Tynan Purdy

Designer and social web advocate 🍻 @atproto.boston 🔎 @ecosystemaction.com 🤖 @lobstahbots.com 🌐 https://tynanpurdy.com 🔗 https://links.tynanpurdy.com 💬 Signal @tynanpurdy.95

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Affordances of the Atmosphere

My talk at the 2026 ATmosphere Conference

May 1·12 min read·2322 words

Continue reading on Unthread

Apr 15·1 min read·4 words

Dive into research resources

Resources and projects in attendance at the AtmosphereConf 2026 Dive Into User Research workshop

Apr 11·1 min read·170 words

A week of firsts

Reflections on my first ATmosphereConf

Apr 3·1 min read·9 words

Resist and Unsubscribe

Mirror of resistandunsubscribe.com

Jan 30·2 min read·289 words

I Do Not Accept Your TOS

W is proof that the ecosystem is working

Jan 22·5 min read·863 words

Publishing on the ATmosphere

Where everything is worth building

Jan 20·1 min read·9 words

Tynan Xmas 2025

Books, independent media, fun swag, tea, coffee, socks

Dec 10·1 min read·21 words

AT Protocol Community account changes

Some thoughts for Boris et al.

Dec 9·2 min read·385 words

ATproto facilitates competition

Content is not a moat anymore. You have to compete on experience.

Nov 20·2 min read·216 words

A Feed from the Future

it doesn't look like much, but it represents the whole mission

Oct 8·3 min read·566 words

Tynan Uses

a collection of tools, alternatives where feasible

Sep 28·5 min read·869 words

There's An @pp For That

a link blog, and a story

Sep 4·1 min read·170 words

Hacking on Bookmarks

Shared lexicon are good

Sep 3·3 min read·469 words

A running list of ATproto ideas

Updated when the brain has more

Aug 15·3 min read·428 words

Yet Another New Website (eventually)

What if my atproto account was my website

Aug 5·1 min read·95 words

Blogging directly on ATproto

Which is somehow different from micro.blog...

Jun 16·2 min read·266 words

I made the write with rhythm picture real

and my first Obsidian plugin

Feb 11·2 min read·375 words