(Cross-posted from The Free Speech Zone)
Recently I’ve engaged in and stumbled upon various things all over the internet that, when pieced together, have potential that is endless if not restricted by certain factors.
Sometimes it’s our laws that restrict the access to the information we seek, other times, it’s our inability to use the vast array of programs and applications that can allow us to carve our own little place in the world wide web.
In respect to the latter, there have been a number of places that have attempted to make the internet easier to customize your own little space on it, “cookie-cutter” platforms that allow you to customize the appearance fairly easy, but you’re still chained to the platform’s format (Wordpress, Soapblox, etc.).
Outside of those, you usually need to learn javascript, CSS, or html to get what you want made.
However, there are “open-source” platforms (not commercial and for use by all) developing that are trying to bridge the gap between full customization of your own personal professional-grade website and the skills you have (or more likely don’t have) to use it.
For example…