Good summary blog post on some of the IndieWeb-related improvements @paulrobertlloyd has made recently. The updated design of the IndieWeb wiki pages is a nice improvement. Paul and others will be gathering in Brighton for IndieWebCamp… I’ll try to join remotely too if the time zones work out.
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@rubenerd blog (https://rubenerd.com) has a new theme!:-)
I think I’ll add a few webbuttons to my site. They were there at some point, but I never returned them. Do you have a library of ready made ones?:)
#indieweb #SmallWeb
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://bsd.network/@rubenerd\">@<span>rubenerd</span></a></span> blog (<a href=\"https://rubenerd.com\"><span>https://</span><span>rubenerd.com</span><span></span></a>) has a new theme!:-)</p><p>I think I\u2019ll add a few webbuttons to my site. They were there at some point, but I never returned them. Do you have a library of ready made ones?:)</p><p><a href=\"https://emacs.ch/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://emacs.ch/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://bsd.network/@rubenerd\"></a>",
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'Winding Down The Evening With WordPress.'
https://mindcreatesmeaning.com/winding-down-the-evening-with-wordpress/
Now that I’m rounding off the rough edges to my WordPress workflow – I’m emerging on a new satisfaction in maintaining a personal online presence outside of corporate owned platforms. …
_____
#indieweb #opensource #PatreonAlternative #personalWebsite #selfhost #Web3 #Wordpress
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#neocities #indieweb update: 🎐🦎
─ vidyagames directory
─ alt main directory
─ cleaning and editing stupid code
─ home directory cleaning
─ webfinds!!!!
https://homewatcher.neocities.org/
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For some reason Bridgy isn’t finding webmention targets when trying to back feed Mastodon posts?
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Thanks for all your boosts and suggestions! I will try #phloggersgarage and #indieweb-chat on libera for a start.. see you there! 🙂
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Very happy to see this new blogging service launched with links underlined by default! Introducing Pika https://www.thisdaysportion.com/posts/introducing-pika/ #Blog #Tumblr #Accessibility #Blogging #SmallWeb #IndieWeb
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I am using image maps to enable a new way of navigating my site.
Click on an object in the image on my Explore page to explore different parts of my personal website.
https://jamesg.blog/explore/
#indieweb #websites #personalwebsites
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In case you were sleeping when I published my newest post: I wrote down everything I learned from overcoming my own troubles with sleep. You can read it here:
https://lars-christian.com/how-to-sleep-well/
#indieweb #smallweb #sleep
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"html": "<p>Huh, I didn't know this was a thing <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/indieweb-carnival\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/indieweb-carnival</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
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I waited a while but here is my submission to this month's IndieWeb Carnival: Digital Relationships. The machine I am writing this on has been with me through a lot so I wrote A Love Letter to my Laptop.
https://westleywinks.com/writing/a-love-letter-to-my-laptop/
#indieWebCarnival #indieWeb #blog
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"html": "<blockquote><p>Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.</p></blockquote>Steve Jobs<p>The <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb</a> \u2013 the community of independent and personal websites built around open standards \u2013 fascinates and frustrates me in equal measure.</p><p>The web is a democratic publishing platform but its <a href=\"https://gilest.org/indie-easy.html\">inherent limitations</a> means there\u2019s a thriving market for centralised services that focus on frictionless user experience, often at the expense of control and agency.</p><p>The IndieWeb however is, like humans, messy. There\u2019s great power (and pragmatism) developing technologies based on usage \u2013 rough consensus and running code. Yet, as a recovering perfectionist, it\u2019s this mess, this roughness, that so often frustrates me.</p><p>I\u2019m trying to smooth over some of these bumps with <a href=\"https://getindiekit.com/\">Indiekit</a>. Alongside usability, I\u2019m also focused on accessibility, extensibility, customisation, localisation and much more besides. My over-designed <abbr title=\"content management system\">CMS</abbr> might have become a <a href=\"https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/let-a-website-be-a-worry-stone/\">worry stone</a>.</p><p>As the saying goes, if you want to go far, go together. Recently, I\u2019ve been contributing to some wider community initiatives. Granted, these may be motivated by the frustrations of a graphic designer who yearns for order and structure, but hopefully my little interventions have been useful.</p><p>So, if only for my own vanity, here\u2019s a list of things I\u2019ve contributed to the IndieWeb over the last few months.</p><h2>Icons for IndieWeb protocols and concepts</h2><img src=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/media/2024/056/a1/building_block_icons.png\" alt=\"Icons for 8 IndieWeb building blocks.\" /><p>At IndieWebCamp Nuremberg last October, I proposed <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2023/298/a1/indieweb_identity/\">a series of icons for common IndieWeb protocols and concepts</a>. They now appear on <a href=\"https://micro.blog/about/indieweb\">an about page for Micro.blog</a> and in <a href=\"https://getindiekit.com/specifications\">Indiekit\u2019s documentation</a>.</p><p>They have yet to see any broader usage, but I\u2019d rather see the protocols and concepts they represent gain wider adoption, and if the icons come along for the ride, even better.</p><h2>Updated design for IndieWeb.org</h2><img src=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/media/2024/056/a1/indieweb_homepage.png#screenshot\" alt=\"Screenshot of the indieweb.org home page.\" /><p>The <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb wiki</a> is an important resource for learning about the movement, its standards and practices as well as a place to share insights and implementation examples. By using <a href=\"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Vector\">an older version of MediaWiki\u2019s default theme</a> not optimised for smaller screens, people new to the community didn\u2019t get the best first impression.</p><p>There\u2019s <a href=\"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Vector/2022\">a newer version of this theme</a>, but to make it the default on IndieWeb.org meant updating a heavily customised homepage. The homepage is a difficult page to get right, and <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Category:homepage-redesign\">many attempts</a> have been made to update its design over the years. I was keen that such discussions didn\u2019t prevent the site moving to the newer, responsive theme.</p><p>I proposed a limited scope redesign, one that retained the existing content and layout, but made small changes so that it wouldn\u2019t look out of place with the new theme, while also being easier to edit and maintain.</p><p>I <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2024/homepage\">documented the issues</a> with the older theme and homepage, outlined my redesign proposal and provided a way for people to try out the new homepage. With the help of Aaron, Tantek and the wider community, we ironed out bugs, made tweaks and then gradually rolled out the change, <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/047/t1/indieweb-major-update-design\">launching the new design on Valentines Day</a>.</p><h2>Icons for Micro.blog\u2019s companion apps</h2><p>I\u2019m a huge admirer of the work <a href=\"https://www.manton.org/\">Manton</a> has been doing with <a href=\"https://micro.blog/\">Micro.blog</a>. Since its launch in 2017, his platform continues to prove out many of the ideas and technologies that underpin the IndieWeb. It\u2019s no accident that it\u2019s one of the best places on the web to publish and then share content across the different social networks that have sprung up since Elon Musk rocked up with a sink.</p><p>The service also provides a number of companion apps for iOS and Android, and the launch of the note-taking app Strata brought this number up to 4. That each icon appeared unrelated to Micro.blog made me twitchy.</p><p><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2024/046/p1/\">My unsolicited redesign</a> caught the eye of Manton, and the new icons are being slowly rolled out across the different apps. This image gives me more pleasure than is possibly healthy:</p><img src=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/media/2024/056/a1/micro_blog_companion_apps.png\" alt=\"Micro.blog companion apps in the dock of the iOS home screen.\" /><h2>IndieWebCamp Brighton 2024</h2><p>Finally, alongside <a href=\"https://qubyte.codes/\">Mark Everitt</a>, I\u2019m organising <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2024/032/a1/indiewebcamp_brighton/\">the first IndieWebCamp of the year</a> which is taking place here, in Brighton. It\u2019s just 2 weeks away, and <a href=\"https://ti.to/indiewebcamp/brighton-2024\">a handful of tickets remain</a>.</p><p>I\u2019m excited to think about what may emerge from 2 days of discussion, prototyping, hacking and hopefully, together, we can make a few more dents in the IndieWeb.</p><p>Reply via email</p>",
"text": "Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.Steve JobsThe IndieWeb \u2013 the community of independent and personal websites built around open standards \u2013 fascinates and frustrates me in equal measure.\n\nThe web is a democratic publishing platform but its inherent limitations means there\u2019s a thriving market for centralised services that focus on frictionless user experience, often at the expense of control and agency.\n\nThe IndieWeb however is, like humans, messy. There\u2019s great power (and pragmatism) developing technologies based on usage \u2013 rough consensus and running code. Yet, as a recovering perfectionist, it\u2019s this mess, this roughness, that so often frustrates me.\n\nI\u2019m trying to smooth over some of these bumps with Indiekit. Alongside usability, I\u2019m also focused on accessibility, extensibility, customisation, localisation and much more besides. My over-designed CMS might have become a worry stone.\n\nAs the saying goes, if you want to go far, go together. Recently, I\u2019ve been contributing to some wider community initiatives. Granted, these may be motivated by the frustrations of a graphic designer who yearns for order and structure, but hopefully my little interventions have been useful.\n\nSo, if only for my own vanity, here\u2019s a list of things I\u2019ve contributed to the IndieWeb over the last few months.Icons for IndieWeb protocols and conceptsAt IndieWebCamp Nuremberg last October, I proposed a series of icons for common IndieWeb protocols and concepts. They now appear on an about page for Micro.blog and in Indiekit\u2019s documentation.\n\nThey have yet to see any broader usage, but I\u2019d rather see the protocols and concepts they represent gain wider adoption, and if the icons come along for the ride, even better.Updated design for IndieWeb.orgThe IndieWeb wiki is an important resource for learning about the movement, its standards and practices as well as a place to share insights and implementation examples. By using an older version of MediaWiki\u2019s default theme not optimised for smaller screens, people new to the community didn\u2019t get the best first impression.\n\nThere\u2019s a newer version of this theme, but to make it the default on IndieWeb.org meant updating a heavily customised homepage. The homepage is a difficult page to get right, and many attempts have been made to update its design over the years. I was keen that such discussions didn\u2019t prevent the site moving to the newer, responsive theme.\n\nI proposed a limited scope redesign, one that retained the existing content and layout, but made small changes so that it wouldn\u2019t look out of place with the new theme, while also being easier to edit and maintain.\n\nI documented the issues with the older theme and homepage, outlined my redesign proposal and provided a way for people to try out the new homepage. With the help of Aaron, Tantek and the wider community, we ironed out bugs, made tweaks and then gradually rolled out the change, launching the new design on Valentines Day.Icons for Micro.blog\u2019s companion appsI\u2019m a huge admirer of the work Manton has been doing with Micro.blog. Since its launch in 2017, his platform continues to prove out many of the ideas and technologies that underpin the IndieWeb. It\u2019s no accident that it\u2019s one of the best places on the web to publish and then share content across the different social networks that have sprung up since Elon Musk rocked up with a sink.\n\nThe service also provides a number of companion apps for iOS and Android, and the launch of the note-taking app Strata brought this number up to 4. That each icon appeared unrelated to Micro.blog made me twitchy.\n\nMy unsolicited redesign caught the eye of Manton, and the new icons are being slowly rolled out across the different apps. This image gives me more pleasure than is possibly healthy:IndieWebCamp Brighton 2024Finally, alongside Mark Everitt, I\u2019m organising the first IndieWebCamp of the year which is taking place here, in Brighton. It\u2019s just 2 weeks away, and a handful of tickets remain.\n\nI\u2019m excited to think about what may emerge from 2 days of discussion, prototyping, hacking and hopefully, together, we can make a few more dents in the IndieWeb.\n\nReply via email"
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Good summary blog post on some of the IndieWeb-related improvements @paulrobertlloyd has made recently. The updated design of the IndieWeb wiki pages is a nice improvement. Paul and others will be gathering in Brighton for IndieWebCamp… I’ll try to join remotely too if the time zones work out.
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"html": "<p>I recently discovered <a href=\"https://photog.social/@starrwulfe@abc.starrwulfe.xyz/111954576711250758\">J.L. Gatewood</a> writing but his last blog posts about the GitHub kerfuffle over connecting two social media platforms has been spot on with my thinking about the subject.</p>\n<p>The pre-able to <a href=\"https://starrwulfe.xyz/2024/02/on-the-subject-of-connecting-federated-social-media-networks/\">On The Subject Of Connecting Federate Social Media Networks</a> sets up the rest of his post:</p>\n<blockquote><p>\n The past few days on the Fediverse have served to remind me a few things:<br />1.The internet is as smart and as ignorant (and everything in between) as the macrocosm known as \u201chuman civilization\u201d reflects upon it.<br />2. Sometimes the victims will become the victimizers in any given situation, usually without them being aware of it.<br />3. Upon pointing it out to said type above, instead of working to acknowledge and understand, they will double-down under the guise of righteousness, again unwittingly using the exact playbook that they had been persecuted under at some point in the past.<br />4. As usual, any attempt by a rational third party to diffuse whatever situation breaking out on the internet will lead to a wider conflict/argument/brigade session where everyone winds up digging their heels in and missing entirely the point.<br />5. And finally, as usual, there\u2019s a 95% chance it was started by someone who was all to ready to be triggered by anything and everything so they could start some shit on the internet at that moment.\n</p></blockquote>\n<p>Read Ryan\u2019s <a href=\"https://snarfed.org/2024-01-21_moderate-people-not-code\">reflection on the experience</a>:</p>\n<blockquote><p>\n The scope of the fediverse has been hotly debated recently. Are we a big fedi? Or a small fedi? Are instances just nodes? Or networked communities? Which Camp of Mastodon are we in? How far should our replies travel? How about our blog posts and Bluesky skeets? Should we welcome Threads? Or block them?</p>\n<p> Should we open the fediverse to everyone, let them exercise freedom of association, embrace the inevitable Eternal September, and get good at managing the problems? Or should we learn from Twitter that a \u201cglobal town square\u201d has big downsides, try to prevent those harms from the beginning, and only expand online communities once we have their consent?</p>\n<p> Should there be one internet? Or multiple, sometimes separate internets?\n</p></blockquote>\n<p>What is an oligarch and why has the USA become one? What happened to \"...government of the people, by the people, for the people\"? In part 7 of his series, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich writes about how concentrated wealth and power are undermining US democracy.</p>\n<blockquote><p>\n The \u201cOLIGARCHY\u201d comes from the Greek word oligarkhes, meaning \u201cfew to rule or command.\u201d It refers to a government of and by a few exceedingly rich people or families who control the major institutions of society, and therefore have the most power over other people\u2019s lives. - <a href=\"https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-american-oligarchy-why-is-american\">How America\u2019s oligarchy has paved the road to fascism (Why American capitalism is so rotten, Part 7)</a>\n</p></blockquote>\n<p>Writer James Shelly asks a very important question: \"<a href=\"https://jamesshelley.com/blog/writing-on-the-internet.html\">What\u2019s the fun in writing on the internet anymore?</a>\"</p>\n<blockquote><p>\n You could copy and paste this article into ChatGPT and say, \u201cPlease rewrite and paraphrase this blog post in such a way as to keep its main points and observations, but substantively reconfigure the text to make the original version undetectable.\u201d And then, just like that, you have content for your own blog. So easy.</p>\n<p> Or you could just copy the contents of this page and paste it into a site like plagiarism-remover.com so you could, as advertised, \u201cEasily Convert Your Plagiarism article Into Plagiarism Free article.\u201d Or you could use Spinbot. Or Jasper. Or QuillBot. Or Paraphraser. And so on.\n</p></blockquote>",
"text": "I recently discovered J.L. Gatewood writing but his last blog posts about the GitHub kerfuffle over connecting two social media platforms has been spot on with my thinking about the subject.\nThe pre-able to On The Subject Of Connecting Federate Social Media Networks sets up the rest of his post:\n\n The past few days on the Fediverse have served to remind me a few things:\n1.The internet is as smart and as ignorant (and everything in between) as the macrocosm known as \u201chuman civilization\u201d reflects upon it.\n2. Sometimes the victims will become the victimizers in any given situation, usually without them being aware of it.\n3. Upon pointing it out to said type above, instead of working to acknowledge and understand, they will double-down under the guise of righteousness, again unwittingly using the exact playbook that they had been persecuted under at some point in the past.\n4. As usual, any attempt by a rational third party to diffuse whatever situation breaking out on the internet will lead to a wider conflict/argument/brigade session where everyone winds up digging their heels in and missing entirely the point.\n5. And finally, as usual, there\u2019s a 95% chance it was started by someone who was all to ready to be triggered by anything and everything so they could start some shit on the internet at that moment.\n\nRead Ryan\u2019s reflection on the experience:\n\n The scope of the fediverse has been hotly debated recently. Are we a big fedi? Or a small fedi? Are instances just nodes? Or networked communities? Which Camp of Mastodon are we in? How far should our replies travel? How about our blog posts and Bluesky skeets? Should we welcome Threads? Or block them?\n Should we open the fediverse to everyone, let them exercise freedom of association, embrace the inevitable Eternal September, and get good at managing the problems? Or should we learn from Twitter that a \u201cglobal town square\u201d has big downsides, try to prevent those harms from the beginning, and only expand online communities once we have their consent?\n Should there be one internet? Or multiple, sometimes separate internets?\n\nWhat is an oligarch and why has the USA become one? What happened to \"...government of the people, by the people, for the people\"? In part 7 of his series, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich writes about how concentrated wealth and power are undermining US democracy.\n\n The \u201cOLIGARCHY\u201d comes from the Greek word oligarkhes, meaning \u201cfew to rule or command.\u201d It refers to a government of and by a few exceedingly rich people or families who control the major institutions of society, and therefore have the most power over other people\u2019s lives. - How America\u2019s oligarchy has paved the road to fascism (Why American capitalism is so rotten, Part 7)\n\nWriter James Shelly asks a very important question: \"What\u2019s the fun in writing on the internet anymore?\"\n\n You could copy and paste this article into ChatGPT and say, \u201cPlease rewrite and paraphrase this blog post in such a way as to keep its main points and observations, but substantively reconfigure the text to make the original version undetectable.\u201d And then, just like that, you have content for your own blog. So easy.\n Or you could just copy the contents of this page and paste it into a site like plagiarism-remover.com so you could, as advertised, \u201cEasily Convert Your Plagiarism article Into Plagiarism Free article.\u201d Or you could use Spinbot. Or Jasper. Or QuillBot. Or Paraphraser. And so on."
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"text": "The Markup found that Instagram is removing content about Israel and Palestine:\n\"Our investigation found that Instagram heavily demoted nongraphic images of war, deleted captions and hid comments without notification, erratically suppressed hashtags, and denied users the option to appeal when the company removed their comments, including ones about Israel and Palestine, as \u201cspam.\u201d\"\n\"[...] As TechCrunch has detailed, the platform\u2019s moderation system seems to disproportionately suppress Palestinian users. The Markup found a few accusations of supporters of Israel feeling suppressed, but did not identify more sweeping evidence through our reporting or testing.\"\nWhen these platforms become large enough to be a de facto public square, as Instagram, Facebook, and X certainly are, their moderation policies disproportionately affect public perception. It's one reason why I prefer open protocols like the fediverse, with smaller communities that each can have different moderation policies, which in aggregate offer greater choice.\nAs reported here, people who want to shed light on the perspectives and lived experiences of people on one side of a conflict wind up using euphemisms instead of the names of a people in order to avoid getting their content banned or deleted. That's not the kind of information source that sits at the heart of a healthy, democratic culture. #Technology",
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@jlsksr #indieweb-chat och libera is nice 🙂
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Can anyone recommend IRC channels for the SmallWeb and such? You guys idling somewhere?
#SmallWeb #IRC #smolweb #indieweb #GeminiProtocol
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The shutdowns and layoffs at Vice, Messenger and BuzzFeed are prompting reflection on traditional publishing models and the tradeoffs of corporate ownership of creative output.
“If you’re a creative person, one of the most important actions you can take, full stop, is to take some ownership over your work.”
And:
“It’s not hard to imagine a world where people write or create cool things, those things get syndicated by larger media outlets who monetize them, and everyone shares equally in its success—rather than what we have now, where your creativity is locked down in corporate shackles until they’re done with you.”
https://tedium.co/2024/02/23/media-layoffs-creativity-ownership/
#IndieWeb
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Make a website, blog, or portfolio using nothing but Apple Notes. No more excuses to not have a blog or a website. Montaigne turns your Apple Notes into a website. Or you can just share few notes with your friends or colleagues.
Courtesy @box464@mastodon.social
Montaigne (Montaigne) Create a website in less than a minute with instant page loads. Manage your content in Apple Notes using your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Montaigne will syncronize your notes to the web.
https://starrwulfe.xyz/h/23KV
#apple #blogging #Indieweb #iOS #macOS #tools
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When reading a website that has pages, what direction do you expect OLDER items to be:
#AskMastodon #IndieWeb #WebDev #poll
< Left
Right >
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