#Blog updated: Some thoughts on the difficulty of getting a #GameDev job at an entry level, how inequality perpetuates itself, and what we can do to help.

https://chaotic-neutr.al/posts/leveling-the-playing-field/

#IndieWeb

Seeing the split community between Mastodon and Twitter kind of makes me want to double down on blogging instead.

Be a bit more focused on value over volume and finding my way back to my #IndieWeb roots.

I made a thing! You can find my new homepage at https://daniel.mowitz.rocks
I'm not sure wether it counts as #smallWeb but at least you can access it without JavaScript and everything still works!

[ #indieWeb #homepage #blog ]

Is someone interested in helping me build an #IndieWeb and/or #fediverse #wapuu (my first draft is a bit amateurish https://github.com/pfefferle/indie-wapuu šŸ˜‚ )

Heck yes. Upgraded to latest #Pixelfed release and now Pixeldroid properly reports boosts.

The speed with which new features and bug fixes are being shipped in fedi software is a joy to experience. All the more so since these folks actually publish release notes and change logs.

#IndieWeb #Fediverse #SelfHosting

here is a simple deal you support me on Patreon for any amount of money for at least one month and your name will be in supporters list * https://patreon.com/o_kryvonos

* exceptions may apply if foul language is used

#indiedev #indieweb

New community members, upcoming social web events, and digesting digests. Itā€™s your < 10min update on the #IndieWeb community!

This Week in the IndieWeb audio edition for March 18th - 24th, 2023. https://martymcgui.re/2023/03/25/this-week-in-the-indieweb-audio-edition--march-18th---24th-2023/

This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition ā€¢ March 18th - 24th, 2023

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

I'm finally dipping my toes into an auto-poster setup using the Share on Mastodon plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/share-on-mastodon

Fingers crossed that this works as-expected, although I'm sure I'll end up with some formatting oddities in the short-term. It'll be worth it, though!

https://www.alexstandiford.com/micro/1507

#Fediverse #IndieWeb #Mastodon #ProjectStandifordBlog #WordPress

New blog scrap: Sadness - Making and Receiving

This scrap is a brain dump of overcoming one of my worst habits, making myself sad.

#IndieWeb #Blog #MentalHealth #Depression
https://www.vzqk50.com/blog/scraps/making-myself-sad/

really excited for next month's #queer #tech meetup in #bristol - we'll be talking about what leadership looks like for queers.

It's a topic I've become really interested in lately - I feel corporate environments often fail those who don't fit the expected profile of a "senior" person.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-leadership-in-tech-panel-discussion-and-qa-tickets-597648050407

#indieweb #queerart #queerjoy #lowtech #lgbtqia #techleadership

Hello, internet | Sam Oā€™Neill

I have been reminded time and time again of the utility of writing. How it is a way to turn messy thoughts into coherent ideas, and how ā€“ as we all know ā€“ practice makes perfect. So Iā€™m going to give it a go.

Welcome to the indie web, Sam!

#writing #blogging #blogs #personal #publishing #sharing #indieweb

How to sell the fediverse and decentralization to the masses:

ā€œImagine doing all the stuff you do today on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitterā€¦but doing it without battling some random corporate algorithm, minus all the advertising and tracking, and knowing you arenā€™t making a billionaire billionairier.ā€

#fediverse #indieweb

Nerd friends of Lincoln, a friend and I are going to host a mini Homebrew Website Club next week, dm me for details if you'd like to join and we know each other IRL. (Hosting at my home for this one, sorry strangers)

As a celebration of the indie web, we'll all work on our personal sites (code? No-code? Blog?) and do a lil show & tell.
#IndieWeb

Watching #MozFest session Dialogues & Debates: Making the FediverseĀ¹ and panelist @stevetex@mozilla.social (@stevetex) just announced that we (#Mozilla) are standing up a #Mastodon instanceĀ², starting with limited sign-ups.

Iā€™m excited that Mozilla is experimenting with #socialWeb alternatives to centralized #socialMedia silos.

There are many #Mozillians with #fediverse addresses you can follow:
* https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mastodon

Several of these folks also have their own #IndieWeb sites.

Itā€™s interesting seeing how people are individually choosing to use a fediverse address on someone elseā€™s server, vs their own server like with a subdomain, vs just using their existing site.

One trend I have seen is people using someone elseā€™s Mastodon server as a stepping stone, a learning experience, before migrating to either self-hosting Mastodon (or an easier to run alternative like microblog.pubĀ³, not to be confused with micro.blogā“), or ideally directly using their own site, blog etc. to connect to the fediverseāµ.

Do you have an @-@ address and want to use your own site instead?

If youā€™re a #webdev, you can totally do this by connecting your existing personal site with https://fed.brid.gy/ and own your presence on the web, social web, fediverse all at one place.

Got questions? Drop by the IndieWeb chat! https://chat.indieweb.org/dev


This is day 35 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb #100Days

ā† Day 34: https://tantek.com/2023/072/t1/blog-as-if-ai-trained-posts
ā†’ šŸ”®


Ā¹ https://schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/UEEGYL-1
Ā² https://mozilla.social/
Ā³ https://indieweb.org/microblog.pub
ā“ https://indieweb.org/micro.blog
āµ https://tantek.com/2022/301/t1/twittermigration-bridgyfed-mastodon-indieweb
Watching #MozFest session Dialogues & Debates: Making the FediverseĀ¹ and panelist @stevetex@mozilla.social (@stevetex) just announced that we (#Mozilla) are standing up a #Mastodon instanceĀ², starting with limited sign-ups.

Iā€™m excited that Mozilla is experimenting with #socialWeb alternatives to centralized #socialMedia silos.

There are many #Mozillians with #fediverse addresses you can follow:
* https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mastodon

Several of these folks also have their own #IndieWeb sites.

Itā€™s interesting seeing how people are individually choosing to use a fediverse address on someone elseā€™s server, vs their own server like with a subdomain, vs just using their existing site.

One trend I have seen is people using someone elseā€™s Mastodon server as a stepping stone, a learning experience, before migrating to either self-hosting Mastodon (or an easier to run alternative like microblog.pubĀ³, not to be confused with micro.blogā“), or ideally directly using their own site, blog etc. to connect to the fediverseāµ.

Do you have an @-@ address and want to use your own site instead?

If youā€™re a #webdev, you can totally do this by connecting your existing personal site with https://fed.brid.gy/ and own your presence on the web, social web, fediverse all at one place.

Got questions? Drop by the IndieWeb chat! https://chat.indieweb.org/dev


This is day 35 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb #100Days

ā† Day 34: https://tantek.com/2023/072/t1/blog-as-if-ai-trained-posts
ā†’ šŸ”®


Ā¹ https://schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/UEEGYL-1
Ā² https://mozilla.social/
Ā³ https://indieweb.org/microblog.pub
ā“ https://indieweb.org/micro.blog
āµ https://tantek.com/2022/301/t1/twittermigration-bridgyfed-mastodon-indieweb
#MozFest #Mastodon #socialWeb #socialMedia #Mozillians #fediverse #IndieWeb #webdev #100DaysOfIndieWeb #100Days

I wrote a small python script that takes the CSV of the accounts you follow and converts them into an OPML file that can be imported into an RSS reader. Ā This way you can read all your RSS feeds and follow Mastodon accounts in one place.

The script is available on GitHub.

#indieweb #python #rss #technology

https://www.jdzero.net/2023/03/22/mastodon-to-rss/

I hate it when there isn't parity between iOS and Android for one particular application, particularly if it's an app that's not for productivity as much as for enrichment. As a tech witch, I have found ways to use technology to assist with spiritual communications. I will seriously buy a cheap tablet just to run Indigenous and valhalla+. Indigenous is for the #indieweb, while Valhalla+ is for Viking communications with the gods and lots of other cool pagan features.

I am once again asking you to own your notes, rather than tweeting them into Big Chadā€™s garage.

Maybe you left the big garage and now toot in your neighborhood Chadā€™s garage. Itā€™s still someone elseā€™s garage. https://xkcd.com/1150; #IndieWeb

Maybe it was an easier first step to take. Time to take the next step, with your own domain, and a turnkey service like https://micro.blog/;, or an https://indieweb.org/CMS; if you prefer, or go full stack and make it yourself, using building blocks like https://indieweb.org/Indiekit;.. Just https://indieweb.org/start.

This is day 1 of my 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 elseā€™s garage.

In the theme of: https://indieweb.org/100_days#100_Days_of_IndieWeb

Previously: https://tantek.com/2022/001/t1/12-years-notes-my-site

ā† āœØ
ā†’ Day 2: https://tantek.com/2023/002/t6/key-owning-notes-domain-name;