Tilman

Make something awesome on the web – Join the creative web movement!

While many of the old internet giants are crumbling, the internet itself is here to stay. Creatives of all kinds are starting and running their own websites again. As professor for Digital Experience Design I hope to support this fundamental shift with my research.

I am doing professional web design since 1998 and I am teaching Digital Experience Design since 2006. A lot of what I write here is opinionated, but I stay as neutral as possible. I am not affiliated with any software or company and will not try to sell you anything.

  • diagram.website

    You may have heard of the »small web« or the »poetic/quiet/cozy/slow web«. Away from the noise of the old web silos, smart people are publishing websites that rethink what the web could be and how it can be used in a healthier and more diverse way. diagram.website is an excellent starting point for these lesser-travelled…

    diagram.website

  • Ghost implementing ActivityPub

    The blogging platform Ghost is working on implementing social web functions with ActivityPub. They are talking about it very openly (and entertaining) on https://activitypub.ghost.org. I think they are the first to get this whole »Social Web« thing going in a way that is ready for non-techies. Here is what they say in their newest post:…

  • mocha mousse is Pantone’s color of the year 2025

    Let’s face it: Declaring a “color of the year” is a silly idea and nothing more than a marketing stunt from Pantone. But I cannot help, I am delighted by their choice year after year. I feel a little guilty for reading their shallow derivation and glossy imagery but here we are … hmmm, mocha…

    mocha mousse is Pantone’s color of the year 2025

  • Trying https://phanpy.social to post something on my blog.tilman.me. Does that work? Let’s be bold and also attach an image! What happens if I edit the post afterwards in WordPress?

  • Live from the Fediverse

    I switched my blogging to this WordPress instance and dabble with pushing it into the Fediverse with the official ActivityPub plugin, the NEW address is now @tilman. I dropped the »social«, because »blog« fits better. Is @tilman now my main Fediverse address? Does that mean I should drop my old @tilmn? Is this WordPress now…

  • It works!

    This WordPress blog is now part of the fediverse. You can follow the posts by searching for “@tilman” on any ActivityPub capable platform, like Mastodon.