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@monica.dev
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a web developer who believes the internet is a magical place for creators ✨ focused on building community & tech to elevate people. I 🫶🏾 teaching and experimenting with #CreativeCoding. www.aboutmonica.com • codepen.io/m0nica

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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@badnetworker

1999: there are millions of websites all hyperlinked together

2019: there are four websites, each filled with screenshots of the other three.
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Monica @monica.dev · 07/09/2026
I’m doubling-down on my physical media collection and forgot how DVDs/Blu-Ray include bonus content. I love that I can watch the animated movie along with feature-length storyboards and avoid subscribing to another service. 😍
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Kiki's Delivery Service: Kiki Relaxing on Hill
Alt: Kiki's Delivery Service: Kiki Relaxing on Hill
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Monica @monica.dev · 27/07/2026
I miss the World Wide Web that I grew up on and fell in love with.
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AV 🦋 @adriannavaldivia.dev · 12/10/2025
Wonderful 4 day weekend, @monica.dev came to visit me 🥰
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char stiles @charstiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Great closing keynote from @monica.dev !! Full of really good advice for all creative coders. Check it out when the recordings come out! #virtualCCfest
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Monica @monica.dev · 28/09/2025
A few years ago, I attended #virtualCCFest for the first time and left inspired! Today, I will be delivering the closing keynote at CC Fest. I'm looking forward to sharing my love of creative coding and encouraging others to archive (and share!) their creative work.
Poster for virtual CC Fest 9-28-2026 details & rsvp at https:/ccfest.rocks.A poster for the "Virtual CC Fest" on September 28th, with a schedule running from 9 AM PDT to 12:30 PM PDT. The background is a grid of vertical and horizontal watercolor stripes in yellow, red, blue, and green. The title "virtual CC Fest" is in a red, pixelated font.

The schedule is as follows (all times PDT):

9:00 to 9:30 am: Welcome and opening keynote with Char Stiles

9:30 to 10:30 am: Workshop Round 1

Art, Code & Storytelling with p5.js by Missy Cooper

Your First Creative Coding Class - In a Post LLM world by Akanksha Vyas

Tracing the Storyline by Jesal Mehta

Spatial p5 - Live-Coding for Mixed Reality with p5.js by Tibor Udvari

Computational Thinking and Comics: The Magic of Fractal Gridding by Ecy Femi King

Power of the Portrait by Lisa Hauser

10:30 to 11:00 am: Stretch Break / Info session / Networking

CC Teacher Camp Info Session & Networking by Saber Khan

11:00 am to 12:00 pm: Workshop Round 2

Vibecoding and CS education - An open conversation by Paul Way

Closing the Circle by Jesal Mehta

Teaching and Learning with Web Spinner by Caleb Foss

AI Mirror Play by ash herr

3D printing with p5.js by Gair Subbraman

Digital Quilting Circle by Tess Ramsey

Stringing worms with type & code by Sai Ram Ved Vyapurapu

12:00 to 12:30 pm: Closing keynote and goodbye with Monica Powell
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Monica @monica.dev · 28/09/2025
#virtualCCFest is kicking off soon! It's a free, virtual creative coding festival, and there's still time to register at: ccfest.rocks
screenshot of virtual cc fest coutdown showing the event will begin in 44 minutes and 45 seconds on September 28th, 2025
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Monica @monica.dev · 12/09/2025
I’ll be speaking at Creative Coding Fest! It’s free, fun, and open to anyone who wants to explore creative coding. Hope to see you there!
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Saber Khan @saberkhan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#virtualCCFest is back on Sunday, Sept 28, with amazing keynotes and workshops on creative coding lined-up. You can see and details and RSVP at ccfest.rocks. If you donate your funds will go to support the costs of the free event, Zoom licenses and small stipends for presenters and keynotes.
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Monica @monica.dev · 23/03/2025
Based on my collection of memes and photos iOS classifies these celebs/notable figures under my “People”: * Beyoncé * President Obama (& “The Rock” Obama) * Rihanna * Issa Rae * President Biden * Taraji P Henson * Simone Biles * Janelle Monae * Dr. Cristina Yang * Redacted 🍊
Screenshot of Notable figures under Monica’s “people” in the iOS photo app. 
* Beyoncé 
* President Obama (& “The Rock” Obama) 
* Rihanna 
* Issa Rae 
* President Biden 
* Taraji P Henson 
* Simone Biles 
* Janelle Monae
* Dr. Cristina Yang
* not pictured: Redacted 🍊
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Jacque Schrag @jacqueschrag.com · 18/03/2025
Grateful for small joys these days, like a little more sunlight every day. Fun little map I made last week 📊
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Monica @monica.dev · 17/03/2025
For a while I've viewed my website as my digital playground, so naturally last week's Webmention adventure—plus all the amazing blogs I've been diving into via RSS lately —have me wanting to get more involved with the #IndieWeb community. aboutmonica.com/blog/hello-i...
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Hello, IndieWeb 👋🏾
Some thoughts on tinkering around with my digital playground and getting more involved with the IndieWeb.
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geneva 🖍️ nycc soon @gdbee.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
you are not alone.
Illustration of an astronaut standing in a red and orange flower field, holding an old fashioned phone. The phone has a speech bubble that says, "you are not alone." Drawn by gdbeeart, 2025, paint tool sai
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Monica @monica.dev · 16/03/2025
I think the next phase of my Webmention project will be setting up a linkblog to share my favorite content & bookmarks.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Essential to remind that libraries are not just vital sources of knowledge and information but also excellent community centers devoted to under-served populations. Services for job-seekers, the blind, for senior citizens. They lend out books but also tech, cooking equipment, media players.
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Jesse again @misctakes.com · 25/01/2025
an xkcd comic with a precarious series of boxes and pipes haphazardly stacked on top of each other. A single little box at the bottom is holding up the whole thing. The top is labeled “all modern urban infrastructure” and the load bearing piece at the bottom is labeled “your local library” (in the original, the top was labeled “all modern digital infrastructure” and the bottom piece “a project some random person in nebraska has ben thanklessly maintaining since 2003”
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Monica @monica.dev · 15/03/2025
#VirtualCCFest is happening tomorrow, and it looks like registration is still open! If you're interested in #CreativeCoding, this free event is a great way to spend your Saturday learning and getting inspired by fellow creators. Sign up here: ccfest.rocks/register/
Virtual CC Fest is happening on March 15, 2025, from 9 AM to 1 PM PT (12–4 PM ET). The schedule includes a welcome keynote by Saskia Freeke at 9 AM, followed by two rounds of workshops covering topics like creative coding, AI, 3D printing, live coding, and machine learning. There is a check-in and keynote by Olivia Jack at 10:45 AM, and the event concludes with a closing keynote from Kawandeep Virdee at 12:15 PM.
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Saskia Freeke @saskiafreeke.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This Saturday, 15 March, I'm invited by #virtualCCFest to give a talk about my creative coding journey (and my ten years of daily art project). Lots of more exciting keynotes and workshops will be hosted online; so do tune in! ccfest.rocks
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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !
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Monica @monica.dev · 14/03/2025
I've been playing around with adjusting my Webmention workflow all week! Here's an overview of my current Webmention implementation and how I'm using GitHub Actions to review incoming Webmentions. aboutmonica.com/blog/automat...
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Fetch Webmentions Automatically with GitHub Actions
An overview of how in addition to using Brid.gy and Webmentions.io I’m adding GitHub Actions and soon Webmentions.app (or its closely related CLI tool) to automate updating my website with the latest ...
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Monica @monica.dev · 13/03/2025
There's no shortage of ways math can be used in #CreativeCoding to generate visuals, like this donut-shaped Clifford Attractor that uses linear interpolation for color distribution. 🎨 aboutmonica.com/blog/craftin... 🍩 paulbourke.net/fractals/cli...
 donut-shaped variation of the Clifford Attractor with a purple-pink gradient
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Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · 25/02/2025
I noticed someone mentioning that they couldn't afford "How Git Works" right now. we have a "buy one give one" program where we give away 1 free copy for every zine sold. You can use code BUYONEGIVEONE to get a free PDF copy of How Git Works if $12 is a lot for you. wizardzines.com/zines/git/
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How Git Works
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 10/03/2025
at sxsw, @jay.bsky.team pokes fun at mark zuckerberg by mimicking a version of a t-shirt he designed for himself, which said "aut zuck aut nihil" (either zuck or nothing, like "aut caesar aut nihil"). jay's shirt? "mundus sine caesaribus" (a world without caesars). techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/a...
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At SXSW, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg with Latin phrase T-shirt | TechCrunch
When Bluesky CEO Jay Graber walked on stage at SXSW 2025 for her keynote discussion, she wore a large black T-shirt with her hair pulled back into a bun.
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ceora ✨ @ceeoreo.dev · 04/03/2025
Hi everyone! Here to announce that Friday was my last day at Auth0/Okta. I’m excited to be looking for my new role though! I’m interested in: ⭐️ Technical writing ⭐️ Developer education/advocacy ⭐️ Developer marketing ⭐️ Technical program management Reposts much appreciated!!🔁 More details below✨
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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Also this gif has now followed me to three or four different machines now because SPARKLES: aboutmonica.com/blog/how-to-...
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How to Make Your VSCode Sparkle
This article shows you how to customize your VSCode set up to display animated sparkles while you are typing. There's a VSCode extension, Power Mode that adds animated flair while you're typing. It ha...
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Monica @monica.dev · 11/03/2025
I've been tidying up my @astro.build site with @zod.dev & Astro's content collection schema functionality. aboutmonica.com/blog/organiz...
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Organizing Content with Astro Content Schemas
With Astro's Content Collection Schema functionality, you can enforce structured, uniform tags to keep your content organized and SEO-friendly. In this post, we’ll dive into how you can define and val...
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Monica @monica.dev · 10/03/2025
I've re-wired webmentions on my site, so now likes and mentions of my articles on @bsky.app will (eventually*) appear on my site! *It's not fully automated yet, because I ran into an issue with Cloudflare's bot protection blocking brid.gy requests 🤖
a screenshot of Monica's webmentions appearing below one of her articles and it includes a post she made on BlueSky.
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Monica @monica.dev · 09/03/2025
I'm testing sending WebMentions from BlueSky to my (new-ish) Astro site. Testing 1,2,3... aboutmonica.com/blog/getting...
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Getting Started With Webmention and NextJS
An overview of setting up Webmention on a NextJS site to collect comments from across the decentralized social web (i.e., Twitter, GitHub, Pinterest, Reddit) in a centralized place.
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Monica @monica.dev · 07/03/2025
Virtual #CCFest returns on March 15th! 🎉 It's a free, welcoming event with keynote talks & hands-on technical workshops for anyone curious about #CreativeCoding with tools like p5js and hydra.
A flyer advertising Virtual CC Fest. CC Fest is a free and friendly event for anyone curious about creative code! You can register at ccfest.rocks/register

On Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 9 am to 1 pm PST (+8 UTC) join us on Zoom for a virtual creative coding fest. We’ll make interactive and engaging digital art, animation, and games, work with AI or hardware, and explore other options in various workshops. Hear from our keynote speakers, Saskia Freeke, Olivia Jack, Kawandeep Virdee, on important and timely topics related to creative coding!
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Monica @monica.dev · 03/03/2025
There are so many lovely details on @leanrada.com like this article which features an interactive custom web component that renders the Lily58 keyboard layout and allows readers to toggle between keyboard layers. leanrada.com/notes/my-per...
a screenshot of Lean Rada's function keyboard layer which controls settings like brightness and sound
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Monica @monica.dev · 07/02/2025
make a landscape using only primitive shapes | #genuary6 one of my favorite prompts of #genuary involved exploring how simple points and lines can be used to create a constantly changing landscape #creativecoding #p5js
gradient of pink waves along a moving sun constructed of nested circlesgradient of pink waves along a moving sun constructed of nested circles
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Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic.com · 31/12/2024
Wasn’t sure this was gonna happen, but it’s still 2024 here for ~8 hours 😅 My annual portfolio refresh 💃 lynnandtonic.com
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Lynn Fisher
Lynn Fisher is a web designer, CSS developer, and artist from Phoenix, Arizona.
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Monica @monica.dev · 05/01/2025
Hello, Genuary! 💕💜 Vertical or horizontal lines only. #genuary1 #genuary2025 #genuary
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Monica @monica.dev · 11/12/2024
As the year wraps up and I plan my travels for next year, I’m excited to announce that I’m attending #RenderATL2025! This will be my third time at @renderatl.com, and it’s one of my favorite tech conferences —especially for how it brings the tech community together.
Monica on stage at RenderATL 2024Monica on stage at RenderATL 2024
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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
it's kinda sad that digital work is so hidden like there's no messy study room or bookshelves full of works you've read or letters from people and gizmos and widgets you've built or stacks of drawings and diagrams it's all just, hidden in folders, already lost in space, and eventually lost to time
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Monica @monica.dev · 07/12/2024
Happy Saturday #BlackSky! 👋🏾 #AddToBlackSky
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a cartoon woman wearing sunglasses is standing in front of a red door .
Alt: Penny Proud wearing sunglasses is standing in front of a red door .
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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!
An image showing what I describe
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Zel McCarthy @zelmccarthy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
If you're a Spotify user who is finding the microgenre & geodata of your annual "Wrapped" to be less substantial than usual, there's a reason why. A year ago, Spotify laid off most of its employees who worked on genre classification, including folks like data alchemist @glennmcdonald.bsky.social.
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 03/12/2024
People like Jay Graber have repeatedly said that the dream is to one day dissolve the company, and for "Bluesky" to be a protocol akin the personal websites of old. You own your handle, your following, and can move it anywhere on the distributed network of little Blueskies.
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Monica @monica.dev · 28/11/2024
I recently acquired MyFirstNameMyLastName dot com for ~$10(!) and now I have four different domains that point to the same site 🫣.
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Monica @monica.dev · 28/11/2024
I hope the Spotify Wrapped algorithm plays well with my excessive looping of Sam Smith…
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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 27/11/2024
We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
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Artean @artean.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
For people who want to learn how to build their own website, you can easily learn the basics of HTML with this very cool and informative site: htmlforpeople.com #HTML #IndieWeb
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HTML for People
HTML isn't only for people working in the tech field. It's for everyone. Learn how to make a website from scratch in this beginner friendly web book.
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Monica @monica.dev · 27/11/2024
I already have a creative yet professional site but I’m really excited thinking about all the possibilities of creating a more chaotic and weird website.
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Monica @monica.dev · 27/11/2024
I consider (my 🦋 handle) monica.dev my own personal playground for experimenting. It’s centered around my interests in web development, creative coding and books.
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Monica's Digital Playground
Monica Powell is a Senior Software Engineer who crafts innovative educational software for classrooms.
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Monica @monica.dev · 27/11/2024
You can check your lists/starter pack memberships on clearsky.app
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ClearSky
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