#indieweb 2025-10-01
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trwnh just found/read https://michaelnotebook.com/wn/website_enhance.html and it's got a lot of stuff in words that has been bouncing around my head for a while. nice to see someone else coming to same/similar conclusions
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zachary.kai Happy October everyone! It's time for this month's Indieweb Book Club, where we're reading The Creative Act by Rick Rubin. https://zacharykai.net/notes/iwboct25
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# [Ana_R] oh excellent. That book is available on my library - I will try to reserve it online and pick up tomorrow.
# zachary.kai Hooray! Hope you enjoy reading it/find it useful! I'm excited to read it.
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paperbritt Ooh a very interesting choice. I'm a slow reader so hopefully I can finish before the month is up.
# zachary.kai If you don't, no worries! I'll still add your contribution to the roundup.
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# paperbritt Amazing.
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Loqi [indienews] New post: "GOOD WEB GRAVEYARD" https://osteophage.neocities.org/projects/good-web-graveyard
# [social] zachary.kai excellent choice! I have had the book for a while, but other books have bumped ahead of it. Many of my friends have read and use it as reference points. This is the nudge I need to get going with it.
# stonepick I decide to make this book review my very first English-original post. Hopefully I can finish it in time
# null_biodun Gm
# null_biodun I am sorry for bumming your day. I just need to get this off my heart because the pain is overwhelming today. I am so tired and I feel like giving up. I have tried and tried, applying to so many job posts, but I get very few replies and mostly rejections with no interviews. I still keep applying and hoping I may get in. I write code, I am a fullstack developer doing both frontend and backend, and I have worked on and contributed
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# damianwalsh. null_biodun[d]: I wish I could offer up something more constructive and hopeful apart from saying: remember you are not alone, this is not a reflection on your skill and value as a person—instead it's all about the market.
# null_biodun damianwalsh_[d]: Thank you so much for saying that, it really means a lot right now. It’s been hard not to take it personally
# null_biodun if you ever come across any opportunities or have any tips on how I can position myself better, I would be very grateful🙏
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# damianwalsh. zachary_kai[d]: I've been meaning to read this for a while and have now added it to my list in the hope it'll stop me delaying further, so thanks for that reminder. FWIW, I picked up ideas reading Brian Eno's diary earlier this year. Some useful material about creativity and working practices woven among tales from a clearly very talented individual who has lived an extraordinary life. https://www.faber.co.uk/product/97805713746
# [John_Gorenfeld] I read Eno's other book this year, "What Art Does" and it's great.
# damianwalsh. [John_Gorenfeld]: I wasn't aware of this book, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Quoting the publisher's summary: "Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is an inspiring call to imagine a different future." Sounds just the ticket—I've added it to my reading list.
# [John_Gorenfeld] I'm glad you're checking it out! It really surprised me. It's a deceptively simple and short book. But the ideas in it really stuck with me.
# [John_Gorenfeld] ↩️ I just want to say that as a freelancer with unreliable employment, it is so ridiculous how employment can make the difference between feeling like a brilliant engineering genius and like the opposite. I would second what damianwalsh said about how it's just this terrible economy and no reflection on you.
# [John_Gorenfeld] ↩️ Personally i'm waiting for all the vibe code to need fixing by human engineers, that's gotta be a big 2026 work opportunity.
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# zachary.kai damianwalsh_[d]: Glad to hear it! I've heard many fascinating things about Brian Eno and would love to learn more.
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# Loqi Homebrew Website Club Europe/London is starting soon! Join us! https://events.indieweb.org/s7KX775YTB2O
# zachary.kai Speaking of! I just spun up my submission for day one. It was fun to make, going to see if I can do the entire month. https://lab.lunaseeker.com/ww/25day1.html
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[schmarty] zachary.kai++ nice
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# Loqi Welcome to the month of October! See https://indieweb.org/October for many blogging themes and start a month of daily posts today!
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