Something got me thinking about comments on my website here. Almost no one posts native replies on my posts. I’d have to think that 99.9999% of all the replies on my website are now via Webmention. Perhaps I should cut off native replies just to cut back on the amount of spam I get? Hmmm….
Category: Social Stream
👓 My Gutenberg Migration Planning | Brad Enslen
Brad (Brad Enslen)I have several blogs: 1 x Micro.blog hosted blog plus 2 x WordPress blogs. After the Holidays, I’ll probably migrate my main WP blog (you are here) to some other blogging platform. No matter what I do I will lose my Indieweb features on that blog. But that said, I forsee it becoming increasi...
👓 Bookmark: Migrate your WordPress site to ClassicPress – ClassicPress | Brad Enslen
Brad (Brad Enslen)Migrating your WordPress website to ClassicPress is easy and only takes a few minutes. Follow the simple steps below to get started: Bookmark: Migrate your WordPress site to ClassicPress – ClassicPress The folks at Classic Press have created an easy migration plugin that works with WordPress 5.0.?...
👓 My Micro.blog Wishlist | Mumblings
Simon Woods (blog.simonwoods.online)I have been taking notes for this wishlist for some time. Two things have stopped me from writing it up and posting: Time and energy. I have spent more of it on making other things, being a believer in the idea that the best position from which to criticise is that of creation, or put another way: I...
👓 Web as Social Network: Creating the Blog Network | Brad Enslen
Brad Enslen (Brad Enslen)This is Part 3 of a series. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. In Part 1, I mentioned RSS feed readers and linked to resources to help you find one. In Part 2 I talked about blog platforms. Now we put together a simple social network. Feed Readers RSS Feed Readers: These are the backbone of y...
The end of a nice, succinct three part series about starting your own web presence.
👓 Web as Social Network: Three Best Blogging Choices | Brad Enslen
Brad Enslen (Brad Enslen)This is Part 2 in a series. Part 1 is here. In Part 1 I made the case that Facebook and Twitter had become toxic places and I suggest that blogging, micro blogging and long form blogging (either or both) on your own blog was a better choice Here in Part 2 I’m going to recommend 3 blogging platfo...
👓 Populism and Today’s Social Tech vs. Blogging | Brad Enslen
Brad Enslen (Brad Enslen)The Problem: Populism and Toxic Social Networks Social media platforms are the perfect places to deny nuance in favour of extreme opinions – and we are hooked on them, says author Jamie Bartlett Source: Why is populism booming? Today’s tech is partly to blame | Jamie Bartlett | Opinion | The ...
👓 Week in micro.blog 08-12-18 | John Johnston
john (John's World Wide Wall Display)in praise of my body
Web as Social Network
I Watch Movies Microcast
poetry
mini communities
Now and Then
Federated Wiki
0.39% of the web.
Inoreader as an IndieWeb feedreader
IndyWeb frustrations
I like this small list of bookmarks that John has created as his personal list of highlights from micro.blog for the week.
Hand curated discovery still has a place on the web, particularly for people in whom you have a level of trust. I’d take this anytime over the algorithmic ideas that Twitter or Facebook might give me.
👓 Following People or Feeds in the #IndieWeb #mb #DoOO #edtechchat #literacies” | Greg McVerry
Greg McVerry (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com)I am scrolling through history (h/t to Kevin Marks for reminding of the ccurated posts by danah boyd) as we discuss how best to follow people in social readers on the IndieWeb. Tantek Çelik has suggested nobody ever on the history of the web wants to follow feeds. danah seemed to agree in 2004. T...
Bodega Norton Reserva Malbec (2014) wine
birdseye view of resting steaks and the tossed salad
Angle on the kitchen counter with steaks resting in the foreground with wine and salad in the background.
The first meal eaten from the meat we got at the cow party.
The Christmas tree has been up for a week, but I’ve finally got enough lights on it to begin thinking about other decorations. The secret seems to be to light the inside of the tree as much as the exterior.
Some supplies to hang up Christmas lights at the house.
They must have a bigger lumber operation here because their hardware store portion is just barely large enough to exist. It may be one of the smallest hardware stores I’ve ever been into. Fortunately they had the couple of things I was looking for today.
📺 The Biggest ‘Baby Shark’ Ever w/ Sophie Turner & Josh Groban | The Late Late Show with James Corden on YouTube
Let's face it: Baby Shark is an undeniable force. James invites his guests, Sophie Turner, playing the role of Mommy Shark, and Josh Groban, taking on the role of Daddy Shark, for the definitive performance of this global phenomenon.
This is just too awesome.
Hat tip: Aaron Davis