Tag: Publishing
In the beginning there was the protocol
A primer for why I think AT Protocol is the future of decentralized publishing
A New IndieWeb Publication? or: I Want to Start Something and Be Bad at It
Inspired by Good Internet Magazine, I'm starting a new volunteer-run IndieWeb publication tentatively called Long Horizon. Exploring my readiness to launch a digital and physical magazine focused on creative non-fiction and lyric essays, and seeking collaborators who want to build something meaningful on the Internet together.
Consider this Ethical Publishing Stack and Workflow for your Site, Blog, or Newsletter
This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum. I published an article on Symfony Station (now sunset) years ago, titled Need a Writing Stack and Workflow for a Tech Newsletter or Blog?. It did not concern Symfony or PHP directly. However, it was still related. We wanted to be the best source for news on the...
Consider this Ethical Publishing Stack and Workflow for your Site, Blog, or Newsletter
If you are reading this article, you are interested in technical topics as well as things like freedom and democracy. You might even publish a newsletter and / or articles covering them. If so, we created this resource for you.
Resources for the Personal Web: A Follow-Up Guide
A guide to tools and resources for joining the independent web movement. Discover blogging platforms like Pika, search engines that prioritize small sites, directories for finding like-minded creators, and more.
Building an Independent Literary Publication in 2025
Breaking free from platform dependence to build an independent literary publication with Eleventy, exploring privacy-first analytics and sustainable publishing models.
What does it mean to be a good editor?
Accessibility, Gatekeeping, and Who Gets to be Published
I wrote two dozen articles on Medium in November. It made me a living wage.
What I’ve learned getting out of my own way.
Tough, but Fair: How to Elevate Your Craft from Blogging to Literary Journalism
On independence, integrity, and telling the truth beautifully. (featuring Better Call Saul and Homestuck?)
My Best Advice for Medium Writers with No Followers
My Experience with Medium’s Writers Circle
This is how I’m making WRITING* my full-time career.
A Case for Independent Literary Journalism: Why I’m Going All In
Ghost 6.0 Ships with ActivityPub Support
Ghost, the popular open source competitor to WordPress and Substack, offers a new release with ActivityPub support.
Royal Society's Future of Scientific Publishing meeting
Live notes from Royal Society conference on scientific publishing challenges including peer review crisis, AI poisoning threats and open access economics.
Walking Softly: Navigating the Transformation of a Writing Life
A resource guide for writers in transition, exploring how to build sustainable creative practices through self-publishing platforms, community workshops, mentorship programs, and grant opportunities—while learning to walk softly in a world obsessed with productivity.
Mastodon: Giving Journalists Options Away From Big Tech
At the International Journalism Festival, Mastodon joined forces with Save Social to make a case for journalists and publications to join the network.
Hands on with Ghost’s New ActivityPub Beta
Ghost has announced a public beta for Social Web integration, bringing their publishing platform to the Fediverse. We test it out!
Bandwagon is Emissary’s Bandcamp Alternative
BandWagon is a new music experience for Fediverse musicians, and offers much of what they're looking for from Bandcamp.
Flipboard Users Can Now Follow Anyone in the Fediverse
A beloved social news reading platform has been carefully inching towards full connectivity with the Fediverse. This update is the closest yet.
The Untapped Potential of Fediverse Publishing
Long-form publishing has been a mainstay of the Web since the very beginning. As the network adopts it, we have to think about UX.
Substack Competitor Ghost Announces ActivityPub Integration
Ghost, a major publishing platform, follows in the footsteps of WordPress. Both platforms may be able to follow each other soon.
Newsmast Brings Huge New Features in 3.0 Update
The fledgling Fediverse discovery hub takes a big step today, showcasing deeper integrations with Mastodon, and a developer API for communities.
Faircamp is a Free Bandcamp Alternative
In response to the transfer of Bandcamp to a new owner and mass layoffs, a developer has already built a simple alternative for musicians.
Give ’Em Less Data
What if the problems with the news ecosystem could be solved by shutting off the data pipeline to the advertisers? After all, they’ve spent the last 30 years aggressively exploiting it—and us.
Magalogs & Mailboxes
Once upon a time, before the internet, there were attempts to combine magazines and catalogs together. The weird part? For a while, it worked!
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
America’s postwar fling with romance comics—and the massive collection of those comics that was recently donated to the University of South Carolina.
The Inbox Pioneer
For more than 25 years, this newsletter author has been snarking wise about weird news. Here’s the tale of This is True, one of the first inbox success stories.
All Penn, No Teller
Pondering the success that Penn Jillette, the loud half of Penn & Teller, found as a sometimes-rebellious big-name computer magazine columnist in the ’90s.
Channel None
For nearly 30 years, many schools aired a daily news show in exchange for free AV equipment. Channel One was a hit—but the ads drove seemingly everyone crazy.
Straight Flush
The story of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, the greatest book series of all time that targets a uniquely captive audience. The series turns 30 this year.
Who’s Who? Who Cares
How the “Who’s Who” concept of reference books devolved from a genuinely useful idea into a very costly form of vanity publishing.