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I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned | Andros Fenollosa

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:47:31 +0000

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

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🧶✏️👩🏽‍💻 The internet’s hidden creative renaissance (and how to find it)

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:46:43 +0000

The indie web means the return of gifs, funky cursors, and personal websites

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Discovering the indieweb with calm tech

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:32:13 +0000

Blog Quest and StreetPass help you discover the independent web

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Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information - Aftermath

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:12:33 +0000

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.

Notes: Great list of forums to explore

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Software Possession for Personal Use | olano.dev

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:33:19 +0000

A little rest area by the road to a better web.

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The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:48:42 +0000

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Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 07:08:21 +0000

The emerging golden age of home-cooked software, barefoot developers, and why the local-first community should help build it

Notes: hn isn't so sure... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633029

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The IndieWeb for Everyone | Max Böck

Fri, 17 May 2024 10:47:36 +0000

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?

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Our web

Thu, 02 May 2024 16:05:07 +0000

The web is what we make it.

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We can have a different web

Thu, 02 May 2024 09:42:25 +0000

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.

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A history of online public messaging | Ars Technica

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:23:38 +0000

From BBS to Facebook, here's how messaging platforms have changed over the years.

Notes: How might PostOwl / ATProto fill a gap in the future?

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Share Openly

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:46:30 +0000

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

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The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:44:41 +0000

The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology.

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Indie webbing

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:18:59 +0000

Tinkering with my website and getting inspired at Indie Web Camp Brighton.

Notes: 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.

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Your site, your home, your web • Cory Dransfeldt

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:42:06 +0000

A brief, perhaps unoriginal, plea to have fun sharing and building on the web.

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