Re-decentralising the web

Reducing our dependence on centralised platforms and services. A look at how the IndieWeb has a part to play in re-decentralising the web: making the case for less dependence on centralised services like Facebook and Twitter without necessarily abandoning them altogether. Reviewing the latest W3C specifications including Webmentions and Micropub.

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1. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb Re-decentralising the web Reducing our dependence on centralised platforms and services
3. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb IndieWeb
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/34390755362
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Advisory_Commission_on_Election_Integrity
6. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge_Analytica_protest_Parliament_Square4.jpg
7. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb the centralised/corporate web
8. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb What represents the centralised web?
9. Niall Kennedy https://flic.kr/p/apNav2 https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallkennedy/6176497431/
10. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb Silos “A centralised web site typically owned by a for-profit corporation that stakes some claim to content contributed to it” indieweb.org/silo Full definition
11. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb Low barrier to entry
12. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb Addictive & compelling
13. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb user generated content
14. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb Enter the Mega silos
16. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb single point of failure
17. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb limited/no data portability
18. The early centralised web (2000s) A very brief history of…
23. 404 ☹
25. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb Welcome 
 ...to the cemetery of acquired and shutdown websites, platforms and tools
 Often taking down with them dead links, lost content and user data
26. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb the decentralised web
27. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb “A Decentralized Web is a network of resources in which no one player can control the conversation or spin it to [his or her] exclusive advantage.” Strategic Content Director, O'Reilly Media, Inc. Simon St. Laurent What Is the Decentralized Web? 25 Experts Break it Down 
 https://ischoolonline.syr.edu/blog/what-is-the-decentralized-web
28. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb …the decentralised web in decline
29. https://chribba.deviantart.com/art/The-old-pipes-320068994
30. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb focused on plumbing-centric design …rather than user-centric design
31. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan #indieweb Tantek Çelik
 The once and future IndieWeb
 @ Web Directions South 2013 “When you get complexity, you end up with things that are too hard, too fragile and too few implementations. …A standard without implementations is not a standard at all.” youtu.be/FNr0JNwsLy8 Video presentation URL
32. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Enter IndieWeb
33. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan a people-focused alternative to the "corporate web" indieweb.org Aaaron Parecki Amber Case Crystal Beasley Tantek Çelik 2011
34. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Principles indieweb.org/principles
35. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Your content is yours When you post something on the web, it should belong to you
36. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan You are better connected Your posts, responses and interactions can go to all services, not just one
37. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan You are in control Post what you want, in any format you want, share simple readable links
38. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan What/who represents the IndieWeb movement?
39. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Community
41. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Social • Freenode IRC discussion • Wiki Public domain / Creative Commons License • BarCamp Meeting in-person to stimulate ideas
42. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Engineering the decentralised web
43. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Simplify the plumbing and give more time to
 focus on the User Experience
44. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Designing standards focused on users and the front-end
45. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan IndieWeb Standards
46. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan <article class="h-entry"> <h1 class="p-name">Microformats are amazing</h1> <p>Published by <a class="p-author h-card" href="http://example.com">W. Developer</a> on <time class="dt-published" datetime="2013-06-13 12:00:00">13^th June 2013</time></p> <p class="p-summary">In which I extoll the virtues of using microformats.</p> <div class="e-content"> <p>Blah blah blah</p> </div> </article> Microformats microformats.org
47. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Authentication
48. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan (1) Use rel=“me” attribute indieauth.com 
 RelMeAuth A way to use your own domain name to sign in to websites
 
 Use an existing OAuth provider to log-in to your website
 
 e.g. Github, Twitter <a rel=“me” href=“https://twitter.com/calum_ryan”>Me on Twitter</a>
51. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan (2) Be your own OAuth provider Enables you to use your domain name directly as your online identity Example of a self-hosted Authorisation Endpoint used to login with a personal URL: github.com/inklings-io/selfauth indieauth.net
52. #indieweb IndieAuth
 W3C Draft
 w3.org/TR/indieauth
53. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Micropub
 W3C Recommendation
 
 w3.org/TR/micropub An open API standard. Create, update, and delete posts on one's own domain using third-party clients. Post and edit articles, short notes, comments, likes, photos, events, or other kinds of posts to your own site. indieweb.org
54. #indieweb Quill
 quill.p3k.io
55. #indieweb OwnYourGram
 ownyourgram.com
56. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan PESOS Publish Elsewhere, Syndicate (to your) Own Site
57. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan POSSE Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere
58. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Webmentions
 W3C Recommendation
 
 w3.org/TR/webmention Notify another URL when you link to it on your site
61. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan *Brid.gy & Facebook Turning off Facebook for Bridgy snarfed.org/2018-06-07_turning-off-facebook-for-bridgy
62. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan indieweb.org/projects Get your site on the IndieWeb ‣Known ‣WordPress ‣Jekyll ‣Perch
63. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan IndieWebify.me
64. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Get involved!
65. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Help make the decentralised web a better place for everyone ‣ Be an active part of the community ‣ Build a better experience than the silos ‣ Contribute in-person ‣ Help solve problems that people actually need solving
66. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Attend an IndieWebCamp indieweb.org/next-iwc
68. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Join discussion on Slack/IRC
 Freenode #indieweb chat.indieweb.org/slack
69. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan indiewebguides.org My IndieWeb project:
70. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Homebrew Website Club London hwclondon.co.uk
71. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan More on re-decentralisation…
 redecentralize.org/about A collection of interesting networks and technology aiming at re-decentralising the Internet:
 https://github.com/redecentralize/alternative-internet
72. #indieweb London Web Standards / 18 June 2018 Calum Ryan @calum_ryan Learn more and contribute
 indieweb.org
73. #indieweb thank you calumryan.com / @calum_ryan