The Social Web

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        "html": "<p>Something I've written about a lot over the years is the social web. The context and scope of what that entails has changed sometimes but when I think of it now I know exactly what I'm referring to. Still, <a href=\"https://colinwalker.blog/06-04-2018-1823/#54449\">after my recent comment</a>, I wanted to really get my thoughts together.</p>\n<p>When we hear the word <em>social</em> we invariably follow it with media or network - the pervasiveness of Twitter and Facebook <em>et al.</em> has co-opted the word in 21st century parlance. Such is their power.</p>\n<p>What is social?</p>\n<p><strong>Social</strong><br />/\u2019s\u014dSH\u0259l/<br /><em>adjective</em></p>\n<ol><li>of or relating to society or its organization.</li>\n<li>needing companionship and therefore best suited to living in communities.</li>\n</ol><p>Four and a half years ago I came up with:</p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <em>\"Social is a series of shared experiences.\"</em>\n</p></blockquote>\n<p>Shared experiences can happen anywhere - online, offline, a social network, the comments on an article, a forum, a football stadium, discussing last night's TV on your lunch break.</p>\n<p>The point is that social is so much bigger than social networks, even if Facebook <em>does</em> have over two billion active users.</p>\n<p>It's not quantity that's important, it's not reach nor influence. No, it's the quality of the connection itself that's key. It's the relationship that is built between individuals rather than the metrics games of followers, likes and retweets.</p>\n<p>Numbers mean nothing if they are empty.</p>\n<p>The social web encompasses so much more than a timeline, it is any means to interact and engage with someone else via the internet. Any way that we can mention someone, get a message across, talk to them and discuss - <em>this</em> is the social web.</p>\n<p>Email, blogs, forums, anywhere that allows comments or replies, anyone who responds to something and links back to the original piece, it is those connections that matter.</p>\n<p>Cal Newport described the difference between the <em><a href=\"http://calnewport.com/blog/2018/03/20/on-social-media-and-its-discontents/\">social internet and social media</a></em> as follows:</p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <em>\"The social internet describes the general ways in which the global communication network and open protocols known as \u201cthe internet\u201d enable good things like connecting people, spreading information, and supporting expression and activism.</em></p>\n<p>  <em>\"Social media, by contrast, describes the attempt to privatize these capabilities by large companies within the newly emerged algorithmic attention economy, a particularly virulent strain of the attention sector that leverages personal data and sophisticated algorithms to ruthlessly siphon users\u2019 cognitive capital.\"</em>\n</p></blockquote>\n<p>I've always used web rather than internet but it's the same thing.</p>\n<p>Yes, social media is a <em>part</em> of the social web - it used to supplement it perfectly - but it has become increasingly closed, increasingly profit driven, for the benefit of the networks rather than those who use them.</p>\n<p>And we went along with it.</p>\n<p>The social web shrank because people and businesses abandoned their own properties, closed comments, posted on the social networks to once again reach those that no longer visited. How many times have we heard <em>\"go where your audience is\"</em> as an online strategy.</p>\n<p>For an offline equivalent consider how many rural communities are dying as successive generations abandon them and flee to the cities in search of work and a \"better\" life. Then the transport links to those communities suffer as is it not economically viable to run regular services, further isolating those that remain.</p>\n<p>The same thing happened to the social web. The networks grew in size and scope meaning you almost never had to leave. Everything you ever needed was a few clicks away, held within the walls of these great cities. Personal websites sat idle like the empty second homes of those who holiday in the country a couple of times a year.</p>\n<p>Convenience is a powerful motivator even if there is a cost.</p>\n<p>Recently, however, there is a growing dissatisfaction with the networks and some seek a return to the social web, to their own sites and ways to connect them with those of others. They look to move back to those rural communities and re-establish those links but in better, more efficient ways than before.</p>\n<p>Cal talks of \"social protocols\" whereby people can <em>\"create and own a digital identity\"</em> and for those <em>\"digital identities to agree to establish a descriptive social link\"</em> such that we know who we are dealing with and can trust those interactions. The Indieweb sees the domain as this identity.</p>\n<p>He is right - <em>\"there are few serious technical obstacles to implementing these protocols\"</em> but there are major <em>cultural</em> obstacles and the unwillingness of the networks to cede even the slightest control of the data housed within their walls.</p>\n<p>Whatever form these new social protocols ultimately take, their use must at least match the convenience of the networks or the social web could be lost forever.</p>",
        "text": "Something I've written about a lot over the years is the social web. The context and scope of what that entails has changed sometimes but when I think of it now I know exactly what I'm referring to. Still, after my recent comment, I wanted to really get my thoughts together.\nWhen we hear the word social we invariably follow it with media or network - the pervasiveness of Twitter and Facebook et al. has co-opted the word in 21st century parlance. Such is their power.\nWhat is social?\nSocial\n/\u2019s\u014dSH\u0259l/\nadjective\nof or relating to society or its organization.\nneeding companionship and therefore best suited to living in communities.\nFour and a half years ago I came up with:\n\n  \"Social is a series of shared experiences.\"\n\nShared experiences can happen anywhere - online, offline, a social network, the comments on an article, a forum, a football stadium, discussing last night's TV on your lunch break.\nThe point is that social is so much bigger than social networks, even if Facebook does have over two billion active users.\nIt's not quantity that's important, it's not reach nor influence. No, it's the quality of the connection itself that's key. It's the relationship that is built between individuals rather than the metrics games of followers, likes and retweets.\nNumbers mean nothing if they are empty.\nThe social web encompasses so much more than a timeline, it is any means to interact and engage with someone else via the internet. Any way that we can mention someone, get a message across, talk to them and discuss - this is the social web.\nEmail, blogs, forums, anywhere that allows comments or replies, anyone who responds to something and links back to the original piece, it is those connections that matter.\nCal Newport described the difference between the social internet and social media as follows:\n\n  \"The social internet describes the general ways in which the global communication network and open protocols known as \u201cthe internet\u201d enable good things like connecting people, spreading information, and supporting expression and activism.\n  \"Social media, by contrast, describes the attempt to privatize these capabilities by large companies within the newly emerged algorithmic attention economy, a particularly virulent strain of the attention sector that leverages personal data and sophisticated algorithms to ruthlessly siphon users\u2019 cognitive capital.\"\n\nI've always used web rather than internet but it's the same thing.\nYes, social media is a part of the social web - it used to supplement it perfectly - but it has become increasingly closed, increasingly profit driven, for the benefit of the networks rather than those who use them.\nAnd we went along with it.\nThe social web shrank because people and businesses abandoned their own properties, closed comments, posted on the social networks to once again reach those that no longer visited. How many times have we heard \"go where your audience is\" as an online strategy.\nFor an offline equivalent consider how many rural communities are dying as successive generations abandon them and flee to the cities in search of work and a \"better\" life. Then the transport links to those communities suffer as is it not economically viable to run regular services, further isolating those that remain.\nThe same thing happened to the social web. The networks grew in size and scope meaning you almost never had to leave. Everything you ever needed was a few clicks away, held within the walls of these great cities. Personal websites sat idle like the empty second homes of those who holiday in the country a couple of times a year.\nConvenience is a powerful motivator even if there is a cost.\nRecently, however, there is a growing dissatisfaction with the networks and some seek a return to the social web, to their own sites and ways to connect them with those of others. They look to move back to those rural communities and re-establish those links but in better, more efficient ways than before.\nCal talks of \"social protocols\" whereby people can \"create and own a digital identity\" and for those \"digital identities to agree to establish a descriptive social link\" such that we know who we are dealing with and can trust those interactions. The Indieweb sees the domain as this identity.\nHe is right - \"there are few serious technical obstacles to implementing these protocols\" but there are major cultural obstacles and the unwillingness of the networks to cede even the slightest control of the data housed within their walls.\nWhatever form these new social protocols ultimately take, their use must at least match the convenience of the networks or the social web could be lost forever."
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Homebrew Website Club Baltimore

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Chris Aldrich stream.boffosocko.com/profile/chrisaldrich

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        "text": "@dajbelshaw Noterlive is primarily a posting interface to Twitter (mostly for livetweeting though it could continue to add some of that functionality in the future) that gives you back your data. You would still want to pay some attention to your account for side conversations and replies as well as other conference activity. In many cases I use it primarily as a note taking tool to keep content for archival purposes after the fact.\n\n\nFor additional two-way interaction you could use WordPress plugins like Webmention and Brid.gy Publish to get the comments, likes, etc. back to your website. I've outlined a piece of that type of workflow here: http://boffosocko.com/2017/04/15/mentions-from-twitter-to-my-website/ (This might also be useful to you if you've left Twitter, but still want to know when you're being mentioned without needing to log into Twitter to check it.)\n\n\nOtherwise, you might also consider going full IndieWeb, in which case you could post everything directly from your website and syndicate to Twitter and then getting all the responses directly back to your site. Some of this depends on how much work you want to do to get the moving pieces working properly. You'll notice this is roughly what I'm doing on my own site with you now. Example: http://stream.boffosocko.com/2018/dajbelshaw-in-future-if-you-prefer-to-keep-your-content",
        "html": "@dajbelshaw Noterlive is primarily a posting interface to Twitter (mostly for livetweeting though it could continue to add some of that functionality in the future) that gives you back your data. You would still want to pay some attention to your account for side conversations and replies as well as other conference activity. In many cases I use it primarily as a note taking tool to keep content for archival purposes after the fact.<br /><br />\nFor additional two-way interaction you could use WordPress plugins like Webmention and Brid.gy Publish to get the comments, likes, etc. back to your website. I've outlined a piece of that type of workflow here: <a href=\"http://boffosocko.com/2017/04/15/mentions-from-twitter-to-my-website/\">http://boffosocko.com/2017/04/15/mentions-from-twitter-to-my-website/</a> (This might also be useful to you if you've left Twitter, but still want to know when you're being mentioned without needing to log into Twitter to check it.)<br /><br />\nOtherwise, you might also consider going full IndieWeb, in which case you could post everything directly from your website and syndicate to Twitter and then getting all the responses directly back to your site. Some of this depends on how much work you want to do to get the moving pieces working properly. You'll notice this is roughly what I'm doing on my own site with you now. Example: <a href=\"http://stream.boffosocko.com/2018/dajbelshaw-in-future-if-you-prefer-to-keep-your-content\">http://stream.boffosocko.com/2018/dajbelshaw-in-future-if-you-prefer-to-keep-your-content</a><br /><br />"
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Chris Aldrich stream.boffosocko.com/profile/chrisaldrich

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        "text": "@jgmac1106 I've often wondered about potential expanded vocabularies for microformats within the educational space. I know many use a variety of other metadata including schema and dublin core, but I've never really come across any application which consume these or do anything useful for them other than add an administrative tax to the user who are doing them. Perhaps we should begin documenting some of them to build a more long term valuable solution?"
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Chris Aldrich stream.boffosocko.com/profile/chrisaldrich

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        "text": "@jgmac1106 Perhaps we might create and use a corner of the IndieWeb wiki to begin documenting the use of these types of things? We could start on the https://indieweb.org/Indieweb_for_Education page and subsection them out as they grow in size and scope? If there are consuming applications for differing types of metadata, let's list those. The best answer may be to begin documenting pieces of what are out there and then figuring out a way to create more IndieWeb or decentralized and open versions of them. Having an editable, but centralized source of information can certainly be helpful. (Unless you know of another that already exists?)",
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Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things

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        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/\">Island in the Net - A personal website by Kh\u00fcrt Williams, with imagery, and inchoate ramblings on coffee, beer, and geekery.</a></p>\nThis post is about a number of things that have been on my mind for a while.\n<h2>Photography</h2>\n<p>During the 2017 end of year holidays, I dropped and damaged the mirror box of my Nikon D5100 <em>baby</em> DSLR. It was not a new camera when I bought it on eBay (circa 2012) but it worked flawlessly for the years I have owned it. Surely had I not dropped it, it would have yielded at least another 5 years of service. I was quite upset when I discovered was damaged but excite that the lens that was attached was in good shape. I was also excited at the prospect of buying a new camera. The D5100 was released in April 2011 and in the intervening years, newer, and more capable cameras had been introduced by Nikon, Sony, Fuji, Olympus and Canon. Buying a new camera, however, presented a new challenge. Which camera to choose?</p>\n<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Kingston-Mill_Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III_20180331.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Kingston Mill Canon EOS 5D Mark III 20180331\" />Kingston Mill\n<p>Canon EOS 5D Mark III + Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM  @ 70mm ISO 100 1/320s \u0192/4</p><p>There is a lot of buzz around mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (MILC). A new term is needed to describe these types of cameras. The term mirrorless camera is as silly as the term horseless carriage. I suggest the term <strong>digitial viewfinder camera</strong>(DVC) or <em>digial interchangeable lens viewfinder</em>(DILV) or <em>electronic viewfinder</em>(EV). Whatever you all it though, the news style of interchangeable lens camera seems to be popular with many photographers.</p>\n<p>At one time or the other over the last two to three years I have rented Olympus, Sony, Fuji and Panasonic interchangeable lens cameras. They all have pros and cons with the newer iterations of each camera improving and reducing the problem areas.</p>\n<p>I must look like a wet mangy dog without my camera because my wife\u2019s best friend offered to let me use her father\u2019s<a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/#fn-37064-1\">1</a> <em>used</em> camera and lens; a Canon EOS 5D Mk II with Canon EF 70-200 USM IL f/2.8. The 5D Mk II is a full-frame DSLR with \u201cpro\u201d level features. The EF 70-200 mm lens is worth more than all my existing lenses combined. I\u2019ve never used Canon camera\u2019s and lenses and I wasn\u2019t sure what to do with this kit as is. Last week, after learning from a work colleague that any EF lens will work with the EOS 5D MK II, I started looking on eBay for used 35mm and 50mm EF lenses. In my mind, it was worth it to get a used lens for less than $100. I was tired of shooting photos of the <a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/where-is-spring/\">birds in the backyard</a>. However, I didn\u2019t need to.</p>\n<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Fisherman_Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III_20180331.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Fisherman Canon EOS 5D Mark III 20180331\" />Fisherman<p>I remembered that my Dad has given me his Canon Rebel film camera a few years ago. I knew it was somewhere in the basement. I took a few weeks but I finally found it. It has a Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. It\u2019s compatible with the 5D Mk III. I took the camera and lens on a recent road trip to Michigan and Ohio. I downloaded a few of the photos and noticed that the quality wasn\u2019t what I expected. The images all seem \u201chazy\u201d. I assumed it was due to poor skill on my part \u2014 shooting images with the light in the background. But I noticed that photos taken indoors with front lightning had the same issue. I examined the lens and discovered that some semi-transparent \u201cgoo\u201d on the inside of the lens.</p>\n<p>If I continue to use this lens, I will need to use the Adobe Lightroom \u201cdehaze\u201d tool for every captured image.</p>\n<p>I found some inexpensive Nikon to Canon lens adapters on Amazon. I could use my existing Nikon lenses. The caveat is that the adapters do not allow the use of auto-focus and TTL metering. I promise I would not replace my Nikon until after my 2017 taxes are filed. I can\u2019t wait. Perhaps I\u2019ll get a deal on a Nikon D500.</p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also struggled with impostor syndrome. I look at the excellent work by an artist like <a href=\"https://olafphotoblog.com/\">Olaf</a> and. I compare my work to theirs; which is a mistake. Olaf and have talent and years of experience. I\u2019m just an amateur who photographs mostly on the weekend. The comparison leaves me feeling inadequate. I put the camera down and my skills atrophy. Why am I doing this?</p>\n<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Old-Route-27_Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III_20180331.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Old Route 27 Canon EOS 5D Mark III 20180331\" />Old Route 27<h2>Graves Disease</h2>\n<p>Over 12 years ago, I was <a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/thirst/\">diagnosed</a> with Type 1 diabetes. After diagnosis, I started seeing a specialist, an endocrinologist, about every three months. On these regular visits, we discuss insulin regimen, diet, exercise and the results of my lab tests. The lab results have lots of information that is interesting and useful to an endocrinologist but I only paid attention to the cholesterol and A1C values. But my endo looks at all of it.</p>\n<p>One of the things she was testing, was my thyroid function, which until recently was normal. And then it wasn\u2019t. She tested my thyroid function because people with other immune system diseases, such as type 1 diabetes, have an increased risk of hyperthyroidism. And the onset happened just as rapidly as it did for my Type 1 diabetes. After a battery of test over a few weeks, my endocrinologist confirmed a diagnosis of <a href=\"https://www.thyroid.org/graves-disease/\">Grave\u2019s Disease</a> which the <a href=\"https://www.thyroid.org/\">American Thyroid Association</a> describes thusly:</p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Graves\u2019 disease is an autoimmune disease that leads to a generalized overactivity of the entire thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism). It is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the United States. It is named after Robert Graves, an Irish physician, who described this form of hyperthyroidism about 150 years ago. It is 7-8 times more common in women than men.</p>\n<p>  Graves\u2019 disease is triggered by a process in the body\u2019s immune system, which normally protects us from foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses. The immune system destroys foreign invaders with substances called antibodies produced by blood cells known as lymphocytes. Sometimes the immune system can be tricked into making antibodies that cross-react with proteins on our own cells. In many cases, these antibodies can cause the destruction of those cells. In Graves\u2019 disease, these antibodies (called the thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TRAb) or thyroid stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI) do the opposite \u2013 they cause the cells to work overtime. The antibodies in Graves\u2019 disease bind to receptors on the surface of thyroid cells and stimulate those cells to overproduce and release thyroid hormones. This results in an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism).\n</p></blockquote>\n<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Kingston-Mill_Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III_20180331-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Kingston Mill Canon EOS 5D Mark III 20180331 1\" />Kingston Mill<p>Looking back over the last few months, I know I felt the symptoms of the disease, even though I did know how to interpret them.</p>\n<p>I was anxious and irritable and quite emotional. Anger. And sadness. My hands are shaking slightly and it is harder to use a computer \u2014 either a keyboard or touchscreen. I am sensitive to heat and it feels like I am sweating into my socks. I feel tired while simultaneously feeling energetic (heart palpitations) and falling asleep was is challenging. I lost seven pounds.</p>\n<p>So now you know. I now have two autoimmune diseases. My endo gave me options for treatment \u2014 pills, surgery, radiation therapy. I opted for the pills. I am hoping the pills work.</p>\n<p>I\u2019ll also find out from her what the other results on my lab test mean. Am I at risk for another autoimmune disease?</p>\n<h2>Work</h2>\n<p>Work has been stressful since a management change last year. As a consultant, I had worked harmoniously with the last two managers but over the last year, I had felt the relationship with the new manager was straining. It was also causing me considerable stress. On Monday I had a panic attack while at the office. I came home early.</p>\n<p>My wife reassured me that she was onboard with me leaving. The <a href=\"https://hbr.org/2014/01/is-your-boss-a-psychopath\">toxic environment</a> created by this person was affecting my mental and physical health.</p>\n<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Lake-Carnegie_iPhone-7_20180331.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Lake Carnegie iPhone 7 20180331\" />Lake Carnegie<p>I had started looking for new opportunities elsewhere but this week my work for the client came to an abrupt end. I was told that my services were no longer needed. I didn\u2019t say a word. I didn\u2019t ask why. I simply said \u201cok\u201d, packed up my day bag, handed in my laptop and pass, and left.</p>\n<p>Now I have time to focus on finding my next gig or my next job. I\u2019ve spoken to a few recruiters and also reached out to a few colleagues and friends. Next week I hope to be busy with interviews and hope I will have a few offers buy the end of April.</p>\n<h2>Writing</h2>\n<p><img src=\"https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ten_thousand.png\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things ten thousand\" title=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things\" /></p>\n<p>As a blogger, it\u2019s easy to fall into the trap of thinking everything I write about is already known by everyone, or that my audience on <em>Island in the Net</em> has seen everything I\u2019ve ever published. It\u2019s good to remember that every day, someone might be part of the <a href=\"https://xkcd.com/1053/\">few</a> to learn something new-to-them, even if I\u2019ve written about it previously.</p>\n<p>I have a backlog of about 116 articles in draft mode. The majority of these are technical articles about photography, web development, and the IndieWeb. I want to set aside time to work on these. Perhaps some will be long form, but I suspect most will be short.</p>\n<h2>Diabetes</h2>\n<p>My diabetes management is fairly good. I usually manage to keep my A1C within the recommended range. But managing diabetes is not without challenges. Because, I often get hypoglycemic when I go hiking, I don\u2019t exercise as much as I may need for optimal health. The fear of the hypoglycemia keeps me sitting at the computer. But that may soon change. A new type of insulin pump is on the market and I have one of the first models, the Medtronic 670G. It\u2019s a closed loop system. Readings from a CGMS are relayed back to the insulin pump which can adjust insulin delivery to suit the need. On Tuesday I was trained in how to setup and use the CGMS and 670G. There is a little bit of a learning curve. I had my ACCU-Chek insulin pump and Dexcom CGMS for over four years. I had mastered the technology. I\u2019ll have to learn anew.</p>\n<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Duck_Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III_20180331.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Duck Canon EOS 5D Mark III 20180331\" />Duck<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ducks_Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III_20180331.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Ducks Canon EOS 5D Mark III 20180331\" />Ducks<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ducks_Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III_20180331-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Ducks Canon EOS 5D Mark III 20180331 1\" />Duck<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ducks_Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III_20180331-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Ducks Canon EOS 5D Mark III 20180331 2\" />Duck<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ducks_Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III_20180331-3.jpg\" alt=\"Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things Ducks Canon EOS 5D Mark III 20180331 3\" />Duck<ol><li>\nKunj Trivedi: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-call-of-the-wild-1399735\">Call of the Wild</a>, <a href=\"https://www.mid-day.com/articles/79-and-off-to-chase-a-cheetah/85722\">79, And Off To Chase A Cheetah</a>, <a href=\"http://betterphotography.in/perspectives/interviews/tryst-wild/36/\">A Tryst With The Wild</a> <a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/#fnref-37064-1\">\u21a9</a>\n</li>\n</ol><p>The post <a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/thoughts/\">&lt;span class='p-name'&gt;Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things&lt;/span&gt;</a> by <a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/\">&lt;span class='p-author h-card'&gt;Kh\u00fcrt Williams&lt;/span&gt;</a> appeared first on <a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/\">Island in the Net</a>.</p>\nSyndicated to:<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/khurtwilliams/status/987044429746798592\"> Twitter</a> <a href=\"https://plus.google.com/108450240479866108610/posts/b3MPrbpyUtH\"> Google+</a></p>",
        "text": "Island in the Net - A personal website by Kh\u00fcrt Williams, with imagery, and inchoate ramblings on coffee, beer, and geekery.\nThis post is about a number of things that have been on my mind for a while.\nPhotography\nDuring the 2017 end of year holidays, I dropped and damaged the mirror box of my Nikon D5100 baby DSLR. It was not a new camera when I bought it on eBay (circa 2012) but it worked flawlessly for the years I have owned it. Surely had I not dropped it, it would have yielded at least another 5 years of service. I was quite upset when I discovered was damaged but excite that the lens that was attached was in good shape. I was also excited at the prospect of buying a new camera. The D5100 was released in April 2011 and in the intervening years, newer, and more capable cameras had been introduced by Nikon, Sony, Fuji, Olympus and Canon. Buying a new camera, however, presented a new challenge. Which camera to choose?\nKingston Mill\nCanon EOS 5D Mark III + Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM  @ 70mm ISO 100 1/320s \u0192/4There is a lot of buzz around mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (MILC). A new term is needed to describe these types of cameras. The term mirrorless camera is as silly as the term horseless carriage. I suggest the term digitial viewfinder camera(DVC) or digial interchangeable lens viewfinder(DILV) or electronic viewfinder(EV). Whatever you all it though, the news style of interchangeable lens camera seems to be popular with many photographers.\nAt one time or the other over the last two to three years I have rented Olympus, Sony, Fuji and Panasonic interchangeable lens cameras. They all have pros and cons with the newer iterations of each camera improving and reducing the problem areas.\nI must look like a wet mangy dog without my camera because my wife\u2019s best friend offered to let me use her father\u2019s1 used camera and lens; a Canon EOS 5D Mk II with Canon EF 70-200 USM IL f/2.8. The 5D Mk II is a full-frame DSLR with \u201cpro\u201d level features. The EF 70-200 mm lens is worth more than all my existing lenses combined. I\u2019ve never used Canon camera\u2019s and lenses and I wasn\u2019t sure what to do with this kit as is. Last week, after learning from a work colleague that any EF lens will work with the EOS 5D MK II, I started looking on eBay for used 35mm and 50mm EF lenses. In my mind, it was worth it to get a used lens for less than $100. I was tired of shooting photos of the birds in the backyard. However, I didn\u2019t need to.\nFishermanI remembered that my Dad has given me his Canon Rebel film camera a few years ago. I knew it was somewhere in the basement. I took a few weeks but I finally found it. It has a Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. It\u2019s compatible with the 5D Mk III. I took the camera and lens on a recent road trip to Michigan and Ohio. I downloaded a few of the photos and noticed that the quality wasn\u2019t what I expected. The images all seem \u201chazy\u201d. I assumed it was due to poor skill on my part \u2014 shooting images with the light in the background. But I noticed that photos taken indoors with front lightning had the same issue. I examined the lens and discovered that some semi-transparent \u201cgoo\u201d on the inside of the lens.\nIf I continue to use this lens, I will need to use the Adobe Lightroom \u201cdehaze\u201d tool for every captured image.\nI found some inexpensive Nikon to Canon lens adapters on Amazon. I could use my existing Nikon lenses. The caveat is that the adapters do not allow the use of auto-focus and TTL metering. I promise I would not replace my Nikon until after my 2017 taxes are filed. I can\u2019t wait. Perhaps I\u2019ll get a deal on a Nikon D500.\nI\u2019ve also struggled with impostor syndrome. I look at the excellent work by an artist like Olaf and. I compare my work to theirs; which is a mistake. Olaf and have talent and years of experience. I\u2019m just an amateur who photographs mostly on the weekend. The comparison leaves me feeling inadequate. I put the camera down and my skills atrophy. Why am I doing this?\nOld Route 27Graves Disease\nOver 12 years ago, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. After diagnosis, I started seeing a specialist, an endocrinologist, about every three months. On these regular visits, we discuss insulin regimen, diet, exercise and the results of my lab tests. The lab results have lots of information that is interesting and useful to an endocrinologist but I only paid attention to the cholesterol and A1C values. But my endo looks at all of it.\nOne of the things she was testing, was my thyroid function, which until recently was normal. And then it wasn\u2019t. She tested my thyroid function because people with other immune system diseases, such as type 1 diabetes, have an increased risk of hyperthyroidism. And the onset happened just as rapidly as it did for my Type 1 diabetes. After a battery of test over a few weeks, my endocrinologist confirmed a diagnosis of Grave\u2019s Disease which the American Thyroid Association describes thusly:\n\n  Graves\u2019 disease is an autoimmune disease that leads to a generalized overactivity of the entire thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism). It is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the United States. It is named after Robert Graves, an Irish physician, who described this form of hyperthyroidism about 150 years ago. It is 7-8 times more common in women than men.\n  Graves\u2019 disease is triggered by a process in the body\u2019s immune system, which normally protects us from foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses. The immune system destroys foreign invaders with substances called antibodies produced by blood cells known as lymphocytes. Sometimes the immune system can be tricked into making antibodies that cross-react with proteins on our own cells. In many cases, these antibodies can cause the destruction of those cells. In Graves\u2019 disease, these antibodies (called the thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TRAb) or thyroid stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI) do the opposite \u2013 they cause the cells to work overtime. The antibodies in Graves\u2019 disease bind to receptors on the surface of thyroid cells and stimulate those cells to overproduce and release thyroid hormones. This results in an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism).\n\nKingston MillLooking back over the last few months, I know I felt the symptoms of the disease, even though I did know how to interpret them.\nI was anxious and irritable and quite emotional. Anger. And sadness. My hands are shaking slightly and it is harder to use a computer \u2014 either a keyboard or touchscreen. I am sensitive to heat and it feels like I am sweating into my socks. I feel tired while simultaneously feeling energetic (heart palpitations) and falling asleep was is challenging. I lost seven pounds.\nSo now you know. I now have two autoimmune diseases. My endo gave me options for treatment \u2014 pills, surgery, radiation therapy. I opted for the pills. I am hoping the pills work.\nI\u2019ll also find out from her what the other results on my lab test mean. Am I at risk for another autoimmune disease?\nWork\nWork has been stressful since a management change last year. As a consultant, I had worked harmoniously with the last two managers but over the last year, I had felt the relationship with the new manager was straining. It was also causing me considerable stress. On Monday I had a panic attack while at the office. I came home early.\nMy wife reassured me that she was onboard with me leaving. The toxic environment created by this person was affecting my mental and physical health.\nLake CarnegieI had started looking for new opportunities elsewhere but this week my work for the client came to an abrupt end. I was told that my services were no longer needed. I didn\u2019t say a word. I didn\u2019t ask why. I simply said \u201cok\u201d, packed up my day bag, handed in my laptop and pass, and left.\nNow I have time to focus on finding my next gig or my next job. I\u2019ve spoken to a few recruiters and also reached out to a few colleagues and friends. Next week I hope to be busy with interviews and hope I will have a few offers buy the end of April.\nWriting\n\nAs a blogger, it\u2019s easy to fall into the trap of thinking everything I write about is already known by everyone, or that my audience on Island in the Net has seen everything I\u2019ve ever published. It\u2019s good to remember that every day, someone might be part of the few to learn something new-to-them, even if I\u2019ve written about it previously.\nI have a backlog of about 116 articles in draft mode. The majority of these are technical articles about photography, web development, and the IndieWeb. I want to set aside time to work on these. Perhaps some will be long form, but I suspect most will be short.\nDiabetes\nMy diabetes management is fairly good. I usually manage to keep my A1C within the recommended range. But managing diabetes is not without challenges. Because, I often get hypoglycemic when I go hiking, I don\u2019t exercise as much as I may need for optimal health. The fear of the hypoglycemia keeps me sitting at the computer. But that may soon change. A new type of insulin pump is on the market and I have one of the first models, the Medtronic 670G. It\u2019s a closed loop system. Readings from a CGMS are relayed back to the insulin pump which can adjust insulin delivery to suit the need. On Tuesday I was trained in how to setup and use the CGMS and 670G. There is a little bit of a learning curve. I had my ACCU-Chek insulin pump and Dexcom CGMS for over four years. I had mastered the technology. I\u2019ll have to learn anew.\nDuckDucksDuckDuckDuck\nKunj Trivedi: Call of the Wild, 79, And Off To Chase A Cheetah, A Tryst With The Wild \u21a9\n\nThe post <span class='p-name'>Photography, Graves Disease, Insulin pumps and a lot of other things</span> by <span class='p-author h-card'>Kh\u00fcrt Williams</span> appeared first on Island in the Net.\nSyndicated to: Twitter  Google+"
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Jeremy Cherfas jeremycherfas.net

Improving the h-card in Grav

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        "text": "I spent a little time fixing up the way this site presents my h-card on the summary of blog posts. In case you're wondering, an h-card is a way of presenting information about yourself or your organisation on your website that makes it easy for other websites to identify you with your work, for example in webmentions. \n\n            More this way ...",
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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        "text": "There is also the counterpart: 'untag-of' posts (https://indieweb.org/untag) which are more of a brainstorm at this point, but I figured worth pointing out as a future enhancement, in case that helps generalize the code for 'tag-of' support.\n\nProblem: currently you have to use Github\u2019s web UI to remove a label from an issue.\n\nIf you could post an 'untag-of' response to a GitHub issue, and Bridgy Publish recognized that, it could call the GitHub API to (attempt to) remove the respective label from that issue.\n\nThe current brainstormed markup is similar to that for a 'tag-of' post, but with class name 'untag-of' instead.\n\nFeedback and contributions welcome on https://indieweb.org/untag\n\nAlso reasonable to consider 'untag-of' support a potential future separate issue rather than as part of implementing 'tag-of' support.",
        "html": "There is also the counterpart: 'untag-of' posts (<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/untag\">https://indieweb.org/untag</a>) which are more of a brainstorm at this point, but I figured worth pointing out as a future enhancement, in case that helps generalize the code for 'tag-of' support.<br /><br />Problem: currently you have to use Github\u2019s web UI to remove a label from an issue.<br /><br />If you could post an 'untag-of' response to a GitHub issue, and Bridgy Publish recognized that, it could call the GitHub API to (attempt to) remove the respective label from that issue.<br /><br />The current brainstormed markup is similar to that for a 'tag-of' post, but with class name 'untag-of' instead.<br /><br />Feedback and contributions welcome on <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/untag\">https://indieweb.org/untag</a><br /><br />Also reasonable to consider 'untag-of' support a potential future separate issue rather than as part of implementing 'tag-of' support."
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

Enhancement: Bridgy Publish to GitHub should POSSE tag-of posts to add labels to issues

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    "name": "Enhancement: Bridgy Publish to GitHub should POSSE tag-of posts to add labels to issues",
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        "text": "Problem: Currently you have to use GitHub\u2019s web UI to add (and remove) labels from issues.\n\n\nThe indieweb has nascent 'tag-reply' post type using 'u-tag-of' markup. See this minimal set of markup inside an h-entry.\n\n\nI realize it would be even more helpful to have a real-live tag-of post permalink to refer to (preferably to a GitHub issue), so I will work on that next. I\u2019m hoping this is enough to at least get started though.\n\n\nIt would be great if Bridgy Publish could 1. recognize that tag-of post to a GitHub issue, 2. add the respective label to the issue.\n\n\nLabel(s): \npublish",
        "html": "<p>\nProblem: Currently you have to use GitHub\u2019s web UI to add (and remove) labels from issues.\n</p>\n<p>\nThe indieweb has nascent <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/tag-reply\">'tag-reply' post type</a> using 'u-tag-of' markup. See <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/tag-reply#How_to_simple_tag-reply\">this minimal set of markup inside an h-entry</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nI realize it would be even more helpful to have a real-live tag-of post permalink to refer to (preferably to a GitHub issue), so I will work on that next. I\u2019m hoping this is enough to at least get started though.\n</p>\n<p>\nIt would be great if Bridgy Publish could 1. recognize that tag-of post to a GitHub issue, 2. add the respective label to the issue.\n</p>\n<p>\nLabel(s): \npublish\n</p>"
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Chris Aldrich stream.boffosocko.com/profile/chrisaldrich

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2018-04-18T17:41:49+00:00",
    "url": "http://stream.boffosocko.com/2018/eatpodcast-thanks-jeremy-ive-had-a-bear-of-a-time",
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    "content": {
        "text": "@EatPodcast Thanks Jeremy, I've had a bear of a time with webmentions from pages, and in particular that one which has some issues with the nesting of author tags, thus making the webmentions appear to be coming from other people. Sorry to get your hopes up...",
        "html": "<a href=\"https://twitter.com/EatPodcast\">@EatPodcast</a> Thanks Jeremy, I've had a bear of a time with webmentions from pages, and in particular that one which has some issues with the nesting of author tags, thus making the webmentions appear to be coming from other people. Sorry to get your hopes up..."
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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    "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/2018/04/18/14/hwcpdx",
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        "https://www.facebook.com/events/1950319051948606/permalink/1963115407335637/?ref=1&action_history=null"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Reminder! @oktadev is buying drinks at tonight's Homebrew Microblog Meetup! \ud83c\udf7b\ud83d\udd1c https://indieweb.org/events/2018-04-18-homebrew-microblog Looking forward to meeting everyone tonight!",
        "html": "Reminder! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/oktadev\">@oktadev</a> is buying drinks at tonight's Homebrew Microblog Meetup! <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/emoji/%F0%9F%8D%BB\">\ud83c\udf7b</a><a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/emoji/%F0%9F%94%9C\">\ud83d\udd1c</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/events/2018-04-18-homebrew-microblog\">https://indieweb.org/events/2018-04-18-homebrew-microblog</a> Looking forward to meeting everyone tonight!"
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        "name": "Aaron Parecki",
        "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/",
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Chris Aldrich stream.boffosocko.com/profile/chrisaldrich

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2018-04-18T01:27:00+00:00",
    "url": "http://stream.boffosocko.com/2018/sadlerjw-youve-certainly-found-a-few-of-the-remaining-pain",
    "syndication": [
        "https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/986415786263801856"
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    "in-reply-to": [
        "https://twitter.com/sadlerjw/status/986404132826296320",
        "https://www.sadlerjw.com/2018/04/17/wrapping-my-head-around-micro-blog-and-indieweb"
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        "text": "@sadlerjw You've certainly found a few of the remaining pain points within the broader community and specifically with WordPress. There are obviously some UI bits like properly threaded conversations across multiple syndicated silos that could be better. I've written a tad about how threaded comments work between sites using WordPress, though didn't touch on the idea of doing so also using Twitter or micro.blog: http://boffosocko.com/2017/12/15/threaded-replies-with-webmentions-in-wordpress/\n\n\nIdeally in the end, everything would support Webmention and needing to syndicate to outside services would be somewhat moot.\n\n\nAs long as the conversation for something on micro.blog starts on your own site, the replies that occur there will generally flow back to your site via Webmention, but sadly one needs to use some manual chicanery to get a similar back and forth effect with other services like Twitter.\n\n\nI suspect that in the coming months/year(s) things on this end will improve as the community marches forward.\n\n\nEither way, congratulations on what you've done with you're site! Hope to see you around either via reader or micro.blog.",
        "html": "@sadlerjw You've certainly found a few of the remaining pain points within the broader community and specifically with WordPress. There are obviously some UI bits like properly threaded conversations across multiple syndicated silos that could be better. I've written a tad about how threaded comments work between sites using WordPress, though didn't touch on the idea of doing so also using Twitter or micro.blog: <a href=\"http://boffosocko.com/2017/12/15/threaded-replies-with-webmentions-in-wordpress/\">http://boffosocko.com/2017/12/15/threaded-replies-with-webmentions-in-wordpress/</a><br /><br />\nIdeally in the end, everything would support Webmention and needing to syndicate to outside services would be somewhat moot.<br /><br />\nAs long as the conversation for something on micro.blog starts on your own site, the replies that occur there will generally flow back to your site via Webmention, but sadly one needs to use some manual chicanery to get a similar back and forth effect with other services like Twitter.<br /><br />\nI suspect that in the coming months/year(s) things on this end will improve as the community marches forward.<br /><br />\nEither way, congratulations on what you've done with you're site! Hope to see you around either via reader or micro.blog."
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    "type": "entry",
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    "url": "https://adactio.com/links/13748",
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        "text": "An Introduction to the IndieWeb\n\n\n\nA thorough run-down of the whys and wherefores of being part of the indie web, from Chris.",
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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        "text": "Upon reconsideration, I retract my suggestion in https://github.com/microformats/microformats2-parsing/issues/10#issuecomment-331511675 that \"this issue's resolution should depend on resolving #9 first\", and commented on how to orthogonally resolve issue #9 (http://tantek.com/2018/107/t1).\n\nAs promised in https://github.com/microformats/microformats2-parsing/issues/10#issuecomment-331499024, I\u2019ve added PROPOSED text inline in the u-* parsing section per the proposal of this issue: http://microformats.org/wiki/index.php?title=microformats2-parsing&diff=66782&oldid=66724.\n\nI see github.com/aaronpk\u2019s agreement with this proposal, and would like to see at least one, preferably 2-3, more parser developer(s) explicitly agreeing as well.\n\nWe also need to see this proposed change prototyped in at least one parser to make sure it is implementable (seems like it) and to see if there are any unintended consequences.",
        "html": "Upon reconsideration, I retract my suggestion in <a href=\"https://github.com/microformats/microformats2-parsing/issues/10#issuecomment-331511675\">https://github.com/microformats/microformats2-parsing/issues/10#issuecomment-331511675</a> that \"this issue's resolution should depend on resolving #9 first\", and commented on how to orthogonally resolve issue #9 (<a href=\"http://tantek.com/2018/107/t1\">http://tantek.com/2018/107/t1</a>).<br /><br />As promised in <a href=\"https://github.com/microformats/microformats2-parsing/issues/10#issuecomment-331499024\">https://github.com/microformats/microformats2-parsing/issues/10#issuecomment-331499024</a>, I\u2019ve added PROPOSED text inline in the u-* parsing section per the proposal of this issue: <a href=\"http://microformats.org/wiki/index.php?title=microformats2-parsing&amp;diff=66782&amp;oldid=66724\">http://microformats.org/wiki/index.php?title=microformats2-parsing&amp;diff=66782&amp;oldid=66724</a>.<br /><br />I see <a href=\"http://github.com/aaronpk\">github.com/aaronpk</a>\u2019s agreement with this proposal, and would like to see at least one, preferably 2-3, more parser developer(s) explicitly agreeing as well.<br /><br />We also need to see this proposed change prototyped in at least one parser to make sure it is implementable (seems like it) and to see if there are any unintended consequences."
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Jonny Barnes jonnybarnes.uk

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        "text": "My micropub client works for the actual note, but location data isn\u2019t being sent with the request. \u2639\ufe0f",
        "html": "<p>My micropub client works for the actual note, but location data isn\u2019t being sent with the request. \u2639\ufe0f</p>"
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Eddie Hinkle eddiehinkle.com

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    "summary": "I really enjoy these development logs. I think you\u2019ve inspired me to start doing them for my own app, Indigenous, which is more IndieWeb focused but will support micro.blog kind of as a sibling relationship.",
    "url": "https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/04/17/2/reply/",
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        "text": "I really enjoy these development logs. I think you\u2019ve inspired me to start doing them for my own app, Indigenous, which is more IndieWeb focused but will support micro.blog kind of as a sibling relationship.",
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David Shanske david.shanske.com

Episode 1: Leaving Facebook?

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    "published": "2018-04-16T22:15:16-04:00",
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        "text": "This second episode was originally recorded in March, abruptly ended, and then was not completed until April due scheduling. In it, Chris and I discuss the hot topic of Facebook scandals and where you might go if you decide to leave Facebook.\nShow Notes\nThe originating articles that kicked off the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica issue:\n3/16/18: Facebook\u2019s Newsroom: Suspending Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group from Facebook by Paul Grewal Protecting people\u2019s information is at the heart of everything we do.\n\n3/17/18: The Guardian: Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election\n\n3/17/18: New York Times: \u201cHow Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook data of Millions\u201d: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/politics/cambridge-analytica-trump-campaign.html\n\n\u00a0\nOther related articles:\nAnil Dash: Article bringing the Facebook issue back around to regaining the good parts of the \u201cold\u201d web\u201d https://medium.com/@anildash/the-missing-building-blocks-of-the-web-3fa490ae5cbc\n\nHow To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing (Electronic Frontier Foundation) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt-out-platform-api-sharing\n\n3/24/18: Ars Technica: Facebook scraped call, text message data for years from Android phones\n\nRecent Documented Facebook Quitters:\nJonathan LaCour: https://cleverdevil.io/2018/ive-officially-deleted-my-facebook-account-and\nEddie Hinkle: https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/03/22/5/article/\nNatalie Wolchover: https://twitter.com/nattyover/status/975711260221362177\nNew York Times Profile of multiple quitters: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/technology/users-abandon-facebook.html\nIndieWeb Wiki related pages of interest here:\nhttps://indieweb.org/why\nhttps://indieweb.org/principles\nhttps://indieweb.org/Facebook\nhttps://indieweb.org/silo-quits\nhttps://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/6074\nPotential simple places to move to when leaving Facebook\n\nMicro.blog for $5/month (or bring your own web site for free)\nMastodon\nWordPress.com\nTumblr.com\n\nWithKnown (Paid service or host your own)\n\nWordPress.org (self-hosted or managed)\nOther possible projects/options: https://indieweb.org/projects\n\n\u00a0\nSebastian Greger\u2019s Privacy policy: https://sebastiangreger.net/privacy-policy/\nMastodon not supporting Webmention specification: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/6074#issuecomment-378452136",
        "html": "This second episode was originally recorded in March, abruptly ended, and then was not completed until April due scheduling. In it, Chris and I discuss the hot topic of Facebook scandals and where you might go if you decide to leave Facebook.\n<h1><strong>Show Notes</strong></h1>\n<p>The originating articles that kicked off the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica issue:</p>\n<ul><li>3/16/18: Facebook\u2019s Newsroom: <a href=\"http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/03/suspending-cambridge-analytica/\">Suspending Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group from Facebook</a> by Paul Grewal <i>Protecting people\u2019s information is at the heart of everything we do.</i>\n</li>\n<li>3/17/18: The Guardian: Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election\">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election</a>\n</li>\n</ul><ul><li>3/17/18: New York Times: \u201cHow Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook data of Millions\u201d: <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/politics/cambridge-analytica-trump-campaign.html\">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/politics/cambridge-analytica-trump-campaign.html</a>\n</li>\n</ul><p>\u00a0</p>\n<p>Other related articles:</p>\n<ul><li>Anil Dash: Article bringing the Facebook issue back around to regaining the good parts of the \u201cold\u201d web\u201d <a href=\"https://medium.com/@anildash/the-missing-building-blocks-of-the-web-3fa490ae5cbc\">https://medium.com/@anildash/the-missing-building-blocks-of-the-web-3fa490ae5cbc</a>\n</li>\n<li>How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing (Electronic Frontier Foundation) <a href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt-out-platform-api-sharing\">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt-out-platform-api-sharing</a>\n</li>\n<li>3/24/18: Ars Technica: <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/facebook-scraped-call-text-message-data-for-years-from-android-phones/\">Facebook scraped call, text message data for years from Android phones</a>\n</li>\n</ul><h2>Recent Documented Facebook Quitters:</h2>\n<p>Jonathan LaCour: <a href=\"https://cleverdevil.io/2018/ive-officially-deleted-my-facebook-account-and\">https://cleverdevil.io/2018/ive-officially-deleted-my-facebook-account-and</a></p>\n<p>Eddie Hinkle: <a href=\"https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/03/22/5/article/\">https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/03/22/5/article/</a></p>\n<p>Natalie Wolchover: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/nattyover/status/975711260221362177\">https://twitter.com/nattyover/status/975711260221362177</a></p>\n<p>New York Times Profile of multiple quitters: <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/technology/users-abandon-facebook.html\">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/technology/users-abandon-facebook.html</a></p>\n<h2>IndieWeb Wiki related pages of interest here:</h2>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/why\">https://indieweb.org/why</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/principles\">https://indieweb.org/principles</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Facebook\">https://indieweb.org/Facebook</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/silo-quits\">https://indieweb.org/silo-quits</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/6074\">https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/6074</a></li>\n</ul><h2>Potential simple places to move to when leaving Facebook</h2>\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/micro.blog\">Micro.blog</a> for $5/month (or bring your own web site for free)</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Mastodon\">Mastodon</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/WordPress.com\">WordPress.com</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Tumblr\">Tumblr.com</a></li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Known\">WithKnown</a> (Paid service or host your own)</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/WordPress\">WordPress.org</a> (self-hosted or managed)</li>\n<li>Other possible projects/options: <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/projects\">https://indieweb.org/projects</a>\n</li>\n</ul><p>\u00a0</p>\n<p>Sebastian Greger\u2019s Privacy policy: <a href=\"https://sebastiangreger.net/privacy-policy/\">https://sebastiangreger.net/privacy-policy/</a></p>\n<p>Mastodon not supporting Webmention specification: <a href=\"https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/6074#issuecomment-378452136\">https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/6074#issuecomment-378452136</a></p>"
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Kevin Marks known.kevinmarks.com/profile/kevinmarks

{
    "type": "entry",
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    "url": "http://known.kevinmarks.com/2018/the-twitter-system-doesnt-recognize-that-its",
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        "text": "\u201cthe Twitter system doesn\u2019t recognize that it\u2019s encouraging people to follow additional extremist accounts, and Facebook\u2019s Groups engine doesn\u2019t understand why directing conspiracy theorists to new conspiracy communities is possibly a bad idea.\u201d https://www.wired.com/story/creating-ethical-recommendation-engines/ #Indieweb",
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Eddie Hinkle eddiehinkle.com

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    "summary": "An indie reader (I probably shouldn\u2019t have used caps. Haha) is an attempt at getting the Facebook/Twitter like experience into feed readers. So that one can control what content they read and yet enjoy the reply/like/save functionality that exists in modern social media. This page provides some additional info: https://indieweb.org/reader",
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        "text": "An indie reader (I probably shouldn\u2019t have used caps. Haha) is an attempt at getting the Facebook/Twitter like experience into feed readers. So that one can control what content they read and yet enjoy the reply/like/save functionality that exists in modern social media. This page provides some additional info:  https://indieweb.org/reader",
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Eddie Hinkle eddiehinkle.com

{
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    "summary": "I found that I have so many channels in my IndieReader that it was starting to create stress when I opened it. So I\u2019m testing out viewing only channels with new content. Eventually this will be a filter setting you can quickly switch back and forth between",
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        "text": "I found that I have so many channels in my IndieReader that it was starting to create stress when I opened it. So I\u2019m testing out viewing only channels with new content. Eventually this will be a filter setting you can quickly switch back and forth between"
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