I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned | Andros Fenollosa
https://en.andros.dev/blog/0b8e451e/i-joined-the-indieweb-heres-what-i-learned/
Driven by curiosity, I decided to find out what the IndieWeb tag that kept showing up on some blogs and Mastodon toots was all about. I quickly discov
🧶✏️👩🏽‍💻 The internet’s hidden creative renaissance (and how to find it)
https://newpublic.substack.com/p/the-handmade-internet-is-making-a
The indie web means the return of gifs, funky cursors, and personal websites
Discovering the indieweb with calm tech
https://alexsci.com/blog/calm-tech-discover/
Blog Quest and StreetPass help you discover the independent web
Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information - Aftermath
https://aftermath.site/best-active-forums-internet-today
Internet forums are still alive and kicking and full of information. Here are the best niche communities I could find that are alive and well.
Great list of forums to explore
Software Possession for Personal Use | olano.dev
https://olano.dev/blog/software-possession-for-personal-use/
A little rest area by the road to a better web.
The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media
https://joel.is/bluesky/
Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers
https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software
The emerging golden age of home-cooked software, barefoot developers, and why the local-first community should help build it
hn isn't so sure... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633029
The IndieWeb for Everyone | Max Böck
https://mxb.dev/blog/the-indieweb-for-everyone/
Many people are looking for alternatives to Twitter. Can the IndieWeb step up? How can we build better social media for people without technical knowledge?
We can have a different web
https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/
Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.
A history of online public messaging | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/first-post-a-history-of-online-public-messaging/
From BBS to Facebook, here's how messaging platforms have changed over the years.
How might PostOwl / ATProto fill a gap in the future?
Share Openly
https://werd.io/2024/share-openly
You know all those “share to Facebook” / “share to Twitter” links you see all over peoples’ websites? They’re all out of date.
Social media has evolved over the last year, yet nobody has “share to” links for Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, etc. There have been a few attempts to create “share to Mastodon” buttons, but they haven’t taken the larger breadth of the new social media landscape into account.
So I’ve built a prototype, which I’ve called ShareOpenly.
At the bottom of every article on my site, you’ll see a “share to social media” button
The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/
The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology.
Indie webbing
https://adactio.com/journal/20968
Tinkering with my website and getting inspired at Indie Web Camp Brighton.
While we were hacking away on day two, somebody mentioned that they still find hard to explain the indie web to people.
“It’s having your own website”, I said.
But surely there’s more to it than that, they wondered.
Nope. If someone has their own website, then they’re part of the indie web. It doesn’t matter if that website is made with a complicated home-rolled tech stack or if it’s a Squarespace site.
Your site, your home, your web • Cory Dransfeldt
https://coryd.dev/posts/2024/your-site-your-home-your-web/
A brief, perhaps unoriginal, plea to have fun sharing and building on the web.
Why I won't have a blogroll
https://werd.io/2024/why-i-wont-have-a-blogroll
Dave Winer has been talking a bit about blogrolls lately: lists of blogs you like to read that typically sit on a sidebar or separate
The Wax and the Wane of the Web
https://alistapart.com/article/the-wax-and-the-wane-of-the-web/
Forget death and taxes. The only certainty on the web is change. Ste Grainer takes a brief look at the history of the web and how it has been constantly reinvented. Then he explores where we are now, and how we can shape the future of the web for the better.
The Subversive Hyperlink - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/the-subversive-hyperlink/
Subvert the status quo. Own a website. Make and share links.
About Ideas Now | Search 1000s of personal sites
https://aboutideasnow.com/about
Find people to collaborate with by searching through the /about, /ideas and /now pages of 1000s of personal sites
Brilliant idea - PostOwl needs to make these pages available to people.
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39511714