Thirteen years ago today I blogged about Google launching Open Social, an API that would allow developers to tap into multiple social networks at once. It was supposed to be an answer to Facebook (who then had opened up their platform silo for developers to build small applications (since removed as...
Reminder that it's the last #Hacktoberfest themed #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham tomorrow! I hope to see you there at 1730 for some Open Source or website stuff! https://events.indieweb.org/2020/10/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-hacktoberfest-edition--2BrVspWn4jPt
My kitty is guarding my workspace whenever I’m not sitting in my chair! #catsofindieweb
Not much #Hacktoberfest at tonight's #HomebrewWebsiteClub but I did manage to almost get my auto-configuring #Micropub editor set up so it'll provide me a way to create content for any posts that are supported on my site! This uses q=post-types and works really nicely, from some limited local testing
Reminder that it's a #Hacktoberfest themed #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham tomorrow! I hope to see you there at 1730 for some #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource work! https://events.indieweb.org/2020/10/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-hacktoberfest-edition--UHGfScpJfzyp
Like, I want:
Lwa to have a solid Web (centralized and not) presence. I’d love for it to a fusion of something like Lighthouse, Superfeedr and itself with a native mobile app that can be used to experiment on additions to things like Micropub and Microsub in one spot. Initially, I wanted to make everything granular but it’s just generally easier to avoid heavy context switching if I just smash it together for now with a sense of concern separation.
Koype to get to micro.blog’s level. I made a random statement to Manton that I’ll have Koype Hub up and running as a “competitor” (I like testy comrade better, lol). That would be a combination of both Lwa working in tip top shape and Koype Hub so one can just “register” and it’ll provision them with some sane defaults.
The more I think about it, I want to make open and flexible forms of something like Wordpress and Tumblr in one place.
I really need to just focus on the things that ‘serve’ (interest) me and those around it. I feel like I was slacking this year regarding IndieWeb/fedi/p2p stuff and I’m just a bit grumpy about progress.
I think I figured out how to bridge something like SSB into the IndieWeb. In short, a n-count hub, one for each user, that handles the work of following and subscribing to people in the space as well as handling messages from the IndieWeb into the SSB space.
I have ideas on how this might work. I need to sit down and finish what I have built for the fusion of Lwa and Lighthouse so I can make this simple. The goal, by the way, with the new Lwa is to take all of the logic for Webmentions and fold it into that service. That way, people can get a in-built reader for their mentions. I might aim to handle authorization of feeds as well. Perhaps also a button to handle registration with things like Twitter and Mastodon via Bridgy.
The “Adjust CSS” slider on this delightful homepage is an effective (and cute) illustration of progressive enhancement in action.