Is it ok if I'm chuckling at the annotations on this Smithsonian photo they uploaded to Flickr? #web2 #HereComesEverybody

https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2584174182/

So far, I have been delving into the #Web3 and #crypto debate only superficially, as the very few notions I got led me to abhor any kind of technology related to the #blockchain.

Since I started my new job at @dweb, though, I am finding myself revisiting my position by deepening my knowledge on the topic. I am mostly drawing the same conclusions—crypto is terrible—yet I am glad I am learning more also on what I am very critical about.

I am particularly thankful to @mai for writing this article, which I believe is a great starting point to develop an informed opinion.

Above all, as mai points out, nothing is all-bad, and there are for sure ideas and practices that can be learned (as cautionary tales in the worst case scenarios) even from problematic technologies, communities, and/or founders.

Looks fun!

SpaceHey: A Fan-made Tribute to MySpace https://theawesomer.com/spacehey-a-tribute-to-myspace/761992/

There are some things I *love* about NextCloud. It's the only FOSS software that creates an accessible, central space on the Internet for individuals.

It also has some HUGE FLAWS. It's cumbersome to install and maintain, half its plugins are out of date or under-supported, its code is clunky and inefficient, and the most reliable hosting providers (managed) are either expensive or located on completely non-English websites.

I see it compared a lot to simple storage software, but I see it as something more akin to the Solid Pods (https://solidproject.org/). Something like this could be the home for every single person on the Internet if done correctly. NC isn't doing it correctly, but it is shedding light on the possibility that it could be done at all, without reinventing all the wheels.

as I am on a #WebRing quest, I came across a couple of #articles for later:

* https://www.mic.com/impact/how-geocities-webrings-made-the-90s-internet-a-cozier-place-19638198

* https://www.salon.com/2001/12/05/webring/

Excellent article (with grammos) on why CSS was and remains one of the biggest bullshit things ever to hit software.

https://msandrini.medium.com/css-the-wrong-choice-the-web-has-taken-b0cfc1b81a57

I had the misfortune of needing to look at a #Twitter user profile and what I received instead just perfectly embodies the #web2 experience.

Modern web development is just a silly game.

I get paid to play a silly game.

Let's start the #NGISargassoInnovators Interview Series!

Meet Theofilos Papasternos, from Compellio, an acknowledged provider of global infrastructure components bridging the gap between #web2 & #web3 computing from Luxembourg

Theofilos was selected in the #NGISargasso Open Call with APSIDE - Asset Profile Standards for Interoperable Decentralized Ecosystems, a collaborative project between Compellio & Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Watch his interview:
https://youtu.be/ZJ7zIOcDKbc?feature=shared

To not forget. Nintendo DS website in 2005.

What the Internet Was Like in 2004

｢ In 2004, the phrase bandied about by web geeks like me was “social software.” This encompassed MySpace, Friendster, blogging platforms like Blogger and LiveJournal, wikis like Wikipedia, and even 1990s staples like online forums and message boards ｣

https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-2004/

After weeks of delay in closing the proposed Ziff Davis Enterprise acquisition of ReadWriteWeb, and seeing Ars Technica and PaidContent both get bought in mid-2008, I decide enough is enough. I'd spent $50k of my own money to try and get this deal done, and it was all for nothing. https://cybercultural.com/p/034-rww-withdraws-from-zde-deal/ #InternetHistory #Web2 #Serialization

#web3 isn’t #cypto / #blockchain , it’s #web2 sites pivoting to selling their user generated content to #AI companies to consume and regurgitate back to #web2 consumers.

Garbage In Garbage Out has always been true.

#everythingisaremix

Soylent Green is people.

Una respuesta moderada a Rodrigo Taramona ¿Estamos preparados para la era de la información?
Este video me enojó tanto que me sacó de mi retiro voluntario #web2.0 #empleo #emprendimiento
https://video.anartist.org/w/57cNWrQDtZo7xGEP4eU5Ub

Remember the newspaper #facebook was trying to disappear? They posted an update:

A day after a Facebook spokesman apologized for blocking Kansas Reflector articles by mistake, the social media giant blocked all links to two other news sites that republished a Kansas Reflector column.

These days I find #openaccess academic research that uses #ML is mostly all show, no tell. Few spill the beans on the full workflow (pre-processing, model and model weights). You get fancy maps, poor uncertainty characteristics and no way to reproduce results (even worse when drivers are hidden behind "platforms").

If #web2 has taught us anything it is that platforms are another way of gatekeeping, which is perceived to be sharing but mostly benefits the platform itself. Thusfar, #openscience.

Revisiting LibraryThing this holiday I found three of me there: identities from 2005, 2008, and 2018. Interestingly there's little overlap among my three libraries.

Now I'm exploring libraries from friends and acquaintances whose book choices from those eras are preserved as if in amber. The recommendations are timeless.

The site has held up nicely too. No need to jump on the React bandwagon, though a sprinkling of HTMX might be appropriate!