Some thoughts on joining the #IndieWeb

“We must make software that lives on a server but has a welcoming interface and piques people’s curiosity, respects privacy and dignity, and connects us to the World Wide Web.”

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Bluesky friends,

I’ve updated powRSS to sport more of a retro look and added a few new features to make discovering independent blogs easier and more fun.

I’d love it if you took a look 😁

#blogs #indieweb

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All of us developing software for the #indieweb need to give this a read.

Hamish points out pitfalls in large scale projects and shows the shortcomings of not having a grassroots approach to economic sustainability.

Great read.

Haha they are and we’re making it more of a thing on powRSS! It’s a public feed aggregator to make the open web discoverable. Over on Mastodon one of my posts went viral so I ended up receiving hundreds of submissions. I’m slowly adding people’s blogs one by one to keep the feed clean, check it out!

It definitely is!!

While the main reason behind my tech blog posts is to help educate folks who may have encountered the same issues that I have with Technology XYZ, it's also self-serving. Can't tell you how many times I've referred to my old posts to refresh my memory on how to do The Thing.

Perfect take re: Stanley Cup finals LOL

This weekend 100+ people submitted their independent website to the powRSS platform.

The IndieWeb community continues to support each other in a mission to make the open web more accessible.

Thank you to everyone who has shared their site and believes in a democratic web for us all.

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Muchísimas gracias a todos los que han incluido sus webs y blogs en powRSS.

La calidad de nuestra comunidad de escritores, pensadores, tecnólogos y creadores de la #Indieweb nunca deja de sorprenderme.

Un abrazo a todos 🫶

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"Is there a hunger for a return to the blogosphere?"

There definitely is!! The community brewing with powRSS is proof of that. I started it last Thursday and close to 100 people have submitted their blogs 😁

It's an aggregator of independent websites.

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A couple of updates on powRSS!

- Redesign of the About page 🥳
- "Random site" button a la StumbleUpon but make it IndieWeb 😁

Check it out!

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Here is a trinket, a symbol of my affection for the newly-named-in-my-brain indie web.
#IndieWeb

https://angrybunnyman.com/the-indie-web-and-other-digital-uncanny-reminders-of-what-was/

I put together a few words on the importance of small web communities, and communities in general.

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#community #communities #OnlineCommunities #SmallWebCommunities #indieweb #IndiewebCarnival #blogging

A new body of work in a new direction. This is the first in a series about the open web, life beyond platforms, and making the internet joyous.

And how learning to build my own website kind of radicalized me. #drawing #wip #linocut #indieweb #printmaking

San Francisco Ruby Conference on November 19-20: sfruby.com!
And you got to stay for Friday, 21, for unofficial events 😎

Catch up on the #indieweb via powRSS, a public feed aggregator for small and independent creators.

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It makes me immensely happy when a site's domain reflects its content to a T. Feather town couldn't be more perfect lol and that blue jay from nov?? gorgeous!

60 sign ups in just two days!! The small and independent web is strong 💪

powRSS updates daily with new posts from independent blogs and websites to help you discover the small web.

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It’s live! 🥳

powRSS is a public RSS feed aggregator for small and independent websites.

If you have your own site and would like to be featured, drop a link below!

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Today I’m launching a crowdsourced, public RSS feed aggregator.

If you have a personal blog or website and would like to be featured, send it over!

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Big news from #ChicagoRuby!
We’ve launched our new YouTube channel featuring full recordings of our monthly meetups.

First up: talks from our March event at Adler Planetarium.
👉 Watch now: lnkd.in/daU6_2Ac

How do you discover independent websites and blogs?

I made a list of my favorite discovery tools for sites made by and written for humans :-)

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I’m back on Gemini! In this blog post I write about my first time using the Gemini Protocol 4 years ago, with some commentary on the early history of the project and how it rekindled my interest in software development :-)

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