Digital Crossroads is a mishmash of the coolest updates, deep dives, and quirky insights from across the digital realm. We cover topics like RSS, the Fediverse, and the latest and greatest in the world of social media. Crossroads is for anyone who's ever been curious about the behind-the-scenes of the Internet, the future of online privacy, or just loves a good tech tale.
I wanted to follow new content posted to Printables.com with a feed reader, but Printables.com doesn't provide one. Neither do the other obvious 3d model catalogues. So, I started building one. I have something that spits out an Atom feed and a couple of beta testers gave me some valuable feedback. ...
Heroes and villains: We use these words to describe people, but how do we make the determination of which is which… and when? Premee Mohamed is thinking about this in One Message Remains, and in this Big Idea for the story collection, is offering some insights on when and where the line between them...
Is AI good or bad? Seems like Buzzfeed's CEO isn't totally sure.
We added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog in 2018. In the years since, we’ve improved it a lot. And we’ve seen how people actually use it. Mastodon and other popular fediverse software have had a huge impact on the open web. There is a lot to like. By focusing on tens of thousands of smaller commun...
Federico’s Todoist shortcuts. Earlier today, Federico released a collection of four advanced Todoist shortcuts as part of his Automation Academy column, an exclusive perk of Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Federico started using Todoist again a few months ago specifically because it has a robust ...
Micro Social started as a personal project to solve a simple problem — I wanted a better way to use micro.blog. Something that felt more customisable, modern, and streamlined, while still staying true to the simplicity of the platform. Why Build Micro Social? Over time, I found myself wanting more c...
This is a special edition containing links to five of the best sources on the Internet to keep abreast of the latest trending topics and discover new writers. And then there is a bonus feed. 1 follow my favorite IndieWeb bloggers via RSS to stay abreast of what they are up to, for inspiration and ed...
We're all trying to find the guy who did this The post Buzzfeed CEO Wants To Solve The Internet’s Problems By Making His Own Version Of Those Problems appeared first on Aftermath.
It’s a question that’s crossed the minds of countless news executives over the past two decades: How can I get my reporters to spend less time on Twitter? For years, Twitter offered journalists an enthralling mix of community, excitement, and eyeballs. It was a buzzing global newsroom, where you cou...
BuzzFeed plans on launching a new social platform “built specifically to spread joy and enable playful creative expression.” In a blog post published on Tuesday, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti highlights the “growing discontent” with platforms using AI-driven algorithms to keep users glue...
Most of the internet’s blessings—the opportunities for communities to connect despite physical borders and oppressive controls, the avenues to hold the powerful accountable without immediate censorship, the sharing of our hopes and frustrations with loved ones and strangers alike—tend to come at a p...
Bluesky users on Android now have access to a new app that works more like Instagram than X. On Tuesday, an app called Pinksky launched an Android version of its photo-centric social networking experience built on top of Bluesky. The app is now one of many attempting to court former Instagram users ...
After “fixing” BBC News’ RSS feeds I noticed that I was seeing less news (and, somehow, stressing less over everything happening in the USA). Turns out that in switching myself to my new system I’d subscribed to the UK edition, whereas previously I’d been on the Full edition. I’ve corrected it now i...
In a recent episode of the Uncanny Valley podcast about quitting social media, Lauren Goode talked about a framework she applies to see if the time she’s spending on social media is serving her well. From the transcript: I have been toying with this idea of a framework for a while as I’ve thought ab...
Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the end of the world — watching as the growth-at-all-costs, hyper-financialized Rot Economy seemingly tarnishes every corner of our digital lives. My core frustration isn't just how shitty things have gott...
Naz Hamid writes about how we should all keep social networks in their place; as methods of distribution rather than longterm means of connection or publication. He also contrasts that to how we could be thinking of our websites: “If you care about your creativity, and what you make and bring into t...
I’ve been trying out a new technique to plug in knowledge and capabilities to AI apps like chat, using an emerging open standard from Anthropic called Model Context Protocol (MCP). It’s early days but it has momentum. So I would say that right now is the time for organisations to jump in with some l...
When we think about AI, we can't only think of what it has generated. We need to think about what it does to what the world has already created. The post What happens to what we’ve already created? appeared first on The History of the Web.
How a new initiative from Google, OpenAI, Discord and others could transform trust and safety
Apple introduces new app called 'Apple Invites', The Iconfactory launches Tapestry, beyond the traditional portfolio, and more in this week's issue of Creativerly.