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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@miclgael/113869236123405969",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://skate.michaelgale.dev/\"><span>https://</span><span>skate.michaelgale.dev/</span><span></span></a> </p><p>Added lil thumbnails of the album covers and started noting the weather. </p><p>Start a hobby site! It's so much fun. </p><p>Let me know if you'd like help setting one up.</p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/HobbySite\">#<span>HobbySite</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Diary\">#<span>Diary</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Skateboarding\">#<span>Skateboarding</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/SkatersOfMastodon\">#<span>SkatersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "https://skate.michaelgale.dev/ \n\nAdded lil thumbnails of the album covers and started noting the weather. \n\nStart a hobby site! It's so much fun. \n\nLet me know if you'd like help setting one up.\n\n#HobbySite #Blogging #Diary #Skateboarding #SkatersOfMastodon #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-01-22T00:44:14+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43625857",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113868723185616472",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Two easy things you can do with your website to make it more fediverse-ready:</p><p>Add a rel=me link so you can get a \"verified\" mark on your profile, see <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/verification-in-the-fediverse/\"><span>https://</span><span>stefanbohacek.com/blog/verific</span><span>ation-in-the-fediverse/</span></a> (this works for a few platforms)</p><p>And if you're on Mastodon, you can show a little \"author tag\" when someone posts your links:</p><p><a href=\"https://rknight.me/blog/setting-up-mastodon-author-tags/\"><span>https://</span><span>rknight.me/blog/setting-up-mas</span><span>todon-author-tags/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/websites\">#<span>websites</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Two easy things you can do with your website to make it more fediverse-ready:\n\nAdd a rel=me link so you can get a \"verified\" mark on your profile, see https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/verification-in-the-fediverse/ (this works for a few platforms)\n\nAnd if you're on Mastodon, you can show a little \"author tag\" when someone posts your links:\n\nhttps://rknight.me/blog/setting-up-mastodon-author-tags/\n\n#indieweb #PersonalWebsite #websites #webdev #fediverse"
    },
    "published": "2025-01-21T22:33:47+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43624546",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113868017440354307",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>If you want more ideas for what you can do with your website, see the \"Grow your website\" section: </p><p><a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/resources-for-keeping-the-web-free-open-and-poetic/#grow-your-website\"><span>https://</span><span>stefanbohacek.com/blog/resourc</span><span>es-for-keeping-the-web-free-open-and-poetic/#grow-your-website</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/websites\">#<span>websites</span></a></p>",
        "text": "If you want more ideas for what you can do with your website, see the \"Grow your website\" section: \n\nhttps://stefanbohacek.com/blog/resources-for-keeping-the-web-free-open-and-poetic/#grow-your-website\n\n#indieweb #PersonalWebsite #websites"
    },
    "published": "2025-01-21T19:34:19+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43622431",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113867942933284285",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>What's on your personal website?</p><p><a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/websites\">#<span>websites</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p><p>A bit about me<br />A picture of me<br />My hobbies<br />My work portfolio<br />A blog<br />Link to my blog<br />Organizations I support<br />Social media links<br />My email<br />A contact form<br />Something else<br />I don't have a personal website</p>",
        "text": "What's on your personal website?\n\n#PersonalWebsite #websites #indieweb\n\nA bit about me\nA picture of me\nMy hobbies\nMy work portfolio\nA blog\nLink to my blog\nOrganizations I support\nSocial media links\nMy email\nA contact form\nSomething else\nI don't have a personal website"
    },
    "published": "2025-01-21T19:15:22+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43622230",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.art/@brittcoxon/113867258451525824",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I'm a fan of friction. I think friction in creativity, design and UX/UI should exist.</p><p>Modern technology is all about the removal of friction. These things feel at odds but I like to think of friction as opportunities for agency.</p><p><a href=\"https://britthub.co.uk/fan-friction/\"><span>https://</span><span>britthub.co.uk/fan-friction/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.art/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I'm a fan of friction. I think friction in creativity, design and UX/UI should exist.\n\nModern technology is all about the removal of friction. These things feel at odds but I like to think of friction as opportunities for agency.\n\nhttps://britthub.co.uk/fan-friction/\n\n#indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-01-21T16:21:17+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43620033",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mstdn.social/@the_cheis/113866185738567728",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Nuevo post:</p><p>Decibels ya forma parte de GNOME Core</p><p><a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux\">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/GNOME\">#<span>GNOME</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/SoftwareLibre\">#<span>SoftwareLibre</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/Apps\">#<span>Apps</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/enmiblog\">#<span>enmiblog</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://thecheis.com/2025/01/21/decibels-gnome-core/\"><span>https://</span><span>thecheis.com/2025/01/21/decibe</span><span>ls-gnome-core/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Nuevo post:\n\nDecibels ya forma parte de GNOME Core\n\n#Linux #GNOME #SoftwareLibre #Apps #indieweb #blog #enmiblog\n\nhttps://thecheis.com/2025/01/21/decibels-gnome-core/"
    },
    "published": "2025-01-21T11:48:29+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43617083",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fosstodon.org/@greenman/113865795501425921",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@coucoulesplantes\">@<span>coucoulesplantes</span></a></span> ce qui est marrant c'est que c'est l'esprit du web \u00e0 son origine moi qui est connu ses d\u00e9buts en 1998, le partage \u00e9tait l\u00e9gion, sans pub, des sites perso de passionn\u00e9.e.s. le mouvement <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> existe toujours \u00e0 nous de le mettre en-avant</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@coucoulesplantes\"></a>",
        "text": "@coucoulesplantes ce qui est marrant c'est que c'est l'esprit du web \u00e0 son origine moi qui est connu ses d\u00e9buts en 1998, le partage \u00e9tait l\u00e9gion, sans pub, des sites perso de passionn\u00e9.e.s. le mouvement #indieweb existe toujours \u00e0 nous de le mettre en-avant"
    },
    "published": "2025-01-21T10:09:14+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43616293",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.synesthesia.co.uk/@julian/113865722919452469",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Upgraded mastodon to 4.3.3<br /><a href=\"https://social.synesthesia.co.uk/tags/Mastodon\">#<span>Mastodon</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://social.synesthesia.co.uk/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a><br /> Upgraded my one-user server from 4.2.something to 4.3.3. Went smoothly once I remembered to do the 4.2 to 4.3 upgrade procedure first\u2026<br /><a href=\"https://www.synesthesia.co.uk/stream/upgraded-mastodon-to-4.3.3/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>synesthesia.co.uk/stream/upgra</span><span>ded-mastodon-to-4.3.3/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Upgraded mastodon to 4.3.3\n#Mastodon\n#IndieWeb\n Upgraded my one-user server from 4.2.something to 4.3.3. Went smoothly once I remembered to do the 4.2 to 4.3 upgrade procedure first\u2026\nhttps://www.synesthesia.co.uk/stream/upgraded-mastodon-to-4.3.3/"
    },
    "published": "2025-01-21T09:50:47+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43616232",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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    "url": "https://adactio.com/links/21664",
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        "text": "On Transient Slash Pages \u2022 Robb Knight\n\n\n\nThis is a great idea that I\u2019m going to file away for later:\n\n\n  I like the idea of redirecting /now to the latest post tagged as now so one could see the latest version of what I\u2019m doing now.",
        "html": "<h3>\n<a class=\"p-name u-bookmark-of\" href=\"https://rknight.me/blog/on-transient-slash-pages/\">\nOn Transient Slash Pages \u2022 Robb Knight\n</a>\n</h3>\n\n<p>This is a great idea that I\u2019m going to file away for later:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>I like the idea of redirecting <code>/now</code> to the latest post tagged as <code>now</code> so one could see the latest version of what I\u2019m doing now.</p>\n</blockquote>"
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieauth",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieauth",
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    "url": "https://mamot.fr/@nemobis/113865374499681357",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil\">@<span>neil</span></a></span> Probably not. I see no effect from setting an \"external account\". (But then, I could hardly find the \"logout\" button.)</p><p>(Un)relatedly, does <a href=\"https://mamot.fr/tags/Discourse\">#<span>Discourse</span></a> support <a href=\"https://mamot.fr/tags/IndieAuth\">#<span>IndieAuth</span></a>? Seems not: <a href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/indieauth-login/48182\"><span>https://</span><span>meta.discourse.org/t/indieauth</span><span>-login/48182</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil\"></a>",
        "text": "@neil Probably not. I see no effect from setting an \"external account\". (But then, I could hardly find the \"logout\" button.)\n\n(Un)relatedly, does #Discourse support #IndieAuth? Seems not: https://meta.discourse.org/t/indieauth-login/48182"
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    "published": "2025-01-21T08:22:11+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "43615640",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://pixelfed.social/p/neverwasskates/787166713212841136",
    "content": {
        "html": "We have moved to our own instance to free up some space on pixelfed.social so new users can get in here and enjoy an incredible free service. <br /><br /><br /><br />\nOur new home is <a href=\"https://pixelfed.neverwasskates.com\">https://pixelfed.neverwasskates.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/neverwasskateboarding?src=hash\">#neverwasskateboarding</a> <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixelfed?src=hash\">#pixelfed</a> <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/fediverse?src=hash\">#fediverse</a>",
        "text": "We have moved to our own instance to free up some space on pixelfed.social so new users can get in here and enjoy an incredible free service. \n\n\n\n\nOur new home is https://pixelfed.neverwasskates.com\n\n\n\n#neverwasskateboarding #pixelfed #indieweb #fediverse"
    },
    "published": "2025-01-21T03:59:29+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "43614177",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@mihobu/113864207494008045",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\ud83e\udd16 There\u2019s a new post on Michael Burkhardt\u2019s Whirled Wide Web:</p><p>A Snowy House Call</p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Weeknotes\">#<span>Weeknotes</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mihobu.lol/weeknotes-week-03-2025\"><span>https://</span><span>mihobu.lol/weeknotes-week-03-2</span><span>025</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83e\udd16 There\u2019s a new post on Michael Burkhardt\u2019s Whirled Wide Web:\n\nA Snowy House Call\n\n#Weeknotes #IndieWeb\n\nhttps://mihobu.lol/weeknotes-week-03-2025"
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    "published": "2025-01-21T03:25:23+00:00",
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    "_id": "43613819",
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-01-20 14:04-0800",
    "url": "http://tantek.com/2025/020/t1/seek-2024-year-in-review",
    "category": [
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        "100PostsOfIndieWeb",
        "100Posts",
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        "text": "My Seek 2024 Year in Review:\n\n* 141 new species observed, of those, the top three kinds:\n\u00a0 * 79 plants\n\u00a0 * 20 insects\n\u00a0 * 16 fungi\n* 56 challenge badges earned\n\nJune was the month I observed the most new species in 2024, followed by March, and then July.\n\nSeek also gave me a graph of observations per month, and also a map of where I made my discoveries.\n\nRather than posting screenshots of the Year in Review that Seek provided me in the app, I am posting the relevant content here in a post on my personal site, which I know I\u2019ll be able to search and look up in the future.\n\nSeek is a delightful free (like actually free, free of tracking, free of surveillance) native mobile application for identifying species.\n\nMade by the iNaturalist folks (https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app), Seek works without creating an account, and is able to work completely offline to identify species out in the wild (and add them to your local collection).\n\nSeek awards you Species Badges when you discover a number of species of a particular grouping, as well as Challenge Badges when you complete one or more of their monthly challenges that they post.\n\nIn some ways it\u2019s like Pokemon Go, except based on finding and collecting observations of real living things.\n\nI have found it quite useful especially when traveling, and wondering is that plant (or animal) the same as one I\u2019ve seen elsewhere, perhaps around home, or is it a slightly different species?\n\nI also really like the good example that Seek provides for how an app can be immediately useful without requiring extra labor (like creating an account, or logging on) on behalf of the person using it.\n\nLastly, Seek is an excellent example of a truly offline capable app where nearly all of its functionality works just fine without a network connection.\n\nBoth of these capabilities (offline first, no login wall) are what we should aspire to when we build #indieweb apps or websites for ourselves and our friends.\n\n\nThis is post 8 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #yearInReview #iNaturalist #SeekApp\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2025/012/t1/eight-years-webmention\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e\n\n\nGlossary:\n\nlogin wall\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/login_wall\noffline first\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/offline_first",
        "html": "My Seek 2024 Year in Review:<br /><br />* 141 new species observed, of those, the top three kinds:<br />\u00a0 * 79 plants<br />\u00a0 * 20 insects<br />\u00a0 * 16 fungi<br />* 56 challenge badges earned<br /><br />June was the month I observed the most new species in 2024, followed by March, and then July.<br /><br />Seek also gave me a graph of observations per month, and also a map of where I made my discoveries.<br /><br />Rather than posting screenshots of the Year in Review that Seek provided me in the app, I am posting the relevant content here in a post on my personal site, which I know I\u2019ll be able to search and look up in the future.<br /><br />Seek is a delightful free (like actually free, free of tracking, free of surveillance) native mobile application for identifying species.<br /><br />Made by the iNaturalist folks (<a href=\"https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app\">https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app</a>), Seek works without creating an account, and is able to work completely offline to identify species out in the wild (and add them to your local collection).<br /><br />Seek awards you Species Badges when you discover a number of species of a particular grouping, as well as Challenge Badges when you complete one or more of their monthly challenges that they post.<br /><br />In some ways it\u2019s like Pokemon Go, except based on finding and collecting observations of real living things.<br /><br />I have found it quite useful especially when traveling, and wondering is that plant (or animal) the same as one I\u2019ve seen elsewhere, perhaps around home, or is it a slightly different species?<br /><br />I also really like the good example that Seek provides for how an app can be immediately useful without requiring extra labor (like creating an account, or logging on) on behalf of the person using it.<br /><br />Lastly, Seek is an excellent example of a truly offline capable app where nearly all of its functionality works just fine without a network connection.<br /><br />Both of these capabilities (offline first, no login wall) are what we should aspire to when we build #<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span> apps or websites for ourselves and our friends.<br /><br /><br />This is post 8 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">yearInReview</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">iNaturalist</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">SeekApp</span><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/012/t1/eight-years-webmention\">https://tantek.com/2025/012/t1/eight-years-webmention</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e<br /><br /><br />Glossary:<br /><br />login wall<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/login_wall\">https://indieweb.org/login_wall</a><br />offline first<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/offline_first\">https://indieweb.org/offline_first</a>"
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43613813",
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        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://skate.michaelgale.dev/?v=21#2025-01-21\"><span>https://</span><span>skate.michaelgale.dev/?v=21#20</span><span>25-01-21</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Skateboarding\">#<span>Skateboarding</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
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    "url": "https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tantek.com/2025/020/t1/seek-2024-year-in-review",
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        "html": "<p>My Seek 2024 Year in Review:<br /><br />* 141 new species observed, of those, the top three kinds:<br />\u00a0 * 79 plants<br />\u00a0 * 20 insects<br />\u00a0 * 16 fungi<br />* 56 challenge badges earned<br /><br />June was the month I observed the most new species in 2024, followed by March, and then July.<br /><br />Seek also gave me a graph of observations per month, and also a map of where I made my discoveries.<br /><br />Rather than posting screenshots of the Year in Review that Seek provided me in the app, I am posting the relevant content here in a post on my personal site, which I know I\u2019ll be able to search and look up in the future.<br /><br />Seek is a delightful free (like actually free, free of tracking, free of surveillance) native mobile application for identifying species.<br /><br />Made by the iNaturalist folks (<a href=\"https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app\">https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app</a>), Seek works without creating an account, and is able to work completely offline to identify species out in the wild (and add them to your local collection).<br /><br />Seek awards you Species Badges when you discover a number of species of a particular grouping, as well as Challenge Badges when you complete one or more of their monthly challenges that they post.<br /><br />In some ways it\u2019s like Pokemon Go, except based on finding and collecting observations of real living things.<br /><br />I have found it quite useful especially when traveling, and wondering is that plant (or animal) the same as one I\u2019ve seen elsewhere, perhaps around home, or is it a slightly different species?<br /><br />I also really like the good example that Seek provides for how an app can be immediately useful without requiring extra labor (like creating an account, or logging on) on behalf of the person using it.<br /><br />Lastly, Seek is an excellent example of a truly offline capable app where nearly all of its functionality works just fine without a network connection.<br /><br />Both of these capabilities (offline first, no login wall) are what we should aspire to when we build <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span></a> apps or websites for ourselves and our friends.<br /><br /><br />This is post 8 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> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/yearInReview\">#<span class=\"p-category\">yearInReview</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/iNaturalist\">#<span class=\"p-category\">iNaturalist</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/SeekApp\">#<span class=\"p-category\">SeekApp</span></a><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/012/t1/eight-years-webmention\">https://tantek.com/2025/012/t1/eight-years-webmention</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e<br /><br /><br />Glossary:<br /><br />login wall<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/login_wall\">https://indieweb.org/login_wall</a><br />offline first<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/offline_first\">https://indieweb.org/offline_first</a></p>",
        "text": "My Seek 2024 Year in Review:\n\n* 141 new species observed, of those, the top three kinds:\n\u00a0 * 79 plants\n\u00a0 * 20 insects\n\u00a0 * 16 fungi\n* 56 challenge badges earned\n\nJune was the month I observed the most new species in 2024, followed by March, and then July.\n\nSeek also gave me a graph of observations per month, and also a map of where I made my discoveries.\n\nRather than posting screenshots of the Year in Review that Seek provided me in the app, I am posting the relevant content here in a post on my personal site, which I know I\u2019ll be able to search and look up in the future.\n\nSeek is a delightful free (like actually free, free of tracking, free of surveillance) native mobile application for identifying species.\n\nMade by the iNaturalist folks (https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app), Seek works without creating an account, and is able to work completely offline to identify species out in the wild (and add them to your local collection).\n\nSeek awards you Species Badges when you discover a number of species of a particular grouping, as well as Challenge Badges when you complete one or more of their monthly challenges that they post.\n\nIn some ways it\u2019s like Pokemon Go, except based on finding and collecting observations of real living things.\n\nI have found it quite useful especially when traveling, and wondering is that plant (or animal) the same as one I\u2019ve seen elsewhere, perhaps around home, or is it a slightly different species?\n\nI also really like the good example that Seek provides for how an app can be immediately useful without requiring extra labor (like creating an account, or logging on) on behalf of the person using it.\n\nLastly, Seek is an excellent example of a truly offline capable app where nearly all of its functionality works just fine without a network connection.\n\nBoth of these capabilities (offline first, no login wall) are what we should aspire to when we build #indieweb apps or websites for ourselves and our friends.\n\n\nThis is post 8 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #yearInReview #iNaturalist #SeekApp\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2025/012/t1/eight-years-webmention\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e\n\n\nGlossary:\n\nlogin wall\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/login_wall\noffline first\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/offline_first"
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    "published": "2025-01-20T22:04:00+00:00",
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    "url": "https://social.riley.pub/@robin/113862888449696658",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>As promised, a blog post on why and HOW I'm leaving Facebook and other Meta services: <a href=\"https://blog.riley.pub/walking-away-from-facebook/\"><span>https://</span><span>blog.riley.pub/walking-away-fr</span><span>om-facebook/</span></a></p><p>In it, I share the steps I'm taking to unwind my Facebook dependence in an orderly fashion, what alternatives I'm using, and how I'm getting settled in.</p><p>I hope someone out there finds it useful.</p><p><a href=\"https://social.riley.pub/tags/Facebook\">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.riley.pub/tags/Meta\">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.riley.pub/tags/Privacy\">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.riley.pub/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "As promised, a blog post on why and HOW I'm leaving Facebook and other Meta services: https://blog.riley.pub/walking-away-from-facebook/\n\nIn it, I share the steps I'm taking to unwind my Facebook dependence in an orderly fashion, what alternatives I'm using, and how I'm getting settled in.\n\nI hope someone out there finds it useful.\n\n#Facebook #Meta #Privacy #IndieWeb"
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    "published": "2025-01-20T21:49:56+00:00",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://sunny.garden/@PolyCat/113862691593836952",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>New update to my personal website. I added a new list to the Links page and added a notes feature to it. Now I can attach related notes to links. In this case archiving the removal date of featured videos on the home page</p><p>URL: <a href=\"https://jellycat.cafe\"><span>https://</span><span>jellycat.cafe</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/personalSite\">#<span>personalSite</span></a> <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/programming\">#<span>programming</span></a></p>",
        "text": "New update to my personal website. I added a new list to the Links page and added a notes feature to it. Now I can attach related notes to links. In this case archiving the removal date of featured videos on the home page\n\nURL: https://jellycat.cafe\n\n#personalSite #indieWeb #programming"
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    "published": "2025-01-20T20:59:53+00:00",
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    "url": "https://mindly.social/@pwflint/113862674354684329",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>writing a Debian and yunohost image to a couple flash drives and see if I can\u2019t turn my old Mac into something useful</p><p><a href=\"https://mindly.social/tags/today\">#<span>today</span></a> <a href=\"https://mindly.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "writing a Debian and yunohost image to a couple flash drives and see if I can\u2019t turn my old Mac into something useful\n\n#today #IndieWeb"
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    "published": "2025-01-20T20:55:30+00:00",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://defcon.social/@srfaudio/113862669043671644",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Calling all <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud\">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> Home users (especially those that migrated from Apple\u2019s ecosystem)!</p><p>I was about to start self-hosting an instance on my <a href=\"https://defcon.social/tags/truenas\">#<span>truenas</span></a> server. Any thoughts? Opinions? Things you would do differently?</p><p>Did you go for a full migration, or is it more piecemeal?</p><p><a href=\"https://defcon.social/tags/selfhosting\">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href=\"https://defcon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://defcon.social/tags/privatecloud\">#<span>privatecloud</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud\"></a>",
        "text": "Calling all @nextcloud Home users (especially those that migrated from Apple\u2019s ecosystem)!\n\nI was about to start self-hosting an instance on my #truenas server. Any thoughts? Opinions? Things you would do differently?\n\nDid you go for a full migration, or is it more piecemeal?\n\n#selfhosting #indieweb #privatecloud"
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    "published": "2025-01-20T20:54:09+00:00",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://social.lol/@hl/113862531579745072",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I added a dark theme to my <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> and shaved many yaks \ud83d\udc03 <a href=\"https://www.henryleach.com/2025/01/adding-dark-mode-to-my-site-shaving-yaks-and-questioning-my-sanity\"><span>https://www.</span><span>henryleach.com/2025/01/adding-</span><span>dark-mode-to-my-site-shaving-yaks-and-questioning-my-sanity</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/CSS\">#<span>CSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I added a dark theme to my #Blog and shaved many yaks \ud83d\udc03 https://www.henryleach.com/2025/01/adding-dark-mode-to-my-site-shaving-yaks-and-questioning-my-sanity\n\n#IndieWeb #CSS #WebDev"
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    "published": "2025-01-20T20:19:11+00:00",
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