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
   

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3. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018
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   #indieweb
   IndieWeb
   

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4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/34390755362
   

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5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Advisory_Commission_on_Election_Integrity
   

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6. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge_Analytica_protest_Parliament_Square4.jpg
   

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7. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018
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   #indieweb
   the centralised/corporate web
   

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8. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018
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   #indieweb
   What represents the centralised web?
   

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9. Niall Kennedy https://flic.kr/p/apNav2
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallkennedy/6176497431/
   

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10. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018
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    #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
    

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    #indieweb
    Low barrier to entry
    

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    #indieweb
    Addictive & compelling
    

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    #indieweb
    user generated content
    

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    #indieweb
    Enter the Mega silos
    

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    single point of failure
    

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    limited/no data portability
    

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18. The early centralised web (2000s)
    A very brief history of…
    

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23. 404
    ☹
    

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25. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018
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    Welcome
    

    ...to the cemetery of acquired and shutdown websites, platforms and tools

    Often taking down with them dead links, lost content and user data
    

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    the decentralised web
    

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27. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018
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    “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
    

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28. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018
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    …the decentralised web in decline
    

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29. https://chribba.deviantart.com/art/The-old-pipes-320068994
    

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    focused on plumbing-centric design
    …rather than user-centric design
    

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31. London Web Standards / 18 June 2018
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    #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
    

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32. #indieweb
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    Enter IndieWeb
    

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33. #indieweb
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    a people-focused alternative to
    the "corporate web"
    indieweb.org
    Aaaron Parecki
    Amber Case
    Crystal Beasley
    Tantek Çelik
    2011
    

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34. #indieweb
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    Principles
    indieweb.org/principles
    

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35. #indieweb
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    Your content is yours
    When you post something on the web, it should belong to you
    

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36. #indieweb
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    You are better connected
    Your posts, responses and interactions can go to all services, not just one
    

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37. #indieweb
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    You are in control
    Post what you want, in any format you want, share simple readable links
    

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38. #indieweb
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    What/who represents the IndieWeb movement?
    

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39. #indieweb
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    Community
    

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41. #indieweb
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    Social
    • Freenode IRC discussion
    • Wiki Public domain / Creative Commons License
    • BarCamp Meeting in-person to stimulate ideas
    

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42. #indieweb
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    Engineering the decentralised web
    

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43. #indieweb
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    Simplify the plumbing and give more time to

    focus on the User Experience
    

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44. #indieweb
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    Designing standards focused on users and the front-end
    

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45. #indieweb
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    IndieWeb Standards
    

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46. #indieweb
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    Microformats are
    amazing
    Published by href="http://example.com">W. Developer
    on datetime="2013-06-13 12:00:00">13th
    June 2013
    In which I extoll the
    virtues of using microformats.
    
    Blah blah blah
    
    
    Microformats
    microformats.org
    

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47. #indieweb
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    Authentication
    

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48. #indieweb
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    (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
    Me on Twitter
    

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51. #indieweb
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    (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
    

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52. #indieweb
    IndieAuth

    W3C Draft

    w3.org/TR/indieauth
    

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53. #indieweb
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    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
    

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54. #indieweb
    Quill

    quill.p3k.io
    

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55. #indieweb
    OwnYourGram

    ownyourgram.com
    

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56. #indieweb
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    PESOS Publish Elsewhere, Syndicate (to your) Own Site
    

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57. #indieweb
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    POSSE Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere
    

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58. #indieweb
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    Webmentions

    W3C Recommendation

    

    w3.org/TR/webmention
    Notify another URL when
    you link to it on your site
    

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61. #indieweb
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    *Brid.gy & Facebook
    Turning off Facebook for Bridgy
    snarfed.org/2018-06-07_turning-off-facebook-for-bridgy
    

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62. #indieweb
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    indieweb.org/projects
    Get your site on the IndieWeb
    ‣Known
    ‣WordPress
    ‣Jekyll
    ‣Perch
    

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63. #indieweb
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    IndieWebify.me
    

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64. #indieweb
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    Get involved!
    

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65. #indieweb
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    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
    

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66. #indieweb
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    Attend an IndieWebCamp
    indieweb.org/next-iwc
    

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68. #indieweb
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    Join discussion on Slack/IRC

    Freenode #indieweb
    chat.indieweb.org/slack
    

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69. #indieweb
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    indiewebguides.org
    My IndieWeb project:
    

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70. #indieweb
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    Homebrew Website Club London
    hwclondon.co.uk
    

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71. #indieweb
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    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
    

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72. #indieweb
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    Learn more and contribute

    indieweb.org
    

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73. #indieweb
    thank you
    calumryan.com / @calum_ryan
    

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