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Danny Mathews

@dmathewwws.com

I enjoy telling stories and building things. Lately, I've built a couple of podcast + comic apps. https://dmathewwws.com

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(part 2) podcast creators can also include a tag for video in the rss feed for other podcast players who aren't taking a cut of it. Which we can push people towards.

But tbh, based on what I've seen Apple, Spotify + YouTube make by 85-90% of all podcast listening.

04.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

to be fair to Apple, i think it is not unreasonable that they want some monetary incentive to maintain Apple Podcasts.

Compared to Spotify + YouTube's model, where you have to upload your video on their servers (where they do ad insertion and take their cut), Apple's model is more creator friendly.

04.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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DWeb Vancouver Year end roundup β€” 2025 In its third year DWeb Vancouver (DWebYVR) has not only grown to reach a lot more folks in our region, but is also one of the most active nodes in the DWeb movement globally. Starting with just a han...

Time for an end of year wrap up! 🎍🧧🎊

Featuring:

πŸ“ˆ Numbers
πŸ—“οΈ Events
🀝 Connections
πŸ₯˜ Food
πŸ’ͺ Calls to action!

Thanks everyone for an exciting 2025. Come help us make 2026 even better!

dwebyvr.org/year-end-2025/

12.12.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, just submitted this to Hacker News if you'd like to give an upvote / comment!

news.ycombinator.com/shownew (and search for WeChat for the article - sorry upvotes to direct links dont count on Hacker News)

02.12.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

one idea is: I used the `did:key` method and bsky / atproto use `did:web` & `did:plc` methods. I could update the spec to use allow all did methods.

I do think more did method and even verifiable creds are on the eventual roadmap.

25.11.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey, I just launched an app called Antler. The app showcases how we can rebuilt WeChat Mini Apps, but using open web standards.

dmathewwws.com/antler-an-ir...

25.11.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

My 2 takeaways were:
- the type of event was a workshop (which is different than the tech meetup / hack days we normally put on) - so more friendly to regular people, not just techies
- and we posted about the event in non tech spaces (like product slack groups etc)

11.11.2025 20:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, I was one of the organizers. I was really happy with the diversity at the event. To be honest it was more about it not being the regular tech crowd that shows up. Me and one of the organizers of @dwebyvr.org chatted about what we can learn and bring it back to our regular DWeb events.

11.11.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My 2 takeaways were:
- the type of event was a workshop (which is different than the tech meetup / hack days we normally put on) - so more friendly to regular people, not just techies
- and we posted about the event in non tech spaces (like slack groups etc)

11.11.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Announcing ATmosphereConf Vancouver 2026 - ATmosphereConf News The next ATProto Community Conference is coming to Vancouver, Canada, in March 26th to 29th 2026

Announcing ATmosphereConf 2026, coming to Vancouver March 26th to 29th.

We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j

16.10.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 30
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tools-for-thought Vancouver hack day Β· Luma Hello everyone! It's been a while since our last tft meetup, so we thought we'd start up again with a project-focused hack day! Do you have a half-baked idea…

We are having a tools for thought hack-day at @z-space.ca. Come by if you are care about tinkering with your own knowledge management workflow. Should be fun!

luma.com/h2mjbhjf

30.09.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Discover the best webtoons! - Inkverse Webtoons & Webcomics Find great webtoons & webcomics, Read original stories from emerging creators, with new chapters updated daily. Download now to join our growing community of readers and artists.

All the comics on inkverse.co use that comic specification.

ie) if you help comic creators publish their comics in a similar lexicon, I could write a script that takes them and converts it to the format that Inkverse can display.

inkverse is open-source (github.com/taddyorg/ink...)

@ekana.org

29.08.2025 14:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive episodes on the RSS feed: <podcast:oauthEndpoints> Β· Podcastindex-org podcast-namespace Β· Discussion #726 Summary Currently an RSS feed is a public document and all enclosures links to audio or video files are publicly accessible as well. This proposal deals with how to have exclusive audio or video th...

Hey, I added a Proposal to allow exclusive episodes inside the RSS feed.

Working Demo included.

Thoughts? 
github.com/Podcastindex...

@bmann.ca @chadkoh.com @scripting.com @james.crid.land @jasonhowell.bsky.social @justinjackson.ca @jonbuda.com @marcoarment.bsky.social

#rss #podcasting

27.07.2025 18:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ComicSeries Help build the next generation of media apps with the SSS (Schema Structured Syndication) protocol

I did make an open spec for webcomics: 3s-docs.org/comicseries

All the comics on inkverse.co are self-hosted in this format.

I wanted to incorporate it into inkverse, but tbh it felt like a major refactor to rearchitect everything to use PDS vs a self-hosted feed.

27.07.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

woah! great job on this πŸ‘Œ

18.07.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🌈✨ HAPPY PRIDE ART CHALLENGE ✨🌈

Our Discord killed it this month's challenge. Let's start with this stellar pose from @marblemass.bsky.social

Check out their webtoon: inkverse.co/comics/laven...

#webtoon #webtooncavnas #artchallenge

21.06.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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DWeb Science Fair - Call for Projects Call for DWeb projects! Come join us at Internet Archive Canada adjacent to Web Summit Vancouver. We're hosting a DWeb Science Fair and want to showcase your project, protocol, or DWeb-supporting star...

If you like DWeb / Open Standards and live around Vancouver, we got a Open Standards Science Fair coming up the last week of May. dwebyvr.org/dweb-science... Looking for people willing to present or attend.

03.04.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Example: Podcast players have this with import / export all your podcast through OPML and it's awesome as a user.

31.03.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a half-baked idea to encourage AtProtocol adoption.

For apps that already exist, encourage the pattern of import and export using a lexicon. (It might be a lot of work rebuild the whole app to use ATProto but this could be an easier way to start)

31.03.2025 09:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Talking about innovation, nothing beats the overall impact of open protocols and open source.

The "old" standards like TCP/IP, SMTP, and HTTP are what truly unlocked the economic growth in today's tech industry.

Facebook, Netflix, Spotify all depend on and profit from open standards to this day.

26.03.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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Super excited for our next Webtoon book club! We'll be reading Fragmented Dreams by
@tateufel.bsky.social
β€” an incredible story of family, fantasy, lost memories and new love. I LOVE this one!!

Join us on March 11th, 4pm PST / 7pm EST

discord.com/invite/XgAGt...

#webtoon

05.02.2025 06:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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#lakers #mavs #nba

02.02.2025 22:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh whoops. I missed that. Thanks!

27.01.2025 17:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

whats your podcast industry site? I would love to check it out.

27.01.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Talked to my friend's 14 year kid. He asked his mom to set up a Wealthsimple for his allowance so he could invest in Vanguard. Smart kid.

However, you know that famous story from the 1920s about the investor who was spooked when the guy shining his shoes gave him stock tips. This is mine.

11.12.2024 17:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Idea. I would imagine most people know the brand bluesky vs AT Proto. I wonder if the UX should be 'login w/ bluesky ' with a smaller option to login w/ another PDS below it.

But I think get your idea. AT Proto is not just about BlueSky.

09.12.2024 18:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a viral (for me) post about how I would rebuild my app on AT Protocol. I think it gives a good overview of how it works as well. bsky.app/profile/dmat...

07.12.2024 04:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Get more webtoon readers by creating eye-catching thumbnails, banners, and covers! With thousands of webcomics out there, getting webtoon readers can feel like a daunting task. And while a strong social media marketing plan certainly helps, first you should ensure that readers will ...

Readers scroll fast. Your thumbnail will determine whether your #webtoon gets clicks or not. So we created a guide on how to create the most eye-catching thumbnails!

Read on for tips, or check out the blog post: buff.ly/4g0MO8L

05.12.2024 19:28 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

I meant it I wouldn't be able to replicate that experience on podyssey fyi

05.12.2024 16:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In that case. The great user experience you get right now on bkuesky where a new user doesn't know what a PDS is goes away. (If they have to login with a provider on signup)

05.12.2024 16:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0