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!