If you had asked me a year ago, I would have told you that the ATProtocol was the future of social media. If you'd asked me at the end of last year, I would have told you that it was the future of the web, as well. Today I think it could be bigger even than that.

"My personal path through AtmosphereConf 2026 was all about making the web social; streams, gardens and communities; and science, AI & news. Welcome to the linkfest"

As my ATScience workshop in Vancouver wasn't streamed, I thought I'd throw together a quick video and publish some first thoughts and supporting notes, just to get a record of the content online before I turn to the rest of what was probably the best conference I've ever attended.

Brookie's Atmosphereconf inevitably mentions her wonderful creation, YouAneMe.at: "nearly every attendee had made at least one connection. And together, we made over two thousand connections" in 4 days, plus of course developments like SuperConnectors and hardware integations by Bailey and Jim.On the commonly found topics in these recaps:Money: …

Echoing (unconsciously!) my thoughts of a year ago, Mike Masnick's recap opens with "It really does feel like the early days of the web... “we can just build things” is real... opening up a wonderful level of creativity... SO MUCH NEW STUFF".Apart from the general celebration;while the Atmosphere is not just Bluesky, the ecosystem is unbalanced: …

According to Bluesky Social's new CEO, "what struck me most about this one was the wide range of projects" - not just social apps, but also "wildfire coordination tools for the US fire service, decentralized AI and biomedical knowledge networks, and creating shared infrastructure to connect astronomy observatories".He was also a youandme.at enjoy…

Tynan Purdy's Atmosphereconf recap is also a quite moving account of someone finding his people: "In less than a year, I went from some rando ... to a community organizer, founding contributor at @ecosystemaction.com, and speaker at the ATmosphere Conference. I have relationships with not just the biggest names in the atproto space, but in interne…