I don’t like writing prompts. Prompts are common in online fiction writing advice. You can buy analog writing prompt kits. Writing workshops and workbooks often use exercises (essentially prompts) to help develop skills. I bounce off of all of them. For me, coming up with ideas / getting started is not the hard part of […]
At 33 years old, I feel like everything I enjoyed in my teen years are all colliding together. Bands I used to listen to came out of retirement/hiatus with new music. Certain fashion pieces I used to wear are back in style (I want the 00s style poncho top again - have had no luck in finding any!). And now the "indie web" as the kids call it. I'm a long time blogger since Xanga days, but even…
Most people familiar with the internet know the HTTP protocol, the one that retrieves and displays our www websites. HTTP was initiated in 1989 and went from there. Gopher is another web protocol, like HTTP. It was introduced in mid 1991, but it fell out of favor later, to HTTP. Some more on Gopher is […]
I encountered a proposition that form and style are the aspects of writing that an LLM cannot mimic, thus human writers may start innovating on form as a way to compete in an oversaturated writing market (and demonstrate their humanity). But that got me thinking beyond the style and structure of writing (e.g. listicle, poem, […]
Imaginez naviguer sur internet sans être submergé par du contenu généré par intelligence artificielle, des publicités envahissantes et des algorithmes qui priorisent le sensationnel au détriment de l’authenticité. Dans un monde où l’IA transforme radicalement la création de contenu, une initiative comme celle de Kagi pourrait bien représenter l’avenir d’une expérience web plus humaine et […]
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What happens after the feed? And how can publishers remain independent?
WordPress is the most popular publishing platform in the world. It wants you to publish and be heard - and that means supporting conversation.
I've seen the blog question challenge going around recently among folks I follow and bacardi55 was kind enough to tag me to participate. So, without further delay, here we go!
Adam wrote up a post about everything on a site being a web page — posts included. He's absolutely write. I have some pages I think of on this site as being static ( about , uses , colophon et al) and these are often slash pages . But they aren't static .
If there's one thing I'm good at, it's torturing a metaphor. I grew up wrapped in quilts — my mom has made them for years (as a hobby and later, professionally). It's a passion, it's a patchwork assemblage of fabric — designs, patterns, mementos. They're handcrafted, require nigh-endless patience and the result is unique and irreplaceable.
If there's one thing I'm good at, it's torturing a metaphor. I grew up wrapped in quilts — my mom has made them for years (as a hobby and later, professionally). It's a passion, it's a patchwork assemblage of fabric — designs, patterns, mementos. They're handcrafted, require nigh-endless patience and the result is unique and irreplaceable.
Lately, one of the things I've most enjoyed doing on this site has been expanding on the facets of it that aren't strictly related to the blog. I've been working around the edges on filling out music, movie, TV and book related functionality.
Lately, one of the things I've most enjoyed doing on this site has been expanding on the facets of it that aren't strictly related to the blog. I've been working around the edges on filling out music, movie, TV and book related functionality.
I've written before about embedding music into my site and I've largely used Last.fm to do so. Their API is rather extensive, though it is showing its age — the default response format is XML, they've dropped artist images and have intermittently failed to return album art. ListenBrainz is great, but client support is still lacking. I've also tried charting Apple Music data from their (quite…
I've written before about embedding music into my site and I've largely used Last.fm to do so. Their API is rather extensive, though it is showing its age — the default response format is XML, they've dropped artist images and have intermittently failed to return album art. ListenBrainz is great, but client support is still lacking. I've also tried charting Apple Music data from their (quite…
If I haven't made it clear enough recently, I love where the open web is heading and the indie web's part in it. This has grown out of the opportunity created by the ongoing fragmentation of the corporate social web and renewed interest in staking out personal spaces on the web. I've been blogging for a while and this is the longest period with which I've stuck with it and the most I've enjoyed…
If I haven't made it clear enough recently, I love where the open web is heading and the indie web's part in it. This has grown out of the opportunity created by the ongoing fragmentation of the corporate social web and renewed interest in staking out personal spaces on the web. I've been blogging for a while and this is the longest period with which I've stuck with it and the most I've enjoyed…
No, not that kind. I'm thinking of the indie web kind we're seeing lately. The kind that incorporates content from around the web that the creator of the site cares with and engages with. I find this to be complementary to the popular and well-explained POSSE concept. I've adopted this approach to populating numerous parts of my site, written using Eleventy, via frequent rebuilds.
No, not that kind. I'm thinking of the indie web kind we're seeing lately. The kind that incorporates content from around the web that the creator of the site cares with and engages with. I find this to be complementary to the popular and well-explained POSSE concept. I've adopted this approach to populating numerous parts of my site, written using Eleventy, via frequent rebuilds.
The latest iteration of my website is built on Next.js, specifically Timothy Lin's wonderful Tailwind/Next.js starter blog..
The latest iteration of my website is built on Next.js, specifically Timothy Lin's wonderful Tailwind/Next.js starter blog..