sites – Open Mentions

2026-08-20 17:29:05 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

What are you reading? Right now I am mostly reading my way through Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive. Once you get into it, the series is really good. You will want enough time to get past six or seven chapters when you start on book one because you get a bunch of introductions before the story k [Read More]

Book Reviews

2026-08-18 00:31:53 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

Running out of ideas sucks. So save this link: Get a blogging topic That’s the Open Mentions random question link. You reply by writing a blog post and ping the question using WebMention. Don’t worry if you don’t have WebMention set up, you can still ping the page (there’s a form at the bott [Read More]

OpenMentions Mentions

2026-08-11 14:53:25 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

What are you reading? I have recently finished reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. When Brandon Sanderson said you can recommend this book to anyone, he’s not wrong. I loved it. Everything that happens in this story flows from what has already happened. As for the friendship at the core of thi [Read More]

Books And Reading

2026-05-23 08:35:16 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

I love using WebMention, but I find so few posts that I feel I can reply to. I am desperately hungry for WebMention content that asks open-ended questions I can reply to. I follow the Open Mentions WebMention topic closely (I follow them all because I made it), so ping something there or WebMention [Read More]

Webmention

2026-04-21 19:09:32 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

The thing I made is a page that lists all the sites that have WebMentioned OpenMentions, and another thing that lists all the comments from each site. (For example) It’s unlikely to win any beauty awards, but it is fully functional. A screenshot from OpenMentions.com listing all the domains that m [Read More]

sites

2026-04-21 19:09:32 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

The thing I made is a page that lists all the sites that have WebMentioned OpenMentions, and another thing that lists all the comments from each site. (For example) It’s unlikely to win any beauty awards, but it is fully functional. A screenshot from OpenMentions.com listing all the domains that m [Read More]

Top Sites

2026-04-15 18:28:59 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

A place for UK book lovers – https://authorbuzz.co.uk/ A place for making shrines and fan pages – https://isbrill.com/ A website for WebMentions as a sort of open forum thing – https://openmentions.com/ A summary of the day in emoji – https://todayinemoji.uk/ A tribute to my dear but departe [Read More]

OpenMentions Mentions

2025-12-31 01:45:14 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

I think I was tired when I went to bed. I dreamed that I was going to bed in “my other bed”. The pillows were not as good, and I thought to myself, I have new pillows on my other bed, and spares, I should use those next time. In that reality, having multiple beds is, it seems, normal. Add this t [Read More]

Dream Log

2025-08-08 00:16:28 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

The IndieWeb Carnival for August 2025 is out, and the theme is colours. It is hosted by Marisabel. Marisabel has asked five questions, so let’s give them a go What shade lives in your bones? This one. It is hex code #FFFFCC. When I was younger, I found that this colour reduced reading strain, and [Read More]

IndieWeb

2025-08-05 12:01:17 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

Open Mentions asked, What does it mean to be authentic? There is always a temptation to polish things a little. To present a slightly glammed-up version of reality. Maybe even to present things as you wish they were rather than how they really are. Social media makes this temptation so much stronger [Read More]

What does it mean to be authentic?

2025-08-05 09:09:30 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

Otto Rask makes the case that WebMention is not dying but is instead waiting to bloom. WebMention‘s time has not yet come. Of course, I pretty much agree and have said so before. I’d go so far as to say WebMention is brill. What is needed are more tools and toys that a friendly towards your aver [Read More]

Webmention

2025-08-05 02:33:14 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

Tonight I dreamed that I had to unite the humanoid races and the various factions to face the greatest threat the world had yet seen – all the calamity-level invaders at the same time. I’ve already been through this fight, which is why I know what is coming. I was the one who led the last charge [Read More]

Dream Log

2025-08-02 18:16:54 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

I went for a midday nap and had a wild dream set in a totalitarian communist dictatorship. I was helping a woman whom I knew well (in the dream logic anyway) defect from the country. She was in a position of some influence and importance, and the party would notice the obvious deviation around the t [Read More]

Dream Log

2025-07-26 17:56:00 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

My social node blog is powered by WebMentions. I agree with Matt Steele that WebMentions are cool. I’d like to see all indie blogs using them. My project, OpenMentions, was built around WebMentions. All of the shrine pages and mini blogs on isbrill.com support WebMention. I’ll skip mentioning th [Read More]

OpenMentions Mentions

2025-06-23 12:09:34 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

OM asked Do you vibe code? (Question of the week, 20 June 2025). My answer: I have no need of vibe coding because I can do awake and thinking coding. I’m old school like that. Which, I guess, makes me the type of person who you will pay to fix your vibe errors. There’s a lot of very bad code out [Read More]

OpenMentions Mentions

2025-06-23 12:09:34 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

OM asked Do you vibe code? (Question of the week, 20 June 2025). My answer: I have no need of vibe coding because I can do awake and thinking coding. I’m old school like that. Which, I guess, makes me the type of person who you will pay to fix your vibe errors. There’s a lot of very bad code out [Read More]

Do you vibe code?

2024-09-30 17:16:07 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

I asked this question on the WordPress Stack Overflow too but I thought I would extend to the whole wibbly wobbly IndieWeb-o-fediverse-what-not: How do I popular the patterns tab in this context? I’ve written a plugin for one of my sites. It supplies a bunch of patterns. I want the patterns to be [Read More]

WordPress, Using

2024-09-09 02:21:53 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

OpenMentions asked, What is the most useless talent you possess? I have a superhuman ability to instantly forget your name. The same is true for phone numbers and pin numbers. Your banking, login, and PIN numbers are completely safe with me because I am unable to recall them even over a short period [Read More]

What is the most useless talent you possess?

2024-08-27 14:05:15 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

Oh, oh, I know this one. Stores and the brands that supply them have no clue what you or I like. Instead, they are stuck in an optimisation feedback loop that works like this: They take a wild guess at something we might like. They wait to see how much they sell. If EVERYONE buys it, they keep it. I [Read More]

What is something that you still cannot explain?

2024-07-26 22:41:07 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

I would urge Keir Starmer to instruct his ministers to talk about The EU more but to call it The Continental Trading Group which the incompetent Tories took us out of during Brexit. This would frame things such that the negative colouring the right gave the EU would not apply or apply a lot less. Th [Read More]

If you could give Keir Starmer one piece of advice, what would it be?

2024-07-26 22:17:27 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

I would advise him to make sure that he tries to close one corporate tax loophole each year. Close enough of them and you’ve fully funded the benefits system. Then he can start looking at Universal Basic Income which would improve the economy and cost less than the current means-tested system. Thi [Read More]

If you could give Keir Starmer one piece of advice, what would it be?

2024-06-16 21:42:07 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

In reply to Should writers avoid AI? and copied to OpenMentions AI topic I’m not going to say that writers should never use AI but I do think we should be extremely hesitant to get AI involved in our writing. There a few reasons for this. AI writing style is unlikely to be as fresh and interesting [Read More]

AI

2024-05-22 19:11:39 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

In reply to: What do you think of the 2024 “Season 1” of Doctor Who? I’m loving Doctor Who so far. My favourite episode is Boom by a long shot. The post-adventure musical number in episode 2 felt a bit forced but, otherwise, I am very happy with the series so far. File this under “Doctor Who [Read More]

Doctor Who

2024-05-06 15:27:52 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

Replying to: What was your favourite childhood book? “The Boy Next Door” by Enid Blyton. It is not a great work of fiction but it was the book that my mother gave to me that got me into reading. The Boy Next Door is also the probable genesis of my desire to start writing. I read every Enid Blyto [Read More]

What was your favourite childhood book?

2024-04-30 04:39:47 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

In reply to: What’s your take on writing prompts? (A Question of The Week that I asked). A writing prompt is a starting idea, question, or instruction designed to give you ideas to write about. You can find a large collection on The Muse of Last Resort if you are curious about writing prompts. Wha [Read More]

What’s your take on writing prompts?

2024-03-16 01:24:26 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

In reply to: Nathaniel Daught The IndieWeb is a movement to return to actually owning and controlling your digital presence like we did 20+ years ago. The “IndieWeb” feels like coming home, Nathaniel Daught It is like you read my mind. For me, IndieWeb – especially WebMention – has felt like [Read More]

Webmention

2024-03-15 00:57:18 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

In reply to: Open Mention Question of the week: What’s my blog’s primary topic or focus? On this – my social node – it is whatever thought I happen to have in the moment. That’s because this blog is for chatting and being social. I set it up to play with ActivityPub and Friends (plugins fo [Read More]

Bloggers, what is your primary topic or focus?

2024-01-18 18:49:42 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

A question for openmentions.com’s Mental health topic: How do you tell the difference between realising you should stop because you are just faking it and a strong bout of impostor syndrome? I’m genuinely in search of opinions, experiences, stories, thoughts, and answers of all shapes and sizes. [Read More]

Mental Health

2024-01-17 18:00:00 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

Reblog from my blog The IndieWeb is great. Between WebMention and ActivityPub I feel like I have an audience again. However, I only have access to those protocols because someone smarter than me made WordPress plugins. The truth is that, prior to this essay, all of IndieWeb felt entirely beyond me. [Read More]

Webmention

2024-01-17 18:00:00 by lordmatt from node.lordmatt.co.uk

Reblog from my blog The IndieWeb is great. Between WebMention and ActivityPub I feel like I have an audience again. However, I only have access to those protocols because someone smarter than me made WordPress plugins. The truth is that, prior to this essay, all of IndieWeb felt entirely beyond me. [Read More]

ActivityPub (protocol)

Open Mentions

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Having excellent discussions using the open and indie web. Open Mentions is a website with a growing directory of open topics you can WebMention or Reply to (Via ActivityPub) for a little content discovery. Also contains weekly open ended questions to talk about.

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