Web communities started small, and many began with purpose. They radiated out from a single source, spread through close-knit circles and pre-viral word of mouth. We may have large social network behemoths that loom over the landscape and dominate the market these days, but they are a far more uniform and manufactured experience, one that’s …
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Peter Rukavina (ruk.ca)You know those super-annoying websites–yes, Aeroplan, I’m talking about you–that hijack your ability to paste values into password?
In Firefox, at least, you can defeat this hijacking, for all sites, by: Enter about:config in your Firefox address bar. Search for dom.event.clipboardevents.enabl…
Chris Aldrich (boffosocko.com)Next weekend, I’ll be giving a talk at the third annual WordCamp Riverside on Saturday, November 9th at 11:00 AM Pacific in the Innovation room. If you haven’t registered already, there are still tickets left for purchase.
After having watched the livestream of Tantek Çelik’s invited talk at …
David Shanske (david.shanske.com)It has been a while since I wrote out some thoughts on where the Indieweb is on WordPress. Sitting here, after hearing Matt Mullenweg gave the State of the Word at WordCamp US, and after I assisting Tantek Çelik in his talk on Taking Back the Web, which was one of the contributing factors to my bei…
In a world before social media, a lot of online communities existed around blog comments. The particular community I was part of – web standards – was all built up around the personal websites of those involved.
As social media sites gained traction, those communities moved away from blog commen…
Below is a record of the first message ever sent over the ARPANET. It took place at 22:30 hours on October 29, 1969.
Wie zakelijk met social media bezig is – en dat zijn heel veel mensen – kan er niet onder uit: de social media trends 2020. Of liever gezegd, de social media ontwikkelingen die ons allemaal gaan raken. De dingen die belangrijk zijn om te weten, wil je met social media nog bereik hebben en resultaten …
Johan Bové (social.johanbove.info)A screenshot of Johan’s Gopherhole
I’ve been spending way too much time on #Gopher servers in the last couple of days.
The Gopher Web is intriguing and fascinating and I totally understand the attraction of an ad-free, cookie-free, not-for-profit, underground(-ish) alternative to today’s crowded and…
Neil Mather (doubleloop.net)David Shanske (david.shanske.com)This is an update to my 2018 article on how I set up my WordPress site.
Standard Plugins EWWW Image Optimizer(Link) – It reduces file sizes for images to ensure faster loading Pushover Notifications(Link)or the forked alternative Pushbullet Notifications(Link) for WordPress – This plugin sends n…
I posted this Cluetrain retrospective at doc.blog last year. I’m putting it here now because it’s timely again. Dig: 1) The original site and book are online in full at 2) The 10th ann…
Think of creating a blog as you would think of writing on a page in a notepad.
This post is kind of secret, intended for RSS subscribers only. It’s a bit of a rant, too, mostly aimed at “non-coding WordPress developers.” Sorry!
I use WordPress, a lot. It helps me build accessible, good-looking sites really quickly.
In that sense, the different WordPress APIs (Meta Box, W…
Google’s Chrome is not a browser, it’s advertisement delivery software. Adtech after all is where their profit is. This is incompatible with Doc Searls‘ Castle doctrine of browsers, so Chrome isn’t fit for purpose.
Removing Chrome
image by Matthew Oliphant, license CC BY ND Read Chrome to li…
sizeof(cat) (sizeof.cat)A small (and constantly updated) list of interesting Mastodon accounts.People
– in random order –EeveeJenn SchifferXah LeeAmanda RousseauNate CullDavid RevoyDrew DeVaultMark HughesBrion VibberAral BalkanCraig MaloneyValentin OuvrardrysiekTinkerCharles ChildersEugen RochkoTom HarrisThe GibsonTram…
Jamie Tanna (jvt.me)Why I’m starting to use blog posts as a form of documentation, and why I think they’re so well suited.
In de loop van de jaren heb al zoveel ideeën voor tools, producten en diensten gehad. Maar het komt er …
Fifteen years ago today Elmine Wijnia published a paper “Understanding Weblogs: a Communicative Perspective” (PDF) for the BlogTalk conference based on her master thesis. In it she discusses weblogs as a communications medium and compares their role and potential a.o. with Habermas’ philosophi…
tl;dr: This is nerding out on Tetris scores, and quite frankly, I don’t think the conclusion holds. But there are nice tables along the way.
I’ve been watching Classic Tetris for a few months now, and as a result, I’m also playing it. I am noticeably better after I watched some pro’s scoring Tetris …
https://www.jwz.org/images/scaled/768/2019/ctyp_65699222328826997_fe5da4bde3.jpg Instagram’s most toxic contribution might be “Link in Bio”. In order to lock you in completely, they took the fundamental defining characteristic of The Web — the hyperlink — and destroyed it.
This dark pattern is the…
I’ve been working on explaining computer things I’m learning on this blog for 6 years. I wrote one of my first posts, what does a shell even do? on Sept 30, 2013. Since then, I’ve written 11 zines, 370,000 words on this blog, and given 20 or so talks. So it seems like I like explaining things …
As part of the Techfestival last week, the Copenhagen 150, which this time included me, came together to write a pledge for individual technologists and makers to commit their professional lives to. A bit like a Hippocratic oath, but for creators of all tech. Following up on the Copenhagen Letter, w…
