Knight Domains

Domain of One's Own

AKA

Digital Identity

Data Ownership

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What do you need to make a website?

1. Domain name
   • yourname.com, example.org etc.
2. Server space / hosting
   • (a computer that’s always on and connected to the internet)
3. Content
   • What applications does the platform support?
   • Do I have to code it myself?

What do you need to make a website?

1. Domain name
   • taylor.knight.domains
   • taylorjadin.com
2. Server space / hosting
   • free hosting until a year after you graduate
   • take the site with you when you leave
3. Content
   • Wordpress, Omeka, MediaWiki, tons of other aplications
   • or code it yourself!

Who are you online?

What traces do you leave?

How do you describe yourselves to others?

How do you shape your digital presence?

 

Who are you online?

Spaces where you are a visitor are spaces where you leave almost no social trace.

Spaces where you are resident are spaces where you leave behind something about yourself.

bit.ly/visitor-resident

Data Ownership

Data Ownership?

Knight Domains

• Build your digital identity
  • Create your site any way you want
  • You control how you tell your story
• You own the content 
  • Build websites using standard technologies
  • Bring the site with you when you leave
• You’ve gained a valuable skill

 

Knight Domains

• Build your digital identity
  • Create your site any way you want
  • You control how you tell your story
• You own the content 
  • Build websites using standard technologies
  • Bring the site with you when you leave
• You’ve gained a valuable skill