I’m working on a new project around timelines and microblogs. It consumes RSS feeds, so I’ve been wondering how strict to be when accepting posts. What does microblog mean, anyway?
Wikipedia defines it this way: “Microblogging is a broadcast medium that exists in the form of blogging. A microblo…
Blogging
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Read: RSS for microblogs
RSS is solid. It’s lasted a long time with very few changes, and forms the foundation for subscribing to weblogs and delivering podcasts. It’s huge and the open web is a much better place because RSS exists.
But even if RSS doesn’t need to change, some types of apps would be better off if we t…
Read: Losing your online persona
I keep a bulging plastic bin under my bed filled with diaries I’ve had since elementary school. They are an archive of my life, literal baggage I tote around from apartment to apartment as an adult…
By now, people should be aware that anything they post to a service they do not have control over or cannot easily back up is vulnerable to loss….wake up people!
Read: Feed Reading by Social Distance
At the Crafting {:} a Life unconference one of the things that came up in our conversations was how you take information in, while avoiding the endlessly scrolling timelines of FB and Twitter as well as FOMO. My description of how I read feeds ‘by social distance‘ was met with curiosity and ‘c…
Another excellent post, I am going to join the conversation…
Read: Crafting A Blog
With so many old school bloggers in the room, discussions about blogging were imminent during Crafting {:} a Life. Some never stopped blogging, but were lonely writers for a long time, such as Peter. Others have moved their writing to the corporate silo of Facebook, and then there are people who ref…
I really liked this sentence:
For me blogging has always been about thinking out loud, because only when I try to formulate my ideas, I actually know what I’m thinking.
Read: Three conversations about blogging
At last week’s Crafting {:} a Life unconference on PEI I participated in three conversations on blogging: What happened to blogging? Initiated by Steven Garrity The future of blogging. Initiated by Peter Rukavina Doing Blogging. Initiated by me
Elmine already blogged some of her impressions from t…
This unconference account is really interesting, will need to blog further about it…
Read: On blogging and intentional sharing
From Smokey:
The key, in all cases, is to be thoughtful, to first consider whether something (from your blog, from a service you use, or even straight from your fingertips to its eventual destination) is appropriate for where you want to post it. Be intentional in how and where you share things, and you will make the world a better place.
Amen! Let’s think a little bit before posting…
Read: This domain joined the IndieWeb!
I joined the IndieWeb!
What does that mean? For the long version, I recommend reading An Introduction to the IndieWeb. Here is a super short version:
1) This web domain now is my main online identity, and I can use my domain as a way of authentication with a) “rel=me” links b) and my domain name…
A stream-of-consciousness story of getting started on the IndieWeb
In Cal Newport’s article on indie social media, he talks about the community-oriented feel of the IndieWeb. I also cover this subject in my new book: Microblogging: History, Practices and Tools. Check it out!
Read: Can Indie Social Media Save Us?
Artisanal versions of Twitter and Facebook hope to keep the good while jettisoning the bad.
Cal Newport talks up Micro.blog and Mastodon as alternatives to Facebook.