These are great!!!
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
Federico Viticci posting on Threads:
My realization in 2024 has been that the DMA fork of iOS is the best iPhone experience. We can finally use our phones like actual computers with more default apps and apps from external sources.
Openly Licensed Images, Audio and More | Openverse
A library of CC-licensed photos.
Next time you’re tempted to use a generative “AI” tool to make an image for a slide deck, use this instead.
Good news for train fans: Amtrak route from New Orleans to Mobile should open next year. So many short segments like this need to be restored or built new across the country.
Ignore the NYT, part 2
I have a feeling this thread is going to go a long way, maybe all the way. Maybe the last Ignore the NYT note will be "The NYT has been put out of its misery" in which case "Ignore the NYT" will be what everyone does, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Or maybe the last one will...
Did you know Iconfactory has a microblog on Micro.blog now? Love the new Totoro wallpaper for Wallaroo.
Feeling a bit of regret not making the trip to Portland for XOXO. Hope it’s a good one for folks.
Ben Werdmuller
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What We Learned In Our First Year of 404 Media
[The 404 Media team]
"In the last year, we learned that the technical infrastructure exists now for even non-technical journalists to build a sustainable site that can receive money from subscribers. [...] If you are a journalist reading this thinking about ...
Why I feel bad about Biden
Podcast: 17 minutes.
Note: You can skip the first five minutes, it's a long preamble on a different subject. I left it in because it's interesting imho.
It's possible that what happened to Joe Biden in the debate is like something that happened to me almost ten years ago wh...
I’m sure my on-stage behaviour at Frostapalooza was total cringe, but I don’t care because I was having a great time!
I’m sure my on-stage behaviour at Frostapalooza was total cringe, but I don’t care because I was having a great time!
“This is loud in our country’s call because while we all love freedom, it is love that frees us all. Empathy emancipates, making us greater than hate or vanity. That is the American promise, powerful and pure.” — Amanda Gorman at the DNC
I liked the change of pace with Bill Clinton just going with a printed copy of his speech or notes. Apparently he was way off script. Maybe a little more time to breathe when ignoring the teleprompter. 🇺🇸
This is my first attempt at soldering switches into a keyboard…in fact, haven’t tried to solder anything since college. I also didn’t like the open board, so tried to 3d print one…from a template…needs refining, but good enough for now.
Adactio: Journal—Frostapalooza | Brad Frost
Aw, man, this gets me in the feels!
Just over here sobbing while reading Jeremy’s recount of Frostapalooza.
Reckoning: Part 1 — The Landscape - Infrequently Noted
I want to be a part of a frontend culture that accepts and promotes our responsibilities to others, rather than wallowing in self-centred “DX” puffery. In the hierarchy of priorities, users must come first.
Alex doesn’t pull his punches in this four-part truth-telling:
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Speaking of Michelle Obama, she made the most powerful political statement I've ever heard. "Who's going to tell Trump the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs." The way she said it made you think. Here we are, and one way or another, we have changed. America in 2024 is vastly different from the American of 2008. America is moving both toward self-acceptance and away from it at the same time. But here in the half of America my feet are planted in, we realize that there isn't a black America and a white America, there's just one America. We finally have come to accept ourselves as we have been all along.
Thinking about what Michelle Obama said last night in her fantastic DNC speech. “We don’t get to change the rules so we always win.” She was talking about Trump, but it also applies to Google. There should be opportunities for independent developers to create for the web without having big tech companies be our gatekeepers. The web is a public resource. Of course big companies will take whatever isn't nailed down. It's way past time to protect the open web.
I use PocketCasts on my Android phone as my main podcast-listening app. I also have a website, dave.podcatch.com, that has the latest episodes from the podcasts I follow. I would love to hook up my subscriptions from PocketCasts to dave.podcatch.com, so that I could add to t...
Are ChatGPT notifications actually a thing? I’ve never seen this before, so can’t tell if it’s a real or hallucinated feature.
The LEGO interstitials in MKBHD’s Pixel 9 review video are a really nice touch.