🌱 My new personal project in Fediverse
Since it’s officially the beginning of a new year, I’d like to share the idea of a personal project in the Fediverse. I’ve built my personal information management system, an assistive “digital brain”, a knowledge graph using Obsidian and Quartz SSG (see athanassios.gr). What comes next ?
🌿Your own digital garden
Imagine instead of platforms guessing who you should connect with or what you should read, you follow people who openly share parts of their thinking; people who are in control of forming connections around shared interests, questions, and ways of working, rather than being guided by recommendations or feeds.
From a user’s perspective:
- You don’t “join” a platform
- You don’t move your notes somewhere else
- You keep your own site, your own digital garden
🌲 Living in a neighbourhood of gardens
This feels less like broadcasting and more like living in a neighbourhood of gardens. You walk around, notice what others are growing, learn from their methods, and occasionally stop to talk sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, through the things you create.
Interaction doesn’t happen through likes, rankings, or algorithmic feeds, but through activity: writing, linking, responding, and building things in public. You “talk” by publishing a note, referencing someone else’s idea, or extending it with your own work.
When someone responds, you often become aware of it naturally: a person you follow references your garden as part of their own thinking. Their notes, experiments, or reflections point back to yours, making the exchange visible without requiring direct replies or notifications. These connections make it clear that a conversation is happening, even if it unfolds slowly and across different gardens.