Scripting News: Thursday, March 13, 2025
The web was initially designed for writers. Styling, links, paragraphs, titles (at all levels). The ability to edit. No character limits. That's what we had to work with when we started blogging in the mid-late 90s. #
Then there was a big corner-turn in 2006. In an instant the web shrunk to almost nothing. No titles, no style, no links, 140 chars max. Enough to say "I'm waiting in line at the bank." Nothing wrong with that, but it isn't what I think of as writing. #
A couple of years ago, I decided to focus on writers once again. I started developing ideas of what the writer's web would look like if we used today's technology. #
New technology. Since the last time we looked, Markdown was invented. RSS feeds had become instant. Websockets replaced long polling. Servers got cheap! And SQL is fast and the tools are much better. We'll use all the best new technology. #
Modern interfaces. And we'll borrow the best ideas from twitter-like systems. Writing a new post should be as easy as writing a tweet, but with all the features writers need at-hand, easy to access. #
Open, for real. And best of all, it'll be open, for real, now -- not some day. Each component will be completely replaceable with simple APIs, and lots of example code. #
I'm going to use WordPress as my basic back-end technology because it is reliable and broadly deployed, but you don't have to. The great thing about the web is that it's already federated. Nothing to wait for. 😄 #
We know how to do this. The only remaining question imho is whether we choose to.#
What does the writer's web mean to you? Write a blog post. Start now.#
Let's write together!#
Linkblog items for the day.
Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year. apnews.com
AOC: "American people, whether they are Republicans, independents, Democrats, are up in arms about Elon Musk and the actual gutting of federal agencies across the board." It's the people, dummy. rawstory.com
Severance Cannot Save You. theatlantic.com
Gruber: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino. daringfireball.net
If your name is Lydia, there's a song for you. youtube.com
What to Expect When You're Expecting Catastrophe. substack.com
Early Pirate Bay Backer Carl Lundström Dies in Plane Crash. torrentfreak.com
1995: HTML 2.0 spec. ietf.org
As ICE targets a Palestinian activist, some Jews are asking if this is the fight against antisemitism they signed up for. (Being pro-Palestinian is not antisemitism.) jta.org
Taking over the Podcast network: Michelle, WSJ. wordpress.com
No response from either TechCrunch or the company, as before. Bluesky is doing great, it's time they drop the pretense that they're "billionaire-proof." They obviously don't respect this blogger, perhaps a journalist could ask about their claim. scripting.com
Elon Musk Looks Desperate. theatlantic.com
Trump plans "law and order" speech at Justice Department Friday. axios.com
The Portland crowd enjoyed the Knicks buzzer beater overtime win over their hometown Trailblazers. Where ever you go the Knicks fans are there. yahoo.com
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