Business
Product-shaped or movement-shaped?
People love your work because of its impact, not how it works.
Business
Building with love, and paying for it
How do you fund work people don't want to pay for?
Technology
One size fits none: let communities build for themselves
How open protocols and agentic development could lead to a whole new generation of social applications.
Future of News
Surf demonstrates the power of the open social web
Flipboard's browser for the open social web is out for web users today.
Fediverse
Growing the open social web
A position statement for FediForum's unworkshop
Technology
The State of the Open Social Web
A comprehensive look at Mastodon, Bluesky, and the growing ecosystem of open, interoperable social networks.
Fediverse
Welcome to my new site
I relaunched my website on Ghost. Here's why.
Notable links
Bounce lets you move your followers from Bluesky to Mastodon
[Cameron Faulkner at The Verge] Bounce is a game-changer for the open social web: "Bounce is built on the work of Bridgy Fed, which makes your Bluesky posts visible on Mastodon and vice versa. Using Bounce will bridge your accounts, in case you haven’t already set up Bridgy
Fediverse
Mastodon updating some legal features
[Mastodon] Mastodon's legal updates are an important way to support different kinds of communities. It's great to see the Mastodon team grow to support these features. I'd love to see CC-licensed terms of service for communities to use. Those features: * "Mastodon servers already
Fediverse
Flipboard Expands Publisher Federation with International Partners
[Flipboard Expands Publisher Federation with International Partners] Flipboard just launched 124 new publishers to the Fediverse - bringing the total number it hosts to 1,241. "We’re excited to announce that Flipboard is beginning to federate publisher accounts in France, Italy, and Spain, while also expanding federation in
Fediverse
Evolving the Team
[Andy Piper at Mastodon] It’s really exciting to see these new movements from Mastodon - not least because they’re very intentionally marching to their own rhythm. Mastodon wouldn’t be a good fit for being a standard tech company, and it won’t be one. “Mastodon has taken
Fediverse
Integrating a News Publication Into the Fediverse
[Sean Tilley] Sean has been integrating We Distribute with the fediverse for years. It's been hard - particularly at the beginning, which is the plight of the very early adopter. This rundown is incredibly useful for anyone who wants to integrate their own publication with the network, and