People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
Airbnb news via TechCrunch:
Airbnb announced Tuesday it is expanding its services feature with a new category for car pick-ups across 125 cities around the world.
Dunno if this is better for visitors, but from a business standpoint it does make sense for Airbnb to capture other related markets.
Alicante from the castle, with city and cruise ship.
This is a clever plugin from OpenAI to run Codex inside Claude Code. It’s convenient for people who use both tools, but it’ll also help sell Codex when it finds some improvement in whatever implementation Claude proposed. Models reviewing other models’ work.
Monday session
This Saturday, April 4th, come to The Hope And Ruin in Brighton to see Skyscrapers, Equatorial Group, and Salter Cane:
https://saltercane.com/tickets
Tickets are £8 in advance, £10 on the door.
I had to say this to Claude just now. "this is exhausting. you're driving me around in circles and saying over and over 'this is it!' and it never is. us humans have protections built in to avoid that kind of wasted effort."
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
A new white paper about building open communities for news.
dead.garden/blog/indieweb-book-club-dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency.html
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Bluesky's new service isn't about AI; it's about accessibility.
Went on a guided tour of Cartagena today which I thought was wonderful. But then I overheard someone griping about it. There is always someone who is just a bit too grumpy to appreciate that actually everything is amazing. So much history here. Beautiful city.
Yesterday I ran a podcast, a voicemail to NakedJen saying she could/should use Claude or ChatGPT to create software. Later that day she told me about the software she had written. I tried using it, and and then interrogated ChatGPT which had been her programming partner, to explain what she did and what the app does. I'm not sure I have the actual story yet, have to talk with Jen live. But it turns out that the thesis was correct, and she was already using ChatGPT, had even given it a name -- Harry, and was delegating tasks that I would want to use. Of course she was. Now I have to learn more from her about what she's doing. Stay tuned.
On Feb 8, two months after Firefox announced they were pivoting to AI, I wrote a piece saying in 9 points what I would do if I ran Firefox, instead of what they were doing. Now a few weeks later, has there been any further development of this idea?
There's something incredibly funny about slapstick and farting. I was flipping channels the other day and came across an old WC Fields movie. I used to love them when I was a kid, but figured now, with so many many fancier forms of entertainment this wouldn't get to me, but I was laughing uncontrollably the whole way through. Later, I caught a SNL skit with a boss being surprised by her employees with a Happy Birthday celebration and started farting uncontrollably. They're indulging in body-humor thanks largely (I think) to Sarah Sherman whose whole comedy schtick is about disgusting things about the human body, esp her own. The boss was played by Ashley Padilla, another SNL superstar. Everything she does is funny, esp farting. Even now, rewatching the segment, I couldn't help but laughing loudly. Farts are funny. I have no idea why.
This is a fun ranking system for Apple products. I voted on a bunch. But in the results, how can the original Macintosh not be permanently in the top few spots?
Carpet patterns.
Over the weekend I released another update to Inkwell for Mac. It improves a few things with Reading Recap, fixing bugs too.
Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
Since he spoke to Dean Baquet in 2017, JAŸ-Z hasn’t done an interview. Hov’s back! He sat down with GQ, and it’s a lovely listen and read. We played enough defense, 2026 is all about offense. Your morality defines who you are, not what you’ve attained.
I thought it was fine that they left Tom Bombadil out of The Lord of the Rings movies, but great to hear that Stephen Colbert’s script will give more attention to those early chapters of Fellowship. Could be fun.
The Level Up is an indie improv showcase. Join us as we watch amazing New York indie improv talents gain XP on the Magnet stage, unlock new achievements, and reach new milestones. Or do comedy.
Come support Michael as he dons his hosting-duties cap for three exciting indie teams!
I’ll be playing with Michael and the rest of the Level Up!
Looking forward to it! And to seeing you there!! (Yes, you. Come on out!!!)
Saturday March 28th, 2026 @ 10:30pm
Magnet Theater
254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)
New York City, NY 10001
Tickets $10: https://magnettheater.com/show/tickets/60469/
