If you spend any time in the IndieWeb community, you've probably heard of feed readers; tools that let you follow blogs and websites without being beholden to any single platform. PADD (Personal Aggregation Display Dashboard) is one such reader, built by me with the IndieWeb philosophy at its core. I've been using it daily and wanted to walk through everything it offers. What Is PADD? PADD is a Microsub-compatible feed reader and social reader. The name says it all: it's a personal aggregati...

I've been busy! There's a big batch of improvements landing in PADD today. It touches pretty much every part of the app so I'm writing this post to walk y'all through it. First though, I want to give a disclaimer: I'm building this stuff primarily for myself (not you, sorry). I want a good way to quickly post to my own site and read the blogs I care about. PADD is my attempt at that. If it turns out to be useful to other people, that's great. If not? Well, then at least I have a reader I like...

Things coming to #PADD (my #IndieWeb reader) soon: Photo editing Harvest to Gardn button Better input for tags on post editor Control over syndication targets via micropub Import/Export OPML files to and from your Microsub server A "Discover" page so you can see what other users are interacting with (not their interactions, just counts) to help you find more blogs to follow. I can't wait for this to be done cooking!