People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
For the Japanese WordPress community, I have planted a special Wapuu at the coolest spot in Niseko, Bar Gyu, aka the refrigerator door bar. Now on the handle you’ll find a special surprise. Anyone recognize which WordCamp it’s from? Ioanna and Hisashi run one of the coolest bars in the world; it’s been on my … Continue reading Bar Gyu x Wapuu →
Watched: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Enjoyed this more than I was expecting. Good show. 📺
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
Mountain laurel.
Chris Aldrich
• Chris Aldrich
Replaced the old, crushed rubber body panel grommets on my 1956 Remington Standard typewriter with new ones.
On the other hand, it's hard to get Claude.ai to really apply itself to my own software. It likes to drive. Same with ChatGPT.
Thursday session
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
"A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI."
This is a low.
So nice to work on a brand new Mac app, Objective-C, not much code yet. Builds and runs practically instantly.
I’m continuing to tinker with OpenClaw to see how it could be useful to me. For the last week, I’ve had it wake up once an hour and pick a small change to make to a new, experimental project. It’ll track what it’s working on, fix something, then push the change to GitHub for me to review.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
The BBC is dying. It needs to be preserved - but doing so will require a radical reinvention.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
"A framework to move your subculture from the Anxiety Zone to the Learning Zone" - and provide a way for everyone on your team to contribute and experiment safely.
If you’re dyslexic and just trying to communicate more clearly in writing, or you’ve got a bullshit job and you just want to get your bullshit job’s bullshit tasks out of the way so you can move on to more meaningful endeavors, or at least move past the day-to-day slog that permeates your workday and serves no real purpose other than to pay the bills, then I cede; I cannot fault you.
But if, say, you’re a “writer” and you’re using an LLM to “help you” “write” or “think” because it’s easier and takes less time and thought, then I stand my ground; I can and do fault you.
What if friends treated their friends as nicely as they treat dogs. When you sensed they needed a little support, you'd look them in the eye and say "Who's the good girl?" Rub behind the ears. When they sit give them a treat. Inside of us, everyone, including you, is a little pup who just wants to know they're in the right place doing the right thing.
Chris Aldrich
• Chris Aldrich
