I am back, and I’ve made a large number of changes and updates to the blog. I wanted to quickly go over the changes and what you can expect to see in terms of content on this site moving forward. First and foremost, you will notice that we have a new look. The old style was fine, it was very simple, and I wanted to keep the same vibe, but have it be a bit more pleasing to the eye. Secondly, I’ve added support for webmentions. This allows better cross-linking with other content creators we link to, and who link to us. This will help create a more connected, platform-agnostic internet. I highly recommend looking into it. I’ve also added more standard features for a blog: you can share links to social media from each article, and there’s a tagging system to make finding related articles easier
I haven’t been streaming nearly as much lately, this is partly due to my life being much busier lately, but secondarily, I am less inclined to use Twitch, since I am actively working to push back against large platforms, and there isn’t one much larger than Amazon. I’ve considered getting back to streaming on Owncast exclusively, but my motivation has been low. I may try to get on more often to support a smaller platform and help it grow. I plan to write a deeper dive on Owncast. while I believe that a decentralized, federated internet is the direction we should be heading, Owncast has a long way to go to become a player against Twitch.