Rowan Manning (rowanmanning.com)A small dive into one of my new favourite web technologies: webmentions. This post talks through how I use them to make my static website feel more alive and social.
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Wouter Groeneveld (brainbaking.com)I initially wrote down these rules in my second notebook on the 23th of April in 2012. I came across them a second time in a more recent notebook. To me, these rules must somehow be more than simply appealing. Do more than you’re told to. Try new things. Teach others about what you know. Make work…
Jeremy Cherfas (jeremycherfas.net)The machinery that publishes this website has been through several changes, and at each stage I have done my best to convert old items into a format that the new machine can deal with. It is slow going, though, and hard to keep motivated. After a burst of energy starting at the beginning and moving …
Europe’s communication needs are currently almost exclusively delivered by Chinese hardware that connects us to US-based platforms. For a variety of reasons, this is not a good idea.
As stated recently by Charles Michel, President of the European Council, “Interdependence is natural, even desirable. Over-dependence, however, is not”.
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At the core, the problem is that almost no consumer-oriented platforms or software products are being created in Europe, or more precisely, by European companies.
Aaron Davis (collect.readwriterespond.com)Ben Grosser discusses the need to turn away from private for-profit platforms to more public entities whose interest is not profit. Associated with this, Grosser outlines a set of shared values to support this move:
SLOW — We need media that actively and intentionally works against the platform ca…
De laatste update was alweer bijna dan twee maanden geleden. Toen dachten we nog dat we met een muurtje de lava wel konden tegenhouden. Dat bleek al vrij sne…
