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Strangely, perhaps, given my love of tinkering with shiny, I've never been tempted by Ghost. But reading the latest birthday review surfaced this bit of wisdom.
Decentralised platforms fundamentally cannot compete on ease of setup. Nothing beats the UX of signing up for a centralised application.
But
Centralised platforms fundamentally cannot compete on power and flexibility. In the long run, nothing beats owning your technology and controlling your destiny.
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I think I just need to remind myself and others of the natural progresion of things.
That is all. #indieweb
Data Peddling Scum is the name of my new Grunge tribute band.
We're live now on Virtual HWC https://indieweb.org/events/2018-05-02-homebrew-website-club#Virtual_European_Time - Why not join us?
If you would like to know more about the IndieWeb beyond micro.blog and WP, why not join us for the [virtual Homebrew WebsiteClub](https://indieweb.org/events/2018-05-02-homebrew-website-club#Virtual_European_Time) this evening at 17:30 CEST?
Huge congratulations to @nprDanCharles, @mgodoyh and everyone else at The Salt for their well-deserved #jbfa
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Like Tom MacWright, I too have almost no need for Google these days, with one exception: Chat. I have a couple of friends with whom I enjoy messaging, and they aren't about to go anywhere else. I already use YakYak. Is there any way I could message their GTalk without having a Google account myself?
I really do not understand the nofilter tag on Instagram. Is it really that meaningful to point out that you just snapped a shot and didn't mess with it later?
Me neither! Came up yesterday in a MOOC I am studying. It's the little things ...
You could do worse than look at @WithKnown for a reasonably simple solution. It isn't quite as easy to use, but it isn't that difficult either.
