Great closing keynote from @monica.dev !! Full of really good advice for all creative coders. Check it out when the recordings come out! #virtualCCfest

A few years ago, I attended #virtualCCFest for the first time and left inspired! Today, I will be delivering the closing keynote at CC Fest. I'm looking forward to sharing my love of creative coding and encouraging others to archive (and share!) their creative work.

#virtualCCFest is kicking off soon! It's a free, virtual creative coding festival, and there's still time to register at: ccfest.rocks

I’ll be speaking at Creative Coding Fest! It’s free, fun, and open to anyone who wants to explore creative coding. Hope to see you there!

#virtualCCFest is back on Sunday, Sept 28, with amazing keynotes and workshops on creative coding lined-up. You can see and details and RSVP at ccfest.rocks. If you donate your funds will go to support the costs of the free event, Zoom licenses and small stipends for presenters and keynotes.

Based on my collection of memes and photos iOS classifies these celebs/notable figures under my “People”: * Beyoncé * President Obama (& “The Rock” Obama) * Rihanna * Issa Rae * President Biden * Taraji P Henson * Simone Biles * Janelle Monae * Dr. Cristina Yang * Redacted 🍊

Grateful for small joys these days, like a little more sunlight every day. Fun little map I made last week 📊

For a while I've viewed my website as my digital playground, so naturally last week's Webmention adventure—plus all the amazing blogs I've been diving into via RSS lately —have me wanting to get more involved with the #IndieWeb community. aboutmonica.com/blog/hello-i...

you are not alone.

I think the next phase of my Webmention project will be setting up a linkblog to share my favorite content & bookmarks.

Essential to remind that libraries are not just vital sources of knowledge and information but also excellent community centers devoted to under-served populations. Services for job-seekers, the blind, for senior citizens. They lend out books but also tech, cooking equipment, media players.

#VirtualCCFest is happening tomorrow, and it looks like registration is still open! If you're interested in #CreativeCoding, this free event is a great way to spend your Saturday learning and getting inspired by fellow creators. Sign up here: ccfest.rocks/register/

This Saturday, 15 March, I'm invited by #virtualCCFest to give a talk about my creative coding journey (and my ten years of daily art project). Lots of more exciting keynotes and workshops will be hosted online; so do tune in! ccfest.rocks

its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !

I've been playing around with adjusting my Webmention workflow all week! Here's an overview of my current Webmention implementation and how I'm using GitHub Actions to review incoming Webmentions. aboutmonica.com/blog/automat...

There's no shortage of ways math can be used in #CreativeCoding to generate visuals, like this donut-shaped Clifford Attractor that uses linear interpolation for color distribution. 🎨 aboutmonica.com/blog/craftin... 🍩 paulbourke.net/fractals/cli...

I noticed someone mentioning that they couldn't afford "How Git Works" right now. we have a "buy one give one" program where we give away 1 free copy for every zine sold. You can use code BUYONEGIVEONE to get a free PDF copy of How Git Works if $12 is a lot for you. wizardzines.com/zines/git/

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

at sxsw, @jay.bsky.team pokes fun at mark zuckerberg by mimicking a version of a t-shirt he designed for himself, which said "aut zuck aut nihil" (either zuck or nothing, like "aut caesar aut nihil"). jay's shirt? "mundus sine caesaribus" (a world without caesars). techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/a...

Hi everyone! Here to announce that Friday was my last day at Auth0/Okta. I’m excited to be looking for my new role though! I’m interested in: ⭐️ Technical writing ⭐️ Developer education/advocacy ⭐️ Developer marketing ⭐️ Technical program management Reposts much appreciated!!🔁 More details below✨

Also this gif has now followed me to three or four different machines now because SPARKLES: aboutmonica.com/blog/how-to-...

I've been tidying up my @astro.build site with @zod.dev & Astro's content collection schema functionality. aboutmonica.com/blog/organiz...

I've re-wired webmentions on my site, so now likes and mentions of my articles on @bsky.app will (eventually*) appear on my site! *It's not fully automated yet, because I ran into an issue with Cloudflare's bot protection blocking brid.gy requests 🤖

I'm testing sending WebMentions from BlueSky to my (new-ish) Astro site. Testing 1,2,3... aboutmonica.com/blog/getting...

Virtual #CCFest returns on March 15th! 🎉 It's a free, welcoming event with keynote talks & hands-on technical workshops for anyone curious about #CreativeCoding with tools like p5js and hydra.

There are so many lovely details on @leanrada.com like this article which features an interactive custom web component that renders the Lily58 keyboard layout and allows readers to toggle between keyboard layers. leanrada.com/notes/my-per...

make a landscape using only primitive shapes | #genuary6 one of my favorite prompts of #genuary involved exploring how simple points and lines can be used to create a constantly changing landscape #creativecoding #p5js

Wasn’t sure this was gonna happen, but it’s still 2024 here for ~8 hours 😅 My annual portfolio refresh 💃 lynnandtonic.com

Hello, Genuary! 💕💜 Vertical or horizontal lines only. #genuary1 #genuary2025 #genuary

As the year wraps up and I plan my travels for next year, I’m excited to announce that I’m attending #RenderATL2025! This will be my third time at @renderatl.com, and it’s one of my favorite tech conferences —especially for how it brings the tech community together.

it's kinda sad that digital work is so hidden like there's no messy study room or bookshelves full of works you've read or letters from people and gizmos and widgets you've built or stacks of drawings and diagrams it's all just, hidden in folders, already lost in space, and eventually lost to time

Happy Saturday #BlackSky! 👋🏾 #AddToBlackSky

Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!

If you're a Spotify user who is finding the microgenre & geodata of your annual "Wrapped" to be less substantial than usual, there's a reason why. A year ago, Spotify laid off most of its employees who worked on genre classification, including folks like data alchemist @glennmcdonald.bsky.social.

People like Jay Graber have repeatedly said that the dream is to one day dissolve the company, and for "Bluesky" to be a protocol akin the personal websites of old. You own your handle, your following, and can move it anywhere on the distributed network of little Blueskies.

I recently acquired MyFirstNameMyLastName dot com for ~$10(!) and now I have four different domains that point to the same site 🫣.

I hope the Spotify Wrapped algorithm plays well with my excessive looping of Sam Smith…

We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.

For people who want to learn how to build their own website, you can easily learn the basics of HTML with this very cool and informative site: htmlforpeople.com #HTML #IndieWeb

I already have a creative yet professional site but I’m really excited thinking about all the possibilities of creating a more chaotic and weird website.

taking posting online as implicit consent for having your data used in any which way is shitty in all the normal ways that other smart people are pointing out but it also engenders a relationship with technology and products that is inherently hostile and end of day i don't think tech ppl want that

I consider (my 🦋 handle) monica.dev my own personal playground for experimenting. It’s centered around my interests in web development, creative coding and books.

You can check your lists/starter pack memberships on clearsky.app

👋🏾 It's lovely to see so many new faces so let me introduce myself! I'm a software engineer who's excited to join a social network that values how the open web makes the internet a magical place for creators. I'm currently building educational software and experimenting with creative coding.

why on earth has nobody made this yet? if we had flip phones 20 years ago, shirley we can have flip e-readers today.