Richard MacManus
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While I was on the fediverse in 2016 (Hubzilla) it was actually @ricmac who told me about Mastodon in 2017. Just found my first posts in the Wayback Machine.
@jackyan thanks for the reminder! Alas, that nonprofit group blog, AltPlatform, didn't last long. But it did make me check out the open web initiatives of the time, like Mastodon and #IndieWeb. Here's a copy of that June 2017 post you referenced: https://web.archive.org/web/20170624064533/http://altplatform.org:80/2017/06/07/mastodon/
Tim Chambers
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Big shout out to @tchambers for hooking up #indiewebdotsocial with @rolle #mastodonbirdui
Big shout out to @tchambers for hooking up #indiewebdotsocial with @rolle #mastodonbirdui
With the #WorldBlogDay coming up on Sunday, I updated my World Blog Day post from last year.
"A funny thing happens with history in that the most mundane, ubiquitous parts of daily life are the things that we've kind of lost the most because nobody wrote about them."
alcinnz
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Thursday is the 35th instance of #IndieWeb Front End Study Hall. In a time of trouble gathering with others to learn to make better websites with #HTML and #CSS with folk of all skill levels is terrific. Bring www wishes & confusions and let's learn together. https://events.indieweb.org/2025/08/front-end-study-hall-035-bkD9G9V4HZaz
Thursday is the 35th instance of #IndieWeb Front End Study Hall. In a time of trouble gathering with others to learn to make better websites with #HTML and #CSS with folk of all skill levels is terrific. Bring www wishes & confusions and let's learn together. https://events.indieweb.org/2025/08/front-end-study-hall-035-bkD9G9V4HZaz
Jess Mahler
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Someone asked how can we make sure you keep writing. Give me money. Nothing I do is behind a pay wall. I consider the books I publish to be products but nothing I do online is behind a pay wall. I need your money! Tip me, Sightless Scribbles https://sightlessscribbles.com/support/#CrowdFund#Blogs#IndieWeb
Someone asked how can we make sure you keep writing. Give me money. Nothing I do is behind a pay wall. I consider the books I publish to be products but nothing I do online is behind a pay wall. I need your money! Tip me, Sightless Scribbles https://sightlessscribbles.com/support/#CrowdFund#Blogs#IndieWeb
As a very online American I don’t think AOL should cancel dial up until I’ve had a chance to use it in the US (I briefly used it in the UK, 25 years ago).
https://tedium.co/2025/08/11/aol-dial-up-ending-retrospective/
Shame they already got rid of their homepage service a long time ago. Did anyone make a site using AOL website builder and move it somewhere it’s still online now?
Russ Sharek
and 3 others
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Looking for server recommendations for a friend:
- POC, AuDHD friendly
- Asian LGBT+ fan media (esp Thai BL)
- Creative arts, Indie Web (as a newbie), UI/UX, creative coding
- Language learning (Thai, Cambodian, Mandarin) and linguistics (like languages at risk of being lost or color processing)
My first thought was yesterweb, any other thoughts?
Looking for server recommendations for a friend:
- POC, AuDHD friendly
- Asian LGBT+ fan media (esp Thai BL)
- Creative arts, Indie Web (as a newbie), UI/UX, creative coding
- Language learning (Thai, Cambodian, Mandarin) and linguistics (like languages at risk of being lost or color processing)
My first thought was yesterweb, any other thoughts?
¡Abbie!
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Hi, fedi! I'm crawling out of my hermit hole to share my new app, TumblBee, with you all 🐝
https://lilacpixel.itch.io/tumblbee
TumblBee is a pay-what-you-want cross-platform app for exporting your original #Tumblr posts (and pages) to Markdown or HTML. Back up your content and browse it locally, or export to Markdown and drop your posts into your favorite static site generator. (There's even a guide to exporting for Obsidian, if that's your thing.)
If you decide to give it a try, I'd love to hear about it! Boosts are, as always, hugely appreciated 💕 
Thanks so much!
#software #tools#IndieDev#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #blogging #backup #markdown
peter hessler @openbsd
and 1 other
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In the wake of the “GitHub CEO stepped down, no longer independent” news, I’m reminded that not enough people know about @Codeberg — free Git hosting run by a non-profit organization.
No tracking, no ads, no corporate buyout risk. Just open-source, community-driven software hosting.
Give it a try → https://codeberg.org
#opensource #freesoftware #git #devcommunity #indieweb #decentralization
Version 1.1.0 of TumblBee is now available:
https://lilacpixel.itch.io/tumblbee
This update adds support for resuming unfinished exports, plus a few bug fixes and other improvements.
More (and exciting!) updates to come very soon! (I hope!) Watch this space 👀
Happy Friday, fedi! Version 1.2.0 of TumblBee is now available!
https://lilacpixel.itch.io/tumblbee
A few small but nice tweaks in this update! You can now exclude empty reblogs from your exports, and self-reblogs will now link to the exported original post where possible. (Also: some new goodies for those of you who like finding Easter eggs. 🥚)
#software #tools#Tumblr#IndieDev#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #blogging #markdown