Johannes Ernst
Johannes Ernst  ·  3 months ago
The open web is amazing.

So we keep saying in our little subculture, e.g. at #xoxo on the weekend or all over the #fediverse and #indieweb. And generally are met with incomprehension outside of our little subculture.

IMHO that's because we are not saying **why** the open web is amazing.

I think it all boils down to: "on the open web, I can be much more creative, with minimum expense, than elsewhere, and so easily share my creations with the world."

Johannes Ernst
Johannes Ernst  ·  3 months ago
Some random examples for comparison:

1. Apps. They permit exactly what the app developer (usually a corporation) lets us do in the straitjacket they set up for us and no more.

2. Oil paintings. I can do lots of things there (no animations though) but sharing with the world is difficult and expensive.

3.Mechatronic contraptions. Lots of possible creativity there, see Burning Man. But hard to do, expensive, and even harder to share.

The Open Web? Trivially easy in comparison, and multi-medial.