What were some of Marisa Meltzer’s delightful discoveries while researching and writing “It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin”? Her dispatch from the road includes a Bardot streaming series, a Korean-French noodle gem, and a “wild and wonderful” secondhand shop in Paris. Francophiles […]

Photo from last week's book launch event with @pluralistic and Jenny Odell. Packed house at SF Public Works.

Quiet voices carry power! It’s just that sometimes quiet people need a little help learning how to be loud(er). @goldiechan is here to help in her new book, "Personal Branding for Introverts." Here's the companion interview in my newsletter. 💚 […]

Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard curated by @miaq that celebrates the work of photographers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. Discover Corky Lee's documentation of Asian American activism, how Manny Crisostomo travels to capture images of Indigenous and Pacific Islander people, and more. “Our […]

They may share a suffix (and a protocol), but Blacksky isn’t hitching its wagon to the Bluesky appThey may share a suffix (and a protocol), but Blacksky isn’t hitching its wagon to the Bluesky app or team. Founder and CEO @rudyfraser.com is creating a new, fiercely independent playbook for […]

Keep up with the latest from the writers at the New Yorker in @miaq’s latest @surf custom feed.

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jvfw4b48wh4e5srsx33z4fv3

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Love to see that this @surf feed maker took my Zen Tok feed and made it bigger and better by adding Eckhart Tolle's YouTube channel and a channel from a new-to-me NY Times bestselling author.

This is an example of Surf's "building block" approach to feed creation. Pretty cool that anyone in the […]

"the best career advice I ever got was that every time you do well in your career you're going to get to choose between power and autonomy and you should always choose autonomy" - David Peirce - The Vergecast

#video #quote #podcast #verge #advice #careeradvice

Just shared my experience at Flipboard's Fediverse House at SXSW in Austin. I was honoured to join @miaq panel discussing community building on the open social web. Check out the video of our discussion. #fediverse […]

Fighting words from @molly0xfff's opening talk at the Fediverse House at SXSW 2025:

“We're facing an existential threat. We need a web that serves people not profit, a web built on protocols, not platforms…It's being built right now by people like you in communities like this one.”

Thank you […]

I'm going to start evangelizing that publishers and journalists display Mastodon and/or Bluesky links on all of their pages and invest in those communities. They need to be doubling down in places where their connection with their audience is genuine and sustainable. I'm so tired of seeing media […]

I just had such a lovely conversation with #bsd "barista" @stefano about building community here. What a nice way to start the week -- by being reminded that there are thoughtful humans who care about genuine connection.

Thank you to @_elena and others who recommended him.

Now I want more fedi […]

Who are the finest community builders in the #activitypub ecosystem, in your opinion?

Little known fact: @evan and I worked at a startup in 2020 that never launched. It wasn't a great experience for me, but I loved the team we had hired, including Evan. I didn't know much then about #activitypub or the social web.

I went back to @Flipboard […]

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I really appreciated the opportunity to take part in the first ever #fediversehouse at #sxsw. Online connections are good, and then IRL connections deepen the trust. Thanks to the @Flipboard team for getting it together (and @surf is looking excellent, nice work!). Thanks to @swf for helping me […]

Just closed the #fediversehouse at #sxsw after two amazing days. Loved being IRL with so many people who are building the open social web together. Let’s do it again next year!

Be still my beating heart! New @pluralistic stan over here. 🙋🏼‍♀️ The man is seriously brilliant and I could listen to him all day. Can't wait to get the recording of his talk out into the world. #fediversehouse #fediversehouse2025 #sxsw #sxsw2025

Nails to match @surf teal for #sxsw 🚀

Our friends at Flipboard are organizing a "Fediverse House" at SXSW in Austin, TX, March 9 and 10.

They are putting together a great program with people such as @pluralistic, @molly0xfff, @mmasnick,
@evan, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2zi3nf3idhjhqmbzfqs3iqap" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@pcottle and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@pfrazee.com !

If you are at SXSW, check it out! […]

I added some new hashtags and sources to my custom collage feed on @surf, including #collagechallenge, #hki-collage, and hki-collage.bsky.social (a new collage community in Helsinki). Joins all the #februllage tags and content, plus other sources I love. ✂️ […]

Whether they're celebrated, like Carrie Mae Weems and Gordon Parks, or overlooked, like Coreen Simpson, Black photographers have had a huge impact on art, culture and society. In this week's The Shot newsletter, @miaq payed tribute to some visionary storytellers through the years […]

Collage fans know that #februllage is our Super Bowl. ✂️

What's *so cool* is I've added that hashtag to my @surf Collage Cult custom feed, so now I can see all the #februllage2025 activity across the social web, along with updates from other relevant hashtags, like #collage, #collageart […]

#leica fans will find the ultimate custom feed in @msecchi's "Leica Shooters" mix on @surf

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jj3zvx7ffca7xph95dc2nn7p

In it, Marco's curated official content from @leicacamerausa (print, video, English, Italian), plus @mike's Leica Owners Flipboard […]

Another test of the fancy new landing page

Hi @thekenyeung 👋

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jedatz9xb5v01p29chk5r2cf

#surffeeds