I had such a great chat with @mike on his Dot Social podcast, where we talked about the future of the web and why I'm a web optimist, why everyone should be a blogger, digital ownership, and decentralized social media.

The full episode is available here https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/molly-white/ and on PeerTube/YouTube/the usual podcast feeds!

#fediverse #openweb #dweb #indieweb #POSSE

I know right? I'm perfectly happy staying in the #IndieWeb by the way. I haven't looked to see if this has VC funding yet or not, but surely, even VC people would get tired of giving money away and not getting a return? @FeralRobots

A recent post by @bjhess and Manuel Moreale got me thinking about something that had been on my mind lately, so I wrote about it:

https://chavanniclass.wordpress.com/2024/05/17/curate-search/

#writing #IndieWeb #AI #Google #blog #blogging

If you liked Gig publishing is clogging up the indie publishing space. my feed URL is https://robertkingett.com/feed/ #RSS #IndieWeb #SmallWeb

Steve took part in #IndieWeb Carnival with his entry discussing the impact of low friction between ideas and writing them down as well as needing a change of scenery from work desk when being creative.

Check out his post at https://tangiblelife.net/creative-environments

#creativity #blogging

@NemesContent I'm a big fan of MDN Curriculum which includes links to other resources. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn The #IndieWeb has recently started an event called Front End Study Hall -- mostly about CSS but it's also about HTML and I bet we could get you going. One thing @tantek.com says is that HTML tags are like punctuation, and if you can learn new punctuation HTML is a bit less daunting. Check https://events.indieweb.org for the next Study Hall!

Man, there are days I want to make website so bad, but I need to learn html. Anyone got any suggestions on how to start without it being so daunting?

#indieweb #neocities #nekoweb

As an opinion piece, for forums to have a better chance in the modern #IndieWeb I think their UX needs to be improved. The old conventions, and the (often odd) responsive workarounds added on top of the old layouts must go.

I think for a multitude of historical reasons most forums have been worked on by general programmers, not so much by web (front-end) specialists.

We should have more small forums, they serve their own purpose, but we should also bring in some new fresh life to the space.

Great to hear @molly0xfff's thoughts on not just the fediverse but lots of #dweb and #indieweb technology.
The points about UX are so right, been thinking about this a lot.
Portability, attribution and ownership are also key
Thank you @mike and the @Flipboard team for producing these #dotsocial podcasts

Do you archive (make local copy) of other people’s sites in case they vanish? If so: how?

#indieweb

I joined the IndieWeb webring! I've been wanting to join a webring for a while, and this makes me happy.

I also added a proper h-card to my site and verified it: https://reillyspitzfaden.com

#IndieWeb #Microformats #PersonalSites #Blog

Wanted https://found.as to have a site-wide default favicon (/favicon.ico), didn't want a rule for it in the server. So added file uploads to the service. Still qualifies as solving the problem at hand… Or does it?

Such #indieweb #SmallWeb much #webdev wow.

So much good can come out of making your own place on the ‘net.
Even better still would be to thank others for their own efforts at making the web a force of humanity and good.

It’s the least we can do. And a simply reply or thanks costs nothing but a moment.

https://adactio.com/journal/21098
#journal #blog #indieWeb
By @adactio

Yet another reason #testing and #qa are so important.

#badwebpractices #badweb #indieweb

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day everybody!

Recently I've been diving into the world of independent and personal websites and for that community I hope we remember today that the web is for everyone.

Of course consider #accessibility when you build your personal website, but if you're in a position to mentor a newbie make sure you teach them #a11y principles, not just HTML tags and folder structure.

#GAAD #indieweb #smallweb #personalweb

IndieWeb principles · Paul Robert Lloyd

I really, really like Paul’s idea of splitting up the indie web principles into one opinionated nerdy list of dev principles, and a separate shorter list of core principles for everyone:

  1. Own your identity An independent web presence starts with an online identity you own and control. The most reliable way to do this today is by having your own domain name.
  2. Own your content You should retain control of the things you make, and not be subject to third-parties preventing access to it, deleting it or disappearing entirely. The best way to do this is by publishing content on your own website.
  3. Have fun! When the web took off in the 90’s people began designing personal sites with garish backgrounds and animated GIFs. It may have been ugly but it was fun. Let’s keep the web weird and interesting.
#indieweb #design #principles #development #ownership #independence #freedom #building #tools #control #fun

Just watched an inspiring presentation on IndieWeb from 2019: Take Back Your Web by Tantek Çelik @tantek.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBLob0ObHMw

#IndieWeb

In this #IndieWeb Carnival entry, @vhbelvadi explored the idea of how the music we listen creates a creative environment.

I love this quote:

> It was not the physical space that defined my environment but the music that transformed it.

https://vhbelvadi.com/music-creative-environment

#creativity

I gave some thought to this month’s IndieWeb carnival theme because it’s such a wonderful thing to write about; and for everything I do address, I can’t quite justify not writing about so many others. In the end I chose to write about something that means a lot to me and is my interpretation of the theme. This month’s IndieWeb carnival is hosted by @hamatti – again, what a wonderful theme this was.

#IndieWeb #IndieWebCarnival #CreativeEnvironments #CreativeSpaces #Music

https://vhbelvadi.com/music-creative-environment

Just curated a list of reasons why people #blog because sometimes I forget why I love #blogging so much and think it's all pointless anyway (it isn't!). Hopefully, it'll help you too:

https://chavanniclass.wordpress.com/2024/05/16/why-blog/

#writing #AI #IndieWeb