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Agree with every bit of this: “Reclaiming RSS” ar.al/2018/06/2…
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Extended Play
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Surf Beach Rentals
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5 Big Wheels Vs. Millions of Small Ones
Some big companies I watch closely because, of course, Big Wheels roll: Alphabet, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, etc. Much tinier decentralized, distributed companies, orgs and efforts I watch because I wonder if long term they (or what they spawn) may be bigger catalysts for change from the ground up…just maybe: Automatic, Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia Foundation, Mastodon, the Indieweb, and whatever blockchain becomes. 5 or so big wheels vs what may amount to millions of small ones. Continue reading →
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Blues Jam at the White House Sidewalk
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“The function of freedom is to free someone else.” RIP, Toni Morrison.☹️
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Good call. Better late than never: CloudFlare ending support for 8chan… new.blog.cloudflare.com/terminati…
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Love this: “It’s pleasantly ironic that some of the internet’s oldest open protocols are shining through, with email newsletters and podcasting standing tall… a channel they own and control.” www.niemanlab.org/2018/12/p…
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This was a baby step, but a REALLY important one. And glad to see #Mastodon Social playing a key role here. www.theverge.com/2019/7/30…
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Endorse: “A few large players dominate much of the online world, but the internet is healthier when it is controlled by many….” internethealthreport.org/2019/unde…
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Agreed, “an imperfect step in the right direction” in requiring bots to identify as automated. But an important one. www.wired.com/story/law…
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Been looking for a Browser Extension to allow one click sharing to my #micrdotblog site, that then syndicates out to my other social, Mastodon, Medium, Twitter, etc. Trying out OmniBear now… omnibear.com/features/
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“The net was so weird and wonderful in the early 2000s because it was easy to remix….The only real option in 2019 of customizing anything is to build a website of your own.” onezero.medium.com/why-the-w… #indieweb
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So #indieweb types, would the open sourced River of News project be a good option for a base for a Social Reader? github.com/scripting…
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Agreed: “The Web Can’t Survive a Monoculture.” #indieweb mikepennisi.com/blog/2019…
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Good post on going #IndieWeb: “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.” dri.es/pulling-t…
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On the Open Source Social Network Mastodon and its Fight with Nazis. blogghoran.se/2019/07/1…
