This Week in the IndieWeb

January 10-17, 2025

Recent Events

From events.indieweb.org/archive:

Front End Study Hall #019

Front End Study Hall is an HTML + CSS focused group meeting, held on Zoom to experiment and learn with the basic building blocks of the web. All skill levels welcome.

IndieWeb Meetup Austin

Homebrew Website Club Europe/London

Upcoming Events

From events.indieweb.org:

🍳🥞 IndieWeb SF Brunch #2

Join Tantek and Pablo for the second informal IndieWeb brunch in-person in San Francisco. We'll be meeting outside the venue right before noon on Sunday, and getting a table or two as needed. Limited capacity, first 8 RSVPs.

Homebrew Website Club Europe/London

Homebrew Website Club - Pacific

Homebrew Website Club Edinburgh

Homebrew Website Club Europe/London

Front End Study Hall #020

Front End Study Hall is an HTML + CSS focused group meeting, held on Zoom to experiment and learn with the basic building blocks of the web. All skill levels welcome.

Online Homebrew Website Club - Writing Edition

The Homebrew Website Club to discuss the writing and writing-related topics. If you write on the web, whenever this is short message, detailed blog posts, reviews, rantings or fiction, come join us.

Homebrew Website Club - Nuremberg/Germany

HWC Nuremberg is a in-person meeting for everybody who is interested in setting up a personal website and talk about web-related issues.

Homebrew Website Club - Nuremberg/Germany

HWC Nuremberg is a in-person meeting for everybody who is interested in setting up a personal website and talk about web-related issues.

What We’re Reading

From news.indieweb.org:

Webmentions add-on for Statamic
by vhbelvadi.com on
Blogs did not break the web
by vhbelvadi.com on
a post
by tantek.com on
🎉 Eight years ago today, the #IndieWeb Webmention protocol was published as a W3C REC https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/ As a social web building block, #Webmention was designed to work with various other building blocks. Small pieces, loosely joined. Every year developers find new ways to work with Webmention, and new subtleties when combined with other building blocks. The primary uses of Webmention, peer-to-peer comments, likes, and other responses across web sites, have long ...
IndieWeb Carnival: On the importance of friction
by vhbelvadi.com on
On the importance of friction
by vhbelvadi.com on
Relics of the future
by vhbelvadi.com on
Building an open web that protects us from harm
by werd.io/profile/benwerd on
The indie web should be a universe of discovery
by werd.io/profile/benwerd on
Making Space for a Handmade Web | Figma Blog
by www.figma.com on

New Community Members

From IndieWeb Wiki: New User Pages:

User:Subcultureofone.org

Created by Subcultureofone.org on Saturday and edited 2 more times

User:Blog.meadowhawk.xyz

Created by Blog.meadowhawk.xyz on Tuesday

User:Norealnames.org

Created by Norealnames.org on Sunday

Top New Wiki Pages

From IndieWeb Wiki: New Pages:

Read.cv

Read.cv is/was a social networking silo for professionals, competing with LinkedIn, and announced they will be shutting down 2025-05-16.

Created by Nicksimson.com on Friday with 4 more edits by tantek.com, loqi.me, and gregorlove.com

New Event Notes

From IndieWeb Wiki: New Pages:

Homebrew Website Club Europe/London: 2025-01-15

Front End Study Hall #019: 2025-01-16

Top Edited Wiki Pages

From IndieWeb Wiki: Recent Changes: