Ownership vs. Ownership by Matigo (Matigo dot See, eh?)A Snap is a universal Linux package that works on (just about) any distribution or device. Snaps are faster to install, easier to create, safer to run, and they update automatically and transactionally so the software is always fresh and never broken. What this means for a normal person is that a tiny computer the size of a Starbucks coffee could be shipped to them and run on their home network. This would then interface with another server they have running in "the cloud". Rather than SSH into a Linux machine and install a bunch of dispar

Break the logjam with a simple API by Dave Winer (Scripting News)Some say to get independence from silos, users have to run servers, but that's not true. A small new connection can break the logjam. It just takes one storage service to decide to bridge the gap and a wonderful era of innovation can begin. Background Some people assume that for a user to be independent of silos, they would need to run a server. This is not true. With a tiny connection between JavaScript running in the browser and a cloud-based storage service, we can do anything a server can do without the server, entirely