As the new year dawns, I have been thinking more intentionally about the importance of #blogging both for me as a person and leader in #HigherEd, and for the wellbeing of the ecosystem of digital communication. #ScholComm #SocialMedia #IndieWeb #Writing
https://cplong.org/2023/01/return-to-blogging/

🖋 “Let's POSSE to Mastodon with a JSON Feed and a GitHub Action”

After building a Node script for my own POSSE needs, I thought it would be good if other people could also use it. I knew not many people would be able to use the script as-is, so I built a GitHub Action that is much simpler to use, without losing any feature, even gaining some!

📅 7 January 2023

#IndieWeb #POSSE #Mastodon #JSONFeed #GitHub

⚓️ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/articles/2023/01/07/let-s-posse-to-mastodon-with-a-json-feed-and-a-github-action/

The #IndieWeb default has users individually moderating their own WebMentions or comments section.

This is in contrast to the #Fediverse which has less preventive measures (eg comment approvals) due to the reliance on shared admins and moderators, for better or worse. Instances that give users a choice (eg QOTO) are socially pressured to conform.

A possible solution is consolidation; have instances that are “too big to ban”.

Another is to decentralised even more; make hosting super simple.

https://dangillmor.com/ wishes for “forward-in-time links so we could read … his 2023 #100Days project, #100DaysOfIndieWeb … more easily from the beginning” https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/109646621709452885

Great suggestion Dan. Wish granted.

On my #IndieWeb site, I control the user experience.

Since 2010^1, I’ve had previous/next ( ← → ) temporal^2 navigation links on the top right of my post permalinks, across all posts (something I always wanted on my notes, and Twitter lacked)

In 2018^3, I added similar ( ← → ) links on day archive pages, for previous/next days.

Ideally I’d build similar automatic ( ← → ) links for each hashtag in a post, for the previous/next post with that same hashtag.

OR for now I could manually add forward-in-time links to the bottom of my five previous #100DaysOfIndieWeb posts, and with each subsequent post, remember to update the previous one.

So that’s what I did, am doing, per https://indieweb.org/manual_until_it_hurts.

Previous #100DaysOfIndieWeb posts updated.

This is day 6 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb #100Days, which is now a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubly_linked_list

← Day 5: https://tantek.com/2023/005/t3/indieweb-simpler-approach
→ 🔮

Previously, previously, previously:
^1 https://tantek.com/2010/032/t7/inventions-to-tweet-from-site
^2 https://tantek.com/2011/102/t2/navigation-arrows-back-past-forward-future-ui-pattern
^3 https://tantek.com/2018/308/t2/indiewebcamp-archive-navigation-day-archives
#100Days #100DaysOfIndieWeb #IndieWeb

I wish @tantek.com could find a way to put forward-in-time links so we could read what will be an epic -- his "2023 #100Days project, #100DaysOfIndieWeb, posting an #IndieWeb encouragement, tool, or tip at least once a day for 100 days, to setup and use your own personal site instead of someone else's garage." -- more easily from the beginning.

Day 1 here: https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes

A post from @tantek.com really resonated with me, about a simpler approach to #Indieweb. I decided that today I would embark on my own #100daysofindieweb project over on my blog.

Here's day 1:

https://crowdersoup.com/posts/projects/indieweb/100-days/day-1/

#TIL about the #IndieWeb and #IndieAuth and #IndieLogin in particular. I setup my homepage as directed and it worked. I can login to a few sites just with my email address, GitHub, Twitter account, or GPG key.

Not sure I'll keep these options enabled but it was fun to learn about the concept.

https://indieauth.com/setup

I'm slowly but surely migrating all of my repos from GitHub to #Codeberg because MS. The fun thing is I have found 3 projects that I forgot about and want to start back to work on! I'm currently working on a 4th that I want to finish... but hey looks like my code project in backlog just grew! The upside is most of the projects are #RaspberryPi friendly and will help with electronics projects.

Overall migrating off GH has hidden benefits! #IndieWeb

100 Days of IndieWeb

I am on day 4 of my 100 days of IndieWeb quest. I have been thinking about it and have decided to start over. I have over 250,000 photos, so posting 100 in 100 days would really be easy. I am changing my goal to something a little more challenging. I am going to post 100 Project Memories instead. The goal will be to post memories of the various projects that I

https://tmichellemoore.com/blog/100-days-of-indieweb/

#100DaysOfIndieWeb #IndieWeb #projectmanagement

A new year is a chance for new habits and new events. It’s your < 10min update on the #IndieWeb community!

This Week in the IndieWeb audio edition for December 31st, 2022 - January 6th, 2023. https://martymcgui.re/2023/01/06/this-week-in-the-indieweb-audio-edition--december-31st-2022---january-6th-2023/

This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition • December 31st, 2022 - January 6th, 2023

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

i am becoming more and more fucked off with those who parade the “indieweb” as the ideal, and the answer to all the problems with surveillance tech.

the #indieweb, as a group, consists of very nice, welcoming and encouraging people.

the indieweb, as a concept is nonsense. at best, it’s a 1% or 10% solution, making it little removed from a country club. it’s a solution for those who can afford it.

please, stop promoting it as a panacea. it isn’t and you’re showing your arse.

If any developers know how Mastodon turns a user's address like @rcade into a link, addresses for one instance don't appear to be working. #indieweb
https://indieweb.social/@xian@tilde.zone/109644035293234285

“Once you setup your domain & provider (or host/CMS), you always know where to post.

Your own site.

[…] Create first, edit for audience(s) second.

It’s refreshing & liberating.”

@tantek.com

#blogging #PersonalSites #indieweb
https://tantek.com/2023/005/t3/indieweb-simpler-approach

Trying to get more into blogging and #Indieweb and learn its standards and protocols, check my own personal blog https://rd1.tech/ and subscribe to me RSS feed! also drop your suggestions for further reading materials, I'm really interested in that topic

😍 If you love #RSS or want to (re)start reading #blogs via RSS in 2023, then you’ll love this: @chriscoyier just shared his OPML of developer and designer blogs. 🔥
#YearOfBlogging #personalsites #indieweb

https://chriscoyier.net/2023/01/05/a-big-pile-of-personal-developer-designer-blogs-in-an-opml-file/

The #IndieWeb approach *is* the simpler day-to-day approach.

Once you setup your domain & provider (or host/CMS), you always know where to post.

Your own site.

Write first, defer “destination decisions”.

Create first, edit for audience(s) second.

It’s refreshing & liberating.

Whether text, photos, videos, podcasts, brief thoughts, thinking out loud, a considered essay or “thought piece”, or replies to any of the above, start with your own site.

Why burden yourself with having to decide what to post based on:
* Will this fit in 140^H^H^H 280 characters?
* Or 500?
* Does it need a title?
* Will my photos/videos fit their aspect ratio limits?
* Which four photos for this album? Or 10? What one aspect ratio to crop them all into?
* Will my video fit in 15, 30, 90, or 140 seconds?
* Will I upset Big Chad or be subject to selective enforcement of ever-changing policies?
* Can I edit my post after publishing?

By decoupling creating from “distribution”, or “audience”, or “reach”, or the size of someone else’s storage boxes, you are free to express your thoughts first, then optionally decide if you want to share them elsewhere and edit as necessary.

If you do want to syndicate (POSSE) your post, then you can decide:
* Where else to send your post
* Is it worth your time to edit your post for any particular destination
* … their content limits (number of characters/photos, or video length)
* … their audience expectations or terms of service sensitivities

Creating and editing are different mental tasks.

Decoupling them makes posting easier and you can do a better job at both.

You can defer destination decisions & editing to some point in the future entirely, when you feel it’s worth your time.

You decide how and when to spend time creating vs editing. You are in control.

This is day 5 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb #100Days
Day 4: https://tantek.com/2023/004/t1/choosing-domain-name-indieweb
#IndieWeb #100DaysOfIndieWeb #100Days

Registered for Decentralized Website Communication with Webmention on Jan. 15.

I hope the #IndieWeb continues to gain momentum in 2023. I’m going to try and attend more virtual events like this. https://www.codementor.io/events/decentralized-website-communication-with-webmention-fwusximcte

😮 Fediverse may centralize. Large instances can be #bought. The #CEO of #Tumblr has promised to implement #ActivityPub ASAP, and with 135 million monthly active users, that could make Tumblr the bright #giant around which the rest of the #Fediverse revolves. MacWright speculates that in such a case, “Inevitably everyone's gonna get grumpy that they're dominating the standard and it's no longer an #Indieweb thing, and the cycle starts over."

❓ What's your opinion on this??

Full article:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/mastodon-highlights-pros-and-cons-of-moving-beyond-big-tech-gatekeepers/

If you live in Germany or Austria and want to get started with your own website, as part of the #indieweb, it is good to know about the "impressumspflicht". Info in English: https://indieweb.org/Impressum