On compute as a commodity “people might be open to a new bespoke pickle vendor. So we're pickling some compute and selling that.” And “Our mission is to spread the joy of programming, both in people's personal lives and at work.” contains quote post or other embedded content] [ […]

Thread of videos from @betaworks.com Demo Day last month, focused on new interfaces for computing enabled by or used for LLMs. contains quote post or other embedded content] [https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m7h2osvsy22u

The team at @oxide.computer have company docs on how they expect LLMs to be used https://semble.so/url?id=https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576 Pairs nicely (and links to) @bcantrill.bsky.social’s post on using LLMs to write for you on LinkedIn […]

Lots of great lines in this post by @bf.wtf “A world generates a story. And world-building is what the computer is for. Not in the fantasy sense, but in the practical one. Running your business is world-building. Raising a family is world-building.” […]

It was amazing working with A. Woodward on "Goosetopher2", now called Goodstuff. Do I want new geese mascot every year? I mean... contains quote post or other embedded content] [https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m7gfe42sz22e

I highly recommend Redwall Feasts Bot. What I wouldn’t give for “mixed berry cordial brewed by the hedgehogs” contains quote post or other embedded content] [https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m7g4bc7zbk2s

The Bonfire team have met their first “maintenance” fundraising goal. The next stretch goal is designing and shipping federated groups. There is lots of good writing in this post about the needs of different types of groups […]

Happy holidays, fediverse! I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]

I’m London ON for some family health stuff. We ended up at The Bombay Vibes thebombayvibes.ca - in a little strip mall next to / inside of an indian grocery store. I had panj puri for the first time, aloo tikki chaat, samosas, and paneer tikka masala with rice and garlic naan. Very good! […]

Is “Resonant Computing” malleable software with a positive ideology applied? I still haven’t found an umbrella term that captures Causal Islands, Ink & Switch, and similar vibes. Shades of DWeb principles too. I’ll keep hosting events that point us in this direction. contains quote post or […]

Railway is technically a PaaS (like Heroku). “serverless” because you don’t have to maintain the operating system. They have evolved buildpacks to Railpacks which will create containers on the fly. OR you can use it as a Docker host They are hosting their own bare metal servers. Recommended! […]

Ian @iansu is a technical leader who is looking for a new role. He’s built a number of “full stack” things from scratch and has a recent security designation. Please share if you know of companies that could benefit from his skill set. https://cosocial.ca/@iansu/115748381968706376

RE: https://mastodon.social/@wearenew_public/115729800203396909 We've been working hard over the past six months to ship Roundabout to our pilot communities. It's amazing to see them come to life, and I'm so excited to keep building & learning to support healthy online spaces for local […]

I’ve been looking for this as a feature - offline feed reading in @himmel.app (haven’t tried the app myself yet) contains quote post or other embedded content] [https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m6wr2o3pbs2b

Thank you @etherdiver.bsky.social for your "Other People's Music" blogs that helps me find great new-to-me music! https://blog.bmann.ca/3m6pzjjct722k https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m6pzjpvq7s2k

Did you know that @spaceship.com, who is a Domain Registration plus a bunch of other hosting services, has something called "Alf AI"? Yes, I am going to bug them to sponsor ATmosphereConf - what a perfect match! https://www.spaceship.com/alf-ai-assistant/ […]

Where should we recommend events & community host long videos that isn't YouTube? * Vimeo - paid, embeds work, recently acquired is a bad sign * @archive.org - free, no embeds * Bunny - paid, lots of options including APIs, no embeds * Peertube - self-hosted, no embeds Full write up in the […]

Blaine's talk is SO GOOD @blaine.bsky.social - I'm going to get his slides too, and we should embed the hertzog video. Speaking of great talks, will we have more or less tears at this year's #atmosphereconf? contains quote post or other embedded content] [ […]

In discussion with some speakers we are looking to recruit for #atmosphereconf, I said we have lots of really great tech talks, but also "how do we shine a path on the road ahead and equip community & builders with some approaches and mindsets" https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m6mutdgetc2a

I did not know the Semble logo was a cairn. Now I want a pet rock mascot. With googly eyes. (I should make sure we have googly eyes at the conference) Also a very good post by @wesleyfinck.org on naming in interfaces and products. contains quote post or other embedded content] [ […]

FreeScout is AGPL licensed shared inbox,with one-time-purchase AGPL modules https://freescout.net/modules-faq/#license I got the chance to try out buying / installing a module for FreeScout, adding CRM features I run it on Cloudron, and after paying $16.99CAD and entering the license key, it […]

Congrats! The @bonfire team hit their initial “maintenance” goal. The next unlock is working on federated groups. Help fund their campaign! https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115668118860287866

Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️ Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in. Read about why this matters and how it can […]

The 2026 #atmosphereconf is aiming to be about 2x this year. If we hit 350-500, then year after 2027 will be roughly double and we need to start planning a year ahead to secure venues. And! Start planning your 2026 regional confs too! We’re growing and need to plan for it! […]

Experimenting with @leaflet.pub "Leaflets". One off publishing of docs without a publication, including canvas docs, with all the same block types. https://leaflet.pub/p/did:plc:2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3m6kt4yfpqc2x https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m6kt5ae5dk2x

And all of those App Stores could be using an app Lexicon, and get curated for unique needs, with social signals and ownership details. contains quote post or other embedded content] [https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m6hn33zcuk2e

Finland uses “Russia-gauge” rails. They are going to move to European compatible rail gauge for their own resilience. This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary […]

I did a year after high school on a tall ship and travelled around the South Pacific. I came back and debated between chef & marine biologist (because I thought I could swim with dolphins as a job). Chose university, failed 2nd year organic chem, switched to CompSci major, hired by Nortel […]

“[open social] must be funded like infrastructure, not consumer apps. In fact, given the scale of hybrid threats, it should be funded from defense budgets, not innovation leftovers. The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced.” @seabass.bsky.social […]

eleven dance songs I made by imaginary prisons https://blog.bmann.ca/3m6pzjjct722k

When I visit Germany, there are a few products that I usually bring back. Tempo tissues and a selection of Pom-Bär this time. https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m655gm5sd22q

Making Sense of Open-Source: Ideals, Reality, and What's on the Horizon Hosted by the Sensemaking Scenius and featuring @erlend.sh, an online video gathering Dec 3rd https://smokesignal.events/did:plc:ad5bwszsc5m5jpj2sfa6uzjk/3m62suufa7y2j contains quote post or other embedded content] [ […]

Great to see @evelyn.northsky.team presenting @transrights.northsky.social Very inspiring! https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5ymfjikp22k

The business panel, Rebuilding Value Chains for the Open Web. Mostly about advertising. In the backchannel “do we want to accept a little poison”? @rose.bsky.team says, “Trust the builders” https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5ykbtpe3s26

On stage now @mathewlowry.bsky.social talking through additional tooling of custom feeds to collaborate on sharing content across organizations. #euroskylive https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5yhihcci22r

Another great panel (I am often down on panels). Catherine Tait from @newpublic.org very much saying traditional media & public broadcasters “are over”. I think bringing a static website to a network battle doesn’t work. People don’t “live” on public broadcaster websites […]

The #euroskylive name badges have a QR code that opens in @flashes.blue and links you to a starter pack of attendees. This is great! Going to steal this idea for #atmosphereconf https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5y6bh5epc25

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Kicking off @eurosky.social Tech check with @seabass.bsky.social behind the scenes #euroskylive https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5xucgyjak2z

I’m a strong believer in SDD Sticker Driven Development And this has a lot of potential. contains quote post or other embedded content] [https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5u3zinvys2d

“the only way is up!” Good morning! (High energy courtesy of jet lag and my urban hipster hotel in Berlin that has a free coffee machine) https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5snqfvlms2m

Next week is #eastvanculturecrawl in Vancouver. Rachael will be opening her studio with many of her new works, along with 100s of other artists. Go and see all the work and get a peek into studios, and then buy work from your favourites. Follow Rachael as she recommends other artists […]

Taking myself out for a chill evening dinner at Pinecrest Diner. https://pinecrestdiner.com/ Ordered a Modelo upgraded to a Michelada. I’m just an uncultured Canadian so this is not what I was expecting. It’s awesome!

Final talk of the day, Adam Wiggins Local-first software: pragmatism vs idealism #syncconf

Up way too late to catch up on this @firesidefedi episode. Absolutely delightful, really. @snarfed.org , @quillmatiq , it's just so cool to hear you guys chat about what's going on. Glad to see how well this is going (and I'm about to start playing with (Bon)fire, so happy to hear you're […]

Much thanks and heartfelt support to @erlend for writing up the kind of article that I, too, have been dreading to have to write: that absolutist OSS is bad and we protect the commons with fair licensing, non-commercial and otherwise https://writing.exchange/@erlend/115549403577231766

I’m excited to see the return of Steam Machine. With my experiments of using the Linux Desktop mode with the Steamdeck … this absolutely puts a full Linux server in a lot of homes. A good spot for a PDS, Tailscale, and a bunch of other things. contains quote post or other embedded content] [ […]

We’re hosting @syncconf.bsky.social Community Day and have an open space to drop in, hack, do demos, and connect with others working on sync and related systems. Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon. luma.com/l28n75qt

Arriving at @syncconf.bsky.social That’s @f0a.org taking a picture, who will be speaking later https://schedule.2025.syncconf.dev/profile/carl-sverre #syncconf https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5h4h3uaek27

Myself and @seaofclouds.com will be packing new @inkandswitch.com and @automerge.org stickers at @syncconf.bsky.social tomorrow Looking forward to seeing everyone! contains quote post or other embedded content] [https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5g36kt4o22r