Starlink is impressive. I’m about 250 feet from my camper, with the wifi inside the camper, and I am still getting a fairly strong wifi signal.
My last router didn’t even emit the signal outside of the camper. Did not expect this at all.
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Pay it Forward
3.5 years ago, was broke as hell, living in my mother-in-law’s house with my wife and son, hating most of it. I was overworked, underpaid, and downright desperate to be out of the situation I found myself in. I lived in that house for 3 years, and most of that time I was still unable to make ends meet. But I knew I loved what I was doing. I also knew that it would give me the flexibility that I wanted. That flexibility was how I got in this mess, so it god damn better well be worth it! I…
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When Twitter Loses, WordPress Wins
I believe that the Fediverse is poised to transform WordPress and usher in a new golden era for the platform.
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Your Site As a Central Hub
I believe we’re on the cusp of turning our personal websites into complete representations of our online presence. This post goes over how I think this can be accomplished.
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I Contributed to a discussion on Shared/Collaborative User Lists in Mastodon
I contributed to Mastodon by commenting on an issue, expressing strong support for shared user lists while emphasizing their utility in single-user instances. I also raised important privacy concerns, advocating for consensual inclusion and user control over list memberships.
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How to Find Your People on Mastodon
This post talks about how I have discover people on the fediverse, and cultivate the content curated so that I can find more people I want to meet.
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Adiungo – A Content Ownership Manifesto
First off, let’s get this out of the way – Adiungo is pronounced “Ah-DOON-Go”, and the closest translation to English is “add”, but it also is used to “join, harness, attach, and incorporate”. I felt that these words accurately describe the goal of this project. The purpose of Adiungo is to help people take control of their online identity, and archive all of their online content on their website automatically. It is intended to be a curator of sorts – something that will automatically ensure that whenever you do something online, that information is collected, and stored in a single…
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How To Move From Twitter to Mastodon
Learn how I made the switch from Mastodon to Twitter, preserving as much of my online identity, and connections as possible.
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Why The Fediverse Excites Me
Once upon a time, the internet was ruled by a combination of people’s individual blogs, and instant messenger. The most-reliable way to get access to a person’s content was actually through their own personal website. If someone wanted to connect with people online, they would publish blog content on their site. Sometimes content was pretty long, but generally speaking it was shorter – a few sentences, and a most a few paragraphs. A blog post almost felt like a status update that you’d see on Facebook, or in these days, a Twitter thread. This content was generally consumed by people…
