I have a problem with registering domains. When I have an idea for a Web site, software project, organization, or sometimes just a pun or joke, I'll go on a domain registrar site and see what related domains are available. I'll brainstorm a bit in the search screen to try some different options for names … Continue reading How to register just enough domains
Author: Evan Prodromou
Research Director at Social Web Foundation. Past founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai. CTO of Breather, TRU LUV and MTTR. Co-creator of GNU Social, creator of pump.io. Co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of ActivityStreams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus. In Montreal, from San Francisco. Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian. Husband, father, cook, gardener.
Print Version of ActivityPub Book
O'Reilly Media asked me to collect expressions of interest for a print version of the ActivityPub book I wrote. I've added a form to the ActivityPub book page at https://evanp.me/activitypub-book/#print that you can use to let me know that you're interested. Even if you've told me before in person, over email, or on the Fediverse … Continue reading Print Version of ActivityPub Book
Birthday Inventory 2024
So, it's my birthday on Monday, which means I'm going to do a birthday inventory, as I do every year at this time. I try to do a comprehensive evaluation of where I am in life, what's going well and what's not. This year, Maj and I are travelling to Crete for a week-long trip, … Continue reading Birthday Inventory 2024
Book-Signing Party 30 Sep 2024
My book ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web is on its way to the virtual printers tomorrow, which means it will be available for purchase from all your favourite e-book stores at various points during next week. I will be taking this opportunity to have an online reading and book-signing party. The event is on … Continue reading Book-Signing Party 30 Sep 2024
The New Normal
Those who have followed my health update and original posts know that I was hit by a car while crossing the street in late June. It's now been 12 weeks, and I want to give an update on the update. Just a couple of months ago, I was in really serious pain, with 9 rib … Continue reading The New Normal
A Bigger, Better Fediverse
I gave a talk** at Berlin Fediday this weekend entitled A Bigger, Better Fediverse. I talked about what has been happening on the Fediverse in terms of growth, but also what's been improving in terms of trust and safety. I also talk about why these two dimensions go hand-in-hand, and how we can't have one … Continue reading A Bigger, Better Fediverse
Media
I've had a few great interviews in the last couple of weeks. I decided I wanted to track them on a media page on my own site. I'm going to try to keep them more organized, but for now I just want to get them linked.
Health Update
Four weeks ago today, I was hit by a truck while crossing the street in Healdsburg, CA. I was hospitalized for a week in Santa Rosa with 9 rib fractures, a broken wrist and facial bone fractures. I learned how to walk, shower, dress and care for myself while in excruciating pain. On release, I … Continue reading Health Update
North Woods
I read North Woods over the last week or so, and I really liked it. It's a generational novel covering European settlement in an area of western Massachusetts from sometime in the late 1600s going forward a few centuries into the future. That sounds like it would be kind of superficial, but the stories of … Continue reading North Woods
I turned in my manuscript!
I'm excited to say that I turned in my manuscript for the ActivityPub book for O'Reilly Media today. I started working on it in September of 2023, with a lot of interim checkpoints and deadlines since. In April 2024, I finished the first draft of the manuscript. Over the month of May, I've been working … Continue reading I turned in my manuscript!