Doug Belshaw was the first to enlighten me on this self publishing principle, and encourage me to set up my own site, and publish out from there. Every drawing should have it’s own canonical link he’d say. Unambiguous words, and I’m glad I listened. This rang true again when working with Jim Groom and Reclaim Hosting on the articulation of a Domain of One’s Own, in a learning context. But the immediate feedback of social media can make one (me) a touch lazy. Reading Kin Lane’s post on the Personal API, I’m reminded of just how important this principle is to those who would publish…

Bryan Mathers

Recent Posts

Anticipation of the Unknown

This story originates from a conversation with my wife about swimming at our local lido.…

1 day ago

Origin Story

Had you asked me as a kid, I’d have struggled to articulate the world I…

2 days ago

Greetings from your trauma

It’s fair to say that it’s only recently that I’ve only begun to understand the…

5 months ago

Wikipedia is 25!

Happy Birthday Wikipedia - I've always been a fan! Knowledge curated by humans that I've…

5 months ago

4 Stages of Sunrise

This visual story is taken from The Visual Thinker - Let there be light and…

5 months ago

Potatoes Grown in Ireland

This tasty little visual story is about the types of potato grown in Ireland in…

7 months ago