Marty McGuire

Marty Likes Things (Sometimes)

2022
Thu Oct 27
★ Liked https://tracydurnell.com/2022/10/27/deciding-what-belongs-on-my-website/
post from Deciding what belongs on my website
We discussed syndicating notes from your website to Twitter at yesterday’s Homebrew Website Club in light of the upcoming Twitter ownership transfer, as a way to demonstrate existing POSSE technology and encourage more people to adopt IndieWeb approaches. I expressed that I …
★ Liked https://tracydurnell.com/2022/10/27/resdiscovering-timeless-posts/
★ Liked https://spritely.institute/static/papers/implementation-of-petname-system-in-existing-chat-app.html
Wed Oct 26
★ Liked https://ragt.ag/code/python-indieauth
★ Liked https://werd.io/2022/thinking-about-leaving-twitter
post from Thinking about leaving Twitter
Regardless of what happens after the Elon Musk acquisition (if it even still goes through!), I’ve been thinking a lot about the effect social media - and particular, Twitter - has had on me, and how to change my relationship to it.Alongside the sentiments of a lot of power users, …
★ Liked https://werd.io/2022/an-intent-centered-desktop
post from An intent-centered desktop
I’ve been thinking about how I use my computer, and why I’m so dissatisfied with the experience. Here’s what I think, in a nutshell:My computer, as currently set up, is application-centric (or, if I wanted to be really uncharitable, brand-centric). If I want to save a note, I’ve …
★ Liked https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/4239-Co-op-creative-agency
post from Co-op creative agency
The best times in my career have been when I’ve been tasked with solving interesting problems or making single-serving things, rather than working on a single specific project in the long term.
Tue Oct 25
★ Liked https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2022/10/25/i-change-nanowrimo.html
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I change NaNoWriMo plans a lot. Most recently, I’m planning to write YES, ANDROID, a Star Trek: The Next Generation fanfic where Data recruits most of the bridge crew to join his improv team.
★ Liked https://gomakethings.com/how-i-self-publish-my-podcast/
Mon Oct 24
★ Liked https://michaelweinberg.org/blog/2022/10/24/github-copilot-problem/
post from I’m Not Sure That (If?) GitHub Copilot is a Problem
Last week a new Github Copilot investigation website created by Matthew Butterick brought the conversation about GitHub’s Copilot project back to the front of mind for many people, myself included. Copilot, a tool trained on public code that is designed to auto-suggest code to …
★ Liked https://xeiaso.net/blog/twitter-fears
★ Liked https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/fake-books
Sun Oct 23
★ Liked https://werd.io/2022/get-blogging
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A lot of people ask me how to get started blogging. I figure a lot more are going to want to know how as the major social media sites start to fade. So I made you a guide!Get Blogging! is your easy-to-use guide to starting to blog. It covers picking a platform (free, paid, or …
Thu Oct 20
★ Liked https://rootedinrights.org/the-imperative-of-efficiency-the-importance-of-interdependence/?utm_source=rss
post The “Imperative of Efficiency” and The Importance of Interdependence
Courtesy of the author “The experience of illness is one of dependency, and the social mores of our day regard dependency as weakness.” — New York Times review of Megan O’Rourke’s The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
Wed Oct 19
★ Liked https://tink.uk/why-we-need-css-speech/
★ Liked https://adactio.com/journal/19531
Mon Oct 17
★ Liked https://futuress.org/stories/my-grandma-is-not-a-cyborg/
★ Liked https://chriscoyier.net/2022/10/17/the-proprietary-syndication-formats/
Sat Oct 15
★ Liked https://xeiaso.net/blog/basketball-10year
Fri Oct 14
★ Liked https://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2022/10/14/looking-down-at-my-wet-self-after-a-bike-ride-in-the-rain/
★ Liked https://interconnected.org/home/2022/10/10/servers
★ Liked https://maya.land/responses/2022/10/13/servers-sewers-alienation.html
Tue Oct 11
★ Liked https://adactio.com/journal/19514
Mon Oct 10
★ Liked https://herestomwiththeweather.com/2022/10/09/minimum-viable-indieauth-server/
Tom
post Minimum Viable IndieAuth Server
One of the building blocks of the Indieweb is IndieAuth. Like many others, I bootstrapped my experience with indieauth.com but as Marty McGuire explains, there are good reasons to switch and even consider building your own. Because I wanted a server as simple to understand as …
Sun Oct 9
★ Liked https://blog.danslimmon.com/2022/10/05/descriptive-engineering-not-just-for-post-mortems/
★ Liked https://heyloura.com/2022/10/6/note/9veg76.html
Loura
post from Loura
"The blog I'm building is/was a single HTML page. My initial vision was like TiddlyWiki, self-saving, and I could put my blog on a USB stick if I wanted. But having photos, webmentions, and a feed led me to multiple files. I'm not sure I'm happy with this new direction."
Sat Oct 8
★ Liked https://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2022/10/07/cloudy-sky-with-a-bit-of-blue-peeking-through-at-lombard-mlk/
★ Liked https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/07/sensory-deprivation/
Fri Oct 7
★ Liked https://adactio.com/journal/19504
Thu Oct 6
★ Liked https://blog.mauve.moe/slides/making-a-text-editor/README.md