Want us to come & help you design the future of on-campus domains? Get in touch: https://withknown.com/services/ #edtech #reclaim #indieweb
This piece about Known makes me so happy. Owning your space is about being free. http://audreywatters.com/2015/04/29/reclaim-known/ #indieweb #reclaimyourdomain
Fully in support of #reclaimMLK protests. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/18/oakland-protests-blacklivesmatter-walmart/21952971/
We built Free My Data to help you get your data out of popular services: http://freemydata.co #reclaimyourdomain
We're providing both software & consultancy to help institutions build platforms that support connected learning. #reclaimyourdomain
It's 8pm PST but I feel like it's 2am. Crashing so I can make the most of being with all the smart people at #reclaimyourdomain tomorrow.
Sad to miss #opened14, but team @withknown is on our way to the #reclaimyourdomain hackathon at University of Mary Washington. Excited!
@jimgroom I'm hoping our relationship with you and #reclaimyourdomain lasts far longer than that :)
If you'd like to run @withknown on campus, I'd love to have a quick chat with you. #edtech #reclaimyourdomain
Sad to leave LA. Had a lot of fun here this weekend, with both #reclaimyourdomain and my wonderful family. Will be back soon.
New Known users from #reclaimyourdomainLA - check out the bookmarklet, which lets you easily reply to posts all over the web.
Organizations (like schools & businesses) can set up @withknown social media integration so their users don't have to. #reclaimyourdomain
... As well as other formats. http://werd.io/?_t=dogeon #reclaimyourdomain
Although, sometimes you *do* want to control the JSON. @withknown does Activity Streams JSON: http://werd.io/?_t=json #reclaimyourdomain
A+ API talk at #reclaimyourdomain. Btw, with microformats, you don't necessarily need JSON. Here's my site, parsed: http://pin13.net/mf2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwerd.io
I'm having a good time at the Reclaim Your Domain meetup in Los Angeles this weekend, organized by Jim Groom of University of Mary Washington's Domain of One's Own initiative.
From the initiative's homepage:
A Domain of One's Own provides domain names and Web space to members of the UMW community, encouraging individuals to explore the creation and development of their digital identities.
Reclaim Hosting, which was created by Jim Groom and Tim Owens, supports Known (as well as Elgg). It was set up to provide educators and institutions with an easy way to offer their students domains and web hosting that they own and control.
We're excited to be in the mix, both in terms of the services at UMW and elsewhere, but also in the wider conversation. Schools and universities are in a perfect position to talk about data ownership, so it's inspiring to see them doing just that. While Jim Groom and the other members of the Reclaim Your Domain community are ahead of the curve, I expect many others to follow. Their work provides an obvious benefit to both students and faculty at the institutions that adopt it, in a way that previous eportfolio initiatives didn't necessarily achieve. (Elgg emerged from work Dave Tosh and I were doing on electronic portfolios in education.)
Empowering individuals at institutions to own their online identities makes us very happy. And we're excited to learn from the students and faculty that make their homes on the web using Known.
While Known is an open source application (released under the Apache 2.0 License), institutions that choose to use the software won't be going it alone. They can get full support from us, if they like, as well as software to make it easier to manage Known sites on an organizational basis, and bespoke solutions for their specific use cases. We're keenly aware that one size doesn't fit all, and one institution's (or one school or course's) needs don't necessarily apply generally. Known is a flexible platform that supports a great deal of individual customization.
It's not just for education, of course: anyone can use a Known site, and we're excited to be working in journalism, technology and other verticals. However, edtech is a great example of a community motivated to empower its members to own their data, and we're delighted to help.
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EdTech, I've missed you.
After a wonderful day at the #reclaimyourdomain event, I'm hanging back, configuring servers & writing some code.
@mgershovich Granular privacy seems like a very reasonable thing to give people (and is arguably a facet of control). #reclaimyourdomainLA
Wondering if selective privacy (i.e., choosing who could see each post) would affect institutional acceptance. #reclaimyourdomainLA
Really enjoying meeting everyone and demoing Known at #reclaimyourdomainla! #reclaimyourdomain #indieweb #escapethesilos
Wish @johannes_ernst was here at #reclaimyourdomain - I bet institutions would benefit from using @indieboxproject on their servers.
