---
title: 'IndieWeb 101: owning your content and identity'
osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2016/program/proposals/140
beginning: '2016-11-11T10:45:00.000-08:00'
end: '2016-11-11T11:45:00.000-08:00'
presenters:
- name: Wm Salt Hale
  affiliation: Snowdrift.coop
  osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/users/87
  gravatar_id: 3e18e58f206ab70b6ebd6c8cde5a37c4
  biography: "_/?/ Kilted Globetrotter,  \nFree/Libre/Open Advocate,  \nand Lifelong
    Hacker /?/_\n\nWilliam **Salt** Hale, is a Seattle local who studies Technology
    and Society at the University of Washington (UW) Department of Communication and
    is the Community Director at Snowdrift.coop. He attends, organizes, and speaks
    worldwide at: conferences, conventions, events, festivals, and faires; on various
    topics including: communication, crowdmatching, internet technologies, linux,
    music, sci-fi/fantasy, security, and windsports. Salt is very approachable and
    will always be found wearing a kilt."
---

Have you ever worried about putting something witty on Twitter wondering if it will be lost to time and attributed to someone else? How about the ability to push a check-in to Swarm, Facebook, and Instagram simultaneously?

The IndieWeb has been growing since 2013 and strives to create an alternative to content silos and the 'corporate web'. This is achieved through creating a single source of truth for your content and identity aka a personal domain.

Three core concepts that are important to understand: 'Your content is yours' not FB/Twitter/etc, 'You are better connected' by pushing to multiple services, and 'You are in control' of the content, format, and permanence of your links.

Let's explore the ramifications of this and answer any questions you might have together!
