seeing out the old year, bringing in the new: https://olu.online/26-hopes-for-2026/

merry christmas, one and all!

i have a substack newsletter again cos paying for a newsletter was too much pressure for me i.e. paid for buttondown for months but sent one (1) newsletter. so forgive me but yeah, if it gets big i'll move off, olu online guarantee […]

not gonna be here for all of December cos I'm not using social media! if you wanna catch up email or my newsletter is the best shout! have a lovely festive period one and all. if you can come up with a better name than disconnect December let me know today or after lol.

new blog post: https://olu.online/xenial/

do any CSS people know why in Windows browsers (defs in Chrome & Edge at least) enabling `font-feature-settings: ss02` it changes to a font unrecognisable as the font picked, even if you use a web font or something that shouldn't have it? will also try […] [Original post on social.gfsc.studio]

new blog post: https://olu.online/waste/

@oluOnline in addition to sharing your concerns about Google dominating video hosting, I've been questioning the medium of video itself. I just rewatched “Videodrome,” and it brought up a lot of thoughts (I'm working on a whole blog post about this), but the main thing was the way it […]

new blog post on video online and google eating it all: https://olu.online/video/

https://olu.online/upload/ new blog post

new blog post https://olu.online/technopaganism/

new blog: olu.online/sensual/

new weeknotes! https://olu.online/weeknotes-51/

new weeknotes: https://olu.online/weeknotes-50/

do you have a habit of keeping quotes that resonated with you? i used to do it much more in the days i actively updated my life plan on trello; stop laughing okay! i have fallen off with since i fell off pkm/commonplacing/obsessive note-taking, but it's a habit i liked so: olu.online/quotes/

how much does it cost to run a #peertube instance? or is it like asking how long a piece of string is lol

new weeknotes isn't it: https://olu.online/weeknotes-49/

indulging my special interest in subsea cables again! laughed out loud at this video, 1000 internet points if you correctly guess the background music track before clicking through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM8QMyv-Wp0

new alphabet superset post: https://olu.online/questions/

anyone up for chatting about their non-corporate web scrolling habits on youtube with me? one on one (well, one-on-one-on-who-knows, doubt it'll pop off immediately/ever lol). chat with me about some of the sites/newsletters/forums/etc you love? (or tell me if that sounds fun to watch? lol)

new alphabet superset post on permanence: https://olu.online/permanent/

new weeknotes: https://olu.online/weeknotes-48/

weeknotes: https://olu.online/weeknotes-47/

new weeknotes: https://olu.online/weeknotes-46

does anyone have teeny tiny (relatively!) social media they love? can be closed-ish like davidsocial.com or open to all but currently/purposefully small!

new post: https://olu.online/online-safety-act/

new weeknotes! https://olu.online/weeknotes-45/

new weeknotes: https://olu.online/weeknotes-44/

is there a "state of the indie web" type survey?

would be interested in people's own processes and thoughts around tech boycotts! i don't get into why cos i'm not trying to convince anyone today (too sleepy) but DM me if you're curious ofc. olu.online/no/

really enjoyed @joehart's talk at #FrontEndNorth ! such a great day

new weeknotes: https://olu.online/weeknotes-43/

weeknotes, innit: https://olu.online/weeknotes-42/

oooh, weeknotes: https://olu.online/weeknotes-41/

what search engine do you all use as a daily driver? looking for battle tested google alternatives ig; kagi just seems okay (and expensive!) to me but maybe it's the best of the options?

a short post on ai: https://olu.online/monotony/

new weeknotes, in which i somehow managed to forget to be like "oh shit, 40!!!???!!!" but yeah. 🥳 https://olu.online/weeknotes-40/

hey @oluOnline looks like you're talking at FEN ! https://frontendnorth.com/ over on my home turf I'll be volunteering ^.^

who else is writing about/coding stuff in the vein of "this is how we make social media better"? also accepting studies and books if they are compelling/solution-focused! - @darius - @kissane - mastodon team in general/activity pub stuff - @oliphant - bluesky - secure scuttlebutt (i have a […]

finally wrote a newsletter after a number of years. finally appeased the "get emails, not followers" gods and i hope to compensated in kind with, er, something. more emails? https://buttondown.com/oluonline/archive/did-you-sign-up-for-a-newsletter-or-something/

do any of you have daily writing habits? do you do anything to keep yourself writing on a cadence in general, and releasing work? i get such strong "oh god, here we are, at the cliff face again!!" sisyphus energy at the start of every session at the minute. but it's fun when underway! i have […]

new @gfsc blog from @kim! It's Community Technology Partnerships!! https://gfsc.community/how-to-establish-a-community-technology-partnership/ What is a CTP, I hear you cry? "A CTP is a concrete plan to move from an impossible situation to one where maybe, possibly, we have a chance of […]

I'm looking for suggestions for a #googlecalendar alternative - ideally needs to be able to host a calendar with which: - I can invite people to events - people could import it into whatever calendar software they were using - I can share with specific people who would be able to edit it […]