Ton Zijlstra 🇪🇺 @ton@m.tzyl.nl

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Join #IndieWebCamp Amsterdam on 28/29 Sept! Take the web into your own hands, your identity, your creations and content, your interaction. #indieweb #webdev more info https://indiewebcamp.nl register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indiewebcamp-amsterdam-tickets-68004881431

R u going to
TechFestival Copenhagen 5-7 Sept?
If so, looking fwd to talk to you about #networkedagency #opengov #civictech , distributed #DigitalTransformation #ethicsbydesign Ping me if u want to meet at #techfestivalcph nxt week.

Want to break up big tech? Require they have API's. If you don't have a public API, you don't get to claim you're a platform, and if you're not a platform you're liable for all your users uploaded content. How's that for a trade-off? https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/07/7923/

"The problem isn't #privacy, it's corporate malfeasance. If a company claims privacy is no longer a social norm, the correct response is to find out if they broke the law."
@wendyg
words it succinctly. https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/07/7918/

Gezocht in Amsterdam: ruimte voor #IndieWebCamp op 28 en 29 september.
Benodigd 3 ruimten (1 max 35, 2 max 10-12), waarvan de grotere op beide dagen, de anderen alleen de 1e dag. Budget: liefst gesponsord door gebruiker v.d. ruimte(s). Bijv. kantoor/vergaderruimtes tech-gelieerd bedrijf? #IndieWeb
https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/07/7723/

Fake Is Easy, Back Up Your Words With Hyperlinks. Screenshots aren't proof of something, you need to provide links.Use archive.org to save a page as is for future reference. https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/07/fake-is-easy-back-up-your-words-with-hyperlinks/

@jeannie Hi Jeannie, am also interested in making more accessible #IndieWeb documentation (English but also in Dutch / German). In part because I hope it will increase my own understanding when I try to explain things to others. My wife (who's deep into WP) is my test subject in this case.

Curious to see what RSS feeds you follow. Can you share an opml export, or do you publish your list somewhere? My list is on my blog, in the sidebar as opml file. https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/06/show-me-your-feeds-ill-show-you-mine/ #rss

When I said "I read feeds by social distance" at last week's unconference, ppl asked what I meant and how that looked. So I blogged it in more detail. https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/06/feed-reading-by-social-distance/ #indieweb #rss

Our AI Overlords Are Already Here, They Likely Employ You. Corporations as a 19 century form of 'slow AI'. Because "corporations are context blind, single purpose algorithms" https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/06/our-ai-overlords-are-already-here-they-likely-employ-you/

Useful list of 5 digital ethics dark patterns by @Floridi. I'd add a 6th, ethics futurising, spending all energy on hypothetical ethical issues of future tech, while assuming current digital practices in your organisation are ethically beyond reproach… https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/05/digital-ethics-dark-patterns/

Dreiging boven de Nieuwe Stad

Join us at indiewebcamp.nl on May 18th and 19th and take the Web into your own hands! Register your free ticket now!

Where the 'As If' Monsters Come From .... https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/04/where-the-as-if-monsters-come-from/

Neem het web in handen, neem deel aan #indiewebcamp Utrecht op 18/19 mei. Nog beperkt plaatsen vrij! https://indiewebcamp.nl #wordpress #indieweb #DeleteFacebook #microformats #IoT

It’s King’s Day #koningsdag in the Netherlands. And this year the royal family is visiting our hometown Amersfoort. Despite the rain the country will turn orange in most places. (below screenshot of the rain radar, #opendata ftw) The little one has been asking to go into town since 8am this morning.

Today's PM10 spike due to Easter fires in the east of the Netherlands less pronounced than Saturday's German fires caused yesterday. https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/04/easter-fires-pm10-spike-pt-2/

EU Copyright Directive Adopted in Council, You Still Have Two Years to Go Indie https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/04/eu-copyright-directive-adopted-in-council-you-still-have-two-years-to-go-indie/ #copyright #EU #article11 #article13

Taking a look at the quality of open data of Dutch provinces https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/04/measuring-open-data-quality-of-dutch-provinces/ #opendata #opengov #netherlands