Announcing ATmosphereConf 2026, coming to Vancouver March 26th to 29th. We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j

My commit of the day: welcoming Dolly (@tangled.org) to Semble

Are you only focused on yourself, or do you want your neighbours to succeed?

How do we cultivate meaning as information sprouts endlessly all around us? Excited to share our first step. If you've got thoughts, ideas, or want to contribute, let us know; we're building this for you!

1/ 📢 @cosmik.network has been awarded $1M in grant funding by Open Philanthropy and @asterainstitute.bsky.social These generous grants will support our development of Semble - a social "micro-knowledge" network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto. Think Are.na + Goodreads for research!

Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...

How your email finds me... #Kyoto #京都 #PathofPhilosophy #PhilosophyWalk #Japan #MaySickness #五月病

Today’s #WebSummitVancouver Coffee Culture Connect is supported by @feathers.dev and @mozilla.org Check out #localfirst chat - data on your device, works offline & secure auth features chat.feathers.dev

@pouriade.com got to come by and see Smile/Scroll.exe live again!

Heartbeat. #touchdesigner #sketch #worldtree

Designers think by making. This is why prolific ideation is so important. You can delegate some to AI but there are muscles that will atrophy. That is the intersection of systems thinking, interaction, framing and behavioral hypothesis in the journey of crafting. These muscles gives you ingenuity.

Just got off a call with @benjaminwaldman.bsky.social who is building @gandersocial.bsky.social - a Canadian-focused Bluesky app. They've started by forking social app on mobile and are thinking through other pieces. Sign up for early access here

"One's ability to articulate an idea always lags behind the understanding of the idea, and the understanding of an idea often lags behind the embodiment in which it is first given life."

You begin to build embodied knowledge -> what some call "muscle memory" but is really rhythmic trust. -- Buttons stay where you left them. -- Gestures behave the same way across tools. -- The rules of interaction don’t shift silently overnight. It’s not nostalgia. It’s neurological respect.

something people don't talk much about in this era of "publishers expecting a near-finished game before investing" is games are being made sub-optimally in order to speed-run vertical slices/convincing demos instead of finalising systems then building content, you have to make content alongside 1/

This still holds up, definitely worth a read

sometimes the best thing you can do is sit near some really nice trees and talk about how to maybe make human communication better

I’ve been so inspired by all the people at #ATmosphereConf and their works, can’t wait to get back home and continue designing and building

Preach! 🔥

What a simple truth and humbling reminder of our responsibility: don’t be complacent #ATmosphereConf @kissane.bsky.social

Next presentation at #atmosphereconf about @lexicon.community!

@jay.bsky.team's fit giving heavy @greatdismal.bsky.social Neuromancer vibes 🔥🔥🔥

You’re too busy to post, but I, on the other hand, have nothing to share, empty head.

Riding the high from shipping a smol website for @z-space.ca today. @jonny.z-space.ca had some last minute feedback which was in fact the exact glitch we needed. Thanks @intermolecularhiss.bsky.social @pouriade.com for fun times! Looking forward to more! z-space.ca

channelling my energy into this small act right now! posted this to my instagram story in the hopes of being a resource to any website-curious friends :)

Thinking about using a UI library for Ouranos; it's going to impose some arbitrary limits but it'll make experimentation and development easier. If I go through with this, it'll be through a soft redesign

I've been busy these last few weeks, but I'll have more time till the end of the year to work on Ouranos. The main thing I'll focus on is refactoring. In many ways, Ouranos is a first draft. Many folks have started looking at it, forking and experimenting, so I want to make this easier for them

As presented, this will go about as good as putting up a "no soliciting" sign

Did you know NextAuth.js' client-only "getSession()" helper sends a request to "/api/auth/session" which is naturally counted towards your function invocation limit on Vercel? You can guess how I found out (to be fair, it was specified in their docs)

blurring the boundaries between apps

If you visit a profile on Ouranos, you'll see a new "Atmosphere" tab. This is part of an ongoing process of supporting ATProto apps. So far I've added support for @frontpage.fyi, @linkat.blue, and @whtwnd.com. The design will evolve as I test and experiment, and I'm aiming to support more apps.

Dealing with the flu and can barely focus this week even for enjoyment, but I did manage to get through this great talk by @worrydream.com

“What you call fate lies in the knowledge people already have about you.”

Or a race horse, space station, and the moon

If you're on a self-hosted PDS, you should now be able to log in to Ouranos just using your handle and password—no need to specify your service endpoint

Watch me speed through all the Ouranos/Sonaruo in 15 min

It's the little things

Specifically on the state of the social web, ATProto has been a glimmer of hope, more so as the ecosystem has continued to grow beyond Bluesky, hinting at possible futures. I was too late for pre-dot-com Y2K but from where I stand, in some ways I can understand how exciting it must have been

What a great session! It was great seeing the things @mozzius.dev, @aparker.io, and @pouriade.com have been working on. Seeing @smokesignal.events integration made my jaw hit the floor. Amazing work. I'm so happy to contribute to this space of talented and collaborative people.

If there’s such a thing as slow playfulness, this might be it

Some of the recent features and improvements (including ones that are coming very soon) came to be as I worked at @z-space.ca and bounced ideas around—amazing how that happens

an article on the verge inspired me to share some photographs i took in 2004

Does it matter that people are internally federated when there’s a monoculture through an App View that’s (naturally!) interested in its own events? We can argue about the extent to which the opinionated nature of this layer influences community building, but let’s see more App Views first

this is a period in history in which it's more important than ever to be socially and civilly engaged. if we're going to take people away from more physical engagements, what is the exchange we're offering for their time? what are we giving them that's better than what they'd otherwise be doing?

"Complex tools elevate experts and intimidate novice users." That's great for solo professional tools – but terrible for collaborating with people of different job types (e.g. devs, designers, PMs trying to communicate with each other)

Cool, I can upload videos now

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