Tag: decentralized
Decentralized advocacy
How serious are we about AT Protocol / DID ?
twtxt: Simple, Decentralized Microblogging with status.lol
I set up an effortless sync between my status.lol updates and a twtxt feed, creating a bridge between IndieWeb tools and classic decentralized microblogging.
More community, less consumption
My thoughts on decentralized community building
Anirudh and Akshay from Tangled.sh and the Future of Decentralized Coding
Anirudh and Akshay from Tangled.sh demonstrate how they're revolutionizing social coding by building a decentralized git platform on atproto.
Rudy Fraser - BlackSky - Next Generation of Social Media
Rudy Fraser built BlackSky, a safe community space carved from BlueSky using custom feeds and ATProto tools for Black creators.
Jess Martin - DXOS
Jess Martin explains DXOS, a framework for local-first multiplayer apps where users own their data and carry identity across applications.
The Central Question
What is the difference between centralization and decentralization, and what should you know? I was asked this question recently; here’s my attempt to answer.
Imagine this: identity computing
I originally wrote this over on Google+. I'm sat at my laptop, which has a monitor attached via a digital connection. On the other side of my desk is my phone, and a tablet. That's the setup I actually have right now, as I'm writing this. But all these devices (monitor aside) are connected to the Internet, rather than each other. And they're mostly incompatible. What if they all knew about each other in relation to each other's position? And what if they were part of one big, decentralized, i
Decentralized social networking using web intents
I believe that web intents are the last missing piece for decentralized social networking. (Previously I've talked about creating a social web architecture using Activity Streams and OAuth; this builds on that idea.) Picture this chain of events: 1. I visit your website, and see that you have a "connect to me" button[1]. 2. I click the button, launching the "social-connect" web intent. 3. If I have web intents, my browser "logs me in" to your website via OpenID, silently passing the URL of
Chrome OS and the web as applications
It's not a Google strategy, but they've chosen to embrace and extend it: the web is turning into an application platform. Google announced Chrome OS today - an operating system for netbooks, designed to boot up in seconds directly to a browser. Applications run using HTML 5 standards, which include support for offline applications and advanced interface capabilities. More than that, it's an attack - not just on Microsoft, but on the old model for operating systems and home computing. The web a