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Digital Frontiers, IndieWeb Cowboys, and A Place Online To Call Your Own

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The IndieWeb is a community of developers and designers and web-surfing wraiths connected by a belief in personal websites/domains as identity, digital self-publishing, and perhaps most chiefly owning one's content. In this talk, Henry will explore the key principles of the IndieWeb, and specifically focus on the concept of POSSE (or "Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere"), its benefits, and how it empowers folks to reclaim ownership of their online content or data. They will also discuss concrete and actionable strategies for implementing POSSE in one's own online presence (PERHAPS USING ELEVENTY?!?!?) and the potential impact it can have on the wider web

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This is a talk session at the 11ty International Symposium on Making Web Sites Real Good.

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Henry Desroches is a creative technologist and web designer based in Denver, Colorado. He’s been designing and coding the front-of-the-front-end of the web for nigh on a decade, specializing in CSS necromancy, web animation alchemy, and the dark magic of design systems. He’s worked for some incredible clients including YouTube and The New York Times, can kickflip (citation needed), loves keeping the web strange, and has beaten Elden Ring without leveling up.

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