I am getting increasingly tired of being asked to rent everything I use. Not rent in the traditional sense, either. There is at least some honesty in rentin…
Three schemes for shared-private storage - Paul's Leaflets
Federating friendly spaces - Roomy
hearkening back to the cozy vibes of old-web neighborhoods
Introducing ONCE
Once upon a time you owned what you paid for, you controlled what you depended on, and your privacy and security were your own business. We think it’s that time again.
On Betraying Principles
Why Creative Commons must be about more than reducing friction on reuse This week, I had the experience of being told the work we are doing at Creative Commons right now is betraying the founding principles of the organization. This is not the first time and it won’t be the last.
Ewan's Corner
A personal space where I share my thoughts on coding, technology, and life.
TOKIMEKI Diary
A private personal archive that automatically syncs your Bluesky posts, likes, and reposts — with a calendar, full-text search, and insights to look back on.
We mourn our craft
I didn’t ask for this and neither did you. I didn’t ask for a robot to consume every blog post and piece of code I ever wrote and parrot it back so that some hack could make money off o…
You Should Make a Website - Ewan’s Blog
I grew up on an internet that mostly asked me to make accounts. It took me until seventeen to realise I could make a place instead.
Gradients of intimacy and creating shelter: An interview with Erin Kissane
How might we use nature as an inspiration for creating online communities?
Habitat's road to release: 01 simplespace - building [at] habitat
First up: a pre-implementation of permissioned spaces
Habitat's road to release: 03 ReBAC on spaces - building [at] habitat
Fine-grained permissioning on top of spaces.
Digital Spaces Directory | New_ Public
As the social media landscape changes and a new wave of digital spaces emerges, this Directory is meant to be a resource for our field — a jumping-off-point for further exploration and research for anyone who’s interested in studying, building, stewarding, or simply using digital social platforms. We hope this will inspire creative exploration, spark new collaborations, and highlight important progress.
Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud
A new generation of collaborative software that allows users to retain ownership of their data.
The Condition of Giving
Why I'm building a gifting community on a network you actually own, and what that has to do with a couch, a geohash, and the open web.