"These days, writing for humans is as intentional as it gets. It is a process of connecting and sharing ideas without the urge to optimize for keywords or engage in backlink stuffing, which is one of the most spammy activities. And yes, it is also a refusal to insult the intelligence of your potential readership by delivering them "easily digestible" content served on endless scrolling platform."

Writing for Humans: https://arnel.bearblog.dev/writing-for-humans/ #writing #CozyWeb

Just wanted to share a couple of things I've been enjoying lately.

www.datagubbe.se/ is the personal website of Carl, who uploads wonderful blog posts about vintage computing and other geeky things. I've been reading through them one by one and really enjoying what he has to share.

loriemerson.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/artyping.pdf is an old book from 1939 about how to create artwork on a typewriter, basically early ASCII art. It's an easy fascinating read and also includes many examples!

#personalwebsites #recommendations #cozyweb #books #vintagecomputing #art #typewriters

One upside of #Meta abandoning moderation is that it may push people away from the wholly open “town square” / “everyone is an influencer” model of social networking into more #cozyweb self-moderated communities.

I’ve long suspected that’s a healthier approach to the internet, personally.

the #32bitcafe year-end code jam event has officially started! reflect over this past year in a #blog post or submit a website/webpage about finding light in the darkness, our two themes this year.

our annual holiday event is a great time to get involved in an #indieweb / #SmallWeb community because it lasts for a whole month! if you’re a beginner, join our community so we can help you get started!

you have until january 15 to submit your entry.

if you’re interested in personal websites, hobby #webdev, or playing with #html and #css — join us to help this year be our biggest yet! we’re taking back our platforms from social media giants and building wonderful, wholesome communities that are fun, thoughtful, and creative.

happy holidays!

https://32bit.cafe/newyear25

our november newsletter is out for the #32bitcafe! our monthly newsletter talks about what community members are #blogging about this month, community news, a member's personal website of the month, and events happening in the cafe and around the #indieweb.

if you haven't subscribed or heard of us, i hope you'll give it a read and include us in your email reading! <3 it's a great way to keep up with what developers, artists, and hobbyists are doing with their personal websites to grow the #SmallWeb and get out from under the thumb of #bigtech.

https://listmonk.32bit.cafe/archive/november-30-2024

Most recent domain added to the main Ring: https://mementomovi.wackyneighbor.com/ Put in your birthday, how long you expect to live, and pick a movie and it'll show you where in the movie you are if the movie was your life. We love websites made by people. #weirdweb #cozyweb #indieweb #whenyouwilldie

Took a week and a half to try to tie together the thoughtful threads of thinky thoughts that @darius @molly0xfff @kissane and @edyong209 wove through the last #xoxofest During that time, I discovered a parallel conversation about the #smallweb #indieweb #cozyweb what-do-we-call-it-now was happening across many good and new-to-me blogs. Zeitgeist! Did my best to capture it all here: https://www.mmmx.cloud/after-xoxo

our #32bitcafe back to school code jam entries are now displayed and available to browse! check out your available courses here to learn from folks around the cafe!

https://32bit.cafe/~xandra/events/codejam5/

this was officially our biggest code jam ever with 30 submissions!

thank you to EVERYONE for participating! you all did an amazing job with this prompt!! i’m so proud of our community!

only a few days left of our fifth community code jam, running until august 17th!

you still have time to get in on the action! throw up a webpage or #blog post on your website dedicated to something you're learning, have learned, or want to learn about! :)

https://32bit.cafe/~xandra/events/codejam5/

the 32-bit cafe is hosting our 5th (!!) community code jam, running from august 4th-17th!

our theme this time is *back to school*! any style of webpage (blog post, image gallery, coding experiment, etc.) is welcome to be submitted to this code jam, as long as it centers around a topic you either know a lot about, want to learn about, or are actively learning! teach us about new things through your submissions!

join us, a lot of folks are excited about this one!

https://32bit.cafe/~xandra/events/codejam5/

added my entry for the 32-bit cafe’s community code jam no. 4! take a peek into my travels with a little bit of sleuthing (and a not-so-subtle nod to one of my favorite games as a kid!)

https://xandra.cc/codejam/vacation

today is the day! our DESTINATION VACATION #codejam is running until june 21!

any style of webpage that fits the theme into the page is welcome to join. create or post something around a fictional place, a real-life favorite location of yours, anything centered around a vacation or trip you've taken, or make the webpage itself a destination! we just ask that you make a NEW page or blog post during this timeframe (and don't forget to link back to the code jam!).

https://tilde.32bit.cafe/~ribose/events/destination/index.html

calling all #webdev hobbyists and fun-havers! mark your calendars—

the 32-bit cafe is having its fourth community #codejam called "destination vacation" between JUNE 7 and JUNE 21!

any style of webpage is welcome to be submitted to the code jam. you're encouraged to fit the theme into your page somehow in your own unique interpretation. you can submit an image gallery of your favorite place, make a tourism website for a fictional place, code a web experiment centered around a place in time, or whatever you come up with!

hope to see you join us! :) this one is gonna be a lot of fun.

https://tilde.32bit.cafe/~ribose/events/destination/index.html

Building My Own "Threads"
https://ayos.blog/threads-project

Having my own page for a cozy display of hand-picked posts gives me and my digital visitors tons of value. In this post, I write the motivations behind my `/threads` project.

Interesting new app from Mozilla, DidThis. Touts itself as a #cozyweb way to keep track of hobbies and projects.

It's currently in beta but I'll be giving it a try. Has anyone else tried it out yet?
#Mozilla #DidThis
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/introducing-didthis-a-new-app-for-hobbyists/

Generative A.I - We Aren’t Ready.

Generative A.I - We Aren’t Ready. #technology #ai #darkforest #cozyweb #videos #web

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrcbH0ge2WE

I think I miss the point of the #now page in #aboutIdeasNow

People seem to use it as a sort of "Objectives" article?

I feel like /now could be a list of activities like in #ActivityPub since those are often things I'm reading and sharing right now.

my stupid mastodon app was not working as i was out of town, but the 32-bit cafe is expanding our #smallweb community into another platform as well as discord. keeping our community in a walled garden is not what we wanted to do.

so 4 days ago, we launched https://discourse.32bit.cafe!

took a lot of work and planning, but we got it done thanks to the help of our amazing staff and beta testers! if you've wanted to interact with us or the community and didn't really want to hop on discord, we totally understand and had you in mind for this. hope to see you there, if you're interested in joining a group of hobbyists who want to build up the independent web in a positive and encouraging environment :)