Over the weekend we hosted the first IndieWebCamp in Austin. I’m really happy with the way the event came together. I learned a lot in helping plan it, made a few mistakes that we can improve next time, but overall came away as inspired as ever to keep improving Micro.blog so that it’s a standout platform of the IndieWeb movement. There’s nothing like meeting in person with other members of the community. I know this from attending Apple developer conferences, but the weekend in Austin only underscored that I should be more active in the larger web community as well.
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❤️ It’s funny by Barnaby Walters
Barnaby Walters (waterpigs.co.uk)It’s funny — people are saying so much about the #indieweb/federated social web not being a “Facebook Killer”, and yet it’s killed my usage of FB beyond occasional passive consumption. So, implementors: build stuff which kills your own FB usage before trying to kill facebook.
❤️ Why Connecting Hardware with the Web is So Neat by Eli Fatsi
We just wrapped up development on Lightwalk, an interactive art installation living at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. For a number of reasons, this has been one of the most interesting projects I've ever worked on. There is the obvious wow factor of the installation itself, but we also developed a whole suite of dev tools running behind the scenes that not only keep the installation running, but also enable engagement from ACU students in multiple ways. It's this tie between hardware and software that makes the project truly shine, it's taking art and making it sm-art, it's the internet of things but it's actually interesting, and it's what I'm going to be talking about today.
This is a cool art installation! I’d like to have one please… It’s like a miniature version of the installation at Los Angeles International Airport, but small enough to fit in my front yard. If only the LAX version was controllable like this one!
❤️ Bitcoin propaganda posters in Brighton | Jeremy Keith
I love the overall advertising concept here–particularly for such a modern product.
I’m almost half-tempted to commission someone to re-purpose old war propaganda posters like this to promote the Indieweb movement.
He controls his own website–and they love that.
Don’t let that shadow touch them. Own your domain.
She may be… accepting Webmentions.
INDIEWEB
First they ignore you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then they fight you.
Then you WIN
Like Fugees | The Score
Rusty nail
I love how Eli’s syndicated likes look on micro.blog. There’s a nice sense of whimsy they’ve got with the person raising their hands.
Working Facebook’s Land
News outlets are complaining about Facebook’s terms for TV-quality videos meant to compete with YouTube.
It’s getting tougher for CNN and others to view these arrangements as mutually beneficial. “Facebook is about Facebook,” says Andrew Morse, general manager of CNN’s digital operations. “For them, these are experiments, but for the media companies looking to partner with significant commitments, it gets to be a bit of whiplash.” Morse says the financial compensation Facebook offers isn’t enough to convince him that working directly with the social network will be worthwhile in the long term.
Jason Kint, chief executive officer of the industry trade group Digital Content Next, was more blunt. “Media companies are like serfs working Facebook’s land,” he says.
Yet another prime example why people should be owning and controlling their own content.
(h/t: iwantmyname.com)
❤️ gRegorLove’s photo
Gregor Morrill (gRegorLove)Sorry for “reading” over your shoulder Gregor, but you’re doing some of the best stuff in posts about reading…
Mentioned by Dave Winer
Subscribable feed lists give power to users# An interesting comment from Chris Aldrich about subscribing to lists of feeds in a thread on the Woodwind app site on GitHub. #
The illustrious Dave Winer mentioned me in his blog today!
❤️ Nick Jones – Interface Prototyper / Designer | Adactio.com
A really interesting and well-executed portfolio site, utterly let down by the tone of this demeaning and insulting piece of copy: WARNING: Do not proceed if you suffer from vertigo or if you find experimental interfaces offensive. (Pssst: copy is also interface.)
#DTMH2016: Saving Online News | NPR RAD recap
NPR Research, Archives, & Data Strategy (Storify)Dodging The Memory Hole is an action-oriented conference and event series that brings together journalists, technologists, and information specialists to strategize solutions for organizing and preserving born-digital news.
Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group: 2016-10-13: Dodging The Memory Hole 2016 Trip Report (#dtmh2016)
John Berlin (Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group: ws-dl.blogspot.com)A summary/recap of the Dodging the Memory Hole 2016 conference held at UCLA's Charles Young Research Library in Los Angeles, California over two days in October to discuss and highlight potential solutions to the issue of preserving born-digital news.
Warren Weaver Bot!
Weaverbot (Twitter)This is the signal for the second.
How can you not follow this twitter account?!
Now I’m waiting for a Shannon bot and a Weiner bot. Maybe a John McCarthy bot would be apropos too?!
Mendeley integration is here! Import your Mendeley reference library into Overleaf
You can now import your reference library directly from Mendeley to Overleaf, to make it easy to manage your references and citations in your projects