hopeful that this fall and winter will strike a better balance. Hope you\u2019re all doing alright as well, and that this fall turns out to be slow in all the best ways.</p>"
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