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Al Abut
@alabut.bsky.social
Product designer & grizzled startup veteran.

Love:

🤓 IndieWeb & Homebrew Website Club
🐕 My two chihuahuas
🚴 Exploring on two wheels
📷 Photography
And more #indieweb news - the zoom to talk about photography is tomorrow! No rsvp needed, just show up on the event page at 10am Pacific.
Calling all photo nerds: mark your calendars for December 7th. I’m hosting my first #indieweb event! We’re going to talk shop in a few weeks and everyone of all skill levels welcome (yes, camera phones are real cameras)

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Photography Popup #1
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December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thanks for the shoutout, Joe! Our fun little book club feels like an excellent semester of art school so far.
#IndieWeb Book Club this month is hosted by the estimable @alabut.bsky.social and it’s “The Non-Designer’s Design Book” ~ Read it and write about it! alabut.com/writing/book...
The Non-Designer's Design Book
Revisiting a 90's classic for the IndieWeb book club
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December 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Calling all photo nerds: mark your calendars for December 7th. I’m hosting my first #indieweb event! We’re going to talk shop in a few weeks and everyone of all skill levels welcome (yes, camera phones are real cameras)

events.indieweb.org/2025/12/phot...
Photography Popup #1
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hello from the foggy pre-dawn depths of central California! Scenes from day 1 of a road trip.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Had fun writing up this quick note in advance of this weekend’s #indieweb camp in Berlin, featuring examples of photos on personal sites from @tantek.com.web.brid.gy @jeremycherfas.net.web.brid.gy @nazhamid.bsky.social @muan.co @artlung.com @stammy.bsky.social

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Organizing Photos
Brainstorming ideas before IndieWebCamp in Berlin
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November 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
💔 Yesterday was our first time observing Día de los Muertos de Mascotas, a remembrance day to honor lost pets. My wife set up a beautiful altar for our little guy that passed away exactly two months ago.
October 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I’m getting ready for a big bike event in Nov and had an unexpected mini adventure during a training ride last week.

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Fun in the Mud
Practicing bikepacking skills in the rain
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October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Dusted off the blog with my first post in over a year. Nothing big, just a calm reflective note about spending time by the water with my little old dog.

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Shelter Island
Cooling off during local summer
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October 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
You gotta love local summer.

Shelter Island is one of my favorite semi-hidden gems in San Diego. Great views, a nice breeze and most importantly, no tourists, bar hoppers or beach crowds.
October 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My buddy Nate pulled me into the Star Wars expanded universe this summer and I totally devored the Thrawn trilogy. Last night he surprised me with a signed copy of Zahn’s The Last Command. I’m absolutely floored.
September 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Enjoying a very brief thundershower, a rare summertime event for San Diego.
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Whoa, it’s been a decade since Halt And Catch Fire ended?!? Totally worth a rewatch. Season 1 is based on how Compaq created the IBM clone market and then it just gets better from there.

Plus the music is amazing, the perfect work tunes.

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Halt and Catch Fire understood video games better than any other show
"I don’t understand how you’re so good at the underwater level!"
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June 8, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Hey HTML/CSS nerds, join me for a coffee chat today! @artlung.com is hosting an #IndieWeb zoom:

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Today I’ve definitely got some questions in mind about flex. I’ve wrapped my head around grid layouts but flex is like float’s even more mischievous cousin 😂
Front End Study Hall #003
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May 23, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Flipping through photos and reminiscing on a lazy Friday afternoon. Went on a bike ride a few weeks ago where we went to a park to brew coffee with camping gear and take fun pics. Here’s a new friend shooting film on his gorgeous Hasselblad.

#cycling #photography #SanDiego
May 18, 2024 at 12:23 AM