Every hashtag on every post on every platform should ALWAYS be pascal case (a.k.a. camel case). I made this to illustrate how screenreaders read hashtags depending on whether they are lowercase or pascal case.
It’s a small thing that all of us can do to build a more inclusive, accessible internet for all. Please take the time to use pascal case.
30 years ago, a 19 year old Swarthmore student started blogging EVERYTHING that happened to him. In 2004, New York Times Magazine declared him "the founding father of personal blogging." I mention this because this is the 30th anniversary of his site:
To anyone looking for
a new platform for their blog 📓:
Just a reminder that simple HTML+CSS works very well.
I know I know it's not a platform per se, but it is:
Relatively quick to learn ✨
A lifetime of web empowerment building your own independent websites ✊
Per default no unnecessary cookies, tracking, telemetry, etc 🔒
No account or subscription needed to use HTML 🙃
Yes, you will need to find a hosting service if you don't want to self-host BUT you can move your website(s) wherever you want after that!
It's your design.
It's your content.
It's your domain name 🏠
Don't want to learn HTML but want a pretty HTML website?
Use the amazing (and free!) Page Builder tool from @scidsg ! https://pagebuilder.design/
GitLab is hiring for a #redteam position, the position is somewhat unique in that #cicd experience, #blogging, and even #conference speaking would help land this job. Feel free to boost to get many #infosec eyes on it. And if we know each other I could put in a good word for you.
Hi there, I am looking to follow personal #blogs written by #SouthEastAsians, other #Asians, #Africans. Basically not Western. Nothing wrong with the West just that I have a huge RSS feed full of US, UK blogs. I want to diversify my feed.
Apparently, Malaysians like to #blog about 3 things: Food, politics & money 😂
I prefer genuinely personal blogs that are slice of life stuff. If you know of any please recommend to me! 🙏
I'm Travis, people call me tmoney sometimes, I'm almost 40 and I live near the Mission District in San Francisco. I am a privileged white cis male tech worker (YouTube), but I try to be an ally.
I'm a musician who has published some indie music on Spotify. I also work on the "WP 1.0" bot on Wikipedia, which is the bot with the most all time edits on the site.
I teach free Python classes at @Noisebridge and I also have been known to tutor people online for free (in coding and music), so reach out if you're interested.
Okay everyone, here I am once again asking a seemingly meaningless question:
Would you rather prefer a blog's RSS feed if it contained only the summary of all posts, or the full text but only the 10 most recent posts?
(I have learned from personal experience that every RSS reader I can try will choke on a feed file that's several tens of MB in size if I run full text all posts)
Hello helpful friends of the Fediverse! I am considering a major rearchitecture of my site, https://shellsharks.com (and adjacent properties) and wanted to get some advice/tips from the wider #indieweb, #blogging, #openweb, #webdev, #webdevelopment communities out here. (Sorry for the long read!)
Currently, my site is hosted on Github Pages which uses #jekyll for static site generation. I've been using this for nearly 5 years and for the most part have no complaints. The service has decent uptime, is pretty customizable (custom CSS, JS, etc...) and after all this time I am pretty comfortable using it. Some things I am interested in though in terms of re-architecting...
Fediverse / ActivityPub compatibility - #wordpress has gone live with their AP plugin and sites like micro.blog (I think) have some direct AP functionality. I'm interested in exploring this but it's not necessarily a must-have. More on Fediverse point of presence later...
IndieWeb functionality - I've baked in as much IndieWeb stuff as I can reasonably do with Jekyll hosted on Git Pages but would be interested in WebMention and other more advanced capabilities if offered by another platform / static-site generator.
I've toyed with the idea of self-hosting the blog (on AWS or something), while still using an SSG of some kind. There could be some benefits with adding more dynamic content or having more autonomy over my site but not sure if it'd be worth additional costs or headache trying to manage.
Writing (or generally producing "content") has always been something I do out of pure enjoyment but I've considered trying to monetize in some way. What are some platform considerations if I wanted to monetize say, a podcast, newsletter, video courses, premium articles, etc...
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Other adjacent properties I'm looking to "re-design"...
My #podcast is currently hosted on #Podbean, which I have liked so far but I'd like to further embrace the Fediverse so have considered moving to #Castopod. Any advice on hosted vs. self-hosted? Are there other non-Castopod fediverse options?
As of right now, my presence in the Fediverse is mostly on infosec.exchange where I post stuff from my site. I've considered hosting my own instance of Mastodon (or something similar) to be my main account or even just as an official "shellsharks the site" account. I've seen accounts of people going down this path and ultimately bailing due to costs, time overhead, etc...
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If there are noticeable benefits to making any significant changes I'd be willing to take that on as a project for 2024. Otherwise, I might just stick with what I have and focus on writing/research =). Thanks so much to anyone who takes the time to read / respond!
I've always been interested in technology & design ever since my teen years, so having the opportunity to work for a company in that field would be an honor.
Since I have an official autism diagnosis under my belt, I'm willing to work through obtaining any necessary accommodations with future bosses & managers to ensure that I can be a highly productive employee.
NOTE: My resume is currently a bit out of date, but I will make it available for anyone to read as soon as it's fully updated.
If anyone has any questions and/or would like to offer me an interview, my DMs are always open for recruiters.
P.S. Any boosts on this toot are greatly appreciated! 💜
I don't know how many people are at the intersection of Mastodon users that have also discovered #Mataroa for blogging, but if there are any, I wrote this to show how I verified my Mataroa-powered blog in my profile here.
(If there are any of you here, I'd be happy to hear from you!)
Please enjoy my blog that is free of ads, and free of tracking, and won't ask you to subscribe to a newsletter. You can even just grab the RSS feed and read the full posts that way.
I just want to publish things and share ideas and art with the world because the Internet makes it so damn easy (and cheap!) to do so... and I wish more people took a similar approach.
Does your website have a booklog or reading list of any kind? I am looking for inspiration since I want to redesign mine from a simple table to something a bit more fun.
Please link your #blog if it has something like this!