Speaking at Peckham Digital

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Paul Robert Lloyd",
        "url": "https://paulrobertlloyd.com",
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    "url": "https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2024/192/a1/peckham_digital/",
    "published": "2024-07-10T11:20:00+00:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I\u2019ll be speaking at Peckham Digital\u2019s <a href=\"https://www.peckhamdigital.org/\">3rd Festival of Creative Computing</a> next Friday, 19 July.</p><p>Here\u2019s the pitch for my talk, The Web We Want: A Beginner\u2019s Guide to the IndieWeb:</p><blockquote><p>The web was intended as a medium for collaboration, compassion and creativity. Today, with control consolidated within the hands of a few corporations and communication reliant on their centralised services, instead we witness a means of sowing disinformation, polarisation and division.</p><p>The IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the corporate web, a place where you own your identity, retain control of your content and enjoy the freedom to create whatever you like without the constraints imposed by companies concerned only with engagement and the needs of investors.</p><p>In this talk, we\u2019ll explore the different ways people are expressing themselves on the IndieWeb and how you can join them.</p></blockquote><p>I\u2019ve got an hour, and in that time I hope to give a brief history of the web and explain how you can maintain control and ownership of your work and identity online. I may even have some time to demo publishing to my website using IndieWeb building blocks, before taking any questions.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/933969256187\">Tickets are free</a>, and the talk starts at 6pm at <a href=\"https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/camberwell-college-of-arts/partnerships-knowledge-exchange/the-hub\">The Hub</a>. See you there!</p><p>Reply via email</p>",
        "text": "I\u2019ll be speaking at Peckham Digital\u2019s 3rd Festival of Creative Computing next Friday, 19 July.\n\nHere\u2019s the pitch for my talk, The Web We Want: A Beginner\u2019s Guide to the IndieWeb:The web was intended as a medium for collaboration, compassion and creativity. Today, with control consolidated within the hands of a few corporations and communication reliant on their centralised services, instead we witness a means of sowing disinformation, polarisation and division.\n\nThe IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the corporate web, a place where you own your identity, retain control of your content and enjoy the freedom to create whatever you like without the constraints imposed by companies concerned only with engagement and the needs of investors.\n\nIn this talk, we\u2019ll explore the different ways people are expressing themselves on the IndieWeb and how you can join them.I\u2019ve got an hour, and in that time I hope to give a brief history of the web and explain how you can maintain control and ownership of your work and identity online. I may even have some time to demo publishing to my website using IndieWeb building blocks, before taking any questions.\n\nTickets are free, and the talk starts at 6pm at The Hub. See you there!\n\nReply via email"
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://typo.social/@Luke/112763075524370251",
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        "html": "<p>\u201c\u2026internet\u2026 slop\u2026 \u2026I think the solution lies with human curation.\u201d<br />Hear here! <br /><a href=\"https://typo.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://typo.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://typo.social/tags/documentation\">#<span>documentation</span></a> <a href=\"https://typo.social/tags/docs\">#<span>docs</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@adactio/112761623084573536\"><span>https://</span><span>mastodon.social/@adactio/11276</span><span>1623084573536</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\u201c\u2026internet\u2026 slop\u2026 \u2026I think the solution lies with human curation.\u201d\nHear here! \n#webdev #indieweb #documentation #docs\nhttps://mastodon.social/@adactio/112761623084573536"
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    "published": "2024-07-10T16:13:03+00:00",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://ibe.social/notes/9vjlkgtyxa",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I updated the <a href=\"https://theresmiling.eu/about\">about me</a><span> page on my website. The biggest change of those otherwise small updates is that I recorded and uploaded two audio files: the pronunciations of my name (Elena) and nick name (theresmiling). I may add a section about where my nickname comes from in the future.<br /><br /></span><a href=\"https://ibe.social/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#PersonalWebsite</a> <a href=\"https://ibe.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#IndieWeb</a> <a href=\"https://ibe.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#SmallWeb</a></p>",
        "text": "I updated the about me page on my website. The biggest change of those otherwise small updates is that I recorded and uploaded two audio files: the pronunciations of my name (Elena) and nick name (theresmiling). I may add a section about where my nickname comes from in the future.\n\n#PersonalWebsite #IndieWeb #SmallWeb"
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Substack rival Ghost federates its first newsletter

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    "published": "2024-07-10T12:09:55+00:00",
    "url": "https://werd.io/2024/substack-rival-ghost-federates-its-first-newsletter-techcrunch",
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    "name": "Substack rival Ghost federates its first newsletter",
    "content": {
        "text": "[Sarah Perez at TechCrunch]\"Newsletter platform and Substack rival Ghost announced earlier this year that it would join the fediverse, the open social network of interconnected servers that includes apps like Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard and, more recently, Instagram Threads, among others. Now, it has made good on that promise \u2014 with its own newsletter as a start.\"I'm certain that this is a large part of the future of how information will be disseminated on the internet - and how publishers will run subscription programs. Subscribers who use the fediverse see the benefit of rich content that they can reshare and comment on; publishers get to understand a lot more about their subscribers than they would from the web or email newsletters.\n\nGhost's reader will certainly be augmented by other, standalone readers that work a bit like Apple News. Its fediverse publishing capabilities will be followed by other content management systems. Notably, Automattic has been working on fediverse integration, for example, and Flipboard has been doing amazing work in this area.\n\nI'm also convinced there's room for another fediverse-compatible social network that handles both long and short-form content in a similar way to Substack's articles and Notes. If someone else doesn't build that, I will.\n\n#Fediverse [Link]",
        "html": "<p>[<a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/08/substack-rival-ghost-federates-its-first-newsletter/\">Sarah Perez at TechCrunch</a>]</p><blockquote><p>\"Newsletter platform and Substack rival Ghost announced earlier this year that it would join the fediverse, the open social network of interconnected servers that includes apps like Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard and, more recently, Instagram Threads, among others. Now, it has made good on that promise \u2014 with its own newsletter as a start.\"</p></blockquote><p>I'm certain that this is a large part of the future of how information will be disseminated on the internet - and how publishers will run subscription programs. Subscribers who use the fediverse see the benefit of rich content that they can reshare and comment on; publishers <a href=\"https://werd.io/2024/the-fediverse-for-media-organizations\">get to understand a lot more about their subscribers than they would from the web or email newsletters</a>.</p><p>Ghost's reader will certainly be augmented by other, standalone readers that work a bit like Apple News. Its fediverse publishing capabilities will be followed by other content management systems. Notably, Automattic has been working on fediverse integration, for example, and Flipboard has been doing amazing work in this area.</p><p>I'm also convinced there's room for another fediverse-compatible social network that handles both long and short-form content in a similar way to Substack's articles and Notes. If someone else doesn't build that, I will.</p><p><a href=\"https://werd.io/tag/Fediverse\" class=\"p-category\">#Fediverse</a></p> <p>[<a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/08/substack-rival-ghost-federates-its-first-newsletter/\">Link</a>]</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Ben Werdmuller",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@litox/112762824313647876",
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        "html": "<p>Estoy content\u00edsimo porque he implementado Webmentions en mi blog y adem\u00e1s est\u00e1 conectado con esta cuenta de Mastodon, as\u00ed que las reacciones (likes, reposts, comentarios...) a este toot se replicar\u00e1n en mi blog para unificar la conversaci\u00f3n.</p><p>\u00bfMe ayud\u00e1is a testearlo?</p><p><a href=\"https://cyborgspaces.com/2024/07/10/webmentions-ahora-si/\"><span>https://</span><span>cyborgspaces.com/2024/07/10/we</span><span>bmentions-ahora-si/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Webmentions\">#<span>Webmentions</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebSencilla\">#<span>WebSencilla</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Estoy content\u00edsimo porque he implementado Webmentions en mi blog y adem\u00e1s est\u00e1 conectado con esta cuenta de Mastodon, as\u00ed que las reacciones (likes, reposts, comentarios...) a este toot se replicar\u00e1n en mi blog para unificar la conversaci\u00f3n.\n\n\u00bfMe ayud\u00e1is a testearlo?\n\nhttps://cyborgspaces.com/2024/07/10/webmentions-ahora-si/\n\n#blog #Webmentions #WebSencilla #IndieWeb"
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    "_id": "41600620",
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        "name": "#indieauth",
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    "url": "https://marc.hannebrook.info/blog/2024/07/10/704/",
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        "html": "<p>Seit dem letzten <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/indieauth/#developers\">Update</a> des IndieAuth-Plugins funktioniert das jetzt tadellos.</p><p>Ein weiterer Punkt den ich jetzt <a href=\"https://marc.hannebrook.info/blog/2024/06/19/homepage-reaktiviert/\">abhaken</a> kann.</p><p><a href=\"https://marc.hannebrook.info/blog/2024/07/10/704/\">https://marc.hannebrook.info/blog/2024/07/10/704/</a></p><p><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://marc.hannebrook.info/blog/tag/indieauth/\">#IndieAuth</a></p>",
        "text": "Seit dem letzten Update des IndieAuth-Plugins funktioniert das jetzt tadellos.\n\nEin weiterer Punkt den ich jetzt abhaken kann.\n\nhttps://marc.hannebrook.info/blog/2024/07/10/704/\n\n#IndieAuth"
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    "published": "2024-07-10T14:23:04+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "Manton Reece",
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    "url": "https://www.manton.org/2024/07/10/ben-werdmuller-linking.html",
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        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://werd.io/2024/substack-rival-ghost-federates-its-first-newsletter-techcrunch\">Ben Werdmuller</a>, linking today to a story on Ghost federation:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m also convinced there\u2019s room for another fediverse-compatible social network that handles both long and short-form content in a similar way to Substack\u2019s articles and Notes. If someone else doesn\u2019t build that, I will.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, it\u2019s weird how no one has built <a href=\"https://micro.blog/\">this</a> and certainly no one has been actively hosting thousands of blogs with long and short-form content, a social timeline, and fediverse integration for years. \ud83e\udd2a</p>",
        "text": "Ben Werdmuller, linking today to a story on Ghost federation:\n\nI\u2019m also convinced there\u2019s room for another fediverse-compatible social network that handles both long and short-form content in a similar way to Substack\u2019s articles and Notes. If someone else doesn\u2019t build that, I will.\n\nYeah, it\u2019s weird how no one has built this and certainly no one has been actively hosting thousands of blogs with long and short-form content, a social timeline, and fediverse integration for years. \ud83e\udd2a"
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    "published": "2024-07-10T08:52:59-05:00",
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    "_id": "41599951",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@capjamesg/112762310654413842",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Would anyone be interested in a personal website zine (reading one or contributing to one \u263a\ufe0f)?</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/websites\">#<span>websites</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Would anyone be interested in a personal website zine (reading one or contributing to one \u263a\ufe0f)?\n\n#indieweb #blogging #websites"
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    "published": "2024-07-10T12:58:32+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://pixelfed.social/p/pixelglade/716581716530780960",
    "content": {
        "html": "Did a total redesign of my site recently, including a new banner, retro web icons, background patterns, and more. Late 1990s web inspired.<br /><br /><br /><br />\nHave a look: <a href=\"https://pixelglade.net\">https://pixelglade.net</a>\ud83d\ude0a<br /><br /><br /><br />\nFor a long description of the banner see: <a href=\"https://pixelglade.net/artwork/webgraphics.html#pixelglade-banner-longdesc\">https://pixelglade.net/artwork/webgraphics.html#pixelglade-banner-longdesc</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/indieweb?src=hash\">#indieweb</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/smallweb?src=hash\">#smallweb</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retroweb?src=hash\">#retroweb</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/webdesign?src=hash\">#webdesign</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nostalgic?src=hash\">#nostalgic</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixelart?src=hash\">#pixelart</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/%E3%83%89%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E7%B5%B5?src=hash\">#\u30c9\u30c3\u30c8\u7d75</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/oldweb?src=hash\">#oldweb</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gif?src=hash\">#gif</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/90s?src=hash\">#90s</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/neocities?src=hash\">#neocities</a>",
        "text": "Did a total redesign of my site recently, including a new banner, retro web icons, background patterns, and more. Late 1990s web inspired.\n\n\n\n\nHave a look: https://pixelglade.net\ud83d\ude0a\n\n\n\n\nFor a long description of the banner see: https://pixelglade.net/artwork/webgraphics.html#pixelglade-banner-longdesc\n\n\n\n#indieweb #smallweb #retroweb #webdesign #nostalgic #pixelart #\u30c9\u30c3\u30c8\u7d75 #oldweb #gif #90s #neocities"
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://jlelse.blog/micro/2024/07/2024-07-10-hcriz",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I have a question for the IndieWeb community: What can we do against Webmention spam, except filter it out, when it fails validation? I receive hundreds of invalid Webmentions a day, and even using a filtering DNS server doesn\u2019t seem to help much. But I also don\u2019t want to waste network traffic to access all those spam sites. Is there any good block list I can check first before doing the request for validation? I thought about Akismet, but the API has no such option to only check the submitted URL.</p>",
        "text": "I have a question for the IndieWeb community: What can we do against Webmention spam, except filter it out, when it fails validation? I receive hundreds of invalid Webmentions a day, and even using a filtering DNS server doesn\u2019t seem to help much. But I also don\u2019t want to waste network traffic to access all those spam sites. Is there any good block list I can check first before doing the request for validation? I thought about Akismet, but the API has no such option to only check the submitted URL."
    },
    "published": "2024-07-10T05:26:02+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "41596320",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@owta/112758318267338842",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Exciting news! We are introducing the Federation Advocacy and Advancement Initiative (<a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/FAAI\">#<span>FAAI</span></a>).</p><p>FAAI aims to promote federation in apps, improve existing features and standards, foster collaboration, and provide informational resources.</p><p>We've proposed federation for Apache Answer and plan the same for AnswerOverflow!</p><p>Join us in shaping decentralized web technologies!</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Federation\">#<span>Federation</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/DecentralizedWeb\">#<span>DecentralizedWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWebTech\">#<span>OpenWebTech</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology\">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Exciting news! We are introducing the Federation Advocacy and Advancement Initiative (#FAAI).\n\nFAAI aims to promote federation in apps, improve existing features and standards, foster collaboration, and provide informational resources.\n\nWe've proposed federation for Apache Answer and plan the same for AnswerOverflow!\n\nJoin us in shaping decentralized web technologies!\n\n#Federation #Fediverse #DecentralizedWeb #IndieWeb #OpenWebTech #Technology"
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    "published": "2024-07-09T20:03:13+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://mastodontech.de/@jak2k/112758015228583020",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I set up <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/freshrss\">#<span>freshrss</span></a> on my server. After importing from my old reader, I added <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@simevidas\">@<span>simevidas</span></a></span>'s Web Dev OPML (<a href=\"https://github.com/simevidas/web-dev-feeds\"><span>https://</span><span>github.com/simevidas/web-dev-f</span><span>eeds</span></a>). I now have 37 268 unread posts from over 1000 <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/feeds\">#<span>feeds</span></a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/rssfeed\">#<span>rssfeed</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/bloging\">#<span>bloging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/OPML\">#<span>OPML</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/opml\">#<span>opml</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@simevidas\"></a>",
        "text": "I set up #freshrss on my server. After importing from my old reader, I added @simevidas's Web Dev OPML (https://github.com/simevidas/web-dev-feeds). I now have 37 268 unread posts from over 1000 #rss #feeds.\n\n#rssfeed #webdev #indieweb #bloging #blog #OPML #opml"
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    "published": "2024-07-09T18:46:09+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112757209007790372",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>The problem with redesigning your personal website is that it looks great for about a week, and then you start to hate it.</p><p>I've been struggling to organize the variety of side projects I've made.</p><p>Does this make sense?</p><p><a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.com/projects\"><span>https://</span><span>stefanbohacek.com/projects</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/SideProjects\">#<span>SideProjects</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "The problem with redesigning your personal website is that it looks great for about a week, and then you start to hate it.\n\nI've been struggling to organize the variety of side projects I've made.\n\nDoes this make sense?\n\nhttps://stefanbohacek.com/projects\n\n#SideProjects #PersonalWebsite #indieweb"
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    "published": "2024-07-09T15:21:07+00:00",
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My technology coaching and consulting in 2024

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    "published": "2024-07-09T14:59:01+00:00",
    "url": "https://werd.io/2024/my-technology-coaching-and-consulting-in-2024",
    "name": "My technology coaching and consulting in 2024",
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        "text": "My availability has opened up for a handful of consulting engagements in addition to my regular work as Senior Director of Technology at ProPublica.\n\nI\u2019ve founded two startups (both based on open-source technology communities that I also founded). I\u2019ve been a CTO, led product, and invested in early-stage startup ventures. I\u2019ve also taught venture and product design to teams that include startups, top-tier educational institutions, and local newsrooms. My products have been used by social movements and Fortune 500 companies. I would love to help you to move faster and make stronger technology decisions.\n\nHere are some ways I might be helpful to you:A Sounding BoardI can be your technology and product sounding board for your products and how your product or engineering team is run. I offer regular check-ins, or I can be available on an ad hoc, as-needed basis.\n\nI\u2019ll help you solve problems and coach you through getting to enduring solutions and productive work cultures. In the process, you\u2019ll avoid common pitfalls, take advantage of a new but experienced set of eyes on your problems, and have someone in your corner when you need.Accelerated Technology Product SprintsDo you need to quickly evaluate a product idea or a way to solve problems for a customer you\u2019ve identified? Do you need to identify that customer or market?\n\nI can lead you through a short design sprint, either remotely or in person. At the end of it, you\u2019ll have a stronger idea of your user and customer, learned tools for quickly running experiments and making progress, and identified and evaluated the core hypotheses that your product rests upon.\n\nYou\u2019ll iterate and get to market faster, increase your product\u2019s chance of success, and build practices in your team to help you move faster long after we\u2019ve finished working together.Technical Evaluation and AdviceAre you wondering how a technology (perhaps AI or the fediverse) might be used in your business? Do you have an idea in mind that needs to be feasibility-tested?\n\nI\u2019ll learn about your product and business and report on how you can leverage available technology with the time, team, and resources you have.\n\nYou\u2019ll more quickly understand what you can build, what\u2019s technically possible, and where the technology opportunities are for your existing business.Deck ReviewAre you presenting a strategy to your board or managers? Are you a startup going out to raise money?\n\nI can give you actionable feedback to help you build your deck and tell a more robust story that has a better chance of getting you to the outcome you\u2019re looking for.\n\nYou\u2019ll tell a stronger story, make a deeper emotional impact on your audience, and learn how to tell compelling stories in the future.CoursesAny of the above can be provided as workshops for your larger course. They are available both in-person and remotely.Get in TouchIf you\u2019re interested in these \u2014 or if you think you could make use of my other skills and experiences \u2014 please email me directly at ben@werd.io to arrange an initial meeting. I\u2019m excited to talk to you!",
        "html": "<p>My availability has opened up for a handful of consulting engagements in addition to my regular work as Senior Director of Technology at <a href=\"https://propublica.org\">ProPublica</a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://resume.werd.io\">I\u2019ve founded two startups</a> (both based on open-source technology communities that I also founded). I\u2019ve been a CTO, led product, and invested in early-stage startup ventures. I\u2019ve also taught venture and product design to teams that include startups, top-tier educational institutions, and local newsrooms. My products have been used by social movements and Fortune 500 companies. <strong>I would love to help you to move faster and make stronger technology decisions.</strong></p><p>Here are some ways I might be helpful to you:</p><h3>A Sounding Board</h3><p>I can be your technology and product sounding board for your products and how your product or engineering team is run. I offer regular check-ins, or I can be available on an ad hoc, as-needed basis.</p><p>I\u2019ll help you solve problems and coach you through getting to enduring solutions and productive work cultures. In the process, you\u2019ll avoid common pitfalls, take advantage of a new but experienced set of eyes on your problems, and have someone in your corner when you need.</p><h3>Accelerated Technology Product Sprints</h3><p>Do you need to quickly evaluate a product idea or a way to solve problems for a customer you\u2019ve identified? Do you need to identify that customer or market?</p><p>I can lead you through a short design sprint, either remotely or in person. At the end of it, you\u2019ll have a stronger idea of your user and customer, learned tools for quickly running experiments and making progress, and identified and evaluated the core hypotheses that your product rests upon.</p><p><strong>You\u2019ll iterate and get to market faster, increase your product\u2019s chance of success, and build practices in your team to help you move faster long after we\u2019ve finished working together.</strong></p><h3>Technical Evaluation and Advice</h3><p>Are you wondering how a technology (perhaps AI or the fediverse) might be used in your business? Do you have an idea in mind that needs to be feasibility-tested?</p><p>I\u2019ll learn about your product and business and report on how you can leverage available technology with the time, team, and resources you have.</p><p><strong>You\u2019ll more quickly understand what you can build, what\u2019s technically possible, and where the technology opportunities are for your existing business.</strong></p><h3>Deck Review</h3><p>Are you presenting a strategy to your board or managers? Are you a startup going out to raise money?</p><p>I can give you actionable feedback to help you build your deck and tell a more robust story that has a better chance of getting you to the outcome you\u2019re looking for.</p><p><strong>You\u2019ll tell a stronger story, make a deeper emotional impact on your audience, and learn how to tell compelling stories in the future.</strong></p><h3>Courses</h3><p>Any of the above can be provided as workshops for your larger course. They are available both in-person and remotely.</p><h3>Get in Touch</h3><p>If you\u2019re interested in these \u2014 or if <a href=\"https://resume.werd.io\">you think you could make use of my other skills and experiences</a> \u2014 please email me directly at <a href=\"mailto:ben@werd.io\">ben@werd.io</a> to arrange an initial meeting. I\u2019m excited to talk to you!</p>"
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    "url": "https://pkm.social/@RDK/112754295085694161",
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        "html": "<p>I wrote a blog post about screen reader. Among other things, you will find out the efficiency of using a Mac with VoiceOver compared to being a sighted user.</p><p><a href=\"https://justtext.net/posts/my-computer-talks-to-me-and-im-not-hallucinating/\"><span>https://</span><span>justtext.net/posts/my-computer</span><span>-talks-to-me-and-im-not-hallucinating/</span></a></p><p>Thank you <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@capjamesg\">@<span>capjamesg</span></a></span>  for coming with a such great theme!</p><p><a href=\"https://pkm.social/tags/a11y\">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href=\"https://pkm.social/tags/accessibility\">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href=\"https://pkm.social/tags/screenReader\">#<span>screenReader</span></a> <a href=\"https://pkm.social/tags/macOS\">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href=\"https://pkm.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://pkm.social/tags/IndieWebCarnival\">#<span>IndieWebCarnival</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@capjamesg\"></a>",
        "text": "I wrote a blog post about screen reader. Among other things, you will find out the efficiency of using a Mac with VoiceOver compared to being a sighted user.\n\nhttps://justtext.net/posts/my-computer-talks-to-me-and-im-not-hallucinating/\n\nThank you @capjamesg  for coming with a such great theme!\n\n#a11y #accessibility #screenReader #macOS #IndieWeb #IndieWebCarnival"
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Feature request: IndieWebify should support rel=author validation

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    "published": "2024-07-08 16:03-0700",
    "url": "http://tantek.com/2024/190/b1/indiewebify-request-rel-author-validation",
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    "name": "Feature request: IndieWebify should support rel=author validation",
    "content": {
        "text": "Similar to its rel=me checking support (validator), IndieWebify should support \nparsing, checking, and advising how to improve any rel=author (https://microformats.org/wiki/rel-author) \nlinks found on a page.\n\n \nIndieWebify should look for and check both:\n\n \n<a rel=\"author\" href=\"https://\u2026\"> \n\n \nand \n\n \n<link rel=\"author\" href=\"https://\u2026\"> \n\n \ntags, and display a list of all of them found on a particular page, \nalong with any additional information about each one (e.g. \ntype=, \ntitle=, \nand\nhreflang= \nattributes).\n\n\nIdeally it should also check for a valid representative h-card at the destination of a rel=author link.\n\n\nThis is worth implementing both as its own IndieWebify feature \n(especially so software & services like Mastodon could test an implementation), \nand as a building block towards implementing a complete authorship validator \n(issue #6).",
        "html": "<p>\nSimilar to its rel=me checking support (validator), IndieWebify should support \nparsing, checking, and advising how to improve any rel=author (<a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/rel-author\">https://microformats.org/wiki/rel-author</a>) \nlinks found on a page.\n</p>\n<p> \nIndieWebify should look for and check both:\n</p>\n<p> \n<code>&lt;a rel=\"author\" href=\"https://\u2026\"&gt;</code> \n</p>\n<p> \nand \n</p>\n<p> \n<code>&lt;link rel=\"author\" href=\"https://\u2026\"&gt;</code> \n</p>\n<p> \ntags, and display a list of all of them found on a particular page, \nalong with any additional information about each one (e.g. \n<code>type=</code>, \n<code>title=</code>, \nand\n<code>hreflang=</code> \nattributes).\n</p>\n<p>\nIdeally it should also check for a valid representative h-card at the destination of a rel=author link.\n</p>\n<p>\nThis is worth implementing both as its own IndieWebify feature \n(especially so software &amp; services like Mastodon could test an implementation), \nand as a building block towards implementing a complete authorship validator \n(<a href=\"https://github.com/indieweb/indiewebify-me/issues/6\">issue #6</a>).\n</p>"
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        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.online/@mauricerenck/112751399198201891",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Well, I am pretty excited about the upcoming IndieConnector release. This is a huge one. Will need some more time to test everything, but I guess there will be a release soon:</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/kirby\">#<span>kirby</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/indieconnector\">#<span>indieconnector</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Well, I am pretty excited about the upcoming IndieConnector release. This is a huge one. Will need some more time to test everything, but I guess there will be a release soon:\n\n#kirby #indieweb #indieconnector"
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    "published": "2024-07-08T14:43:36+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://m.courtneyr.co/@courtneyr/112751073671282732",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@tnash\">@<span>tnash</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@alexstandiford\">@<span>alexstandiford</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle\">@<span>pfefferle</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pfefferle.org/author/pfefferle/\">@<span>matthias</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://simian.rodeo/@boogah\">@<span>boogah</span></a></span> <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/07/08/what-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-next-default-wordpress-theme/\"><span>https://</span><span>make.wordpress.org/core/2024/0</span><span>7/08/what-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-next-default-wordpress-theme/</span></a> Shall we draft something together related to Post Formats and how the default theme could help get WP really ready for POSSE? <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/posse\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/posse</span><span></span></a>. Matthias's description here is a good launching point <a href=\"https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4Y3K/p1720363890759429?thread_ts=1720189741.798559&amp;cid=C02RP4Y3K\"><span>https://</span><span>wordpress.slack.com/archives/C</span><span>02RP4Y3K/p1720363890759429?thread_ts=1720189741.798559&amp;cid=C02RP4Y3K</span></a>. <a href=\"https://m.courtneyr.co/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://m.courtneyr.co/tags/WordPress\">#<span>WordPress</span></a> <a href=\"https://m.courtneyr.co/tags/Posse\">#<span>Posse</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@alexstandiford\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@tnash\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://pfefferle.org/author/pfefferle/\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://simian.rodeo/@boogah\"></a>",
        "text": "@tnash @alexstandiford @pfefferle @matthias @boogah https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/07/08/what-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-next-default-wordpress-theme/ Shall we draft something together related to Post Formats and how the default theme could help get WP really ready for POSSE? https://indieweb.org/posse. Matthias's description here is a good launching point https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4Y3K/p1720363890759429?thread_ts=1720189741.798559&cid=C02RP4Y3K. #IndieWeb #WordPress #Posse"
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    "published": "2024-07-08T13:20:49+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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    "url": "https://nerdculture.de/@gisiger/112750108272927723",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\u201cThe web is, at its core, a conversation tool. At least for the most part\u201d:</p><p><a href=\"https://manuelmoreale.com/how-to-converse-online\"><span>https://</span><span>manuelmoreale.com/how-to-conve</span><span>rse-online</span></a></p><p>And: \u201cMy ideal discussion format on the open web is through blog posts that reply to each other and reference each other\u201d:</p><p><a href=\"https://hamatti.org/posts/i-prefer-discussion-in-open-web/\"><span>https://</span><span>hamatti.org/posts/i-prefer-dis</span><span>cussion-in-open-web/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://nerdculture.de/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://nerdculture.de/tags/OpenWeb\">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://nerdculture.de/tags/blogs\">#<span>blogs</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\u201cThe web is, at its core, a conversation tool. At least for the most part\u201d:\n\nhttps://manuelmoreale.com/how-to-converse-online\n\nAnd: \u201cMy ideal discussion format on the open web is through blog posts that reply to each other and reference each other\u201d:\n\nhttps://hamatti.org/posts/i-prefer-discussion-in-open-web/\n\n#IndieWeb #OpenWeb #blogs"
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    "published": "2024-07-08T09:15:09+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@neiman/112747498454942155",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Thinking forward about the \"democratic web\" forum (or should it be for general free web? <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a>, <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a>  and <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> and <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/p2pweb\">#<span>p2pweb</span></a> included), we went on to set up Discourse today. </p><p>We need to write a plunging for signing up using ZK proofs.</p><p>While my mate Ahmad went on to set it up on our server, I tried to install it locally. And failed. and failed. and failed!</p><p>.. 8 hours later turns out that a simple rename of a folder would solve my strange problem. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Ruby\">#<span>Ruby</span></a> can be annoying.</p>",
        "text": "Thinking forward about the \"democratic web\" forum (or should it be for general free web? #fediverse, #indieweb  and #smallweb and #p2pweb included), we went on to set up Discourse today. \n\nWe need to write a plunging for signing up using ZK proofs.\n\nWhile my mate Ahmad went on to set it up on our server, I tried to install it locally. And failed. and failed. and failed!\n\n.. 8 hours later turns out that a simple rename of a folder would solve my strange problem. #Ruby can be annoying."
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    "published": "2024-07-07T22:11:36+00:00",
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