Matthias Ott
• Matthias Ott
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
Thursday session
Thursday session
I’m the guest on the latest Software Defined Interviews! We cover so many things on this episode, from journaling to Micro.blog’s philosophy and features. Might be the longest interview I’ve ever done, actually.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
What Made Blogging Different?
Blogging was a different medium - and there's still a need for it more than ever.
Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed
• Manuel Moreale
On concrete examples
My first months in cyberspace (Phil Gyford’s website)
This is a wonderfully evocative description of what it was like to go online 30 years ago.
Good morning from Ottawa
The present and potential future of progressive image rendering - JakeArchibald.com
jakearchibald.com/2025/present-and-future-of-progressive-image-rendering/
When I set about writing this article, I intended it to be a strong argument for progressive rendering. But after digging into it, my feelings are less certain.
V7: Video Killed the Web Browser Star | Rob Weychert
Grrr… it turns out that browsers exhibit some very frustrating behaviour when it comes to the video element. Rob has the details…
Matthias Ott
• Matthias Ott
The HTML Output Element
Lights.
Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
The Curse of the Muse
Some days, like this morning when I almost missed my flight to WordCamp Canada in Ottawa, I’m so overwhelmed with the maelstrom of ideas and sparks of creation that it feels like waves crashing against a dam. There are so many ways I can imagine new software, new products, new ways for the world to … Continue reading The Curse of the Muse →
Wednesday session
Wednesday session
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
Good morning, be back soon.
The accomplishments of WordPress
One more slide from the presentation.
The accomplishments of WordPress.And with that I'm off to Ottawa, seeking fame and fortune. 😄
PS: One more slide for the road.
Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
D’Angelo & Diane
Just last night I was re-watching Annie Hall to remember and honor Diane Keaton, and now the news that D’Angelo had passed. I’m writing this listening to Voodoo, one of the great albums of all time. That CD in my beater car in Houston was on constant rotation, the richness of the tracks— it’s an … Continue reading D’Angelo & Diane →
Reading Simon Willison’s write-up of NVIDIA’s little AI box, my first thought was how much Mac you could get for the same $4k. Quite a lot! Mac Studio with 96 GB. Enough to run gpt-oss-120b and many other models.
Matthias Ott
• Matthias Ott
Listening Closely
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Why the open social web matters now
The needs are real – and you have so much power.
Matthias Ott
• Matthias Ott