#indiewebcamp 2014-09-27

2014-09-27 UTC
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KartikPrabhu
on Twitte clicking on a photo in a tweet gives an overlay of the photo which is sometimes smaller than the said photo... antipattern ?
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kylewm
lightbox-antipattern?
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kylewm
oh god imagine the twitter backlash
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@caseorganic
@nozzlsteve Intense. And also a reminder of how temporary things are on the web. http://Indiewebcamp.com/site-deaths
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@henri_nourel
RT @Jermolene: Peculiarly controversial article from #indieweb about hating databases; personally, I feel similarly about servers - http://…
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djmadeira
Is anyone doing anything with digitally signing comments/posts?
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djmadeira
like with GPG tools for email
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djmadeira
only for the web
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GWG
djmadeira: To what end?
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: there have been a few conversations here about GPG signing webmentions to very the authot
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: ooo you read Jaques Distler's blogs neat :)
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djmadeira
I don’t mean like a standard or anything
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KartikPrabhu
what is GPG?
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Loqi
OpenPGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a message exchange format that uses public key cryptography to enable people to exchange encrypted and/or signed data http://indiewebcamp.com/GPG
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djmadeira
gpg is a set of tools for using PGP https://gpgtools.org/gpgsuite.html
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: that link ^ should has some examples ^
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: Yes, I wanted Loqi to give me the link :)
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djmadeira
As an aside, I don’t like microformats; should I suck it up or am I not alone?
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@matro
RT @krynsky: Forget Ello. We need to support #indieweb friendly apps that are open source, de-centralized & can be self-hosted like @withkn
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: what do you not like about microformats?
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KartikPrabhu
and what would you replace them with?
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djmadeira
classes as semantic data
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djmadeira
Classes have always been about presentation
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KartikPrabhu
nope. Classes are HTML not CSS
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KartikPrabhu
in fact you can use any attribute to do presentation
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KartikPrabhu
but sure go ahead use any replacement you wish. I wouldn't expect people to write a parser to interpret all possible "semantic data" formats
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djmadeira
You’re right, the spec doesn’t say what classes are for at all: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/dom.html#classes
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KartikPrabhu
:) I think of classes as saying "this element is of this type" and I can use that info for whatever I want -- styling, scripting, data etc...
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KartikPrabhu
in fact the first two are most often used. Microformats just says, ok lets use it for data too.
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djmadeira
I can’t think of another attribute that would work better… but it still feels weird. I guess that’ll pass
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: RDF invented new attributes to do that. But do we really need new attributes of every new application?
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KartikPrabhu
I actually use microformat classes to do styling too. so they can be quite multi-purpose
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djmadeira
I feel like the volume of options can be paralysing
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djmadeira
I know this isn’t how the web works, but I kinda want there to be one thing I can just adhere to and it just works
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KartikPrabhu
in my experience from trying out RDF, learning new attributes is harder
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: I would say go ahead an try out mf2 and play with it. there are a lot of parsers in many language already
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KartikPrabhu
hello or should I say ello
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djmadeira
lol
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: do you already have a site? (sorry if I missed this earlier)
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djmadeira
djmadeira.com
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djmadeira
it’s just a WP site
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djmadeira
I like yours, BTW
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: "just" is not a good word :) you can do a lot with wordpress
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KartikPrabhu
thanks :)
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ben_thatmust_
ugh I keep hearing about ello but don't get it. what's special about it?
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KartikPrabhu
ben_thatmust_ they don't have advertisements
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ben_thatmust_
or is that a core thing
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djmadeira
I can’t find their funding model
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KartikPrabhu
djmadeira: it isn't on their site. but from what I here, they are planning to have paid-features
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djmadeira
at the bottom of this: https://ello.co/wtf/post/why-no-ads
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djmadeira
they’ll sell advanced features
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djmadeira
they have their hipster asthetic tuned just right
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djmadeira
haha
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ben_thatmust_
kevinmarks__. I think you convinced me. I'm going to make code to replace the standard way php creates the $_GET array. get rid of that [] IN my micropub client
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KartikPrabhu
man! ello made me use that link twice now :P
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@kevinmarks
@wjmaggos @JamesGecko @ibogost distributed can still be a monoculture. You want multiple implementations. #indieweb
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@kevinmarks
@tcarmody those of us working on #indieweb have been accused of being the SCA for blogs, but that just reminds me of http://xkcd.com/239/
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KevinMarks
Ben, given that's what checkbox input items and by default, it's worth supporting
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KevinMarks
s/and/send/
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Loqi
KevinMarks meant to say: Ben, given that's what checkbox input items send by default, it's worth supporting
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@dj_madeira
It’s all part of my inexorable crawl toward #indieweb support. One day, not too far away, I won’t be writing content for you, Twitter.
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@lukebrooker
Not sure why everyone is so excited about Ello. @withknown is much more interesting. #indieweb
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@fdevillamil
@dflanegan the problem remains the same: data ownership. Facebook owns what you post there, controls who can see it or not. #indieweb
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@fdevillamil
@dflanegan the issue is not another social network but using them as a hub to broadcast what you publish on your own site. #indieweb
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KevinMarks__
Does anyone know how to edit Google apps for your domain subdomains? I can add them, but not change them
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KartikPrabhu
KevinMarks__ according to the first answer here: http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1009/how-can-i-setup-google-apps-email-for-a-subdomain it seems you have to use an alias domain ot a new app
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KevinMarks
I don't care about email, I want to change what www points to
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KevinMarks
I can add feed.unmung.com, I can't change www.unmung.com
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@ChrisAldrich
I appreciate the manifesto of Ello, but perhaps @WithKnown does a better job with mechanics and extended philisophy. #indieweb
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neuro`
Morning
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KartikPrabhu
morning neuro`
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KartikPrabhu
more like night :P
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@gasull
RT @kevinmarks: "@virginia: Blogging is so back. I love it." #indieweb
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@kevinmarks
@aestetix so I need to write a wrapper for @ello to map to #indieweb Standards for @withknown to use?
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neuro`
KartikPrabhu: good night then.
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Loqi
sweet dreams
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kylewm
I am curious what a indieweb <-> pump.io bridge would look like
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@orbific
@6loss "The indieweb is still not finished"
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@orbific
@miss_scribbler Have you read much about the Indieweb? They're the most exciting thing IMO. Owning your own data. Modern zine-ing
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@border_none
.@loicmathaud Yes, if you're interested in decentralisation & the #IndieWeb, #bono14 will be the place to be in Oct! http://bordernone.tollwerk.de/2014/scene-setters
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tommorris.org
edited /site-deaths (+244) "/* Upcoming */ Yahoo! Directory goes bye-bye on 2014-12-31"
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tommorris.org
edited /site-deaths (+3) "/* Upcoming */ moving up"
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@rhiaro
#WebWeWantFest Anyone want an #indieweb hack corner today?
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ShaneHudson
Has anyone ever considered POSSE to indiewebcamp wiki? It looks like there is some form of api that would allow you to post a new revision.. not something I'm planning but could be interesting to see
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neuro`
ShaneHudson: that's interesting. After all, when the indiewebcamp wiki closes, we'll lose all our contributions (even more since it's database bakcked)
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@Clausewutz
RT @krynsky: Forget Ello.We need to support #indieweb friendly apps that are open source, de-centralized &can be self-hosted like @withknown
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aaronpk_
neuro`: Don't forget there are a number of ways you can maintain a backup copy of the wiki contents
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aaronpk_
The only way to truly make sure something lasts is to have multiple copies of it. So the more people who can keep an archive of the wiki and keep it up to date the better
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@johndrinkwater
RT @krynsky: Forget Ello. We need to support #indieweb friendly apps that are open source, de-centralized & can be self-hosted like @withkn
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KartikPrabhu
ShaneHudson: I manually POSSE https://kartikprabhu.com/itch to the wiki :)
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ShaneHudson
KartikPrabhu: Oh nice, that is exactly what I was thinking about doing. How do you go about it?
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ShaneHudson
Oh, manually :)
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ShaneHudson
I love your website so much, one of my favourite designs in a long time
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Loqi
loves ShaneHudson
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ShaneHudson
I want to put a message on that page saying "STOP TWEETING THIS LINK!!!"
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KartikPrabhu
neutral tweets are good
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ShaneHudson
True, but a link to POSSE or site-deaths or https would be better examples of indieweb
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ShaneHudson
(https just because it has so much info)
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jonnybarnes.uk
created /Talk:HTTPS (+173) "OCSP stapling?"
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jonnybarnes
can we edit the output of `~~~~` on the wiki?
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tommorris
jonnybarnes: User Preferences.
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kou
how do i most efficiently murder my online personae in a distributed reposting environment. USENET killfiles reborn?
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neuro`
Just in case some people here still use FeedBurner: if you use https, your feed won't update anymore. One more reason not to use it.
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tico
apparently Dave Winer's idea of a good UI is HyperCard http://static.scripting.com/larryKing/images/2014/09/25/twocents.gif
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tico
does he use a Mac Plus too. bizarre halftone-dots pattern portends to it
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KartikPrabhu
what is hypercard?
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Loqi
It looks like we don't have a page for "hypercard" yet. Would you like to create it? http://indiewebcamp.com/wiki/index.php?action=edit&title=hypercard
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KartikPrabhu
tico: in a distributed reposting environment, you can't "murder" your online persona
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Loqi
Welcome, indie-visitor! Set your nickname by typing /nick yourname
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neuro`
tico: Aral wrote something post about Ello too
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KartikPrabhu
VC = selling users is an absurd implication
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jonnybarnes
hello fitza
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fitza
hello jonnybarnes
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neuro`
KartikPrabhu: if your business relies on free users, then selling your business == selling your users. Makes sense to me even though I'm usually more moderated than Aral in my positions
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KartikPrabhu
neuro`: even if you sell your business correctly?
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KartikPrabhu
"selling" has sinister connotations which are the "paranoid" aspect of that argument
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neuro`
KartikPrabhu: I'm not taking Aral's side but I understand his point of view. And I'm upset by the lack of transparency at Ello.
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@martinlindner
RT @Clausewutz: RT @krynsky: Forget Ello.We need to support #indieweb friendly apps that are open source, de-centralized &can be self-hoste…
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@sebaso
RT @Clausewutz: RT @krynsky: Forget Ello.We need to support #indieweb friendly apps that are open source, de-centralized &can be self-hoste…
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KartikPrabhu
that is my point. criticising ello for opacity is fine. but "accusing" them of selling users already is absurdly pre-mature
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neuro`
Aral always speak with his heart.
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@mntmn
RT @Clausewutz: RT @krynsky: Forget Ello.We need to support #indieweb friendly apps that are open source, de-centralized &can be self-hoste…
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GWG
I need someone to bounce a problem off of to try and crystallize it in my mind.
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GWG
Anyone about?
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kylewm
hi GWG, i can try
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GWG
kylewm: I've been trying to streamline my setup and found a duplicative issue
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GWG
kylewm: Wordpress has post formats, which are designed for styling. I added a new taxonomy to cover relationships such as reply, like, etc.
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GWG
The Link Post Format, and the Kind Bookmark conflict
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GWG
I'm trying to figure out what to do about that.
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kylewm
Kind Bookmark is in your new taxonomy, and LInk Post Format is in the core wordpress formats?
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GWG
Yes.
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GWG
But you can enable/disable post formats
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GWG
Many people don't use any.
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kylewm
well, they aren't necessarily the same intentionally right? link post is like "hey look at this". bookmark is "i want to remember this for later for some reason"
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GWG
Kind is the name of the taxonomy, as type was taken.
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GWG
Well, the link post is a type of style.
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GWG
Well, this leads to my bigger question.
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GWG
If I want to post a link to an article with a quick comment, is that a reply?
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GWG
My issue with it being a reply is that a reply seems more direct.
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GWG
My current thinking is to not offer the link post format type and use the Kinds entirely to the same effect.
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kylewm
Yeah I agree that it is not a reply
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kylewm
Nor a repost, nor like...
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GWG
So, I've been using Bookmark in the way sites like Facebook or Google Plus use Share.
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kylewm
have you looked at adactio's links?
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GWG
I probably have
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GWG
Let me look now
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GWG
So, that is the same as how I was going to use Bookmark
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GWG
But, this is where I'm confused.
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GWG
So, a repost is a complete duplicate of someone else's content.
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GWG
A bookmark would be a link to someone's content without duplicating it.
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GWG
Then you get to favorite and like
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GWG
bangs head against desk
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GWG
I'm having a lot of trouble deciding on my nomenclature.
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kylewm
yeah that sounds pretty reasonable
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kylewm
If you wanted to treat favorites as a curated list and likes as ephemeral, you could, but I don't think anyone does that yet.
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GWG
Well, I think acegiak uses one for individual content, and other for concepts. For example, I like oldies vs I like that article.
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kylewm
but favorites are not a "post type" on acegiak's site, are they?
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GWG
It is getting too confusing if your website needs a glossary
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GWG
I think it got confusing for acegiak after we started the taxonomy.
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kylewm
hehe, and the URL for "favourite things" is http://acegiak.net/likes/
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GWG
Because acegiak is the only user of it other than myself.
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GWG
That I know of.
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kylewm
sorry, I lost the track a little here. what problem are you trying to solve?
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GWG
I think I'm not using my terminologies consistently.
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GWG
So, I'm having trouble figuring out what each is.
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kylewm
between {link, bookmark, like, favorite}?
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GWG
Well, basically, if I break it down, I want...
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KartikPrabhu
if I might suggest forgetting all of this jargon and just thinking how would you say it to an actual person? "Hey, I like this link..." "Hey, I favourited this link" etc...
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GWG
Link/Bookmark - With or without comment.
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GWG
Like/Favorite
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GWG
Reply
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GWG
I think the jargon is confusing the issue, which is why I want to get rid of some of it
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kylewm
do it
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kylewm
removing code is fun
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david.shanske.com
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GWG
That's the start
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@caranicas
If we are all about to migrate social networks can it atleast be to http://withknown.com/ and not Ello? #POSSE #indieWeb #ownYourOwnShit
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bret
lol #ownyourshit
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@kevinmarks
RT @caranicas: If we are all about to migrate social networks can it atleast be to http://withknown.com/ and not Ello? #POSSE #indieWeb #o…
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@KatCapps
RT @caranicas: If we are all about to migrate social networks can it atleast be to http://withknown.com/ and not Ello? #POSSE #indieWeb #o…
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@alanpearceuk
RT @caranicas: If we are all about to migrate social networks can it atleast be to http://withknown.com/ and not Ello? #POSSE #indieWeb #o…
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@joshuajuran
RT @caranicas: If we are all about to migrate social networks can it atleast be to http://withknown.com/ and not Ello? #POSSE #indieWeb #o…
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@rhiaro
Timbl's biggest fear for the Web is centralization #webWeWantFest #indieweb
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@JimStevenson
RT @rhiaro: Timbl's biggest fear for the Web is centralization #webWeWantFest #indieweb
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@kevinmarks
RT @rhiaro: Timbl's biggest fear for the Web is centralization #webWeWantFest #indieweb
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@deanna
@doriantaylor you should def ping @kevinmarks and the #indieweb peeps
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@awoods
RT @krynsky: Forget Ello. We need to support #indieweb friendly apps that are open source, de-centralized & can be self-hosted like @withkn
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@veganstraightedge
@aaronpk @benwerd @erinjo Could y'all post a screenshot of your #indieweb event posting UIs for me to learn from please?
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@timweston
RT @caranicas: If we are all about to migrate social networks can it atleast be to http://withknown.com/ and not Ello? #POSSE #indieWeb #o…
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@kevinmarks
“my content on my server, to be part of whatever networks I want it to be part of, &… also be on Facebook.” http://scripting.com/2014/09/26/ #indieweb
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