Is this the return of the indieweb ? It’s not but maybe there is some new middle ground to discover.
He touches a few topics that are dear to me and that I have discussed before
October 3, 2014. Bring back my web
June 27, 2020. The Web is getting old. This one reached the HackerNews homepage with some people making a good point about wanting the web to forget their cringy LiveJournal posts. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23676716
Anil’s writing is much better than mine, and he points you to a series of interesting people and links to show this IndieWeb or WeirdWeb. This WeirdWeb that isn’t tied to algorithms and isn’t trying to sell you a subscription meal plan for 3.90€ or overpriced coffee mug.
His main takes:
- Regulatory Shifts: Major tech companies might lose some grip as new regulations in the EU and the US open up platforms for more diversity.
- Social Media’s New Era: With platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky, we’re seeing a shift from monolithic social networks to more niche, community-focused spaces.
- A Human-Centric Web: The article emphasises a return to a more personal, creative internet, driven by individuals rather than corporations.
He is also in a better position to tell us about these things, being one of the founders of https://glitch.com/, “The friendly community where everyone builds the web”.
I am hoping that Anil is right, that at least some of us get to leave the walled gardens of social media companies and build something new and a bit weird. And at the Lisbon Collective we want to do our part.
Weird Christmas Presents from the Lisbon Collective
Building websites was always a part of our business, from Wordpress to static websites, and other endeavours that integrate software from different parts of the company.
This year, our clients are getting a suite of new tools for free.
- Free analytics that comply to privacy first and the GDPR, like the one we see for Gregory MS: https://analytics.gregory-ms.com/share/bEuESUpF/GregoryMS
- Private Uptime Monitor with any number of notifications and that keeps tabs on the response time of the website https://status.lisboncollective.com/status/gregory
- Full SEO report of the entire website, using a tool we developed to run the Google Lighthouse Audit and display key indicators.
Sharing is caring, reply to this newsletter if you have a website and would like an identical report. Or just reach out in any other way.
Your Tools for this Week
https://lmstudio.ai/, allows you to download any Large Language Model and use it locally, ensuring more privacy than ChatGPT.
https://www.jasper.ai/, a marketing co-pilot service that promises better outcomes and not just faster outputs. A good feature is being able to pick the Tone of Voice that fits the task better.
https://www.synthesia.io/free-ai-video-demo#OptimizedForSharing_New, a free video generator.
Have a Happy 2024!
andrea de
