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#Introduction

Hi, I'm Bob. AKA 0x3b0b or 3b0b (both of which I also pronounce Bob) since shortly after #defcon in 2021; I use the (UTF codepoint 3B0B) ideograph in a lot of places to continue the theme because that's the kind of sense of humor I have. (I haven't found any indication of it being offensive - it apparently means "name of a star" which I think is pretty cool.)

I've been in #softwaredevelopment professionally since 2005. The interest started with a Commodore 64 when my age was in single digits, but I wasn't one of those prodigies writing full-fledged programs as a kid; prior to high school I only dabbled.

I'm a #ttrpg nerd; #discgolf player; #symphonicmetal, #sciencefiction and #fantasy fan; and dabbler in #infosec and #devsecops, as an extension of an interest in #devops acquired as a programmer. I've been meaning to get into #ActivityPub and #IndieWeb for years now and I'm finally getting around to it - I've got an article in the works about why (and why now), and about how I'm setting it up. I look forward to seeing how wrong I manage to get it.

My website is running microblog.pub, which means it can act as a citizen of both the Indieweb and the Fediverse; but I'm running the dev version, and I'm not sure what it can and can't do, so I will be experimenting with how to use it in combination with other services and my Disroot account. While I'm working on that, content may or may not be syndicated, and likes/replies/etc. on syndicated content may or may not be backfed to my site.

I’m bringing TWITIWAE back! It’s your < 10min update on the #IndieWeb community!

This Week in the IndieWeb audio edition for December 3rd - 9th, 2022. https://martymcgui.re/2022/12/10/this-week-in-the-indieweb-audio-edition--december-3rd-9th-2022/

This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition • December 3rd-9th, 2022

#podcast #IndieWeb #this-week-indieweb-podcast

@shoq @jeffjarvis @mmasnick @davetroy @dangillmor @stux @tchambers @cgerrish
1. Yes - I am in a lot of slacks regularly, and some discord too, and some WhatsApp and a telegram.
2. I co-moderate the indieweb chat.
3. Chat is good for discussion and bad for reference. Email is bad at both. The way we square the circle in #IndieWeb is to have an associated wiki to document things that can be referred to, and a bit that couples between the chat and the wiki to make that easier and more useful.

Playing with ActivityPub

And that's it. A failure for the #openWeb and the #indieWeb to gain traction reduces the opportunity for innovation in a vicious circle that ends up affecting not only the ones that (wrongly) couldn't care less about it, but also the ones that do. The wane in #Mastodon's growth isn't something to despair about, but it isn't anything to celebrate either.

/EOT

Are there any #WordPress or #IndieWeb heads who can help me out? Site Health is saying the authorization header was not returned, even though I added the requisite line (the second one, actually) to my .htaccess file ages ago. Is this a ‘talk to my host’ issue?

Does anyone have recommendations for open-source self-hosted web-based photo gallery software that can be secured behind some kind of authentication & authorization mechanism? i.e. I'd like to be able to share specific groups of photos with specific people.

#opensource #selfhosting #photo #photography #gallery #authentication #authorization #indieweb

This essay is timely with the reawakening of the web as #IndieWeb and the #fediverse. We see it in the blank incomprehension of those used to the silos of adtech hegemony when confronted by an actual complex distributed structure and how it responds to their appeals to authority or conspiracy theories.

ugh... I'd noticed the change in behavior for following links to posts and profiles *within* the web app on #Mastdodon 4, but I hadn't looked to see that the *actual* post and profile web pages do not actually contain the post or profile content, just JavaScript and the metadata to load it.

https://snarfed.org/2022-12-03_48181

In essense, Mastodon profiles and posts are no longer actually interoperable parts of the web. Or as #indieweb puts it: #jsdr

Likewise, I wonder about adding ?utm_source=indieweb to my outgoing #indieweb website links. One domain is a single referrer that shows up in logs; if a bunch of us do that, it's clear that it's a movement.

@albinanigans signing into things with a URL that is your own is a good idea, but OpenID drifted from that into a mess of confusing specs, and got deprecated. OAuth solves the same broad goal, but also drifted a bit so that it ends up being different for each provider.
IndieAuth is an OAuth based model for doing what OpenID originally did. https://indieweb.org/Indieauth #IndieWeb

Tried to have a conversation with a caller regarding my technical background... he of course, wasn't up for hearing how I first entered the server admin sector around ten years ago, now, so while I'm not as seasoned as some of my fellow builders in the #Indieweb community, I'm getting a little time on me now. And with the fast pace of tech these days, that isn't always such a good thing.

For today's #followfriday I'd like y'all to check out @lonseidman.

Lon has been one of my favorite #technology reviewers for over 10 years and he specializes in showcasing inexpensive and useful technology that the masses may not now about yet. Brilliant man, great content and extremely personable. He also just showed up to the #fediverse recently so check it him out!

#indieweb is also https://blog.lon.tv

How many #Indieweb folks would be interested in working on such an open source undertaking? I can think of possibly one person; they go by Saphire on IRC. Any others?

I wanted to change my #IndieWeb u-photo but I can't since it has spread to god-knows-where. Great system.
I have stopped processing and displaying pictures of others regardless of their (implicit) consent. And no, brid.gy does not equal giving consent.

I read a bunch of articles "import your masto toots into WHATEVERFASHIONABLE blog tool" because of PESOS.

every #mastodon account has a built in rss feed (just add .rss to the account‘s page like https://masto.futbol/@oldschooldev.rss) and you can use every existing plugin to import a rss feed. #indieweb

#Elk is already a great user experience. This will be am important piece of the #Indieweb and #fediverse ecosystem, to have a client that looks and feels modern and is nice to use.

@m2m I suppose so! I logged on but didn't do a particular thing, as far as I remember, but things are running quite nicely. Are you telling me it's as simple as logging in? If so, that's the most straight-forward accomplishment I've had with the #IndieWeb so far. 🥳