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Concise Media Queries with CSS Grid

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I could envision something like @manton's microblog being close to #IndieWeb learning environment I am hacking on with new ActivityPub. Each class spi

I could envision something like @manton's microblog being close to #IndieWeb learning environment I am hacking on with new ActivityPub. Each class spin up an instance, Connect at school, discipline level. Would need easy install/hosting but be fun. #mb

@benwerd describes how different identities in different places and not all live in the same place. I think there are ways to do this with multiple si

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@benwerd describes how different identities in different places and not all live in the same place. I think there are ways to do this with multiple sites (what I do) but we need to solve public and private posts. #el30

@downes brings up the mush of #indieWeb and finds all of the stuff stuck together. Asks how we separate them, @benwerd discusses the different post ty

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@downes brings up the mush of #indieWeb and finds all of the stuff stuck together. Asks how we separate them, @benwerd discusses the different post types and how you can build feeds and views and "split stream" #el30

"It's also about SEO, it's about updating your site and standing above all the rest" @benwerd then goes on to describe how every major career advancem

"It's also about SEO, it's about updating your site and standing above all the rest" @benwerd then goes on to describe how every major career advancement comes from his own blog. #el30

@benwerd now describing why people who don't care about data ownership could care about #IndieWeb. The first example is "career" don't let Facebook an

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@benwerd now describing why people who don't care about data ownership could care about #IndieWeb. The first example is "career" don't let Facebook and LinkedIn control how you look. "You are trusting that they will be good stewards of your voice" #el30 #mb

@benwerd "Owning your own site means your voice can stick around" #el30 #indieweb

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@benwerd "Owning your own site means your voice can stick around" #el30 #indieweb

Wordpress.com supports webmentions using https://Brid.gy (can use Blogger, Medium, etc) wordpress.org has plugins, Known and micro.blog work out of th

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Wordpress.com supports webmentions using https://Brid.gy (can use Blogger, Medium, etc) wordpress.org has plugins, Known and micro.blog work out of the box. #el30

Interesting proposal from @indiewebcamp-Berlin to use "property" from RDFa and not "class" for microformats given the number of Bootstrap themese usin

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Interesting proposal from @indiewebcamp-Berlin to use "property" from RDFa and not "class" for microformats given the number of Bootstrap themese using u- and p- prefix #el30

@downes ask @benwerd about HTML and @benwerd isn't always an #HTMLFirst approach given what he considers to be "not simple" " if you are doing HTML yo

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@downes ask @benwerd about HTML and @benwerd isn't always an #HTMLFirst approach given what he considers to be "not simple" " if you are doing HTML you are doing web development" #el30

@benwerd brings up the issue of hosting and registering a domain as being the biggest hang up. @benwerd and @downes discuss how so many people price o

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@benwerd brings up the issue of hosting and registering a domain as being the biggest hang up. @benwerd and @downes discuss how so many people price out...I think having a server would violate my ToS

Here is the Helm device @benwerd talked about: https://thehelm.com/ #el30 #mb

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Here is the Helm device @benwerd talked about: https://thehelm.com/ #el30 #mb

"Intentionally it uses web technologies that are simple and lightweight design so any web developer who use HTML can get started in a day" #el30 #indi

"Intentionally it uses web technologies that are simple and lightweight design so any web developer who use HTML can get started in a day" #el30 #indieweb

The business model of just a few companies who control just a majority of the social web have a monetization through advertising policy that makes us

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The business model of just a few companies who control just a majority of the social web have a monetization through advertising policy that makes us less safe. #el30 #mb

"Be able to share and discuss and publish from your own website and ideally from your own domain name in a way that is not adversely controlled by ano

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"Be able to share and discuss and publish from your own website and ideally from your own domain name in a way that is not adversely controlled by another company" @benwerd's #IndieWeb definition #el30 #mb

This is why I am more bullish on a local web more than a decentralized web, Iocal nodes, diverse communities. #el30

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This is why I am more bullish on a local web more than a decentralized web, Iocal nodes, diverse communities. #el30

I think we can figure out way to make metadata help us, through transparency and simplicity, let's begin by figuring out what data teachers need and h

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I think we can figure out way to make metadata help us, through transparency and simplicity, let's begin by figuring out what data teachers need and how we can consume it. #el30

Here the link to Ben's blog post: https://werd.io/2018/gab-and-the-decentralized-web #el30 ...well old forum post took down the Silk Road correct?

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Here the link to Ben's blog post: https://werd.io/2018/gab-and-the-decentralized-web #el30 ...well old forum post took down the Silk Road correct?

Conversation with Ben Werdmuller @benwerd @downes and #el30

Never thought about blockchain as a form of the blockchain as a social graph. #el30 #mb

Wow so @whitehouse @pressec is now literlly sharing fake news. I mean an actual doctored video 100% real "fake news" https://www.washingtonpost.com/te

Wow so @whitehouse @pressec is now literlly sharing fake news. I mean an actual doctored video 100% real "fake news" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/08/white-house-shares-doctored-video-support-punishment-journalist-jim-acosta/?utm_term=.6fe4504961d1and not the fake fake news that is just an opinion you disagree with. So shameful for our co