Mastodawn

this will likely be a recurring reminder as the weeks go by, but i'm so excited about this project. i have to share! (this is the first time i've been nervous to announce something on this side of the web!)

i'm combining my 10 years of journalism experience with my love for the #indieweb by launching GOOD INTERNET, a regular periodical magazine in both print and digital formats. and this is a non-profit, completely independent endeavor!

https://goodinternetmagazine.com/

ultimately, Good Internet will cover a lot of different aspects of the small web: unplugging from the corporate web, fighting #enshittification, migrating from data-harvesting corpo social media, creating your own personal website, using code and website-building as an art form, federation, and creating websites for fun. it will be approachable for beginners and enjoyable for seasoned indie web travelers!

the #smallweb can be hard to keep up with if you aren't "plugged in," especially if you want to find other hobby website owners, folks coding for fun, weird web projects, or artists taking back their digital ownership. it's overdue that this side of the web has an analog publication!

having a central publication about the decentralized parts of the personal web makes me even more excited to share this hobby with those who might not even know about it--all within beautiful, high-res, high-quality pages.

the idea here is to have a physical celebration of this hobby in addition to being informative, helpful, and accessible.

consider signing up for email notifications when we launch the first issue in may 2025:

https://goodinternetmagazine.com

(if you're interested in #writing an article or op-ed about this side of the web/personal websites, coding an interactive article, or want to know what that even means, send an email to [email protected]! taking pitches for may 2025!)

#internet #socialmedia #personalwebsites #blogging #blog #print #magazine #writer #technology #tech #coding #programming #html #webdev #webdesign #web #smalltech #css #html #dev #web

Good Internet

A magazine for the non-corporate and independent web, use of code as an art medium, and web development enthusiasm of hobbyists and professionals alike.

Good Internet

netop://ウィビ Jan 29, 2025

@xandra I'm intrigued

Robb Knight Jan 29, 2025

Andy Piper Jan 29, 2025

@xandra I AM ON THE EXCITENOTIFYME LIST

1337 $#!+ I did that Jan 30, 2025

@xandra seems like a good follow

TaktForm Jan 30, 2025

@xandra sounds like a great initiative. Looking forward to it.

Areeba Aziz Jan 30, 2025

@xandra this is awesome!

shellsharks Jan 30, 2025

@xandra This looks awesome! Looking forward to it. (Also sent you an email 😉)

JPeck Jan 30, 2025

@xandra great idea

@xandra hooowwwww did I only just come across this?! Yessss

fLaMEd Feb 3, 2025

hehe, keep up @sarajw :P

Jons Mostovojs Feb 3, 2025

@xandra I'm so happy that someone's doing what I wanted to[1]. I'd be happy to write as well as contribute during review process if someone needs contributions.

Sadly, I've decided to post what I have worked on for #FlakeMag in my blog, but in the spirit of 5th code jam[2], I could write a how-to article about setting up swarms of virtual machines on #Linux.

Alternatively, I can write an entry-level article about how to archive web pages and scrape stuff easily with #python (ugh) and/or #typescript.

Even more alternatively, as the most "good-interenetey" option, I can write an article about how and why to use #zulip for team and community management: guidelines, topic structures, etc.

[1]: https://social.doma.dev/@jonn/112202043937657180
[2]: https://32bit.cafe/~xandra/events/codejam5/

Jons Mostovojs (@[email protected])

QT https://social.doma.dev/web/statuses/112196820475388201 Following up on this. In case you aren't familiar with the way CfAs work — please send outline of what you want to work on first and then, if we agree, commit time to do the actual writing. Another thing that people asked about — **no matter what monetization strategy I will choose for this magazine, you retain author rights and copyright, giving only _non-exclusive_ right to publish your work in my magazine**. If you want your content to be free, it will be free.

Doma Social

Jons Mostovojs Feb 3, 2025

@xandra also, I kind of can sketch: https://doma.2038.io/test-tasks/

Index of /test-tasks/

👾 -fab-Feb 23, 2025

@xandra

Subscribed! I'm thrilled for the first issue!

Will webmentions and RSS be supported (small/indieweb)?

Flo Ti Feb 24, 2025

@xandra This sounds great 👍
I'd like to contribute some articles on releasing music outside of the big streaming platforms if I get time (and you're interested!).

Flo Ti Feb 24, 2025

@xandra Also, does the website have a working RSS feed I can subscribe to? Thanks :)

Dee in London Mar 9, 2025

@xandra is there a way to subscribe to updates that doesn't use a Cloudflare captcha?