Tag: mastodon

  • Mastodon for iPhone & iPad

    Mastodon for iPhone & iPad

    Did you know that I run my own social network? You might have heard me talk about oslo.town before today, either online or in-person. Behind the scenes, oslo.town is powered by Mastodon – a bit of free software.

    Every website that runs Mastodon should work pretty well on your mobile phone, but you can also download apps to do the same thing. And some people prefer apps.

    There were some decent apps for Android (Tusky) and iPhone (Metatext), but there wasn’t an official app for Mastodon. Until now!

    Whether you use Mastodon or not, you should download the app to your iPhone and give it a try! It’s free. It’s new. And for me, exciting.

    Drop a follow in my direction: @matt@oslo.town

  • Merchandise

    Merchandise

    I recently added my little social network logo to Red Bubble – which means you can now buy a whole plethora of oslo.town merchandise.

    oslo.town has recently topped 100 members and was never meant to be a big thing, so I’m quite happy with this. And, I’m not expecting to see people (other than myself) walking around the city wearing merch – but the option is there should you want to own some swag.

    20% of all purchases go to running the site. The rest goes to production and distribution.

    Red Bubble, almost laughably, will print on anything – so now you can pick up an oslo.town pin badge, iPhone case, backpack, wall clock, pillow and the classic t-shirt.

  • mastodon.scot — a social network for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    mastodon.scot — a social network for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    If you’re looking for an alternative to Twitter, you don’t need to look further than Mastodon. But, if you live or come from Scotland, then you might want to join your fellow country-folk on a social network for Scotland.

    mastodon.scot is a bilingual online community, inviting Scottish folk to sign up and chat with the 1,500 other members of the site.

    And, if you don’t know anyone on the site, you can always invite your friends or follow some of the 2 million people on the wider network – called the fediverse.

    A Mastodon instance

    mastodon.scot is based on the same technology as the social network that I run for the people of Oslo — oslo.town. Both sites are able to ‘talk’ to one another and members of oslo.town are able to follow and interact with members of mastodon.scot.

    If you want to get to grips with Mastodon, but don’t live in either Scotland or Oslo, check out some of the Mastodon instances you can join.

    And, if you have any questions about mastodon.scot, check out the profile of @trumpet@mastodon.scot for more information.

  • toot.wales — a social network for Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    toot.wales — a social network for Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    If you’re looking for an alternative to Twitter, you don’t need to look further than Mastodon. But, if you live or come from Wales, then you might want to join your fellow country-folk on a social network for Wales.

    toot.wales (or Tŵt Cymru) is a bilingual online community, inviting Welsh folk to sign up and chat with the 3,500 other members of toot.wales.

    And, if you don’t know anyone on the site, you can always invite your friends or follow some of the 2 million people on the wider network – called the fediverse.

    A Mastodon instance

    toot.wales is based on the same technology as the social network that I run for the people of Oslo — oslo.town. Both sites are able to ‘talk’ to one another and members of oslo.town are able to follow and interact with members of toot.wales.

    If you want to get to grips with Mastodon, but don’t live in either Wales or Oslo, check out some of the Mastodon instances you can join.

    And, if you have any questions about toot.wales, check out the profile of @jaz@toot.wales for more information.