#indieweb 2022-06-25
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[chrisaldrich] extermihire, snuffemploy, suppressihire, extirployed, distractihired, saltified (salary is from the root salt, which when poured on productive land can destroy its productivity)?
# [chrisaldrich] what is naming?
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Loqi Naming is hard, yes, even, especially for a personal site since you have to pick both a name you like as a representation of yourself, and one that hasn’t been already taken, though sometimes you can ask nicely (or pay a lot) for domains that are registered but unused https://indieweb.org/naming
# [chrisaldrich] I recently got an email from Goodreads saying that they're removing/changing some functionality and as a result some of one's prior data will disappear. They're recommending downloading it now if you want to keep or back it up. Have we seen this pattern before? Is there a name for this pattern? Its not a silo death because they're still there, but some of users data will disappear.
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AramZ-S[m] That's very frustrating.
# AramZ-S[m] Time to really get around to homebrewing an alternative.
# [chrisaldrich] What is read?
# Loqi To read or reading is the act of viewing and interpreting posts or other documents; on the IndieWeb, a read post expresses that something has been read, like a book or section thereof https://indieweb.org/read
# [chrisaldrich] What is personal library?
# Loqi A personal library is an online collection of books and other media that reflects either physical or digital items one owns, wants to acquire, has bookmarked to read/watch/listen to, is currently doing so, or has in the past https://indieweb.org/personal_library
# [chrisaldrich] Some of us have a start, but there's a lot more work hiding behind these patterns.
# [chrisaldrich] I'll try to document some of the specifics, but it looks like there's a late July deadline iirc.
# [chrisaldrich] What is Goodreads?
# Loqi Goodreads is a silo for keeping track of books, reviews, and reading progress https://indieweb.org/Goodreads
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# [tw2113_Slack_] they say "not to" but I manually copy/paste book descriptions from them still
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# AramZ-S[m] For the interested I put together a very badly documented, but last I checked functional, Goodreads exporter for a hackathon project a year or so ago that built on the Library.JSON proposal from https://tomcritchlow.com/2020/04/15/library-json/
# AramZ-S[m] It's over on Glitch - https://glitch.com/edit/#!/goodreads-exporter
# AramZ-S[m] Prob should take some time to clean it up and add some more data capture to the export process since it might be useful to people other than I
# AramZ-S[m] I think a big part of why I built it was that their data export was missing some major fields when I tried it out
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