#writingontheweb — Public Fediverse posts

A blogpost from @Daojoan on #WritingOnTheWeb and why to write a blog (something I do, although the reader I’m writing for mostly feels like future me): https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/

A good read from @pluralistic for #WebComms and #WritingOnTheWeb students (and others) on the topic of the Wikipedia in the main: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/05/be-the-first-person/ not least for the link to Molly White on a useful and non-trivial way to contribute to the platform.

This might be good for people studying #WebComms, maybe #WritingOnTheWeb and #InternetStudies #DigitalSocialMedia more generally (@scroeser @perthinent @tama) https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rd/advisory/bbcrd-projections-report-the-social-internet-jun25.pdf

Learn more about contributing to the Wikipedia https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Introduction_to_Wikipedia_-_June_2025 #WebComms #WritingOnTheWeb

My new online home doesn’t have the type of infrastructure discussed here, but I can see why it might be helpful and was clearly an important part of the past web #WebComms #WritingOnTheWeb https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/our-online-homes-need-infastructure/

This would be helpful for #WritingOnTheWeb students, It’s helpful to anyone writing a blog: https://mango.pdf.zone/i-give-you-feedback-on-your-blog-post-draft-but-you-dont-send-it-to-me

Many people here know already, but in particular for #WebComms and #WritingOnTheWeb students… try an RSS reader! It’s how I read https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/keep-it-really-simple-stupid/ on the benefits of RSS. It’s how I read almost everything these days.

Anyone attending the #WritingOnTheWeb lecture next week will have to make do with candy, I think. Not sure the robots will make an appearance for them, but I do talk about weird AI (I think, if I'm remembering correctly).

The blogosphere is blooming, #WebComms and #WritingOnTheWeb students: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/05/the-blogosphere-is-in-full-bloom-the-rest-of-the-internet-has-wilted-dave-winer

This blog post about blog comments by @cogdog might interest #WritingOnTheWeb students as much as it interests me (as I shuffle around looking for blogs to follow and ideas for my new under construction blog space): https://cogdogblog.com/2024/09/gift-of-comments/

Between the two units I teach, #WebComms and #WritingOnTheWeb, I talk about most of these things, so all my students might like this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TfUBuIZkmQ

My RSS feed is the gift that keeps giving this week… relevant for #WritingOnTheWeb from @aworkinglibrary https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/coming-home

#WritingOnTheWeb students might find this helpful as a rich consideration of the value of hypertext and online writing at a point where big tech is threatening walled gardens of information curated by “AI” (scare quotes intended): https://tracydurnell.com/2024/09/19/long-live-hypertext/

I often tell #WebComms and #WritingOnTheWeb students that reading their assignments aloud is the only way to proof read, but here is a longer piece on the benefits: https://www.raptitude.com/2024/09/in-favor-of-reading-aloud/

An important part of #WritingOnTheWeb is taking time to describe images to make them accessible. This set of tutorials might be helpful: https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/

Some #WebComms and #WritingOnTheWeb students will find useful things by following https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz

Just a welcome post for all my #WritingOnTheWeb students in semester 2, 2024 here at #Curtin

I feel more behind in #WritingOnTheWeb, @perthinent but I’ll get there!