Hello, world!

This is the first post in my gemlog. I'm not sure how much I'll be updating this as I don't usually have all that much to say. But I might occasionally use this gemlog to share thoughts on Gemini or other matters. I might also use it to publish occasional "how-to" articles if I feel I have experience that can help others.

I like the minimalism of the Gemini protocol, which makes for distraction-free browsing and also makes it easier for tinkerers like me to create scripts and software to interact with it. But I also like the fact that the Geminispace is (for now, at least) quite sparsely populated. Everyone has been living online for the last year; it kind of feels like being on the web is like living in a huge, noisy city, whereas Geminispace is like living in a sleepy rural village. Of course, both have their benefits, and their drawbacks.

Whenever I see the Gemini protocol discussed on places like Reddit or Hackernews the prevailing criticism seems to be that Gemini is trying to solve a problem that could be solved by simply using HTTP more reasonably/restrictively. I'll leave that debate to people more knowledgeable than me in such matters, but I don't really view the Gemini protocol as a competitor, a replacement or even, really, an alternative to HTTP. Rather, to me it seems like an *additional* tool that people can use if they choose, and similarly, Geminispace is an additional "place" that people can go when, for whatever reason, they are (temporarily) done browsing the web. That reason might just be curiosity.

Hello, world! was published on 2021-04-04

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