z428 log

Lost in transit.
Moving.
Returning.
You're welcome.
pixelfed, loops, individual limits and communities.

After reading through https://vox.ominous.net/@occult/117031746774508558 , it seems cat's out of the bag now and pixelfed may officially be considered unmaintained. Not that this has been any different the last couple of years, given for how long...

4. August 2026

Technology and some fresh paint.

Haven't been writing about my numerous weblogs, sinks, accounts and all that mess in a while, but given some of the recent changes, maybe it's not too bad to sum this up once again. So, here we are in early 2026, always subject to change of course:...

13. April 2026

Protocols, revisited.

Almost seven years later and I still then and now see "Protocols, Not Platforms" - https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech - washed into my timelines. Almost seven years later, and, a bit...

8. April 2026

Rocksky and protocols.

Interesting to watch projects like  Rocksky ,  Pinksky ,  Skylight  to move forth building replacements for proprietary walled-garden social networks but on top of the ATProto protocol powering Bluesky. In some way, this approach (building new...

9. Januar 2026

Un-community.

Unrelated, started several drafts ranting about various aspects of alternative takes on corporate commercial technology. About ignoring or arguing away its enabling role to a lot of people less trained or even untrained, less privileged in terms of...

13. November 2025

Withdrawing from Instagram

It's close to end of June, and these days, my Instagram is likely to disappear. All along with all the stories, comments, connections, and of course images I left there ever since joining in 2012, as well as with all of the memories linked to...

26. Juni 2025

desk log, week 15

Concluding a long yet short week, fast-paced through a couple of days filled morning to evening with mostly appointments and long-running calls. List of personal achievements is shorter than one would like. But maybe that's part of how things are...

11. April 2025

desk log, week 14

Moving into April, short notes on a long week. Unsorted ramblings, odds and ends, as always: Still then and now running into conflicts of personal and professional mindset. Artificial intelligence, generative art and all that cause disruptions...

4. April 2025