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#LetsFixThis - And some good, good questions
Jeff Zeldman asks really good questions here: (and I also posted this to my open #Microblog: “Along those same lines, can the IndieWeb, and products of IndieWeb thinking like Micro.blog, save us? Might they at least provide an alternative to the toxic aspects of our current social web, and restore the ownership of our data and content? And before you answer, RTFM. On an individual and small collective basis, the IndieWeb already works. Continue reading →
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"Why I’m supporting the IndieWeb (and you should too)"
A solid argument for the #indieweb - and that it needs to be as “friction free” and as easy to use as closed sollutions: I had the opportunity to witness an early Internet so I was not natively exposed to the psychological threats that newly born platforms like Facebook or Instagram have built in. It’s amazing to me that in a matter of few years, apps like Instagram evolved from an indie type of platform for wannabe photographers into a vanity tool and status broadcasting. Continue reading →
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Building in "Web Stuff" and Micro.blog
This is a great quote on #indieweb publishing and #microblog in specific…. Build in “web stuff” if you want it to last: “Micro.blog is not an alternative silo: instead, it’s what you build when you believe that the web itself is the great social network. That’s the important part: even if Micro.blog doesn’t last (though I believe it will), the idea — that the web itself is where we are and where we talk to each other — will continue. Continue reading →
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Small Shifts Back to the Web's Roots
Another story I’m watching on how do “slow media” - from this blogger. Will be fun to watch his efforts and compare notes: “I’m optimistic that the movement away from social media is good for the Open Web. Since I scaled back my use of social media a year ago, I blogged more, re-subscribed to many RSS feeds, and grew increasingly interested in the IndieWeb — all small shifts back to the Open Web’s roots. Continue reading →
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Microblog creator @menton on what’s coming for Micro.blog, on this week’s podcast #micromonday monday.micro.blog/2019/03/0…
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Not quitting Social Media: But Going Back to an "the Artisanal internet."
This article from #wired, also got me relooking at #indieweb and Micro.blog. In essence, don’t quit social all together, but “curate your way to a better social media” diet. Key quote: This vision of decentralization is more back-to-the-land than blockchain. If portals to the digital world are so exploitative, it asks, why not curate our own? For consumers, this means forgoing convenience to control your ingredients: Read newsletters instead of News Feeds. Continue reading →
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Who Owns the Digital You (Part 1 of 3)
“Twenties and Thirties it was the role of government, Fifties and Sixties it was civil rights. The next two decades it’s gonna be privacy. I’m talking about the Internet. I’m talking about cell phones. I’m talking about health records and who’s gay and who’s not. And moreover, in a country born on the will to be free, what could be more fundamental than this?” — Sam Seaborne, The West Wing (Season 1, Episode 9, 1999)< Continue reading →
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"Large companies aren’t good homes for beloved services..."
Good thoughts here by Colin Devroe on the issue of trusting even giant companies iwth your digital self: Large companies are not good homes for beloved services. We are living in an age of the internet where if a service isn’t at hundreds-of-millions of users and throwing off tons of profit they simply aren’t worth the time for companies the size of Verizon or Google. Both of these companies have enormous cemeteries in their backyards of things they’ve built or bought and shuttered regardless of their usage or loyal users…. Continue reading →
