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Intentional web

Some weeks ago I read an interesting blog post by Manuel Moreale about “The social web”.

Manuel correctly clarifies that being social on the web does not mean you are part of the social web and that there is also a lot of misconception around IndieWeb definition.

How can we define a human web where there is no algorithmic filtering and where we can deliberately be part of?

That is the web I’m arguing for. A web that is intentional, where what you consume is curated by you and you alone, where connections with others happen because you made the conscious effort to connect. And at this point, I don’t fucking know how to call that web. Maybe “personal web”? I guess I’ll go with that from now on. - Manuel Moreale · The Social Web

I think calling it “personal web” is still confusing because even algorithms are tailored to be personal.

That said I’ve decided to use the term “intentional web” from now on.

Intentional web is the web that YOU choose to interact with:

  • Having your own website and blogging on it is intentional web;
  • Surfing the web personally choosing online content is intentional web;
  • Following sites with RSS is intentional web.

I want to be part of this kind of web.

Siamo passando da una giornata di pieno sole ad una in cui pare arrivare l’ora del giudizio 😅

re: I love getting older

A few days ago I came across an interesting post by Annie Mueller about getting older:

I remember having a conversation with my Dad right after I graduated college. So I was 22 and he was 52. I don’t remember what we were talking about but I remember when he looked at me and said, “You know, I still feel just the same inside as I did when I was 22.” - anniemueller.com

I was discussing the same thing with one of my colleagues last month and we came to the same conclusion, even though we’re getting older we feel the same as we did when we were much younger.

Probably our brain plays a big part in this, there are young people who seem old (not biologically but mentally) and other people who feel young even though they are in their eighties.