We’re finding renewed excitement for discovering music through going to gigs and reflecting on how live shows offer an irreplaceable shared experience. The discussion shifts to the indie web, hyperlink culture, and how social platforms and chatbots reduce discoverability, while AI could lower barriers to building websites but raises concerns about credit, control, hosting complexity, and accessibility.

Topics:

  • (00:00) - What has you waking up excited?
(01:03) - Music and Travel (07:16) - Owning Music Again (10:59) - Re-discovering the Indie Web (15:19) - AI for Personal Websites (23:47) - Accessible Defaults and Standards (39:02) - Web Trends Come Full Circle (43:02) - Smaller Models Better Choices (53:38) - Accessibility Positivity vs Policing (01:10:10) - Assistive Tech vs Novelty Use (01:12:42) - Music Picks


Links:
Songkick
Bandcamp
Open UI
W3C
How People with Disabilities Use the Web (W3C)
WCAG / WCAG 3
CSS Day
Green Web Foundation
Green Software Foundation
hidde.blog
State of the Browser
Massive Attack
IJsland — Dutch punk/hip-hop
James Blake — Trying Times
React
Tailwind CSS
Bootstrap

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