Interfacecritique — Olia Lialina: From My To Me

The next decade of the web | James’ Coffee Blog

After the last decade, whereplatformshave emerged as a core constituent of the web on which many rely, it may feel like things cannot change. That the giants are so big that there is no other way. Yet, to give into this feeling – that things can’t change – is not necessary.It is the way it isis not true on the web. We can make change. It’s your web.

The next decade of the web | James’ Coffee Blog

Things can be different:

The core value of the IndieWeb, individual empowerment, helped me realise a fundamental change in perspective: that the web was beautiful and at times difficult, but that we, the people, were in control.

IndieWeb principles · Paul Robert Lloyd

I really, really like Paul’s idea of splitting upthe indie web principlesinto one opinionated nerdy list of dev principles, and a separate shorter list of core principles for everyone:

1. Own your identityAn independent web presence starts with an online identity you own and control. The most reliable way to do this today is by having your own domain name.
2. Own your contentYou should retain control of the things you make, and not be subject to third-parties preventing access to it, deleting it or disappearing entirely. The best way to do this is by publishing content on your own website.
3. Have fun!When the web took off in the 90’s people began designing personal sites with garish backgrounds and animated GIFs. It may have been ugly but it was fun. Let’s keep the web weird and interesting.

The Analog Web - The History of the Web

Owning your own piece of the Internet (to borrow a recent phrase from Anil Dash) is itself a radical act. Linking to others at willis subversive all on its own.Oras Jeremy Keith once put it,“it sounds positively disruptive to even suggest that you should have your own website.” The web still exists for everyone. And beneath this increasingly desiccated surface, there is plenty of creators still simply creating.

People create these sites simply so that they exist. They are not fed to an algorithm, or informed by any trends. It is quieter and slower, meant to tether us to a more mechanical framework of the web.

This is the analog web.

The creator economy trap: why building on someone else’s platform is a dead end — Joan Westenberg

CraigandJasonare walking the walk here:

1. Build your own damn platform.
2. Treat social media like the tool it is.
3. Build your technical skills.