It turns out I'm still excited about the web

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        "text": "I\u2019m worried I\u2019ve become cynical about technology as I\u2019ve gotten older. But maybe technology really is worse.\n\nSomeone asked me the other day: \u201cwhat [in media and technology] are you excited about right now?\u201d\n\nWe both agreed that it was a surprisingly difficult question. And then came the follow-up:\n\n\u201cDo you think it\u2019s just because we\u2019re older now, or is the web really less exciting?\u201d\n\nAnd to be honest, I\u2019m not sure.\n\nI used to be so excited. If you sneak a glance at my high school yearbook, you\u2019ll see that I wanted to be a journalist. Telling stories was my first love. It\u2019s still where my brain feels the most comfortable. I love the flow state of writing more than doing just about anything else. That\u2019s why I keep writing here, and why my long-term plan is to pivot from a technology career to one where I get to write all the time.\n\nBut in 1994 or so, I got distracted by the web: what an amazing medium for stories. Many of us share the experience of trying out a browser like NCSA Mosaic, discovering voices from all over the world, and getting stuck into writing our own HTML code without having to ask anyone for permission or buy a software license to get started. I vividly remember when we got the ability to add our own background images to web pages, for example. For a long time, I was a master at table-based layouts.\n\nIn the UK, where I grew up, you were effectively forced to pick your university degree at 16. You were required to choose three or four A-level subjects to focus on for your last two years of high school; then you had to apply to do a particular degree at each university, knowing that each degree had subject requirements. If you wanted to study English at university, you needed to have chosen the English A-level; good luck getting in if you hadn\u2019t.\n\nSpecifically because I was distracted by the web, I put myself on the Computer Science track. Even then, I kept a Theater A-level, because I couldn\u2019t imagine a world where there wasn\u2019t some art and writing in my life. Most British universities correspondingly dismissed me for not being focused enough, but Edinburgh took me, so that\u2019s where I went. Even while I was doing the degree, I built a satirical website that got over a million pageviews a day - in 2001. I blogged, of course, and although I haven\u2019t kept a consistent platform or domain for all that time, I\u2019ve been writing consistently on the web since 1998.\n\nIt was a platform I got to approach with a sense of play; a sense of storytelling; a sense of magical discovery as I met new people and learned from their creativity.\n\nThe web sits apart from the rest of technology; to me, it\u2019s inherently more interesting. Silicon Valley\u2019s origins (including the venture capital ecosystem) lie in defense technology. In contrast, the web was created in service of academic learning and mutual discovery, and both built and shared in a spirit of free and open access. Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, and CERN did a wonderful thing by building a prototype and setting it free. As CERN points out on its page about the history of the web:An essential point was that the web should remain an open standard for all to use and that no-one should lock it up into a proprietary system.That ethos is how it succeeded; it\u2019s why the web changed the world. And it\u2019s why someone like me \u2014 over in Scotland, with no networks, wealth, or privilege to speak of \u2014 was able to break in and build something that got peoples\u2019 attention. It\u2019s also why I was interested to begin with. \u201cThe internet is people,\u201d I used to say; more than protocols and pipes, the web was a fabric of interconnectedness that we were all building together. Even in the beginning, some people saw the web and thought, \u201cthis is a way I can make a lot of money.\u201d For me, it was always a way to build community at scale.\n\nAnd then Facebook \u2014 it always seems to be Facebook \u2014 became the first web company to reach a billion dollar valuation, in a year that happened to also see the launch of the iPhone. Building community at scale became finding customers at scale. There was a brief reprieve while global financial markets tumbled at the hands of terrible debt instruments that had been built on shaky foundations, and then the tech industry started investing in new startups in greater and greater numbers. Y Combinator, which had started a few years earlier, started investing in more and more startups, with higher and higher checks ($6,000 per founder for the first cohort, compared to half a million dollars per startup today). The number of billion-dollar-plus web startups grows by the hundreds every year.\n\nThe web I loved was swamped by a mindset that was closer to Wall Street. It\u2019s been about the money ever since.\n\nIt\u2019s so rare these days to find people who want to build that interconnectedness; who see it as a mission and a movement. People in tech talk excitedly about their total Compensation (which has earned its own shorthand acronym, TC), and less so what exciting thing they got to build, and what it allowed people to do. Maybe they\u2019ll give you a line about what they allow for the enterprise or increasing some company\u2019s bottom line, but it\u2019s usually devoid of the humanist idealism that enchanted me about the early web.\n\nI realized some time ago that the startups I personally founded in this era couldn\u2019t have succeeded, because my focus was all wrong. I wanted to be paid to explore and build this wonderful platform, and was not laser focused on how to build investor value. I still want to be paid to build and explore, try and make new things happen, with a sense of play. That\u2019s not, I\u2019m afraid to say, how you build a venture-scale business.\n\nSo, let\u2019s return to the question. Given this disillusionment, and my lack of alignment with what the modern tech industry expects of us, what am I excited about?\n\nMy cynicism has been tempered by the discovery that there are still movements out there that remind me of the web\u2019s original promise \u2014 efforts that focus on reclaiming independence and fostering real community. Despite the commercialization of the web, these are still places where that original spirit of openness and community-building thrives.\n\nThe Indieweb is one. It\u2019s an interdisciplinary group of people that advocates for everyone owning their own websites and publishing from their own domains. It\u2019s happening! From the resurgence of personal blogs to new independent publications like Platformer and User Mag, many people see the value of owning their presence on the internet and their relationships with their community. Independence from sites like Facebook and Google is surging.\n\nThe other is the Fediverse: a way to have conversations on the web that isn\u2019t owned by any single company or entity. The people who are building the Fediverse (through communities, platforms like Mastodon, cultural explorations) are expanding a patchwork of conversations through open protocols and collaborative exploration, just like the web itself was grown decades ago. It\u2019s phenomenally exciting, with a rapidly-developing center of gravity that\u2019s even drawing in some of the companies who previously were committed to siloed, walled-garden models. I haven\u2019t been this enthused about momentum on the web for twenty years.\n\nI was afraid I had become too cynical to find excitement in technology again. It wasn\u2019t true.\n\nWhile I\u2019ve grown more cynical about much of tech, movements like the Indieweb and the Fediverse remind me that the ideals I once loved, and that spirit of the early web, aren\u2019t lost. They\u2019re evolving, just like everything else.",
        "html": "<p><img src=\"https://werd.io/file/6707fe12461d34c81b0022e2/thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Passion led us here\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" /></p><p>I\u2019m worried I\u2019ve become cynical about technology as I\u2019ve gotten older. But maybe technology really is worse.</p><p>Someone asked me the other day: \u201cwhat [in media and technology] are you excited about right now?\u201d</p><p>We both agreed that it was a surprisingly difficult question. And then came the follow-up:</p><p>\u201cDo you think it\u2019s just because we\u2019re older now, or is the web really less exciting?\u201d</p><p>And to be honest, I\u2019m not sure.</p><p>I used to be <em>so</em> excited. If you sneak a glance at my high school yearbook, you\u2019ll see that I wanted to be a journalist. Telling stories was my first love. It\u2019s still where my brain feels the most comfortable. I love the flow state of writing more than doing just about anything else. That\u2019s why I keep writing here, and why my long-term plan is to pivot from a technology career to one where I get to write all the time.</p><p>But in 1994 or so, I got distracted by the web: <em>what an amazing medium for stories</em>. Many of us share the experience of trying out a browser like NCSA Mosaic, discovering voices from all over the world, and getting stuck into writing our own HTML code without having to ask anyone for permission or buy a software license to get started. I vividly remember when we got the ability to add our own background images to web pages, for example. For a long time, I was a master at table-based layouts.</p><p>In the UK, where I grew up, you were effectively forced to pick your university degree at 16. You were required to choose three or four A-level subjects to focus on for your last two years of high school; then you had to apply to do a particular degree at each university, knowing that each degree had subject requirements. If you wanted to study English at university, you needed to have chosen the English A-level; good luck getting in if you hadn\u2019t.</p><p>Specifically because I was distracted by the web, I put myself on the Computer Science track. Even then, I kept a Theater A-level, because I couldn\u2019t imagine a world where there wasn\u2019t some art and writing in my life. Most British universities correspondingly dismissed me for not being focused enough, but Edinburgh took me, so that\u2019s where I went. Even while I was doing the degree, <a href=\"https://words.werd.io/we-are-the-monkeys-of-rum-70f81d4a02df\">I built a satirical website that got over a million pageviews a day - in 2001</a>. I blogged, of course, and although I haven\u2019t kept a consistent platform or domain for all that time, I\u2019ve been writing consistently on the web since 1998.</p><p>It was a platform I got to approach with a sense of play; a sense of storytelling; a sense of magical discovery as I met new people and learned from their creativity.</p><p>The web sits apart from the rest of technology; to me, it\u2019s inherently more interesting. <a href=\"https://words.werd.io/what-is-silicon-valley-87fcf49f30c8\">Silicon Valley\u2019s origins (including the venture capital ecosystem) lie in defense technology</a>. In contrast, the web was created in service of academic learning and mutual discovery, and both built and shared in a spirit of free and open access. Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, and CERN did a wonderful thing by building a prototype and setting it free. <a href=\"https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-web\">As CERN points out on its page about the history of the web</a>:</p><blockquote><p>An essential point was that the web should remain an open standard for all to use and that no-one should lock it up into a proprietary system.</p></blockquote><p>That ethos is how it succeeded; it\u2019s why the web changed the world. And it\u2019s why someone like me \u2014 over in Scotland, with no networks, wealth, or privilege to speak of \u2014 was able to break in and build something that got peoples\u2019 attention. It\u2019s also why I was interested to begin with. \u201cThe internet is people,\u201d I used to say; more than protocols and pipes, the web was a fabric of interconnectedness that we were all building together. Even in the beginning, some people saw the web and thought, \u201cthis is a way I can make a lot of money.\u201d For me, it was always a way to build community at scale.</p><p>And then Facebook \u2014 it always seems to be Facebook \u2014 became the first web company to reach a billion dollar valuation, in a year that happened to also see the launch of the iPhone. Building community at scale became <em>finding customers</em> at scale. There was a brief reprieve while global financial markets tumbled at the hands of terrible debt instruments that had been built on shaky foundations, and then the tech industry started investing in new startups in greater and greater numbers. Y Combinator, which had started a few years earlier, started investing in more and more startups, with higher and higher checks (<a href=\"https://foundersatwork.posthaven.com/grow-the-puzzle-around-you\">$6,000 per founder for the first cohort</a>, compared to <a href=\"https://www.ycombinator.com/deal\">half a million dollars per startup</a> today). The number of billion-dollar-plus web startups grows by the hundreds every year.</p><p>The web I loved was swamped by a mindset that was closer to Wall Street. It\u2019s been about the money ever since.</p><p>It\u2019s so rare these days to find people who want to build that interconnectedness; who see it as a mission and a movement. People in tech talk excitedly about their <a href=\"https://compt.io/guide/total-compensation/\">total Compensation (which has earned its own shorthand acronym, TC)</a>, and less so what exciting thing they got to build, and what it allowed people to do. Maybe they\u2019ll give you a line about what they allow for the enterprise or increasing some company\u2019s bottom line, but it\u2019s usually devoid of the humanist idealism that enchanted me about the early web.</p><p>I realized some time ago that the startups I personally founded in this era couldn\u2019t have succeeded, because my focus was all wrong. I wanted to be paid to explore and build this wonderful platform, and was not laser focused on how to build investor value. I <em>still</em> want to be paid to build and explore, try and make new things happen, with a sense of play. That\u2019s not, I\u2019m afraid to say, how you build a venture-scale business.</p><p>So, let\u2019s return to the question. Given this disillusionment, and my lack of alignment with what the modern tech industry expects of us, what <em>am</em> I excited about?</p><p>My cynicism has been tempered by the discovery that there are still movements out there that remind me of the web\u2019s original promise \u2014 efforts that focus on reclaiming independence and fostering real community. Despite the commercialization of the web, these are still places where that original spirit of openness and community-building thrives.</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.org\">The Indieweb</a> is one. It\u2019s an interdisciplinary group of people that advocates for everyone owning their own websites and publishing from their own domains. It\u2019s happening! From the resurgence of personal blogs to new independent publications like <a href=\"https://www.platformer.news/leaving-substack-platformer-year-four/\">Platformer</a> and <a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/taylor-lorenz-leaves-washington-post-launch-user-mag-substack-1236011888/\">User Mag</a>, many people see the value of owning their presence on the internet and their relationships with their community. Independence from sites like Facebook and Google is surging.</p><p>The other is <a href=\"https://socialwebfoundation.org\">the Fediverse</a>: a way to have conversations on the web that isn\u2019t owned by any single company or entity. The people who are building the Fediverse (through communities, platforms like <a href=\"https://joinmastodon.org\">Mastodon</a>, cultural explorations) are expanding a patchwork of conversations through open protocols and collaborative exploration, just like the web itself was grown decades ago. It\u2019s phenomenally exciting, with a rapidly-developing center of gravity that\u2019s even drawing in some of the companies who previously were committed to siloed, walled-garden models. I haven\u2019t been this enthused about momentum on the web for twenty years.</p><p>I was afraid I had become too cynical to find excitement in technology again. It wasn\u2019t true.</p><p>While I\u2019ve grown more cynical about much of tech, movements like the Indieweb and the Fediverse remind me that the ideals I once loved, and that spirit of the early web, aren\u2019t lost. They\u2019re evolving, just like everything else.</p>"
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        "html": "<p>I'm having trouble finding things to get excited about in the modern tech industry - but I'm still excited about the web. <a href=\"https://werd.io/2024/it-turns-out-im-still-excited-about-the-web\"><span>https://</span><span>werd.io/2024/it-turns-out-im-s</span><span>till-excited-about-the-web</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://werd.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href=\"https://werd.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://werd.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I'm having trouble finding things to get excited about in the modern tech industry - but I'm still excited about the web. https://werd.io/2024/it-turns-out-im-still-excited-about-the-web\n\n#technology #fediverse #indieweb"
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    "url": "https://chaos.social/@uncanny_static/113283835389894922",
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        "html": "<p>This talk by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://me.dm/@anildash\">@<span>anildash</span></a></span> is over 10 years old, but still remains relevant. The issues he raises have been even more exacerbated, thanks to platforms walling off their user's content from the open web such that they can sell it to \"AI\" companies.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KKMnoTTHJk\"><span>https://www.</span><span>youtube.com/watch?v=9KKMnoTTHJ</span><span>k</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/SmolWeb\">#<span>SmolWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/OpenWeb\">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://me.dm/@anildash\"></a>",
        "text": "This talk by @anildash is over 10 years old, but still remains relevant. The issues he raises have been even more exacerbated, thanks to platforms walling off their user's content from the open web such that they can sell it to \"AI\" companies.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KKMnoTTHJk\n\n#IndieWeb #SmolWeb #Blogging #OpenWeb"
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    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@mario/113283771331796030",
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        "html": "<p>\u201cWhen I want information, like the real stuff, I go to forums. Over the years, forums did not really get smaller, so much as the rest of the internet just got bigger.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://aftermath.site/best-active-forums-internet-today\"><span>https://</span><span>aftermath.site/best-active-for</span><span>ums-internet-today</span></a> has a long list of active forums covering many different topics.<br />I used to really like forums but I\u2019m no longer active in any. I\u2019m tempted to join some</p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/forum\">#<span>forum</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\u201cWhen I want information, like the real stuff, I go to forums. Over the years, forums did not really get smaller, so much as the rest of the internet just got bigger.\u201d\n\nhttps://aftermath.site/best-active-forums-internet-today has a long list of active forums covering many different topics.\nI used to really like forums but I\u2019m no longer active in any. I\u2019m tempted to join some\n\n#forum #indieweb"
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    "published": "2024-10-10T15:12:50+00:00",
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How I blog in multiple languages

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2024-10-10T12:09:26+0000",
    "url": "https://seblog.nl/2024/10/10/1/multiple-languages",
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        "text": "Henrique is forcing me into participating in this collective blogging event called the \"IndieWeb Carnival\", this time hosted by ZinRicky. This month's topic is \"Multilingualism in a Global Web\", but I'll just write a bit about my own use of different languages on this site and on social media.\nLet's start with the languages I speak. I am native Dutch and I am fairly fluent in English. I also understand some Japanese as I have been self studying on and off for over 15 years now. According to my middle school diploma I also know French and German, and I indeed proved to be able to have some basic conversations in Essen this weekend, but my French is really a withered plant at the moment. I did a Swedish course for beginners around 2011 and even though I still know some words, sentences and intonations, I have just removed it from my LinkedIn profile because a recruiter reached out to me regarding a Swedish speaking job offer I am neither interested in nor qualified for. I also have Duolingo \"my cat is an apple\" proficiency in Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian and Russian. On parties without too many language nerds I dare to say \"name any language and I'll know a fact about it,\" because this is true for most languages normal people would mention.\nThen about this blog: I started writing exclusively in Dutch, as that is my native language. When I \"joined\" the IndieWeb, I started writing posts that were relevant to an IndieWeb audience in English, as I knew only one person on the IndieWeb who understood Dutch at the time. Since I broke my foot 9 weeks ago, I started weekly notes and somehow I started those in English (probably mostly because the week notes I read in my RSS reader are all in English too, so it felt part of the genre.)\nThus, previously I had the distinction \"IndieWeb is English, rest is Dutch\", then it moved to \"personal is Dutch, rest is English\", but now I also gone away with that. I guess it's now just \"however I feel like it\". There is also the thing that I care less about the audience for my Dutch posts, so maybe I write English for others and Dutch for myself?\nAs for social media: I have separate Dutch and English Twitter accounts, both being inactive due to someone buying the platform. I also have a \"Seb leert Zweeds\" account, on which I posted short and badly written Swedish tweets back in the day. The Twitter distinction of Dutch and English was also: Dutch for random thoughts, personal stuff, English for being professional, following mostly web developers and tech accounts.\nI don't know exactly what to say about multilingualism on the bigger web. I read whatever I can read, which comes down to both Dutch and English (Japanese is already too hard to read if it's not on NHK News Web Easy). I sometimes write my posts in Dutch with the idea that people who are interested will use a translator app, but I am also aware that I never really do that when I read myself.\nI do mark all my posts with a language, so that they show up in the proper feeds. People can therefore subscribe to only my English posts and skip the Dutch. This would've made more sense if I was more strict about the topic within each language, I assume, but hey I am not writing this for money... this is a personal blog.",
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://hacdias.com/2024/10/04/multilingualism/\">Henrique</a> is forcing me into participating in this collective blogging event called the \"IndieWeb Carnival\", this time hosted by <a href=\"https://tilde.team/~zinricky/multilingualism/\">ZinRicky</a>. This month's topic is \"Multilingualism in a Global Web\", but I'll just write a bit about my own use of different languages on this site and on social media.</p>\n<p>Let's start with the languages I speak. I am native Dutch and I am fairly fluent in English. I also understand some Japanese as I have been self studying on and off for over 15 years now. According to my middle school diploma I also know French and German, and I indeed proved to be able to have some basic conversations in Essen this weekend, but my French is really a withered plant at the moment. I did a Swedish course for beginners around 2011 and even though I still know some words, sentences and intonations, I have just removed it from my LinkedIn profile because a recruiter reached out to me regarding a Swedish speaking job offer I am neither interested in nor qualified for. I also have Duolingo \"my cat is an apple\" proficiency in Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian and Russian. On parties without too many language nerds I dare to say \"name any language and I'll know a fact about it,\" because this is true for most languages normal people would mention.</p>\n<p>Then about this blog: I started writing exclusively in Dutch, as that is my native language. When I \"joined\" the IndieWeb, I started writing posts that were relevant to an IndieWeb audience in English, as I knew only one person on the IndieWeb who understood Dutch at the time. Since I broke my foot 9 weeks ago, I started weekly notes and somehow I started those in English (probably mostly because the week notes I read in my RSS reader are all in English too, so it felt part of the genre.)</p>\n<p>Thus, previously I had the distinction \"IndieWeb is English, rest is Dutch\", then it moved to \"personal is Dutch, rest is English\", but now I also gone away with that. I guess it's now just \"however I feel like it\". There is also the thing that I care less about the audience for my Dutch posts, so maybe I write English for others and Dutch for myself?</p>\n<p>As for social media: I have separate Dutch and English Twitter accounts, both being inactive due to someone buying the platform. I also have a \"Seb leert Zweeds\" account, on which I posted short and badly written Swedish tweets back in the day. The Twitter distinction of Dutch and English was also: Dutch for random thoughts, personal stuff, English for being professional, following mostly web developers and tech accounts.</p>\n<p>I don't know exactly what to say about multilingualism on the bigger web. I read whatever I can read, which comes down to both Dutch and English (Japanese is already too hard to read if it's not on <a href=\"https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/\">NHK News Web Easy</a>). I sometimes write my posts in Dutch with the idea that people who are interested will use a translator app, but I am also aware that I never really do that when I read myself.</p>\n<p>I do mark all my posts with a language, so that they show up in the proper feeds. People can therefore subscribe to only my English posts and skip the Dutch. This would've made more sense if I was more strict about the topic within each language, I assume, but hey I am not writing this for money... this is a personal blog.</p>"
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        "html": "<p>Let's trade web buttons :) Here's mine! It's for <a href=\"https://rustredriver.com\">https://rustredriver.com</a><span>. Send me yours and I'll collect it for a small zone at the bottom of my homepage.<br /><br /></span><a href=\"https://hol.ogra.ph/tags/smallweb\">#smallweb</a> <a href=\"https://hol.ogra.ph/tags/indieweb\">#indieweb</a> <a href=\"https://hol.ogra.ph/tags/buttons\">#buttons</a> <a href=\"https://hol.ogra.ph/tags/webdev\">#webdev</a></p>",
        "text": "Let's trade web buttons :) Here's mine! It's for https://rustredriver.com. Send me yours and I'll collect it for a small zone at the bottom of my homepage.\n\n#smallweb #indieweb #buttons #webdev"
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        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udc36 The Weight of a Bark | And So It Goes\u2026 <a href=\"https://krueger.ink/the-weight-of-a-bark/\"><span>https://</span><span>krueger.ink/the-weight-of-a-ba</span><span>rk/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/FlashFiction\">#<span>FlashFiction</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p><strong>webmaster update</strong></p><p>been a long time huh?</p><p>anyways, here\u2019s what\u2019s new on my website:</p><ul><li>new fresh layout; focused on text and less visual for ease of maintaining (sorryyyyy)</li><li>rearranged some things, removed IDHM because i didn\u2019t maintain it anyways but i archived it in case i want to go back to it</li></ul><p>also, the long awaited blogpost: it\u2019s been a month since my move to Netherlands, you can now read some of my thoughts on it here: <a href=\"https://hofnarretje.eu/blog/netherlands\">https://hofnarretje.eu/blog/netherlands</a></p><p>as always, please boost this post. and consider signing the guestbook if you pay a visit.</p><p>i will be adding more things (maybe an RSS feed?) so pls stay tuned, thanks</p><p><a href=\"https://nederland.gay/tag/webdev\">#webDev</a> <a href=\"https://nederland.gay/tag/indieweb\">#indieWeb</a> <a href=\"https://nederland.gay/tag/smallweb\">#smallWeb</a> <a href=\"https://nederland.gay/tag/webmaster\">#webmaster</a> <a href=\"https://nederland.gay/tag/writing\">#writing</a></p>",
        "text": "webmaster update\n\nbeen a long time huh?\n\nanyways, here\u2019s what\u2019s new on my website:new fresh layout; focused on text and less visual for ease of maintaining (sorryyyyy)rearranged some things, removed IDHM because i didn\u2019t maintain it anyways but i archived it in case i want to go back to italso, the long awaited blogpost: it\u2019s been a month since my move to Netherlands, you can now read some of my thoughts on it here: https://hofnarretje.eu/blog/netherlands\n\nas always, please boost this post. and consider signing the guestbook if you pay a visit.\n\ni will be adding more things (maybe an RSS feed?) so pls stay tuned, thanks\n\n#webDev #indieWeb #smallWeb #webmaster #writing"
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        "html": "<p>Getting there! It looks terrible for now BUT it's a mobile-friendly expando-menu without any Javascript whatsoever, for the up-and-coming static version of my web site!</p><p>Next step up I guess is a bit of styling, and maybe even expandable submenus.</p><p><a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
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        "text": "We talk here in the Fediverse about the joys of DIY websites, projects, blogs, and the #Indieweb. But as a #Twitch streamer, I'm always impressed with the amazing DIY work being produced and broadcast on that platform. Watching a live stream tonight of #Milton coming ashore in Florida and they have a woman who has a Ph.D. in storm surge hydrology and dynamics as a recurring guest. The rest of the chasers can get pretty excited and derpy, but all are professionals."
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        "html": "<p>Spent all day working on a dark/light mode color scheme picker. Still need to write it up, but it's done and I'm quite pleased with it:</p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/JavaScript\">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://color-scheme-switcher.alanwsmith.com/\"><span>https://</span><span>color-scheme-switcher.alanwsmi</span><span>th.com/</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p>I've got a very rough initial attempt at fetching and displaying webmentions! Please try it out! Easiest way is to interact with this post </p><p><a href=\"https://www.lloydatkinson.net/notes/19/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>lloydatkinson.net/notes/19/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/programming\">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a>  <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/astrojs\">#<span>astrojs</span></a></p>",
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        "text": "I have put a lot of thought into deliberately shifting\u00b9 metaphors\u00b2, often in the context of the #indieweb\u00b3. One goal is to replace use of violent or divisive metaphors with actively constructive, cooperative, or joyful alternatives, like:\n\n* gardening/farming e.g. digital garden\u2074\n* biology/ecology/nature e.g. digital ecosystem\u2075\n* cooking/baking e.g. eat your own cooking\u2076\n* toolmaking, clothing making, other useful crafts e.g. sew what you want\u2077\n* music, dancing, painting, and other expressive crafts e.g. remixing\u2078\n* travel, navigation, maps e.g. information superhighway\u2079\n* games, sports, running, e.g. surfing the net\u00b9\u2070\n\nSome of these areas are well developed (sports metaphors), others are obvious or emergent from various IndieWeb efforts like our principles\u00b9\u00b9, and others could use brainstorming and experimentation.\n\nThoughts and words, whether spoken or written, influence each other in reinforcement feedback loops. Consciously choosing one can impact the other and vice versa.\n\nEspecially in messages to others or our even future selves, words and metaphors communicate and reinforce our values and thus merit care in their invention\u00b9\u00b2 and usage.\n\nWhat are metaphors you have found constructive, cooperative, or joyful?\n\nReferences:\n\n\u00b9 https://tantek.com/2023/132/t1/agenda-gardening-metaphors\n\u00b2 https://tantek.com/2023/023/t3/\n\u00b3 https://tantek.com/2023/022/t1/indieweb-eat-what-you-cook\n\u2074 https://indieweb.org/digital_garden\n\u2075 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ecosystem\n\u2076 https://indieweb.org/cook_what_you_want\n\u2077 https://indieweb.org/events/2020-08-19-hwc-west-coast#sewing\n\u2078 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_culture#Analog_era\n\u2079 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway\n\u00b9\u2070 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_metaphors#Functional_metaphors\n\u00b9\u00b9 https://indieweb.org/principles\n\u00b9\u00b2 https://tantek.com/2024/180/b1/responsible-inventing\n\nThis is post 24 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2024/277/t2/october-blogtober-indieweb\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e",
        "html": "I have put a lot of thought into deliberately shifting<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-1\">\u00b9</a> metaphors<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-2\">\u00b2</a>, often in the context of the #<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-3\">\u00b3</a>. One goal is to replace use of violent or divisive metaphors with actively constructive, cooperative, or joyful alternatives, like:<br /><br />* gardening/farming e.g. digital garden<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-4\">\u2074</a><br />* biology/ecology/nature e.g. digital ecosystem<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-5\">\u2075</a><br />* cooking/baking e.g. eat your own cooking<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-6\">\u2076</a><br />* toolmaking, clothing making, other useful crafts e.g. sew what you want<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-7\">\u2077</a><br />* music, dancing, painting, and other expressive crafts e.g. remixing<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-8\">\u2078</a><br />* travel, navigation, maps e.g. information superhighway<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-9\">\u2079</a><br />* games, sports, running, e.g. surfing the net<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-10\">\u00b9\u2070</a><br /><br />Some of these areas are well developed (sports metaphors), others are obvious or emergent from various IndieWeb efforts like our principles<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-11\">\u00b9\u00b9</a>, and others could use brainstorming and experimentation.<br /><br />Thoughts and words, whether spoken or written, influence each other in reinforcement feedback loops. Consciously choosing one can impact the other and vice versa.<br /><br />Especially in messages to others or our even future selves, words and metaphors communicate and reinforce our values and thus merit care in their invention<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_note-12\">\u00b9\u00b2</a> and usage.<br /><br />What are metaphors you have found constructive, cooperative, or joyful?<br /><br />References:<br /><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/132/t1/agenda-gardening-metaphors\">https://tantek.com/2023/132/t1/agenda-gardening-metaphors</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/023/t3/\">https://tantek.com/2023/023/t3/</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/022/t1/indieweb-eat-what-you-cook\">https://tantek.com/2023/022/t1/indieweb-eat-what-you-cook</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-4\">\u2074</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/digital_garden\">https://indieweb.org/digital_garden</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-5\">\u2075</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ecosystem\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ecosystem</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-6\">\u2076</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/cook_what_you_want\">https://indieweb.org/cook_what_you_want</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-7\">\u2077</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/events/2020-08-19-hwc-west-coast#sewing\">https://indieweb.org/events/2020-08-19-hwc-west-coast#sewing</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-8\">\u2078</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_culture#Analog_era\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_culture#Analog_era</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-9\">\u2079</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-10\">\u00b9\u2070</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_metaphors#Functional_metaphors\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_metaphors#Functional_metaphors</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-11\">\u00b9\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/principles\">https://indieweb.org/principles</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5ZR1_ref-12\">\u00b9\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/180/b1/responsible-inventing\">https://tantek.com/2024/180/b1/responsible-inventing</a><br /><br />This is post 24 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/277/t2/october-blogtober-indieweb\">https://tantek.com/2024/277/t2/october-blogtober-indieweb</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e"
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        "html": "<p>I have put a lot of thought into deliberately shifting<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-1\">\u00b9</a> metaphors<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-2\">\u00b2</a>, often in the context of the <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span></a><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-3\">\u00b3</a>. One goal is to replace use of violent or divisive metaphors with actively constructive, cooperative, or joyful alternatives, like:<br /><br />* gardening/farming e.g. digital garden<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-4\">\u2074</a><br />* biology/ecology/nature e.g. digital ecosystem<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-5\">\u2075</a><br />* cooking/baking e.g. eat your own cooking<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-6\">\u2076</a><br />* toolmaking, clothing making, other useful crafts e.g. sew what you want<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-7\">\u2077</a><br />* music, dancing, painting, and other expressive crafts e.g. remixing<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-8\">\u2078</a><br />* travel, navigation, maps e.g. information superhighway<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-9\">\u2079</a><br />* games, sports, running, e.g. surfing the net<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-10\">\u00b9\u2070</a><br /><br />Some of these areas are well developed (sports metaphors), others are obvious or emergent from various IndieWeb efforts like our principles<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-11\">\u00b9\u00b9</a>, and others could use brainstorming and experimentation.<br /><br />Thoughts and words, whether spoken or written, influence each other in reinforcement feedback loops. Consciously choosing one can impact the other and vice versa.<br /><br />Especially in messages to others or our even future selves, words and metaphors communicate and reinforce our values and thus merit care in their invention<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_note-12\">\u00b9\u00b2</a> and usage.<br /><br />What are metaphors you have found constructive, cooperative, or joyful?<br /><br />References:<br /><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/132/t1/agenda-gardening-metaphors\">https://tantek.com/2023/132/t1/agenda-gardening-metaphors</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/023/t3/\">https://tantek.com/2023/023/t3/</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/022/t1/indieweb-eat-what-you-cook\">https://tantek.com/2023/022/t1/indieweb-eat-what-you-cook</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-4\">\u2074</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/digital_garden\">https://indieweb.org/digital_garden</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-5\">\u2075</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ecosystem\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ecosystem</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-6\">\u2076</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/cook_what_you_want\">https://indieweb.org/cook_what_you_want</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-7\">\u2077</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/events/2020-08-19-hwc-west-coast#sewing\">https://indieweb.org/events/2020-08-19-hwc-west-coast#sewing</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-8\">\u2078</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_culture#Analog_era\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_culture#Analog_era</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-9\">\u2079</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-10\">\u00b9\u2070</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_metaphors#Functional_metaphors\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_metaphors#Functional_metaphors</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-11\">\u00b9\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/principles\">https://indieweb.org/principles</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful#t5ZR1_ref-12\">\u00b9\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/180/b1/responsible-inventing\">https://tantek.com/2024/180/b1/responsible-inventing</a><br /><br />This is post 24 of <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100PostsOfIndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span></a>. <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100Posts\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span></a><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/277/t2/october-blogtober-indieweb\">https://tantek.com/2024/277/t2/october-blogtober-indieweb</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e</p>",
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        "html": "<p>\ud83c\udf42 Autumn Memories | And So It Goes\u2026 <a href=\"https://krueger.ink/autumn-memories/\"><span>https://</span><span>krueger.ink/autumn-memories/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Autumn\">#<span>Autumn</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83c\udf42 Autumn Memories | And So It Goes\u2026 https://krueger.ink/autumn-memories/\n\n#Blog #IndieWeb #Autumn"
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        "html": "<p>Marginalia Search ist eine spezialisierte Suchmaschine, die darauf ausgelegt ist, Nutzer in die weniger bekannten Ecken des Internets zu f\u00fchren und sich von dem allt\u00e4glichen, kommerziellen Inhalt abzuwenden, der heutzutage vorherrschend ist. Ziel ist es, Nutzer wieder mit pers\u00f6nlichen Websites und l\u00e4ngeren Texten in Verbindung zu bringen und den Entdeckungsaspekt gegen\u00fcber traditionellen faktenbasierten Suchen zu betonen. </p><p><a href=\"https://search.marginalia.nu/\"><span>https://</span><span>search.marginalia.nu/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.tchncs.de/tags/search\">#<span>search</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.tchncs.de/tags/searchengine\">#<span>searchengine</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.tchncs.de/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Marginalia Search ist eine spezialisierte Suchmaschine, die darauf ausgelegt ist, Nutzer in die weniger bekannten Ecken des Internets zu f\u00fchren und sich von dem allt\u00e4glichen, kommerziellen Inhalt abzuwenden, der heutzutage vorherrschend ist. Ziel ist es, Nutzer wieder mit pers\u00f6nlichen Websites und l\u00e4ngeren Texten in Verbindung zu bringen und den Entdeckungsaspekt gegen\u00fcber traditionellen faktenbasierten Suchen zu betonen. \n\nhttps://search.marginalia.nu/\n\n#search #searchengine #indieweb"
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        "html": "<p>A response to <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.lol/@birming\">@<span>birming</span></a></span>'s blog post, that came just at the right time.</p><p><a href=\"https://dominikhofer.me/re-blog-like-a-painter\"><span>https://</span><span>dominikhofer.me/re-blog-like-a</span><span>-painter</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.design/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.design/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://social.lol/@birming\"></a>",
        "text": "A response to @birming's blog post, that came just at the right time.\n\nhttps://dominikhofer.me/re-blog-like-a-painter\n\n#indieweb #blogging"
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from links, adventure

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        "html": "<p>_*TEST for new meta tag*_</p><p>**BPJ: The Chocolate Path**</p><p>Brissle Proper Job series issue #1 The Chocolate Path. A beautiful walkway that runs down the New Cut affording a brief respite from city life</p><p><a href=\"https://barrd.net/beautiful-day-on-the-chocolate-path/\"><span>https://</span><span>barrd.net/beautiful-day-on-the</span><span>-chocolate-path/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Bristol\">#<span>Bristol</span></a></p>",
        "text": "_*TEST for new meta tag*_\n\n**BPJ: The Chocolate Path**\n\nBrissle Proper Job series issue #1 The Chocolate Path. A beautiful walkway that runs down the New Cut affording a brief respite from city life\n\nhttps://barrd.net/beautiful-day-on-the-chocolate-path/\n\n#Indieweb #Bristol"
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