Recent events online have been truly sucky, but as always the one shining light has been the #openweb (and by extension, the #fediverse—run by independent operators of course).
Virtually everything I hate, hate about the modern Internet has less to do with the design and featureset of the Web technically-speaking and much more to do with the fact that increasingly people are only accessing a mere handful of domain names as filtered through a mere handful of apps. I’ll go a step further: even while online spaces dominated by Big Tech slide further into hellscape territory, it’s never been easier for plucky individuals to build amazing experiences for the Web. The capabilities of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a plethora of cheap/free hosting options are so incredible today, my brain would have melted 10 years ago—certainly 20 years ago—if I’d been shown this kind of raw power.
And therein lies the disconnect…never before has The Indie Web been such a glorious platform for building anything you might dream of and sharing it with anyone you like, yet never before has The Corporate Web been so awful and damaging to the body politic.
I wish I knew how to deal with this cognitive dissonance, and how to convey to mere mortals out there that The Indie Web is alive and kicking and that The Corporate Web doesn’t have to define their experience of being online. This seems to be the challenge of 2025, and not a single day goes by when I don’t think deeply about this problem. It’s mentally and emotionally taxing—but again, I’m grateful to know there are others out there in the same boat. We’ve got our work cut out for us, that’s for sure!
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"html": "<p><a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338127/meta-end-fact-checking-misinformation-zuckerberg\">Recent events</a> online have been <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338125/meta-mark-zuckerberg-fact-checking-censorship-brendan-carr-trump\">truly sucky</a>, but as always the one shining light has been the <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/openweb\">#openweb</a> (and by extension, the <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/fediverse\">#fediverse</a>\u2014run by independent operators of course).</p>\n\n<p>Virtually everything I hate, <em>hate</em> about the modern Internet has less to do with the design and featureset of the Web technically-speaking and much more to do with the fact that increasingly people are only accessing a mere handful of domain names as filtered through a mere handful of apps. I\u2019ll go a step further: even while online spaces dominated by Big Tech slide further into hellscape territory, it\u2019s <em>never</em> been easier for plucky individuals to build amazing experiences for the Web. The capabilities of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a plethora of cheap/free hosting options are so incredible today, my brain would have melted 10 years ago\u2014certainly 20 years ago\u2014if I\u2019d been shown this kind of raw power.</p>\n\n<p>And therein lies the disconnect\u2026never before has <strong>The Indie Web</strong> been such a glorious platform for building anything you might dream of and sharing it with anyone you like, yet never before has <strong>The Corporate Web</strong> been so awful and damaging to the body politic.</p>\n\n<p>I wish I knew how to deal with this <em>cognitive dissonance</em>, and how to convey to mere mortals out there that <strong>The Indie Web</strong> is alive and kicking and that <strong>The Corporate Web</strong> doesn\u2019t have to define their experience of being online. This seems to be <em>the challenge</em> of 2025, and not a single day goes by when I don\u2019t think deeply about this problem. It\u2019s mentally and emotionally taxing\u2014but again, I\u2019m grateful to know there are others out there in the same boat. <em>We\u2019ve got our work cut out for us, that\u2019s for sure!</em></p>",
"text": "Recent events online have been truly sucky, but as always the one shining light has been the #openweb (and by extension, the #fediverse\u2014run by independent operators of course).\n\nVirtually everything I hate, hate about the modern Internet has less to do with the design and featureset of the Web technically-speaking and much more to do with the fact that increasingly people are only accessing a mere handful of domain names as filtered through a mere handful of apps. I\u2019ll go a step further: even while online spaces dominated by Big Tech slide further into hellscape territory, it\u2019s never been easier for plucky individuals to build amazing experiences for the Web. The capabilities of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a plethora of cheap/free hosting options are so incredible today, my brain would have melted 10 years ago\u2014certainly 20 years ago\u2014if I\u2019d been shown this kind of raw power.\n\nAnd therein lies the disconnect\u2026never before has The Indie Web been such a glorious platform for building anything you might dream of and sharing it with anyone you like, yet never before has The Corporate Web been so awful and damaging to the body politic.\n\nI wish I knew how to deal with this cognitive dissonance, and how to convey to mere mortals out there that The Indie Web is alive and kicking and that The Corporate Web doesn\u2019t have to define their experience of being online. This seems to be the challenge of 2025, and not a single day goes by when I don\u2019t think deeply about this problem. It\u2019s mentally and emotionally taxing\u2014but again, I\u2019m grateful to know there are others out there in the same boat. We\u2019ve got our work cut out for us, that\u2019s for sure!"
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Finally deleted my Facebook (and Instagram and Messenger) accounts. It hurts to feel like I’m cutting off one of the few ways to find and be found by long-time family and friends, but I just cannot be part of these so-called social networks anymore.
Y’all can follow me on my website and places I can still syndicate like Mastodon and Bluesky. You can also converse with me via email, Signal, or IRL.
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I’m trying out the Pomodoro Technique for the first time in a while. I’m using tomatoi.st for the timers. It works pretty well, though doesn’t seem to keep track of which break length you should take next. That’s minor, though.
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“So in the same way, the coming and going of things in the world is marvelous. They go. Where do they go? Don’t answer, because that would spoil the mystery.”
I have to disagree with Watts here.
Do ask and DO answer. Again and again. Embrace curiosity, explanation, understanding.
Any mystery you can explain will reveal another mystery underneath.
There is no spoiling the mystery, there is only the journey of one mystery after another.
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Time to export your Twitter, and migrate your Mastodon handle to your own home on the web.
Of course you can bring your own domain name. Additionally: * blog posts, naturally, both articles and microblogging notes * photos * podcasting * custom themes * web-clients and native mobile posting clients * WordPress, Tumblr, Mastodon, Medium import More details (and alternatives) at https://micro.one/about/pricing
And yes, it interoperates with the open #socialWeb, including: * #ActivityPub support, #Mastodon and #fediverse compatibility * #IndieAuth to sign-in to third-party apps * #microformats support in all built-in themes * #Webmention for sending and receiving replies across websites * #Micropub standard posting API, supporting dozens of clients * #Microsub standard timeline API, supporting social readers More #indieweb support details at https://micro.one/about/indieweb
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"html": "The team <a href=\"https://micro.blog\">@micro.blog</a> have done it again.<br /><br />They soft-launched <a href=\"https://micro.one\">https://micro.one</a> yesterday<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5_s1_note-1\">\u00b9</a>.<br /><br />This may be the most accessible onramp to the open social web ever.<br /><br />Cost: $1 a month. Yes you read correctly.<br /><br />This is the simplest and cheapest (where you are the customer, not the product) way to own your identity and content online<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5_s1_note-2\">\u00b2</a>.<br /><br />Stop posting in someone else\u2019s garage<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5_s1_note-3\">\u00b3</a>.<br /><br />Time to export your Twitter, and migrate your Mastodon handle to your own home on the web.<br /><br />Of course you can bring your own domain name. Additionally:<br />* blog posts, naturally, both articles and microblogging notes<br />* photos<br />* podcasting<br />* custom themes<br />* web-clients and native mobile posting clients<br />* WordPress, Tumblr, Mastodon, Medium import<br />More details (and alternatives) at <a href=\"https://micro.one/about/pricing\">https://micro.one/about/pricing</a><br /><br />And yes, it interoperates with the open #<span class=\"p-category\">socialWeb</span>, including:<br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">ActivityPub</span> support, #<span class=\"p-category\">Mastodon</span> and #<span class=\"p-category\">fediverse</span> compatibility<br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieAuth</span> to sign-in to third-party apps<br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">microformats</span> support in all built-in themes<br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">Webmention</span> for sending and receiving replies across websites<br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">Micropub</span> standard posting API, supporting dozens of clients<br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">Microsub</span> standard timeline API, supporting social readers<br />More #<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span> support details at <a href=\"https://micro.one/about/indieweb\">https://micro.one/about/indieweb</a><br /><br />Did I mention the the superb <a href=\"http://micro.blog\">micro.blog</a> (and <a href=\"http://micro.one\">micro.one</a>) Community Guidelines?<br />* <a href=\"https://help.micro.blog/t/community-guidelines/39\">https://help.micro.blog/t/community-guidelines/39</a><br /><br />Well done <a href=\"https://manton.org\">@manton.org</a> and team.<br /><br />This is post 6 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">ownYourIdentity</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">ownYourData</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">openSocialWeb</span><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/003/t1/lastfm-year-in-review-playback24\">https://tantek.com/2025/003/t1/lastfm-year-in-review-playback24</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e<br /><br /><br />Glossary<br /><br />IndieAuth<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/IndieAuth\">https://indieweb.org/IndieAuth</a><br />microformats<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/microformats\">https://microformats.org/wiki/microformats</a><br />Micropub<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Micropub\">https://indieweb.org/Micropub</a><br />Microsub<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Microsub\">https://indieweb.org/Microsub</a><br />Webmention<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Webmention\">https://indieweb.org/Webmention</a><br /><br /><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5_s1_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://www.manton.org/2025/01/03/microone-was-effectively-a-softlaunch.html\">https://www.manton.org/2025/01/03/microone-was-effectively-a-softlaunch.html</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5_s1_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/001/t1/15-years-notes-my-site-first\">https://tantek.com/2025/001/t1/15-years-notes-my-site-first</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5_s1_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/022/t2/own-your-notes-domain-migration\">https://tantek.com/2023/022/t2/own-your-notes-domain-migration</a>"
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"html": "<p>Well kids, I did it. I\u2019ve concluded my first four weeks\u2014a month essentially\u2014of daily blogging. <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/20241207/daily-blogging-in-2025\">I announced back on December 7</a> this would be a major goal for me in 2025, and I actually started on it right then and there. So even though we\u2019re only on Day 4 of 2025, I\u2019ve already gotten this <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/writing\">#writing</a> habit well underway.</p>\n\n<p>In publishing regularly on this <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/website\">#website</a> and elsewhere, I\u2019ve come to a couple of conclusions thus far:</p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>It\u2019s easier than I expected.</strong> For such a \u201clofty\u201d goal that I\u2019d spent so long fantasizing about without hunkering down and just doing it, I\u2019m rather amazed it\u2019s been\u2014to put it plainly\u2014a nothingburger. <em>OMG OMG OMG I\u2019m going to become a daily blogger!</em> \ud83e\udd79 And then suddenly you are and\u2026OK? So where are the fireworks? Where are the balloons? It\u2019s so, it\u2019s so\u2026ordinary? Huh. (And that, my friends, is the dark underbelly of content creation. There are no parades. \u201cNobody\u201d cares. So you <em>really</em> need to get your head on straight and find your <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/articles/3-vital-landmarks-on-road-to-success\">intrinsic motivation</a>. \u201cYou HAVE to create\u2014because you CAN\u2019T NOT create\u201d\u2014that\u2019s all there is to it.)</li>\n <li><strong>It\u2019s harder than I expected.</strong> And by \u201charder\u201d I mean\u2026damn, I don\u2019t get to be lazy anymore. Do you think I <em>want</em> to be writing this blog post right now on a rainy Saturday afternoon in January? <em>Hmm?!?!</em> Seriously though, that relentless need to switch on your brain and come up with \u201cthe thing\u201d that\u2019s worthy of being published that day is a lot. And writing isn\u2019t even a hard medium comparatively speaking\u2014I have absolutely <strong>no idea</strong> how people like Casey Neistat did <em>daily vlogging</em> for all that time. Real quote: <a href=\"https://mashable.com/article/youtube-casey-neistat-ends-vlog\">\u201che had uploaded videos to his channel for 534 consecutive days\u201d</a>. Sheer insanity! And yet\u2026I wish I could do that!!</li>\n</ul><p>So there you have it. A handful of thoughts after daily blogging for 29 consecutive days. <strong>Here\u2019s to at least 361 more days!</strong> \ud83e\udd79</p>",
"text": "Well kids, I did it. I\u2019ve concluded my first four weeks\u2014a month essentially\u2014of daily blogging. I announced back on December 7 this would be a major goal for me in 2025, and I actually started on it right then and there. So even though we\u2019re only on Day 4 of 2025, I\u2019ve already gotten this #writing habit well underway.\n\nIn publishing regularly on this #website and elsewhere, I\u2019ve come to a couple of conclusions thus far:\n\nIt\u2019s easier than I expected. For such a \u201clofty\u201d goal that I\u2019d spent so long fantasizing about without hunkering down and just doing it, I\u2019m rather amazed it\u2019s been\u2014to put it plainly\u2014a nothingburger. OMG OMG OMG I\u2019m going to become a daily blogger! \ud83e\udd79 And then suddenly you are and\u2026OK? So where are the fireworks? Where are the balloons? It\u2019s so, it\u2019s so\u2026ordinary? Huh. (And that, my friends, is the dark underbelly of content creation. There are no parades. \u201cNobody\u201d cares. So you really need to get your head on straight and find your intrinsic motivation. \u201cYou HAVE to create\u2014because you CAN\u2019T NOT create\u201d\u2014that\u2019s all there is to it.)\n It\u2019s harder than I expected. And by \u201charder\u201d I mean\u2026damn, I don\u2019t get to be lazy anymore. Do you think I want to be writing this blog post right now on a rainy Saturday afternoon in January? Hmm?!?! Seriously though, that relentless need to switch on your brain and come up with \u201cthe thing\u201d that\u2019s worthy of being published that day is a lot. And writing isn\u2019t even a hard medium comparatively speaking\u2014I have absolutely no idea how people like Casey Neistat did daily vlogging for all that time. Real quote: \u201che had uploaded videos to his channel for 534 consecutive days\u201d. Sheer insanity! And yet\u2026I wish I could do that!!\nSo there you have it. A handful of thoughts after daily blogging for 29 consecutive days. Here\u2019s to at least 361 more days! \ud83e\udd79"
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The page title calls it your #YearInMusic, and the URL your #ListeningReport.
It has many interesting elements, from various top listened lists (artist, album, track), to what percent of 2024 listens (which they call scrobbles) were new artists, albums, and tracks.
Their “Top Tags” time chart is quite cool. Fascinating to see the differences in music listening over the seasons and the whole year.
The report has many interactive features, so it will take me some time to figure out how to save, export, and/or republish my listening report on my personal #indieweb site.
For now I used Firefox to save the page as an .html page to my laptop, and was quite impressed with how much of the information was available in that one file. Much more than #Spotify’s #Wrapped.
That’s step 1. Step 2 is figuring out a good way to blog at least some of it.
This is post 5 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #LastFM #YearInReview
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"text": "Yesterday https://last.fm/ (@lastfm) emailed their year in review reports, which they called #Playback24 and Last.Year.\n\nKudos to them for waiting until the new year to do so, and breaking with the pattern of services prematurely posting year in review summaries.\u00b9\n\nThey\u2019re also available on the web, without requiring a native mobile app to view.\n\nMine is here: https://www.last.fm/user/tantekc/listening-report/year\n\nYou can find yours (if you\u2019re a last.fm user) by going here:\n* https://www.last.fm/user/_/listening-report/year\n\nThe page title calls it your #YearInMusic, and the URL your #ListeningReport.\n\nIt has many interesting elements, from various top listened lists (artist, album, track), to what percent of 2024 listens (which they call scrobbles) were new artists, albums, and tracks.\n\nTheir \u201cTop Tags\u201d time chart is quite cool. Fascinating to see the differences in music listening over the seasons and the whole year.\n\nThe report has many interactive features, so it will take me some time to figure out how to save, export, and/or republish my listening report on my personal #indieweb site.\n\nFor now I used Firefox to save the page as an .html page to my laptop, and was quite impressed with how much of the information was available in that one file. Much more than #Spotify\u2019s #Wrapped. \n\nThat\u2019s step 1. Step 2 is figuring out a good way to blog at least some of it.\n\nThis is post 5 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #LastFM #YearInReview\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2025/002/t1/indieweb-third-place-community\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e\n\n\nGlossary:\n\nscrobble\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/scrobble\nyear in review\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/year_in_review\n\n\n\u00b9 https://tantek.com/2025/001/t2/first-new-year-review-prior",
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I finally finished replacing all my Hue lights with Caseta switches.
While I will miss the color temperature control, I am excited that I can attach a switch anywhere that works and looks just like a normal switch, no wires needed!
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