I added a couple of new things to my #PersonalWebsite, an Upvote button inspired by @eclecticpassions and a "This week in other years" section featuring posts from years before made in the same calendar week (despite 500+ posts I still don't have enough for an "On This Day" kinda thing).
I'll write a quick post about these later :P
#Jekyll #Webdev #Blog #IndieWeb #SSG
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"html": "<p>Die kanadischen Politiker tun weiterhin so, als w\u00fcrden sie nicht erpresst. Wird diese neueste Toronto Police Recruit helfen, Kanada zu verwischen? <a href=\"https://jungyulkim.com/free-press/de/articles/kanadische-politiker-schrug-wie-korruption-nimmt-auf-ontarios-hauptstadt.html\"><span>https://</span><span>jungyulkim.com/free-press/de/a</span><span>rticles/kanadische-politiker-schrug-wie-korruption-nimmt-auf-ontarios-hauptstadt.html</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/News\">#<span>News</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Art\">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada\">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/NewYork\">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Toronto\">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Mafia\">#<span>Mafia</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Crime\">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Headlines\">#<span>Headlines</span></a></p>",
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Getting steady blog traffic but barely any email subscribers?
This usually isn’t a traffic problem — it’s a conversion problem. Small things like weak CTAs, poor placement, or no clear incentive can make a big difference.
I put together a breakdown of the most common reasons and fixes:
https://www.panstag.com/2026/03/why-is-my-email-list-not-growing.html
#Blogging #EmailMarketing #IndieWeb
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So... I'm currently working on an app I'm calling "speakEZ". It's a personal, kinda-discord replacement.
- invite-only chat
- built on Cloudflare Workers (free tier), KV, and Durable Objects
- async ed25519 passphrase auth (phrase never stored or seen outside of your brain)
- No accounts, no database
- WebSockets, markdown, image uploads
- WebRTC p2p voice channels
- tdd unit/e2e
#CloudflareWorkers #IndieWeb
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"html": "<p>Derzeit schmutziger als die Gestapo, kann die Toronto Police ihr Bild mit der Rekrutierung einer sensationellen neuen Mascot aktualisieren? <a href=\"https://jungyulkim.com/free-press/de/articles/kanadische-demokratie-in-gefahr-w%C3%A4hrend-toronto-mobs-herrschaft.html\"><span>https://</span><span>jungyulkim.com/free-press/de/a</span><span>rticles/kanadische-demokratie-in-gefahr-w\u00e4hrend-toronto-mobs-herrschaft.html</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/News\">#<span>News</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Art\">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada\">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/NewYork\">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Toronto\">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Mob\">#<span>Mob</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Crime\">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Headlines\">#<span>Headlines</span></a></p>",
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Publiqué "Sobre el recuerdo compartido"
Una reflexión sobre el acto de recordar junto con otras personas.
https://martinvukovic.com/posts/2026/03-26-recuerdo-compartido.html
#blog #indieweb #smallweb #smolweb #oldweb
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Been working on a blog post idea about how the 'old', real more simple web is still around, usable, fuck the big corpo garbage web, and so on. Been seeing other great pieces on it, gathering ideas, wanna reference them, etc. Wanna collect all of them and say something intelligent about it but wow it's gonna take a while to collect it all and write it up 😂 But be assured, it's on its way eventually. Hopefully sooner than later. I want it to be almost like a brief, simple roadmap for the real web.
#ResearchPhase #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #blogging #writing
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Just read this great write-up from @jakemoreno@write.as about switching from Ultimate Guitar to cleaner chord chart sites. Totally relate to the campfire struggle 😂
https://write.as/jakemoreno/why-i-ditched-ultimate-guitar-after-5-years
#guitar #chords #music #acousticguitar #indieweb
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New study says gnomes are responsible for breaking your electronics
It has been discovered that gnomes are the cause of most consumer technology defects and failures.
https://lzon.ca/posts/series/duck/gadget-gremlins/
#indieweb #personalweb #news #satire #technology #repair
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@aardrian much as I’d appreciate you joining it’s not my habit to cajole or prod on busy people for extracurriculars… tho there is an iCal feed for FrESH events. See https://events.indieweb.org/tag/fresh #indieweb
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Next domain poll.
Should I renew the domain for this stream-of-human-conscious coded meditation and infinite reversible poem?
https://ofatoms.art
#indieweb
Yes - of course you should
No - you have to many domains
something else (comment below)
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RE: https://techhub.social/@chappio/116289831033647828
#halfquill update!
Stories are interactive now. You can write new sections, leave comments, and react to what others have written.
Also: you can now skip up to two plots during the daily exercise if one isn't sparking anything.
Would love your feedback: https://tally.so/r/A7x4KW
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #IndieWeb #buildinpublic
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Linkblog March 26, 2026: On typing
Welcome to my Linkblog where I share interesting articles and blog posts I found about social media, Indieweb, geopolitics, Chinese and Malaysian stuff, cute cat videos or anything funny and interesting I find online.
FYI: I also share links in the “Weekend Tales” of my Substack newsletter, Tai Tales. The newsletter is geared towards Chinese and Malaysian culture.
PS: I felt it was appropriate for this issue to use AI-generated imagery 😉
Nostalgia for word processors
The Digital Dilemma: Why Writers Are Abandoning Modern Word Processing Software
“Modern word processors, like most contemporary internet spaces, have become battlegrounds for our attention.”
I long for the days when a word processor was just a blinking green thing on a black screen 🥲
Your Word processor is distracting you
Each time I use a web-based word processor, my blood pressure just goes up. These days you never get a peaceful moment when you’re writing on one of those. You get interruptions galore – hey, would you like a tour? Hey! Did you know about this feature? HEY! WE GOT AI NOW
That’s why I write with Obsidian these days. So peaceful. No bloody interruptions. I use it to write almost everything. Blog posts, work copy, fiction, newsletters.
Turning Obsidian into the ultimate writing app and
How to Use Obsidian for Writing and Productivity
Speaking of which, this is how you use Obsidian for writing.
Malaysia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfnTcfquDnQ
We Malaysians sure love our malls. It’s our community centre, place of work … some malls even have condos above it!
Geopolitics
The three reasons why Americans aren’t rising up in open revolt
https://youtu.be/A6ptFXzx_JM?si=W–lBf_okNbKLsaM
It’s kinda depressing this video was released 12 years ago. At what point is “enough is enough”? 😅
Does AI “Threaten to Undermine Democracy” or is it already way too Broken?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLPWR4tTT_E
The intersection of tech and politics! I love the channel, Internet of Bugs, and this is such a solid take.
#AI #BeingAWriter #indieweb #Internet #Malaysia #writing
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"html": "<p>Canadiske politikere lader fortsat, som om de ikke bliver afpresset. Vil denne nyeste Toronto Politi Recruit hj\u00e6lpe svinge Canada? <a href=\"https://jungyulkim.com/free-press/da/articles/canadiske-politikere-sk%C3%A6lver-som-korruption-tager-fat-p%C3%A5-ontarios-hovedstad.html\"><span>https://</span><span>jungyulkim.com/free-press/da/a</span><span>rticles/canadiske-politikere-sk\u00e6lver-som-korruption-tager-fat-p\u00e5-ontarios-hovedstad.html</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/News\">#<span>News</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Art\">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada\">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/NewYork\">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Toronto\">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Mafia\">#<span>Mafia</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Crime\">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Headlines\">#<span>Headlines</span></a></p>",
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"The Information Dirt-Track"
- A.J.Flavell
#SmallWeb #SmolWeb #IndieWeb
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We are now on #twtxt
https://b0nfire.xyz/twtxt.txt
"a few years late, eh?"
It's at a friend's behest, and it doesn't cost me anything but a text file and a little care.
Smaller, incremental updates and planning posts will be made there, there's even a photo there that isn't here. 😲
wowzers! Check out twtxt: https://github.com/buckket/twtxt
#alternativesocialmedia #smallweb #indiewebsocial #indieweb
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"html": "<p>Kan Toronto-politiet genopfriske deres image med rekrutten af en sensationel Mascot? <a href=\"https://jungyulkim.com/free-press/da/articles/canadiere-demokrati-i-fare,-mens-toronto-mobs-styre.html\"><span>https://</span><span>jungyulkim.com/free-press/da/a</span><span>rticles/canadiere-demokrati-i-fare,-mens-toronto-mobs-styre.html</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/News\">#<span>News</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Art\">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada\">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/NewYork\">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Toronto\">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Mob\">#<span>Mob</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Crime\">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Headlines\">#<span>Headlines</span></a></p>",
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Chatrooms were not meant to last forever.
I am currently in a chatroom which is about 10 years old, with about 40 members, and it is showing clear signs of rot.
Nobody is actively moderating it. A couple of people are trying, but their attention is split, and this room is the lower priority.
When a sufficiently large group is unmoderated, and abuse arises, the victim has no choice but to leave the group to evade the abuser. This means that, in general, unmoderated groups tend to shed their most vulnerable members and retain their most toxic ones.
This is why I am disappointed in every chat platform that does not give an easy way to export your chat history. Because people stay in the room to keep access to their memories, when they should be leaving and letting the chat die. On IRC you didn't even have to request a data export, because everything was logged in plain text already. It's complicated now, and for reasons I do not find satisfying.
This is why people like me refuse to use Discord as a forum, as a wiki, as a knowledge hub. Because knowledge hubs are supposed to last forever. And chatrooms are not.
#indieweb #chat #moderation
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