Marty McGuire

Marty Likes Things (Sometimes)

2018
Thu Jun 28
★ Liked https://jacky.wtf/weblog/indieweb-summit-2018/
post from I Went to The IndieWeb Summit 2018!
I attended my first IndieWeb Summit in Portland this year.
★ Liked https://pump.strugee.net/alex/note/amjLta_sSV-wlwBFhdn6yw
post from VoiceBox
TIL VoiceBox's interface probably has a cross site scripting vulnerability #iws18 #indieweb
Wed Jun 27
★ Liked https://jgregorymcverry.com/3857-2/
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Hey #IndieWeb it looks like webrings still going strong in the OtherKin community: http://www.house-eclipse.org/wordpress/webrings/ This is the only webring I found still operating in the wild. Pretty cool.
Tue Jun 26
★ Liked https://jgregorymcverry.com/3855-2/
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I just added a blog to my webring from my phone. Us at the #IndieWeb micro.blog meet up are wondering if this is the first webring updated from a phone.
Mon Jun 25
★ Liked https://jacky.wtf/weblog/indieweb-summit-is-tomorrow/
post from The Indie Web Summit Is Tomorrow!
For those of you who’ve been tuning in, you’ll know what tomorrow holds! I’ll be in Portland today until Wednesday for the IndieWeb Summit and exploring the city a bit. I’m hoping to learn a lot and meet more of the people I’ve known from over the Web in person.
★ Liked http://www.manton.org/2018/06/preview-of-sunlit-2-2.html
post Preview of Sunlit 2.2
As I get ready to fly to Portland this morning for IndieWeb Summit, I wanted to give a quick preview video of the upcoming Sunlit 2.2 release. We are very excited about the new Timeline tab, which brings an Instagram-like experience to the app for the first time.
Sun Jun 24
★ Liked https://evanstoner.com/posts/i-made-a-blog-thing/
post from How To IndieWeb, For Free!
I managed to stitch a thing together that lets me own all my social media
★ Liked https://adactio.com/journal/14034
post from New tools for art direction on the web
I’m in Boston right now, getting ready to speak at An Event Apart. This will be my second (and last) Event Apart of the year—the other time was in Seattle back in April. After that event, I wrote about how inspired I was:
★ Liked https://ghostparty.today/#2018-06-24-011105
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GHOST PARTY RESEARCH PARTY 👻🎉
Fri Jun 22
★ Liked http://buttermore.tumblr.com/post/131101159524/why-am-i-still-doing-this
★ Liked http://www.arush.io/?p=93792
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Attending IndieWeb Summit - June 26-27, 2018 - Portland, Oregon The eighth 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 …
Wed Jun 20
★ Liked http://www.manton.org/2018/06/indieweb-summit-next-week.html
post IndieWeb Summit next week
I’ll be in Portland next week for IndieWeb Summit. Marty McGuire has a nice overview and invitation for anyone to attend:
★ Liked https://jonathanprozzi.net/reflection/adventures-with-gatsby/
post from Adventures With Gatsby
Featured image credit: Simon Abrams on Unsplash
Sat Jun 16
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/06/16/wetherosies-success-at-2018s-nomcon-nationofmakers-weekofmaking-nationofmakers/
post from #WeTheRosies Success at 2018’s NOMCON | #NationOfMakers #WeekofMaking @NationOfMakers
We The Builders set out to build a 6-foot-tall Rosie the Riveter from 2,625 individual parts of 3D-printed blocks – the project was assembled at the Nation of Makers’ conference NOMCON earlier this month. The build was a success, and the sculpture looks fantastic!
Fri Jun 15
★ Liked https://boffosocko.com/2018/06/15/defining-the-indieweb/
post from Defining the IndieWeb
The concept of IndieWeb is something slightly different to many people and it’s ever evolving and changing, just like the internet itself.
Thu Jun 14
★ Liked https://css-tricks.com/more-unicode-patterns/
Wed Jun 13
★ Liked https://skippy.net/silos/
post from Silos, IndieWeb, and Me
I’ve had skippy.net since January, 1999. I’ve written almost 700 posts in that time. When I started writing stuff here, there was no Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or LiveJournal. I’ve been creating, hosting, and distributing my own content since the very beginning. I’ve gone from …
★ Liked http://www.kimblery.com/2018/06/08/here-again/
post from Here; again
Years ago, I lent out my copy of Kitchen Confidential. I forget to whom. I like to think it’s floating out there somewhere, and that it is loved. Instead, today, I’m carrying around my weathered copy of “A Cook’s Tour.” I once went on to Goodreads to post about it and was …
Fri Jun 8
★ Liked https://gregorlove.com/2018/06/announcing-indiebookclub/
post from Announcing indiebookclub
I’m pleased to announce a new project I have been working on. indiebookclub is an app for keeping track of the books you are reading or want to read. It is primarily intended to help you own your data by posting directly to your own site with Micropub. If your site does not …
Thu Jun 7
★ Liked http://known.kevinmarks.com/2018/github-makes-it-easier-for-large-loosely
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“GitHub makes it easier for large, loosely coordinated groups of programmers—in corporations, for instance—to use git. It has a well-designed web interface. If you don’t think that’s worth $7.5 billion, you’ve never read the git manual.” @ftrain …
Wed Jun 6
★ Liked https://werd.io/2018/equality-of-opportunity-vs-equality-of-outcome
post from Equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome
Lately I've increasingly encountered arguments for "equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome", which is usually shorthand for a bunch of nastier opinions held by people who don't think we should be aiming for a more inclusive society. As far as I can tell, this is largely …
Sun Jun 3
★ Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/06/03/4/url-form-field
post from Improving the HTML type="url" Field
Using the HTML <input type="url"> field is normally a good idea when you're asking the user to enter a URL. It doesn't make a huge difference on desktop browsers, but makes it a lot easier on mobile browsers. On iOS, when you've focused on a URL input field, the keyboard switches …
Sat Jun 2
★ Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/06/02/11/#t=39
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That's amazing! I subscribed to your Twitch so next time you are recording I will watch live!
Thu May 31
★ Liked http://fogknife.com/2018-05-30-making-my-position-plain.html
post from Making my position plain
I've begun adding a quiet entreaty about some salient political stances to my open-source software releases.
Wed May 30
★ Liked https://jonathanprozzi.net/indieweb/infosys-crossroads-2018-takeaways-reflections-on-context-and-access/
Sat May 26
★ Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/05/26/31/indieweb-summit
post from You're Invited to IndieWeb Summit!
IndieWeb Summit is soon, and is shaping up to be an exciting event! We're hosting IndieWeb Summit the same week as the (final) Open Source Bridge, in case you needed another reason to visit Portland! IndieWeb Summit will be Tuesday-Wednesday June 26-27th, with a pre-party the …
★ Liked https://sebastiangreger.net/2018/05/can-we-please-talk-about-privacy-not-gdpr-now/
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It’s the “morning after”: a mere twelve hours have passed since the GDPR applies and while still awaiting breaking news on hobbyist blog owners being fined EUR 20 million, an army of burnt-out web and legal professionals has begun to clean up from the party that was “the final …
Mon May 21
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/05/21/robot-archaeology-update-hacking-the-nintendo-r-o-b-robots-gaming-history/
post from Robot Archaeology Update: hacking the Nintendo R.O.B. #Robots #Gaming #History
In a recent Robot Archaeology post, we discussed the history of the Nintendo R.O.B robot.
Sun May 20
★ Liked https://jeena.net/pods/17
post from The IndieWeb - Martijn
We're two senior IndieWeb participants talking about owning your own content.
Fri May 18
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/05/18/new-guide-piglass-a-diy-wearable-computer-adafruitlearningsystem/