I'm back at WordCamp in a big room waiting for Matt Mullenweg to answer questions for the people here. Yesterday's presentation went really well, lots of smart people really interested, fantastic discussion after. A very nice web culture. I went with three slides to get started, and then talked, demo'd, answered questions, and listened to ideas. Told a few jokes. Got a few laughs. It got the job done, help feed the word of mouth on WordLand.
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed
• Manuel Moreale
Alice
This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Alice, whose blog can be found at thewallflowerdigest.co.uk.
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Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed
• Manuel Moreale
From the Summit 2.0
TL;DR: I have rebooted my From the Summit newsletter. It’s gonna be all about life outdoors, and there’s gonna be a lot of pretty pictures. If this sounds appealing, go sign up for it. If you were previously a subscriber, you’ll have to sign up again since I deleted the whol...
Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
On Money Stuff
There are a few writers who I follow religiously, and one is Matt Levine of Bloomberg’s Money Stuff. For business and finance it’s one of the smartest and funniest things you can read. Yesterday, I think for the first time, he mentioned WordPress! In the context of his quote on this great X thread about … Continue reading On Money Stuff →
Some really good thoughts in this post by Paul Frazee about Bluesky’s approach to open protocols and platform bias:
On the one level, we created a neutral protocol to solve the systemic absence of neutrality and choice. On another level, we created a platform to drive an opinionated take on social. They go hand in hand: the killer app of a neutral protocol is an opinionated but interchangeable platform.
I should update my chapter on open gardens to quote this.
Matthias Ott
• Matthias Ott
Overshoot
I still remember that moment. Do You?
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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
I had some great conversations via email over the past couple of weeks with a bunch of different people, discussing all sorts of things that I’ll for sure end up writing about. Today I wanted to briefly touch on the topic of examples, which was part of the lovely conversatio...
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
Here's the link to the slides promised below.
I've been going back and forth on slides. I always do this. In the end I hate slides because I digress while going through them and skip ahead, end up wishing I hadn't used them. So I decided to compromise. I'll do the first thr...
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
One of the most amazing things about working on the Web is that you can have years of experience under your belt and there are still things you don’t know. Often, people associate this with a more quickly-moving la...
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.