Let a website be a worry stone. — Ethan Marcotte

It was a few years before I realized that worry stones had a name, that they were borrowed from cultures other and older than mine. Heck, it’s been more than a few years since I’ve even held one. But in the last few weeks, before and after launching the redesign, I’ve kept working away at this website, much as I’d distractedly run my fingers over a smooth, flat stone.

#indieweb #websites #redesigns #worrystones #personal #performance #frontend #development #darkmode
went to tonight’s ONLINE: Homebrew Website Club West Coast where we discussed how we could improve https://indiewebify.me/ including helping people who just want to Get Started: https://indieweb.org/start using a service or CMS without worrying about code.

We talked about some improvements to indiewebify.me during tonight’s IndieWeb meetup. I think we landed on the idea that it is primarily a tool for developers, since it involves instructing people to change HTML. We discussed possibly changing it from a numbered list (or levels) to more of a “Choose Your Own Adventure” format.

“indiewebify.me is still very 2015 indieweb”Tantek

As a first small step, I wanted to propose that we change the messaging so it’s clear it’s intended for developers and add some prominent links (perhaps in a top bar?) to other indieweb resources if you’re not a developer, like the getting started page. Since indiewebify.me can be some people’s first exposure to the indieweb, I think it is important that we don’t give the impression that indieweb = you have to be a developer. We should provide clear, inviting calls to action for non-developers.

Since it is largely a set of validators, I wonder if that should be part of the messaging, too. Something like “IndieWebify.me: indieweb validators for developers”?

What are your thoughts?

Currently discussing how to position getting in the IndieWeb during the online Homebrew Website Meetup (we do this online now for the entire West Coast!)

https://events.indieweb.org/2020/03/online-homebrew-website-club-west-coast-5CZGhYbdcga1

Scatternotes - QuirksBlog

Jeremy is right. Writing helps. I feel better already.

See?

#writing #sharing #personal #indieweb #blogging #covid-19 #coronavirus

Laura Kalbag – How to read RSS in 2020

RSS: now more than ever!

You get to choose what you subscribe to in your feed reader, and the order in which the posts show up. You might prefer to read the oldest posts first, or the newest. You might group your feeds by topic or another priority. You are not subjected to the “algorithmic feed” of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, where they choose the order for you.

#rss #indieweb #readers #feedbin #netnewswire #blogs #blogging #reading #syndication #feeds

Updated M.b API for draft posts

Outlet

#blogs #blogging #journals #indieweb #maintenance #personal #websites #covid-19 #coronavirus #tinkering

Not only in my bio, but marked up in a machine-parseable way on my website 🙌🏼 https://www.jvt.me/posts/2019/04/10/pronouns-microformats/

Weekly Roundup 2020 #2

all the #IndieWeb meetups went online this week! so cool! Thanks @zoom_us! https://twitter.com/indiewebcamp/status/1241126135473168384
#IndieWeb #indiewebcamp #indieweb

IndieWeb NYC (aka Virtual HWC US East) Meetup 2020-03-18 Wrap-Up

#IndieWeb #meetup #HWC #NYC #virtual #vHWC #wrap-up

Long or Short Posts? That's The Question

Long or Short Posts? That's The Question

If you go for Zoom, there are official IndieWeb Zoom accounts that should be usable 👍🏽

going to the Online Homebrew Website Club: West Coast Edition happening now on Zoom!

Join us: https://zoom.us/j/741353943

RSVP if you like: https://events.indieweb.org/2020/03/online-homebrew-website-club-west-coast-bSBT0ZceMIHo

#indieweb #openweb #online #onlinehwc
#indieweb #openweb #online #onlinehwc

Reminder: Homebrew Website Club San Diego and San Francisco are online tonight at 6pm Pacific. Join us if you're interested in creating or updating your personal website!

Check the event page 15 minutes before for the Zoom link:
https://events.indieweb.org/2020/03/online-homebrew-website-club-west-coast-bSBT0ZceMIHo

Words first

RSVPed: Attending ONLINE: Homebrew Website Club London
Now Online Only Out of an abundance of caution regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus), we have decided to switch all London meetups to online-only for the foreseeable future. We will provide a Zoom video conference link 20 minutes before the meetup here and in the IndieWeb chat. Homebrew Website Club is a...
One of the perks of events moving online for the foreseeable future, is that I can attend HWC London again!