Week 19, 2024: Northern Lights and Websites
Hello internet friends,
This week seemed to have been the week where the northern lights weren't all that northern anymore. There were about a million photos of them - and I managed to sleep through the whole spectacle. Well done, Dominik.
Meanwhile it has been one of those short weeks with a public holiday on a Thursday which I spend watching my cousin kick a ball around, followed by cake at a birthday garden party. Good times.
Afterwards it was time to head north to Düsseldorf for the double-whammy of the IndieWebCamp and the beyond Tellerrand convention.
The IWC was good fun, it sure was interesting to meet a whole bunch of people who I've only met online up until that point and talk about personal websites. Quite quaint in a way, but it is nice to hang out with people with similar interests.
And of course it was great to have dinner with Ben, Martin and Teymur afterwards. Lovely weekend, indeed.
Meanwhile on the internet and related to the topic of websites: The Revenge of the Homepage - someone at the New Yorker realized that there's more to the internet than just Social Networks.
Oh deere: (sorry) The solar storms that gave us (well, not me, see above) northern lights also managed to disable farming equipment: Solar Storms are disrupting farmer GPS systems during critical planting time. Apparently tractors are so high-tech now that they can't work without very precise GPS. Who knew?
Meanwhile this speaks to me: I want it all but, it is impossible - filtering and prioritizing people, knowledge, creation, consumption and off-time is really hard with all the limited time we have. So I'm even more flattered that you decided to spend some time and attention around here. Thank you very much!
And with that I'm done for the week - the sun is rising over Düsseldorf and I'm ready to go to beyond Tellerrand.
Take care everyone,
Toodles!