People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
It’s funny because it’s true
Enjoyed the discussion about automation and AI tools on the latest AppStories podcast. I’m not a Notion user, but I can see the appeal of something that does so much. Just prefer Markdown everywhere and open formats.
Worked on core platform bug fixes and a new feature today, plus preparing a new version of Epilogue. I’ll probably submit to Apple tomorrow, Google later this week. Feeling pretty good about the recent improvements.
Cool update to the mnml theme for Micro.blog: pinning a blog post from a category to the top of the home page.
Whaddaya mean I’m not excited enough? It’s my day off, OK?
A motto for WordLand. "All the tools you need right where you write."
Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
The New Yorker is always good, but they’re having a bit of a victory lap as they celebrate their centennial. This article on the vaunted fact-checkers is such a delight, with so many in-jokes and back references it’s hard to keep track. When I started WordPress, I wrote down five publications that I hoped someday … Continue reading Fact Checkers →
Monday session
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
I spruced up my mixtape lists. The earliest dates to 1984. 14 yr old-me who cared a great deal about the levels, taped stuff from the radio and from my uncle’s record collection. I was only chewed out about messing with the tonearm balance once. I’m still making mixes. See them all at artlung dot...
A nifty interactive 3D map of our solar system
A new kind of spam or phishing email. Appears to be a challenge by Twitter of one of my posts there as a copyright infringement, which it most definitely is not. You have to look closely at the URL it takes you to, which is on this domain. assents-x.com. Hmm at first looks legit, but look more closely.
I like this post from Allen Pike about pivoting from an indie business to a more VC-inspired, ambitious project. That’s not my path, but he’s going in clear-eyed and purposeful.
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
I want my blog on the same network as my social media.
AI chatbots should drop the pretense of being human.
I can see why The Legend of Ochi didn’t get a wide theatrical release, but I loved it. Some really beautiful scenes. 🍿
