Put a personal domain name under the Christmas tree
Online services come and go. A personal domain name is there for as long as you want it to be.
Social media, algorithms, user control, and server costs
What I want is better control over the algorithms, both on a general level and also access to some settings to fine-tune how they perform.
Finite feeds and friendly friction
How a little road bump in your iPhone nudges you to make more deliberate decisions on where you spend your time.
Condensing The Iceberg
What we need isn't algorithmic-free feeds. We need access to the nuts and bolts so that we can tune the feeds, i.e 'condense the iceberg', in ways that makes sense to us.
Three apps that bring your feeds together in one place
Being an internet user means constantly jumping between different services and websites to check what's new. But there are alternatives. Tapestry, Reeder, and Surf are three apps that let you gather much of the content you're interested in—all in one place.
Decentralized is more important than being decentralizable
“Why did you choose Mastodon and not Bluesky?” This is my answer to that question. It begins with a law from the turn of the millennium that was initially described as a failure, takes a path through domain names I've owned for nearly three decades, a need to test the winds, and ultimately lands on the fact that right now, I prioritize “decentralized” over “decentralizable” as a matter of principle.
Town squares, backyards, better metaphors, and decentralised networks
I continue to think about decentralized networks. And I'm wondering, among other things, if we need squares or courtyards, and why good metaphors play a role in wise decisions.
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