Do you have an internet Domain of One’s Own? What is it? Why would you want one? Would you like to try one out? What can you do with it? How do you build it?
The inimitable Alan Levin has created some great tutorials/kits for exploring and building your online domain.
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Chris Aldrich
I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history.
I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.
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Alan Levine (domains.eduhack.eu)
@c Are these well regarded for beginners, Chris? It looks like they might provide everything I wanted to learn when I signed up for Manton’s Kickstarter, with the famous book that he still hasn’t produced after three years. Does it basically guide one into using Word Press?
@Ron I’ve actually seen some iterations of them before in other contexts, and they’re great for beginners. They go beyond some of the basic website things and into other things one can accomplish with a domain name. Some of them are WordPress specific, but others aren’t.
As for Manton’s book, I’ll say that he has been busy with a few other things, but I’ve also seen several portions of his book in private settings. I’m impressed with how much detail and care he goes into the history and even technical portions that I really didn’t expect from his original descriptions.
In addition to the linked resource and the IndieWeb wiki, you might find some value in Reclaim Hosting’s Newbie Corner: community.reclaimhosting.com/c/newbies… and the rest of their community forums which cover a broad variety of CMSes and other self-hostable web apps. Good luck!
Great to see IndieWeb.org cited in the academic literature.