Why a centralized Microsub server might be a good idea

Tom Critchlow’s blog

"We [social movements] have to be able to find each other in different ways. It can’t all be dependent on corporate information services that can be shutdown." @NaomiAKlein

#TalksForFuture w/ @GretaThunberg & @DiarmidCL #ClimateAction #COVID19 #indieweb
#TalksForFuture #ClimateAction #COVID19 #indieweb

Let a website be a worry stone

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.

#writing #sharing #personal #indieweb #blogging #covid-19 #coronavirus
“We cannot rely on corporate platforms to facilitate our communications in a general strike” — @NaomiAKlein

Be your own platform. Get a web dev to set this up for your next broadcast: https://aaronparecki.com/2016/11/19/15/self-hosted-facebook-live

cc: #indieweb @haymarketbooks @astradisastra @KeeangaYamahtta @liarosemusic

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

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