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: We're talking about @kartik_prabhu and his "experiment in implementing a marginalia system".

 
 

IndieWebCamp LA is this weekend & the RSVPs are still coming in. Will you be there? https://indieweb.org/2016/LA
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"Kevin writes a plea on Ev’s blog" - I often still think of Medium this way too. Though isn't Backchannel technically a Conde Nast joint now?

Kevin, do you get to eventually "own" the actual post after an embargo period? More journalists should be syndicating content in an IndieWeb-centric way like this, but still able to keep all the likes/comments after-the-fact for their portfolio. (Particularly when they do all the follow up commentary and respond to comments as well as you do.)

 

IndieWebCamp Los Angeles 2016

Join us in LA (Santa Monica) for two days of a BarCamp-style gathering of web creators building and sharing open web technologies to empower users to own their own identities & content, and advance the state of the #indieweb!

Location: Pivotal, 1333 2nd Street, Suite 200, Santa Monica, CA,, 90401, United States

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The IndieWeb movement is a global community that is building an open set of principles and methods that empower people to take back ownership of identity and data instead of relying on 3rd party websites.

At IndieWebCamp you’ll learn about ways to empower yourself to own your data, create & publish content on your own site, and only optionally syndicate to third-party silos. Along the way you’ll get a solid grounding in the history and future of Microformats, domain ownership, IndieAuth, WebMention and more!

For more general information visit: https://indieweb.org
For specific camp information visit: https://indieweb.org/2016/LA

 

I just noticed this subtle comment hiding in the source of my @WithKnown powered site: "To silo is human, to syndicate divine."

 

Anyone have tandem ideas for Camps in LA & Berlin w/ 9 hour delay? @sl007 @indiewebcamp @angelogladding http://indieweb.org/next-iwc

 

A great place for the data lost in social media can be found via at https://indieweb.org/site-deaths

 

While looking up one Michael Nelson (@phonedude_mln) for , I found another interesting one @MikeNelson.

 

Everyone is invited to join us at Homebrew Website Club on Oct 19 at 6:30 http://stream.boffosocko.com/2016/homebrew-website-club-la-2016-10-19

 

Homebrew Website Club LA 2016-10-19

Join some like-minded people in building and updating your personal website.

Location: Charlie's Coffee House, 266 Monterey Rd, South Pasadena, CA 91030

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•Finish that blog post you’ve been working on
•Demos of recent IndieWeb breakthroughs
•Share what you’ve gotten working
•Ask the experts questions

Join a community with like-minded interests. Bring friends that want a personal site!

Any questions? Ask in chat: http://indiewebcamp.com/irc/today#bottom

Optional quiet writing hour starts at 17:30

More information: https://indieweb.org/events/2016-10-19-homebrew-website-club#Los_Angeles
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/315099195532702/
Meetup.com event: http://www.meetup.com/IndieWeb-Homebrew-Website-Club-Los-Angeles/events/234787360/

The IndieWeb is a growing people-focused alternative to the ‘corporate web’.

Skill levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
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Without tacitly saying so, @jayrosen_nyu has -ified his website. Kudos! https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/785848164452564996

 

@evrenk WordPress.org is DEFINITELY compatible!! If you want to get started take a look at https://wordpress.org/plugins/indieweb/ and https://indieweb.org/WordPress for more details.

While the siren song of Medium seems strong, you don't necessarily own it all and can't control it to the extent you can on your own site. I'd recommend checking out IndieWeb-ifying your WordPress install and leverage the value of your existing social networks like Medium, Twitter, Facebook, et al by syndicating your content from WordPress to those other sites. Medium has a good WordPress plugin [https://wordpress.org/plugins/medium/] for copying (selectively at your discretion) your content from WordPress to Medium quickly and easily. Even better, the IndieWeb portion that covers WebMentions brings the comments and likes from many corporate silos back to the comment section of your posts -- this way you own not only the parts you wrote and put on the silos, but you'll also own the comments too!

I've supercharged my WordPress install with IndieWeb tools and now use it as my primary hub on the internet for writing and responding. I don't spend as much time on Facebook and Twitter as all the comments I want to see on my own material come back directly to me.

If it helps, follow the advice of Dave Winer: Anywhere but Medium [http://scripting.com/liveblog/users/davewiner/2016/01/20/0900.html].

If you need help, don't hesitate to find any of the helpful folks at IndieWeb: https://indieweb.org/discuss