Formats over apps.
File Over App: A Philosophy for Digital Longevity
My take on the 'file over app' philosophy and why it’s essential for keeping my data resilient and built to last.
The disconnect between web pages and the social filesystem. - Chris's Corner
And a community proposal to fix it.
The disconnect between web pages and the social filesystem. - Chris's Corner
And a community proposal to fix it.
The disconnect between web pages and the social filesystem. - Chris's Corner
And a community proposal to fix it.
Traditional Social Media as a Prison - What’s Happening on My Feed?
Social media apps have become a vehicle for community building, world news, and political campaigns. As app owners have enmeshed themselves more with the state, the carceral logics that haunt marginalized communities offline, became a part of their digital realities online.
Social apps | at-store
Social-layer apps focused on posting, discovery, conversation, and relationship-building across the network.
Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol | TechCrunch
A list of AT Protocol-based, consumer-facing apps that are either built on top of Bluesky or its underlying protocol, allowing users to take back control over their social networking experiences and personal data.
The Linear Oppression of Note-taking Apps
What we lose when our digital notes remove the freedom to move
Special episode: Apps vs Files with Gordon Brander, Peter van Hardenberg & Jess Martin.
Building Apps With ATProto
It's hard for non-technical people to understand that #atproto (Bluesky, and friends) really is a different breed of social software. One where our data, and connections are no longer taken hostage by the platform and we're free to store our data wherever we want
I know I’ve said this before and recently, but I’m over the skeuomorphic UX of Bluesky that makes it look and feel like a 20 year old social media app. I’m ready for new experiences for this kind of media/data. This information architecture is played out. Let’s try some new ideas with other clients.
