Tootfinder

Great article on MIDI and a reminder that open protocols won't easily go obsolete once adopted
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/midi-essenti…

A different, not only technical look at the technology behind the #Fediverse:
"What if instead we thought of the federation protocols (e.g. ActivityPub and friends) as something that could be added to most websites and make them interoperable with other sites?"
Talk, video & slides by @…
https://www.sfscon.it/talks/from-the-fediverse-to-the-open-social-web/

Open vs. Closed: The Fight for a New Internet
The Story Behind — A federated internet is forming. It's built on open protocols like ActivityPub & connects services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Tumblr, Wordpress and more into a connected network known as the fediverse. And everyone from tech enthusiasts to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey seem to want in.
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I thought I was too old to get excited about protocols, but this atproto discussion from Dan Abramov delivers:
https://overreacted.io/where-its-at/
(a follow up to his open social post)

Where It's at:// — overreacted
From handles to hosting.

DeltaChat is a cool idea but should be cranked to the max. Fuck protocols, instant messaging has never been been about the protocol but the network effect.
Not everyone knows how to login to their email outside of the web browser, a chat client should facilitate speech between you and your friend’s favourite app.
These are all open protocols that allow for direct communication but garden off others: activitypub, email, irc, matrix, xmpp, bluesky, nostr, simplex, theema, tox, jam…