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A fantastic piece in @EC_magazine’s #BeyondConsumerism section on the #RightToRepair@RestartProject @R2REurope @RepairCafe_E @RepairCoalition @mel_erb #FixFest pic.twitter.com/l9IY1P9YCb

— SHARE:Frome – A Library of Things (@ShareFrome) October 29, 2019

Liked How I Set up my WordPress Indieweb Website – 2019 Edition by David Shanske (david.shanske.com)

This is an update to my 2018 article on how I set up my WordPress site.
Standard Plugins EWWW Image Optimizer(Link) – It reduces file sizes for images to ensure faster loading Pushover Notifications(Link)or the forked alternative Pushbullet Notifications(Link) for WordPress – This plugin sends n…

Google’s Chrome is not a browser, it’s advertisement delivery software. Adtech after all is where their profit is. This is incompatible with Doc Searls‘ Castle doctrine of browsers, so Chrome isn’t fit for purpose.
Removing Chrome
image by Matthew Oliphant, license CC BY ND Read Chrome to li…

Can the failing, impotent web directory be transformed? Be innovated??

Liked IndieWebCamp Amsterdam 2019 by Jamie Tanna (jvt.me)

Recapping my time at IndieWebCamp Amsterdam, my first ‘official’ IndieWeb event, and meeting some of the big names in the community.

Do you lie enough? You probably need to lie more often!
When filling out online forms that is.
Since the GDPR, the EU data protection rules, came into effect last year, many companies struggled with getting their online forms compliant. Some don’t really try, others think they’ve done it well bu…

A list of participants of the Amsterdam IndieWebCamp last weekend is available, with the links to their website. Perhaps you’ll find some interesting sites to add to your feedreader.
Below a group picture at lunch time on Day 1. Not all participants are in the photo.
IndieWebCamp Amsterdam 2019 Ph…

Since my day job is part of a workers’ co-op, it doesn’t make sense to strike against ourselves.

Fifteen years ago today Elmine Wijnia published a paper “Understanding Weblogs: a Communicative Perspective” (PDF) for the BlogTalk conference based on her master thesis. In it she discusses weblogs as a communications medium and compares their role and potential a.o. with Habermas’ philosophi…