Should your phone be a webserver?

By @edent · android phone ReDeCentralize websites · 7 comments · 500 words · read ~303 times.

Screenshot of a Symbian mobile phone asking "Opening a secure connection. Yes or No?"

I really like this article from Rohan D "Every Phone Should Be Able to Run Personal Website". In it, they make the convincing case that phones are perfectly capable of hosting websites and - if we want more people to escape the walled-gardens - this could be a good way to get people back into […]

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How I got my username on (nearly) every site

By @edent · edent websites · 5 comments · 1,250 words · read ~11,394 times.

An error message on Flickr's edit name screen.

I go by "edent" on most websites. It's short, relates to my real name, and is usually unique. I quite often sign up to things just to snag the name. But there have been a couple of sites where someone else has got there first and started using "my" name. I don't own the trademark, […]

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