Announcing indiebookclub

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        "text": "I\u2019m pleased to announce a new project I have been working on. indiebookclub is an app for keeping track of the books you are reading or want to read. It is primarily intended to help you own your data by posting directly to your own site with Micropub. If your site does not support Micropub yet, you can still post to your indiebookclub profile.\n\nI\u2019m keeping the functionality simple to start. You can select a read status of \u201cWant to read,\u201d \u201cCurrently reading,\u201d or \u201cFinished reading.\u201d Then enter the title, authors (optional), and ISBN (optional). All posts on indiebookclub are public. If you are using Micropub, your posts will be linked to the canonical copy on your site.\n\nI have no plans to make this a complex social network, but I might add some features to help discover new books, like a page of newly-added books. Each person has a profile which lists their posts and it includes the h-feed microformat, so you can subscribe to their posts in a feed reader. If you enter the ISBN, you can also click through to see other people\u2019s post for that book.\n\nI would love for you to try it out and let me know what you think. You can comment here or contact me. In the near future I will set up a Github repository for issue tracking and hopefully, eventually, to open source the code.\n\nBackground\n\nI have really enjoyed keeping track of the books I am reading and want to read on Goodreads. However, I\u2019m aware how easy it is for such a service to disappear as part of their \u201cincredible journey.\u201d As a result, I have been manually posting read posts on my site and syndicating a copy to Goodreads.\n\nPreviously I had tinkered with adding read posts to Aaron Parecki\u2019s Micropub client, Quill. I was getting a bit ahead of myself at the time, so that didn\u2019t work out (more on that). During IndieWebCamp Baltimore 2018, in a brief discussion with Marty McGuire, he commented that he will be more interested in read posts when there is \u201csome aggregator like indiebookclub dot biz.\u201d He was obviously joking about the domain name, but that has rarely stopped me before. The idea was planted in my mind and grew.\n\nI decided to use Aaron\u2019s other Micropub client, Teacup as the basis for indiebookclub. One thing I really like about Teacup is that it creates posts on your profile there, so even if your site does not support Micropub, you can start using it today. Later, when your site supports Micropub, you can import the posts to your site.\n\nMany thanks to Aaron Parecki for making the Quill and Teacup code open source. It made getting this started much easier! And thanks to Marty McGuire for the great domain name idea.",
        "html": "<p>I\u2019m pleased to announce a new project I have been working on. <a href=\"https://indiebookclub.biz\">indiebookclub</a> is an app for keeping track of the books you are reading or want to read. It is primarily intended to help you <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/own_your_data\">own your data</a> by posting directly to your own site with <a href=\"https://micropub.net\">Micropub</a>. If your site does not support Micropub yet, you can still post to your indiebookclub profile.</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019m keeping the functionality simple to start. You can select a <i>read status</i> of \u201cWant to read,\u201d \u201cCurrently reading,\u201d or \u201cFinished reading.\u201d Then enter the title, authors (optional), and ISBN (optional). All posts on indiebookclub are public. If you are using Micropub, your posts will be linked to the canonical copy on your site.</p>\n\n<p>I have no plans to make this a complex social network, but I might add some features to help discover new books, like a page of newly-added books. Each person has a profile which lists their posts and it includes the <a href=\"http://microformats.org/wiki/h-feed\">h-feed</a> microformat, so you can subscribe to their posts in a feed reader. If you enter the ISBN, you can also click through to see other people\u2019s post for that book.</p>\n\n<p>I would love for you to try it out and let me know what you think. You can comment here or <a href=\"https://gregorlove.com/contact/\">contact me</a>. In the near future I will set up a Github repository for issue tracking and hopefully, eventually, to open source the code.</p>\n\n<h2>Background</h2>\n\n<p>I have really enjoyed keeping track of the books I am reading and want to read on <a href=\"https://goodreads.com\">Goodreads</a>. However, I\u2019m aware how easy it is for such a service to disappear as part of their \u201c<a href=\"https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/\">incredible journey</a>.\u201d As a result, I have been manually posting <i><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/read\">read</a></i> posts on my site and syndicating a copy to Goodreads.</p>\n\n<p>Previously I had tinkered with adding read posts to <a class=\"h-card\" href=\"https://aaronparecki.com\">Aaron Parecki</a>\u2019s Micropub client, <a href=\"https://quill.p3k.io\">Quill</a>. I was getting a bit ahead of myself at the time, so that didn\u2019t work out (<a href=\"https://gregorlove.com/2017/12/my-project-for-todays-indiewebcamp/\">more on that</a>). During <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2018/Baltimore\">IndieWebCamp Baltimore 2018</a>, in a brief discussion with <a class=\"h-card\" href=\"https://martymcgui.re\">Marty McGuire</a>, he commented that he will be more interested in read posts when there is \u201csome aggregator like indiebookclub dot biz.\u201d He was obviously joking about the domain name, but that has rarely stopped me before. The idea was planted in my mind and grew.</p>\n\n<p>I decided to use Aaron\u2019s other Micropub client, <a href=\"https://teacup.p3k.io\">Teacup</a> as the basis for indiebookclub. One thing I really like about Teacup is that it creates posts on your profile there, so even if your site does not support Micropub, you can start using it today. Later, when your site supports Micropub, you can import the posts to your site.</p>\n\n<p>Many thanks to <a class=\"h-card\" href=\"https://aaronparecki.com\">Aaron Parecki</a> for making the Quill and Teacup code open source. It made getting this started much easier! And thanks to <a class=\"h-card\" href=\"https://martymcgui.re\">Marty McGuire</a> for the great domain name idea.</p>"
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Chris Aldrich stream.boffosocko.com/profile/chrisaldrich

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        "text": "@michael_nielsen @worrydream @gwern @pscaruffi\n\nTwo of my favorites are:\n@aaronpk: https://aaronparecki.com/\n@adactio: https://adactio.com/\n\nNot just for their content, but how they use them and the fantastic functionality they provide.\n#IndieWeb #commonplacebook",
        "html": "<a href=\"https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen\">@michael_nielsen</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/worrydream\">@worrydream</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/gwern\">@gwern</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/pscaruffi\">@pscaruffi</a><br />\nTwo of my favorites are:<br /><a href=\"https://twitter.com/aaronpk\">@aaronpk</a>: <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/\">https://aaronparecki.com/</a><br /><a href=\"https://twitter.com/adactio\">@adactio</a>: <a href=\"https://adactio.com/\">https://adactio.com/</a><br />\nNot just for their content, but how they use them and the fantastic functionality they provide.<br /><a href=\"http://stream.boffosocko.com/tag/IndieWeb\" class=\"p-category\">#IndieWeb</a> <a href=\"http://stream.boffosocko.com/tag/commonplacebook\" class=\"p-category\">#commonplacebook</a>"
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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    "content": {
        "text": "Surprise! I'm in NY! Meet me for a popup #indieweb meetup tonight at Hofbr\u00e4u Bierhaus near Grand Central! 7:30pm http://4sq.com/i9XQuQ",
        "html": "Surprise! I'm in NY! Meet me for a popup <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/tag/indieweb\">#indieweb</a> meetup tonight at Hofbr\u00e4u Bierhaus near Grand Central! 7:30pm <a href=\"http://4sq.com/i9XQuQ\">http://4sq.com/i9XQuQ</a>"
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Chris Aldrich stream.boffosocko.com/profile/chrisaldrich

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    "published": "2018-06-07T21:40:57+00:00",
    "url": "http://stream.boffosocko.com/2018/rodneymushero-physical-location-is-mentioned-here-open-domains-lab-im-not-sure",
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        "https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1004840692311646208"
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        "text": "@RodneyMushero Physical location is mentioned here: https://www.jadin.me/open-domains-lab/ I'm not sure if there's a virtual one set up (yet). If you'd like to interact directly to talk about what you're building or ask questions, there's a chat set up at: https://chat.indieweb.org/indieweb/",
        "html": "<a href=\"https://twitter.com/RodneyMushero\">@RodneyMushero</a> Physical location is mentioned here: <a href=\"https://www.jadin.me/open-domains-lab/\">https://www.jadin.me/open-domains-lab/</a> I'm not sure if there's a virtual one set up (yet). If you'd like to interact directly to talk about what you're building or ask questions, there's a chat set up at: <a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/indieweb/\">https://chat.indieweb.org/indieweb/</a>"
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Kevin Marks known.kevinmarks.com/profile/kevinmarks

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    "url": "http://known.kevinmarks.com/2018/as-predicted-facebook-uses-their-privacy-debacles",
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    "content": {
        "text": "As predicted, Facebook uses their privacy debacles as an excuse to lock out genuine data portability apps. https://snarfed.org/2018-06-07_turning-off-facebook-for-bridgy #Indieweb",
        "html": "As predicted, Facebook uses their privacy debacles as an excuse to lock out genuine data portability apps. <a href=\"https://snarfed.org/2018-06-07_turning-off-facebook-for-bridgy\">https://snarfed.org/2018-06-07_turning-off-facebook-for-bridgy</a> <a href=\"http://known.kevinmarks.com/tag/Indieweb\" class=\"p-category\">#Indieweb</a>"
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Grant Richmond grant.codes

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        "https://twitter.com/grantcodes/status/1004116732519337986",
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        "text": "About to try and sync all my browser bookmarks to my #indieweb site. Let's see if this works...",
        "html": "<p>About to try and sync all my browser bookmarks to my #indieweb site. Let's see if this works...<br /></p>"
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Ben Werdmüller werd.io/profile/benwerd

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        "text": "I love this!\n\n\nThere\u2019s one thing I disagree with in your list, and one from the original, that I think is worth unpicking:\n\n\n1. \u201cLearn a bit of HTML.\u201d I don\u2019t think that should be necessary; a world where anyone who publishes is using HTML isn\u2019t achievable or even necessarily desirable. And it creates a situation where people with technical skills have elite status over people that don\u2019t.\n\n\n2. \u201cMake tools for yourself.\u201d The premise is flawed. Made-up personas are certainly a bad idea, and creating software without having a user in mind is also terrible. But if we all just build for ourselves, the result is software for technical people. That\u2019s kind of boring, but also counter to the mission of the indieweb as I see it. Instead, I\u2019d propose: \u201cMake tools for real people you care about.\u201d That could be you; it could be your partner, or your family, or a community you want to support. It turns indieweb into an outward-facing, open endeavor instead of an introverted one, while staying true to the ideal of building for real people.",
        "html": "<br /><br />\nI love this!<br /><br />\nThere\u2019s one thing I disagree with in your list, and one from the original, that I think is worth unpicking:<br /><br />\n1. \u201cLearn a bit of HTML.\u201d I don\u2019t think that should be necessary; a world where anyone who publishes is using HTML isn\u2019t achievable or even necessarily desirable. And it creates a situation where people with technical skills have elite status over people that don\u2019t.<br /><br />\n2. \u201cMake tools for yourself.\u201d The premise is flawed. Made-up personas are certainly a bad idea, and creating software without having a user in mind is also terrible. But if we all just build for ourselves, the result is software for technical people. That\u2019s kind of boring, but also counter to the mission of the indieweb as I see it. Instead, I\u2019d propose: \u201cMake tools for real people you care about.\u201d That could be you; it could be your partner, or your family, or a community you want to support. It turns indieweb into an outward-facing, open endeavor instead of an introverted one, while staying true to the ideal of building for real people."
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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    "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2018/06/thanks-for-sharing-indieweb/",
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        "text": "Thanks for sharing indieweb.org. We have the IndieWeb Summit coming up June 26-27 in Portland if you'd like to join! https://2018.indieweb.org",
        "html": "<p>Thanks for sharing <a href=\"https://indieweb.org\">indieweb.org</a>. We have the IndieWeb Summit coming up June 26-27 in Portland if you'd like to join! <a href=\"https://2018.indieweb.org\">https://2018.indieweb.org</a></p>"
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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    "in-reply-to": [
        "https://twitter.com/DIYMidwest/status/1003735340086153216"
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    "content": {
        "text": "I have been to quite a few IndieWeb events and I\u2019ve not witnessed any corporate direction or intervention. It\u2019s a legit BarCamp-style event. Check out the community principles, which I think you\u2019ll find agreeable: https://indieweb.org/principles",
        "html": "<p>I have been to quite a few IndieWeb events and I\u2019ve not witnessed any corporate direction or intervention. It\u2019s a legit BarCamp-style event. Check out the community principles, which I think you\u2019ll find agreeable: <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/principles\">https://indieweb.org/principles</a></p>"
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                "text": "I just don\u2019t like corporate sponsors of any kind for an indie establishment of any kind, it instantly ruins it for me"
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        "text": "Brendan Dawes - Holding the Door Open for Others\n\n\n\n\n  I continue to write stuff down on my little corner of the Web (does it have corners?) and I encourage you to do the same, as all these little bits of flotsam and jetsam become something a lot lot bigger.",
        "html": "<h3>\n<a class=\"p-name u-bookmark-of\" href=\"http://brendandawes.com/blog/holdingthedooropen\">\nBrendan Dawes - Holding the Door Open for Others\n</a>\n</h3>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>I continue to write stuff down on my little corner of the Web (does it have corners?) and I encourage you to do the same, as all these little bits of flotsam and jetsam become something a lot lot bigger.</p>\n</blockquote>"
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Kevin Marks known.kevinmarks.com/profile/kevinmarks

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        "text": "This Rocket podcast where @film_girl and @Spacekatgal interview @ethomson (Microsoft's ex-github PM for version control and @libgit2 lead) is great context for today's big news about $MSFT buying @github http://relay.fm/rocket/174",
        "html": "This Rocket podcast where @film_girl and @Spacekatgal interview @ethomson (Microsoft's ex-github PM for version control and @libgit2 lead) is great context for today's big news about $MSFT buying @github <a href=\"http://relay.fm/rocket/174\">http://relay.fm/rocket/174</a>"
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Kevin Marks known.kevinmarks.com/profile/kevinmarks

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    "syndication": [
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    "content": {
        "text": "Wait, @Twitter cannot separate content created before and after the user was 13? Seems like a straightforward condition to me, given that every tweet has a timestamp. Mind you, tweets from the first 3 years get exported with time set to midnight. #Indieweb",
        "html": "Wait, @Twitter cannot separate content created before and after the user was 13? Seems like a straightforward condition to me, given that every tweet has a timestamp. Mind you, tweets from the first 3 years get exported with time set to midnight. <a href=\"http://known.kevinmarks.com/tag/Indieweb\" class=\"p-category\">#Indieweb</a>"
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

Improving the HTML type="url" Field

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    "published": "2018-06-03T07:50:17-07:00",
    "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/2018/06/03/4/url-form-field",
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    "name": "Improving the HTML type=\"url\" Field",
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        "text": "Using the HTML <input type=\"url\"> field is normally a good idea when you're asking the user to enter a URL. It doesn't make a huge difference on desktop browsers, but makes it a lot easier on mobile browsers. On iOS, when you've focused on a URL input field, the keyboard switches to a slightly different layout with different keys optimized for entering URLs.\n\nThe URL type keyboard on iOS provides easy access to special characters used in URLs.This is great for things like web sign-in where you're asking the user to enter their domain name to sign in. However, for some reason, browsers have implemented the URL validation a bit too strictly. If you don't enter a URL scheme, you'll get an error like the below if you try to submit the form.\n\nThis is pretty irritating because it forces the user to enter the URL scheme http:// or https://, which ironically on the special iOS URL keyboard, requires tapping the \"123\" button in order to get to the screen to type the \":\" character. It would be nice if the URL field accepted plain domain names and defaulted to http://.\n\nI wrote a bit of JavaScript that will prepend http:// to the value of any <input type=\"url\"> form fields on blur.\n\n<script>\n  /* add http:// to URL fields on blur */\n  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {\n    // Find all type=url fields\n    var elements = document.querySelectorAll(\"input[type=url]\");\n    Array.prototype.forEach.call(elements, function(el, i){\n      el.addEventListener(\"blur\", function(e){ // on blur\n        // Only modify if the field doesn't match http: or https:\n        // and also only if it contains a dot\n        if(e.target.value.match(/^(?!https?:).+\\..+/)) {\n          e.target.value = \"http://\"+e.target.value;\n        }\n      });\n    });\n  });\n</script>\n\n\nI wish browsers would implement this themselves, but in the mean time you can use this bit of JS to provide a bit better user experience when asking your users for URLs.",
        "html": "<p>Using the HTML <code>&lt;input type=\"url\"&gt;</code> field is normally a good idea when you're asking the user to enter a URL. It doesn't make a huge difference on desktop browsers, but makes it a lot easier on mobile browsers. On iOS, when you've focused on a URL input field, the keyboard switches to a slightly different layout with different keys optimized for entering URLs.</p>\n\n<img src=\"https://aperture-media.p3k.io/aaronparecki.com/4aac9c0317eeabfbeba97e4e6091d19ffb815bf4b8a08790c68dac47e2231632.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-height:550px;\" />The URL type keyboard on iOS provides easy access to special characters used in URLs.<p>This is great for things like <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/web_sign-in\">web sign-in</a> where you're asking the user to enter their domain name to sign in. However, for some reason, browsers have implemented the URL validation a bit too strictly. If you don't enter a URL scheme, you'll get an error like the below if you try to submit the form.</p>\n\n<img src=\"https://aperture-media.p3k.io/aaronparecki.com/f592f25e187293ba2303685f1433014faa906a9e55cd05bdd9859c6b77a62877.png\" alt=\"\" /><p>This is pretty irritating because it forces the user to enter the URL scheme <code>http://</code> or <code>https://</code>, which ironically on the special iOS URL keyboard, requires tapping the \"123\" button in order to get to the screen to type the \":\" character. It would be nice if the URL field accepted plain domain names and defaulted to <code>http://</code>.</p>\n\n<p>I wrote a bit of JavaScript that will prepend <code>http://</code> to the value of any <code>&lt;input type=\"url\"&gt;</code> form fields on blur.</p>\n\n<pre><code>&lt;script&gt;\n  /* add http:// to URL fields on blur */\n  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {\n    // Find all type=url fields\n    var elements = document.querySelectorAll(\"input[type=url]\");\n    Array.prototype.forEach.call(elements, function(el, i){\n      el.addEventListener(\"blur\", function(e){ // on blur\n        // Only modify if the field doesn't match http: or https:\n        // and also only if it contains a dot\n        if(e.target.value.match(/^(?!https?:).+\\..+/)) {\n          e.target.value = \"http://\"+e.target.value;\n        }\n      });\n    });\n  });\n&lt;/script&gt;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I wish browsers would implement this themselves, but in the mean time you can use this bit of JS to provide a bit better user experience when asking your users for URLs.</p>"
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IndieWeb Update

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    "url": "https://islandinthenet.com/indieweb-update/",
    "published": "2018-06-03T13:01:44+00:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "Replied to <a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/2018/05/31/reads-listens-watches-and-editable-webmention-types-and-avatars-in-indieweb-wordpress-suite/\">Reads, Listens, Watches, and Editable Webmention Types and Avatars in the IndieWeb WordPress Suite</a> by <a href=\"http://www.boffosocko.com/\"><img src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=49&amp;d=mm&amp;r=pg\" alt=\"Chris Aldrich\" />Chris Aldrich</a><em> (Chris Aldrich | BoffoSocko)</em>\n<blockquote>Recently David Shanske and I started a podcast, and he thought it would be useful if his site could accept listen to posts and show them visually within his comments section just like these replies, bookmarks, and mentions. Thus over the past month, he\u2019s added code to the Semantic Linkbacks Plugin to add the functionality for these types of posts to properly render showing facepiles for listens, reads, and watches.</blockquote>\n\nBesides website security, making sure I get the latest features of the IndieWeb WordPress Suite is why I have my WordPress plugins set to auto-update. I am using the entire IndieWeb WordPress Suite. I love the new features!",
        "text": "Replied to Reads, Listens, Watches, and Editable Webmention Types and Avatars in the IndieWeb WordPress Suite by Chris Aldrich (Chris Aldrich | BoffoSocko)\nRecently David Shanske and I started a podcast, and he thought it would be useful if his site could accept listen to posts and show them visually within his comments section just like these replies, bookmarks, and mentions. Thus over the past month, he\u2019s added code to the Semantic Linkbacks Plugin to add the functionality for these types of posts to properly render showing facepiles for listens, reads, and watches.\n\nBesides website security, making sure I get the latest features of the IndieWeb WordPress Suite is why I have my WordPress plugins set to auto-update. I am using the entire IndieWeb WordPress Suite. I love the new features!"
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An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 4 “Webmentions and Privacy”

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    "url": "https://islandinthenet.com/indieweb-podcast-episode-4-webmentions-privacy/",
    "published": "2018-06-03T12:19:51+00:00",
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        "html": "Listened <a href=\"https://david.shanske.com/2018/05/08/an-indieweb-podcast-episode-4-webmentions-and-privacy/\">An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 4 \u2013 Webmentions and Privacy</a> by <a href=\"https://david.shanske.com/\"><img src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/681eba02e72ba1d894097034a8110e61?s=125&amp;d=default&amp;r=g\" alt=\"David Shanske\" />David Shanske</a> from <em>David Shanske</em>\n<blockquote>This week, Chris Aldrich and I got together a bit late\u2026so I was a bit more quiet than normal.\nWith the GDPR regulations coming into effect in Europe May 25th, privacy seems to be on everyone\u2019s mind. This week, we tackle what webmentions are, using them for backfeed, and the privacy implications....</blockquote>\n\nI listened to (and enjoyed) the podcast last weekend but never got around to responding with a <em>Listen</em> Webmention to test the feature.",
        "text": "Listened An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 4 \u2013 Webmentions and Privacy by David Shanske from David Shanske\nThis week, Chris Aldrich and I got together a bit late\u2026so I was a bit more quiet than normal.\nWith the GDPR regulations coming into effect in Europe May 25th, privacy seems to be on everyone\u2019s mind. This week, we tackle what webmentions are, using them for backfeed, and the privacy implications....\n\nI listened to (and enjoyed) the podcast last weekend but never got around to responding with a Listen Webmention to test the feature."
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2018-06-02T20:19:09-07:00",
    "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/2018/06/02/15/indielogin",
    "category": [
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        "indieauth",
        "indieweb"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Just finished beta support for email and PGP auth on https://indielogin.com! Please give it a try and let me know if you find any bugs! Here are the setup docs: https://indielogin.com/setup\n\nThis means it's now feature complete with https://indieauth.com, so I can now start switching over my apps to use it. With any luck I'll be able to switch the https://indieweb.org wiki to it before IndieWeb Summit!",
        "html": "Just finished beta support for email and PGP auth on <a href=\"https://indielogin.com\">https://indielogin.com</a>! Please give it a try and let me know if you find any bugs! Here are the setup docs: <a href=\"https://indielogin.com/setup\">https://indielogin.com/setup</a><br /><br />This means it's now feature complete with <a href=\"https://indieauth.com\">https://indieauth.com</a>, so I can now start switching over my apps to use it. With any luck I'll be able to switch the <a href=\"https://indieweb.org\">https://indieweb.org</a> wiki to it before IndieWeb Summit!"
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    "author": {
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        "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2018-06-02T16:56:56-04:00",
    "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2018/06/02/165656/",
    "category": [
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    "content": {
        "text": "I had the streaming bug, today, so I made a couple of videos of writing the script for, and recording, this week\u2019s This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition.\nDirect Link: Script writing for This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition\nDirect Link: Recording This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition",
        "html": "<p>I had the streaming bug, today, so I made a couple of videos of writing the script for, and recording, this week\u2019s <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/2018/06/02/162341/\">This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition</a>.</p>\n<p>Direct Link: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/8Np5xPzEffU\">Script writing for This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition</a></p>\n<p>Direct Link: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/80dK5HnHu7o\">Recording This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition</a></p>"
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition • May 26th - June 1st, 2018

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    "published": "2018-06-02T16:23:41-04:00",
    "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2018/06/02/162341/",
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    "name": "This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition \u2022 May 26th - June 1st, 2018",
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        "text": "Show/Hide Transcript  \n            \n            Replacing Facebook with newsletters, \u201cTaking Back the Web\u201d, and privacy-preserving maps. It\u2019s the audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for May 26th - June 1st, 2018.\n\nYou can find all of my audio editions and subscribe with your favorite podcast app here: martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/.\n\nMusic from Aaron Parecki\u2019s 100DaysOfMusic project: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11\n\nThanks to everyone in the IndieWeb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you\u2019d like to see for this audio edition!",
        "html": "Show/Hide Transcript  \n            \n            <p>Replacing Facebook with newsletters, \u201cTaking Back the Web\u201d, and privacy-preserving maps. It\u2019s the audio edition for <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/this-week/2018-06-01.html\">This Week in the IndieWeb for May 26th - June 1st, 2018</a>.</p>\n\n<p>You can find all of my audio editions and subscribe with your favorite podcast app here: <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/\">martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Music from <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/\">Aaron Parecki</a>\u2019s <a href=\"https://100.aaronparecki.com/\">100DaysOfMusic project</a>: <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/03/15/14/day85\">Day 85 - Suit</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/06/7/day48\">Day 48 - Glitch</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/07/4/day49\">Day 49 - Floating</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/29/21/day-9\">Day 9</a>, and <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/31/15/\">Day 11</a></p>\n\n<p>Thanks to everyone in the <a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb chat</a> for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you\u2019d like to see for this audio edition!</p>"
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Eddie Hinkle eddiehinkle.com

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    "published": "2018-06-01T20:32:57-04:00",
    "summary": "Lol I totally need to get automated webmentions sent up because I think this is the second or third time you\u2019ve seen a post that mentions or replies to you before I get around to actually sending the webmentions for them, lol!",
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        "text": "Lol I totally need to get automated webmentions sent up because I think this is the second or third time you\u2019ve seen a post that mentions or replies to you before I get around to actually sending the webmentions for them, lol!",
        "html": "<p>Lol I totally need to get automated webmentions sent up because I think this is the second or third time you\u2019ve seen a post that mentions or replies to you before I get around to actually sending the webmentions for them, lol!</p>"
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Eddie Hinkle eddiehinkle.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2018-06-01T13:31:07-04:00",
    "summary": "I really enjoyed this, Greg. I like how simple and approachable it sounds.\n@aaronpk, I definitely think these should be looked at during the Leaders Summit. I think some modifications to the Principles similar to what Greg has written could be super beneficial.",
    "url": "https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/06/01/6/reply/",
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        "text": "I really enjoyed this, Greg. I like how simple and approachable it sounds.\n\n@aaronpk, I definitely think these should be looked at during the Leaders Summit. I think some modifications to the Principles similar to what Greg has written could be super beneficial.",
        "html": "<p>I really enjoyed this, Greg. I like how simple and approachable it sounds.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com\">@aaronpk</a>, I definitely think these should be looked at during the Leaders Summit. I think some modifications to the Principles similar to what Greg has written could be super beneficial.</p>"
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