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Install notes on 1999.io and MyWord Editor

I am working with Ron Chester to set up some instances of the 1999.io and MyWord Editor blogging tools, and have some test installs working on my Digital Ocean instance. I did have to make a tweak to one of the files in the nodestorage app, will be filing a Github issue on this. However, I did want to capture a few points that I re-learned in doing this again:

  • Install separate instances of nodestorage for each app (using different ports), otherwise you will mess up one of the tool outputs.
  • The Twitter API setup at apps.twitter.com has changed a little bit, what used to be called consumer secret and API secret are now part of the API secrets at the top of the page with the secrets info.

If you want to try the installs, go to the following URLs:

Read: Tools are more valuable when they are connected

Read Tools Valuable On Their Own, More Valuable When Connected by Ton Zijlstra

Jerome Velociter has an interesting riff on how Diaspora, Mastodon and similar decentralised and federated tools are failing their true potential (ht Frank Meeuwsen).
He says that these decentralised federated applications are trying to mimic the existing platforms too much.
They are attempts at reb…

Read: The Culture War at the Heart of Open Source

Read The culture war at the heart of open source

There’s a war going on. When isn’t there a war going on? But I’m not talking about a physical war here: I’m talking about a war over meaning. This particular war is a fight over what “open source” means. Let’s take a few steps back. The Free… | Steve Klabnik | “The most violent element in society is ignorance.” – Emma Goldman

More thoughts on what “open source” means…

Read: Why open?

Read Why open? by Ben WerdmüllerBen Werdmüller

I’ve been building open source platforms for my entire career. It has not made me rich. Nonetheless, I’m more committed than ever to openness as an ideology, strategy, and organized response.
It took me years to realize that the startups I founded were more acts of resistance than they were ways to …

Here’s a part of open source that I have not thought about before:

Open source is a bottom-up, worker-led movement. The means and outputs of production are available to everybody. I think that’s beautiful – and, in a world where every aspect of our lives has been packaged and monopolized for profit, a powerful force for good.