I find myself thinking about writing more than usual at the moment. This is partially because I am inspired by more people sharing their own thoughts and stories, but also because I want to record how I’m feeling, and what’s happening on a day-to-day basis.
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.
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
Jeremy is right. Writing helps. I feel better already.
See?
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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/
Np! Would you mind updating https://events.indieweb.org/2020/03/homebrew-website-club-barnsley-hGOqaDqcyIPP to at least say it's going to be Online? See https://events.indieweb.org/2020/03/online-homebrew-website-club-london-DNdVXaId2jig for an example