Apparently, the Monaco curse didn’t die, it just turned into “nothing good can happen to Charles Leclerc now that he has won Monaco.” 😭 #F1
On This Day
At the intersection of “self-confidence” and “structural fire” you’ll find three of the most dangerous words in the English language: Do It...
Kamala travels around the world to solve the mystery of the bangle and her family’s history.
Watched on Trakt
Bruce and Stew react to breaking news of USC and UCLA leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024. The duo discusses the ripple effects and...
HomePod rumors, MacBook rumors, phone waffling, and impulse purchases. By Accidental Tech Podcast: Unedited Live Stream
For the Summer of Fun, Jason and Myke compare their iPhones—one’s Max, one’s Mini, but which one has the most apps and which one has the most...
SUMMER OF FUN! This week we’ve got new beachwear, a mega Summer edition of #askupgrade, dreams of larger iPads, and a less fun conversation about...
Health Care Sharing Ministries, or HCSMs, advertise themselves as a more affordable, faith-based alternative to health insurance. But John Oliver explains some of the massive limitations these plans can have.
Watched on Trakt
Myke and Jason break down the WWDC 2020 keynote, which featured changes to the Mac both expected and unexpected and some long-wanted updates for...
Back again, this time with IndieFriends! — with aaronpk, anomalily, gRegor, Tantek, Jordan Array Array Array Array Array
Yoooo IndieSongs!
Quick bite before karaoke (and watching CONCACAF)
Day two! — with David Array Array #Https://david.shanske.com/
Discovering that wheels are useful, working through a mid-life headphone crisis, the 16-inch rumor, and a special message about installing the...
Late breakfast with my boy.
Break time!
On June 24-25, I attended my first ever IndieWeb Summit in Portland, Oregon. IWS is:
...an annual gathering for independent web creators of all kinds, from graphic artists, to designers, UX engineers, coders, hackers, to share ideas, actively work on creating for their own personal websites, and build upon each others creations.
IWS 2017 was graciously hosted by Mozilla in their very cool Portland office, which provided fantastic video conferencing gear enabling people from around the world to join in. Day one kicked off with keynotes providing an overview of the IndieWeb, the state of the IndieWeb, and real-world examples of IndieWeb sites. Following the keynotes, attendees had an opportunity to introduce themselves and show a demo of their own personal websites. In my introduction, I showed off my On This Day implementation, along with a live demo of my website automatically logging when I watch media on my Plex server.
The group then adjourns for lunch, followed by a Barcamp-style scheduling session, where individuals can propose topics of conversation, where we quickly filled four tracks with amazing hour-long sessions for the day. Topics included WordPress, specialized Micropub clients, personal website designs, voice and the IndieWeb, and a session that I proposed on creating a timeline for the open web. Every session was fun, engaging, and thought-provoking. In the evening, I joined a group of attendees for dinner and drinks, and then headed over to Ground Kontrol for some classic arcade games before calling it a night.
Day two gave attendees some time for hands-on assistance with their personal websites. I joined David Shanske and Ryan Barrett in leading a session to help people interesting in IndieWeb-ifying their WordPress websites. The afternoon was all about personal hack time and projects before we wrapped the day up with demos. I contributed a Micropub Media endpoint implementation to Known and then started working on a new Indie-reader called "together" with Grant Richmond and a few others. To wrap up, there was an afterparty at Voicebox Karaoke sponsored by DreamHost, which was an absolute blast.
I have attended many conferences over the years, and IndieWeb Summit 2017 was one of my all time favorites. Kudos to organizers Tantek Çelik and Aaron Parecki for doing an incredible job putting the event together. Everything was top notch!
Probably the best news of all is that nearly every moment of the event was recorded and posted online, along with detailed notes of each session. I've been catching up on sessions that I missed over the last few days, and my appreciation for the event is only growing.
Can't wait for next year!
