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Some services, such as Google Adsense and Mailchimp, ask you to add code to the site header in order to verify the site, add content, integrate features, or more. This guide will show you how. Inte…

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an interactive comic on the art & science of memory

Our application engine makes it easy for you to build the tools your business needs. Run your business, your way.

Most people automate parts of their job because they find it boring. I did it because I have four kids. I used Alfred, Stream Deck, and Apple Shortcuts to automate my workflow and make the start of…

Learn how to set up a library management system in WordPress to monitor collections and circulation, manage assets, and make sure items are accounted for.

Did you know that with the right plugin, WordPress can be used to run a library? Here's how to build a library collection and circulation system in WordPress.

myNoise sets the standard for online background noise machines and interactive soundscapes.

The implosion of a popular bird-enthusiasts website left many people scrambling to find their friends on new social media sites like Mastodon. Let’s make sure we can find each other the next time this inevitably happens!

As Elon Musk sends Twitter into chaos, we’re sharing what we picked up about Mastodon as we selected a server

One thing I confess I’ve appreciated about Mastodon is that, at least for the years I’ve been there, there’s been less WordPress there than on Twitter. I could pick and choose to engage with the WordPress community or not which, as my day job is in WordPress, could be a pretty handy feature. Those days […]

Extract the fediverse handles and urls of your Twitter followings.

This is a web app that helps you find out which of the people you follow on Twitter are on Mastodon/in the Fediverse already and follow all of them easily.

Setup First, you need to register a Discord application for your bridge. Discord applications can be...

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If you prefer this in video form, I’ve created a screencast that shows the steps to get verified on Mastodon: When you look at someone’s profile on Mastodon, you might see that they hav…

An increasingly less-brief guide to Mastodon. Contribute to joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.

A thorough introduction to Mastodon

Things to expect when hosting your own Mastadon server

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OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.

And that’s great. It’s also the return of Google Reader! Mastodon is really confusing for newcomers. There are memes about it. If you’re an internet user of a certain age, …

Like many in the past week, I have been having a serious look at Mastodon as an alternative to Twitter.

While it’s cool to host your own Mastodon server, it’s not really efficient. A simple thing you can do, however, is to make it easier for others to discover your presence, if they already know your website. Try it out – search for “johnmu@johnmu.com” in your Mastodon instance. Also, click “follow” for SEO tips & other bad takes. Why is hosting your own instance inefficient? In short, sending updates between users (followers, followees) means connections between their individual servers, and if everyone has their own server, it’s a lot of network activity.