Sunday, 10 May 2026
I looked through Common Crawl and found over 500,000 parseable RSS/Atom feeds, confirming that Web feeds are still a major part of the Open Web. But most aren’t high quality, and autodiscovery often points users at stale or abandoned feeds.Friday, 24 April 2026
Every online interaction is a lopsided negotiation. For AI to truly work for us, we need more than just safety -- we need to start building true agency as a form of collective bargaining.Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Standards work is notoriously hard to track. Let’s explore if grounding AI in working group records can make that history more accessible.Friday, 20 February 2026
Openness makes the Internet harder to govern — but also makes it resilient, innovative, and difficult to capture. Let's look at how the openness of the Internet both defines it and ensures its success.Friday, 13 February 2026
The voluntary nature of Internet standards means that the biggest power move may be to avoid playing the game. Let's take a look.Tuesday, 20 January 2026
The Open Web means several things to different people, depending on context, but recently discussions have focused on the Web's Openness in terms of access to information -- how easy it is to publish and obtain information without barriers there.Sunday, 26 October 2025
Some thoughts about how to schedule online meetings for a global organisation in an equitable way.Saturday, 20 September 2025
Achieving policymakers' goals in coordination with Internet standards activity can be difficult. This post explores some of the options and considerations involved.Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Is AI a useful option for policymakers who want to evaluate open standards? Let's take a look.Sunday, 9 February 2025
What can Apple do in the face of a UK order to weaken encryption worldwide? Decentralize iCloud, to start.
Hi, I’m Mark Nottingham. I write about the Web, protocol design, HTTP, Internet governance, and more. This is a personal blog, it does not represent anyone else. Find out more.
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