Going to be redoing my website this week. I'd ideally like something lightweight and rock-solid that mostly works with static content, but I would like to have the option to add very limited eCommerce, comment form and contact form options at a later stage. WordPress seems vastly overkill for this, while I was mildly underwhelmed by #ghost last time I tried, partially due to the #accessibility of the backoffice lagging behind where I'd like it to be.
What would be good for this, something based on #astro perhaps? Eleventy? Roll my own? #webdev #indieWeb

New Blogroll Post

“Mapping medical education in India” by Kaustubh M.

«Use this visualization to see the medical colleges in India established over time.»

#Tech #Data-viz #blog #indieweb

https://kaustubh.page/posts/visualizing-medical-colleges-of-india/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

Canadian Politicians continue to pretend that they are not being extorted. Will this newest Toronto Police Recruit help swindle Canada? https://jungyulkim.com/free-press/en/articles/canadian-politicians-shrug-as-corruption-takes-hold-on-ontarios-capital-city.html #News #Art #Canada #NewYork #Toronto #Mafia #Crime #Indieweb #Headlines

有一群人不為流量,只用愛在寫
今年就是台灣部落格元年,而且你還來得及上車!

https://blog.giveanornot.com/first-year-of-indie-blogs-in-taiwan/
#部落格 #IndieWeb #台灣

🔖 Bookmarked: Who knows that you blog? https://forkingmad.blog/who-knows-that-you-blog/

That weird gap between blogging publicly and never bringing it up with people you actually know

🔥 Read more: https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/who-knows-that-you-blog/

#Blogging #Indieweb #Personalweb

New Blogroll Post

“A folder full of trivia” by George Supreeth

«Sometimes I run into people who, during a conversation, will throw in some trivia to spice it up: “There was a study that showed pangolins curl up when exposed to classical music.” Ask about the…»

#blog #indieweb

https://georgesupreeth.com/web/blog/blog_geo_260505_a_folder_full_of_trivia/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

What I've listened to, watched, read, and did in April.

Many good #movies! Watched also #Paradise, #DareDevil, #TheBoys, and other #TVShows!

I read two books, and started a new one..

A couple of new #OverUnder posts!

And a good list of links

This is Day 40 of the #100DaysToOffload challenge.

#podcast #movies #books #blogging #blog #fediverse #linkdump #indieweb #blogging #linkdump

https://lazybea.rs/april-26

Currently dirtier than the Gestapo, can the Toronto Police refresh their image with the recruit of a sensational new Mascot? https://jungyulkim.com/free-press/en/articles/canadian-democracy-at-risk-while-toronto-mobs-rule.html #News #Art #Canada #NewYork #Toronto #Mob #Crime #Indieweb #Headlines

May the Focus Be With You!

Build Your Blog in Open Source

Last year (almost to the day), I posted how easy setting up a blog is with mkdocs and surge.sh. Well, now that I have migrated this site to Codeberg, I thought I would update that post. Spoiler Alert: It's still easy.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/2026/05/04/build-your-blog-in-open-source/

#indieweb #blogging #blogger #blog #smallweb #personalsite #codeberg #opensource #foss

I finished an English beginner series on building a personal AI workbench.

My starting point: one project folder, one command-line window, one plain-English request, and a habit of checking before confirming.

https://marlinbian-site.pages.dev/en/tutorials/ai-workbench-for-everyone/

#AI #Codex #Productivity #IndieWeb

Learn how to build impactful conference presentations by focusing on storytelling, narrative throughlines, and audience experience rather than just slides.

#blog #indieweb #Presentation #PublicSpeaking #Conference #Storytelling #Career (https://gagor.pro/2026/05/how-to-prepare-presentation-for-a-conference/)

Part 2 of Exploring Mastodon is about what specific communities actually feel like from the inside — regional instances, language communities, and craft servers where shared context changes what you can assume when you write.



federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/ (link in bio)



find us on the fediverse:

mastodon: @federatedmind@techhub.social

pixelfed: @federatedmind@pixelfed.social



#Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenWeb #ActivityPub #indieweb

I've long been on a quest to incorporate personal blogs into my scrolling but could never find a good way to gather and follow interesting ones, esp. ones without RSS.

bubbles.town seems to be what I've been looking for. I just signed up today and have already found some great blogs. It's also part of the fediverse, though not sure exactly how that works. Check it out!

#Indieweb #blogging #smolweb #smallweb

I wrote what Mastodon actually feels like from the inside of a specific community — not the structural case (that was part 1), but what shared context does to what you can write.

some of it is easy to show:

@UnfareSF posts "1:26 PM: Fare inspectors on T headed South from Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Southbound" on sfba.social. no explanation of what the T is. you either ride Muni or this post isn't for you.

→ mastodon.art's AI ban isn't a rule members have to work around. it's a description of who the community is for. an artist posting there knows the person replying also makes things by hand.

the pattern: when a community already knows what you know, you can start further into whatever you're trying to say.

part 2 of exploring mastodon:
https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-2

#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb

I wrote what Mastodon actually feels like from the inside of a specific community — not the structural case (that was part 1), but what shared context does to what you can write.

some of it is easy to show:

→ a post on mastodon.scot about independence referendum discourse doesn't explain what the SNP is. the community already has that context. the post can start further into the argument.

→ on infosec.exchange, a CVE drops and technical analysis starts within minutes. precision norms mean vague claims get corrected — not hostilely, but by people who think carefully about what can and can't be asserted.

the pattern: when a community already knows what you know, you can start further into whatever you're trying to say.

part 2 of exploring mastodon:
https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-2

#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb

Introducing my indieBlog project, which provides a set of drop in indieweb and POSSE components ready to use in a PureBlog project.

Adding Indieweb features to a PureBlog Site

https://prry.uk/adding-indieweb-features-to-a-pureblog-site

#Indieweb #PureBlog

Bubbles is a fantastic new service which aims to help users discover fresh IndieWeb content.: https://frasermclean.com/posts/bubbles-post-discovery #indieweb #blogging