There was a post on here that I saw a week or more ago, and meant to come back to but had to put my phone down and now it's lost.
It was about adding a page on your personal site of your favorite web links, to make a personal yahoo homepage kind of thing to prepare for the (ongoing) fall of usable Google search.
Anyone have the link handy?
#IndieWeb
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Hi everyone, I finally published my personal site. There's not a ton of content, but it _is_ finally online. It works on mobile but the Director's Cut experience is on desktop.
It would mean a lot to me if someone took some time to look at it
https://seasonschange.me
#SmallWeb #SmolInternet #IndieWeb
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No large language models (LLM) were used in the production of this post.
Inspired by a subtle but clear sign-of-the-times one-line disclaimer at the end of RFC9518’s Acknowledgments (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9518.html#appendix-A-4)
“No large language models were used in the production of this document.”
I have added a similar disclaimer to the footer of my homepage:
“No large language models were used in the production of this site.”
2023 was certainly a year that LLMs took off and stole the hypecycle from #metaverse and #blockchain before that.
Yet unlike those previous two, #LLMs are already having real impacts on the way people create (from emails to art), communicate (LLM chat apps), and work (2023 Writer’s Strike), fueling growing concerns about the authenticity of content, especially content from human authors.
I expect we will see more such disclaimers in the future.
For now, if you blog on your own site with words written by you not #ChatGPT or a similar tool, I encourage you to add a similar disclaimer, and then add your site as an example to the #IndieWeb wiki:
* https://indieweb.org/LLM#IndieWeb_Examples
#largeLanguageModel #LLM #generativeAI #AI
There is the related problem of, when you discover what seems to be an independent site written by a human, how do you know that human actually exists?
For now I’ll mention that XFN rel=met links, published (e.g. metrolls / met-rolls), aggregated, indexed, and queried, can solve that problem. This will be similar to how XFN rel=me links solved #distributed verification on the web (see https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me and posts it links to).
This is day 48 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb. #100Days
← Day 47: https://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/capture-first-edit-publish-later
→ 🔮
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https://indieweb.org/blockchain
large language model / LLM
https://indieweb.org/large_language_model
metaverse
https://indieweb.org/metaverse
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https://indieweb.org/rel-me
rel=met
http://gmpg.org/xfn/11#met
XFN
https://gmpg.org/xfn/
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Writing about writing: capture first, edit & publish later.
Braindump timely thoughts & experiences into as many draft notes as it takes, while ideas & memories are fresh.
Collecting higher fidelity memories seems more important than editing past writings or finishing/polishing a post for publishing, which can be done at a later time.
Sometimes the passage of time helps provide insights and broader understandings that can help with writing more effective posts, from better summaries to narratives that help sense-making.
Bits of even this minor post sat for weeks, and only today did I add a summary and related thoughts.
Similarly, it makes sense to edit and publish small notes on a subject, without feeling compelled to turn them into a larger blog post, or a longer list of points.
This is a key advantage to publishing on your own #indieweb site, you decide on the granularity of your posts, small, medium or large, instead of being constrained, burdened, or pressured by any particular #socialMedia user interface, character count limitation, or audience expectation.
Like Twitter before it, even the default #Mastodon user interface has limitations, and the #fediverse itself as a whole has audience/cultural expectations (certainly quite a few articles have been written about that).
On your own site you decide if you want to publish a post to make one point, or mention a related point or two, or collect things into a list or longer article, or eventually all of the above.
On your own site you feel more free to prioritize and share what is on your mind, instead of feeling compelled to first respond to whatever topics are trending, or to whatever you happen to read in your algorithmic feed.
#writingAboutWriting
This is day 47 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb. #100Days
← Day 46: https://tantek.com/2023/296/t1/posse-syndicate-link-reply
→ Day 48: https://tantek.com/2023/365/t2/no-large-language-model-llm-used
Related:
* “More Thoughtful Reading & Writing on the Web” (https://tantek.com/2023/277/b1/thoughtful-reading-writing-web)
Post glossary:
algorithmic feed
https://indieweb.org/algorithmic_feed
article
https://indieweb.org/article
note
https://indieweb.org/note
post
https://indieweb.org/post
sense-making
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking_(information_science)
social media
https://indieweb.org/social_media
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No large language models (LLM) were used in the production of this post.
Inspired by a subtle but clear sign-of-the-times one-line disclaimer at the end of RFC9518’s Acknowledgments (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9518.html#appendix-A-4)
“No large language models were used in the production of this document.”
I have added a similar disclaimer to the footer of my homepage:
“No large language models were used in the production of this site.”
2023 was certainly a year that LLMs took off and stole the hypecycle from #metaverse and #blockchain before that.
Yet unlike those previous two, #LLMs are already having real impacts on the way people create (from emails to art), communicate (LLM chat apps), and work (2023 Writer’s Strike), fueling growing concerns about the authenticity of content, especially content from human authors.
I expect we will see more such disclaimers in the future.
For now, if you blog on your own site with words written by you not #ChatGPT or a similar tool, I encourage you to add a similar disclaimer, and then add your site as an example to the #IndieWeb wiki:
* https://indieweb.org/LLM#IndieWeb_Examples
#largeLanguageModel #LLM #generativeAI #AI
There is the related problem of, when you discover what seems to be an independent site written by a human, how do you know that human actually exists?
For now I’ll mention that XFN rel=met links, published (e.g. metrolls / met-rolls), aggregated, indexed, and queried, can solve that problem. This will be similar to how XFN rel=me links solved #distributed verification on the web (see https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me and posts it links to).
This is day 48 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb. #100Days
← Day 47: https://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/capture-first-edit-publish-later
→ 🔮
Post glossary:
blockchain
https://indieweb.org/blockchain
large language model / LLM
https://indieweb.org/large_language_model
metaverse
https://indieweb.org/metaverse
rel=me
https://indieweb.org/rel-me
rel=met
http://gmpg.org/xfn/11#met
XFN
https://gmpg.org/xfn/
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"html": "No large language models (LLM) were used in the production of this post.<br /><br />Inspired by a subtle but clear sign-of-the-times one-line disclaimer at the end of RFC9518\u2019s Acknowledgments (<a href=\"https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9518.html#appendix-A-4\">https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9518.html#appendix-A-4</a>)<br /><br />\u00a0 \u201cNo large language models were used in the production of this document.\u201d<br />\u00a0<br />I have added a similar disclaimer to the footer of my homepage:<br /><br />\u00a0 \u201cNo large language models were used in the production of this site.\u201d<br />\u00a0 <br />2023 was certainly a year that LLMs took off and stole the hypecycle from <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/metaverse\">#<span class=\"p-category\">metaverse</span></a> and <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blockchain\">#<span class=\"p-category\">blockchain</span></a> before that.<br /><br />Yet unlike those previous two, <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/LLMs\">#<span class=\"p-category\">LLMs</span></a> are already having real impacts on the way people create (from emails to art), communicate (LLM chat apps), and work (2023 Writer\u2019s Strike), fueling growing concerns about the authenticity of content, especially content from human authors.<br /><br />I expect we will see more such disclaimers in the future.<br /><br />For now, if you blog on your own site with words written by you not <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/ChatGPT\">#<span class=\"p-category\">ChatGPT</span></a> or a similar tool, I encourage you to add a similar disclaimer, and then add your site as an example to the <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span></a> wiki: <br />* <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/LLM#IndieWeb_Examples\">https://indieweb.org/LLM#IndieWeb_Examples</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/largeLanguageModel\">#<span class=\"p-category\">largeLanguageModel</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/LLM\">#<span class=\"p-category\">LLM</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/generativeAI\">#<span class=\"p-category\">generativeAI</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/AI\">#<span class=\"p-category\">AI</span></a><br /><br />There is the related problem of, when you discover what seems to be an independent site written by a human, how do you know that human actually exists?<br /><br />For now I\u2019ll mention that XFN rel=met links, published (e.g. metrolls / met-rolls), aggregated, indexed, and queried, can solve that problem. This will be similar to how XFN rel=me links solved <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/distributed\">#<span class=\"p-category\">distributed</span></a> verification on the web (see <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me\">https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me</a> and posts it links to).<br /><br /><br />This is day 48 of <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100DaysOfIndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100DaysOfIndieWeb</span></a>. <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100Days\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100Days</span></a><br /><br />\u2190 Day 47: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/capture-first-edit-publish-later\">https://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/capture-first-edit-publish-later</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e<br /><br /><br />Post glossary:<br /><br />blockchain<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/blockchain\">https://indieweb.org/blockchain</a><br />large language model / LLM<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/large_language_model\">https://indieweb.org/large_language_model</a><br />metaverse<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/metaverse\">https://indieweb.org/metaverse</a><br />rel=me<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/rel-me\">https://indieweb.org/rel-me</a><br />rel=met<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"http://gmpg.org/xfn/11#met\">http://gmpg.org/xfn/11#met</a><br />XFN<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://gmpg.org/xfn/\">https://gmpg.org/xfn/</a>",
"text": "No large language models (LLM) were used in the production of this post.\n\nInspired by a subtle but clear sign-of-the-times one-line disclaimer at the end of RFC9518\u2019s Acknowledgments (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9518.html#appendix-A-4)\n\n\u00a0 \u201cNo large language models were used in the production of this document.\u201d\n\u00a0\nI have added a similar disclaimer to the footer of my homepage:\n\n\u00a0 \u201cNo large language models were used in the production of this site.\u201d\n\u00a0 \n2023 was certainly a year that LLMs took off and stole the hypecycle from #metaverse and #blockchain before that.\n\nYet unlike those previous two, #LLMs are already having real impacts on the way people create (from emails to art), communicate (LLM chat apps), and work (2023 Writer\u2019s Strike), fueling growing concerns about the authenticity of content, especially content from human authors.\n\nI expect we will see more such disclaimers in the future.\n\nFor now, if you blog on your own site with words written by you not #ChatGPT or a similar tool, I encourage you to add a similar disclaimer, and then add your site as an example to the #IndieWeb wiki: \n* https://indieweb.org/LLM#IndieWeb_Examples\n\n#largeLanguageModel #LLM #generativeAI #AI\n\nThere is the related problem of, when you discover what seems to be an independent site written by a human, how do you know that human actually exists?\n\nFor now I\u2019ll mention that XFN rel=met links, published (e.g. metrolls / met-rolls), aggregated, indexed, and queried, can solve that problem. This will be similar to how XFN rel=me links solved #distributed verification on the web (see https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me and posts it links to).\n\n\nThis is day 48 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb. #100Days\n\n\u2190 Day 47: https://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/capture-first-edit-publish-later\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e\n\n\nPost glossary:\n\nblockchain\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/blockchain\nlarge language model / LLM\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/large_language_model\nmetaverse\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/metaverse\nrel=me\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/rel-me\nrel=met\n\u00a0 http://gmpg.org/xfn/11#met\nXFN\n\u00a0 https://gmpg.org/xfn/"
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Writing about writing: capture first, edit & publish later.
Braindump timely thoughts & experiences into as many draft notes as it takes, while ideas & memories are fresh.
Collecting higher fidelity memories seems more important than editing past writings or finishing/polishing a post for publishing, which can be done at a later time.
Sometimes the passage of time helps provide insights and broader understandings that can help with writing more effective posts, from better summaries to narratives that help sense-making.
Bits of even this minor post sat for weeks, and only today did I add a summary and related thoughts.
Similarly, it makes sense to edit and publish small notes on a subject, without feeling compelled to turn them into a larger blog post, or a longer list of points.
This is a key advantage to publishing on your own #indieweb site, you decide on the granularity of your posts, small, medium or large, instead of being constrained, burdened, or pressured by any particular #socialMedia user interface, character count limitation, or audience expectation.
Like Twitter before it, even the default #Mastodon user interface has limitations, and the #fediverse itself as a whole has audience/cultural expectations (certainly quite a few articles have been written about that).
On your own site you decide if you want to publish a post to make one point, or mention a related point or two, or collect things into a list or longer article, or eventually all of the above.
On your own site you feel more free to prioritize and share what is on your mind, instead of feeling compelled to first respond to whatever topics are trending, or to whatever you happen to read in your algorithmic feed.
#writingAboutWriting
This is day 47 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb. #100Days
← Day 46: https://tantek.com/2023/289/t1/bridgyfed-webmention-like-fediverse
→ 🔮
Related:
* “More Thoughtful Reading & Writing on the Web” (https://tantek.com/2023/277/b1/thoughtful-reading-writing-web)
Post glossary:
algorithmic feed
https://indieweb.org/algorithmic_feed
article
https://indieweb.org/article
note
https://indieweb.org/note
post
https://indieweb.org/post
sense-making
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking_(information_science)
social media
https://indieweb.org/social_media
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"html": "<p>Everyone else is doing one so I\u2019d might as well too.</p>\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_1_January\"></a>January</h3><p>This year started out with health concerns, which ended up setting the stage for the rest of the year.</p><p>I started out with an anxiety attack that felt like a heart attack, and while it was just an anxiety attack, it still led to a bunch of \u201coh by the way\u201d diagnostic concerns which ultimately turned out to be nothing major, heart-wise. But general health issues would continue to affect my entire year.</p><p>I also started hyperfixating on:</p>\n<ul><li>upcoming electric vehicles</li>\n<li>optimizing my espresso</li>\n<li>finding a better way to be employed and/or creative (i.e. feeling the full force of burnout)</li>\n</ul><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_2_February\"></a>February</h3><p>Lots of annoying frustrations with the heart-related diagnosis stuff, and the usual medical gaslighting involved in being overweight.</p><p>I made a bunch of music, and started a meditation/hypnosis podcast.</p><p>I went through the motions of trying to find a job. Nothing stuck.</p><p>And I got solar panels installed on my house.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_3_March\"></a>March</h3><p>I had a panic attack while driving, which led me to suddenly have way more anxiety every time I drove. I\u2019m still recovering from that.</p><p>I continued to feel totally burned out.</p><p>I had a good time with the choir.</p><p>I upgraded my VR rig.</p><p>I had a really good job lead which ended up not panning out.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_4_April\"></a>April</h3><p>Twitter imploded so my main source of SSO logins stopped working. The world failed to end.</p><p>I finally got a heart diagnosis: I am fine. I started on Repatha anyway, because lowering my cholesterol numbers keeps doctors happy.</p><p>More burnout. More anxiety. More panic attacks while driving.</p><p>I participated in some IndieWeb stuff but my (non-congested) heart wasn\u2019t really in it.</p><p>I started to finally build my own body for VRChat.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_5_May\"></a>May</h3><p>I continued my electric vehicle hyperfocus.</p><p>I decided to renew my relationship with music (as a listener).</p><p>I had things to show for my VRChat avatar, and started writing up tutorials for others to hopefully make it easier for other people to learn how to do the stuff I had to figure out!</p><p>I redid (most of) my website templates. They\u2019re (mostly) much cleaner now. (I still need to touch the <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/comics/\">comics section</a> though.)</p><p>The brief surge of elation from VRChat-related productivity soon gave way to a fibromyalgia flareup that took me a while to recover from.</p><p>And, I finally applied for disability benefits. (That process is still ongoing.)</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_6_June\"></a>June</h3><p>I turned 45.</p><p>I finally lost my battle with the Washington State Employment Security Department and never saw any of the money I was due from my unemployment that started in 2022.</p><p>I attended Furality, which was fun, but not the life-changing event that it was for some.</p><p>Lots of gender- and choir-related things.</p><p>I visited my family, and got what was probably COVID<a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#d_e10222_fn1\">1</a>, again, just like the last time. Fuck air travel.</p><p>COVID complications sent me briefly to the hospital, where they gaslit me and made no attempts to actually diagnose or treat me.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_7_July\"></a>July</h3><p>I redoubled my efforts to be an avid consumer of music again. It didn\u2019t really last, but at least I had something to blog about for a while.</p><p>I researched one of the uglier truths about electric vehicles. (They\u2019re still a net benefit, by the way, it\u2019s just there\u2019s a few manufacturers and charging providers you should avoid if you care about the ecological impact.)</p><p>Chronic pain and chronic anxiety continued to affect my life profoundly.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_8_August\"></a>August</h3><p>After having a frustrating time recording a small \u201clive\u201d set in my basement I decided it was time to finally organize down there, and that made a huge improvement to my workflow and quality of life and so on. There\u2019s still a bunch of stuff to be done but I\u2019m very glad I did as much as I did.</p><p>But my chronic pain hit a new high and I was extremely depressed.</p><p>I briefly got more active on <a href=\"https://cohost.org/fluffy\">Cohost</a>, but that didn\u2019t last. I have very mixed feelings about that place.</p><p>I had a blood glucose scare. Turned out my meter was bad and/or there\u2019s a reason test strips have an expiration date on them.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_9_September\"></a>September</h3><p>I decided to refresh my Mastodon profile a bit and actually did some drawing as part of it.</p><p>I also did a deep-dive on some hand-wavey data science to determine the rough age demographics of Mastodon.</p><p>I hit a threshold with my concerns over the current capitalist hellscape dystopia.</p><p>I got a brief surge of interest in working on comics again, and specifically wanted to work with someone else as the artist, but nothing came of it.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_10_October\"></a>October</h3><p>More good stuff with the choir!</p><p>Bandcamp imploded! Again! So I finally dusted off Bandcrash and made it actually usable for people who aren\u2019t me! I think I\u2019m still the only user! Why do I bother!!!</p><p>The first of two major delayed-onset catastrophes with my bathroom remodel from hell happened! This one was at least easy and cheap to fix.</p><p>More health-related crap, this time involving dental care as well. Also got a new glasses prescription.</p><p>I started roasting my own coffee.</p><p>I also discovered that my house\u2019s roof, while supposedly only a bit over 10 years old, was so shoddily-installed that I needed a new one, because it was about to collapse. Wish I\u2019d known this <em>before</em> I\u2019d gotten solar panels installed.</p><p>Oh, and I got hired as the staff composer for the VRC Trans Academy. (This is an unpaid volunteer position but hopefully it will lead me to even better things.)</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_11_November\"></a>November</h3><p>I only made a little music, for game jams, instead of my usual Novembeat hyper-output. I needed a break this year, I guess.</p><p>My house got a new roof.</p><p>I explored with some CDN options for Bandcrash users. While itch.io is still the best option for it, if you just want to host your player somwhere, B2 isn\u2019t too bad.</p><p>I hit a pain wall and decided Bandcrash is at a good stopping point for now.</p><p>The choir had an amazing show for Trans Day of Remembrance and I was very glad to be a part of it.</p><p>I started to ramp up using my 3D printer for making actual art that I could sell for money.</p><p>The disability application process continued to be terrible.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_12_December\"></a>December</h3><p>Having close to a year of solar power gave me a good idea of how good of an investment it was. (It was, indeed, a good investment.)</p><p>I started to sell a bunch of stuff I don\u2019t need anymore, especially music gear and coffee grinders (having upgraded to an amazing grinder). I was mostly successful; all the extraneous grinders are gone, at least. I still have <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10864-Music-stuff-for-sale\">music gear</a> available though.</p><p>I also simplified my recording studio setup, and it feels good.</p><p>I launched <a href=\"https://fluffybusybee.etsy.com/\">my Etsy shop</a>. I haven\u2019t had many sales, but at least now I have somewhere to put all my 3D printing stuff in case someone wants to buy it. My main printer also broke down but I was able to fix it.</p><p>The other major delayed-onset bathroom catastrophe happened. It\u2019s been mostly fixed. Most plumbers suck, but I finally found a good one.</p><p>I also started working on pottery again, this time focusing on slip casting.</p><p>Oh and I finally have a working fireplace in my house, and my living room is finally nicely-arranged and cozy.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_13_Hopes-for-next-year\"></a>Hopes for next year</h3><p>I want to get busy with music again; my output this year was a lot less than usual, and I have so many backburnered projects. Fortunately between VRC Trans Academy and a couple of other potential composition roles, this might finally become a source of sustainable exposure and income.</p><p>I\u2019m also hoping to finally get my disability benefits.</p><p>If I could find someone to work with on comics, that\u2019d be amazing.</p><p>I also want to do more 3D modeling for VRChat and 3D printing for selling art and functional parts.</p><p>Basically I want to find more ways to both express my creativity and be rewarded for it (via both attention and income).</p><p>I\u2019d also like to make peace with my chronic pain. It\u2019s clear that it\u2019s not going away and I\u2019m not going to stop being disabled, and I need to be okay with that.</p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><p>At the time the tests came back negative and it was treated as \u201cjust\u201d bronchitis, but I had lasting effects that are very much COVID-specific, and COVID testing is bullshit especially when new variants emerge. <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#r_e10222_fn1\">\u21a9</a></p></li></ol><p><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#comments\">comments</a></p>\n\n \n <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/?id=10222&tag=new-years\">#new years</a>\n \n <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/?id=10222&tag=reflections\">#reflections</a>",
"text": "Everyone else is doing one so I\u2019d might as well too.\n\n\nJanuaryThis year started out with health concerns, which ended up setting the stage for the rest of the year.I started out with an anxiety attack that felt like a heart attack, and while it was just an anxiety attack, it still led to a bunch of \u201coh by the way\u201d diagnostic concerns which ultimately turned out to be nothing major, heart-wise. But general health issues would continue to affect my entire year.I also started hyperfixating on:\nupcoming electric vehicles\noptimizing my espresso\nfinding a better way to be employed and/or creative (i.e. feeling the full force of burnout)\nFebruaryLots of annoying frustrations with the heart-related diagnosis stuff, and the usual medical gaslighting involved in being overweight.I made a bunch of music, and started a meditation/hypnosis podcast.I went through the motions of trying to find a job. Nothing stuck.And I got solar panels installed on my house.MarchI had a panic attack while driving, which led me to suddenly have way more anxiety every time I drove. I\u2019m still recovering from that.I continued to feel totally burned out.I had a good time with the choir.I upgraded my VR rig.I had a really good job lead which ended up not panning out.AprilTwitter imploded so my main source of SSO logins stopped working. The world failed to end.I finally got a heart diagnosis: I am fine. I started on Repatha anyway, because lowering my cholesterol numbers keeps doctors happy.More burnout. More anxiety. More panic attacks while driving.I participated in some IndieWeb stuff but my (non-congested) heart wasn\u2019t really in it.I started to finally build my own body for VRChat.MayI continued my electric vehicle hyperfocus.I decided to renew my relationship with music (as a listener).I had things to show for my VRChat avatar, and started writing up tutorials for others to hopefully make it easier for other people to learn how to do the stuff I had to figure out!I redid (most of) my website templates. They\u2019re (mostly) much cleaner now. (I still need to touch the comics section though.)The brief surge of elation from VRChat-related productivity soon gave way to a fibromyalgia flareup that took me a while to recover from.And, I finally applied for disability benefits. (That process is still ongoing.)JuneI turned 45.I finally lost my battle with the Washington State Employment Security Department and never saw any of the money I was due from my unemployment that started in 2022.I attended Furality, which was fun, but not the life-changing event that it was for some.Lots of gender- and choir-related things.I visited my family, and got what was probably COVID1, again, just like the last time. Fuck air travel.COVID complications sent me briefly to the hospital, where they gaslit me and made no attempts to actually diagnose or treat me.JulyI redoubled my efforts to be an avid consumer of music again. It didn\u2019t really last, but at least I had something to blog about for a while.I researched one of the uglier truths about electric vehicles. (They\u2019re still a net benefit, by the way, it\u2019s just there\u2019s a few manufacturers and charging providers you should avoid if you care about the ecological impact.)Chronic pain and chronic anxiety continued to affect my life profoundly.AugustAfter having a frustrating time recording a small \u201clive\u201d set in my basement I decided it was time to finally organize down there, and that made a huge improvement to my workflow and quality of life and so on. There\u2019s still a bunch of stuff to be done but I\u2019m very glad I did as much as I did.But my chronic pain hit a new high and I was extremely depressed.I briefly got more active on Cohost, but that didn\u2019t last. I have very mixed feelings about that place.I had a blood glucose scare. Turned out my meter was bad and/or there\u2019s a reason test strips have an expiration date on them.SeptemberI decided to refresh my Mastodon profile a bit and actually did some drawing as part of it.I also did a deep-dive on some hand-wavey data science to determine the rough age demographics of Mastodon.I hit a threshold with my concerns over the current capitalist hellscape dystopia.I got a brief surge of interest in working on comics again, and specifically wanted to work with someone else as the artist, but nothing came of it.OctoberMore good stuff with the choir!Bandcamp imploded! Again! So I finally dusted off Bandcrash and made it actually usable for people who aren\u2019t me! I think I\u2019m still the only user! Why do I bother!!!The first of two major delayed-onset catastrophes with my bathroom remodel from hell happened! This one was at least easy and cheap to fix.More health-related crap, this time involving dental care as well. Also got a new glasses prescription.I started roasting my own coffee.I also discovered that my house\u2019s roof, while supposedly only a bit over 10 years old, was so shoddily-installed that I needed a new one, because it was about to collapse. Wish I\u2019d known this before I\u2019d gotten solar panels installed.Oh, and I got hired as the staff composer for the VRC Trans Academy. (This is an unpaid volunteer position but hopefully it will lead me to even better things.)NovemberI only made a little music, for game jams, instead of my usual Novembeat hyper-output. I needed a break this year, I guess.My house got a new roof.I explored with some CDN options for Bandcrash users. While itch.io is still the best option for it, if you just want to host your player somwhere, B2 isn\u2019t too bad.I hit a pain wall and decided Bandcrash is at a good stopping point for now.The choir had an amazing show for Trans Day of Remembrance and I was very glad to be a part of it.I started to ramp up using my 3D printer for making actual art that I could sell for money.The disability application process continued to be terrible.DecemberHaving close to a year of solar power gave me a good idea of how good of an investment it was. (It was, indeed, a good investment.)I started to sell a bunch of stuff I don\u2019t need anymore, especially music gear and coffee grinders (having upgraded to an amazing grinder). I was mostly successful; all the extraneous grinders are gone, at least. I still have music gear available though.I also simplified my recording studio setup, and it feels good.I launched my Etsy shop. I haven\u2019t had many sales, but at least now I have somewhere to put all my 3D printing stuff in case someone wants to buy it. My main printer also broke down but I was able to fix it.The other major delayed-onset bathroom catastrophe happened. It\u2019s been mostly fixed. Most plumbers suck, but I finally found a good one.I also started working on pottery again, this time focusing on slip casting.Oh and I finally have a working fireplace in my house, and my living room is finally nicely-arranged and cozy.Hopes for next yearI want to get busy with music again; my output this year was a lot less than usual, and I have so many backburnered projects. Fortunately between VRC Trans Academy and a couple of other potential composition roles, this might finally become a source of sustainable exposure and income.I\u2019m also hoping to finally get my disability benefits.If I could find someone to work with on comics, that\u2019d be amazing.I also want to do more 3D modeling for VRChat and 3D printing for selling art and functional parts.Basically I want to find more ways to both express my creativity and be rewarded for it (via both attention and income).I\u2019d also like to make peace with my chronic pain. It\u2019s clear that it\u2019s not going away and I\u2019m not going to stop being disabled, and I need to be okay with that.\n\n\n\nAt the time the tests came back negative and it was treated as \u201cjust\u201d bronchitis, but I had lasting effects that are very much COVID-specific, and COVID testing is bullshit especially when new variants emerge. \u21a9comments\n\n \n #new years\n \n #reflections"
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Guess I'll join in on #newyear ...
One thing I'm thankful for this year: Steve Huffman screwing up at Reddit. The 3rd-party debacle shut down the app I used, and I emerged from the dark hole in which I'd dwelt for ten years.
Blinking in the sudden light of the #indieweb I joined #Mastodon (and found y'all awesome people at Hachyderm in particular), picked my languishing blog out of the trashpile, and even wrote a couple of new bits.
It's been wild; let's hope for less online upheaval in 2024.
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villasbc@mastodon.social -- yep, and there's the #indieweb movement you should check out to help you get started in making a "sociable blog" which I would love to subsctibe to.
@wawaxx -- drop your RSS feed when you're ready, I need good transit related podcasts to listen to at work!
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Today is the 28th anniversary of creating my first webpage.
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/2023.html
#blog #IndieWeb
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Yay, I wanted to log into my linkblog using IndieAuth but for some reason that’s not working anymore since the last update of the IndieAuth WordPress plugin. Guess that’s something to debug in the New Year then.
https://lostfocus.de/2023/12/31/231932/
#IndieAuth #Indieweb #Wordpress
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I don't know which was my most popular blog post for 2023 (because I removed all the analytics trackers in order to keep my focus on writing what I wanted instead of what was popular), but this is probably my personal favourite of my 34 blog posts from 2023:
Standalone but interconnected, independent but not isolated
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/standalone-but-interconnected
#blog #IndieWeb #Blogging #OpenWeb
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The People's Coalition of Tandy General MIDI Competition is accepting submissions! Look at this excellent web design and submit if you like:
https://midicompetition.pcotandy.org/2024/signup.html
#midi #music #indieweb
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"html": "<p>New year, new blog: reflections on federated blogging, one year later</p><p><a href=\"https://writings.bryan.lv/new-year-new-blog-reflections-on-federated-blogging-one-year-later/\"><span>https://</span><span>writings.bryan.lv/new-year-new</span><span>-blog-reflections-on-federated-blogging-one-year-later/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://indw.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://indw.social/tags/federated\">#<span>federated</span></a> <a href=\"https://indw.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://indw.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indw.social/tags/ghost\">#<span>ghost</span></a></p>",
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"html": "<p>Updated my links page <a href=\"https://flamedfury.com/links/\"><span>https://</span><span>flamedfury.com/links/</span><span></span></a></p><p>My bestie <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://tilde.zone/@xandra\">@<span>xandra</span></a></span> is blogging now so had to add her new blog to the blogroll!</p><p>Go read <a href=\"https://library.xandra.cc/everyone-should-blog/\"><span>https://</span><span>library.xandra.cc/everyone-sho</span><span>uld-blog/</span></a> now!</p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/openweb\">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a></p>",
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I feel like this is a flaw in how #Webmentions are conceived and executed. Why are “likes” implemented in ways that also allow them to be responses? Replies should be replies and likes should be likes. #IndieWeb
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These are the concepts and ideas that have improved my life this year:
POSSE + Personal Knowledge Management + Obsidian = Writing 5x faster
I’ve long realised that I don’t write in a linear fashion. Meaning, my thoughts are chaos monkeys that flit from one topic to another, not following a flow or a timeline.
In the past, I’d wait for the right moment to organize my chaotic thoughts into a proper article. But I always end up staring at a blinking cursor, because these chaos monkeys have disappeared into another dimension. It took me so much longer to write articles this way, and it took a lot of brain power to do so.
A quick segue: The POSSE system is where you funnel all content from external sources into your website so that it becomes the single source of truth. I realised that I’ve been pumping so much of content into social media, and they often get lost or ignored. However, what if I repurpose them instead?
So, this year, I gathered all my thoughts and social media into my Obsidian vault.
And I found that blog posts or articles practically writes itself this way.
All I had to do was just do a light edit, shuffle a few blocks of content around, and wala, a blog post is created. No longer do I have to stare at a blinking cursor, trying hard to remember my ideas or thoughts, because I had exported it to my second brain – my Obsidian vault. This has resulted in much faster output.
I use this method to quickly write reviews for my Chinese and Korean drama blog, Drama Tea. While I have figured out how to do this for Chinese drama reviews, I’ve not quite figured out how to do so for more general articles like the one I write in this blog. But I think the same principles should apply.
I’m just a bit stumped on how to organise it in my Obsidian vault so that I can find it easier next time.
For the love of the Fediverse and Substack
I’ve never been happier and mentally healthier on social media, but I now have this problem again: I’m getting addicted to social media again 😅 This is reflected in the declining number of books I’m reading this year. I used to be able to read up to 100 books a year. This year, I barely reached 15. Gah! It’s not that I’m reading less, but I’m reading a lot more social media content, which includes blog posts. The Fediverse and Substack has enabled me to discover writing on newsletter and personal blogs, and it’s a beautiful place to be, reading the writing of average Joes and Janes rather than the anointed demigods of the publishing world.
Rekinidled my ❤ for #CDramas
I’ve been watching Chinese dramas since the 80s, but I stopped due to lack of access and also what I thought was declining quality in Chinese dramas. However, apps such as iQIYI, Viki and WETV, and ahem, third party sites, have reopened the doors for me, so 2023 was the year that I watched almost exclusively CDramas. It made me realise how much I missed watching and absorbing perspectives similar to mine and to revel in my Chinese roots.
I love Chinese Dramas so much this year that I started a blog and a podcast about it! Can you believe it? Yeah, I can’t either.
Technical writing
A friend, with perfectly good intentions said that I was wasting my writing talent writing user guides. But I feel like I’m now in my sweet spot, career- and creativity- wise. Technical writing gives me the opportunity to be exposed to one of my big loves – software and technology. I was that kid in school who learned BASIC and coded in her free time. It is very nice to blend that side of me with my writerly self.
Alternate Day Fasting and exercise consistency
Honestly, weight loss has been elusive to me. So much so that I’ve stopped making weight loss resolutions every year. But in 2023 I told myself that I had to lose the pandemic weight that I had gained. And I did, losing 6kg. The secret was consistency.
I started out super small, promising myself that I’ll walk 5000 steps a day. By the end of the year, I was walking 10000.
The intermittent fasting lifestyle has been great for me. Although I’ve not been as consistent with my fasting as with my exercise, I’m slowly understanding what I need to do to get there, so 2024 is all about being consistent with my exercise + fasting patterns. I hope to lose at least 50% of the 10kg I gained since 2018 due to work stress. Sigh.
Digital Gardens rekindled my ❤️ for blogging
I wrote about blogging the digital garden way previously. I used to treat my personal website like a content marketer, every post carefully crafted to attract leads that could improve my career or get freelance opportunities. However, it robbed me of a lot of joy. Now, I treat my personal website as my “digital home hub”. I’m much happier as a result.
Walking pads. Why did I wait so long to get one?
Since I heard about them, I wondered about getting one. I could walk on them while watching TV, for one. I was also having difficulties meeting my 7000 steps goal due to the weather being too hot or rainy. When Lazada had a sale and I spotted an RM350 walking pad, I bought it. But I had very little faith that it would work as it was so cheap. But in the end, it works, and I now complete 10,000 steps effortlessly.
Photo by Fuu J on Unsplash
https://elizabethtai.com/2023/12/29/2023-recap-concepts-and-discoveries-that-made-the-year-better-for-me/
#BeingAWriter #CDramas #indieweb #Internet #mentalHealth #socialmedia #writing
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"html": "<p> These are the concepts and ideas that have improved my life this year:</p><p><strong>POSSE + Personal Knowledge Management + Obsidian = Writing 5x faster</strong></p><p>I\u2019ve long realised that I don\u2019t write in a linear fashion. Meaning, my thoughts are chaos monkeys that flit from one topic to another, not following a flow or a timeline. </p><p>In the past, I\u2019d wait for the right moment to organize my chaotic thoughts into a proper article. But I always end up staring at a blinking cursor, because these chaos monkeys have disappeared into another dimension. It took me so much longer to write articles this way, and it took a lot of brain power to do so.</p><p>A quick segue: The <a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/02/posse-and-pesos-better-ways-to-publish-content/\">POSSE system</a> is where you funnel all content from external sources into your website so that it becomes the single source of truth. I realised that I\u2019ve been pumping so much of content into social media, and they often get lost or ignored. However, what if I repurpose them instead?</p><p>So, this year, I gathered all my thoughts and social media into my Obsidian vault.</p><p>And I found that blog posts or articles practically writes itself this way. </p><p>All I had to do was just do a light edit, shuffle a few blocks of content around, and wala, a blog post is created. No longer do I have to stare at a blinking cursor, trying hard to remember my ideas or thoughts, because I had exported it to my second brain \u2013 my Obsidian vault. This has resulted in much faster output.</p><p>I use this method to quickly write reviews for my Chinese and Korean drama blog, <a href=\"https://dramatea88.wordpress.com\">Drama Tea</a>. While I have figured out how to do this for Chinese drama reviews, I\u2019ve not quite figured out how to do so for more general articles like the one I write in this blog. But I think the same principles should apply. </p><p>I\u2019m just a bit stumped on how to organise it in my Obsidian vault so that I can find it easier next time.</p><p><strong>For the love of the Fediverse and Substack</strong></p><p>I\u2019ve never been happier and mentally healthier on social media, but I now have this problem again: I\u2019m getting addicted to social media again \ud83d\ude05 This is reflected in the declining number of books I\u2019m reading this year. I used to be able to read up to 100 books a year. This year, I barely reached 15. Gah! It\u2019s not that I\u2019m reading less, but I\u2019m reading a lot more social media content, which includes blog posts. The Fediverse and Substack has enabled me to discover writing on newsletter and personal blogs, and it\u2019s a beautiful place to be, reading the writing of average Joes and Janes rather than the anointed demigods of the publishing world.</p><p><strong>Rekinidled my \u2764 for <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/cdramas/\">#CDramas</a></strong></p><p>I\u2019ve been watching Chinese dramas since the 80s, but I stopped due to lack of access and also what I thought was declining quality in Chinese dramas. However, apps such as iQIYI, Viki and WETV, and ahem, third party sites, have reopened the doors for me, so 2023 was the year that I watched almost exclusively CDramas. It made me realise how much I missed watching and absorbing perspectives similar to mine and to revel in my Chinese roots.</p><p>I love Chinese Dramas so much this year that I started a <a href=\"https://dramatea88.wordpress.com/\">blog</a> and a <a href=\"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drama-tea\">podcast</a> about it! Can you believe it? Yeah, I can\u2019t either.</p><p><strong>Technical writing </strong></p><p>A friend, with perfectly good intentions said that I was wasting my writing talent writing user guides. But I feel like I\u2019m now in my sweet spot, career- and creativity- wise. Technical writing gives me the opportunity to be exposed to one of my big loves \u2013 software and technology. I was that kid in school who learned BASIC and coded in her free time. It is very nice to blend that side of me with my writerly self.\u2002</p><p><strong>Alternate Day Fasting and exercise consistency </strong></p><p>Honestly, weight loss has been elusive to me. So much so that I\u2019ve stopped making weight loss resolutions every year. But in 2023 I told myself that I had to lose the pandemic weight that I had gained. And I did, losing 6kg. The secret was consistency. </p><p>I started out super small, promising myself that I\u2019ll walk 5000 steps a day. By the end of the year, I was walking 10000. </p><p>The intermittent fasting lifestyle has been great for me. Although I\u2019ve not been as consistent with my fasting as with my exercise, I\u2019m slowly understanding what I need to do to get there, so 2024 is all about being consistent with my exercise + fasting patterns. I hope to lose at least 50% of the 10kg I gained since 2018 due to work stress. Sigh. </p><p><strong>Digital Gardens rekindled my \u2764\ufe0f for blogging</strong></p><p>I wrote about blogging the <a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/06/being-an-imperfect-gardener-of-my-digital-garden/\">digital garden way</a> previously. I used to treat my personal website like a content marketer, every post carefully crafted to attract leads that could improve my career or get freelance opportunities. However, it robbed me of a lot of joy. Now, I treat my personal website as my \u201cdigital home hub\u201d. I\u2019m much happier as a result.</p><p><strong>Walking pads. Why did I wait so long to get one?</strong></p><p>Since I heard about them, I wondered about getting one. I could walk on them while watching TV, for one. I was also having difficulties meeting my 7000 steps goal due to the weather being too hot or rainy. When Lazada had a sale and I spotted an RM350 walking pad, I bought it. But I had very little faith that it would work as it was so cheap. But in the end, it works, and I now complete 10,000 steps effortlessly.\u2002</p><p><em>Photo by <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/@fuuj?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\">Fuu J</a> on <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/photos/a-woman-with-a-large-hat-on-her-head-NAqyCMvQZ9A?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash</a></em></p><p><a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/2023/12/29/2023-recap-concepts-and-discoveries-that-made-the-year-better-for-me/\">https://elizabethtai.com/2023/12/29/2023-recap-concepts-and-discoveries-that-made-the-year-better-for-me/</a></p><p><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/being-a-writer/\">#BeingAWriter</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/cdramas/\">#CDramas</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/indieweb/\">#indieweb</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/internet/\">#Internet</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/mental-health/\">#mentalHealth</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/socialmedia/\">#socialmedia</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/writing/\">#writing</a></p>",
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However, what if I repurpose them instead?So, this year, I gathered all my thoughts and social media into my Obsidian vault.And I found that blog posts or articles practically writes itself this way. All I had to do was just do a light edit, shuffle a few blocks of content around, and wala, a blog post is created. No longer do I have to stare at a blinking cursor, trying hard to remember my ideas or thoughts, because I had exported it to my second brain \u2013 my Obsidian vault. This has resulted in much faster output.I use this method to quickly write reviews for my Chinese and Korean drama blog, Drama Tea. While I have figured out how to do this for Chinese drama reviews, I\u2019ve not quite figured out how to do so for more general articles like the one I write in this blog. But I think the same principles should apply. 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But I feel like I\u2019m now in my sweet spot, career- and creativity- wise. Technical writing gives me the opportunity to be exposed to one of my big loves \u2013 software and technology. I was that kid in school who learned BASIC and coded in her free time. It is very nice to blend that side of me with my writerly self.\u2002Alternate Day Fasting and exercise consistency Honestly, weight loss has been elusive to me. So much so that I\u2019ve stopped making weight loss resolutions every year. But in 2023 I told myself that I had to lose the pandemic weight that I had gained. And I did, losing 6kg. The secret was consistency. I started out super small, promising myself that I\u2019ll walk 5000 steps a day. By the end of the year, I was walking 10000. The intermittent fasting lifestyle has been great for me. Although I\u2019ve not been as consistent with my fasting as with my exercise, I\u2019m slowly understanding what I need to do to get there, so 2024 is all about being consistent with my exercise + fasting patterns. I hope to lose at least 50% of the 10kg I gained since 2018 due to work stress. Sigh. Digital Gardens rekindled my \u2764\ufe0f for bloggingI wrote about blogging the digital garden way previously. I used to treat my personal website like a content marketer, every post carefully crafted to attract leads that could improve my career or get freelance opportunities. However, it robbed me of a lot of joy. Now, I treat my personal website as my \u201cdigital home hub\u201d. I\u2019m much happier as a result.Walking pads. Why did I wait so long to get one?Since I heard about them, I wondered about getting one. I could walk on them while watching TV, for one. I was also having difficulties meeting my 7000 steps goal due to the weather being too hot or rainy. 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📝 Post Update! I add a few paragraphs about Webmentions and how I think (if you can configure them properly) they are one of the true wonders of the modern web enabling website-to-website communication 🔥
https://flamedfury.com/posts/relics-of-the-web/
#web #openweb #blog #indieweb
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Finally got my personal site redeveloped after losing my old one (don’t ask…). Decided to go with @astro and have been really enjoying the developer experience. You can find me at https://www.cwdegidio.com. My rss feed is available at https://www.cwdegidio.com/rss.xml.
#indieweb #PersonalSites #web #blog
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