IndieWeb

Jeremy Keith adactio.com

20 years of blogging

December 30, 2022 10:25pm +00:00

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        "html": "<img src=\"https://duncanstephen.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20-years-blogging.png\" alt=\"20 RSS icons laid out across three rows, representing the three different decades I have been blogging through\" /><p>Today marks the 20th anniversary of my first blog post.</p>\n<p>My first blog post was a typically cringe first post on a new platform. Here it is quoted in full:</p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Hello there. Trying to get to grips with this Blogger stuff. I think I\u2019ve got it now. Anyway, this all should be added to the main page very shortly, so look out.\n</p></blockquote>\n<p>That provides a clue to the fact that I was already publishing webpages on Geocities (before that, I even used Angelfire). 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This garnered a fair bit of attention, including some media appearances.</p>\n<p>As strange as it might seem now, this all essentially led me to my first \u201cproper\u201d job, as a web editor at the University of St Andrews. I had an economics and politics degree from the University of Edinburgh, but it was my hobby as a blogger that drove the initial steps of my career.</p>\n<p>I won\u2019t give a full history of my blogging. <a href=\"https://duncanstephen.net/hello-again-world/\">I covered the first ten years, ten years ago</a>. At that time, I was ushering in a new era of blogging, beginning to publish under my own name rather than a pseudonym (of which I\u2019d used a few).</p>\n<p>I was also adapting to the reality of juggling adult responsibilities with this teenage hobby. Once I had a job and my own home, I did not have the time to look after my blog properly \u2014 and this was several years before I had a child or even met my partner. But I persevered at blogging when I could, because it was still occasionally useful, and it meant so much to me.</p>\n<p>Whenever I have formally put my blog on hiatus, I have felt like a part of me has been missing. I do often have things to say, so having an outlet to publish on is important to me, even if I rarely have the time to actually write the content any more.</p>\n<h3>20 years of technology changes</h3>\n<p>20 years is a long time in internet terms. My blog is now as old as the Commodore 64 was when I started it. The past two decades have seen many changes in the way people communicate with each other online.</p>\n<p>Blogging has long since declined from its mid-noughties peak. We\u2019ve seen the rise and fall of MySpace and Flickr, Facebook and Twitter. Medium has parked its bloated bottom where a blossoming blogosphere once was. Video-centric and disappearing content formats like Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok have made the idea of keeping a permanent archive of words seem passe.</p>\n<h3>Today\u2019s publishing opportunity</h3>\n<p>Online publishing is having another moment <em>right now</em>. The <a href=\"https://duncanstephen.net/one-twit-can-make-a-service-a-dodo/\">new Twitter CEO\u2019s mishandling of a service</a> that accelerated the death of blogging, and that many have held close to their hearts for 15 years, has led people to ask: What now?</p>\n<p>Some are flocking to <a href=\"https://joinmastodon.org/\">Mastodon</a>, the most visible piece of software to use a set of interconnected protocols enabling a more decentralised approach to online publishing. A related concept is the <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb</a>.</p>\n<p>As things stand today these approaches are far from perfect. The barriers to entry are far too high for them to be as inclusive as they need to be.</p>\n<p>Some people, including <a href=\"https://chriscoyier.net/2022/12/26/bring-back-blogging/\">Chris Coyier</a> and <a href=\"https://billhunt.dev/blog/2022/11/28/weaving-the-web/\">Bill Hunt</a> want to <a href=\"https://bringback.blog/\">bring back blogging</a>. I would love that, even if I find it unlikely given two decades\u2019 worth of change.</p>\n<p>There are also prominent people who think <a href=\"http://scripting.com/2022/11/16.html\">this is the moment for RSS</a>, the technology that enabled bloggers to read each others\u2019 blogs. Maybe there is something in that.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS\">RSS</a> was often derided for being somehow hard for people to understand. That was a self-fulfilling prophecy. The format itself is no harder to understand than HTML. But major vendors didn\u2019t take it to heart, so didn\u2019t do the hard work to make it simple. RSS took a massive hit when Google pulled the plug on Google Reader.</p>\n<p>Despite that, RSS never went away. Today it is what enables countless millions of people to subscribe to podcasts \u2014 even if they know nothing about RSS. That\u2019s because podcast app vendors made it easy. So it is possible.</p>\n<p>This moment offers an opportunity to rethink communication in a post-social media world. Building on existing technologies, we can create a publishing ecosystem that enables people rather than media companies, tech giants and advertisers. This would be closer to the original ideals of world wide web that have steadily been lost.</p>\n<h3>20 years of evolving purposes</h3>\n<p>Aside from the technology changes, 20 years of blogging has inevitably involved change as my life has progressed.</p>\n<p>What started off as a hobby gradually became a showcase for my professional abilities, and then a core tool for my career.</p>\n<p>Moreover, the amount of time I can dedicate to it has steadily decreased. Now I have a demanding job and a toddler to look after, I have almost no time.</p>\n<p>I have experimented with different approaches. A few years ago I reconfigured the blog so that I could post Twitter-style microblog posts, Instagram-style photos, and so on. 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This garnered a fair bit of attention, including some media appearances.\nAs strange as it might seem now, this all essentially led me to my first \u201cproper\u201d job, as a web editor at the University of St Andrews. I had an economics and politics degree from the University of Edinburgh, but it was my hobby as a blogger that drove the initial steps of my career.\nI won\u2019t give a full history of my blogging. I covered the first ten years, ten years ago. At that time, I was ushering in a new era of blogging, beginning to publish under my own name rather than a pseudonym (of which I\u2019d used a few).\nI was also adapting to the reality of juggling adult responsibilities with this teenage hobby. Once I had a job and my own home, I did not have the time to look after my blog properly \u2014 and this was several years before I had a child or even met my partner. 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Video-centric and disappearing content formats like Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok have made the idea of keeping a permanent archive of words seem passe.\nToday\u2019s publishing opportunity\nOnline publishing is having another moment right now. The new Twitter CEO\u2019s mishandling of a service that accelerated the death of blogging, and that many have held close to their hearts for 15 years, has led people to ask: What now?\nSome are flocking to Mastodon, the most visible piece of software to use a set of interconnected protocols enabling a more decentralised approach to online publishing. A related concept is the IndieWeb.\nAs things stand today these approaches are far from perfect. The barriers to entry are far too high for them to be as inclusive as they need to be.\nSome people, including Chris Coyier and Bill Hunt want to bring back blogging. I would love that, even if I find it unlikely given two decades\u2019 worth of change.\nThere are also prominent people who think this is the moment for RSS, the technology that enabled bloggers to read each others\u2019 blogs. Maybe there is something in that.\nRSS was often derided for being somehow hard for people to understand. That was a self-fulfilling prophecy. The format itself is no harder to understand than HTML. But major vendors didn\u2019t take it to heart, so didn\u2019t do the hard work to make it simple. RSS took a massive hit when Google pulled the plug on Google Reader.\nDespite that, RSS never went away. Today it is what enables countless millions of people to subscribe to podcasts \u2014 even if they know nothing about RSS. That\u2019s because podcast app vendors made it easy. So it is possible.\nThis moment offers an opportunity to rethink communication in a post-social media world. Building on existing technologies, we can create a publishing ecosystem that enables people rather than media companies, tech giants and advertisers. This would be closer to the original ideals of world wide web that have steadily been lost.\n20 years of evolving purposes\nAside from the technology changes, 20 years of blogging has inevitably involved change as my life has progressed.\nWhat started off as a hobby gradually became a showcase for my professional abilities, and then a core tool for my career.\nMoreover, the amount of time I can dedicate to it has steadily decreased. Now I have a demanding job and a toddler to look after, I have almost no time.\nI have experimented with different approaches. A few years ago I reconfigured the blog so that I could post Twitter-style microblog posts, Instagram-style photos, and so on. 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@trilightning indieweb.social/@trilightning

Hey Mastodon community, I just set my new website live. Please check it out and spread word of mouth. I really would love for this project to go somewhere.
#webdev #webseite #website #webdesign #indieweb #indiedev

https://www.trilightning.com

December 30, 2022 9:26pm +00:00

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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

Words I wrote in 2022

#blog #posts #blogging #writing #publishing #words #2022 #indieweb

December 30, 2022 8:59pm +00:00

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@andymci mastodon.social/@andymci

“The web is a fascinating technology. I myself am frequently enamored with its inner workings. So much so that it’s easy to forget that it’s simply the medium. It’s what we fill it with that counts. And when someone takes the time to add something extraordinary, we should all take the time to appreciate it.”

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/postscript/lemonyellow-intellectual-diary/

#indieweb #blogging #historyoftheweb

December 30, 2022 5:09am +00:00

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@chrisaldrich mastodon.social/@chrisaldrich

On #FeedReaderFriday I'm adding some of my favorite Mastodon accounts to my microsub account on Aperture so I can easily read and follow them in the social readers I use like Monocle. To me this is the purest form of social media interaction. #IndieWeb

https://boffosocko.com/2022/12/29/55813228/

December 30, 2022 2:28am +00:00

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@jamesvandyne indieweb.social/@jamesvandyne

Tanzawa Strava Integration Merged
https://jamesvandyne.com/9a2f5510-d7b6-4fed-92eb-12ddb12a6540

#Running #IndieWeb #Strava

December 29, 2022 11:44pm +00:00

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@jonathan cleverdevil.club/@jonathan

Hearing @siracusa give the perfect pitch for #IndieWeb on @atpfm this week is deeply satisfying. Well done, John! Very approachable and cogent.

December 29, 2022 7:17pm +00:00

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@tmichellemoore mastodon.social/@tmichellemoore

IndieWeb: WordPress RSVP

I have been working on ways to use the native WordPress block with classes to produce content that has the appropriate microformat classes. I was successfully in submitting an RSVP with one exception, the image does not seem to want to work properly. I am still becoming conversant in the language of microformats and still learning about them. Read More > https://tmichellemoore.com/blog/indieweb-wordpress-rsvp/

#IndieWeb #wordpress #Microformats #RSVP

December 29, 2022 3:41pm +00:00

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@iamschulz indieweb.social/@iamschulz

I've removed my Twitter profile and share links and went full #indieweb instead. My website is a fediverse application, thanks to https://brid.gy
@iamschulz.com

I'm accumulating likes and comments from webmentions and @ThePracticalDev

December 29, 2022 12:26pm +00:00

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rachsmith.com/2022-was-the-year-i-published/

Jeremy Keith adactio.com

(Almost) no one cares

Every time I’ve thought “this is a niche subject or random thought, no one will be interested but I’ll publish anyway” someone will let me know that it was the EXACT train of thought they were thinking or thing they were looking for.

#writing #publishing #sharing #blogging #indieweb

December 29, 2022 11:23am +00:00

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@benpate mastodon.social/@benpate

Hey #IndieWeb -- I'm so close to getting #WebSub working in Emissary. I started on it first because it seemed easier than ActivityPub.

It's a great spec, but wow, it's been a lot tougher than I'd expected. Can't wait to show it off, though!

December 29, 2022 8:29am +00:00

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@j_forrest mastodon.elest.io/@j_forrest

This honestly feels like one of those rare times in internet history where a good portion of people take back the web to use in meaningful ways again instead of pure commercialism. The #IndieWeb rules! 💥

December 29, 2022 6:22am +00:00

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@sentience hachyderm.io/@sentience

Thanks to @paulrobertlloyd's #indiekit, this post started life on my personal website, and was auto-syndicated to Mastodon. The future! #indieweb #POSSE

December 29, 2022 5:47am +00:00

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@ross social.rossabaker.com/@ross

Post-disaster #Introduction:

I am best known for #Scala, #Typelevel, and #http4s. I geek out over #Emacs, #Nix, and the #Indieweb. I'm probably a #Bayesian.

I live in #Indianapolis, #Indiana with a #Dachshund, #Coonhound, #TuxedoCat, and a freshwater #Aquarium or five. I offset my #Jogging with #BBQ. I coach youth #Soccer and attend North United #Methodist Church.

This is a #SelfHosted sequel after a Terraform disaster. Boosts appreciated to relocate my peeps.

#Pronouns are he/him.

December 29, 2022 5:46am +00:00

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@triptych social.yesterweb.org/@triptych

I am more and more convinced that the only reason folks are not taking advantage of the incredible power and expressivity of vanilla HTML, CSS, JS, and SVG is because they are simply not aware of it, and things like React , Tailwind, and Nextjs are acting as shortcuts that prevent developers from looking at core technologies that have incredible power.

#indieweb #web #html #css #js #svg

December 28, 2022 8:20pm +00:00

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@brettk indieweb.social/@brettk

@mehulkar So it's hosted externally here:

https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/

My site is registered with the webring, and the forward/back links point to the webring site, which returns a redirect to the next site in the ring.

The #IndieWeb site has a nice little explainer if you want to learn more:

https://indieweb.org/webring

December 28, 2022 6:07pm +00:00

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Manton Reece www.manton.org

I don’t agree with everything in this post by M.G. Siegler (found via @rcrackley) but I do love the “Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight” line. Of course, the protocol is plumbing. Like the IndieWeb specs, the protocol is implementing a philosophy, and that matters.

December 28, 2022 10:40am -06:00

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@voxpelli mastodon.social/@voxpelli

Twitter is a micro-blogging platform that includes:

- Content authoring
- Content consumption
- Content hosting
- Content aggregation

Mastodon is mimicking that in a federated setup, but the holy grail is really when we break it apart.

Eg @ivory is an awesome app for content consumption and authoring.

My own website is a great place for hosting content.

Aggregation is something eg. search indexes like Google is great at.

This is why l’m intrigued about the #IndieWeb

December 28, 2022 11:47am +00:00

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2022 in numbers

20 years of blogging

Words I wrote in 2022

(Almost) no one cares