New Video Explains the Fediverse

A proposed logo for the Fediverse: an asterism composed of three black asterisks placed in a triangle shape.

Like many people who moved to the fediverse over the past few years, I’ve struggled to explain to folks on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other social media what the fediverse is.

And all the benefits it offers.

For me, no ads, no algorithm, no corporate ownership, and no surveillance were the top reasons I left the social media platform formerly called Twitter and moved to Mastodon.

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Website Changes: Backend Updates and Removing Subscriptions

Brilliant orange, yellow and red colors of the leaves line the shore of the blue lake, the refelection of the leaves and blue sky with white clouds in the water.

Looking at my notes over the past few years, fall seems to be the time of year I start planning changes to this website.

Maybe it’s all those beautiful fall colors in the northern hemisphere that reminds me of changes and motivates me to update my website?

Anyway, in my efforts to streamline the website and prepare for migrating it from WordPress (more about that plan in another post), I’ve made some website changes and will remove one feature that may impact readers of this website.

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