Inspired by my recent work on the Join the Fediverse zine, I decided to further explore the mini-zine medium, starting with a short walkthrough on how to get started with making your own website (or a blog). RE: https://stefanbohacek.online…
I have recently marked ten years of making creative online bots. And on this day in 2018, I made my arguably most popular one, South Pole Views. Originally started on Twitter, and also posting on Tumblr for a while, its permanent home is no…
In the fediverse, there is no central authority that can verify you. Instead, you link to your fediverse profile from your website, blog, or even some of the larger platforms, like GitHub, in a way that proves that these online identities a…
A little while ago I wrote a short walkthrough on how to make a website in (about) five minutes with the minimum amount of code needed. But maybe you’re in a hurry and you need a website even faster. Or maybe you really rather not write any…
My Join the Fediverse website has recently celebrated its third anniversary, and that seems like a good opportunity to deliver on an old promise. @stefan Ok, I trimmed it down to ~6.75 x 8 cm and it looks great! — soapdisch (@soapdisch@mast…
📅 2 months ago, updated a month ago My Join the Fediverse website has recently celebrated its third anniversary, and that seems like a good opportunity to deliver on an old promise. @stefan Ok, I trimmed it down to ~6.75 x 8 cm and it look…
I have recently passed two big milestones with my work around creative online bots. Last year marked 10 years since I created my first Twitter bot, modeled after the Bartleby, the Scrivener short story. That was also the start of Botwiki, a…
I just made my first Atmosphere/ATProto/Bluesky app! In order to help bring more people into the fediverse, of course. The app itself is pretty simple. After you put in your Atmosphere username, a list of the accounts you follow will be fet…
📅 3 months ago, updated 3 months ago I just made my first Atmosphere/ATProto/Bluesky app! In order to help bring more people into the fediverse, of course. The app itself is pretty simple. After you put in your Atmosphere username, a list
Over the years I’ve experimented with how to best explain and invite people into the fediverse. I’ve created jointhefediverse.net which introduces the concept of the fediverse, with links for further learning. I also wrote a guide centered
📅 4 months ago, updated a month ago Over the years I’ve experimented with how to best explain and invite people into the fediverse. I’ve created jointhefediverse.net which introduces the concept of the fediverse, with links for further lea…
Now, this is a highly specific functionality that all of about five people in the world will want, but if you find yourself, as a Mastodon user, frequently tagging the Bridgy Fed fediverse account with usernames of people and organizations