Anyone want to suggest/brainstorm book titles for my IndieWeb/WordPress project? Ideas for something short/pithy, possibly with a fun subtitle to get people interested in the topic would be appreciated. This could be used as an entertaining diversion while you're travelling to IndieWebCamp Berlin this weekend...
In the spirit of the old "Ask Me" pages on Tumblr or the popularized version of Ask Me Anything on Reddit, and partly as an IndieWeb experiment, I thought I would have and own my own Ask Me Anything page. Ideally, you'll ask your question on your own website and send me a webmention to…
For a minute I thought that Github had gone all IndieWeb by changing color/branding to match that of the IndieWeb.org website and logos. Then I realized that it was probably just a one day Halloween thing. Alas... Happy Halloween IndieWebbers! 🎃
I spent a lot of time trying centralising my online activities, including adding bookmarks and imports from social networks. Lately my site looked bloated and unmaintainable. I started questioning what data is my data, what data should or could I own - it was time to rethink some ideas.
Peter has some solid thoughts here on some subtle uses of things including likes, favorites, and bookmarks. I particularly like the way he separates out and describes the "vote" intent of likes on various platforms. Somewhat like him, I'm bookmarking things I'd like to read privately on the back end of my site, and then…
Many people express themselves online through social media, blogs, personal websites, and the like. Using these technologies affects our day-to-day lives, and sense of self. These technologies also change and develop in response to how people use them. Many of the tools we use come with constraints, and people often find ways to work around these constraints to suit their needs.
This thesis explores the different ways in which people express their identities using contemporary Web technologies. We conduct several studies, and show that there are many interdependent factors at play when it comes to online self-presentation, and that it is rare that all of these are considered when studying or designing social systems. We present a conceptual framework which will enable cohesive further research in this area, as well as guidance for future system designs.
In the second part, we discuss how these technologies are changing. We make contributions to an emerging alternative means of engaging with social media and similar technologies, and examine the implications of these new technologies on self-presentation.
Congratulations Dr. Guy! I can't wait to read your thesis... There may possibly be some other much older IndieWeb related doctoral theses out there, but I suspect this may be the first in the new era... If nothing else, you've got to love a thesis that's got it's own custom short link-style domain: dr.amy.gy
I've been following Aaron Davis for a while at Read Write Respond, but today I noticed a whole new part of his online presence at Read Write Collect that I've been missing all along! Makes me think I'm going to have to finish up a new OPML file for folks I'm following who are aware…
Working at Reclaim means I get to interact with people who do incredible work within the Ed Tech community. I was first exposed to this at #domains17 and I remember thinking that I wanted to keep up with all of these wonderful folks and the work their doing.
At first, I had no idea how I could keep up with all the blog posts except through twitter. I didn’t really like that idea though because I could lose tweets within my feed. I wanted a place where I could keep them all together. I don’t know too much about RSS feeds but I knew that’s where I needed to start. I a little bit of experience using FeedWordPress to syndicate blog posts to the main class hub but I knew that would chew right through my storage limit.
If you want to take it a step further, you could consider making an open OPML file of the people you're following from a conference like Domains '17. Much like Twitter lists, these are sharable (so others don't need to build them by hand), or more importantly for Feedly importable! Some RSS readers will also…
We have lost control over our content. To change this, we need to reconsider the way we create and consume content online. We need to create a new set of tools that enable an independent, open web for everyone.
A nice narrative for the IndieWeb movement by Matthias. Some of my favorite quotes from the piece: Having your own website surely is a wonderful thing, but to be relevant, useful, and satisfactory, it needs to be connected to other sites and services. Because ultimately, human interactions are what fuels social life online and most…
We tend to have a love/hate relationship with social networks. The ability to interact with friends, colleagues, and even celebrities is wonderful, but the lack of control over privacy or content algorithms is troubling. A better way lies ahead, where you aren't tied to large social networks and where you can own your own data.
Recorded at Atlanta Connect.Tech 2017 on 9/21/2017
https://player.vimeo.com/video/237349014 A few weeks back Keith gave a great non-platform specific overview to some of the moving pieces of the IndieWeb at Connect.Tech 2017 in Atlanta. I wish I could have been there in person, but glad that it was archived on video for posterity. Somehow I managed to get a mention in his talk…
I just submitted a talk on IndieWeb for WordPress for consideration at the upcoming inaugural WordCamp Riverside. I ran out of time to finish off the details for WordCamp Los Angeles due to my recent move, so I'm glad I still might be able to do it before the end of the year.
Our new book club reading is Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction. In this post I’ll lay out a reading agenda, along with ways to participate.
The way people read along in this book club is through the web, essentially. It’s a distributed experience.
It occurs to me while reading the set up for this distributed online book club that posting on your own site and syndicating elsewhere (POSSE) while pulling back responses in an IndieWeb fashion is an awesome idea for this type of online activity. Now if only the social silos supported salmention! I'm definitely in for…
An update to an IndieWeb WordPress plugin now facilitates more streamlined conversations and interactions online
Peter Molnar (petermolnar.net)