Learning Known

We will be discovering IndieWeb publishing solutions on the example of Known (http://withknown.com/), starting with a short introduction and proceeding with setting up Known sites for everyone and having some indieweb-conversations between them!

What you need:

If you want a self-hosted solution, you need to have a server space beforehand and some installing skills. We’ll help you, but check out this list beforehand to make sure your server is well equipped (http://docs.withknown.com/en/latest/install/requirements.html).

If you want to just test the platform or are not such techie, it’s best to go for the full hosted service and get a free subdomain site on Known (http://withknown.com/). You can do it on your own or we’ll go through these steps together.

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Who owns your identity on the web? Is it you, or the tens of corporations whose networks you use to host and share your data?

If you post something on a social network, are you sure you can still find it in 1, 5 or 10 years?

What if you could post everything on a place you control, and it were forwarded to the social networks you choose (or none of them), and if someone made a comment about your post in facebook or twitter, the mention of it would come back to your site?

With IndieWeb (http://indiewebcamp.com/) tools like Known this is already possible.

Known can be used as

• personal site or notes feed
• group tool for collaborative twitter management
• public or private group network

Read more on why IndieWeb is important (http://dangillmor.com/2014/04/25/indie-web-important/).