Danny Mathews

@dmathewwws.com

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

Time for an end of year wrap up! 🎍🧧🎊 Featuring: 📈 Numbers 🗓️ Events 🤝 Connections 🥘 Food 💪 Calls to action! Thanks everyone for an exciting 2025. Come help us make 2026 even better! dwebyvr.org/year-end-2025/

DWeb Vancouver Year end roundup — 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...

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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)

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.

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.