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AltPlatform

AltPlatform was an experimental non-profit tech blog about the Open Web. It ran from May-August 2017.

AltPlatform

  • 19/08/2017: Pivot time: searching for an Open Web blogging model
  • 01/08/2017: How to filter the IndieWeb firehose
  • 21/07/2017: Gathering Steem: Steemit, a blockchain social media site
  • 13/07/2017: On archiving your content + my thoughts on POSSE
  • 07/07/2017: How social media fits into the Open Web
  • 29/06/2017: The state of feed readers
  • 21/06/2017: Building a blogroll in 2017
  • 18/06/2017: IndieWebifying my website: part 1, the why & how
  • 08/06/2017: The hunt for Twitter alternatives: Mastodon
  • 31/05/2017: Introducing AltPlatform & our manifesto for the Open Web

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Latest posts
  • Agentic web patterns: what Web 2.0 taught me
  • How to add AI to your website (without losing control)
  • The Agentic Web: how AI systems will change websites
  • Building an article assistant: local AI in the browser with cloud fallback
  • Implementing WebMCP: letting AI agents interact with my website
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