I published my slides from @FediCon along with lots of links to the ATProto apps I mentioned. [bmannconsulting.com/notes/beyond...]( ) #Fedicon
I'm giving a talk at [FediCon]( ) in Vancouver tomorrow. You can [RSVP on Smoke Signal]( ). Yes, I am staging a post so I can put it in my talk! It's called Beyond Microblogging and I'm going to mostly talk about the joy of the ATmosphere.
Everybody woke up today, stretched, and just said "OK, I will release an ATProto thing"!!!! What an amazing network to be part of! (sorry to non-geeks being annoyed by my reposts!)
Protocols for Publishers is hosting two days of discussions in NYC in late August. On Aug 20th, join us for an evening showcase of discussion across ATProto, MCP, Web Applets, Web Payments -- exploring protocols for a sustainable agentic web, and futures that aren't disintermediated by platforms [Protocols for Publishers Showc...]( )
Hosting the next #IndieSkyWG this Thursday, focused on PDS Hosting. There are ~2000 independent PDS right now [blue.mackuba.eu/directory/pd...]( ) But! They basically just host small numbers of accounts. Also, other than self hosting flex, why run a PDS? RE: View quoted note β†’
We got a generous donation to work on #IndieSkyWG & give out some grants. I’m hoping to work out some other grants & contracts to pay myself, that align with growing the #ATProto ecosystem. RE: View quoted note β†’
Dear Instagram clones on #atproto: An adoption / growth strategy could be to run imports of Instagram exports. LMK when I can pay you for this feature. Open source scripts I can run myself also gladly accepted πŸ˜„
Ok so continuing with Taildrive, I’ve mounted my PDS folder on iOS… …and all the blocks are properly detected as images! https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43&cid=bafkreic6qeba3rkyhbx6pwv3hpvl7lnqvkkhsq4cogxzvhwwlvpwn6bt4i https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43&cid=bafkreihbr3xe2gji7v3si7j64befpqkf7xtzxihlqqp6hfk7dcowutmz6m
The main [Ouranos]( ) build now supports third-party data types (called Lexicons in #atproto) -- Frontpage links, LinkAt linktree-like pages, and WhtWnd blogs. [@smokesignal.events]( ) is on deck after some Lexicon fixes. Just the beginning of seeing what apps can evolve here. RE:
I feel like some people are asking, β€œhow do I build something with 13M accounts” With a protocol approach, you get to start with 13M accounts that are compatible with your new thing. Making something people want to use & figuring out how to fund your time & infrastructure costs is hard as ever.