THIMBL
THIMBLis amicroblogging tool
doesn't involvebirds
THIMBL
THIMBLor whales
because
THIMBLis decentralized
THIMBLdata is storedon the users'own server
THIMBLrequires nosoftware!*
*...well, just a little bit!
THIMBLconnects to the users' server with...
SSH
& finger** what is a 1970s network protocol?
to access or update their user data
THIMBLis based onMammatusa distributed webserver that allowsfast and cheap scaling
is designed to create a highly available cluster using simpleVirtual Private Servers, available for as little as
MAMMATUS
$5
THIMBLdoes as much as it can client-side,to reduce loadHTML5, javascript engines, threading & workers all make this possible. Thanks guys!
.net
THIMBLcan be run with justfinger and sshinstalled
.net
THIMBLcould should be
CLONED
CLONED
we don't care how, or why, just that it is
THIMBLis a manifesto for the open web, written in <CODE/>
the major challenge forthe open web is political, not technical
- Dmytri Kleiner
CAPITALI$Mwill not fund
platforms*
free and open
* because it needs to capture profits for investors
In order to capture profit, capital financed platforms
need to control user interaction and user data
Free, open systems must be built without capital financing.
Thus, projects that intend to build free and open platforms need to be extremely resource efficient
WHATTHIS
MEANS...
simple, systems. built by small, agile teams in their spare time
quickly!
SMALL
systems that can be deployed using common internet services, cheaply
DESIGN
on existing, established, distributed platforms where possible
BUILD
i.e. email, usenet, irc, finger and not reinventing the wheel
THIMBLachieves this by building upon finger, ssh, http and dns
THIMBLbecomes a highly available, open source, distributed social network with very little new code
see what we did there? ;)
THIMBLreduces development effort by leveraging existing free software as much as possible
Hi Twisted! Hello jQuery!
<intermission>phew</intermission>
THIMBLis a performanceas much as a platform
THIMBLis a call to arms: focus on simple systems, extend established platforms
take note developers!
THIMBLis OUR exampledevelopment has been public using old and new social networks
THIMBLis promoting the ideas behind what we're doing as well as the platform itself
the constraints of time and resources are part of our message
simple, early functionality is part of our message
living in the cyberghettos of free, open platforms is part of our message
not keeping up with the Joneses in well financed web2.0 companies is part of our message
THIMBLwill succeed with a community. join us and help make a free, open, social network
THIMBLis:thimbl.nettelekommunisten.net<socialNetwork>/thimblpresentation by @mikepearce
need help setting up finger or ssh? get in touch!
THX!http://flic.kr/p/7bzdhi - savannah williamshttp://flic.kr/p/7AqaXk - the loushehttp://flic.kr/p/EoUx - bayathttp://flic.kr/p/K4QuW - CoreBurnhttp://flic.kr/p/4tc7qy - Cayusahttp://flic.kr/p/Nitmw - Darwin Bellhttp://flic.kr/p/NhQ4f - Swivhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/25787132@N06/4541845512/ - Ian Crowfeather thanks for the images!
