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April 2026
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It’s so cool to hear from the Artemis crew. Happy for them. What an extraordinary achievement. …
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Montserrat Monastery. It’s beautiful up here, but unfortunately this is as close as I’m going to …
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A little sneak peek of Inkwell for mobile in Vincent’s latest blog post.
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Matt Mullenweg has a great blog post with both positive things to say about Cloudflare and a …
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AT Protocol standardizations is officially underway, with a new working group at the IETF: For …
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Listening to U2’s new EP, Easter Lily. Bono: We still look to vivid rock n roll as an act of …
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Congrats to the Flipboard folks on launching the web version of Surf. It’s an interesting …
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Looking over EmDash. I don’t like that they call it “the spiritual successor to WordPress”. Isn’t …
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Coffee and breakfast earlier this morning at Sip Coffee. ☕️
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I keep missing the W3C social web calls. I feel bad about it, but there’s a lot to juggle with …
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It’s too bad that ChatGPT Pulse is so expensive. It’s a wonderful product. Here’s …
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Drafting another blog post with a contrarian take on OpenAI… Not sure why I do this to myself …
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I lot of bloggers I respect have posted reflections on Apple’s 50th anniversary. I’m …
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Excited that the Artemis II launch seems to have gone off well. I tried to stay up but I feel like a …
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Project Hail Mary came out right after I left on my trip, so I just finally got to see it today. It …
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Why didn’t anyone tell me you need to get tickets to Sagrada Familia weeks in advance? Just kidding, …
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I updated the Mac version of Inkwell again this morning. Here’s a very quick demo video on …
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Om Malik blogs about OpenAI’s latest funding round, presumably the last one before an IPO: OpenAI …
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Nick Heer blogging on the 50th anniversary of Apple: But the main reason I am fascinated by Apple …
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Funny how we adapt. I looked at the Barcelona metro map yesterday and thought this is a crazy, …
March 2026
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For the next minor update to Inkwell for Mac, I’m trying to address confusion around the …
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Airbnb news via TechCrunch: Airbnb announced Tuesday it is expanding its services feature with a …
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Alicante from the castle, with city and cruise ship.
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This is a clever plugin from OpenAI to run Codex inside Claude Code. It’s convenient for people who …
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Went on a wonderful guided tour of Cartagena today. But then I overheard someone griping about it. …
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This is a fun ranking system for Apple products. I voted on a bunch. But in the results, how can the …
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Over the weekend I released another update to Inkwell for Mac. It improves a few things with Reading …
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I thought it was fine that they left Tom Bombadil out of The Lord of the Rings movies, but great to …
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Trying to practice my Spanish, I repeat phrases like “con leche de almendra” in my head …
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Catching up on this news from Mark Gurman about the upcoming Siri redesign, with a dedicated app and …
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Hello from Spain! Just arrived and found a nice little coffee shop in Cádiz. How did I get …
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Compared the transcript from Apple Podcasts with the transcript we generate in Micro.blog using GPT. …
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This looks like a great update to the Post Stats plug-in. Thanks @amit!
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If your blog is on Micro.blog and you’ve been blogging for a while, try the new setting on the …
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It has been six years since the start of Covid, and I still catch myself trying to hold my breath in …
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I’m not sure what it means that the Microsoft Authenticator app is in the top 20 in the App Store, …
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Wemby was close to getting a 5x5 last night. 19 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 7 blocks. …
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Years ago I made a rule to never use Git submodules, after too many headaches with Subversion …
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Terry Godier has a new blog in addition to his main site of longer essays. It looks great. Hosted by …
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This is cool: Bridgy Fed now supports long-form blog posts in AT Protocol via the standard.site …
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I like this framing about the Rabbit R1: Humane’s AI Pin followed that trajectory almost exactly, …
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It’s a small thing but when I’m a regular at a coffee shop and they know my order when I …
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Multiple apps or one superapp
John Gruber blogging about OpenAI possibly combining all their apps together: Would it make any …
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Slop and robot follow-up
Following up on yesterday’s post, the bot responded. I chose the word “slop” …
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Sam Altman blogged last year about Sora: The majority of users, looking back on the past 6 months, …
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Zoox is officially coming to Austin later this year. We’ve seen the training cars on the streets …
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I hope to be out in San Jose for a few days for WWDC. Wonder if there’s any chance for a live …
: Things are getting weird Short post thinking about a bot-written blog post that linked to me.
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The perfect vacation for me still includes some work. Coffee in the morning, working for a few …
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Recorded a quick 1-minute demo video on YouTube showing the just released today Inkwell 1.1 for Mac. …
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Ran into a funny issue while traveling that I had never experienced before. Because my time zone and …
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There’s an SNL UK now! Funny so far. The cold open and a few of the other skits are on …
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Catching up on this news from Bluesky: Hubble is a new open-source project to build and operate a …
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Apple’s Mac app notarization is throwing errors for me today, maybe networking problems, so I guess …
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Loops adds starter kits. I’ve been poking around the Loops API to see if I should support this …
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Trying to be better about cleaning up unused Git branches in a new project, before they get out of …
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NetNewsWire via AppleScript via MCP… I wonder what the future of scriptability is. …
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Finished reading: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose. Starts with a girl …
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We are pretty much done clearing out my mom’s house. I’ve found many little memories, …
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I blogged briefly last year about feature creep when there is no cost to adding features with AI. …
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Nick Heer in a fediverse post: Do I trust this computer?, my iPhone asks me for what has to be the …
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This is my new favorite article from The Onion. Southwest Airlines Begins Assigning Chores: For …
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It’s 2026 and AppKit is the best way to build Mac apps. Even a part-time luddite like me is …
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Amazon is working on a new phone: According to people familiar with the new phone, “integrating …
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OpenAI is planning to unify its apps into a single app. I don’t love this. Codex is excellent …
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My NCAA bracket could’ve started off better, but caught the last couple minutes of Spurs/Suns, so …
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Just realized today that we hadn’t released the Epilogue update for Android that improves book …
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Just released Inkwell for Mac 1.0.2, improving a few things and fixing bugs, especially a potential …
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AI coding transcript
Expanding on my short post this morning about AI-assisted coding style, I think the reason I like …
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Wondering if I use AI-assisted coding differently than a lot of developers. I don’t chat with …
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I’m testing GPT-5.4 via the API. The pricing is interesting. 5.4-mini and 5.4-nano are about …
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Marco Arment posted to Reddit with details on the first Overcast beta that includes transcripts. …
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That’s a lot of green Ws. Spurs have won their last 18 of 20 games. 🏀
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Really cool set of upcoming Micro.blog plug-ins from @rscottjones for putting different kinds of …
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Federico Viticci blogs about using Android foldables, thinking about the upcoming iPhone foldable: …
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Like the native Micro.blog client apps, Inkwell for web and macOS are open source. We aren’t great …
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Inkwell 1.0.1 is out for Mac with several bug fixes, especially for dark mode. Choose “Check …
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Gulf of Mexico. Heading out on a kind of crazy adventure that I’ll blog more about later. As usual …
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Inkwell for Mac
Last week we shipped Inkwell, our new feed reader for Micro.blog. Today I’m releasing a native …
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Wooden rollercoaster at the Kemah Boardwalk. Walking around earlier before dinner.
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They did a great job with the in memoriam this year at the Oscars. Longer and more personal stories. …
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Inkwell for Mac will ship tomorrow. It’s my first Mac app that is sandboxed. I have to admit …
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Looking forward to the Oscars tonight. Managed to see almost all the best picture nominations, and a …
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Cracking up watching the emoji bit on SNL tonight. I lost it at orange square. 🚡
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Parker Ortolani blogs about the Neo: The MacBook Neo is the first Mac that is truly, in every sense …
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Writing the app is easy. Configuring Sparkle to verify updated app signatures… Impossible! 🤪
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Patrick Rhone interviewed for the People and Blogs series: …that’s exactly what a blog …
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Tetragrammaton
I picked up Rick Rubin’s book a couple years ago. It sat on my bedside table for months and …
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Kagi’s Small Web has added categories: Finding great Small Web content that scratches your …
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At my mom’s house taking care of things. All the furniture is gone except the piano, so it’s now a …
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I have a draft pull request for Inkwell sync in NetNewsWire. Not totally sure yet what more will be …
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Code is a liquid now. Movable, shapable, flowing. It’s the first time I …
: The AI divide Some thoughts about the split we see in how people think about AI.
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David Smith developed a clever solution for letting the home screen wallpaper show through widgets: …
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Lisa Charlotte Muth blogs on bringing everything back to her own website: Why am I doing all this? …
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I worked downtown earlier today at Lazarus (☕️) and you can already start to feel the SXSW vibes. …
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Atlassian lays off 10%, about 1600 people. They employ a lot of folks in Austin, hope friends here …
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I just released a new version of Silverleaf, my new RSS reader that’s built around …
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The first Rivian R2 off the assembly line will be the higher-priced $60k model. I’m not in the …
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Tim Cook writing on Apple’s 50th anniversary: From the first Apple computer to the Mac, from …
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Thanks to everyone who has tried our new feed reader Inkwell, and especially folks who have upgraded …
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Beto Dealmeida blogs about a human.json file and browser extension that lets other bloggers vouch …
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From reviews, sounds like the MacBook Neo is a great little laptop. It has been a while since …
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Thomas Ricouard is joining OpenAI. Thomas worked on the Medium iOS app, Ice Cubes for Mastodon …
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Miloš Miljković has written an Emacs client for Inkwell. Amazing. It supports bookmarking too.
: Running Xcode from Codex A small tip using FastScripts that works for me.
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Dave Winer writes in his blog post linking to Inkwell: I love that creative people are using RSS in …
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Meta acquires Moltbook. From TechCrunch: OpenClaw blew up among the tech community, but Moltbook …
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Working on Inkwell is in some ways a little awkward because I’m competing in the same space as …
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Sneak peek of Inkwell for Mac. It’s coming along well. I was going to do a beta but might jump …
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Android folks, @gregmorris is looking for beta testers for Micro Social. If anyone else would like …
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I sort of collect “micro” domain names now, so using micro.ink for Inkwell felt right. …
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Jay Graber is stepping aside as CEO, staying at Bluesky to work on other things: I’ve grown a …
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John Brayton blogs about Unread 4.8, with syncing to Inkwell, faster link articles, and more.
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Thanks @numericcitizen for creating a video of Inkwell with a closer look at everything! Lots of …
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This is hard to believe, but I introduced a bug minutes before blogging about Inkwell. Sync was …
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Introducing Inkwell
Today we’re releasing a new RSS feed reader called Inkwell. It’s a companion product to …
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Ran into some last-minute problems with my bridge to Feedbin. Going to have to disable that feature …
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Looks like ChatGPT is back at #1 in the App Store. Claude had bumped it out of that spot for about a …
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As I like to note every year, today is the anniversary of starting my blog. Good day to release some …
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I can’t believe I’m only just now learning that Luke Kornet has a blog. Guess I need to officially …
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I designed this RSS app for the web first, and then added Mac afterwards (in beta soon). I think …
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Started watching House of Guinness. Really like the look of the show. Good so far. 🍺
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OpenAI delays adult mode: We still believe in the principle of treating adults like adults, but …
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Ratcheteer DX looks fun. I saw it was produced by Panic but didn’t realize until now that …
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Yet another great Spurs win, coming back in the 4th quarter down a bunch. This team is unique. They …
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Watched: Hamnet. Really great. Won’t ever see Hamlet the same way again. 🍿
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Eventually we’re going to have OpenClaw-like assistants that can filter or prioritize emails and …
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Micro.blog books update
Micro.blog users who actively use our book-related features will have noticed over the last couple …
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I have a few blog post drafts about recent AI controversy and advertising that I may post …
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Simon Carstensen has rebuilt Jottit, the web publishing tool he built with Aaron Swartz in 2007: …
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Watched: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Enjoyed this more than I was expecting. Good show. 📺
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So nice to work on a brand new Mac app, Objective-C, not much code yet. Builds and runs practically …
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I’m continuing to tinker with OpenClaw to see how it could be useful to me. For the last week, …
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White House press briefing on TV in the background while I’m working. They really have no …
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The Washington Post reporting on how Claude is being used for the Iran war: As planning for a …
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Naming is hard. New Kickstarter for Build Awesome, the renamed Eleventy. Both names are a bit …
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Apple’s pricing this week is interesting to me. Doesn’t matter the size or purpose of a …
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Steve Jobs famously said that computers are a bicycle for the mind. What does that …
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I had to back the new Brandon Sanderson crowdfunding campaign. Opted for just the new novel.
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Brent Simmons blogged last week about why Objective-C. I still prefer Objective-C and plan to …
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Cosmic. Everything would be perfect about this morning except I just opened my AirPods case and… it …
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MacBook Neo! I love that Apple might be trying a totally new name.
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Back in Austin, voted this morning. I had meant to early vote last week but too much was going on. …
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Ben Thompson’s article about Anthropic and the Pentagon is worth a read, although not everyone …
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Steve Troughton-Smith blogged about the projects he worked on over the last month with Codex 5.3: …
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I cancelled my NYT subscription two years ago in part because it felt like they threw Joe Biden …
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Sad to hear about this shooting in Austin. It’s also weird to be out of town when something like …
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Strange juxtaposition with the war in Iran happening at the same time as the controversy around …
February 2026
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Congress needs to reclaim its rightful role in declaring war. We all know this and yet somehow …
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Airport train in Atlanta. Here for the weekend!
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Traveling this weekend, going to send details about the RSS beta in the morning. If you signed up on …
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Last day of early voting in Texas. Looking at my sample ballot and got super confused for a minute …
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I’ve been critical of Instagram forever, and stopped posting on principle 9 years ago, but …
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Open letter from employees of Google and OpenAI in support of Anthropic: They’re trying to …
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Catching up on Paul Frazee’s post comparing AT Proto’s decentralization to …
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Love that feeling when a new feature sort of actually works. All downhill from here to the release.
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Terry Godier posted on the aftermath of shipping Current: To not let all of the feedback (both good …
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This upcoming book about Steve Jobs during the NeXT years sounds really good, via John Gruber: With …
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Sometimes when I’m walking and look up at trees or buildings moving past me, I imagine the world in …
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Kiki’s Delivery Service back in theaters next month: More than three decades after it first …
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Decided we should do a beta for the new RSS thing, starting this weekend and running about a week. …
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You can tell from the OpenClaw meetups how much this thing has captured people’s attention. …
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Thanks Jatan Mehta for reviewing my book! His post includes some quotes and commentary.
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“To send my rhymes out to all the nations
Like Ma Bell, I got the ill communication”
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I’ve been going back and forth about how to price the new RSS thing. It’s one of the best things …
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Reading through the proposals for Growing the Open Social Web, which is on Monday. I think the best …
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Greg Mania writing at The New Yorker about Waymo: Another car cuts in front of you. The Waymo …
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The view from the state library building. Attended a talk by Sam Haynes, author of Unsettled Land. 📚 …
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Ben Werdmuller has a long post about what happens now that AI coding tools actually work. …
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This week we flipped the switch on better truncation in the Micro.blog timeline, preserving styles …
: Not faster, now possible Clunky title. Serious topic. Reflecting on Greg Knauss’s blog post about AI.
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We watched five minutes of the State of the Union last night, then went to bed. Glad to see the …
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Mark Gurman reports about upcoming touchscreen Macs: …the Mac will gain a refreshed, dynamic user …
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We rolled out some improvements for uploading audio in blog posts, including a new Record button for …
: Mac minis in Houston Thinking about AI capabilities for Apple servers.
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Defining consent for AI
As AI is used in more tools, I’m thinking about consent from bloggers who don’t want AI …
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A new philosophy for travelers called digital silence, to avoid sharing exactly where you were, via …
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Finding all sorts of things as I go through my mom’s house, especially old photos and books. But …
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Miloš Miljković blogging about his blog manager for Emacs: It took me less that two hours with …
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What Micro.blog traffic looks like when we see bots go crazy trying to find vulnerabilities. Very …
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I don’t watch much hockey but now really getting into this USA vs. Canada gold medal game. 🏒
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I managed to go Monday through Friday without any posts about AI. So now it’s time to catch …
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Finished reading: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Parts of the future (particularly …
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From an article in The New Yorker about a bookstore that only sells signed books: Even before he …
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I’m still surprised that Mozilla shut down Pocket. Lots of competition in the bookmarking / …
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Good post by Victoria Song at The Verge about distrust of smart glasses: Meta’s glasses are great …
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Got a preview from @vincent of something new coming up for Micro.blog Studio subscribers. …
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CNN: “Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal.” A …
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Downtown view from the Long Center. Just went to see Macbeth. 🎭
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Pessimism
Recently I was drafting a post and had to catch myself as I almost inserted a jab at someone else, a …
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There’s a new proposed lexicon for Markdown-based content in AT Proto. I could support this. …
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Hannah Aubry writes on the Mastodon blog about community initiatives including experiments to change …
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Hearing from multiple people now (including my son!) who have gone back to buying music. Spotify …
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When I found out Current was going to ship this week, I postponed making a video preview of my own …
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Last year I was often expecting unexpected calls, from doctors and nurses, so I turned off …
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Bono on today’s release of Songs of Ash: The songs on Days of Ash are very different in mood …
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Guy Kawasaki blogs one of the more thoughtful takes on Facebook’s “move fast and break …
: Competing together Just a little more about Current’s release.
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Started watching Lonesome Dove tonight. Don’t think I’ve seen it since it first came out, but I …
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The redesigned AT Proto site looks great. It even has a neat live firehose view.
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A couple days ago I quietly made a rule for myself that I would not blog about AI at all this week. …
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Thinking lately about the friends I grew up with but haven’t seen in years or decades. …
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More details about video in the new Apple Podcasts in this post on Podnews: …this is the …
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Terry Godier’s new feed reader Current is out. I had a feeling he was exploring ideas similar …
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Watching more of the Winter Olympics. Imagine if as developers we only had one try… Shipped a new …
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Maurice Parker has released version 4.0 of his outliner Zavala. In a new blog post, he writes about …
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9to5Mac blogging about a change in the iOS 26.4 beta: In the App Store, the Search bar has been …
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I shouldn’t be so harsh, but it’s disappointing to see that for every podcast platform with real …
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This thread started by John Spurlock has context for Apple’s HLS announcement. It appears to not use …
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Joshua Rothman writing at The New Yorker about writers creating spaces to focus and inspire: Having …
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I use dark mode on my phone, but light mode on my Mac. So when I’m developing an app that will …
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FediForum position paper
On March 2nd, FediForum is hosting a special Growing the Open Social Web workshop. As part of …
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The new RSS reader is mostly done. A few bug fixes and polish to finish. I think for a 1.0 …
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Watched: Song Sung Blue. Good movie for a lazy Sunday night. Enjoyed it. 🍿
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OpenClaw and OpenAI
Peter Steinberger hinted on a podcast last week that something like this might happen. Peter is …
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Good first game at the all-star game(s). Wemby’s upset! He wanted that one. I had to root for …
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Simon Willison blogs about Adam Leventhal coining “deep blue” to refer to programmers …
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Shoutout to Tower version 2.6.7 which is still solid even though it hasn’t been updated in …
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Watched the 3-point contest and dunk contest. Carter Bryant had the best dunk of the night, just …
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Hope folks are having a nice Valentine’s Day. A big thank-you to everyone who hosts their blog …
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Dave Winer blogs about not hiding RSS feeds from users: I always objected to browsers trying to …
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Usually my Git branches are for a specific feature or bug fix, but sometimes it’s a mood. Just …
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Austin skyline with the Capitol.
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Now that I’ve been living with the new RSS reader for a while, I’m itching to post a …
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Stunning quote in this report from The New York Times about Meta’s plans to add facial …
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Spark is indeed fast. I don’t think I’ll use it often. I’m not usually in a hurry. …
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This stuffed animal is my favorite thing to come out of the Mastodon project. Adorable. I want to …
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Trailing narrative
Thinking about how narratives build and collapse this morning. Not sure I can articulate it well, …
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Some of us are hopeful. Some of us are terrified. Most of us are both, often in the same …
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Austin sunset behind buildings, from 26 floors up, at Clawstin. 🦞
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Anthropic has another funding round and highlights their growing revenue for Claude Code. Not …
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It’s so unsettling watching our 250 year-old democracy decay into dictatorship while …
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AI and taste
Matt Shumer writes that something big is happening. It’s a long post. Some good points and …
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I like this post from Justin Jackson about the impact on RSS if browsers remove XSLT support, which …
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Daniel Jalkut blogging a story about getting a job at Apple in the 1990s: The moment I got my foot …
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Mark Gurman reports that the new Siri is delayed again, from iOS 26.4 next month to 26.5 or later: …
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I got the Day One printed journal in the mail. Opted for a boring cover, just wanted to see how …
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Lately my MacBook Pro has been burning through its battery really quickly. I picked up Apple’s 40W / …
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We’ve gotten some great long-form post submissions via this form. Still putting things …
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It’s wild to see the communities that have sprung up around OpenClaw. There are actually two …
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From the NetNewsWire blog: NetNewsWire 1.0 for Mac shipped 23 years ago today! 🤯 I’ve …
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Excellent post about communities: When a platform dies or degrades, its community does not simply …
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Finding that I have a surprising amount of forgotten email replies in my drafts folder. A few need …
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It looks like Lex Friedman now has over 1000 episodes of his daily podcast! Congrats @lex, amazing. …
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Spurs / Lakers game tonight is ridiculous. Wemby with 25 points in the first quarter. Steals …
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Back in 2007, I blogged about working on a painting for a Halloween-themed art show, but I never …
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Noticing the Monterrey Oak we planted a few months ago has lost some leaves. We covered it during …
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Blog posts are often a self-fulfilling prophecy. Ever since I wrote the post about reading code AI …
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I wonder if any feed readers have experimented with hiding or shrinking pointless header images. For …
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Selective empathy
I think I’ve figured something out that has been nagging at me for a year. Some people are only …
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Love this post from Lindsey Vonn on Instagram: And similar to ski racing, we take risks in life. We …
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Took a long walk from the coffee shop, following the trail along the Hancock golf course.
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Thinking more about an idea I’ve had for a while, to publish my private journal entries to my …
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Simon Willison blogging about how AI-assisted coding can actually make us feel even more …
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I would prefer if GitHub wasn’t down right now. 🙂 It has become such a critical part of …
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Posted a video walkthrough on YouTube of the new full-screen editor in Micro.blog. It’s a big …
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Great halftime show with Bad Bunny. They put so much into it, really enjoyed it. 🏈
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Watching the Super Bowl. The Verge has a list of some of the tech-related ads, noting the minor …
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Inspired by Lindsey Vonn the more I’m reading about her journey back to the Olympics. Heartbreaking …
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Turnstile on Burnet Road. ☕️
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Coding nostalgia
This blog post by Nolan Lawson is giving me a lot to think about, but maybe not in the way he …
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Really happy with the new full-screen post editor that we’ve been working on. It’ll ship on Monday. …
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Data center pause
Wired reporting on a proposed bill to pause building data centers in New York for three years: Two …
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I’ve noticed over the last couple of years that my shorter posts are often too tightly edited …
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Read the code
I’ve seen a few posts recently about how developers will increasingly not even read the code …
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NetNewsWire for Mac was updated for Liquid Glass, and now the iOS update is out too. Nice work. 2026 …
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Andrea Bocelli singing Nessun dorma at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics is really …
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The new Muppets Show is fun. Hope they make some more episodes. 🍿
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Om Malik blogs about the greatest invention of his lifetime, the internet: Like all great …
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What to grow
I’ve been building apps for the Mac and the web for 30 years. In all that time, especially as …
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Behind the scenes in our GitHub comments.
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A beta is starting for Terry Godier’s feed reader Current. I love his thinking behind this, …
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If you look at the news blog, we have shipped new features or bug fixes nearly every day until the …
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Waiting at the 45th street crossing.
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Not sure I’ve ever seen Sam Altman as upset as in this long Twitter / X post: Our most …
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Jatan Mehta on exploring where to host his fediverse presence, from Mastodon to Ghost to Micro.blog. …
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Logan blogging about IndiePub, in the same spirit as IndieWeb and POSSE but expanding to …
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WordPress’s new Link Fixer is in some ways similar to the archiving features that we’ve had baked …
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Dave Rupert wants to see more writing about making things better: It’s cheap and easy to complain …
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There’s a fun discussion on today’s Hard Fork about Moltbook. We live in an increasingly …
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Brett Terpstra blogs about his upcoming app BlogBook: This is a new app I’m publishing as a …
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This Anthropic post is pretty much what I would write too, as a reaction to ads coming in OpenAI. I …
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Doing the math on the Cosmere books, with Mistborn era 3 locked in for releases in 2028, 2029, and …
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I love this train station photo in the snow.
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Forbes has a profile of Sam Altman with some interesting quotes from him and others: Altman knows …
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Linking to a post about Apple from Matt Gemmell, Michael Tsai blogs: At times, the company seems …
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Going through items in my mom’s house, took a picture of this old painting of mine. 8th grade, …
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Om Malik has been on a roll with great blog posts lately, refocusing on creation: You might have …
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Codex for Mac does more than I realized on first glance. It’s one of the most complete version …
: SpaceX data centers I wasn’t going to bother commenting on Elon Musk’s announcement about xAI and Space. It’s wild, …
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Doing way too many things simultaneously today. Took a few minutes to unplug and read a book in the …
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OpenAI has a new Mac app for Codex. It appears to unify both Codex CLI and the web-based Codex into …
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Working on something new that is ending up much more costly to run than I was expecting. I’ve …
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So much of success is just timing. I feel lucky to have been 20-ish in the mid 1990s, seeing the …
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Listening to the latest AppStories podcast. Fun discussion about OpenClaw, but also they make a …
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The UT tower as we’re heading back from Blade Runner Live. Don’t think I had ever been to a movie or …
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Neat map on adventuresaroundthe.world/map/ where you can click on a pin to view blog posts from …
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I gave in and reinstalled OpenClaw, but this time isolated it on its own server, with no access to …
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Kev Quirk is thinking about what will happen to his blog when he’s gone: I’m part of the …
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Great podcast interview with PSPDFKit and OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger: What blew my mind so …
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Watched: Arco. I really enjoyed this. Some of the comedic parts didn’t work for me, but it’s a …
January 2026
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Watching the end of Spurs / Hornets. The refs made the right call here on the challenge, but overall …
: AI strategy for 2026 Reflecting on how Micro.blog uses AI today and outlining a path forward. When nearly anything is …
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Everyone should at least skim through some of the posts on Moltbook. Whether you’re an AI …
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Went to see Steve Martin and Martin Short tonight. Great show. Martin Short also had a few words to …
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Lots of interesting stats in Bluesky’s trust and safety report for 2025. Just a small part: …
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Just got lost in the filmography for Catherine O’Hara, and watching old interviews, thinking …
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Simon Willison blogs more about the craziness happening with OpenClaw and Moltbook: The amount of …
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Moltbook — a social network for AI agents to have discussions with one another. This is wild. I …
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Clawdbot / Moltbot rebrands again, to OpenClaw. I actually liked Moltbot, it was unique and had some …
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Ordered my first Day One printed book. Still have some work to consolidate my hand-written journal …
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Trying out Aeronaut for Bluesky. Very nice. I don’t actually visit Bluesky directly that often …
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Elizabeth Warren asks OpenAI to promise they won’t ask for a bailout if they fail: In a …
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More from Brandon Sanderson on why he chose Apple and his involved in the project: I will be …
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We went to a candlelight vigil for Alex Pretti tonight, organized by nurses at Seton. They also …
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Apple’s notorious secrecy really hurts them when leadership needs to comment on something …
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I’m always a little pleasantly surprised when someone actually reads my book. Jatan Mehta …
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It’s funny how prevalent favicon.ico still is, many years after we’ve had better ways to …
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Apple TV acquires rights to the Cosmere! From The Hollywood Reporter: The streaming giant has …
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Beautiful essay by Terry Godier about RSS reader UI and software creating obligations: An interface …
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TechCrunch on the Snap / Specs spinoff: Later this year, Snap is expected to launch the latest …
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Jenny Lawson blogging about how easy it is for us to lose our cool right now: We are not meant to …
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Kristen Radtke writes at The Verge about her childhood friend Alex Pretti: There is something …
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NetNewsWire 7 is out with a UI update for Liquid Glass. Don’t worry, it fits well on macOS 26 …
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Growing the Open Social Web, an un-workshop from the FediForum folks with a new format: Prior to …
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Bethany blogging about a GoFundMe in Minneapolis: Many people have not been able to work for the …
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I’ve been working on a few blog post drafts that I can’t seem to finish. Sometimes editing makes a …
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Another good Jimmy Kimmel show last night. It says something about the time we are living in when a …
: Open source vs. open platforms Thinking about open source and small platforms. Mastodon and Bluesky. Why we should focus on open …
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Dave Rupert is swearing off APIs, frustrated with building on someone else’s platform: That’s …
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I was tinkering around with Clawdbot but it’s a little overwhelming. What do you use an app …
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Mark Gurman pulls together a bunch of Siri AI news for Bloomberg: The company has been planning an …
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This site Bugs Apple Loves might be a little unfair, but the iCloud photos part is good: You took …
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Gonna try to watch all the Oscar nominations this year. Over the weekend caught up on Bugonia (what …
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More winter storm prep today. Groceries. Went to my mom’s house too to wrap pipes, drip faucets, …
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Watched: Disneyland Handcrafted. Some great early construction footage. 🍿
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For Micro.blog this year, we want to highlight more long-form blog posts. The kind of posts that are …
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The first time I saw a Waymo, I just about lost my mind, laughing. “There’s no one driving that …
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Good analysis from Laurens Hofs on ICE getting a verified badge on Bluesky and the resulting …
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I’m still excited for the Pebble Index ring because of the focus on extensibility, but I …
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Rainy, misty morning in Austin. This weekend is going to be cold, with ice and maybe snow. Hopefully …
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Getting the sense that what’s happening in Minnesota is about to reach a tipping point, or …
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Watched some of the Jack Smith hearing during lunch. What can I say that hasn’t already been …
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Listening to the Open AI podcast, of course it’s marketing, but something that Vinod Khosla …
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I usually give AI little coding tasks. Go off and fix this one thing, make this small tweak, add …
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Good discussion about the future of AI in this interview from Davos with Demis Hassabis and Dario …
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Watched: The House. An anthology in three parts about the same house, directed and animated by …
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Travis Knight in the press release for Laika’s next stop-motion feature, Wildwood: Our movie …
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Velocity and authenticity
When I read a blog post I love, I usually find my favorite part of it to quote in a short post on my …
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Powerful email shared by Brent Simmons from family members in Minnesota.
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This is a great extended ad for the new Volvo EX60. You can acknowledge the old hassle when you …
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Kagi has a blog post about the Google antitrust ruling and the need for a more open search index, …
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Manu Moreale, as usual being thoughtful on his blog:
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The upcoming Europe-based W social network seems well intentioned, but there has gotta be a better …
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This blog post from OpenAI about their data center buildout — called Stargate — sounds a little like …
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Spurs lose a close one in Houston, but this team has been on a roll otherwise. Looking really good …
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Exactly one year since Trump was sworn in for his second term. Some things have been predictably bad …
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I hinted a few times that I was adding WordPress and Ghost sync to Micro.blog. It was a big change, …
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The best way I can explain how I work: every day, I fix a bug, I work on a new feature, I reply to a …
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After Google Reader, folks asked me about building an open API for feed syncing, given my history …
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The Iconfactory is out with a new Kickstarter campaign! Nice pitch: We all need a way to unplug …
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Over the last year I’ve become hyper-sensitive to extremism. The lesson from Trumpism should …
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Matt Mullenweg blogged about Scott Adams, trying to reconcile good memories of Dilbert with later …
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My short posts tend to cut corners so they flow a little more like informal thoughts. I wonder if …
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Nice new micro app from @mattbirchler: Quick Stuff, for making App Store screenshots. If you look at …
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I enjoy visiting Apple’s home page every January to see the update for Martin Luther King Jr. …
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We’re on a roll with movies this weekend. Just got back from Avatar 3. Unfortunately while I …
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I always thought I was lucky to grow up in the 20th century. I didn’t even realize how poor my …
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Going back and forth between bug fixing and something new. So fun to start from a blank slate, yet …
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Wish I knew more about the reason for this post from Eugen Rochko, although we can guess: I will be …
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Watched: All You Need Is Kill. We love Edge of Tomorrow so had to see this. It would be fun if there …
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Went to see Marty Supreme. Wild, much different and better than I was expecting. Loved it. 🍿
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Fascinating drama in Elon Musk’s court filing against OpenAI. OpenAI’s web response is …
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Rewrote some WebSocket code this week and it seems to have made a dramatic improvement not just for …
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Ads are coming to ChatGPT. OpenAI is attempting to head off some of the inherent misalignment with …
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AI and Wikipedia
This announcement from Wikipedia seemed to spark some debate. I think it’s only good news. If a …
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I blogged briefly this morning about the W3C. Connected Places has a much longer post today about …
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Reviewing some of the W3C policies, kind of interesting who can be part of a working group. Small …
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A long story in The Hollywood Reporter about George R.R. Martin and all the work he is juggling. The …
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There’s never been a better time to learn a little about nearly everything in web technology. …
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We officially have a new W3C working group to advance ActivityPub and related specifications …
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I’ve been watching some of the CNN live coverage from Minneapolis. Looks precarious. Sad and worried …
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Two co-founders of Thinking Machines are going back to OpenAI. Last July, a co-founder of Safe …
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Reading this post on Daring Fireball today about the explosive growth of the iPhone made me curious …
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Really unique design for Honda’s prototype camper trailer. I like it. There’s some video and …
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David Pierce writes that all the AI pieces are falling into place for Google: Three years after …
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There’s a major Verizon outage, still impacting us here in Austin. My phone is currently on …
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The Information report on Gemini + Siri answers most of my questions, including deployment: To …
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John Gruber commenting on Meta’s plans to sell more glasses: 20 million units is a real …
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Caught myself writing a blog post to complain about someone else’s blog platform and API. …
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Running database migrations! 🤞 Deploying a bunch of new things this week.
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It has been forever, but we’ve finally released a new version of Sunlit for iOS! It’s …
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Continuing to experiment with video. Here’s a short one from this morning, working at Lazarus …
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When I switched to the iPhone Pro Max, I gave up my iPad Mini, thinking the larger iPhone is good …
: Meandering feature commits Working on a new feature, reviewing all the commits that tell the story.
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Another Micro.blog tool from @timapple, this one is for blogging from the command line. The year of …
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Pretty significant bundle of apps in Apple Creator Studio. I’ve been using an old license of …
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OpenAI acquires health startup Torch: We started Torch to build a medical memory for AI, unifying …
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Southwest is still my preferred airline but the new changes do hurt the experience. Paying for …
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Anthropic has bundled Claude Code features into a more user-friendly interface called Cowork. Looks …
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Something feels off about this Apple and Google statement on Siri and Gemini. I’m left with more …
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Salvatore Sanfilippo, the creator of Redis, wrote over the weekend about AI for programming: It …
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I’m glad this blog post from Norbert Heger is getting so much attention. I thought I was …
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You can subscribe to get an email each Monday of all my blog posts from the previous week. Even if …
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The Internet Archive has more about the legacy of Stewart Cheifet and the digitization of his shows. …
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Ben Thompson with a critique of the first live NBA game on Vision Pro: Here’s the thing that you …
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I’m reading Station Eleven, finished a chapter and then checked the internet, my mind still halfway …
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Back from NYC, here’s a short video from some time in the city.
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Matt Birchler on AI-assisted bespoke apps: I’m calling it now: if 2025 was the year of …
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Dan Moren makes a great point at Six Colors about the ongoing Grok is still in the App Store …
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Finished reading: Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb. Starts slow, took about a third in until I really …
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In New York City for a few days with family. Amazing time. Got to see Maybe Happy Ending last night …
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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ChatGPT Health
I expect a lot of people to be bothered by ChatGPT Health. Of course you shouldn’t use AI as a …
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Final draft of Indie Microblogging
It has been an unbelievable nine years since I launched the Kickstarter for Micro.blog. Even after I …
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I mentioned this on our bonus episode of Core Intuition last month, but I don’t think …
: More book editing and AI Final edits on Indie Microblogging are leaving me with questions about AI.
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When I experimented with not federating my posts for a few months, I also accidentally muted …
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Sean Heber blogs about the continued devaluation of software, comparing it to Zork in the 1980s. In …
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Intrigued by the upcoming LEGO smart bricks. It’s crazy what is possible now. I ordered a few …
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Satya Nadella started a new blog at the end of 2025. A couple interesting things about it… …
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John Voorhees revived his old Objective-C app with Claude Code and came away floored: What I see is …
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Great post today by Ben Thompson on the changes coming in the future, even as AI replaces some jobs: …
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Indie Microblogging epigraphs
My book has about 65 short chapters. Each chapter has a quote at the beginning. I thought it would …
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Last week I started making one final editing pass on my book, trimming some sections and adding new …
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Can’t believe I’m just now learning that the people mover in the Houston airport was built by Disney …
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A short video with some clips from driving to Lake Brownwood this weekend. Apparently I say …
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Driving back into Austin there was an incredible view of the huge moon low over downtown, just …
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Hiking at Lake Brownwood State Park, came up on this red cardinal.
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Stopped for a view of the sunset along the road to Brownwood, with Honda Element micro-camper.
: Quotes and notes on the case for blogging A few comments on Joan Westenberg’s excellent blog post about blogging. I’m going to be …
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While traveling last week, I found myself thinking back to when Kindles came with free cellular …
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Working on support for standard.site in Micro.blog. I had blogged earlier this year about potential …
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Watched: Down Cemetery Road S1E1, Almost True. I haven’t been able to get into the other new …
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Ben Werdmuller on LLMs for coding: I also think we’re going to see a real split in the tech …
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Starting the new year with some Micro.blog home page tweaks for signed-out users. Added a new …
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Watched: LotR: The Return of the King, Extended Edition. I always forget that it’s actually …
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Meghana Indurti writing for The New Yorker on our optimized, convenient lives: During the drive, I …
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Jason Snell has some good predictions for Apple at Macworld: I doubt any new-and-improved Siri will …
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Watching LotR: The Two Towers and started looking through old Hobbit history and revisions. I don’t …
December 2025
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Paul Frazee blogs about AT Protocol and building different kinds of apps on the same underlying …
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Nice post from Allan Pike examining how AI-enabled web browsers attempt to route queries to web …
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Parker Ortolani blogs five takes on 2025. On OpenAI: OpenAI does its best work when it focuses on …
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Had to redo my 2025 reading post because there was a comically wrong cached book cover. Guess …
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Year in books for 2025
I was short of my goal for the year, but still read a lot of books that I enjoyed. Hope to read more …
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Lights on the San Antonio River Walk.
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Universal driving directions: Go straight. Turn left or right whenever you need to. Seriously, I’m …
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Screenshot teaser for something I’ve been working on over the holidays, for launch next year. …
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A few months ago I turned off fediverse publishing for my blog. Some of my posts still trickle out …
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I’ve been testing some new features with Ghost. I can see the appeal of it, it’s robust …
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Following on my post about the fediverse for next year, I’m going to be doing some work to …
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NetNewsWire is moving away from Slack: The switch to Discourse means conversations will be …
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Speech to text has gotten so good that the difference between “pretty good” and …
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Cool write-up of building a custom Micro.blog posting frontend with Claude. Next year I wonder if …
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Finished reading: Making History by K. J. Parker. Neat idea, I was pulled into the narration. …
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Coffee and breakfast in Louisiana. Quick trip to see family, then back to Texas. ☕️
: Fediverse predictions Some thoughts on fediverse predictions for 2026, especially whether the fediverse is likely to grow …
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Finished reading: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst. A little bit cozy fantasy, a little bit …
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Merry Christmas! This present combines two of my favorite things into one shirt. 🎄
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Today’s photo challenge prompt is travel. Driving by the old air traffic control tower at Mueller.
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Jason Snell blogging at Macworld about how much the Siri delay has affected other products: Nothing …
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Hope everyone is having a relaxing holiday week. What a crazy year! I love this time, as things slow …
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If you’re following the Micro.blog holiday photo challenge, there will be a special …
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For today’s winter wonder photo challenge prompt grinch, at the Trail of Lights. 🎄
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Wemby reading Hero of Ages in French on Instagram. 📚
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In addition to the Micro.blog holiday photo challenge, we also have micro.christmas, a fun domain …
: Lack of depth Responding to a post by Manu Moreale with more thoughts about the fediverse.
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My default AI for coding help is GPT-5.2 in Codex on “high”. It is very good. But just …
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“Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it.” — Kermit in The …
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Kicking myself for deployment mistakes as we wind down for the holidays. We have a few big things …
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Careless blunder while deploying a security improvement today, which caused posts created from the …
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When we complain about the App Store, it’s not just the fees. It’s the lack of control …
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I’m tempted to just get all my political news from Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue. But I do watch CNN …
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The New Yorker has put their 100-year archive online in a really nice way. I’ve poked around on a …
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Laurens Hof at Connected Places wraps up the Threads / fediverse experiment: My take is that Meta …
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Updated the Mac app today with a few little improvements, including a right-click context menu for …
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I missed that iOS 26.2 in Japan allows developers to replace Siri from the side button. This seems …
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Also from @timapple, blogging on returning to Micro.blog: I have come and gone quite a few times …
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Brand new app for Micro.blog from @timapple, for Android and Linux users. It already has support for …
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John Gruber’s one-sentence take on Apple adding more ads to the App Store: I have a bad …
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TikTok has finally been sold, sort of. New partners include Silver Lake, the private equity firm …
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For day five of the photo challenge: beard.
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Casey Newton has predictions for 2026: the bubble will continue even as some AI companies fail, …
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Evergreen. Got our tree so early this year, it’s losing more and more needles every day. Just needs …
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This is an amazing follow-up video from Joanna Stern on the Anthropic vending machine. I’m not …
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If you use Day One and haven’t tried the cross-posting from Micro.blog to Day One, it is kind …
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Listening to Jay Graber on the latest Revolution.Social. Rabble continues to do a great job of …
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Seeing videos of the new Samsung trifold phone has convinced me that foldables are good enough now. …
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Tim Sweeney in a tweet about the new App Store rules for Japan: Apple was required to open up iOS …
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Apple is opening up third-party marketplaces to Japan, similar to the expansion in the EU. Slow and …
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Sigh. This probably isn’t great:load average: 69.13, 58.89, 48.27
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Third day of the Micro.blog winter wonder photo challenge: firelight.
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Calvin Tomkins, leading up to his 100th birthday, wrote a series of journal entries for The New …
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The technical explanation for how Bluesky has implemented their find friends from contacts is …
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Rainy day in Austin. Looking out from my car as the skyline fades up into the mist.
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OpenAI often makes fun of their own product names — “really bad at naming things” — but …
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I like this blog post by Robin Rendle about whether the current disruption of search engines might …
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For day 2 of the winter photo challenge: cozy blanket and cozy book, The Spellshop.
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John Gruber blogging at Daring Fireball about the updated Apple TV logo animation and sound: The …
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MacStories 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award: Unread. Congrats @johnbrayton! Eleven years after its …
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If you missed it, we brought our Core Intuition podcast back for another special bonus episode. We …
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How about, instead of preventing “the kids” from accessing social media, we go in the …
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Great blog post from Matt Haughey on driving a VW Buzz from Texas to Oregon. When the Buzz was …
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Watched: Mushka. Andreas Deja helping keep hand-drawn animation alive, purposefully showing the …
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We just posted a new Core Intuition! Wha…?! Episode 26.2.
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Nick Heer on locked Apple accounts: Given this tight control, the bar for locking a user out of …
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Tesla robotaxis in Austin no longer need safety drivers. Worrisome. Elon Musk’s insistence …
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Six years ago I blogged about my favorite Christmas movies. No changes needed yet. 🎄
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Too many guns. I don’t have a lot of words beyond what has already been said for years. Sad …
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For the first day of the winter photo challenge, no actual frost anywhere near me, although it is …
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Watched: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Another great one. 🍿
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Just noticed a new F1 movie ad in the Apple Sports app. So weird that Apple has become a company …
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David Pierce introducing the latest Vergecast: Here’s a thought: what if the next-generation Siri …
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Quick trip up to Dallas this weekend to see the kids. The weather turned cold overnight! ❄️ Speaking …
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Great to see Wemby back tonight for the NBA cup semifinals, even in very limited minutes. 🏀
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Thinking more about Australia… Our kids are adults now, and they grew up through the rise of …
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Enjoyed the discussion on Hard Fork about the Australia social media ban for kids. In a nutshell: …
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Good post from Creative Commons with concerns about pay-per-crawl efforts, including principles to …
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Announcing a special Micro.blog winter photo challenge! @BonnieRue has written a new post with …
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Not sure yet how to read the Epic vs. Apple appeals court decision. Seems like a partial Apple win, …
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A little-known Micro.blog feature is getting better visibility today: we store previous versions of …
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The natural follow-up from my last post: people want a place to belong. Friends, a community. So the …
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Let’s not confuse tribes and principles. Principles allow us to build coalitions with people who …
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Happy we got the new Android update out today. I worked on a few other web things tonight, queued up …
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When driving sometimes I’ll have a few ideas for blog posts and I’ll try to narrate the gist of them …
: Disney and OpenAI Initial thoughts on the licensing and investment deal between Disney and OpenAI for Sora.
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Not going to come close to hitting my reading goal this year. This year has been too much. Hoping to …
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When I was trying to simplify the Design page in Micro.blog earlier this year, I think I went too …
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Usually when I think of something new to work on, I add a note in Micro.blog notes. Lately …
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Watched the first half of Spurs/Lakers NBA cup game last night, too tired to stay up for the whole …
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From a Bloomberg story about Tim Cook in Washington: …Cook urged lawmakers not to require …
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I added a help page with an intro to using Pagefind in Micro.blog. Leon Mika also has a good post …
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Andreas Deja has been sharing some drawings from the cancelled Disney feature My Peoples. Beautiful …
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Submitted an iOS update to Apple for Micro.blog, hopefully will be approved in the next day. I think …
: Reverse centaurs A few thoughts on Cory Doctorow’s speech about AI.
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Pebble is launching a ring called Index 01 for voice recording. The design looks a little more …
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Ben Werdmuller blogging about the enduring strength of RSS and ideas for the future: Feeds have …
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Updated my parks page. This wraps up the second year with 28 parks. Well below what I had hoped for. …
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Cold morning at Blanco State Park.
: Pagefind and Micro.blog actions New feature for site search and a screenshot of where I want to go with running actions after a blog …
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I like this blog post about not becoming a connoisseur by Joan Westenberg: Simply: the aspiring …
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I like this ELECTRIC. It’s not something that most people would even see while walking by and it …
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I’m sorry for some of the flakiness in Micro.blog-hosted blogs today. Long story short, we …
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For Brandon Sanderson fans, he read the first two chapters of a new Cosmere novel last week. I …
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One of these days, gonna need to sit down and come up with a more universal way to add sidebars to …
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I’ve tried to have a thoughtful approach to AI-based features in Micro.blog, like the opt-out …
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Sometimes when I rewrite a blog post or email multiple times, it becomes hard to tell if it’s …
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Micro.blog iPhone and iPad folks, the latest TestFlight beta has several bug fixes to text editing …
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The obvious downside to AI creating answers and software we might not need is it feels wasteful. …
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ChatGPT Pulse still blows my mind. This morning it built a custom HTML app for visualizing train …
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Ghost founder John O’Nolan is working on a new RSS reader called Alcove: I wish it were just …
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Huge deal with Netflix buying Warner Bros. for $83 billion including HBO Max. If it goes through, …
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Watching some of the Nexus livestream. Brandon and Emily Sanderson are announcing a free coin for …
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I watched Train Dreams last week and I’m still forming an opinion about it. I like this review in …
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Louie Mantia blogging about Alan Dye leaving Apple, and more generally the trend away from …
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Tree and stained glass at Lazarus on Airport. ☕️
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We’re planning a winter-y, holiday challenge for this month. Announcement coming on Monday! 🎄
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I’ve been wanting to make this change for months, finally rolled it out. When you’re on …
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Talking to Alexa+ this morning, I do think it’s an improvement. More conversational. It took …
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Puzzle is starting to come together.
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Dario Amodei takes some shots at OpenAI in a DealBook Summit interview: Let’s say you’re a person …
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Alan Dye is leaving Apple for Meta, with Stephen Lemay taking over design. Nice that he goes back to …
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Jason Fried blogging about the Fizzy launch, which is free as open source or $20/month hosted: If …
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Quick video demo of a new feature to change the poster frame of a video you’ve uploaded. …
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The options we pass to FFmpeg in a variety of cases is now so complicated that I can’t really …
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Nick Heer blogs a little Siri + AI skepticism. It’s a good point, why do we keep expecting the …
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Just noticed that the bottle of Dr. Pepper they gave me at the restaurant last night looks like a 20 …
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Anthropic acquires the JavaScript tool Bun. A quote from Mike Krieger: Bun represents exactly the …
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Trying out Fizzy from 37signals. I don’t need another tool… Tools are kind of like code …
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Mastodon CEO change, 2026 reset
I spent some time reviewing various Mastodon drama from over a year ago that I thought contributed …
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Good Stratechery update today on OpenAI’s “code red”, with Sam Altman telling the …
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John Giannandrea is leaving Apple and Amar Subramanya is joining, and announcing both at once seems …
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Just hit my monthly search limit on Kagi’s starter plan. Turns out we still need traditional …
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Good post by Allen Pike about why ChatGPT for Mac is better than the competition. I remarked a year …
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It’s December already? ⛄️ Good start to the morning so far. Responded to a few emails. …
November 2025
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Simon Willison marks the 3-year anniversary of the ChatGPT launch with a blog post about how it …
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“He has a hundred ideas a day. Four of them are good, the other 96 downright dangerous.” …
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Got sidetracked looking at photos and satellite imagery of Hudson Yards, before and after the …
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Thinking longer for a better answer. ☕️
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Amazing win by the Longhorns. I hope they end up making the playoffs. 🏈
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Mickey Mouse holding horseshoe ornament. 🎄
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Micro.blog’s CDN bill is up about 25% from last month, no surprise with the launch of better …
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…there is so much interesting content out there ready to be discovered. And …
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Federico Viticci blogging about AI results, matching my recent thoughts about the products and …
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Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I think this is the earliest we’ve ever gone Christmas tree shopping. …
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Surprisingly quick one-day app reviews from Apple and Google, so we were able to release the new …
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Private encrypted notes in Micro.blog present some challenges, especially for search. If you only …
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Cold weather is back in Austin. Morning coffee at Cosmic. ☕️ We’re preparing a few things for …
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Fun discussion on the latest ATP about the OpenAI “egg”. I’ve been saying for a year or two that …
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Dave Winer blogging about a new commenting system to connect blogs. I’ve been following his …
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While I was feeling terrible in bed yesterday, I couldn’t even sleep, my mind kept drifting to …
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Finished reading: Relics of Ruin by Erin M. Evans. A great second book. Same feel of a mystery as …
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World of Frozen opening in Disneyland Paris in March. Really impressed with the new robotic Olaf. ☃️
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I like this quote from Jony Ive in the conversation: There’s not a lot of humor in the …
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Got my Covid vaccine yesterday and it floored me. Does the dosage need to be adjusted considering …
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Crazy comeback win from the Cowboys. When they couldn’t score at the 1 yard line, down 21 points, I …
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Thanks @numericcitizen for the new video about what’s new in Micro.blog! You can watch it on YouTube …
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Watched: Wicked: For Good. In the first hour I almost started to doubt, thinking maybe it needed …
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Updated my state parks page. 27 down, a whole bunch to go. Glad to resume this challenge after …
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Went camping last night, then home early but a late start getting coffee. Drove by three coffee …
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One mistake I made building the bed platform for my car is these flimsy little brackets. They ended …
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A thoughtful post today from Laurens Hof in the Fediverse Report about Mastodon’s new CEO and the …
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We released Epilogue 2.1 for iOS and Android today. Now with easy blogging for movies. Here’s …
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So happy with how well the new video hosting with Micro.blog Studio is going. I used to fumble …
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Android app review submissions have been going through very quickly. Nice work by Google. Even when …
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Raining finally. The new tree is getting a much-needed soak. I decided a few days ago to go camping …
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I wonder if this proposed Algorithm Accountability Act has the right idea. Instead of wiping away …
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Some folks are addicted to refreshing social media all day. Not me, but I have noticed that …
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In today’s Stratechery interview they talk about the potential revenue that OpenAI lost by not …
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Experimenting with a new Movies tab in our mobile app Epilogue. Feels a little weird… The app …
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Jensen Huang on the Nvidia earnings call: There has been a lot of talk about an AI bubble. From our …
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Finally worked through some Epilogue for Android issues. Submitted to Google for review! 🤞
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Bluesky is expanding their moderation tools and the granularity of reporting. Sounds like good …
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Congrats to Gus Mueller on Acorn’s recognition as a finalist in the App Store Awards! I use …
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Love the covers on these special TikTok editions of a few of Brandon Sanderson’s books. …
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After a rocky bit early in the year, I feel that Micro.blog is in a really good place right now. New …
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This report from Matthew Prince about Cloudflare’s outage yesterday shows the mind-boggling …
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New trailer for Project Hail Mary! This is going to be great. I’m going to try to re-read the book …
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Love this blog post from Ton Zijlstra about discovering a train ticket in an old book: While the …
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Good episode of Dithering today, talking about the impending Gemini 3 release and why OpenAI will …
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New audio option for Micro.blog Studio
Last week when I announced Micro.blog Studio — our new subscription plan with improved video hosting …
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Wow, Eugen Rochko stepping down as Mastodon CEO. Congrats to him on all the success in helping the …
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Watched: Frankenstein. I liked this more than I was expecting. Some visually great scenes… Wish I …
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Good interview at Wired with Fidji Simo. I didn’t know she had an illness that forces her to …
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I don’t think Disney live-action remakes really need to exist, but the new Moana could work …
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Sometimes I drive the long way around, through old neighborhoods, imagining the people and buildings …
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Great video on YouTube (via Matt Haughey) of old Pacific Electric Railway stations in Los Angeles. I …
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Our new community manager
I’m excited to welcome Bonnie Rue to the Micro.blog team! She will be helping with new …
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Watched: Being Eddie. Really enjoyed this. 🍿
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Micro.blog posts to Day One
I’ve updated Micro.blog with support for Day One journals. In the Mac app we’ve had a …
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Good article in The New Yorker about water in Texas including the failure to build a seawater …
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We had to run an errand out off 620, so stopped at the park at Mansfield Dam. Short video with a few …
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From the Financial Times via The Verge: According to the Financial Times, Tim Cook could step down …
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Made a couple careless errors this morning. I probably need to step away from the computer. Sorry …
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They lost by one point, but last night’s Spurs vs. Warriors game was still so good. Both loses …
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Interesting blog post from Tim Bray comparing a recent Bluesky suspension with the Mastodon …
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Nikita Prokopov blogs about the neediness of apps. I can especially relate to the notifications …
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I still can’t wrap my head around the Apple developer news about so-called mini apps. Is this …
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Reviewing EU servers. Can’t believe it has been over half a year since we set those up. Adding …
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From earlier today, McKenna Park in Denton. 🌳
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Finally got my local Android build setup working again. Had to nuke everything. This has been really …
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Now that I have two whole videos of me talking to the camera, time to make a Videos page for my …
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Neat cups at Communion Coffee with the Richardson water tower and skyline.
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The new Nostr-based video app Devine also includes an archive of original Vine videos. Rabble spoke …
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Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, for The Outsiders. Great show. First time I had seen it. 🎭
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Made a short video of driving up to Dallas today, with a stop in Waco.
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Michael Tsai blogging about the Apple-funded study on DMA fallout: Now Apple is acting as though it …
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Oh cool, Jarrod Blundy’s blog post about Micro.blog Studio made it on Hacker News.
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Surprised to read that Sonder has gone bankrupt, despite the Marriott partnership. It seemed like …
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Thanks @jarrod for the kind words about Micro.blog Studio. His post actually does a better job of …
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Good move from Google for privacy, building servers similar to Apple’s private cloud compute. From …
: Markdown in RSS Linking to Dave Winer’s page about Markdown and RSS, with an example from my feed.
: Micro.blog Studio Introducing a new subscription plan for longer video hosting on your blog.
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Another great game from Wemby. Unreal. 5 blocks, 5 assists, 6 3s, a bunch of points. This season is …
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Tim Berners-Lee is the guest on the latest episode of Decoder: You want to have control of your own …
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Starting to roll out the new Micro.blog Studio subscription plan. I blogged last week with an …
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Cold morning in Austin. Lots to do. Working at the coffee shop but accidentally left my headphones …
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Started watching: The Diplomat Season 3. Good first two episodes. Also great to see both Allison …
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Watching Edge of Tomorrow. Love this movie. We put it on randomly sometimes, have seen it dozens of …
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I didn’t know about subway surfing. Tragic. From a story in The New Yorker: We blame the digital …
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Lily Allen’s West End Girl feels like a complete album, meant to be listened to in track …
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Working on video improvements ahead of tomorrow’s launch. One thing I like about the automatic …
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Watched: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain. Glad I was able to see this in the theater today. …
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Sometimes I forget about the way Micro.blog archives any web page you link to or bookmark, including …
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I think Sandbar is on to something with their ring. I’ve wanted a faster way to record notes …
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Thinking about how much code is written by AI is becoming less interesting to me. We didn’t …
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I’ve seen the new Mac ad on TV several times now and really like it. There’s obviously something …
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Watched: Pluribus S1E1, We Is Us. Not sure what to think of this yet. Rhea Seehorn is good, but want …
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Not sure if this is fair or not, but I think of Bird Bird Biscuit as a hipster version of …
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If you are on the TestFlight beta for Micro.blog iOS, you will have seen our experiments to enable …
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OpenAI continues to shoot for the moon. Based on a tweet by Sam Altman, they seem fairly clear-eyed …
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Scott McNulty blogging about the new Star Trek LEGO set: $400 is a lot of money for some pieces of …
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Trying something new! A short video to start my morning. Coffee at Cosmic. ☕️
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Enjoyed this video with Matt Mullenweg and John Borthwick. I thought I was familiar with Betaworks, …
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Watching the Wicked special on TV. I’m fine with it being one long commercial for the movie. Can’t …
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My blog has always been a mix of personal posts and business topics. It’s not a collection of press …
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Staying busy this week. If I stop to let my mind wander, I can start to feel grief inching closer, …
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From the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI depositions, there are a couple more details around the firing of Sam …
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Video plan preview, launching Monday
I posted a couple months ago about improving Micro.blog’s video hosting. Not just fixing the …
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Listening to the final episode of Under the Radar. Congrats to David and Marco on a great 10-year …
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Leaning heavily into the YOLO mindset for travel planning right now.
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The second of three big things for today: updated Mac app! This has the movies and TV show search …
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Added one of the oldest requested features to Micro.blog today: editing the slug for a post. …
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Good morning! Coffee at Houndstooth. Big day, going to release the new Mac app and blog about the …
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Watched the first quarter of Spurs / Lakers but can’t stay up for the whole game. It’s not helping …
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Thinking again about file over app by Steph Ango. We have a lot of export and import options in …
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From the NetNewsWire blog about version 6.2: …there is one new feature of potential …
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Good story by David Pierce at The Verge on the coming web browser wars. He talked to people at all …
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Fidji Simo blogs about companies that use AI to do more, not to downsize: Organizations that …
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ChatGPT Pulse is my favorite product of the year. It’s expensive, but it’s the first new …
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Ben Thomson in a long article today about the AI bubble and its potential benefits, especially …
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Tim Sweeney on Twitter / X welcoming a Google proposal to fix exclusive app distribution and …
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Another excellent article about AI in The New Yorker: The case that AI is thinking. It captures both …
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In addition to technical debt problems, when using AI for coding we have to be careful of feature …
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Now that we have more confirmation that Siri will be powered in part by Gemini, I think Apple should …
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Sneak peek video of next Mac version of Micro.blog with new Movies sidebar item. This will ship …
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Survey results
Last week I posted a short survey to get some feedback on what features people are using in …
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Election Day. There are lots of propositions on the Texas ballot. Kind of feel if you can’t …
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Wind turbines, driving back from Corpus Christi.
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Working on something new for the Mac app and thinking about how disclosure triangles are sort of a …
October 2025
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Simon Willison blogs about doing research that leads into a new blog post: …I poked around …
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Great responses to my little survey about Micro.blog features. Thanks everyone! Really helpful. …
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Until today I had never tried the “best of N” feature in AI tools like Codex, where it …
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Everywhere we look — people walking on the sidewalk, people stuck in traffic, people shopping at the …
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Another great Spurs game. Starting the season 5-0 for the first time. 🏀
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I guess this was bound to happen. Daring Fireball: Services now generates more revenue ($28.8 …
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I thought of a few questions about Micro.blog usage that will help us prioritize features over the …
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There’s not necessarily any new info in this article in The New Yorker about AI data centers, …
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We’ve been going through old photos this week. I always smile looking at this one of me and my …
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I’m still using ChatGPT Pulse. It is remarkable how good it is sometimes. Some folks will find …
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Thanks everyone for the kind words on the blog post yesterday about my mom. Means a lot to me.
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Crossing over the Lamar bridge.
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My mom
Last weekend, my mom passed away. I had blogged once or twice that in recent months I found myself …
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In a post about safety improvements, OpenAI reveals that a stunning number of people (0.15% out of …
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Needed to get away today. Last-minute decision to drive down to San Antonio with my daughter. 🏀
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Watching the Longhorns game with family today was a nice distraction from everything else going on …
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I tried Atlas again to go find something for me on the web, and it worked, but the UI doesn’t …
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Automattic has filed counterclaims against WP Engine. I’ve read the first few pages of the PDF …
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Great Spurs win last night in the season opener. I went to bed in the 3rd quarter and caught up on …
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Nick Heer blogging about Atlas: OpenAI wants to be everywhere, and it wants to know everything …
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Barely any time to work or blog the last couple of weeks because of family stuff that maybe …
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A few initial thoughts on ChatGPT Atlas… Good name. I thought about naming a product Atlas …
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Great blog post about why people like 37signals: They write books, give talks, maintain strong …
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Cal Newport blogs about what Sora might mean for a business model shift at OpenAI: A company that …
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Turned on the TV this morning and they were covering the AWS outage. It doesn’t appear to have …
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Wasn’t expecting anything new in UI design from Twitter / X, but this in-app browser UI actually …
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From Matt Mullenweg’s talk at WordCamp Canada: Day One is a fully encrypted synchronized …
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Long day. This was breakfast, feels like forever ago. Funny book at Phoebe’s Diner. 🥞
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Some really good thoughts in this post by Paul Frazee about Bluesky’s approach to open protocols and …
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I’m the guest on the latest Software Defined Interviews! We cover so many things on this episode, …
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Reading Simon Willison’s write-up of NVIDIA’s little AI box, my first thought was how …
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I try never to miss an opportunity to catch a train crossing.
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Quick update on today’s TV show rollout in Micro.blog, added a new button to make it easy to …
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Dave Winer getting ready for his talk at WordCamp: Twitter comes online, we try to work with it. …
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John Gruber blogging about the end of Apple’s Clips: Edits, Meta’s new-this-year video …
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Expanded the movies section of Micro.blog to add searching for TV shows, including browsing seasons …
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Exhausted last night and fell asleep during SNL. Watched Weekend Update this morning and it was …
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Bummer about Apple abandoning Clips. No surprise that they don’t have time for it, but it was a nice …
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I’ve been very diligent lately about doing all work in a Git branch so it’s easy to let …
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Watching the WNBA finals winding down. Pretty incredible run by the Aces leading into and through …
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First request for YouTube API access has been rejected by Google because they didn’t like my …
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We added new settings for your profile page today. By default Micro.blog thinks about most …
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The best thing about working with other people is they push you to consider paths you wouldn’t …
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It’s a good summary of where my head is that I asked ChatGPT when MySQL started supporting a …
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Working on approval from Google for YouTube API access, Google is setting very low expectations …
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I’ve been very down the last few days, but I just spent some time skimming through random …
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As usual, Ben Thompson’s framing is quite good: …OpenAI’s wrenching transition from …
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Sora is not really for me. It’s fun to watch, but I’ve never wanted to create this style of video. …
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Good post by Michael Tsai on Apple’s exclusive control over app distribution and how the problem is …
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Picked up my car from the repair shop. Nice new bumper and paint, “like new” for a 2008 car. Itching …
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Matt Baer writes on the state of the web and looking for real-life connections: Now we create …
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I think with optimizations this week I inadvertently made some blog publishing times slower. Rolling …
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Spent some time reading through Mastodon’s early draft for starter packs. Too soon for me to …
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When I have a blog post draft that has been sitting around for too long, I copy the text into a …
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One of those days when most everything is hard, yet there are still a few moments of clarity. The …
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Anil Dash making a strong case for video creators to work on independence from TikTok and other big …
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Federico Viticci blogging about the news from yesterday’s OpenAI DevDay and the impact of …
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Big news from Riley Testut about AltStore PAL, integrating with the fediverse, and new investment to …
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Ben Thompson: “OpenAI is making a play to be the Windows of AI.” Also, on the inevitable …
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Here’s a quick screencast to show the new Movies page in the Micro.blog sidebar. This blog …
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FediForum starts tomorrow and runs for a couple days. It’s an online conference for folks who …
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For all the folks overseas, I’d like to do more for localization in Micro.blog. Not the main …
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Parker Ortolani blogs early praise for Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses. They are solving completely …
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Really good Stratechery update this morning from Ben Thompson about Sora’s rise to #1 in the App …
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Watched One Battle After Another. Even though I saw the trailer, didn’t actually know what it …
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Brent Simmons blogged about why NetNewsWire isn’t a web app, along the way making the case for …
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Manu Moreale blogs about posting on social media as a performance: By doing it publicly, you can be …
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Our attention
Last week a solicitor came to our door selling the usual house upgrades: new roof, windows, even …
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I think we need to do something fun, so I’m swapping the order of new features rolling out this …
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Nice walk with the dog today. Also digging in the yard and thinking. Here’s my new rule for when …
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Got so derailed yesterday that I had to stop working on a feature in the middle of a change before I …
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That reply I mentioned wanting to delete last night didn’t seem to get synced everywhere. Oh well, …
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Laughed a little when I saw this sign yesterday. I’ve been taking this elevator a bunch over the …
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Lost my cool today and sent a reply I shouldn’t have. I’m deleting it, which is very …
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I wasn’t going to announce this until later, but today feels right… Earlier this week, …
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I’m exhausted of the attacks. After a nice morning with friends, I had to rush back to my …
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Lake Austin from Mozart’s. ☕️
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Paul Kafasis with a single-sentence blog post that says everything about Apple removing ICEBlock …
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Really liking The Life of a Showgirl so far. Not through the whole album yet, but it starts great. 🎶
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Apparently there was some drama on Bluesky, but to be honest I can’t quite unravel the full …
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After we added books and bookshelves to Micro.blog, there was a lot of good feedback about expanding …
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WordPress has also added support for Mastodon quote posts. Micro.blog’s support is generally …
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Mark Gurman on Apple shifting resources away from a lighter Vision Pro: The company had been …
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Had a weird dream where I was at some kind of festival and ran into other Mac developer bloggers …
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Had no idea about this secret album from Mariah Carey, produced with her friend Clarissa Dane. Gina …
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Last month I blogged about the yogurt shop murders. Now they solved it, further exonerating the …
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Because it’s now in the public domain, I can test video uploads with Steamboat Willie posted …
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Really good series. Aces to the finals, but the Fever kept getting back in the game over and over. …
September 2025
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Congrats to the Iconfactory on releasing Tapestry 1.3. Nice to explore their take on adopting Liquid …
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Since I mused last week about expanding the video hosting in Micro.blog, I’ve been working on …
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Sora 2 is invite-only, so not entirely sure the scope of it, but I’m getting the feeling that …
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The sky and clouds while walking yesterday.
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I usually have a few books I’m trying to read and switch between them. This new Kindle feature …
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Kagi launches Kagi News. I love this approach of having a single, daily update: We publish once per …
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I care a lot about personal domain names and blogging, of course, and that bleeds into how we …
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Typepad is shutting down today. That deadline came up quickly. It’s the last day to export any …
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From the “this would be a good blog post” department, Kevin Rose has thoughts about …
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Reading through this great 3-part blog post series from Stephanie Booth about rebooting the …
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The New Yorker has a long profile of Tim Berners-Lee: Somehow, the man responsible for all of this …
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New book: Adventures in Animation. We were at Alamo recently and before the movie there were the …
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Doing some more work with FFmpeg. It’s amazing how far video and audio tools have come. Ages ago …
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Enjoying the WNBA playoffs. Today is Aces / Fever game 4. And the NBA preseason starts on Thursday! …
: ChatGPT Pulse A couple thoughts after trying ChatGPT Pulse. How it works and a subtle shift in sending traffic to …
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Asked Codex for a simple fix to something, and it went way off in the weeds and wrote its own Ruby …
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A contrast in two announcements today. This is why OpenAI is a different kind of company than Meta …
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Started listening to the latest WP Tavern podcast earlier, with Dave Winer. Great so far. …
: Email to SWICG about handles Copying an email I sent to the list so it’s on my blog too, revisiting fediverse handles.
: More with book covers Introducing a new Micro.blog feature with screenshot.
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Matt Birchler has been in App Store review limbo, waiting for a week while his customers can’t …
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Alex Heath writing on his new blog / newsletter site Sources that Fidji Simo is planning for ads in …
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Final trailer for Wicked: For Good. After the first movie, I have complete faith in them to finish …
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I own about a dozen domain names in the form micro.tld. Most for things not announced yet, some that …
: Thinking about video hosting A rough plan to reinvent Micro.blog’s video hosting.
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Facebook has had 3 billion users for a while, but I wasn’t expecting Instagram to already have …
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An invaluable resource. The Internet Archive is getting close to 1 trillion pages archived: Since …
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Posted a quick 1-minute video on YouTube (boo!) to demo a new feature to install Open Graph preview …
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Unfortunately picked today with an expected high of 100° as the day I should start taking long walks …
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I’ve had a couple side conversations recently about centralized video. John Gruber makes a …
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Oh jeez, just spend too many minutes wondering why this code wasn’t working until I realized I …
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The next FediForum is coming up in a couple weeks. I just registered. Join us for two half-days of …
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Starting to get tempted by the iPhone Air, but still committed to keeping my old phone for a while. …
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I’m cracking up at this essay in The New Yorker: A two-bedroom house with a front yard and a back …
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Om Malik really likes the iPhone Air: I don’t tend to get smitten by something so quickly, but the …
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As a consumer, I never ask to reverse a credit card charge because I know how difficult it is for …
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NVIDIA investing $100 billion in OpenAI with plans to build 10 gigawatts of data center capacity. …
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Not sure why, but I shot a quick video going up the glass elevator at the hospital. Maybe because …
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Still waiting on bug fixes in our Android app to be approved. Apple’s review times seem …
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Barry Hess on his blog: What I wouldn’t give for all of us to be a bit more naive. A bit less …
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Mastodon quote posts in Micro.blog
Today we’re announcing support for Mastodon quote posts in Micro.blog. This is a new feature …
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Paul Frazee has another post about the relationship between a PDS and the app layer of AT Protocol. …
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Mark Gurman writing about recent news and also next year’s foldable iPhone: As for how the …
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I’ve been testing with Mastodon quote posts, which I’ll officially announce (partial) …
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This is really neat for fediverse devs: ActivityPub.Academy. Essentially a modified version of …
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WNBA playoffs! Watching Aces vs. Fever. Only a quarter left and Aces might be falling too far …
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I’ve drafted some posts about current events, especially working through my thoughts on free speech …
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Joshua Rothman writing at The New Yorker about living one day at a time, without strict to-do lists: …
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Looking at Bluesky, for a moment my brain stopped working and I read the time “40m” as “40 months”. …
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We’ll ship the initial support in Micro.blog for displaying Mastodon quote posts on Monday. …
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My tip for fediverse devs trying to implement FEP-044f: first memorize who Alice and Bob are and …
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Now that Mastodon 4.5 is live on mastodon.social, I can resume work on receiving quote posts from …
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Busy day yesterday juggling lots of different things. This morning I get to try to catch up. Coffee …
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Bluesky is spinning out the PLC directory: After considering several jurisdictions, legal …
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Smart move by Mastodon to get into the hosting business: This could be a fully operated server …
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Recorded a short screencast of the new Open Graph image preview interface in Micro.blog, especially …
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Starting to doubt my low-tech video workflow of “just use QuickTime Player” for simple edits. I keep …
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Updated the new help page for Open Graph card templates, which are rolling out in Micro.blog today. …
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Drove through my old neighborhood in south Austin for the first time in a while. In some ways, the …
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David Smith blogging on the 5 year anniversary of Widgetsmith, telling the story of how a seemingly …
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Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses really are impressive. I’m not going to support Meta with …
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Listening to This Week in Startups interviewing Medium’s Tony Stubblebine. He makes the wild claim …
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Love this story and illustrations on animator James Baker’s blog, from a trip to China in the …
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Says something about Vimeo’s decline that I heard about them being acquired not from the tech …
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It’s funny to me that Apple made the new battery pack exclusive to the iPhone Air. If I really …
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From the latest Fediverse Report, about Mastodon quote posts: Mastodon’s concern regarding the …
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OpenAI policy for teens
OpenAI published a pair of blog posts today about their next steps for teen safety, acknowledging …
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Thinking of Robert Redford, what a career. Sneakers is one of my favorite films, and arguably the …
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Added a help page for upcoming Open Graph improvements in Micro.blog, including a template system to …
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Tracks at North Lamar and Airport Blvd. 🚂
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Finished reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. A short book, but it’s something …
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A heads-up for Micro.blog theme developers: I’m revamping our experimental Open Graph support …
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Paul Frazee blogging on Leaflet about whether Bluesky’s AppView should be renamed to more clearly …
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Fair intro in Jason Snell’s macOS 26 review: macOS 26 Tahoe is two things at once: It’s the …
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While age-gating often creates new problems, I like the fallback in this New York law: Under the …
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Waiting on hold. “There are currently 146 callers ahead of you…” Seriously?!
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Looking through Federico Viticci’s iOS 26 review. He starts on a fairly positive note about …
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Watching the Emmys. 📺 “…and laugh out loud comedies like The Bear.” 🤣
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ActivityPub is notorious for being a little chatty, and FEP-044f (quote posts) is sort of an extreme …
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From Mastodon’s blog post introducing quote posts: Quoting is a powerful tool, and like any tool, …
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Nick Heer blogging about the win Automattic got this week in having some of the charges in the …
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Working in Go this morning! Micro.blog obviously uses Hugo, written in Go, but we also have a little …
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I think some of the worst-case scenario AI worries are overblown, but I do like this book title: If …
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Good feedback from folks on whether and how to adopt macOS Tahoe menu item icons. After …
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I’m noticing some new faces and some returning customers. Means a lot to me. From Pedro: I …
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Matt Mullenweg blogging on the recently-announced RSL spec for describing how content is licensed …
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For rail fans in the London area, Museum Open Depot days: Discover rare road and rail vehicles …
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This post by Nathan Witkin on the case against social media is long but very good. I’m going to have …
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OpenAI and Microsoft have finally reached an agreement. OpenAI’s Bret Taylor also has a blog …
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Great article from New_ Public on indie blogs and websites: The focus isn’t on personal branding, …
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I’ve never had a coherent answer when asked how big Micro.blog is, so I sometimes stumble and …
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In that moment just after recording a podcast where I’m second guessing everything I said. I …
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Nice Fission update with a visual refresh and getting the app icon out of macOS Tahoe squircle jail.
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Are Mac developers actually adopting the menu item icons in macOS 26? I’m torn… I think …
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Realizing that we never officially documented the new support for passkeys, so a lot of people …
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Finally investigating why SMS stopped working. Now that we have Passkeys in Micro.blog, I think …
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I know a $200 difference isn’t nothing, but if you’re already $800 in for the iPhone 17, …
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RSL (Really Simple Licensing) can extend RSS feeds to describe how content is licensed for AI. …
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It’s going to be a busy day, juggling several different things with work and life. Starting …
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Trying not to read too much into Apple calling it iPhone Air, not iPhone 17 Air. Maybe it …
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Anil Dash blogs about how Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs. I take slight issue with the U2 joke, but …
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It’s ambitious for Apple to ship all of their version 26 operating systems on the same day …
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Spent a little time going through old pull requests on JSON Feed, merging in links for the website. …
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I want to say that the orange iPhone is the official Micro.blog-themed phone, but the orange color …
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The iPhone 17 Pro actually looks like a pretty big change. Aluminum, huge camera bump, crazy thermal …
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Hypertension notification is fantastic in theory, but I’m skeptical that this can be done …
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Dave Winer posted notes from his recent recording about why blogging lost to social networks. …
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iPhone announcement day. I do not need a new phone, but I am curious about the iPhone Air. Years …
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I’ve never been a Snapchat user and can’t relate to most of what’s in Evan Spiegel’s note to …
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I’m on beta 9 of iOS 26 and there’s still a voicemail tab caching bug. Maybe I notice more than …
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It’s so hard to get people to take a second look at a product. Rabbit has continued to work on …
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Yikes, noticed especially high load on one of our servers. Think we might’ve had a few runaway …
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Spotify’s daily mix is pulling in all sorts of songs I haven’t heard in years. Currently …
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Really respect Anil Dash trying to have a nuanced conversation about AI on Bluesky, surrounded by …
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Got a lot done over the weekend and today, heading into the distractions of iPhone event day …
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Love this post Irrational Dedication, via Duncan Davidson: Every single thing we see, someone had …
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Steve Troughton-Smith on Mastodon: I know Apple has got used to making its share of Microsoft-scale …
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Stumbled on Freaky Tales while browsing HBO and it’s wild. 1980s Oakland, basketball, punk rock, …
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Marco Arment on Mastodon: As we head into iPhone-event week, let’s celebrate the hard work by …
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Ryan Barrett blogging about how our symptom-based healthcare isn’t good enough: …for …
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Micro.blog 3.7 for Mac is out, and I recorded a quick 2-minute YouTube video to show a few things in …
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With the acquisition by Atlassian, there’s a lot of talk about whether this is bad for Dia and …
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Of course I only notice the UI glitches while I’m recording a screencast demo. Will have to tweak a …
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Working on Mac code continues to be a kind of escape from closed mobile platforms. Still fun after …
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In AppKit, for some reason I always forget about content hugging priority. I usually fiddle with the …
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From the statement on better discourse between the ActivityPub and AT Protocol communities: We do …
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Finished reading: The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown 📚
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I think everyone is floored by this $1.5 billion settlement. Anthropic essentially won on fair use, …
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Sarah Perez reporting on a Common Sense Media assessment of Gemini: Common Sense also said that …
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This is great. James Dempsey’s Liquid Glass song: I made the lyrics as intelligible… …
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Kagi News looks good! First they define the problem: Driven by relentless ad monetization, news has …
: White House dinner comment draft Brainstorming on whether there is a right way to accept an invitation from Trump.
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Texas is adding state parks faster than I can visit them. Bear Creek: Not only does the site …
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There have been a lot of improvements to Micro.blog lately. If you don’t follow the @news …
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Seeing this sign after parking my car… Not so much worried as I am curious how bad it must be …
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Dusting off a little of the queued up work for JSON Feed. Thanks to Daniel Pietzsch, the JSON Feed …
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Ever since first adding book reading to Micro.blog, I’ve tried to avoid recreating my own book …
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I know I go on and on too much about AI sometimes, but… OpenAI’s Codex continues to …
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As a VC-backed company, perhaps The Browser Company was always going to need to sell. My initial …
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Kind of odd if someone has a link to schedule a meeting on their website, but they don’t share …
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If you’re on the iOS 26 beta and use Micro.blog, you may want to try switching to our …
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Thought about burning an expedited review request with Apple. It has been many years since I asked …
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Sounds like things are moving forward on a possible Gemini-powered Siri. Mark Gurman reports on an …
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I was pretty excited about the new Epilogue release until we realized I had messed up signing in for …
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Oh wow, the smaller reMarkable tablet looks really good. I think they’ve got a winner on their …
: Epilogue 2.0 An overview and a couple screenshots of the 2.0 release of our companion app for books.
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Jeremy Cherfas blogging about the linkrot that will hit when Typepad shuts down: Links are the …
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Stratechery covers the Google antitrust remedies, largely arguing that the judge did not go far …
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Good morning! Sunrise over MLK Boulevard. Too many trees and power lines in the way, but still was …
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I read through a few of the remedy pages in the Google antitrust PDF. My expectations were extremely …
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Even though I think AI is incredibly useful and in some cases even empowering, I’m open to the …
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Molly White covers recent activity on betting markets: Prediction market platforms Kalshi and …
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I don’t really understand Tesla’s latest master plan (post on Twitter / X) and I’m …
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This is a good change from OpenAI: We’ll soon begin to route some sensitive conversations—like when …
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A few flowers left at Cherrywood. ☕️
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Micro.blog notes while reading books
When we added private, end-to-end encrypted notes to Micro.blog, I said that this would be a …
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Whenever I’m about to launch a new feature, I feel slightly guilty… Why not improve all …
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Ben Thompson blogging at Stratechery about the Pixel 10’s trade-off to prioritize AI above …
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Jeremy Keith announcing a new conference in Brighton: Web Day Out is all about what you can do in …
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Enjoyed the discussion about automation and AI tools on the latest AppStories podcast. I’m not a …
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Worked on core platform bug fixes and a new feature today, plus preparing a new version of Epilogue. …
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Cool update to the mnml theme for Micro.blog: pinning a blog post from a category to the top of the …
: New Bear license A few thoughts after reading Herman’s post about re-licensing Bear.
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I like this post from Allen Pike about pivoting from an indie business to a more VC-inspired, …
August 2025
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I can see why The Legend of Ochi didn’t get a wide theatrical release, but I loved it. Some really …
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Decided against Liquid Glass-ifying Epilogue for now. It’s such a huge distraction, some …
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I stopped for a minute to look at this sign, just as a flock of birds took to the sky.
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Finally catching up on WWDC sessions and documentation for Liquid Glass. Took me way too long to …
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Revolution.Social is becoming one of my favorite new podcasts. Great episode with Chris Messina. …
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Interesting blog post about analytics. I think surveillance is too strong a word for simple referrer …
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What more needs to be said about assault weapons? They need to be banned. Most of the worst mass …
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Rolling out a few improvements to Micro.blog today, including a new “trash” for deleted …
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Rough morning for the Micro.blog servers. Woke up to a major problem with hung connections tripping …
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My current concern with iOS 26 is not any of the developer stuff, it’s the Phone app! I consistently …
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Threads is testing long-form text attachments on posts. Not good. It would centralized blog-like …
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Brent Simmons reminiscing about Frontier and why modern development environments aren’t as …
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AI might eliminate some programmer jobs. It’s also going to create new programmers, people who …
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John Gruber blogging on RFK vs. the CDC: We really needed the CDC five years ago. We’re in big …
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Dave Winer: Think Different about WordPress: WordPress has a deep and powerful API, well designed, …
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I’ve been wanting to make this change for a while: Micro.blog’s Design page has now been …
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Watched The Yogurt Shop Murders on HBO, even though it’s not my kind of show. I was in high …
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Doing an inventory of my domain names, just realized tonight that one expired. Luckily no one …
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I’m always curious about other blog hosts’ pricing. With Typepad shutting down, I took a …
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OpenAI has a long blog post about what more needs to be done to make ChatGPT safer, especially for …
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Typepad is shutting down after an amazing 20+ years. It was spun off of Movable Type back in the …
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John Gruber with analysis of the latest lawsuit in the Masimo patent saga: It reads to me like that …
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Walked to the coffee shop to pick up a to-go coffee, first time in over a week, since being sick. …
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Released a lot of little bug fixes for the Mac app recently, so it’s already up to version …
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There’s a short “Apple ❤️ Gemini” segment on the latest Upgrade. Does a good job of covering the …
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Anthropic experiments in using a Chrome extension instead of building their own web browser. Also …
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An update on offering Micro.blog for free to teachers and nurses, now that it has been a few weeks. …
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Got excited for a minute when I misread this headline: Libby’s library app adds an AI… Thought it …
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Multiple users and passkeys in Micro.blog
Big update today for Micro.blog folks who have multiple accounts. The iOS, Android, and Mac apps …
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Using AI to scaffold
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about using AI for polish. The idea was to let AI help with …
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Tragic story in The New York Times of suicide and ChatGPT. This probably lines up with the …
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Guess I won’t be deploying this bug fix right away. 🙁 When deploying to the app servers, I …
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Congrats to the Iconfactory on the Tot 2.0 release. Looks like a good update.
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I haven’t forgotten about holding a small Micro.camp this year. The summer has been full of …
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Bounce from A New Social is now live. Another big step to account portability between platforms. The …
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With a new iOS beta dropping today, we’re nearing the end, and I’m still not sure …
: One of a kind A story from the 1990s, thinking about Steve Wozniak and tech CEOs.
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The key to managing a large code base is extreme minimalism wherever possible. Less code. Simpler …
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Haven’t quite figured out the best UX for passkeys yet. I’ve been slow switching to them …
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When I have a hard time finding a title for an essay, I usually pick the most boring, least …
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I dug into a little bit of pulse oximeter history. That to me was the major breakthrough, decades …
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Great profile of R. F. Kuang in The New Yorker: I actually am afraid of being totally happy with my …
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Finished reading: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz. Cozy sci-fi! Several robots (and a human) …
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It is common on Mastodon to append a bunch of hashtags to the end of a post. I’ve added a new …
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I turned on Threads automatic cross-posting from Micro.blog today, just to test something from my …
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Trying out the new Mythos theme for Micro.blog. It’s really good!
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Bluesky blogging about not allowing access in Mississippi: We believe effective child safety …
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Picked up this little sticker at Muse Coffee Truck while out today. Feels good to get out after …
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Mark Gurman with another new report about Apple’s effort to rebuild Siri: The company is …
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Finished reading: The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. Very different than most modern fantasy, in pace …
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We got a nice rain this afternoon, the perfect test for the new gutters. Still landscaping and …
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The albums page on @birming’s photo blog is really nicely done. I’m assuming this uses …
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The term superintelligence has been bugging me. AGI hasn’t been achieved yet and some folks are …
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I’m not concerned about Bluesky’s terms of service — although I’m glad other …
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Great post from Kuba Suder about how all the Bluesky and AT Protocol pieces fit together.
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Fascinating post by Mustafa Suleyman on the risks of achieving “seemingly conscious” AI, and how we …
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Skimming over the new Google products. I’m still not in the market for an expensive foldable phone, …
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Continuing to feel better today, so pushed out an email newsletter improvement for Micro.blog …
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Spent most of the day resting, listening to the audiobook for The Grace of Kings, and trying to …
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Liquid Glass has (deservedly) received plenty of criticism. But there are some areas that are …
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MSNBC → MS NOW. In fairness to the designers, any new logo is going to be worse than the peacock. …
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Sitting outside at the hotel, drinking so much water and Gatorade. I always seem to get sick while …
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Lots of good quotes from Alex Heath reporting on a dinner with OpenAI execs and others. Sam Altman: …
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I never want ads in the software I use to get things done, so this interview with Nick Turley of …
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Safari on iOS 26 is bugging me enough — especially the extra taps for tab bar items like closing a …
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Jason Snell on how long it’s taken for Apple to bring back the blood oxygen feature: I’m still …
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I made a change today that seemed right, but something about it was nagging at the back of my head. …
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As part of fixing the Mac app on Sequoia, I’ve switched builds over to Xcode Cloud. Gotta …
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Great news for Apple Watch fans: blood oxygen feature coming back to recent watches. Sounds like …
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I always try to avoid new preferences in Micro.blog because it can add a lot of clutter to the UI. …
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Long-time users of Micro.blog won’t believe this… We are rolling out 24-hour time and …
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Nice reminder from @jim that Micro.blog t-shirts are available on Cotton Bureau. I think these look …
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Working on a fix to the latest Micro.blog crashing on Sequoia. This is what I get for developing …
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I always like reading Cal Newport’s essays. In his latest for The New Yorker, he pulls us back …
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John Gruber blogging about the Perplexity stunt to buy Chrome: I think what’s happening is that the …
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Elon Musk complaining about Apple not featuring his apps. But as Stephen Hackett points out, if …
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Really happy with this change we rolled out today for the Micro.blog Family subscription plan: …
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Cards theme now updated with support for the new category intro text we introduced in Micro.blog …
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Installed the iOS 26 beta. Liquid Glass is much weirder and more bubbly on iOS than on macOS. Don’t …
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Thanks @jim for the quick update to the mnml theme for Micro.blog, adding support for the category …
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Reddit blocking the Internet Archive is another step back for the open web, but maybe not too …
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Maurice Parker blogs that his outliner Zavala will always be free. I also think there’s a good …
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GitHub CEO resigns to go back to doing his own thing: …my startup roots have begun tugging …
: Category improvements A couple improvements to managing categories in Micro.blog and adding special text for a category, …
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Listening to Decoder with Notion CEO Ivan Zhao. Stunning to me that Notion has 900+ employees. I …
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Kev Quirk has gone back and forth between Micro.blog and Mastodon, now back on Micro.blog. It really …
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Parker Ortolani blogs some initial thoughts about GPT-5: I’ve been saying for about a year now that …
: App Intents risks A couple thoughts on the device-specific limits of App Intents after reading Mark Gurman’s latest.
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Thinking about how I use AI for coding, I prefer to automate a lot of the JavaScript work, more than …
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This is fun: The Bluesky Dictionary, tracking when all the words in the English dictionary have been …
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Meandering research for something new led me to Bashō, and this form of poetry I had never heard of …
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“I think the most powerful thing that the new Alexa+ has done for me is it has made me forgive Apple …
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Find My has always been too slow for me. It feels like Apple sometimes caches a user’s last …
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Updated to Tahoe beta 5. No problems, pretty much the same for me as beta 4. I don’t actually …
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This interview of Sam Altman by Cleo Abram is excellent. I know there are some Sam haters out there. …
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Just noticed this new Micro.blog theme: Bothy. Looks good!
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One of those mornings. Working from the hospital lobby, with the GPT-5 announcement video on in the …
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Added a new reading goals bar to the top of Bookshelves in the Mac app. Love the way it turned out, …
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Dia adds $20/month subscription, with plans for other tiers later. I like Dia even without the AI …
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Odd to see a Tim Hortons in Texas. ☕️
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Feels important to mark today’s gift from Apple to Trump. Tim Cook continues to hurt his legacy, in …
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Good post from A New Social about the difference between bridging and cross-posting. The …
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Speaking of age-gating, I filled out Apple’s new age questionnaire for apps last week. …
: UK's Online Safety Act A few thoughts on the UK’s Online Safety Act and why the potential solutions are not obvious, even …
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Comparing Ghost and Micro.blog
Ghost 6.0 shipped this week with ActivityPub support, a major advancement for the popular blogging …
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Nick Heer blogging about the Ghost 6.0 release: If Ghost added MarsEdit support, I would be awful …
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This is a helpful table from Molly White, breaking down the costs for hosting a newsletter with …
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OpenAI releases new open models
Sam Altman posting about the release in a Twitter / X post: We believe in individual empowerment. …
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Shipped a couple new things this morning: Micro.blog for iOS bug fixes, and a slight redesign to how …
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Learned on Hard Fork’s interview with Matthew Prince that Cloudflare may take a 20-30% cut …
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Dave Rupert blogs about the difference between Alamo Drafthouse and all other movie theaters: The …
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Neat story about Patrick Schlott, an engineer who repurposed old pay phones for people to make calls …
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Parker Ortolani blogs about the new Ollama app that provides a chat window for the first time, …
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Rumors point to OpenAI shipping something this week. I’m going to guess the open weights …
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Ghost 6.0 has been released, adding ActivityPub. Big update. It’s interesting how Ghost now …
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Finished reading: Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas. Apparently the thing to do is read this and …
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Really happy with the response to our new discount to make Micro.blog free for teachers and nurses. …
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Mark Gurman reports on a new team inside Apple developing a search engine and world knowledge model: …
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Catching up on some posts from FediCon, which was held over the last couple of days in Vancouver. …
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Reminder that we are improving things with Micro.blog all the time. You can see recent changes on …
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Created a new plug-in “Photos with months” that adds some date grouping to the default …
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Seems like we got some breaking news out of Bloomberg’s reporting on the Apple internal meeting. …
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The new Naked Gun is hilarious. So many gags. Very much in the same spirit as the originals. 🍿
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Released a new version of the Mac app this morning, fixing several problems with the accessibility …
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Micro.blog now free for teachers and nurses
I don’t often share personal things about my family here on the blog, but I was reflecting on …
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That Epic vs. Google decision yesterday seems big. Google Play may become more open even than the …
July 2025
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Looks like the time I spent integrating with ID.me’s API was wasted. Micro.blog is too small …
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OpenAI announcing a new data center in Norway: The facility will run entirely on renewable power …
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Nick Heer: “The Cook era is now as long as the Jobs renaissance era.”
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Now that my laptop is completely full of stickers, moving on to pins on my bag. Starting with just …
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Just read my credit card number, expiration, and 3-digit code to someone over the telephone in a …
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Higher photo resolution for Micro.blog Premium
This week we’re announcing an improvement to photo storage and photo scaling for Micro.blog …
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We will survive Google Zero
Google Zero is slightly misunderstood. The problem is not that Google is nefarious in no longer …
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Good perspective from Om Malik on Mark Zuckerberg’s superintelligence post and similar past …
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In Mark Zuckerberg’s post today about superintelligence, I assume we’re getting a glimpse of the …
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John Gruber blogging about the app Tea that is near the top of the App Store despite security …
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I got out of all stocks last year. If we had money to burn, I might invest in Figma. Seems like …
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The Onion: Historians Confirm Lewis And Clark Set Out On Expedition To Justify Purchase Of Expensive …
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I’ve been pulled in different directions lately and have a lot to catch up. But I did write some …
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This special edition of Tigana looks beautiful. I can’t justify the price, but I would like to get a …
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Maybe it’s been too long since I’ve seen Downton Abbey, but I like The Gilded Age even …
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Linode outage recap
I’ll start with this quote from Mike Rockwell’s blog: I’ve been a happy Linode customer for years, …
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Released a minor update to Micro.blog for Mac today. Little tweaks mostly for the new macOS beta. …
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Cool to see expanded book management options in the next Micro Social beta.
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I don’t agree with much of Casey Handmer’s politics, but I do like his fantastical …
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Finished reading: Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson. I read the e-book, but I also got the …
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After hours of downtime with our primary photo storage, I’ve given up on Linode and started …
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Feels like every day for a month I’ve been waking up to one emergency or another — some real, some …
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The new Billy Joel documentary — And So It Goes — on HBO was great. They had so much time to go deep …
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Did you know that you can open Bluesky starter packs in Micro.blog and follow people directly? I’d …
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A little surprising, Meta is expanding the Threads API. Might be time to consider doing more with …
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Mac folks, any bugs you’ve noticed recently in the Micro.blog app? Fixing a couple little …
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Congrats to Manu Moreale on the 100th interview in his People and Blogs series! This one features …
: Agent for book brainstorming Trying ChatGPT Agent to sort of cross-reference blog post ideas with my Indie Microblogging book …
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Big fan of Internet Archive. I’ve also been occasionally using archive.is. Handy for grabbing …
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Jason Snell has a first look at iPadOS 26: It’s like a weight has been lifted from the soul of the …
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Enormous piles of money just sound crazy. Google spending $85 billion on capital expenditures this …
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Upgraded to the latest Tahoe beta and now a couple of apps seem to be confused. Nova thinks …
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Mastodon will experiment with donation banners: The initial campaign will appear via a banner to …
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I hate to add to the noise and news overload, but this article by Charlie Warzel at The Atlantic is …
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Losing my mind again debugging HTTP signatures. So easy to have flakiness between implementations.
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Excellent discussion on the latest ATP about Cloudflare. Very much in line with my thoughts from …
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Once again I’m alternating between reading three different books and can’t seem to make …
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Walking around and noticing all the crepe myrtles today.
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Didn’t notice until today that Kagi has a translation service. Simple, works well. …
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Lies do the most damage when there’s also a tiny bit of something real in them. Like 5% truth, 95% …
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Sad to hear about Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Got lost for a while reading about his later work and …
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I posted a quick video to YouTube showing recent improvements in Micro.blog for Mac with notes, …
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Fidji Simo’s blog post on joining OpenAI reads like an updated mission statement. This was a very …
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The standard Micro.blog subscription is such a good value that I think Micro.blog Premium gets …
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Tweaked a few things with the new “Archive with months” Micro.blog plug-in. Pretty happy …
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ChatGPT agent
ChatGPT agent looks impressive. I’m noticing a pattern when these kind of new tools come out, where …
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Went to see Eddington today. Holy shit. It’s intense, somehow both unsatisfying and brilliant. …
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Finished the first pass at a new Micro.blog plug-in with the boring name “Archive with …
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I saw a Waymo with a human driver on 183 today, presumably testing for a new route. First time I’ve …
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Ava blogs about what the IndieWeb might need right now, including some thoughts on social media and …
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Waitress at Zach Scott was fantastic. What a perfect setting for it. In anticipation today we picked …
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The default Micro.blog archive page has become unmanageable for blogs like mine with a 20-year …
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I’ve been fine-tuning publishing performance again. Shaving off a second here or there. Some …
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Nick Heer asking the right question about Apple suing Jon Prosser: This multitrillion-dollar …
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Just discovered a wrinkle with our setting to disable fediverse posting. If you @-mention someone in …
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AI researchers are still mostly on Twitter / X, unfortunately. This thread from OpenAI’s Keren …
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Excited for Portland fans. Not enough players get to spend their whole career with the same team, or …
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Disappointed to hear about The Late Show cancellation. I’ve been watching it (and Jimmy Kimmel) way …
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I drove by this spot on Parmer Lane yesterday and was amazed. This corner used to be a gas station …
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Posted a new Micro.blog for Mac with tweaks around copying links and HTML. This follows …
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It took me a minute to realize “and Other Stuff” as a company name was a play on …
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Manu Moreale blogs about Apple products and the trend of distancing ourselves from problematic CEOs: …
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Listening to the new Revolution.Social podcast. First episode is Rabble talking to Jack Dorsey. Jack …
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I’ve disabled ActivityPub federation for my blog posts again. Too much negativity on Mastodon. …
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Live with criticism, learn to condemn
At my mom’s house she has an old framed print of the poem Children Learn What They Live by …
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I ran something through ChatGPT earlier and one if its bits of feedback was: One small grammatical …
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Micro.blog 3.6 for Mac
Big update to Micro.blog for Mac today if you use the notes feature. Everything is faster and more …
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We’re turning the clock back to move forward. Trying to undo the damage Twitter …
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In a difficult week with extended family health issues, I’m laughing to myself a little this …
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In related client API news, Dave Winer has also been hammering on this recently from his perspective …
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Steve Bate has a long blog post about why ActivityPub’s client-to-server protocol has not been …
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NYT’s Ben Mullin posting on Bluesky: WaPo opinion section will “communicate with optimism about this …
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When we launched Micro.blog, we got pushback on the lack of likes and reposts and follower lists and …
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Mark Zuckerberg posting to Threads: For our superintelligence effort, I’m focused on building …
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I enjoyed this essay by Windsor Johnston at NPR about a date with a chatbot: The date started with …
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This is cool. Classic Web, via John Gruber who blogs: Curator Richard MacManus posts half a dozen …
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I worked on a new Micro.blog for Mac update over the weekend, but then my Sunday afternoon got …
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Raining. Little mushrooms have sprouted up.
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Rewatched some old movies last week, including Back to the Future parts 1, 2, 3. They are still …
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Superman was a lot of fun. They did a few smart things with it, like not retelling the whole origin …
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I mostly like the super-rounded windows in macOS Tahoe, but it does create new problems for UI …
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Sean Heber of the Iconfactory: ChatGPT and other AI services are basically killing Iconfactory and …
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Sports can be amazing and heartbreaking. I didn’t watch the Wimbledon final, but listened to …
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SwiftUI has been out for years, yet I’m still here creating new XIBs and Objective-C code like …
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Alexander Kucera blogs about supporting multiple export formats in Links: Digital preservation …
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The photo search in Micro.blog for Mac has gotten really good. I don’t think there’s …
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The pattern of coffee and people. Overhead light looks like a halo.
: Photo button when editing posts Announcing a change to Micro.blog’s editing interface for photos.
: Bias in centralized AI Linking to a couple posts by Mike Masnick and Nick Heer about bias and manipulation in centralized …
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Swarm changed their app icon from orange to gray (in a generic “bug fixes” update with no release …
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Rewriting a bunch of my old Micropub code for the web today. Long overdue, and needed to keep adding …
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Dia is coming along nicely. They’ve fixed the custom text selection that was bugging me. Split …
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King of the Hill is returning (YouTube trailer), and the world has changed a little. “I …
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Leo Laporte, linking to a webcomic about RSS: …and here’s the good news, Spotify wasn’t able …
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Useful report from the Social Web Foundation after a privacy forum in Norway. From the first bullet …
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Seeing random Grok screenshots — not just the racist tweets, all the other craziness too — makes me …
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Fantastic article at The New Yorker about how far we’ve come with solar energy in just the last few …
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Vandalism at the Apple Store for climate change. While I’m very disappointed with Tim Cook’s support …
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Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Twitter / X. No hint of ill will in her goodbye tweet, but Grok …
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Stephen Hackett blogs about FireWire’s history and importance. It reminds me that I first used …
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Usually I avoid quoting something from the end of an article, but this line is a great summary from …
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Good rundown today by Ben Thompson on Apple’s dilemma of whether to outsource a next generation Siri …
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Wonder if there’s any chance the lack of FireWire in macOS Tahoe is a bug or temporary limitation …
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An update on Mastodon quote posts
With Mastodon now rolling out phase one of their quote posts plan, I’ve reviewed my own blog …
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Improving GitHub backup for blogs
For the last couple of days I’ve been rewriting Micro.blog’s GitHub backup feature. …
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Listening to Quiet Town by the Killers on repeat this morning. Great song. Haunting. When I travel, …
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Superficially, maybe it’s a win for Meta to have hired all these researchers away from …
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Chance Miller at 9to5Mac on Apple’s EU changes: Apple says that it was the EU who dictated which …
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Were we wrong?
All the President’s Men is a great movie. Sometimes I think about one particular line from it. …
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I haven’t looked into the full context behind the quote in this post from @jasraj, but I do …
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Ben Thompson’s back from the summer break with an excellent rundown on AI and fair use. In a …
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Congrats to Stephen Hackett on 10 years indie! He’s written a great post with some of the …
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This blog post from Robert Birming perfectly captures what Micro.blog is trying to do by leaving …
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“I know how to use a semicolon, ChatGPT. Don’t come for me.” 🤣 — from the Book Riot …
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I used to really love the em dash. Now that ChatGPT also loves it, I’m using it a little less often. …
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Finished watching Long Way Home. I love these travel series with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. …
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Fixed a couple bugs this morning and replied to a few emails. I think this is going to be a busy …
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We’ve got all these philosophically compatible platforms that are technologically …
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I’ve missed a lot of really good work on Micro.blog plug-ins from the community recently. Just …
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Just noticed this nice styling that @birming has for “notes” on his blog, for example …
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Just released the latest version of Micro.blog for Android, version 2.5.2. Full release notes over …
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Got sidetracked looking at my old tweets, which years ago I had imported to my blog with Micro.blog. …
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Whenever our house comes close to flooding, or does flood, I think back to the time when I was at …
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The rain was not letting up, had to spend the last hour in the downpour, digging a channel on the …
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Stunning, tragic photos out of Kerr County. Devastating especially for the kids at camp, some …
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This will be shocking to my Kickstarter backers from 8 years ago: I did some more edits on the book …
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Minor nitpick in macOS Tahoe, the selected tab in Terminal is very subtle. Seems a usability step …
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Rewatching the opening of the original Jurassic Park up through the Brachiosaurus. It really is an …
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I like how in Jurassic World when they say, “we had to make the dinosaurs bigger and crazier because …
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iOS folks, if you’ve noticed that annoying Micro.blog app problem where the new reply pane …
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Micro.blog 3.5.8, logs window
Today we’ve updated Micro.blog for macOS to version 3.5.8, fixing a couple problems. …
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It’s a solemn July 4th. We’re on the wrong path. Yet if you have time off or are …
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We can never really know what people are going through on the internet, because so few people share …
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Submitted the latest round of Android improvements to Google for approval. There’s one fix …
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Found via Loura, A Small Web July, spending time away from big social media: Beefing up my RSS feed …
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We are still planning an Android update soon. I worked on a couple minor tweaks this morning, to go …
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Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting …
: Is TikTok banned yet? Joke title. Serious blog post.
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Saw something today that reminded me of MyEdit.com, which was a little web app I built in 2002, for …
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As voicemail transcripts get better, I hope we eventually get muting. Maybe with keywords (matching …
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Next step with AT Proto
I’m considering some improvements to our Bluesky and AT Protocol implementation in Micro.blog. …
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There are many possible paths. Our path was our path paved with our opportunities …
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Joanna Stern’s latest video about AI energy use is informative and fun. Folks on either side of the …
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Maybe you’re a fantasy book fan and need some good news? Brandon Sanderson’s Isles of …
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Just sad and deflated about the senate passing Trump’s bill. It’s going to hurt a lot of people, …
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Amazon’s scale is mind-boggling to me. They now have a million robots for their fulfillment …
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Cloudflare is on the offensive against AI bots
Matthew Prince announcing a major new effort at Cloudflare to block AI crawlers: Cloudflare, along …
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Fascinating post from Allen Pike about spending $1000 as a trial with AI coding agents. I …
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Cloudflare dropped a big change today in a series of blog posts about AI bots. I was about to post a …
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Walked to the coffee shop this morning, but when I got there and opened my laptop, it appears to be …
June 2025
: What did it cost? Everything I finished listening to the latest Matt Mullenweg interview, just wanted to highlight one segment …
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Huge news from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg. Apple is considering partnering with Anthropic or OpenAI …
: App Store monopoly cracks App Store app distribution thoughts in reacting to Proton joining a lawsuit against Apple.
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Project Hail Mary trailer is out! Loved the book. Perfect choice of directors for the movie, I think …
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One question for AT Proto as a blog backend is whether users will want a single record in their PDS …
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Bluesky folks, I’ve been thinking about adding WhiteWind cross-posting to Micro.blog. The …
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I started listening to the latest Decoder podcast with guest Matt Mullenweg, but I’m not yet …
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Some people dread Mondays. Not me. You have the whole week ahead, and anything is possible.
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Final day of the photo challenge. After a busy weekend, I needed a little solitude. Houndstooth …
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Starting to roll out some improvements to the Micro.blog “marketing” home page, for new …
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Rumors from Ming-Chi Kuo have Apple smart glasses about two years out, mixed reality glasses three …
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The Internet Archive has a blog post reacting to last week’s Anthropic case and its potential …
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Andreas Deja blogs about the upcoming 40th anniversary of The Black Cauldron: …our …
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Speaking of Texas state parks, over the weekend I dug into confusion about the number of parks. …
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Mineral Wells State Park. The hike down to the lake and back was a little steeper and more rocky …
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Went to see F1 tonight. Had no expectations, but it stays engaging throughout the fairly long …
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Clouds along I-35. Day 28, ephemeral.
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Passed a billboard for Basecamp on the highway somewhere outside of Austin today. That was …
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This year has been a roller coaster in so many ways. Thanks everyone who has supported me and …
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Winding down on the last few days of this month’s Micro.blog photo challenge. Not too late to post a …
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Browsing stock.adobe.com, there’s a new problem with the flood of AI-generated artwork. …
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Gemini CLI continues to get hung up on fairly simple things. It’s the free version, using a …
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After road trips across the country, to California multiple times, all over Texas, through Utah, and …
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Great point from Jeff Johnson on the arbitrary tier 1 / tier 2 differences in Apple’s proposed …
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I was asked this week about our policy when a subscription expires or sadly even if someone passes …
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Enjoyed listening to the copyright discussion on SharpTech this week. Copyright is not a universal …
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Experimenting with Gemini CLI to iterate on some web page changes. It’s free for basic usage. …
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I missed on my first reading of Apple’s new EU rules that “tier 1” developers …
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As spelled out in a StoreKit addendum, Apple is replacing the Core Technology Fee in the EU with a …
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Anne Sturdivant
Very sad to hear that Anne Sturdivant has passed away. If you were active on Micro.blog over the …
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I mostly got off lucky with the macOS Tahoe beta 1 install, so much so that I’m nervous about …
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Bernie Sanders says if AI is making companies more productive with less, people should get a 4-day …
: CC signals Early thoughts on the Creative Commons proposal for controlling how content is used for AI training.
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Day 24 of the photo challenge, although a day late… Bloom.
: Training LLMs on books judged as fair use Initial thoughts on the Anthropic case about using books to train AI models.
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Working on some more iOS improvements, currently waiting for Apple to review the beta. 🙄 Automated …
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Stephen Hackett reminiscing on the Aqua introduction from 2000 and what we’ve lost without …
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We know a few new things about the OpenAI / Jony Ive partnership, because of leaks and the iyO …
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This is a silly and inconsequential thing to rant about, but… What is the point of crushed …
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It’s going to be too easy to hate on Tesla’s robotaxi rollout. I’m a little …
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Yesterday my kids asked why I was snapping a photo of a construction site where a restaurant used to …
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Most people outside of Micro.blog don’t pay attention to our news blog, so quoting this here …
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Dave Winer will be keynoting WordCamp Canada in Ottawa: I’m also not happy with the tech …
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Some of the problems Trump has created are fixable. They are painful for many people, and clearly so …
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I’ve updated the Micro.blog photo challenge page with the final list of words. Thanks everyone …
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I’ll be updating the photoblog challenge post today with the final set of prompts for the …
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Delivery robots gathering. It’s day 20 of the photo challenge.
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New single-page site from Brent Simmons: No Learnings.
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Dia after a week
I’ve now been using Dia for about a week. Parker Ortolani just blogged that he was skeptical …
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It’s the 20th anniversary of the launch of microformats.org! So many blogs and social …
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Cool early preview of Micro Social for iOS 26, with Liquid Glass and “catch me up” summaries of the …
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Thanks everyone for the kind words about the maybe just once or very rarely special bonus episode of …
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Updated the Mac app again today, adding a search field for your replies and improving the …
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I got access to Alexa+ today. Not sure what to do with it. Amazon has an advantage because so many …
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Dave Winer blogs about Bill Atkinson and QuickDraw: I spent many years building on his work, and …
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Core Intuition episode number… 26.1?! The podcast is back for a special episode to talk about …
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Everyone’s still subscribed to the Core Intuition RSS podcast feed, right? 🎙️
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Dan Moren writing about Apple’s strengths at WWDC, including how adding some features like …
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A short 1-minute video on YouTube showing today’s update to Micro.blog for iOS. Android update …
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When I was a teenager working at HEB, someone came through the line wearing a Joshua Tree shirt. Or …
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After travel and work and family things that have pulled me away, I’m back to the Micro.blog …
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Tynan Purdy has released a Raycast extension for Micro.blog. If you use Raycast and want a quick way …
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I said I was going to take a break from AI-related blogging, so I’ll just link to this mostly …
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I wonder what kind of machines are running Xcode Cloud. We have to do some setup for each build, and …
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Trying out the new fediverse improvements in Threads. Haven’t launched the app in a while, so …
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I remember thinking in Trump’s first term that he was a war president without a war, so he goes …
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I recorded a quick video on YouTube of a new way to have photo accessibility descriptions generated …
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Reflecting today on some kind words that were shared with me last week in San Jose. There’s …
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Neat new plug-in for Micro.blog-hosted blogs from @jim: I threw together a really simple Micro.blog …
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Self-driving safety with lasers
Seeing this link today on Daring Fireball about self-driving reminded me of something I’ve …
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Glad I stopped sending my posts to the fediverse for a little while. So much of what I see on …
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I’ll be releasing a new Mac app today, with a few updates for macOS Tahoe. It’s the bare …
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Tried the ChatGPT integration in Xcode 26. It’s pretty good! It seems to guess at which of my …
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“Can I preemptively squircle myself?” — John Siracusa on ATP, discussing Tahoe’s dock …
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Duncan Davidson is moving on from Shopify, in part because of what will change with AI: It’s …
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Not convinced about the new menu item icons in macOS Tahoe. It seems very unlikely that there will …
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Micro.blog 3.5.1 for iOS and Tahoe beta
Today we shipped an update to Micro.blog for iOS that has lots of little bug fixes. You can grab it …
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D. Griffin Jones blogs a mockup of the Finder icon, restoring the colors: The frustrating thing is …
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Listened to AppStories on my walk this morning. Fascinating what a completely different WWDC …
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Because I wrecked my Xcode install for release builds by upgrading to macOS Tahoe, I’m …
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The left-aligned text for alerts in macOS Tahoe is such a welcome improvement. Apple just needs to …
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I just updated the Micro.blog photoblogging page with the latest words for week 3! 📷
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Stay safe everyone going to a No Kings protest. I like this: A core principle behind all No Kings …
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Now that I’ve had a little more time with it, I see what Dia is going for. It’s not just …
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Gatto from Enrico Casarosa sounds amazing: The Annecy crowd cheered the announcement and went wild …
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Trying Dia, which is now available if you had an Arc account. It is very interesting. Not sure yet …
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We’ll be doing a couple betas of Micro.blog for iOS, whenever Apple approves it. If …
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Casey Liss blogs some initial reactions to WWDC, including on the new iPad multitasking: They work …
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Steve Job’s commencement speech at Stanford is so good. On the 20th anniversary, the Steve Jobs …
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Tragic airplane crash in India. A single survivor out of over 200 people… Keep thinking of …
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Today I’ve been fixing little bugs in Micro.blog for iPhone that have been annoying me. Any glitches …
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I’m sure this acquisition of Clay was in the works for a while, but the timing feels wrong so …
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Enough with AI
I’m going to take a break from AI-related blogging for a few months. I think the pause will do me …
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The Talk Show Live was excellent. My WWDC week is winding down… It was great to catch up with folks. …
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I downloaded the .ipsw for macOS Tahoe before realizing I would need a second Mac to install. So …
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Liquid Glass is getting a little bit of hate after the first day of WWDC. Apple can dial it back in …
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Dave Winer blogging about Bluesky’s choice of using domain names for handles: They were smart …
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Catching up on yesterday for the photo challenge. Day 9, wood. From walking around Oakland, near …
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Ben Thompson writes about Apple refocusing on what they’re good at for WWDC. For the new …
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Planning to install macOS Tahoe later today. For now, only downloaded SF Symbols 7. Still no robot …
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There’s more in Apple’s new Foundation Models than I was expecting. The struct interfaces and tool …
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iPad windowing looks good. Funny we were so worried the Mac would become too much like iOS, but sort …
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Looking forward to trying Apple’s on-device models. It’s a great direction for them to …
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My post yesterday about Sam Altman has been pretty well received. Not everyone agrees, which is …
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New blog post about Micro.blog themes from @ericgregorich. I like the way he describes the …
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Good morning from San Jose. I need to find coffee. My brain is finally switching gears to WWDC. Have …
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To the Sam Altman skeptics
It’s the day before the WWDC keynote, an event that used to be anchored by Steve Jobs. …
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Day 8 of the Micro.blog photo challenge: travel. Heading down to San Jose. Not actually my train… It …
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Craig Hockenberry blogging on the eve of WWDC. I expect many developers will agree with his points …
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Always a good day to be able to release some app updates, even on the weekend. Happy to get …
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Picked up a new hoodie while in Berkeley. Despite knowing exactly what the weather’s like in the Bay …
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I wasn’t planning to give money to this woman holding up a cardboard sign with her kid, on the …
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Sunk cost fallacy strikes again. I spent way too much time on my local LLM experiments, finally went …
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Top of Jason Becker’s wish list for WWDC is a package manager for users. It often feels like …
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Quiet, cool morning walking through downtown Berkeley. Last time I was here was when I took this …
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This was unexpected. Walking back to my hotel tonight, I noticed that some of the traffic lights …
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Finished reading: The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future by Keach …
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Days before WWDC, where Apple is rumored to open up their models to developers, I must be the only …
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I ended up having to completely skip FediForum. With travel and coding, just too much going on. …
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Rest in peace, Bill Atkinson. From John Gruber: One of the great heroes in not just Apple history, …
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Really enjoying everyone’s photos for this month’s Micro.blog photoblogging challenge. …
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Day 6 of the photo challenge, contrast. Jack London Square / C. L. Dellums Station in Oakland.
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For a minute I got really excited about this headline of a LoveFrom-designed electric bike from …
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More jacaranda trees in bloom.
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Joanne Jang who works at OpenAI has a blog post on human-AI relationships: …many people say …
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Reviewing my short post last night about the NYT vs. OpenAI data retention, maybe “wild” …
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A couple photos heading up the coast, from each side of the train. 🚂
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Congrats to Brent Simmons on his retirement! This is an impressive list of apps to have been a part …
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While walking to Groundwork Coffee this morning in Los Angeles. A jacaranda tree, I think.
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Maybe I’ve become a little bitter because a decade ago I was screaming about big centralized …
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Dave Winer blogs about what he’d say in a keynote about new web standards. Keep it simple and …
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I submitted the latest Micro.blog for Android to Google this morning. Hopefully goes through review …
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Ghost is weeks away from shipping 6.0 with fediverse support. Excellent! We have a real …
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Rolled into Los Angeles super early. Found a coffee shop that I could walk to that was open at 6am. …
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Seth Godin on burning bridges: While it’s tempting to imagine that we’re always racing forward, …
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Wow, Pacers. I tuned in just at the right time toward the end. Glad to have some cell coverage …
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Flaky internet today, so just catching up on the new levels of chaos with Trump and Elon Musk. Trump …
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Vise Coffee in Alpine. I had just finished a cold brew I brought with me, so got a sticker and …
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I continue to doubt that Apple can roll back external payment links now that the genie is out of the …
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Congrats to A New Social on announcing Bounce, a way to move followers between Bluesky and the …
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Just a tiny bit of reflection, outside Alpine.
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This court order is a wild overreach, undermining the privacy of OpenAI users and developers. This …
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On my way to California, the slow route. 🚂
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This might be a bit dark, but for day 4 of the photo challenge, I was stuck in traffic and looked to …
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Eugen Rochko on the phased rollout for Mastodon quote posts: When we released post editing for …
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This is a great point on Tao of Mac: Spotlight has been a complete mess for years, and Apple has …
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I can’t remember exactly how I felt when I was watching the original Aqua demo for Mac OS X, …
: Not today, but eventually Yet another post with some more of my thoughts on AI and its impact on work and society.
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Screenshot of a couple blog post drafts I might publish this week. You can tell I primarily wrote …
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A heads-up to Mastodon folks, I’m disabling the fediverse posting from my blog for a couple weeks. …
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I tend to write about whatever is most fascinating at the time. In the 2000s, that was blogging …
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Changing my profile photo on Micro.blog for the first time in forever. The last one was a selfie …
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Great post from David Smith about his latest hiking trip: What I kept coming back to was that in …
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Speaking of spam, I’m starting to get a lot more emails from people wanting to invest in or …
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Junk phone calls have been out of control the last week. I’ve re-enabled “silence …
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For day 2 of the Micro.blog photo challenge: curve. A shot from when I was walking through the Texas …
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For a web browser that has been abandoned, Arc sure has a lot of new updates. 🤪 I think its demise …
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Congrats to Kagi on 3 years! They also announce their upcoming email product in this post. I’m …
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Ghost compatibility notes
ActivityPub in Ghost has been in beta for a while, with plans to officially ship to everyone in the …
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Thanks to everyone who has participated in the Micro.blog photoblogging challenge so far! It is so …
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Molly White is documenting the very problematic Looksmaxxing GPT. Now she reports that OpenAI is not …
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Red oak tree, for day 1 of the new Micro.blog photo challenge.
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AI haters, you can skip this post. I installed Codex CLI to explain the Ghost ActivityPub …
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Build the wall. First time in northwest Austin in a while, more work on the 183 toll road …
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I’ve posted the first week of prompts for the June photo challenge. 📷
May 2025
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I’m now at the point in ActivityPub debugging where I’m just reading the Ghost source …
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Just found out from my son that the latest Playdate SDK has networking! This opens up so many …
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As I fix compatibility with Ghost, there are some surprises. For example, Ghost notes don’t …
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The redactions in this internal OpenAI document are hilarious to me. You could turn it into a Mad …
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Enjoying the reporting from The Verge’s Adi Robertson on the Google antitrust trial, covering …
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From yesterday, at the Texas State Capitol.
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Tickets are available to The Talk Show Live from WWDC. No Apple execs as guests this year. John …
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I wrote a draft post about billionaires and the open web a couple months ago, and the couple folks I …
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Looked at Threads for the first time in months. I haven’t missed it. I’m glad we have …
: Brief thoughts on AI replacing jobs and whether it’s time for Universal Basic Income.
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My interview with Kagi founder Vladimir Prelovac is now up! You can listen on the web or subscribe …
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In many ways I’m a terrible sys admin. For the last couple years I’ve been dealing with …
: More Dia doubt Responding to Manu Moreale’s skepticism about the future of AI in web search and browsers.
: UBI Brief thoughts on AI replacing jobs and whether it’s time for Universal Basic Income.
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Federico Viticci provides an early look at the new LLM-powered automation tool Sky: The real …
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Matt Mullenweg on how a thought goes to idea to writing to blogs: Once you publish publicly, you …
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This is probably a dumb, self-inflicted privacy leak, but as an experiment I asked ChatGPT to look …
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Bono was great on Jimmy Kimmel last night. I was lucky enough to see his show a few years ago, but …
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Letting go of Core Intuition has created a podcast void in my work. Today, I just posted a new …
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I’m rooting for The Browser Company folks, because it’s good to have competition in …
: Micro.blog 3.5 for iOS About the latest app update with redesigned reply pane and publishing progress, plus screenshots.
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The Browser Company has a long post about why they’re working on Dia instead of Arc. On how …
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John O’Nolan celebrates 12 years of Ghost. Congrats to the team! Amazing success, and the …
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Great article on The New Yorker about The Rehearsal: The first season of “The Rehearsal” seemed to …
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Nice guide for setting up Phosphor icons with a Micro.blog site, using the mnml theme.
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Reminder that next week (Sunday) we’re starting a new photo challenge that will run through …
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The Rehearsal season 2 is a masterpiece. I can tell the final episode is going to be something I …
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Gus Mueller blogs about being indie and Brent Simmons’s upcoming retirement. This is accurate: …
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Simon Willison has a fantastic, detailed look through the Claude 4 system prompt. Personality, …
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Enjoyed Mission: Impossible. A couple minor nitpicks, but I liked the throwbacks to earlier movies. …
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We rewatched Star Wars episode 4 last night, with frequent pausing to think about the context with …
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Glitch announced they are shutting down hosting. Kudos to them for allowing redirects after …
: Crazy week for AI Looking back on the announcements this week, plus links to John Gruber and Federico Viticci.
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Built up the courage to run Redis’s MEMORY PURGE in production this morning. Sadly made no …
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With Pocket shutting down, I’ve updated Micro.blog’s bookmarks import for Pocket’s …
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Stephen F. Austin State Park. Short hike on a trail near the Brazos River.
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Write.as creator Matt Baer wants to focus more on writing for 2025. I can relate to a lot of this: …
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Stephen Hackett throwing some cold water on the io products hype: To be clear, the failure of the …
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You might’ve noticed there’s a new status line in Micro.blog’s publishing …
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Almost lost in all the OpenAI hype this week was that MCP is now supported in OpenAI’s …
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Om Malik blogging about today’s video of Jony Ive and Sam Altman: The slick video harkens …
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What stood out to me in the announcement about io is that there will be a “family” of devices. Maybe …
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Finished watching Andor. Loved it. Now watching Rogue One. As expected, flows perfectly together …
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Big update out for Tapestry today, adding bookmarking for Micro.blog accounts among other features.
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This is a lengthy post from Ben Werdmuller, but everyone who cares about a sustainable, vibrant …
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John Voorhees blogging about Apple’s AI predicament: Hardware plays to Apple’s design and …
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Anil Dash on the growing popularity of MCP and adopting standards: It’s cool that other …
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Some of the news out of Microsoft Build is what developers hope Apple will do: access to AI models …
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If you use Chrome or Arc with Micro.blog, check out the latest update to our Chrome web extension …
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Not gonna lie, I’m close to dropping $200 to try OpenAI’s Codex. But I don’t think …
: Early week AI thoughts Microsoft, OpenAI, the bridge to new devices, and different categories of future AI products.
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Working on server memory usage, discovered a massive leak of Redis keys we use to rate-limit clients …
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Joe Biden has lived an extraordinary life — lots of success and plenty of heartbreak too. This …
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Big Thicket National Preserve.
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Twice this week for different reasons, Bell Labs has come up. It’s incredible to re-read about …
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Manu Moreale blogs about how so many things feel transactional and why he highlights supporting …
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Acadiana Park in Lafayette. 🌳
: Linking to Curtis Herbert, with more thoughts on why App Store payments should not be forced on …
: Linking to Curtis Herbert, with more thoughts on why App Store payments should not be forced on …
: Discovery of this random app Linking to Curtis Herbert, with more thoughts on why App Store payments should not be forced on …
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Didn’t realize until this week that the RSS.app feeds support RSS and JSON Feed. Very cool. …
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Sheldon Lake State Park. The ponds used to be part of a fish hatchery, then closed in 1975 and let …
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With OpenAI adding 4.1, I’m having to think a little too much about which models I should be …
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Josh Miller has an update on the Dia browser, in a series of posts on Twitter / X. For a company …
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Thanks @numericcitizen for making another video about what’s new in Micro.blog! This one …
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Great post from Joan Westenberg about what has changed with Apple: A company once defined by joyful …
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Justin Jackson on the threat to podcasts from YouTube, and why we should keep investing in RSS: The …
: EFF Austin talk slides, summary Playing around with whether AI can make sense of my slides. Also the slides PDF with notes and …
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I’m speaking at EFF Austin tonight! Getting coffee this morning and working on my slides. …
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Mavs fans needed a win after losing Luka. Happy for them. And Spurs with the second pick… Amazing. …
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From a “lunch with” profile of Sam Altman in the Financial Times: I find Altman …
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It’s that time of year again when I realize I’ve let Redis memory get completely out of …
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I posted a new video on YouTube that shows how filters work in Micro.blog, including a brand new …
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Just caught up with Andor through episode 9. What a great show. 📺
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Nice update to the mnml theme for Micro.blog. It’s cool to see all those settings.
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Time for some plants for the front yard. Mother’s Day shopping at Home Depot.
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Made several little design updates to Micro.blog this weekend, including a more consistent, cleaner …
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OpenAI rolls out new things so often that it’s a little surprising they haven’t …
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Dave Winer blogging about how software evolves with feedback from users: Software isn’t a …
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When we launched Micro.one, I was interested in simplifying the sidebar. I moved the link to manage …
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Great blog post by John Siracusa, distilling much of Apple’s current problem balancing doing good …
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While testing something this morning, I made a careless blunder with one of our servers, causing …
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I don’t think I realized that you didn’t need to be in the EU to distribute apps via …
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There are many challenges for the web and web publishers as AI upends search, but the only way to …
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“What we make stands testament to who we are.” — Jony Ive, in an interview at Stripe …
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Bill Gates writes about accelerating his plan to give away his wealth, winding down the Gates …
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Reading through Apple’s motion to pause the external purchase ruling. A quick comment on this …
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Realized last night while listening to music on our record player, which is connected to our Amazon …
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I was unexpectedly caught up in the news about a new Pope. Reading a little about him and translated …
: On moving to Micro.blog Quoting from Kev Quirk’s post about migrating to Micro.blog and what makes the platform unique on …
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John Voorhees blogging at MacStories: Apple’s exploration of AI-based search is not terribly …
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AI memory portability
Parker Ortolani makes a great point about potential lock-in for AI products that know a lot about …
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Two weeks on the road and then other distractions, this morning is the first day in a while that …
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Let’s do a Micro.blog photo challenge in June. It’s been a while so we’ll keep it …
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I blogged recently about experimenting with local LLMs inside the Micro.blog for Mac app. This is …
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There are all sorts of interesting quotes from Eddy Cue’s testimony today in the Google trial. …
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Really happy for Dan Moren to make his Jeopardy appearance today. Congrats! I’ve set it to …
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FediForum has regrouped and is coming back, June 5-7. I might be traveling those days but I’ll …
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Reinforced delusion and robots
A wild story in Rolling Stone: People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies. I use …
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I increasingly throw my blog post drafts into ChatGPT as a check for major problems. When it comes …
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Mike Rockwell with more thoughts on the Epic v. Apple ruling: If they want to have more control …
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Great segment about Epic v. Apple on the latest Upgrade. In summary: the judge gave Apple a chance …
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Seth Godin blogging about how it used to be only a relatively few people who could publish music and …
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Crashed to bed early last night after the 3rd quarter of Nuggets / Thunder, just watched the final …
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Sometimes I wake up thinking of the old friends who passed away long before their time. People who I …
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Gregg Popovich addresses the media after officially stepping down, with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili …
: OpenAI non-profit and public benefit OpenAI has announced the switch to a public benefit corporation, still keeping the non-profit too.
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Looking forward to reading through Evan Prodromou’s story on the Protocol Oral History …
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4o hallucinated for me today and it struck me that I haven’t seen ChatGPT make anything up in …
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Good timing, it started pouring rain a few minutes after I got home. Listening to the rain now as I …
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First full day back at work after a couple weeks on the road. I work a little every day, even when …
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Warriors putting the Rockets away. Can’t help but admire what Steph Curry is still able to do. …
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Making slow progress experimenting with local LLMs in the Mac app. Smaller models are a challenge …
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Watched Runaway Jury. Really good. Sadly nothing has changed with gun control in the 20 years since …
: Meta's discovery engine A few thoughts on Mark Zuckberberg’s dismal vision for the future of social media. Let’s do the …
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Working on a few different random things today. Also really looking forward to Nuggets / Clippers …
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Finished reading: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. This is the first of his books that I’ve …
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Hello again, Austin. It was about 3500 miles round-trip, driving to New York and back. Good couple …
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So tired of gatekeepers. Only realized this week that the Micro.blog web browser extension was …
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Once apps like Spotify, Kindle, and many others are officially approved with external payment links, …
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I disagree with Ben Thompson’s update today that Apple might have a legal right to charge for …
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Using AI for polish
By “polish” I don’t mean the design, necessarily. I mean all the little details …
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Two updated iOS apps this week: Micro.blog 3.4.6 and Epilogue 1.8.3. Android versions are lagging a …
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Old train bridge viewed from the Bill Clinton presidential library. It’s a pedestrian bridge …
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Jason Snell blogging about the new App Store linking judgement: Not only did Apple attempt to find …
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Simon Willison on the continual misuse of the term vibe coding: It means “generating code …
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Fidel & Co. A little more time in Little Rock before hitting the road again. ☕️
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Marc Andreessen doesn’t think AI will take his job. But venture capital is barely a real job. All …
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Micro.blog bookmarks are a significant part of my workflow now. I have over 1000 bookmarks stored, …
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Allen Pike has a great post about user interface input design in an LLM world: As we start to see …
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Huge new ruling by the judge in the Epic Games case. Hope to take advantage of this as soon as …
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It ended up being a good idea to stop overnight in Little Rock and wait out the storm. Went to a …
April 2025
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Watched some more highlights from last night’s Bucks / Pacers. Bucks should not have lost that game. …
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NPR has an article on whether the Google search remedy should include somehow crippling …
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Bookshelves at Nexus Coffee & Creative in Little Rock. ☕️
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Parked at The Root Cafe in Little Rock. Lunch and plotting a change to my route stops so I …
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Last night at the hotel, in between basketball, I tuned into some of the Mark Zuckerberg and Satya …
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Daniel Jalkut blogs about the Help Scout pricing changes. We use Help Scout for Micro.blog too and …
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Dan Moren in his final article for Macworld: Being a fan of Apple as a company means necessarily …
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City & State, morning in Memphis. Looks like there’s gonna be bad weather today heading west. ☕️ …
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I was hoping someone would write a post like this one from Andy Masley about AI energy and water use …
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Model train at the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum. I visited the museum today, nearly …
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The New Yorker: The End of Children. This essay was from earlier in the year. There are some stories …
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Upgrading another server today! Also a few little code optimizations.
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Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is extremely strange. Should’ve done more research before stopping …
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Using ChatGPT while driving
In used to be that I avoided using Siri except in a few specific cases while driving:
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Listen to the contrarians. They’re sometimes wrong, but when they’re right, …
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Another shot from Washington, D.C. — the Carnegie Library, also probably the most beautiful Apple …
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Loved all the greenery at Maman this morning. Got there early enough that there was lots of space, …
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Micro.blog is now sponsoring blogroll.org. We’re going to try a few new things to get the word …
: Perplexity voice mode A couple thoughts on AI lock-in and Apple Intelligence after reading a MacStories post.
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Cool to see the POSSE photo I snapped at Fediverse House used in this blog post: The encouraging …
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Things I’ve now learned driving in the two largest cities in America:
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Over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge into Washington, D.C.
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For Bluesky fans, we’re now cross-posting the Micro.blog news blog over to Bluesky at …
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o4-mini is good at road trip planning. I fire off some parameters like roughly where I want to stop …
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Micro.blog 3.4.6 beta
For beta testers on iOS, there’s a new build of Micro.blog with a button to toggle just …
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Crazy finish to that Nuggets / Clippers game. Not sure I’ve ever seen a dunk so close to win it like …
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Special shout-out to @vincent for troubleshooting Micro.blog servers while I’m traveling. …
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I read this article about AI and cancer research last night, thinking about it more this morning. …
: xAI turbines status update A short post about xAI gas turbines in Memphis.
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The view from Queens. Kind of a wild few days of driving now that I reflect on it.
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My post earlier today about Bluesky seems to have spread more widely than I expected. Lots of …
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Catching up on last night’s NBA scores. I watched some of Knicks / Pistons, but staying up on …
: Bluesky downtime Musing about the decentralized nature of both Mastodon and Bluesky.
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If you’re following the last few photos I’ve posted, my daughter and I have been slowly …
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OpenAI wants to buy Chrome. Perplexity wants to buy Chrome. Yahoo! wants to buy Chrome. Heck, …
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Another fantastic essay by Dario Amodei, this time about “interpretability” and the need to better …
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Train bridge at Falling Waters, West Virginia. On the other side of the river, the Confederates were …
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So with threads.net switching to .com, I was a little worried about how this might impact the …
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Roanoke River overlook, along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Interesting proposal similar to robots.txt but for LLMs. When AI is your parser, you can have a …
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Had the Switch 2 pre-order in my cart but kept changing my mind, gonna skip it until there’s a game …
: AI web search Reflecting on web search in o4-mini and new reasoning models.
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I really like this post from Ashley Willis, about doubting yourself and the fear of what loud people …
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Micro.blog’s backend is running so much more smoothly now after I addressed some memory issues …
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Nailed it. I’m too amused by wall outlets and light switches gone wrong, it’s surprisingly common. …
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I’ll be speaking at EFF-Austin next month! An updated talk about blogs, social networks, the …
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In the Bluesky announcement about checkmark verification is the tidbit that 270k accounts have …
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Micro.blog went off the rails today, for some reason the day I’m out of town an old memory …
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Speaking of Objective-C, when I see example code that looks like this:NSMutableArray<NSString …
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Experimenting with a special build of Micro.blog for Mac with Gemma 3 (4 billion params) running …
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There’s no place I appreciate Apple Pay more than at the gas station air pump, instead of …
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Yair Rosenberg writing at The Atlantic about the arson at the Pennsylvania governor’s …
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New laptop sticker, from Vintage bookstore and wine bar. Booksellers not algorithms. 🍷
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Thinking about AGI. The big step that is missing is personal AI being able to learn when it answers …
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To me, Objective-C has always felt expressive and capable, doubly so when I first …
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Finished upgrading a server. Some things should be faster! (And some won’t be.) I’ll …
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Coffee yesterday at Lazarus. ☕️
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Now that I’m using Hetzner in the EU, I’m having difficulty understanding Linode …
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Micro.blog for Mac continues to improve. Just released version 3.5. A new feature I like in this …
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I’ve switched my coding questions over to o4-mini. It’s very good and fast enough. At …
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The Sam Altman interview at TED is worth a watch. Awkward and full of tension. But some good …
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Didn’t sleep enough. Nightmare that I was arguing with the Subaru mechanics. Too close to …
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Sad to hear there were two deaths in the FSU shooting. When news broke that it was a handgun, it …
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Great post from The Fediverse Report about Bluesky complying with requests from the Turkish …
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Taria & Como looks like a clever, crank-friendly platformer, part of the upcoming season 2 on …
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The Internet Archive is asking for help to defend against lawsuits: A coalition of major record …
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Matt Mullenweg blogs about the WordPress 6.8 release, how WordPress might use AI in the future, and …
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I like the way Tony Stubblebine is running Medium. On sticking with diversity, equity, and inclusion …
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Some interesting data here in the MIT Technology Review about energy use for AI data centers: …
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Dave Winer has more thoughts on the “Twitterlike is a bad shape” post: Each decision we …
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I’m not a Gmail user or Notion user, but gotta say the UI and interactions in Notion Mail look …
: Twitterlike vs. Micro.blog Comparing the essay “Twitterlike is a bad shape” with how Micro.blog works.
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Parker Ortolani blogging about whatever new device Jony Ive is working on and its potential as part …
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I’m following a few Bluesky custom feeds, but I hadn’t paid close attention to Graze …
: Describe me Playing with ChatGPT memory and chat history.
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Great post from Ben Werdmuller about the future of Bluesky. Many people can’t get past …
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I’ve been using top for what, 30 years? But honestly my eyes still sometimes glaze over. …
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This week is mostly about bug fixes and performance for me. Got the new Mac app update out and lots …
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Another big update to Micro Social: Release version on V1.7 pushed to TestFlight.
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Worked a little on archiving all the Core Intuition episodes in one place. We’ve used a few …
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Upcoming video social app Neptune will allow hiding follower and like counts: A key distinguishing …
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TechCrunch: OpenAI ships GPT-4.1 without a safety report. I don’t want to overreact to this, …
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OpenAI working on a social app? From The Verge: Entering the social media market also puts OpenAI …
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Meta is a problematic business and more people should move to open platforms, but I have to agree …
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I like the attempt at transparency in this statement on AI from Revenant, an animation and effects …
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AI 2027 is a good read. Both endings seem wildly unrealistic, but as a warning it did make me think. …
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Thinking about the Tesla Superchargers that have been torched recently… Anyone who uses …
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Ran a few tests with the new GPT-4.1 family of models. I think I’ll go 4o → 4.1 for photo …
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Over the weekend I got to ride in a Waymo for the first time, in Phoenix. See @cheesemaker’s …
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I don’t have any expectations for the FTC vs. Meta trial starting today. It seems wild and …
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New Mac app for Micro.blog is out today with a couple improvements, including a little interface for …
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There’s a pretty significant difference between good AI models and great ones. I sometimes …
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Dave Winer writes a longer blog post about inbound RSS. The idea is let’s have more systems …
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Apparently there will be big updates to the design in the next iOS and iPadOS, but I assume it will …
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Rob Fahrni blogs more thoughts on Dave Winer’s call for inbound RSS: The problem is the platform …
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Back in Austin, down at St. Edward’s for Staple! Amazing that the first show was 20 years ago. Got …
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Updated my NBA arenas web page for the game last night in Phoenix. A few good moments in the game …
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Parker Ortolani blogging about the new ChatGPT feature to look at past conversations: …it …
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Manu Moreale blogs about taking over blogroll.org and the new design. Love the colors.
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Stephon Castle layup, Spurs at Suns. 🏀
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Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix.
: Mastodon's incomplete migration Responding to Rob Shearer’s Mastodon exit interview post.
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Stephen Hackett commenting on a report in The York Times about Apple not allocating much of a budget …
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Old train bridge next to new light rail bridge in Tempe.
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Dave Winer has written up two improvements Bluesky can make to RSS feeds: including images and …
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Finished reading: Dragonsteel Prime by Brandon Sanderson. I read the last several chapters on my …
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The difference between a junior developer and a senior developer isn’t actually about writing …
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It wasn’t the Amtrak route I had planned for today, but guess this airport train will have to do. Hi …
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The new park around the old Mueller tower. Walked by here today and hadn’t seen it since the area …
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OpenAI version numbers continue to be hilarious. Looks like the actual release order will be: 3.5, …
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Found leaked technical diagrams of a new roller coaster at Disneyland. No, wait… That’s just …
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For all the negative anecdotes in The Information story, it actually ends on a positive note about …
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Wrapping up the next Micro.blog for Mac bug fix update today. Any bugs we’ve missed recently? …
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I haven’t read the full report in The Information yet, but just the MacRumors summary is …
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Was looking forward to a relaxing train trip to Phoenix tonight, with time to read and work, but …
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Matt Haughey blogs about the uncertainty for small businesses and how bad things might get if the …
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Matt Mullenweg blogs about the new AI-powered WordPress design builder: The long-anticipated “Big …
: AI crawling reprise Some more thoughts about AI web crawling for training and whether we can differentiate good bots …
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As I hinted at the other day, I’m rolling out command-S in more places in Micro.blog. From the …
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Sigh. Amtrak really needs its own tracks: Train 21 and Train 421 are currently stopped west of …
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Greg Storey blogging about how much we’ve divided ourselves and what we’ve lost: When we don’t talk …
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Nice write-up over at TechCrunch of the new Tapestry 1.1: …one of the larger challenges of …
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Seth Godin on his 10,000th blog post: I’d write this blog even if no one read it, but that the fact …
: We should have seen it A couple quotes after reading a much longer essay in The Atlantic about conservatism, Trump, and …
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Watched the first season of The Rehearsal and it blew my mind a little. Hilarious and insane. 📺
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Great story about Bluesky and Jay Graber in The New Yorker. I love this bit: Then, in December, …
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I don’t delete my blog posts… even when it would be easier for me if I did. For longer posts I might …
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Of all the harm I was expecting from Trump’s second term, I did not expect a market crash this …
: AI at Shopify A short post reacting to the Shopify CEO encouraging everyone to use AI at the company.
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The Minecraft movie was a lot of fun. 🍿
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Amazing story on CNN around veteran Joe Harris, who died at age 108, serving in World War II in an …
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In today’s post, Seth Godin captures something that I’ve been thinking about but have …
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Rolled out some Micro.blog improvements to uploads on the web today. For example, if AI is enabled …
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My son has had the worst luck with his car. A few weeks ago, broke down driving back from Arizona… …
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All the broken pecan shells are in one spot under the tree. Must be some happy squirrels living …
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Went looking for an old tweet and then got lost in the archive. I have all my tweets (mostly …
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Vibe coding on the 20th floor
This week’s ATP has a members-only special segment about vibe coding. One snippet from John …
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John Gruber blogging about whether the tariffs will impact Apple: It’s under-remarked upon, but …
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While I’m commenting on YouTube videos today, I love that half of Casey Neistat’s video …
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Nice 9-minute edit by The Verge of the Copilot event, including a protester interrupting the …
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Greg Morris has been doing great work on Micro Social, and he’s got a buy me a coffee page! ☕️ …
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It’s all fun and games with the global economy until your tariffs start interrupting Nintendo Switch …
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How to people feel about web apps that take over common keyboard shortcuts like command-S? …
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So many great lines in this piece by Derek Thompson at The Atlantic: By the numbers, the tariffs …
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Who knew Bill Gates was such a good blogger? Love this story of Altair BASIC in a quirky, unique …
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Apple stock getting destroyed today. I feel for small investors who are caught up in this. But also …
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Micro.blog 3.4.5 for Mac
Today’s update to the Mac app addresses a few things related to managing uploads. It’s …
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Had a dream where one of my notebooks had special AI pages. I could write questions on them with ink …
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Haven’t had coffee or left the house in a couple days after being sick, and those are two of …
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The latest update to Micro Social adds location check-ins for Micro.blog. Very interesting! There’s …
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Excited for the Nintendo Switch 2. The kids have our old Switches, so I had picked up a Lite mostly …
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Rest in peace, Val Kilmer. Glad he was able to reprise his role from Top Gun, in a way getting the …
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Extraordinary what Cory Booker has done. A lot of people feel powerless right now, with little …
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I was sick most of yesterday and tuned out of any social web drama, so was at first surprised to …
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Enjoyed this illustrated story by Jackie Lay about the life of Victoria Woodhull, who ran for …
March 2025
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Just great defense from the Longhorns. Love their midrange shooting too. I picked UConn vs. Texas …
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Finished reading: The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden. Beautiful and haunting. 📚
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Spurs / Warriors tonight. Not a close game but still fun. It has been too long since I was last in …
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Whether you’re an AI optimist or skeptic, or somewhere in between, you can probably relate to …
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Decided to subscribe to The Atlantic. There’s a certain kind of story that I miss from the NYT …
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We talk about Apple getting into trouble with Siri + LLMs, but Google has major problems too. Their …
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I’m enjoying Kagi instead of Google, but it’s still not quite right. For a paid search …
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Did not finish: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty. I enjoyed the first part …
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More details of when Sam Altman was fired by the OpenAI board, from an upcoming book by Keach Hagey: …
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There seems to be a timezone bug in Siri + ChatGPT. To get better answers while driving I …
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My NCAA women’s bracket is still holding on with that Longhorns win! Great game Texas / …
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Randomly stumbled on my post from two years ago about Threads joining the fediverse. It holds up so …
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Got an email today for a class action lawsuit about chicken that I thought must be a phishing scam …
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xAI buying Twitter / X seems pretty sketchy. In practice, I guess it means the platform will live on …
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No one cares… for now
To be a blogger, you have to be okay with writing into the void. Some posts will resonate with …
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I’m drawn to blogging about divisive topics, but it would probably be healthier to avoid it. People …
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The pond at The Village, walking back to the mechanic to pick up my car after getting coffee.
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I’m cracking up at the images in this Severance + Lego post on Daring Fireball. Who is that red …
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Wow, just watched the final minute of Lakers / Bulls from last night. Love basketball. 🏀
: AI art is bittersweet A longer post with my perspective on AI-generated art, specifically with the new ChatGPT, but going …
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This is a helpful post from Paul Frazee about ATProto lexicons. One of the challenges for making …
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A fun experiment in between bug fixing… I added a films page to Micro.blog, with posters for …
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Worked on some book-related improvements in Micro.blog this morning. We try to integrate with all …
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Simon Willison has added notes (a.k.a. microblog posts) to his blog. I’ve really been enjoying …
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I’ve blogged about apologies before. They carry a lot of weight with me. We’re human, we …
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But her emails! The Signal leak is an amazing contrast with Hillary’s server. There was …
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Sometimes in the debate about federation, we miss that open APIs are still very valuable alone. …
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Seeing an increase in security proxies like Cloudflare interfering with legitimate Micro.blog …
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Micro.blog expanding photo servers in Europe
Today we’re rolling out a big improvement to our new EU-based servers. Along with the option …
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The page for WWDC 2025 is vague enough that Apple could still do a live keynote. Not holding my …
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Zac Hall blogs at 9to5Mac that Apple should acquire Mira Murati’s new company, Thinking …
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Watching a couple of the videos from ATmosphereConf. The videos are up on YouTube in this playlist.
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Putting the final touches on a nice improvement for our blogging friends across the pond… I’ll …
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AI takes something and sands the edges down, so it makes the blob average. And that …
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Got my copy of Dragonsteel Prime in the mail from the last crowdfunding. 📚
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Federico Viticci on mobile app development becoming more accessible to many more people, just as …
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Great historical data for WWDC dates from David Smith. Should be announced soon!
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Generative AI can be both good and bad, just like us. We’re capable of kindness and cruelty. …
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Not sure why I didn’t think of this earlier, but there is now a simple weekly email newsletter …
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Nice profile of the Internet Archive on NPR: The Internet Archive is among the few efforts that …
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Sounds like ATmosphereConf went really well in Seattle this weekend. So cool to see community events …
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Finished reading: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas. Slowly working my way through the series with …
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Since Cloudflare’s AI Labyrinth was announced a few days ago I’ve been trying to figure out how I …
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Heading home. Texas / Louisiana border visitors center. 🤠
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Adding another server in Europe today. 🇩🇪
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At a memorial service my mind drifted to what makes us human. I believe in AI as a tool to help us, …
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Carolina Jessamine… I think.
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While out walking today, listened to this great interview on Stratechery with Sam Altman, going over …
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This shakeup of Siri leadership is surprisingly close to WWDC. Makes me think we won’t see …
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Had a good run for a few months on uptime until today. I’ve upgraded one of our servers to …
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Bad timing, had a major server failure this morning. Micro.blog is back online and I’m …
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Really positive reaction to my post about adding European web servers for Micro.blog. Thanks …
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Micro.blog adding European servers
Starting today there is a new option for customers who want more flexibility for where their blog is …
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I avoid deploying new code to servers in the evening. It’s better to make changes when …
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Dave Rupert on ads, enshittification, and taste: I can feel it in my bones when an app or website …
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Simon Willison attempts to clarify vibe coding: I’m seeing people apply the term “vibe coding” to …
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If you ran into a problem sharing photos from Google Photos to Micro.blog on iOS, check out the …
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Wow, the Swarm app has been completely redesigned. I don’t think it changed a single pixel in …
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Mac apps and web apps: iOS apps:
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Welcome back to earth, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. 🚀
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Bluesky’s a world without caesars shirt is back in stock. Ordered. I don’t impulse buy clothing very …
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My workflow:
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Today we try for the third time to get an appointment for AT&T Fiber installation to work. …
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Coffee (and booze). Houndstooth. ☕️
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Politics is bleeding into everything. Tech headlines, podcasts that aren’t usually political. For …
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Nice new logo, board members, and other news for the founding of A New Social.
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This video of LiDAR vs. Tesla self-driving is great. Ever since seeing all the sensors on a Waymo, I …
: Micro.blog domain aliases Cool URLs don’t change. Or at least, don’t break.
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Depressing anecdote from Gabe Kangas about going off into the weeds with Reddit’s algorithm: …
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Good update from Ben Thompson today linking the lack of Vision Pro content to the miss on AI: …
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Fog from liquid nitrogen ice cream.
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Hmm, my last post is poorly truncated on Bluesky because I hadn’t considered the title, link, …
: AI's impact on the open web Quoting from Molly White’s post about the threat of AI training on the open web, with a few thoughts …
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Since writing more about delayed AI + Siri yesterday, I was thinking about this Bloomberg story of a …
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Bluesky has a proposal to declare user intention for things like archiving and AI training. Looks …
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Is Apple Intelligence even possible?
We are so used to being able to do almost anything in software. For example, today I was looking at …
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Disappointed I missed the world without caesars shirt. Still catching up on SXSW happenings, …
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Had a couple funny interactions with ChatGPT this week, including when asking it for some help with …
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Overheard, single mom who took her 401k and put it into starting a new business. Not everyone should …
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Responding to John Gruber’s AI post yesterday, Om Malik blogs: Just as Google is trapped in …
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Chet Collins reviews my book Indie Microblogging. Most people who have checked it out have just …
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Ana Rodrigues blogs about how websites can be good as a playground and for others to learn from: …
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Great post from John Gruber about Apple Intelligence and the Siri delays: Leaders prove their …
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Rêve Coffee in Lafayette, LA. ☕️
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New feature for Micro.blog’s Bluesky cross-posting: preview cards. This is still off by …
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Federico Viticci wonders if Apple should have their own API that could bridge to OpenAI and …
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MarsEdit 5.3.3 is out! This release adds support for Micro.blog blog post summaries with a new …
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Excellent Dithering today — and Upgrade yesterday for the 2-hour version 🙂 — about how the Apple …
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Gus Mueller thinks Apple needs to get out of the way with AI: The crux of the issue in my mind is …
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After lunch I ended up having to head out of town unexpectedly to visit family, so gonna miss the …
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Now that bookmark tags are available to all plans on Micro.blog, it’s more consistent to …
: Apple's response to AI After the delay for the new Siri, more thoughts on Apple’s unique approach to generative AI, whether …
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Good morning, Austin. Back downtown after a great day yesterday at Fediverse House.
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“This isn’t a time for competition. It is a time for cooperation.” — Evan …
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Just a few minutes in to arriving at Fediverse House and already it was super valuable. There is …
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Bastrop Abstract Company. Established 1883. Closed.
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Micro Social continues to improve. The new version adds a share sheet and iPad support.
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We just passed an old wagon and mules on highway 290. It was Cowboy’s Last Ride, a restored …
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Interesting segment on The Late Show last night with guest Reid Hoffman about AI. I’ve …
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Ready to plant, along Mopac. 🌱
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Linkrot is always a problem for the web, but please let’s not purposefully destroy our own …
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Seth Godin blogs about making the most of a second chance with customers: If a customer service …
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Listening to the Decoder episode with Panos Panay, I’m almost convinced that what Amazon is trying …
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Parker Ortolani blogging about the new MacBook Air. I hadn’t even thought about the color …
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Interesting new post from OpenAI about safety. About humans being in control: Our approach to …
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Tapbots is working on a Bluesky client, called Phoenix. On making it a separate app, they say: …
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Very quick video of the latest Micro.blog for Mac with new blog post summary field. You can type …
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Reminder for folks in Austin, Fediverse House is this weekend, Sunday and Monday. I’ll be …
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Worked a bunch on the Mac app today, one of my favorite things to work on. Almost done with the next …
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I like this post from @devilgate about not being discouraged to write, even when we know that doing …
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Funny that SF Symbols now has a “robotic vacuum” icon but not just a robot. Wonder if …
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Sometimes the debugging is all in the wrong place. Spent a couple hours trying to find a bug in …
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Thinking about the Wii yesterday thanks to Sven’s post, I re-read my old blog post from 2007 …
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Some of my really old blog posts are still in Textile format instead of Markdown. Whenever I find …
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Apple updates a couple iPads. From Dan Moren at Six Colors: The base iPad’s update is perhaps …
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Staple! is coming up next month, April 12-13, at St. Edward’s in Austin. Special guests Kazu …
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Great list of folks to follow on Micro.blog. Thanks for the reminder @Miraz! We used to have Micro …
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M.G. Siegler: Apple Should Swap Out Siri with ChatGPT. Apple won’t do this, and some users might not …
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I like the naming on this collaborative Git system based on AT Proto: Tangled. The servers are …
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Even when it seems the news is all bad, there is something incredible. James Harrison’s blood …
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I never thought I needed a “leafless tree” emoji but it’s a nice addition. Still hoping for “iced …
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Great interview with Dario Amodei on the Hard Fork podcast. About his disappointment at the AI …
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Sideloading on Android has improved since I last used it. It’s a pretty smooth user experience …
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Good morning so far, deployed a few server bug fixes, submitted a new Android release to Google. …
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Being nominated once and winning once is great, congrats. But nominated a bunch of times and never …
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There is nothing like a live performance of Defying Gravity. Even on TV, I still get chills when …
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Looking forward to the Oscars tonight. I’ve only seen 4 out of 10 of the best picture nominees — A …
: Can we like both the open web and AI? Quoting a post from Ben Werdmuller that argues for a return to what makes the open web great, but …
: Something is wrong with Trump With a quote from David Brooks and some reminders to myself of what not to do.
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Watched Away We Go and really enjoyed it. Totally missed this when it first came out in 2009. 📺
: GPT-4.5 preview thoughts… and Steve Jobs Writing a little about my initial reaction to GPT-4.5 being so expensive, with a detour back to an …
February 2025
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Watched some of the video with Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy. We are in a very dark place with …
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New version of Micro Social is coming out, from Greg Morris: Apple have approved a new version of …
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There’s such an increase in distrust of tech companies, we now have to be more explicit about …
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Skimming through some of the negative reaction to Mozilla’s new terms. I took a minute to …
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iOS will have new APIs for getting the age of a user. Sarah Perez writing at TechCrunch: It puts …
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Love an old train station getting a new life. Bloomberg article from a couple months ago, about the …
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Nick Heer is impressed with Alexa+, except: But there is no part of me that would ever want Alexa …
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If you’re in town around SXSW, check out Fediverse House, a 2-day event hosted by Flipboard …
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Many news sites and social networks have a headlines section for trending news. Maybe we need to …
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The measles outbreak here in Texas is such a sad reminder of the real harm of misinformation. So …
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I still want to do more with Open Library. Our app Epilogue can search and get covers from Open …
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When I added tracking what books you’re reading (and blogging about) to Micro.blog, I used ISBN as …
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There’s another lawsuit against Matt Mullenweg and Automattic, this time from a WP Engine customer. …
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Finished reading: Locke Lamora and the Bottled Serpent by Scott Lynch. Great to have another …
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Alexa+ pricing makes no sense. $20/month or free for Amazon Prime subscribers… Prime is $15/month. I …
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I’m following the Verge’s live blog for the Alexa event. Amazon really should be leading …
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People give Matt Mullenweg a lot of shit, but do they realize how hopeless the open web …
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Trying out Flashes, a photos app for Bluesky. On the surface feels similar to our Micro.blog …
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Tried out ChatGPT Deep Research now that it’s on the less expensive plan. Don’t have a lot of use …
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Working on some ActivityPub tweaks today, finally added some code to handle Question objects / …
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Scott Lynch in his newsletter: I have decided to post every short story I’ve ever written (once …
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HTTP content negotiation was a mistake. The perceived wins are always overshadowed by all the new …
: Working on Open Graph Announcing new front matter fields in Micro.blog, including a rendered thumbnail of your web page to …
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Congrats to John Siracusa on the release of his newest Mac app, Hyperspace: There are plenty of Mac …
: Apple antagonism Short posts reacting to Phil Schiller testimony with quotes about the App Store.
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A little quiet today but I got a lot done. Random debugging and wrapped up some new Open Graph …
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Two stories that feel loosely connected. First on NPR, highlighting a veteran in Alaska fired from …
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Finished reading: Empire of Exiles by Erin M Evans. This was excellent. Starts like a murder …
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The new 5G router — which we knew would be a temporary solution until Google Fiber is sorted out — …
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Dave Winer is launching WordLand: The goal is to bootstrap something new – a social network …
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In addition to being a very good Micro.blog client, Micro Social also has pretty much all of the …
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Git scraping is a clever technique from Simon Willison to track changes to web pages by adding them …
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Fiddling with improved Open Graph support for hosted blogs. I’ve never liked how most social …
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Almost whenever I run an alter table in MySQL, I think back to a conversation with Marco Arment at …
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We are not on the verge of a constitutional crisis, we are in the aftermath of one. …
: 5 years or 20 years? Quoting a MacStories post about the Vision Pro and revisiting some of my own blog post predictions. …
: AI as a feedback machine Thinking about the effect of using ChatGPT to help get feedback on a blog post. Why the same traits …
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Letting go of Advanced Data Protection in the UK seems a reasonable compromise from Apple. If …
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Submitted another Micro.blog iOS bug fix update off to Apple for review. I’ve gotten much more …
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Ben Werdmuller on the latest People & Blogs: My site is my online identity; I write about …
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Our TV screen going out that I blogged about? It’s fixed, replaced some board or another for …
: Humane pin wrap-up A few thoughts on the failure of Humane’s AI pin, why they didn’t get a chance to …
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Stephen Colbert in last night’s Late Show monologue: Do you want to know how messed up things …
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Nice update to the Bayou theme: Included in this version is the option to define how many …
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The TikTok-ification of other platforms (Reels, Shorts) is optimizing for user engagement instead of …
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Maybe I’ve been conditioned by seeing the GPT-4o name everywhere, but I don’t hate the …
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Matt Webb reflecting on 25 years of blogging. On the very early days of blogging: So I would post 4 …
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This life in weeks page by Gina Trapani is amazing.
: More post summary updates Explaining how post summaries are now used when cross-posting to Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, and …
: Mastodon quote posts draft My thoughts on Mastodon’s proposal for quote posts in ActivityPub and how it should be …
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Got some great feedback on Micro.blog’s new blog post summary (or excerpts) feature. Today the …
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Micro Social 1.5 looks like a big update. Can’t wait to check this out when it hits the App …
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Michael Tsai has collected some posts remembering Martin Pilkington. It is hard for me to even wrap …
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Finished reading: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods. Not all of it worked for me but I’ll read almost …
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We also went to see the Oscar-nominated animated shorts at Alamo today. This year includes some …
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Flow was extraordinary. It’s like nothing else. 🍿
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People who shoot on film (or who used to) will probably enjoy this video from Adrian about when he …
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NSHipster is back again with a bunch of tips for running AI models on a Mac with Ollama. Also this: …
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There are so many new (sponsored) rules in the celebrity all-star game that I stepped away for a …
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Nice single-page site from Pixelfed about social web technologies. Think about if more platforms …
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Wrote up some documentation for the first phase of our blog post “summary” feature …
: The author stopped sharing posts on Mastodon, resulting in fewer replies, while still receiving …
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Good updates and bug fixes out today, especially the new Micro.blog for iOS release. Tomorrow, …
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Spurs have lost 3 of the last 4 since De’Aaron Fox joined, but 2 games were lost by only 1 …
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Nice new developer site and technical design overview for Bridgy Fed. Whenever I’ve looked at …
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I sent Micro.blog 3.4.2 off to Apple for TestFlight beta review. If approved, will send it to Apple …
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I’m going to attend this Bluesky & Beyond event next week and FediForum next month. …
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It took me a while to decide to add official support for blog post summaries, but now that I’m …
: New fediverse settings in Micro.blog A post about some of the benefits and drawbacks of Mastodon’s approach to community servers. …
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Playing with Kagi again. The first result on my blog when searching the web for just …
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Jason Snell writing at Macworld about Apple’s AI missteps being more about rushed UI design …
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Micro.blog is getting clobbered today with thousands of dumb requests for phpinfo and .env. Hello …
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There are several principles that led to Micro.blog, but everything is built on the premise that if …
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Repetition
Trust is built by consistently doing the same thing, hopefully the right thing, over years. …
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Excited to see a new iOS app for Micro.blog released: Micro Social. From developer Greg Morris: …
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Amazing post from @heyloura about using Micro.blog’s private notes API. Personally I’m using notes …
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NPR article on immigrants in Chicago skipping care because of fear of ICE raids. I expect nurses all …
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Cool to see hints that Tumblr is continuing with the WordPress backend transition. TechCrunch: …
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Wrapped up coding on a couple new fediverse settings that will ship in Micro.blog tomorrow. …
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I’ve linked to magician Dani DaOrtiz before and this new video from him is so good too. His …
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Robin Sloan on AI
Loved this blog post by Robin Sloan on whether AI is okay. The subject is complicated and deserves …
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Great post at Daring Fireball about Fox’s new scorebug, with relevant points for a lot of …
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After the move, our TV started making a faint noise occasionally that seemed new. Today it …
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I didn’t end up watching the Super Bowl. I used the afternoon to unpack boxes and other tasks …
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Hope folks are having a good weekend. I rolled out a few changes this morning, including this …
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I missed the memo for the outside space at this coffee shop… There are like 20 little kids …
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John Gruber on the implications for sideloading if TikTok remains unavailable in the App Store: If …
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Sent another Micro.blog iOS build out to beta folks, also decided to submit this one to Apple. Need …
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Thoughts on Wind and Truth
If you haven’t read Wind and Truth, book 5 of the Stormlight Archive, please skip this post. …
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Saturday morning is a great time to draft a couple blog posts that won’t be published until …
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Worked on some iPad fixes and pushed a new TestFlight beta, then settled in to watch the Spurs. …
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Love this photo from Stephen Hackett of his notebooks. Also very smart to have digital copies. …
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This is cool: a new sidebar plug-in by Leon Mika for the Bayou theme.
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Spots 7-10 for the NBA play-in are shaping up to be very interesting! Spurs look good. Blazers have …
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I’m the guest on the latest Hanselminutes podcast! It was great talking to Scott. We covered a …
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Micro.one and Micro.blog onboarding is not very good. And yet new people join every day and start …
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Inoreader adds support for Bluesky. This uses the API, not the RSS feeds, so there’s more …
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Manu Moreale blogs about how we label people, how we define them based on large groups instead of …
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Lots of talk in the AI space about moats. Does any model have such an outsized advantage that it …
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You know what was great last night? Spurs vs. Hawks, first game with De’Aaron Fox in the …
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I wrote a script last night that can take any missing photos on a blog and restore them from the …
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Simple goals for today:
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Tonight Adam Newbold posted about receiving a cease and desist. Some people assumed it was from me, …
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New home internet update: Verizon 5G router arrived and it’s… alright. 100 Mbps if the …
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Sumo default and donate buttons
Today we’re rolling out two plug-in changes to Micro.blog. The first is that for new users, …
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Federico Viticci blogging about timeline apps: My problem with timeline apps is that I struggle to …
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Amazon’s Kindle Vella is shutting down with only a few weeks notice. I never read any stories but I …
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Tapestry from the Iconfactory is out! Of course I love that it supports Micro.blog. And it makes me …
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We’re a few days in to not having internet at the house, which means no YouTube TV, Max, …
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1,000 AIs in your pocket
When you’re late to the game, do less, better. Apple used to know this. When the original iPod …
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Jason Snell wonders if AltStore should’ve poked the bear. He covers both sides well: Is …
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Finished reading: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson. Not even sure what to say. Still letting the …
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This interview with Bookshop CEO Andy Hunter on Decoder is excellent. Andy seems like the kind of …
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Me complaining a year ago: No, I don’t want to rate the app, or the Skype call, or the mechanic, or …
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A small, pointless Apple Intelligence chat completion failure as I’m chatting with Verizon …
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Trying to get internet at the new place. AT&T will only talk on the phone and they make …
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There are so many great quotes in the Six Colors report card for 2024. Hardware is good, the Mac is …
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Bayou is a new theme for Micro.blog that prioritizes long-form content. Looks great! Thanks @Mtt.
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Parker Ortolani blogs about Bluesky clients: I want Tweetbot or Twitterrific, but for Bluesky. I’m …
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I don’t see myself using Bookshop.org’s new e-books until there’s Kindle support, but now that I’ve …
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Micro.blog iOS folks on the TestFlight beta, the latest build fixes an issue editing longer blog …
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Just reading more about the Luka Dončić trade to the Lakers. Can still hardly believe it. I thought …
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Dave Winer writes about links on the social web: Support for links is the basic requirement of the …
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Yesterday Sam Altman and a few other folks from OpenAI did an ask me anything on Reddit. Some …
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Very nice video preview of smart replies in @gregmorris’s app Micro Social. I think a lot of people …
January 2025
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Last little bit of the sunset.
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Oops, while testing something I accidentally sent out another random post (that I didn’t …
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Nice simple teaser site for Tapestry, shipping next week. It combines a bunch of sources into a …
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Playing with private note tags in the latest update to Lillihub. It is based on the Micro.blog API …
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When I read the tech news or listen to podcasts, my mind sometimes wanders into how I would talk …
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In the context of Apple services revenue, I want to mention something I noticed yesterday. I opened …
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For the first time in over a week, today I felt like I could catch my breath. There has been a lot …
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Tragic what happened with the crash in DC. I’m sure the next time we watch a figure skating …
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Commuter train heading downtown. From the other side of the fence at Cosmic.
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Now that Core Intuition is over, we need to give a little thought to the permanent archive of MP3s. …
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Great points in this conversation about how Micro.blog handles longer blog posts with titles. Maybe …
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Pouring down rain this morning, so maybe not a good time for that walk I was planning. Today is the …
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Another upcoming theme from @Mtt! This looks great. It solves a problem that many people ask about: …
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Pika Pulse is shutting down: We’re a small team and we want the bulk of our time and energy to be …
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Looking out over the trees and mist from the parking garage at the title company. Just signed our …
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Recently there have been some sporadic problems with custom CSS and themes in Micro.blog — basically …
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Still digging through support email. Happy to announce that starting next week, @sod will also be …
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While I don’t think it’s likely, if in the future, the only EV allowed to be sold in the …
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Batch, a new favorite. I can’t believe I’ve been living within walking distance to this …
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Seth Godin as usual has the perspective I need to hear, about prioritizing the important things …
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This blog post about AI trying to “polish” Jenny Lawson’s email is so great. Just a snippet: Y’all, …
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Today we have the final episode of Core Intuition. 16 years. 626 episodes. Thanks for listening and …
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Taking a short break from support email and questions to edit the latest Core Intuition. If you have …
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Micro Social is looking really good! Upcoming app for Micro.blog from @gregmorris.
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This post by Bear creator Herman Martinus is great. I probably could’ve written the same thing …
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Really nice FAQ-style format for today’s Stratechery update on DeepSeek. Even if you …
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Good morning! This week I have two goals: respond to every email I received in January, and fix some …
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I finally sorted through an old box of my dad’s stuff that I’ve had for over 25 years. I could never …
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Brandon Sanderson brings so much joy to his writing class. I’ve been going through old boxes and …
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SNL tonight with Timothée Chalamet. For so many years I looked forward to watching it live every …
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I’m still reading Wind and Truth. Taking my time. I’m on page 1100 and it’s just starting to get …
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After a few days of the freeze, actually turned into a nice late afternoon for a walk. Mueller Lake …
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As expected, Pixelfed and Loops blew through their Kickstarter fundraising goal. I know from …
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I hope one day, if I get through this with my sanity and health, we look back and find it odd that …
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Vincent Ritter has another post: Context. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me, in …
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Enough
Last night I wrote two separate blog posts. First, I started documenting my email exchange with Adam …
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Kimberly Hirsh shares LGBTQ+ organizations to donate to: GLSEN is my go-to resource for LGBTQ+ …
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Vincent Ritter: Silence. I wasn’t sure that Vincent would blog something, but I’m glad …
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I’ve now read Adam Newbold’s post Accountability and I will reply tomorrow. I still have …
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Worked mostly behind the scenes today, a lot in email. I’m planning a couple new posts for …
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Congrats to Daniel Supernault on the Kickstarter! It’s great timing for Pixelfed and I expect …
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In an attempt to turn lemons into lemonade, I’m reviewing our community guidelines to see what …
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In 30 years of working on apps and the web, I’ve never had a falling out like this with another …
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I’ve had to mute Adam Newbold. We’re a couple days in to Trump’s second term and we’re fighting …
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A few people seem confused about why I might prefer a conversation to continue in email. It’s a …
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Went down the rabbit hole of old links and started listening to this episode of Core Int about Steve …
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When I quit Twitter, I had about 10,000 tweets. Not many by today’s standards. In all of that …
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I’ve been personally attacked a bunch today over a thread and private email that went off the …
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Wrote a draft post, deleted it. Trying to remind myself that I do not need to have the last word on …
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Usually on election night and the day after, I dig into county stats, but I just couldn’t bring …
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Techdirt covers the empty promise from Mark Zuckerberg on the fact-checking team, including this …
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Strata 1.2 for iOS is now available. This release adds a new tab bar with bookmarks and highlights. …
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My answer to almost any societal or political problem is: more blogs, more communities. It’s …
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I noticed that Micro.blog was spending a lot of time dealing with files in Hugo’s static …
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Reminder that when you’re angry, lashing out at people who are not the problem is …
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In all the elections I could vote in where my candidate lost, I certainly felt frustrated and …
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I often think of this post on leaky abstractions by Joel Spolsky whenever I’m unraveling …
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Cold day in Austin, might see some snow tonight. Working on server fixes and performance. We also …
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Trump’s second term — which apparently started a day early — is going to be a series of mismanaged, …
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ByteDance was been trying so hard to sell TikTok and they just ran out of time. Thankfully, Trump is …
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I’ve optimized a few things with our Twitter / X import. If you never imported your tweets, …
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The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, the …
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TikTok’s “not available” message is blatantly manipulative… So a fitting end to the app, for now.
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Morning haiku
Last week when ChatGPT added scheduled tasks, I set a task to write a haiku for me each morning …
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Another shot of downtown and the sky with fewer clouds, from across the river.
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Custom printing code for Mac apps is a lost art. Nice work by @danielpunkass in the latest Black Ink …
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I’ve never had a problem with Mac app notarization until today. Usually it takes just a …
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Lady Bird Lake and downtown Austin from the pedestrian bridge.
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My cookies and sessions are all out of whack now serving both micro.one and micro.blog from …
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Great lineup of social web talks at FOSDEM next month. Wish I could be there. Good luck everyone!
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New updates to the mnml theme for Micro.blog. Looks really nice @jimmitchell! Remember you can …
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I’ve been ignoring most podcasts over the last month. This morning, listened to the latest …
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I haven’t installed the latest iOS 18.3 beta yet, but just from screenshots I like this …
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We posted a new Core Intuition today, catching up on all the WordPress drama from the last month or …
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Very small example of a Siri paper cut and why I avoid using it. This morning I got a text while …
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TikTok threatening to shut down completely on Sunday — which is more than is required by the law — …
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If you only build a new skyscraper every year or so, downtown Austin doesn’t seem like …
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History is going to view Joe Biden very favorably. He accomplished a lot that we’re only just …
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Looking for a headshot-style photo, it’s surprisingly hard to find something good in my photo …
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Was SwiftUI a mistake? Steve Troughton-Smith writes on Mastodon: Boy do I wish Apple had built a …
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Micro.blog’s tweets import sometimes struggles, and it needed a few kicks before we finally …
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Good article by Jason Snell at Macworld about how Apple’s previous playback is in conflict …
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ChatGPT scheduled tasks are interesting. I’ve tried a few things — sending me a news summary …
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bug related to == vs. === in JavaScript. Half the time …
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Sara Dietschy’s latest video about AI voice and video clones is really good. Both the …
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Revisiting my tweet import code (see this post) to see what can be optimized. I really hope Twitter …
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I plan to ignore Trump for most of the next few years, and I’m not even ready to read the special …
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Dave Winer in a longer post collecting thoughts on Matt Mullenweg and other things: I don’t …
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Starting up a new TestFlight beta for Micro.blog for iOS. This release will include support for …
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Do I brag too much or not enough? It occurred to me that Micro.blog might be on the only platform of …
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From an article at NPR about what might happen to TikTok when the law goes into effect: It’s …
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Free Our Feeds looks like a sincere effort but it’s a little vague. $30 million is a lot of …
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Funny how “billionaire” is now effectively a synonym for “anyone rich”. …
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Automattic and .blog
With the increase in scrutiny around how Matt Mullenweg manages the WordPress project, some people …
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Good morning, IndieWeb! We’ve got a meetup this Wednesday in Austin, at Radio Coffee & …
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As more people follow Bluesky users in Micro.blog, there are more posts that are flowing into our …
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Thanks David Pierce for including my home screen in the latest Installer at The Verge! I mention …
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I’m a frequent critic of modern Apple but I’m happy to point out when they stand up for …
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I’m interested in the IndieWeb, books, and thinking about curation, so of course I love this …
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Palmetto State Park. San Marcos River, trail, and old CCC building.
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There are a bunch of interesting new smart glasses at CES — see this post by Victoria Song at The …
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Ouch. Pretty good game until everything unraveled on the 1 yard line. Great season overall for UT …
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On Core Int 624 we talk all about Micro.one! Daniel checks it out live on the show for the first …
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Hachyderm and Threads
The popular Mastodon server Hachyderm.io has defederated with Threads. They have a long post with …
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Catching up on the Bluesky world, I missed this note in Last Week in Bluesky about trending topics: …
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On the Meta content moderation change, I think there’s something to the idea that a company …
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Photos of the LA fires are unreal. Feeling for everyone out there.
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Very cold and slightly rainy afternoon. For some reason I picked this weather to go for a short walk …
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It's 2025, a statement
I received some good feedback about the latest episode of Timetable, so I thought I’d re-post …
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Micro.blog’s status page has been down for a while. It’s back up now. No actual server …
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I enjoy reading Ben Thompson’s Stratechery every day, and I’m always nodding along, but …
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Feel like I can finally catch my breath and start promoting Micro.one now. Great to see so many …
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We’re starting up a new beta for Strata, our companion mobile app for private and shared notes …
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Colin Devroe with some thoughts on social platforms and VC funding: People are still chasing …
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There’s now an event page for next week’s IndieWeb Meetup in Austin. ☕️🍺
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New Micro.blog coffee mugs! T-shirts too if you haven’t seen them, courtesy of @jimmitchell …
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Trying to pay some old fee from a car lease that I returned 7 years ago, stuck on the phone, dropped …
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The audio narration works for very short posts too. Me reading this post about Mark Zuckerberg …
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I added audio narration to my latest blog post. You’ll see a little “listen” play …
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AI prompts vs. agents
If you’re already sick of hearing about AI now, it’s going to get worse in 2025. The …
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I’ve fallen quite behind in support email. I’m sorry everyone. Hope to hire someone to …
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Good discussion this week on the blogs — Daring Fireball, Six Colors — about the icon used in Apple …
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This thread from Mark Zuckerberg could’ve been written by Elon Musk. The last thing we need is X and …
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I don’t want to dwell too long thinking about January 6th four years ago. It happened and the …
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I was inspired driving back from camping today to record a new episode of Timetable. Dictated some …
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Because of the freezing weather this week, we’re bumping the IndieWeb Meetup again. It will be …
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I was here last year… This time getting a sticker, at Johnson City Coffee Co. A convenient place on …
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Old Tunnel State Park. Now taken over by bats, this was an old train tunnel to connect San Antonio …
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Manu Moreale: Blogging: you’re doing it right: If you’re doing it, you’re doing it right. If you …
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Glad to have a fire on a cold night at South Llano River State Park.
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My last blog post title partially inspired by walking by this sign today.
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The long goodbye for Tim Cook
Tim Cook gives $1 million to Trump’s inauguration committee. I think this event will be a …
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My parks page has been stuck at 20 out of 88 for over a month. Making some plans to knock off a …
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“It doesn’t make any sense. That’s why I trust it.” — Rose 🍿
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Good morning! Still fiddling with Micro.one, improving things, and updating the FAQ here. In some …
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Micro.one was effectively a soft-launch yesterday, haven’t officially announced it yet. I …
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Bit off a little more than I could chew today, so I’m scrambling. Not a great feeling.
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Thinking again about disabling all support for .php requests in Micro.blog. It’s needless …
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There are always little coding details that are hard to predict before launch until things are …
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Fourth quarter of this Longhorns game is wild and way too stressful. Enjoyed the first few quarters, …
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Wow, Longhorns starting really strong. 🏈
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Lots of new books and films in the public domain today! Including the first version of Mickey Mouse …
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Love this post from Allen Pike, about magic and the seemingly impossible accomplishments just being …
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Happy new year! I just sent an email with no subject line… Amateur hour over here as we start 2025. …
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Retired jerseys at Frost Bank Center. Last game of 2024, Spurs vs. Clippers. 🏀
December 2024
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Hotel Emma at the Pearl. Spending the day in San Antonio.
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Micro.one will not have source feeds
Off and on for years I had been trying to figure out what a more slimmed down version of Micro.blog …
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Having fun this morning working on a couple animated GIFs for the Micro.one website. Using Gifox for …
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“Did you ever re-subscribe to The Washington Post?” “No. And I never will.” My good opinion once …
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Algorithmic timeline endgame
Nick Heer blogging about the report of Meta’s plans for AI-generated social content: Imagine …
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Another detail about Micro.one, especially for folks who want to share it with friends and family as …
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“When ya ain’t got nothin’, you got nothin’ to lose
You’re invisible …
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Found this first edition, signed copy of A Song for Arbonne at Half Price Books the other day and …
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Added a new blogging page to the Micro.blog website when you’re not signed in. This is the …
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Texas French Bread, still boarded up after the fire a couple years ago.
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Several people have already correctly guessed that Micro.one will be a ridiculously low $1/month. I …
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Nice video review on YouTube of many of the improvements in Micro.blog recently, including photo …
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At the coffee shop this morning I asked the barista to make my latte before I paid for it so I could …
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To know what a product is means knowing what it is not. It took me years to figure this out.
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I’ve suggested a couple times this year that I want to rethink the Micro.blog trial period. It …
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Some interesting stats in Mastodon’s 2023 report. Patron donors have dropped over the last …
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Christmas tree with green books at Half Price Books. 📚
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By popular demand, added a sign-up form to the Micro.one teaser home page. I’ll send an email …
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We got a new game for the holidays: Everdell. Still figuring it out but it’s great so far. Looking …
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One week until the Micro.one launch.
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I created a new demo site demo-photos.micro.blog to showcase some photo blog features in Micro.blog. …
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It has been a very nice Christmas Day. Happy Holidays, everyone. 🎄 Also saw two movies this week …
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For your Christmas Eve podcast listening queue, we just posted Core Intuition 623. Daniel and I talk …
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Feedback on my post about Matt Mullenweg over the weekend has been fairly positive. One topic that I …
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Nice use of Micro.blog photo collections on David Dykstal’s photos page.
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From last night, the Zilker tree at the Trail of Lights. 🎄
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Strongly agree with this reaction from Ben Werdmuller on Joe Biden commuting many death row …
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We should all give people space to be wrong a few times before we lose our shit. Outrage is a last …
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I’m falling well short of my reading goals this year. My currently reading list keeps getting …
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I don’t usually work so much during the holidays. I don’t recommend it for others. But …
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Rolling out a few improvements today, including some tweaks to categories. One small change that I …
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Part of a large abandoned lot on 51st that rumor has it will eventually be a new Whole Foods.
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Great stop by the Longhorns. I’m enjoying this game. It’s had everything and …
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Micro.blog folks, I’m planning to move the Categories link out of the web sidebar and put it …
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This “154 versions” link is hilarious to me. I wrote my last post in Micro.blog for Mac …
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I support the mad king
I’ve been thinking about the WP Engine drama and whether I should take a side. Users move …
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Previewing a tiny part of an upcoming blog post… When choosing a blog hosting platform, consider …
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Love what I’m seeing from the upcoming Mimi Uploader with support for Micro.blog photo …
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The rebuild of I-35 continues. This rubble is where Star Seeds Cafe used to be.
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Started working on a blog post today and had to actually go do some research to make sure I was …
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Everyone thinks they can build their own blogging engine. And they’re right! It’s easy! …
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This morning I got three green lights in a row that are never all green, then I parallel parked …
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Skimming Steve Troughton-Smith’s thread and commentary on the EU’s requirements for …
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Added the snow falling plug-in to micro.christmas. ❄️
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New plug-in! Snow fall adds falling snow to your blog. Check it out on manton.org. Looks best in …
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Right before bed last night, I had an insight for how to optimize the Micro.blog timeline for a …
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We just posted episode 622 of Core Intuition. We talk about my work on the recent photo collections …
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The grass is always greener on the other side. Pretty often I see Micro.blog people explore other …
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I may have Osborne effect-ed myself a little with the blog post teasing Micro.one. Current …
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Don’t miss the sneak peek screenshot link in Sam Grover’s update post about Mimi Uploader. I think …
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I’ve been rolling this idea around in my head for a couple years, in various forms, and think …
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Mike McCue from Flipboard announcing Surf: Built from the ground up on ActivityPub, AT Proto and …
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The weather’s changing. Rain and wind, leaves falling down at Cherrywood. ☕️
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Didn’t expect how much I’d like the new full-screen photos view that is built into the …
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We had tickets to the Peter Pan musical last week and somehow with work and looking for a house we …
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I sort of want to increase the border radius of every button by 1px every few days until they are …
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Very interested that Delta is trying Apple’s external link entitlement. There are so many …
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This sounds great! A New Social: “We believe in an open social web centered around people, not …
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I like Apple Intelligence notification summaries enough to keep them enabled. They’re not …
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This post on the news blog might seem minor, but it’s already making a huge difference. My …
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Good recap at WP Tavern of State of the Word from Tokyo. Matt Mullenweg: Some people might see 2024 …
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We went to see War of the Rohirrim a few days ago. It has the feel of the battle scenes of Return of …
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Acorn 8 is a really big update. Congrats Gus Mueller!
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I usually post one photo at a time, so my last post was mostly an excuse to test the new layout for …
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A couple photos today as I was walking along Riverside.
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It’s amazing how many things we worry about that don’t actually matter.
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I recorded a new demo of Micro.blog photo collections on YouTube here. This video shows the Mac …
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Worked on a few things over the weekend, including Mastodon posts and photos import. Micro.blog and …
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On the highway, passing small towns, I sometimes question why we pay so much to be in the city when …
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While driving to Dallas yesterday, I had what I thought was a good idea. I almost pulled over to the …
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I’ve been more curious about Claude lately because it has been getting so much new attention. …
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For folks using the Sumo theme (and probably some other themes) who tried the new Micro.blog photo …
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Overheard: “I am not kidding about Zillow the musical!”
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Downtown buildings disappearing into the mist.
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Got derailed into posting something too negative to my blog. Nothing wrong with constructive …
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NPR has a convenient list of tech executives who I will hate forever. I still can’t watch the news, …
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Major new Micro.blog feature: photo collections! Check out the help page for screenshots and videos, …
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The Verge: “Apple and Google must prepare to stop distributing TikTok by January 19th, …
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Someone ran a red light in front of me today, probably a good second after the light changed. I was …
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Mammoth is shutting down: Sadly, we’re no longer able to reliably update Mammoth or operate …
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The social web is more async than we’re used to. This leads to conversations feeling a little …
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I was a little skeptical when I first saw Mozi pop up this week, but reading more about it today, I …
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The day is already winding down, punting the release until tomorrow morning. Still have a couple …
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Whenever I ship a new feature, I get the inevitable “why didn’t you add that other thing …
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Trying Sora. It’s extraordinary that this works at all, and it’s even faster than I was …
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Cosmic’s building was originally the Texaco Depot, built around 1911. It’s the only surviving …
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Wheee, just DoS-ed my own servers while working on client changes. Optimizing.
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Very short video clip of a new feature rolling out this week, likely tomorrow. This is the Mac app:
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Today’s OpenAI demo is a really good showcase of Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT …
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404 Media quotes Matt Mullenweg, who is very frustrated with the preliminary injunction in favor of …
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Cool to see Redis creator Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez) back working on Redis after several years …
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This is a great post by Laurens Hof of the Fediverse Report on the incomplete ActivityPub rollout in …
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Day One can no longer import Instagram photos because of an API change: We regret to inform you …
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Seth Godin blogged recently about constructive complaining vs. whining: Whining is communication …
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Because we are a very small team, I’ve always been good with “use whatever coding style …
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It’s hard to take Meta’s effort with more open APIs like ActivityPub seriously when their own …
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Coding up a new window for a Mac app, even a very simple window, just feels better than making …
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“Don’t let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 …
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This video from OpenAI with animator Lyndon Barrois answers some of my questions about whether Sora …
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Cosmic on 4th is my new favorite place for winter mornings. Fire pits outside and heaters on the …
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Sneak peek of something new I’ve been working on. Coming along well, should be able to ship …
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Funny how some skills don’t change. I’m sitting here typing a CREATE TABLE and …
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I caved after a month and re-upgraded to ChatGPT Plus. The feature to use text in another …
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Also of interest for Glass users: Updated importer RSS feeds to also download photos to your blog. …
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Testing with Glass RSS feeds today and they’ve got problems. I’ve filed a feedback item …
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I have so many micro domain names that I actually have a list to remember all of them. This is a fun …
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This is a nice surprise from Jamie Thingelstad: I love to see new blogs being created. In the …
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There’s a lot to do today. Started the day with something very simple: updated the profile …
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I’ve updated our Mastodon and Bluesky cross-posting to have new options to control whether to …
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So cold this morning, instead of walking I grabbed a Lime scooter up to the coffee shop. First time …
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With the success of Bluesky starter packs — which Micro.blog can browse natively! — every other …
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Good blog post on the ramifications of Micro.blog’s new backfeed replies from Mastodon and …
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Most of the week was rolling out bug fixes and little improvements. Also mostly wrapped up updated …
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Great story at The Verge about AI companions: Millions of people are turning to AI for …
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It kind of snuck up on me… It’s Wind and Truth release day. Looking forward to starting it …
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I’m pretty confused debugging Threads fediverse interoperability. Sending new posts to Threads …
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IndieWeb Meetup tonight! Reminder that we switched up the venue: it’s at Radio Coffee & …
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Little known fact: Micro.blog has the best photo search of any blogging platform. Great to find one …
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From a few days ago, this little “eggplant” sign makes me smile whenever I see it.
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Deployed a flurry of server fixes this morning. Espresso machine power is out at the coffee shop, so …
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Great new preview videos of the upcoming Micro.blog app Mikro. Looking really nice!
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Woke up to a whole bunch of good (though not positive) feedback. Going to be a busy day!
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I’ve been trying to trim down my business-related expenses. It’s mostly going well. I do …
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After 49 years in Austin, you’d think I’d know every little neighborhood. But places …
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Last month I coded up an OpenAI-powered note dictation experiment. I’m still not convinced …
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Didn’t realize this was missing but now that I’ve implemented it, I love it. Post to …
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That wide-eyed look of discovery and wonder in a little kid’s face when they see something new …
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Paul Kafasis blogs about cutting back on news consumption for our mental health: …in Donald …
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While you can certainly have open APIs that require user authorization, it’s always a nice …
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Wrapstodon
Mastodon has a new “year in review” feature in the style of Spotify Wrapped (and every …
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Listened to the new Wicked’s Defying Gravity this morning in the car. Everything about it — …
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Pardoning Hunter Biden
After the election, I completely checked out of all news. No CNN or MSNBC. No online newspapers. No …
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Book and film covers! I’ve updated Micro.blog to show little thumbnails of book covers when …
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I’ve never thought custom emoji were a good idea. People say they love them, but how often are …
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Mastodon replies in Micro.blog
For a while (years!) we’ve had both ActivityPub support in Micro.blog and cross-posting to …
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Mum Foods. The best BBQ I’ve had in a long while.
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Substack’s RSS feeds are a disaster. It’s like the programmers never once looked at the …
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Good post by Allen Pike about Apple Intelligence. On-device AI is great for notification summaries, …
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We went to see Wicked a second time. Happy to confirm that it wasn’t my imagination: they did, in …
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Alan Jacobs responds to posts from Ted Gioia, Sam Kahn, and others about Substack It is of course …
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Realized after posting this yesterday that I was trying to be too clever. I had thought it would …
November 2024
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Mozart’s Coffee is already reserving spots for their Christmas lights, so next week’s IndieWeb …
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Working through several little server optimizations while the family sleeps. 😴
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Austin’s IndieWeb Meetup returns next week: Wednesday, Dec 4th, 7pm at Mozart’s Coffee …
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Tim Chambers blogs some more thoughts on where the social web platforms are right now: Threads and …
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I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter, Mastodon, or Bluesky. It wants to be a public good …
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This week Mark Zuckerberg met at Mar-a-Lago with a convicted criminal who is out on bail. I stopped …
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Wow, Wicked. They actually pulled it off. So good. 🧹
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We have a fairly large set of Micro.blog changes ready to go live. I want to deploy them now but the …
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There will not be a Black Friday sale for Micro.blog. No better time than right now to sign up and …
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New episode of Core Int just in time to queue up for your Thanksgiving travel. We talk about my …
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I may seem easygoing and agreeable on the surface, don’t mind a little friendly competition, …
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What the heck, Austin? In the last few weeks we’ve now made two full-priced offers on houses …
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Ben Werdmuller writes about the fallout from an attempt to train AI on Bluesky posts: So the …
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I hadn’t noticed this before. New styling for blockquotes on Mastodon. This post started on my …
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This perspective rings true to me, on a platform’s decay from Steve Troughton-Smith: Threads …
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I enjoyed this response article from Elizabeth Lopatto to Sam Altman’s notebook advice. “I do not …
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Three weeks since I stopped posting to Threads. I don’t miss it. If they ever actually finish …
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Bluesky relays, Mastodon discovery providers
Comparing ActivityPub and AT Proto is a useful exercise. It’s tempting but ultimately too …
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Not sure why I didn’t think of this earlier, but I realized I could install the Micro.blog …
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Despite server hiccups overnight, I’m feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a couple new …
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I was feeling pretty good about making improvements and deploying them while on vacation… Until I …
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Some people asked about us not using Basecamp. We had considered dropping it for a while. A …
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We stopped using Basecamp recently, and one thing I really miss is the weekly question, asking folks …
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There’s been so much new interest in cross-posting in Micro.blog, I created a special page to …
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I’m working on a new page for Micro.blog and having so much fun with it. It’s equal …
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Vincent has been quietly improving web accessibility in Micro.blog behind the scenes, and it’s …
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Good post on The Fediverse Report about Bluesky and decentralization. A lot of people are looking at …
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Rain earlier today from Hank’s. Started to get a little wet even though it was covered… …
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I’m @manton on most networks, @manton.org on Bluesky, and @manton@manton.org on the fediverse. …
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Do cross the streams! Bluesky starter packs now available to follow within Micro.blog. Here’s …
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Walked to the coffee shop when there was a lull in the rain. It’s really pouring down now. 🌧️
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Hopefully this doesn’t sound too snotty but I chuckle when people seem to lecture me on how a …
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I crumble a little inside when I see people mention cross-posting services that copy posts to …
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In 2018, when I added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog, I faced a choice: do I fight other …
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People seem to misunderstand Bluesky. Imagine if a few years ago instead of Twitter crippling their …
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Micro.blog integrates with Bluesky in a few ways that people don’t know about, so I collected …
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I’m so thankful for the young people who will take up the political fight from here. …
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Good feeling this morning, walking to get coffee and then fixing a couple bugs. Micro.blog does so …
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I thought Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul would be all spectacle. After watching it, I’m not sure how to …
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We’ve got a new Core Int out today. Daniel and I talk about Apple’s Image Playground and SwiftUI.
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I have another Bluesky-related feature ready to roll out in Micro.blog, but will wait until Monday. …
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Randomly drove by Terrible Love and had to stop. It’s a coffee shop in an old boiler room in Hyde …
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Thanks @leo for the mention of Micro.blog on This Week in Google! Great discussion about Bluesky and …
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The I-35 upper decks will be demolished soon. This view is going to look a lot different.
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Spotify removed the latest episode of my podcast Timetable because it used copyrighted music. True! …
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Great post by Ben Werdmuller about Bluesky’s popularity and the fediverse. To his list of what …
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I’ve been in a foul mood for a week. Ignoring the news, trying to keep my head down with work. …
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More Bluesky improvements! Fixed a couple bugs and added support for alt text for manually …
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Long walk this morning to Civil Goat on Manor. ☕️
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I have a major character flaw. Whenever I see an old abandoned building, graffiti everywhere, weeds …
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With Bluesky hitting 15 million users, I turned my attention back to Bluesky improvements in …
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Love this video from Rivian about the environment. I’m a fan.
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Regretting my new attempt with SwiftUI for Mac apps. My gut said stick with AppKit but I was sucked …
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Walking to get coffee, a car honked at me. Not a mean “get out of the way” honk, just a …
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For folks who read my blog via the weekly newsletter instead of via RSS, last week’s email was …
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Slowly bringing more links back to the new home page, including (gasp!) a sign in link. Thanks …
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I’ve updated my state parks page with today’s visit, hitting the 20th park this year. …
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Finished reading: Sourdough by Robin Sloan. Enjoyed this so much. Just the book I needed this week. …
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I recorded a new episode of Timetable today. Still angry. I need to flip the iTunes explicit bit on …
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Lost Maples State Natural Area.
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All of my favorite podcasts are talking about the same thing this week. Can’t listen to them. …
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Spinning off Strata
Micro.blog does a lot. We have a handful of companion mobile apps because some things are just …
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Noodling with something. I’m still waffling on what form it will take if it ships. Just a …
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At the 38th 1/2 Street crossing. 🚂
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My short-form podcast is back again! Timetable, episode 133, recorded today. It’s the best …
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When you don’t know what to do, create.
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Decided today was a good day to burn the old home page to the ground and start over, for users who …
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I almost forgot: IndieWeb Meetup tonight in Austin, 7pm at Mozart’s Coffee.
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The sun will rise
“I know what I have to do now. I’ve got to keep breathing because tomorrow the sun will …
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Distracted myself today by fixing bugs and working on the Mac version of Strata. We’re going …
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There’s a nice new Micro.blog theme “mnml” by Jim Mitchell, available in the …
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Thank you for shining in a world that sometimes appears dark. It may seem such a …
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Speaking of voting and podcasts, I love that Lex Friedman does a daily short podcast. Here’s …
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🎶 Freedom, freedom, I can’t move
Freedom, cut me loose
Freedom, freedom, where are you? …
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We have a special Election Day episode of Core Intuition today: Every Four Years.
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Thanks everyone who has supported Micro.blog, whether you tried it only briefly, or stuck with it …
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Feeling a bit reflective on this election day morning. 8 years ago, I had already been working on …
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Happy Election Day, America! Went for a short walk to pick up a coffee. Beautiful cool fall day in …
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One more day until we learn what kind of country we live in. 🇺🇸
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I still have mixed feelings about SwiftUI. Trying to give it another chance, because the first 90% …
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SNL’s opening skit tonight was a lot of fun. Let’s go Kamala Harris! Finish strong. 🇺🇸
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No matter what happens Tuesday, what a huge failure that Trump made it back on the ballot after …
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Hi Austin! Reminder we’re resuming the IndieWeb Meetup. This coming Wednesday, Nov 6th, the …
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Good guidelines from Bluesky about how they’re approaching misinformation in the final days of …
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I was looking for old photos and diagrams of Robert Mueller airport and found this progression of …
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Another photo from Oklahoma City a few days ago, the statues commemorating the land run of 1889. I …
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Glad to see the return of the Day One podcast. I guess I had subscribed years ago and then they …
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I’ve driven around a lot of Texas this week. Democratic candidates have raised so much money this …
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Finished reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler. This was brilliant. I may need to read it …
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Common Grounds Coffeehouse in Brownwood, Texas. ☕️
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Rained off and on through the night at Abilene State Park. Went for a short hike in the morning.
October 2024
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Between Oklahoma City and Dallas there’s a surprisingly high number of Trump “2020” billboards. …
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Oklahoma City loves this team. Thunder are really good right now. Still excited for the Spurs this …
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Spurs vs. Thunder. Wemby warming up from the 3-point line. 🏀
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Trees and remains of the wall of the federal building, at the Oklahoma City bombing memorial.
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Micro.blog t-shirts! Jim Mitchell realized I was never going to get around to making t-shirts, so …
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Here’s a silly thing I created for Halloween, a new domain name: micro.boo! 👻 It just collects …
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The return of Austin's IndieWeb Meetup
The pandemic started to hit America in earnest just as we were wrapping up IndieWebCamp Austin 2020. …
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Finished reading: Boom Town by Sam Anderson. Could not ask for a more perfect book to finish before …
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Turquoise Coffee Stop. Neat little coffee shop in the very small town of Chillicothe, with a sort of …
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Sunrise at Copper Breaks State Park.
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Old and new energy capture in Texas.
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My plan for not losing my mind as we head into election day:
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On the road this week. Stopped for a quick lunch and coffee at 8th Street Coffee House in Wichita …
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Bluesky comes up in the latest ActivityPub newsletter update from Ghost: Another cool thing that …
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On the latest episode of Core Int, we talk about updates we might see to MacBooks, the recent …
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At first I wasn’t going to cancel my Washington Post subscription… but I did. There’s not really a …
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I voted today. Triple-checked my ballot. Still nervous but feels good to have the end of the …
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From an article and discussion with the Humane founders, Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, from …
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Got a really nice response to our quick one-day sale, 25% off for a year if you upgrade to …
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Micro.blog will not endorse a candidate for president. But I will, because these are the kind of …
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Ben Thompson’s interview with Marc Benioff is kind of wild. I had mostly ignored Salesforce …
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Not sure what to think about this video from Josh Miller about Arc not going anywhere. I just …
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Sale! Today only, upgrade to the Micro.blog Premium or Family plan and get 25% off for the next …
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It’s odd how many developers in the fediverse don’t know how Bluesky works. I’ve …
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OpenAI’s Orion model may be released before the end of the year, according to The Verge: Unlike the …
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Added a help page to describe how configuring Bluesky handles in Micro.blog works. Super easy, …
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It’s probably not well known that when you enable Bluesky in Micro.blog, it also enables your …
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Train crossing at Cherrywood.
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Contrasting headlines on AI
Interesting contrast today in how two newspapers have covered the same story. I cancelled my NYT …
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We rolled out a new zoom for photos on the web. Thanks @vincent for working on this! It turned out …
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Last night from Mattie’s at Green Pastures.
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As AI gets better at helping with coding, I think it’s going to feel similar to the productivity …
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I don’t really understand what consistency models are, but nice to see OpenAI sticking to their …
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Back in 1994, I would never have guessed that the computing future 30 years later would still have …
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Jason Fried says version 1 is for you: v1 is for us. No one else. Others will use it, many will …
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Glass houses, throwing stones, etc. I gripe about ActivityPub’s chattiness but just fixed a …
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Whenever I search for recipes and get back so much search-optimized filler text and ads, explaining …
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The weakest link in Micro.blog’s server infrastructure remains our two Redis servers, which …
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The background queue for ActivityPub-related tasks in Micro.blog seems to have accumulated 5 million …
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Good interview from Joanna Stern with Craig Federighi. I’ve got nitpicks with Apple …
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I would pay for a third-party API that works like Apple’s private cloud compute. For the …
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I may have to visit this massive solar farm next time I’m in the area, about an hour outside Austin. …
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Really good point from Tim Walz in this clip today: Donald Trump has already promised that …
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Because Strata notes are end-to-end encrypted, I’ve gotta rethink how I might build features …
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Everyone is confused by OpenAI’s product names — GPT 4o and o1 — but I’m also amused …
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Thanks Aaron Ross Powell for the blog post about Micro.blog! On cross-posting: But the magic, and …
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Something very significant is happening in Texas with reviewing death row inmate Robert Roberson’s …
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Early voting started today! We went to our location but the line was insanely long. Gonna try again …
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I’m using iOS App Intents for the first time as a developer. My gut feeling when this was all …
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When I get a questionable notification summary in the iOS 18.1 beta, I run the original text through …
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WNBA finals, game 5, a minute and a half left, tied game… This is what it’s all about. 🏀
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Ben Werdmuller has several ideas for building on the fediverse, including add-on services, SDKs, …
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Sunny day in Austin. Finally got the adapter for my new solar panel so I can actually test …
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Love this episode of The Vergecast about a YouTuber opening a coffee shop. I would also like to open …
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Mimi Uploader is now free for the rest of the year. Great opportunity to do more photo-blogging on …
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Updated my Texas state parks page, now up to 17 out of 88 parks. Need to get back on schedule to …
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Eisenhower State Park near my campsite this morning. I had so much fun last night for the Honda …
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Posted a new Core Intuition. This week we talk about trademarks… with Micro.blog, not …
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Traveling today, but carved out a nice morning in Dallas to fix and deploy several bugs. Loving this …
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Great post from Cory Doctorow on using RSS: Using RSS is a chance to visit a utopian future in …
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I ported another Hugo theme over to Micro.blog. It’s called Soho, based on the Hyde theme. …
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I’m less than a week into using Arc on the Mac, and already I’m so used to it that when …
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The new color Kindle looks really nice. I don’t read comics on the Kindle or make highlights …
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I missed the beginning of the Texas debate but from what I saw in the second half, Colin Allred did …
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I recorded a quick video demo of the new theme preview in Micro.blog. This is such an obvious …
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Good glass-half-full analysis from Jason Snell about the new iPad mini with A17 Pro: …this …
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More thoughts on WordPress
Things have accelerated since my post about Automattic and WP Engine a couple weeks ago. I’m …
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A few more notes about the new theme preview feature at the help site.
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New iPad Mini with the A17 Pro and AI looks good. At first I was surprised by the $500 price, …
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New way to preview themes, from the news blog: Added new Preview button for themes in the plug-in …
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Working with the Stripe API this morning, trying to make things a little better. It hurts to look at …
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Jeremy Keith built a static archive of his site The Session: I wanted to reduce the dependencies on …
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Pure blogging is “blogging” because you have something to say. To me, that is a pure …
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Jamie Zawinski on the 30-year anniversary of the Netscape 0.9 release: According to my notes, it …
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Tuned in to the SpaceX livestream in time to see the Starship splashdown. Watched the recap of …
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Bennu Coffee might be too serious about their wi-fi passwords. ☕️
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Honda Element: roof solar
It’s time for another update in my Honda Element blog post series. After my last road trip, I …
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The Internet Archive is still down after an attack. A backup of the web is too important to only …
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Considering a radical redesign of the Micro.blog home page. The current design by @vincent has …
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Now that we’ve got Threads cross-posting for everyone, it was time to clean up a few related …
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Dario Amodei on powerful AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has written a long essay about powerful AI. I haven’t even finished …
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When we recorded the latest Core Int, I hadn’t yet watched Money Electric on HBO. Just watched …
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We were late with the last episode of Core Int, so it’s basically two episodes this week. On …
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I’ve decided to give Arc for Mac a real shot, going all-in as my default browser. I usually …
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Threads cross-posting from Micro.blog
As soon as Threads released their early documentation for the Threads API months ago, we dropped …
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TikTok even worse than we thought
NPR has reviewed internal documents from TikTok: For the first time, internal TikTok communications …
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Trying a new coffee place. Cafe at the Loren with a nice view across Riverside. Where I’m sitting …
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Don’t sleep on the “Custom home page” plug-in for Micro.blog if you need something …
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Slack can sometimes be overwhelming. I make it work by limiting myself to about 3 channels in the …
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Threads cross-posting is finally rolling out more broadly for Micro.blog folks. Sorry if I …
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I’m not interested in a Tesla, or any new car, but I watched the robotaxi event because it felt like …
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Get your 🎃 and 👻 emoji ready. I’m brewing up something fun for Halloween.
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Thinking more about this blog post from Nick Radcliffe about effectively rebranding Micro.blog. I …
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Turnout 🇺🇸
It’s less than a month until election day. I believe Kamala Harris is going to win. Knock on …
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Making progress on enabling Threads cross-posting for everyone in Micro.blog. Meta approved the app …
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It will always be valuable to know a programming language inside and out, but AI is erasing old …
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Nice update to Mimi for Micro.blog to batch generate alt text for a bunch of photos at once.
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Most mornings while eating breakfast at home, I flip between Morning Joe and CNN. Today, too many …
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New Core Int just published. We talk about Meta’s Orion prototype, Daniel trying to remember his …
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Old steps to nowhere in east Austin. Someone’s house used to be here.
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As usual I’m working on a few different things in parallel. Server bug fixes, mobile app …
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Upgraded to macOS Sequoia. iPhone Mirroring is fascinating. It’s better and more native-y for …
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Interesting heads-up from Gareth Edwards that .io might be going away: Once this treaty is signed, …
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There are stories about both Trump and Biden in this overview of Bob Woodward’s new book War, but …
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Microblogging, a fable
This is an only slightly exaggerated story that I see play out again and again from customers: …
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Happy to get Micro.blog for iOS version 3.3 released. Includes the under-the-hood navigation rewrite …
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Odd dream last night. I wrote an April Fool’s press release for Micro.blog announcing …
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Dusted off my Rabbit R1 after listening to the latest interview with Jesse Lyu on Decoder. It needed …
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This ruling for Epic vs. Google goes way further than the concessions Apple has had to make for the …
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Dave Winer celebrating 30 years of blogging today: Every time you post something you’re proud …
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One year since the Hamas attack on Israel. Hostages still not released. Peace still far off. Gaza …
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Less than a month until election day. The deadline to register to vote in Texas is today. Similar …
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We saw Megalopolis yesterday and I’m still trying to make sense of it. Feels like there were …
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Finished Rings of Power season 2. I enjoyed it as long as I don’t hold it to the high standard of …
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Automattic, WP Engine, and 37signals
The controversy with WordPress continues. In fact, it’s escalating as WP Engine has filed a …
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Experimenting with OpenAI’s new canvas feature. Pretty incredible what it can do. There are a …
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Multiple confirmations from folks that the black screen crashes (reboots?) are an 18.1 beta problem. …
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John Gruber on the news that Starlink will offer free service to Hurricane Helene disaster areas: …
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Overall the iPhone 16 Pro Max is amazing. A couple minor gripes:
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I don’t like captchas and will never force them on my customers. With AI, captchas will become …
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Here’s what the new prompt for email newsletter subscriptions looks like for your blog. The …
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Think I figured out my high bounce and complaint rate for email sending. Spammers are trying to …
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We just shipped an update to Strata for iOS, our private notes app for Micro.blog, with Android to …
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Thinking about the difference between companies who use AI to make existing features better and …
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Just in case folks missed the other notices about this, I’m running a big server upgrade in 30 …
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If I could give advice to Tim Walz for tonight’s debate: just be yourself. Don’t stress about …
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Spent a bunch of time in encryption land, debugging an issue with the next Strata update. Almost …
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There was a trailer for Flow before The Wild Robot. It looks fantastic. The release is coming in …
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Croissant is getting some great press. Just a few I’ve noticed: Six Colors, MacStories, …
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Happy birthday to Jimmy Carter. 100 years! Amazing. Hope he gets his wish to vote for Kamala Harris. …
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Decided a few weeks back to stop Wordle at 1200. It’s fitting that I did terribly on this last …
September 2024
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Relay has raised $1 million for St. Jude this year. Incredible.
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Ghost fediverse pricing
Interesting note in the latest fediverse blog post update for Ghost: Will members who use …
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We posted a new episode of Core Intuition, this time talking all about the controversy in the …
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I posted this to @news a week ago. Quoting it here as a reminder: An early heads-up: we are …
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I think the new “finished” pane turned out well. This has been a much-needed improvement …
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House shopping during election season is great. There are so many political yard signs, you can tell …
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Last night’s SNL was great. Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Dana Carvey, Jean Smart… That’s …
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Really enjoyed seeing The Wild Robot. Beautiful. Glad I read the book first too… The movie …
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I ended up disabling Type to Siri. Kept accidentally triggering it with impatient double-taps on the …
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Austin forever. New mural on 51st.
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Molly White blogs about POSSE: The next time a new social media site comes along, you can plug it …
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Thinking about what a modern AppleScript would look like powered by LLMs. The human language-like …
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Rest in peace, Maggie Smith.
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Sort of an all-Zuckerberg podcast week. Good interview with Mark on Decoder but can’t disagree …
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I’m still interested in Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, but maybe I’m not the market …
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No-training Creative Commons
Tantek Çelik proposes a “CC-NT” license, for “no-training”: This seems like …
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Pushed another TestFlight beta of Micro.blog with lots of little tweaks that had been bugging me. …
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“Orion makes every other VR or AR device I have tried feel like a mistake — including the Apple …
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Meta Connect 2024
Let’s start with this: Meta Connect was more interesting and fun than Apple’s iPhone …
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Mira Murati is leaving OpenAI. If things had gone differently after the board shakeup, she …
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Just uploaded a new TestFlight beta with support for iOS 18 dark and tinted icons. Looks way better …
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Automattic vs. WP Engine will have a chilling effect on WordPress hosting. When I decided to use …
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Effectively no one knows how good Micro.blog is for blogging. I alternate between being bummed out …
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Sarah Perez reporting on the financial backing of the new Social Web Foundation. This is an …
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Finished watching the first season of Shōgun. Fantastic. 📺
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Good post at WP Tavern highlighting the major plot points of the ongoing WordPress drama. I also …
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During the pandemic I accidentally let my P.O. Box expire. I almost never checked it anyway, but I …
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Can’t shake the feeling today that I’m going to have to do this all on my own.
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Molly White is doing something on her blog that I don’t think I’ve seen before. When …
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The Social Web Foundation works to grow this new ecosystem in an open, …
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Not in a good mood this morning, so all of my blog posts are going to be tinged with a little bit of …
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Going to restart the public beta for Micro.blog on iOS. Just waiting for Apple to approve the beta, …
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Listening to the latest Decoder podcast with The Browser Company’s Josh Miller and enjoying it …
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Sam Altman’s The Intelligence Age
No surprise that Sam Altman is quite the AI optimist: It won’t happen all at once, but we’ll soon …
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Decided to install the iOS 18.1 beta. AI summarization features mostly work as advertised. For the …
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It’s wild to imagine that in the future, to be competitive with AI you might need your own …
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Eating my own dog food, just imported 2800 notes into Micro.blog. Overall went really well. A couple …
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Following up on Three Mile Island, good point from Ben Thompson today: …nuclear energy and data …
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After reading Matt Mullenweg’s posts about WP Engine, I looked into pricing for WP Engine and …
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From Mark Gurman’s latest, the AI rollout still feels haphazard. ChatGPT may come as soon as 18.2: …
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This story about Microsoft and nuclear power underscores how big a deal AI is: If approved by …
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Finished watching the WordCamp Q&A from Matt Mullenweg. Very unique this year, largely dedicated …
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The iPhone Pro 16 Max is my first “huge” iPhone. So far I’m liking the size. …
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Special shout-out to the UPS driver who delivered my new iPhone while I was out of town for a day. …
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Frilly’s Seafood Bayou Kitchen, in Denton.
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Just posted Core Intuition 613 with our discussion of the iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia releases, changes …
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Earlier this year I took a photo of the demolition of the Frank Erwin Center. Today I took another …
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Here’s the video for my demo at FediForum. It shows Micro.blog posting, cross-posting services, and …
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Dan Moren writing at Macworld: Look, I’m not ungrateful. But the truth remains that nothing stokes …
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Letting the Republicans say “well, Democrats make up facts too” is an unforced error. We …
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I blogged when the JD Vance couch joke started making the rounds that we should avoid disinformation …
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I continue to be impressed with Bluesky’s growth. From Last Week in the ATmosphere, covering …
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I was hoping adding Bluesky video upload would be a quick win this week, but it’s going to …
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Pre-ordered Directing at Disney a few months ago and promptly forgot about it until it arrived this …
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I submitted Micro.blog’s Threads support to Meta again with a new video demo, and it was …
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I don’t get why people subscribe to a service or newsletter and then mark those emails as …
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The new Snap Spectacles are too bulky but they’re the first AR glasses that I can actually …
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At first I was surprised that Mozilla.social is shutting down, but Mozilla didn’t seem to have …
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On Jack Dorsey’s point that in the age of AI, it’s important to own your identity and …
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After I made some Nostr improvements in M.b the other day, I caught up on a few conference videos to …
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With a new iPhone coming this week, seems a good time to post my latest home screen. Same layout as …
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Teen Accounts on Instagram sounds like a very good change. Of course those of us with kids who were …
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I mentioned recently that I was considering removing trial accounts on Micro.blog until after the …
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Love this metaphor from Dave Winer about how Micro.blog handles feeds and cross-posting: It’s …
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John Gruber’s article about last week’s iPhone event also compares Tim Cook’s Apple with what …
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Not sure I have a favorite iOS 18 feature yet, but tapbacks with emoji are near the top of the list. …
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I don’t really understand how OpenAI’s o1 works, but I found today’s Stratechery …
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Jason Snell reflects on 10 years since starting Six Colors: Ten years ago I took a leap into …
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Federico Viticci reviews iOS 18 and also writes about how to balance his love of Apple tech and …
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We’ve got a new episode of Core Intuition out today, longer than usual to talk about which …
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Happy for Hacks finally winning. Love that show. It has been tough competition going up against …
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Watching the Emmy’s. It shouldn’t bother me so much but folks The Bear still isn’t a comedy. 📺
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As a quick follow-up to my post today about posting APIs, I should have linked to the latest …
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We’ve visited Dallas a lot recently. It sort of amazes me that Dallas has been able to develop …
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Toward a common posting API
Dave Winer blogs about interoperability for Twitter-like systems: We had that for the blogging …
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Sean Tilley has a great live blog of FediForum over at We Distribute. Also includes my demo if you …
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I got a lot out of FediForum this week. Mostly lurking this morning, can’t really participate. …
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I hadn’t checked out Lillihub in a while. It’s so nice. Some unique ideas around …
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For something completely new today, I’m revisiting Nostr support in Micro.blog. Making a few …
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Plaud NotePin
I still think there’s potentially a space for these dedicated AI-based voice recorders, but …
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Learning about Fediverse Discovery Providers at FediForum. Interesting solution to get search and …
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Hello! This is a quick demo of Micro.blog at FediForum.
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Great post from Molly White on the Hachette vs. Internet Archive decision on controlled digital …
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I watched Oprah Winfrey’s AI special. There was some concern before it aired about whether it would …
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FediForum starts today and runs for a few days. It’s inspiring to see what everyone is working …
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Finished reading: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. Mostly for kids, but I had already been looking …
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Got my updated Covid shot. Going to lie low for the afternoon, just poke around a little with …
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Adrian Vila blogging about the lens choices on the iPhone 16: I said it a year ago, and I still …
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“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior …
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Nice job by the ABC moderators for some quick fact-checking and generally keeping things on track, …
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Kamala Harris has a really clever approach to some answers where she talks about the actual question …
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Kamala Harris off to a strong start, I think. Lots of policy but also layering in some bigger …
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Finally cancelling iTunes Match. Created playlists in Music.app to find and download every track …
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Online grocery prices dropped last month. More surprising, Adobe tracks these kind of prices as part …
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Some good notes from Jason Snell after attending the iPhone 16 event. On AI’s staggered …
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Stephen Hackett blogging about the increasingly-complicated Apple product lineup: Sometimes, that …
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Not in a hurry to switch, but I will probably opt for the AirPods 4 to replace my AirPods Pro. The …
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Working on something to demo at FediForum later this week. Not entirely sure in what form it will …
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Cohost is shutting down. From the staff account: …we’ve struggled to fill the revenue and morale …
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Finished reading: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. Somehow I had never read this …
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Rest in peace, James Earl Jones. I wouldn’t have guessed he was 93 already. An incredible …
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Solid updates from Apple as usual. They highlighted lots of health-related features, like hearing …
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Genuinely conflicted about this year’s iPhone Pro color lineup: black, white, silver, desert. …
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New Apple stuff is great and all, but hear me out… What if they integrated hardware, …
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I’m sorry to be bitter, but in the first half hour of the Apple event, my takeaways are: they …
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Ben Thompson predicts a $100 price increase for the new iPhones today, bringing it over $1k for the …
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iPhone announcement day! As I talked about on @coreint, for the first time in years — maybe since …
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The new iPhone announcement is just a couple days away, and on today’s Core Int we give our thoughts …
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Looking up, at Beyond Van Gogh. In the old Austin American-Statesman building.
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This post about Marissa Mayer’s company Sunshine on Platformer is several months old, but I …
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Good news, everyone. Accidentally left the garage door open and someone stole a couple random things …
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Talking to Daniel today for the next podcast episode, about AI, and afterwards I was thinking about …
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John Gruber has a long take-down on the DMA. There is plenty to think about in this, but a quick …
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I feel that I’ve been overpaying for sending email for years. Making another attempt at …
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People worry that AI will take over what humans should be doing. It’s more profound than that. …
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Taking a short break from Threads and Bluesky. Nothing against those services, but I started …
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Honda Element: fans
In my blog post series for upgrades to my Honda Element, this post is a little different. It’s …
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While Micro.blog avoids viral features, making misinformation less likely to spread quickly, we …
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Congrats to @rizzi@gloria.social on the release of the new Reeder! It’s a huge redesign, …
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“I’d run the risk of losing everything.
Sell all my things, become nomadic.”
— …
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My number one use case for AR glasses is when on a road trip and can’t stop to take pictures. Old …
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Cloudy morning at Brazos Bend State Park, from the observation tower. Unlike any other state park …
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Seeing the “luxurious” headline on this review at The Verge for the new reMarkable Paper …
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I’ve always been a mosquito magnet. They go for me before anyone else, and leave several bites …
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xAI rush in Memphis
I think I first heard about xAI’s plans in Memphis from Stephen Hackett’s blog. He …
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The Verge writing about VW’s in-car AI: Volkswagen says that OpenAI’s chatbot along with a …
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Congrats to Tapbots on the Ivory 2.2 release. However, to comment on their announcement post: Ivory …
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Speaking of Micro.blog apps, the new version of Mimi Uploader can batch generate alt text for …
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Happy to announce that our companion app for notes, Strata, is now available for Android. Notes …
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Nice web utility from @mary.my.id that archives your Bluesky posts as HTML. Always a good idea to …
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Sometimes you just need a little color. Stairwell at Central Market.
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There is a place for the WordPress block editor, or Medium, or Squarespace, or any number of very …
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As I improve my own web text editor, I’m reflecting on what it felt like when the first …
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I often only finally get into a book at the end of a loan in Libby, hopelessly nowhere near finished …
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Drove by a couple fire trucks protecting the shoulder for a car and a Cybertruck stopped on the side …
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There’s a good analysis in Last Week in Fediverse about Twitter X, Bluesky, and Mastodon. Just a …
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Manuel Moreale blogs about a more intentional, personal web: I’m talking about liberating yourself …
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Just sad hearing about the news of 6 more hostages dead in Gaza. The closer we get to 1 year since …
August 2024
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Bluesky has added 1 million users in the past few days, largely from the Twitter X in Brazil …
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Ollie inspecting a new package, the SolarSaga 100 Prime. This is going to go on my car.
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Just posted a new episode of Core Int: Reinventing the 90s. We use two new software releases (the …
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Ghost in their weekly update, joking about likes: Descartes famously said “I think, therefore …
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Ramping up the search for our next home. For old neighborhoods, love doing a little background …
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This story and art from Christine Mi for The Washington Post makes me want to book a train trip …
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Still a few months away, but the Wind and Truth cover reveal makes the book feel like it’s even …
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An update on Strata for Android. Getting closer to a release. We had a rejection, resubmitted. …
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Tantek Çelik blogged about IndieWebCamp Portland: We wrapped up with our usual Create Day Demos …
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Setting up some more customer support email filters. It’s gotten to where I have so much spam …
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I have a few upcoming camping reservations, part of my quest to visit all 88 state parks in Texas. …
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From The Wall Street Journal: Apple, Nvidia Are in Talks to Invest in OpenAI. This makes sense to …
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There are some interesting things going on with the new Patreon-like Sub Club for the fediverse. …
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I like this post from Marty McGuire about the IndieWeb and how the indieweb.org wiki can sometimes …
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I joked yesterday that enabling the AI features in Micro.blog for everyone might bankrupt me. I …
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Fountain at Cosmic on 4th. I should go here more often. ☕️
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You get an AI! You get an AI! Starting to enable automatic photo keywords and search for all paid …
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Tumblr’s getting started on porting the backend to WordPress: We acquired Tumblr to benefit …
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Years ago, mostly by accident, I started using green for block quotes in Markdown. Screenshot below. …
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I was hoping the new iPhone Pro would have 12 GB of RAM. Sticking with 8 GB is enough for small AI …
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Wow, has it really been a full year since the last Epilogue release for Android? Today I’ve …
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Nice write-up from Chris Enns on using Micro.blog for hosting short podcasts and adding stats with …
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Working in Android and Google Play a bunch this week. It’s just similar enough to the Apple …
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Epilogue 1.8.2
We’ve got a new minor update to Epilogue for iOS ready. This release focuses on the context …
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Jack Smith knows what he’s doing. January 6th indictment reworked to accommodate the Supreme Court’s …
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Submitted on app update to Apple and now feel kind of in limbo, like I can’t do anything else until …
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Claude’s Artifacts feature is really well done. I asked it to create a web page with various …
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Good news from The Verge, the Biden administration is providing $521 million to states to expand EV …
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Doug Jones has a roundup of several XOXO blog posts.
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Rainy morning at Lazarus on Airport. The sun is starting to come out now and I want the rain back. …
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Craig Hockenberry’s slop is good pairs well with John Gruber’s post I linked to …
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A small, probably unfair, book rant… When I start a fantasy book and discover it’s written in …
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Molly White after speaking at XOXO: I mentioned that I’ve been feeling this a lot over the last few …
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New AI-based Alexa set to launch in October, possibly as a $10 subscription: The revamp of the …
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We’re starting to know more about Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest: Durov was being …
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John Gruber blogging about the AI-enhanced photos in Google Pixel 9: Everyone alive today has grown …
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Updates from @Mtt for folks using these themes: I just pushed out updates for both Tiny Theme and …
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Joe Crawford blogs about open web themes at XOXO: During XOXO, Andy Baio said “Every one of you …
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Wow, I hadn’t heard about this yet but can’t wait. War of the Rohirrim coming at the end …
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More on the fediverse stars symbol, this time from Manuel Moreale: I am no fediverse citizen but I …
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Nice update to ChatGPT for Mac: option-space now brings up results in a small floating window. Good …
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Finished reading: The Exchange by John Grisham. A sequel to The Firm. I usually try to find …
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Penn family farm at Cedar Hill State Park.
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Ben Werdmuller follows up on the fediverse symbol, blogging that Meta should be commended for …
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I like the proposed symbol for the fediverse: ⁂. It’s just unicode so doesn’t need …
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Sounds like we’re in for an interest rate cut next month. We sold our house last year, …
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From The Information, fascinating to see the different approaches in headset strategy. Meta: we …
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Apple may embrace JPEG XL, via Jade van Dörsten’s microblog. It feels better for XL to be the …
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Between me and my kids, we share birthdays with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and… Kamala …
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Texans, our state nightmare of needing to take a wallet with us for groceries at HEB may be almost …
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Kamala Harris, for the people. Great speech. What an amazing week for Democrats and America. 🇺🇸
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Feeling good about the bug squashing today. Which probably means I’ve overlooked something. 🤪
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As I work on contenteditable divs, having flashbacks to pre-CSS web development with browser layout …
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Nice to see new Covid shots approved, will be out in the next week or so. A lot of people have …
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Federico Viticci posting on Threads: My realization in 2024 has been that the DMA fork of iOS is …
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Good news for train fans: Amtrak route from New Orleans to Mobile should open next year. So many …
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Did you know Iconfactory has a microblog on Micro.blog now? Love the new Totoro wallpaper for …
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Feeling a bit of regret not making the trip to Portland for XOXO. Hope it’s a good one for …
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“This is loud in our country’s call because while we all love freedom, it is love that frees us all. …
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I liked the change of pace with Bill Clinton just going with a printed copy of his speech or notes. …
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Are ChatGPT notifications actually a thing? I’ve never seen this before, so can’t tell if it’s a …
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The LEGO interstitials in MKBHD’s Pixel 9 review video are a really nice touch.
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Strongly agree with this post from John Gruber, responding to The New York Times (which I no longer …
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Some people downplay the iMessage lock-in, but it’s real for me. Otherwise I’d switch to …
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Working hard to fix issues in the new Micro.blog editor. I know it’s frustrating when things …
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ActivityPub and Mastodon API developers, any thoughts for the discussion on FEP-eb22 here? I want to …
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I knew Netflix was doing games, but I didn’t realize they had good games. Monument Valley 3 …
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I’m with the folks who say we’re likely in an AI bubble similar to the dot-com boom. That is, it’s …
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Finished reading: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas. Felt a little muddled in the middle but solid …
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Really strong opening night at the DNC. Joe was good. So much love from the crowd. Special guests on …
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Happy Tuesday, everyone. Fixing bugs. 🐞
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Signed in to Facebook. It’s sort of a weird app if you haven’t used it in years. Wonder how long …
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For the Democratic convention this week, I’m looking forward to Hillary’s speech tonight. Her …
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Mayoral candidate in Cheyenne, Wyoming running with an AI bot that will make decisions for the city: …
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Rolling out the new web-based Micro.blog editor now… Let us know if you have any feedback or …
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This line from Leon Mika’s post about naming computers rings true. It’s pragmatic but …
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Still some selection quirks in the new editor, but overall it’s so much better, don’t …
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Micro.blog servers for 2024
Micro.blog users who check the logs page will notice that the platform routes publishing requests to …
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Just registered for FediForum, a 3-day event for the fediverse coming up in September. I’ve …
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Cool walls at Spokesman Coffee. ☕️
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Pretty happy with how the new editor for Micro.blog is coming along. I’m going to ship it …
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Posted a new Core Intuition, this week covering the latest App Store news with new linking …
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Nice blog post on Writing Slowly about using notes in Micro.blog and getting set up with Strata for …
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Annoyed by yesterday’s server problem. Essentially one of our servers was accepting incoming …
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It was four years ago this week that Epic Games launched so-called Project Liberty, their attempt to …
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Having one of those mornings where I sort of can’t believe how well this coding is going. …
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There are a lot of misses in the current Amtrak map. Las Vegas, which Brightline is making progress …
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For the first joint event with Joe and Kamala together, really smart to focus on healthcare and …
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Now that I’ve cancelled my NYT subscription, going to wind down my daily use of Wordle too. So many …
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This new Rivian travel kitchen looks so good. I’d be tempted to get it if I hadn’t already spent a …
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Happy NBA schedule release day! It drops this afternoon and I’m excited enough that I will …
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Wow, this post diving into Micro.blog bookmarks and highlights is amazing. Thanks Loura! I’ve …
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Must-read blog post by Cory Doctorow, connecting enshittification to Apple and the legal agreements …
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Sounds like we may be in for a substantial remedy in Epic vs. Google, potentially going even further …
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Random rail crossing in Denton. 🚂
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Ben Thompson’s daily update reviews the App Store vs. Patreon mess: In short, Apple is taking …
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“I’m learning, and I’m worried for the opponents in a couple of years.” — Victor …
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My son is tinkering with Raspberry Pi and Arduino and it’s incredible what is possible now. So …
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Steve Troughton-Smith on Mastodon: If Apple isn’t stopped, there will come a point where …
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About 25 years after first learning JavaScript, I think I’m almost starting to get the hang of …
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According to Mark Gurman, the iPhone 16 Pro will have a new button for the camera. This is very …
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The back and forth ranking changes for Jordan Chiles and Ana Barbosu is a mess. If there’s no …
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Continuing to make progress with the new editor. Fixed several things, added support for @-mentions, …
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Manuel Moreale wraps up his first 50 interviews with bloggers, with a nice summary here. I was happy …
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Shoutout to @vincent who has finished a major rewrite of the navigation in our main mobile app. It’s …
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Incredible gold medal game, USA vs. France women. So close to going to OT. 🏀
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This post from John Gruber really hits the key problem with macOS becoming more locked down and even …
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Buescher State Park at lunchtime. Had a picnic, then started listening to USA vs. France on the …
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Enjoying USA vs. France. Love watching Wemby play and cannot wait for the Spurs season to start. …
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Really wish React Native didn’t use Ruby and CocoaPods. It’s past time for a cleaner …
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More movies lately, getting the most from the Alamo Drafthouse season pass… Borderlands is exactly …
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Now that we’ve got breakdancing, I think the Olympics officially has enough events. I …
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One of these years I’d like to make it out to D23. Seems like a fun weekend. There is so much …
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New episode of Core Int out today. We talk about the antitrust verdict against Google search, the …
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OpenAI model safety, societal impact
I haven’t read every word of the GPT-4o safety card, but I’ve read a bunch of it and …
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Catching up on more track and field from today. Noah Lyles has COVID. Good column about it here: On …
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Wow. I was losing my mind when USA came back and took the lead. Steph Curry doing his thing. Huge …
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Worried about USA vs. Serbia. There was a good run in the 3rd quarter but it’s now like it didn’t …
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I guess I was wrong about the topic of Trump’s press conference. There was no topic or focus, just a …
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I recorded a short video as a status update on the new web-based text editor for Micro.blog that …
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The Performa series at 512 Pixels continues, today arriving at the Quadra 605, which was my first …
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New rules and fees from Apple today for the EU. It’s getting ridiculous. This page has the fees and …
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Apparently Trump’s press conference is going to be about Walz’s military service. …
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Nice icon set on We Distribute with icons for many platforms and fediverse apps.
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Apple Intelligence, not for developers
On the latest episode of Upgrade, Jason Snell and Myke Hurley covered an important part of the Apple …
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Micro.blog survey results
This week we posted a short survey for Micro.blog customers to provide feedback about the service. I …
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Really strong intro for Tim Walz with the speeches in Pennsylvania today. I’m so impressed …
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Love a blog post that starts with a history lesson. Ben Thompson writes about antitrust and the case …
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We put together a very short survey this week to get some feedback about parts of Micro.blog. If you …
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Kamala Harris picks Tim Walz. I’m a little surprised, Josh Shapiro seemed like a great choice. I …
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I’ve enjoyed this season of House of the Dragon but the finale was mostly setup for next season. It …
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AI hallucinations just reinforce that humans should always be involved. Today, AI switched to Python …
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I hit a brick wall with some tricky JavaScript and contenteditable HTML. Decided to start over and …
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Did some boring but necessary sys admin work over the weekend. Plugging more holes so dumb problems …
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Using Micro.blog? Take 30 seconds to fill out this quick survey. I’ve been thinking about the …
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Finished reading: The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams. Strong characters in this. The monsters creeped …
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You can always count on Teslas to have fun vanity license plates.
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Still a little puzzled by the link handling in Threads posts. Every character in the URL counts …
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Good post from Jason Snell about Apple services: Apple is building an enormous business that’s …
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Dan Murrell blogs about how he uses ChatGPT to add features to his iOS app: Why should I spend time …
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Here’s an example screenshot in the Mac app of how I use bookmark summarization. I bookmark …
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From the M.b news blog, bookmark summarization via our future robot overlords is now available to …
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Made a tweak to how timelines in Micro.blog are stored, especially helpful for our poor servers when …
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Lots of news in Vincent’s weekly update, including the end of Gluon, work on M.b, and handing …
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Great journalism from The Washington Post this morning on a suspicious $10 million withdrawal in …
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This list at The Washington Post of each person freed today is really good, with details on each …
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Nilay Patel in the intro to the latest Decoder: But putting a bunch of computers in a data center …
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AI quick scripts
Discourse’s backups are SQL, but I needed a Markdown or HTML export. I asked ChatGPT to write …
July 2024
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Maya Rudolph returning to SNL! From CNN: Rudolph will reprise her portrayal of Vice President …
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This approach from Wix to let AI write blog posts is all wrong. You know what works, though? Write …
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This is a fun new series from Stephen Hackett on the Performa line. I had the Quadra 605 which I …
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Some good replies to my post about Reddit, Micro.blog, and robots.txt yesterday. One wrinkle that …
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Last night’s Idina Menzel show was really something special. Didn’t realize she is also …
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Trump picked Vance when he had all the momentum — getting shot, the convention, Biden’s …
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Idina Menzel at the Paramount.
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Friend, an AI companion
There’s an interview from David Pierce at The Verge with Friend founder Avi Schiffmann. …
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Belatedly realizing that Reddit’s robots.txt change means that Micro.blog’s bookmark …
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Enjoying watching the Olympics. Some live, some delayed. Still fun even if I’ve already heard a …
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Miss the days when you could have a $199 iPod Touch around for testing betas and other things. …
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Thought about installing the iOS 18.1 beta today but caught myself, remembering AI won’t work on my …
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I’ve been testing the beta of Tapestry and it’s really starting to show the promise of a …
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We’re working on a few tweaks to Epilogue this week. Just merged in a change that my son …
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Between killing third-party clients and now only allowing Google indexing, Reddit has withdrawn from …
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Finished reading: Blood on Their Hands by Mandy Matney. Wasn’t planning to read this but got into …
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Experimenting with WebP. I still have mixed feelings about it. The files are smaller, but even …
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This monolith command-line tool is neat, found via @eay. Downloads a web page and rewrites it to …
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There’s a new Core Int out today! Daniel and I talk about CrowdStrike, travel, and SearchGPT.
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The couch jokes about JD Vance might be funny, but it’s misinformation and not even based on …
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Short walk to Somerville Lake right before it started to rain. So quiet this morning.
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Looking forward to Rings of Power season 2. Looks like what I blogged during season 1 is still true. …
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Camping at Lake Somerville State Park. Lots of dense trees and bushes around each site, makes for …
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Cheat sheet for emoji in my blog posts:
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Elena Rossini has a blog post walking through the compatibility between Mastodon and Pixelfed …
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ActivityPub folks: I’ve posted FEP-eb22 to document supported features in NodeInfo, so that …
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To be honest, the Ghost ActivityPub emails are both exciting and a little bit painful for me to …
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My initial take on SearchGPT (without using it yet) is that it should be a step forward for linking …
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Not sure what to make of Sam Altman’s op-ed in The Washington Post. When he writes about model …
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Big news for AltStore to be getting Fortnite. Also from Epic, they are pulling Fortnite from …
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Thinking more about Biden’s address last night and his legacy, it’s remarkable how much he …
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Evan Prodromou in a post on Mastodon: If you make a Fediverse explainer, try to show some real …
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Micro.blog 3.3 for Mac
Today we’ve released a new version of Micro.blog for macOS. This update adds two new features: …
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Set the presidential address to record while out tonight so we could watch it fully, without all the …
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Federico Viticci on how wired EarPods are still great: I don’t have to worry about battery life, …
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Nice work from Apple on the web version of Maps. Native apps are great, but some apps really should …
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A great new theme for Micro.blog: Sumo by Matt Langford. There’s a lot in here that is really …
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Playing around with the new dataset from Overture Maps, a project started a couple years go between …
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I’ve tinkered with smaller Llama models, on my Mac and Linux servers, so I thought I’d …
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There are some wild numbers in this report at Bloomberg about Apple’s spending on TV+ content. …
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Llama 3.1
Mark Zuckerberg writes about Llama 3.1 in a Threads post using images of text instead of a blog. He …
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Following politics sort of obsessively, senate races, the 2020 primaries, I thought I knew a few …
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Back down the rabbit hole of HTTP signatures + ActivityPub today. Fixed an issue, and reviewed the …
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It’s such a good feeling to have the Biden reelection campaign drama behind us. It was going …
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Micro.blog has a couple options for creating redirects, but adding pages to your blog navigation …
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Wow. 🇺🇸
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Rewatched Twister (singular) this week. It holds up! Went to see Twisters (plural) tonight and it’s …
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With the release of GPT-4o-mini, I’m updating some of the models used in Micro.blog. …
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I was trying some new things with Micro.blog themes and rediscovered that I had made a page that is …
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I don’t see myself buying a Vision Pro soon or ever, but love that a hot air balloons video is …
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Started a Micro.blog experiment that renders a snapshot of your blog post as an image, which could …
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Hard to believe it’s only been 4 days since I blogged that the debate is over about the …
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In Dallas for a few days. Iced latte outside at Ascension, near White Rock Lake. ☕️
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Downtown from old east Dallas. Some yellow in the sky before sunset.
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Sticker Mule
At Micro.blog we’ve used Sticker Mule for a while. A few years ago, I remember reading …
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Finally some good news. We need more big plans like this: President Biden is finalizing plans to …
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Om Malik blogging about the Taboola deal: Apple’s decision to strike a deal with Taboola is …
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Too many guns
John Gruber blogs that it’s the guns: The truth is that our nation, great though it is in so …
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The new Overcast is looking good! Smooth upgrade. From Marco’s blog post: For Overcast to …
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I’ve recorded a short 2-minute video to show how we’ve updated Micro.blog’s editor …
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Finished reading: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz. I enjoyed the first half of this book. But …
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From the news blog: We’ve updated how blog themes are edited. If you don’t have a custom theme, …
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My blog has probably shifted way too much to the political, but that’s how it goes in an …
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I wish we could have a day or two each month where we all collectively agreed to post …
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Just watched Biden’s statement on the shooting. Very good. He is the President and our …
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Saying that Trump is a threat to democracy is not a call for violence. He caused January 6th. He …
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Just posted a new Core Intuition: A Billion-Dollar Flop. We check in about the Vision Pro, then …
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Rust judge dismisses the case against Alec Baldwin after prosecutors withheld evidence, saying: If …
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Here’s a sneak peek at a reorganized theme editor, moving a few things around to fix …
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Working on a couple different things, bouncing between them. One of those weeks where I can’t …
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Joe Biden has always rambled, and it hurts him as he gets older. But here’s the deal. One candidate …
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I’m going to watch Biden’s press conference in a couple hours. But I already know it …
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Insightful post by Jason Fried on “directional” decisions, the kind of decisions that …
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Love these upcoming covers for A Song of Ice and Fire. I never finished reading past book 2 years …
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I think I’m going to love this USA basketball team. Nice move swapping in Derrick White. 🏀
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The latest Washington Post / ABC News poll has the race tied. Voters thought Biden was old before, …
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Morning work at Cherrywood Coffeehouse. You know it’s old-school Austin because just saw what …
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Dave Winer replying to my post yesterday: The way the twitter-alikes do discourse is not the only …
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Looking at my tweets from 17 years ago, they often had no faves, no replies, and no retweets (which …
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Sad to see the TUAW archive taken over by… whatever that is. AI-slopified. Brings back a lot …
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Ben Thompson on Apple joining and then leaving the OpenAI board: …joining the board of …
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Ben Werdmuller, linking today to a story on Ghost federation: I’m also convinced …
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Here’s a screenshot of the new Get Info window in the latest Mac app for Micro.blog, released …
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Exhausting day yesterday so I crashed early last night. Unfortunately a couple of our servers …
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Small fan I keep in my laptop bag. Doesn’t completely solve Texas summer but helps a tiny bit. Need …
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Last post about Biden for a while. Dave Winer makes a point I’ve wanted to blog about:
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This political cartoon by Dave Whamond is so good. “C’mon man!”
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I’m starting to accelerate my challenge to visit all 88 state parks in Texas. Had a few slow …
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Post-debate, post-interview questions
I have mixed feelings about where we go in the Democratic party. I think I’ll be relieved if …
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Lunch at LBJ State Park. Picked up a turkey melt sandwich from a food truck in Johnson City, Cast …
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Joe Biden in a written statement today: Not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors, not any …
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Training C-3PO
Many of the hot takes about fair use for AI training are either “AI is stealing content” or …
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I wrote a weird blog post draft about AI last week that I wasn’t sure what to do with. …
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Enchanted Rock. It’s too hot today so I can’t be bothered to hike to the top, but it’s still nice.
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Mark Gurman says that some of the core parts of Apple Intelligence will arrive with iOS 18.4 next …
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ActivityPub paper cuts
Everyone who has implemented ActivityPub from scratch knows that there are implementation-specific …
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The world has changed since The New York Times was founded in the 1850s. It used to be that opinion …
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The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other major news outlets should scrap their opinion …
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We subscribed to the Alamo Drafthouse season pass for the summer. Makes it easier to decide to go to …
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Back from the early screening of Fly Me to the Moon at Alamo — fun movie! — and watched the Biden …
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Even folks who assumed the best intentions with Apple’s DMA compliance can surely see that the …
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I updated the Micro.blog for Mac app today. Several improvements including an easy way to just see …
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A new spin-off project from omg.lol: Spake. This is similar to what we were trying to do in …
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Patriotic delivery robot. Kirk Watson and Lloyd Doggett spoke briefly after Mueller’s parade. …
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What’s bothering me this week is that I’m feeling like I felt when we were in limbo …
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Nick Heer summarizes the OpenAI sandboxing news, initially covered by The Verge. I think the …
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Finished reading: The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas. A set of novellas that take place …
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After I blogged about a new text editor for Micro.blog, I ran into a couple tricky problems and work …
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Jason Fried introducing Writebook: It’s a dead simple platform to publish web-based books. …
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John Gruber posting to Threads: I feel great about Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. Go back …
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There are a lot of interesting stats in this Cloudflare blog post about AI bots. I still worry that …
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After today’s blog publishing change, I’m seeing posting about twice as fast for my …
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Good new ad from the Biden campaign: The same Trump Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade, …
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We are starting to open up Micro.blog’s notes feature to our standard plan. Private notes with …
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New laptop sticker. Always iced coffee.
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I’m a little puzzled about why the new proposed fediverse:creator tag is only for approved web …
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Texas Sage while out walking. Can’t tell in the photo but the bees are happy too.
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MacStories has written an open letter asking for AI regulation: …a wide swath of the tech …
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Last week’s debate was a wake-up call for our muddled framing of the issues at stake this …
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Finally experimenting with Bluesky’s Starter Packs. I created a test pack with a handful of …
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At the coffee shop, glanced up at the TV and there’s a news segment on “How To Avoid …
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It’s almost funny that I’ve had so much praise for Biden because I didn’t support him in the …
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Just watched the President’s short speech reacting to the Supreme Court ruling on immunity. Joe …
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Happy for Derrick White on his 4-year, $125 million extension with the Celtics. He plays hard, knows …
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Audio snippets are fun. I added audio to this short post today too. To me, it underscores that my …
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I’ve gotten out of the habit of adding audio narration to my blog posts, so took a few minutes …
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I always feel better after shipping new features for customers. Today, expanded our email newsletter …
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The news can be very deflating. It’s critical to figure out small ways we can make a …
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I read parts of the Trump immunity decision, skipping around to what Roberts wrote and the dissent. …
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Dark forest of the web
Jeremy Keith follows up on fighting AI bots, quoting a couple things I’ve said. He closes …
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Monday after the debate, and I’m mostly annoyed with Biden’s staff and campaign today. …
June 2024
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Chris Paul to the Spurs? I did not see that coming. 🏀
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Trail bridge at Bastrop State Park. Trees are slowly coming back after the 2011 fire.
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I’ve been inspired by what feels like a renewed push for massive solar infrastructure, so …
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Excellent article in The Washington Post about an Infinium plant in Corpus Christi producing diesel …
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Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is …
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Went to see the first chapter of Horizon tonight and love what they’re doing with it. So much time …
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Kora Kora Coffee in Gruene, Texas. ☕️
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I’m not one to impulsively cancel subscriptions when I disagree with the leadership or when …
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Morning at Guadalupe River State Park.
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Camping in Texas in the summer is not fun, but I keep thinking I’ll figure out how to solve it with …
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Just posted a new Core Intuition. Daniel and I talk about the latest news with Apple and the …
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I watched all of Joe Biden’s campaign speech from today. Wish he was half as good last night as he …
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Dave Winer blogs about a new experiment to make a collection of blogrolls by following a …
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I updated the Micro.blog blogroll plug-in today, adding more control over whether to show the …
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visionOS and peak Apple
Jason Snell makes the case for hand controllers and other changes to the Vision Pro: I’ve got a …
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The current Supreme Court is broken. If Joe Biden wants to change the narrative, announce that …
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It’s a new day. Pick yourself back up. There’s a lot to do. What’s next? 🇺🇸
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My favorite moment and the most clear line from Biden against Trump: “Something snapped in you when …
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You know who had a great debate against Trump? Hillary Clinton. I’m not saying she should jump in …
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There’s a really substantive conversation on MSNBC right now about the president’s job as a …
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Debate halftime! Biden is just warming up, everyone. Trump is, of course, constantly lying. It’s …
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Happy for LeBron that Bronny is going to the Lakers. Such a unique chance to play together that’s …
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Just another night in America, where the President of the United States has to debate a convicted …
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Jeremy Keith on how human-curated bookmarks could help adapt to a web filled with AI content: It …
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Threads API access was rejected for Micro.blog. 🙄 Going to redo the submission and record new demo …
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I like the idea of a smaller e-ink reader, whether it’s running Android or not, so I’m …
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Anyone who enjoys writing or photography or sharing anything online should have their own microblog …
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NBA draft tonight! Spurs have the 4th and 8th picks. Last season’s record was bad, but the …
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Some progress with the Threads API, the issue with the Meta dev dashboard not updating to show API …
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More DMA, more rejections, more exhaustion
Nick Heer on the latest DMA news and UTM rejection: Perhaps there are legitimate security concerns …
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Can’t believe I didn’t know about this Snow White Cafe, in operation since 1946… …
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For folks beta testing automatic cross-posting from Micro.blog to Threads, if you like to tinker, we …
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When a company withholds a feature from the EU because of the DMA — Apple for AI, Meta today for the …
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Threads has rolled out seeing replies from other platforms, filling one of the biggest holes in …
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Molly White makes a point that I’ve also been trying to articulate about AI crawling, but I …
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If you’re keeping score, Hillary has now written three books since losing the 2016 election. …
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Local orchestration vs. the cloud
Excellent post by Jason Snell on the upcoming era of orchestrated apps, where much of what we do …
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As usual, Hillary Clinton is right. From an op-ed today on what to watch for in the debate: Mr. …
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Had a dream last night that for the upcoming presidential debate, Biden’s team decided to use …
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One good thing about Akamai acquiring Linode: they appear to have a better plan for reaching 100% …
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Riley Testut posts about no longer trusting Apple with app notarization: When we first met with the …
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In John Gruber’s article about Apple Intelligence, he writes about the server impact: As …
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Still no way for me to submit my app to Meta to approve the Threads API. 🙁 I can add more beta …
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Finally got my R1. The hype has worn off, so not sure it has a place in my life for regular use. …
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It’s bizarre to see developers effectively siding with Apple over the DMA. The EU is trying to …
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European Commission preliminary findings that the App Store is in breach of the DMA. Even if …
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I was wondering when someone would bring up that the Internet Archive ignores robots.txt, and …
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Decided to promote the “Edit Sources & Cross-posting” screen to its own link in the …
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We saw the new Zilker Eagle today while going to Barton Springs. It looks really nice. Unfortunately …
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Somehow on my recent trip I’ve gotten a scratch in the middle of my iPhone screen. I was already …
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This article in The Washington Post about AI energy use has a lot in it, but still seems to paint an …
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Finished reading: Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang. This was excellent. It must’ve been a …
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Great post by Anil Dash on how the board of directors for an organization actually works. I learned …
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Still no option for me to submit our Threads feature to Meta for review. Tried contacting developer …
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I really dislike the Mastodon setting to require HTTP signatures for everything. It makes basic …
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Perplexity CEO addresses the recent questions about crawling, but I don’t think his answers …
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“I only came back to myself when I decided something: all emotions are just energy, just potential …
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On this week’s Core Int, we talk about the latest AI controversy including with Perplexity and how …
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Great collection from Michael Tsai of posts on a range of reactions to Apple blaming the DMA for …
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John Gruber blogs about how Trump personally measures up to the Ten Commandments that he apparently …
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Randomly stumbled on an old clip of Steve Jobs, thanks (no thanks) to the Threads algorithmic …
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If you sent me an @-mention yesterday about automatic Threads cross-posting, I’ve invited you …
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I don’t travel as much as a bunch of people I know, but the combination of road trip and …
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I tried this AI-based social network Butterflies and it’s as bizarre as you’d expect. It’s more like …
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Forgot to mention if you’re sending me your Threads username… You will have to go to your …
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Micro.blog cross-posting to Threads is a bit in limbo because I’m not even sure how to submit …
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Working with the Threads API reminds me of how frustrating it was to work with Facebook’s main …
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Rough Point. This view brought to you by a contribution from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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Last night in Newport. Another lighthouse, with the sunset at Castle Hill.
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The New York Times: Biden gives legal protections to undocumented spouses. Biden’s administration …
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The upcoming Zelda where you can play as Zelda looks fantastic. Love the design and approach to …
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Because of the recent pushback against AI bots, I’ve added a help page to Micro.blog with …
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Congrats to the Celtics. The NBA finals had a couple good moments, but the result never seemed that …
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I get the distrust of AI bots but I think discussions to sabotage crawled data go too far, …
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Brant Point Lighthouse, Nantucket.
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The Breakers. Beautiful walk along the cliffs and in the mansion. The Vanderbilts really had a …
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Newport Bridge from Goat Island.
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Our WWDC episode of Core Intuition is out! We talk about visiting San Jose, Apple Intelligence, and …
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Last month I got sucked into an auction for Disney artwork and came away with a sequence of drawings …
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Jason Snell paints a picture of Apple as sort of irritatedly getting on board the AI hype train. On …
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What if personal domain name registrations could essentially renew on auto-pilot, regardless of …
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Now that I’m back home from WWDC, my excitement about installing the betas has evaporated. Will …
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Good interview from Kara Swisher with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI. She led the GPT-4o announcement …
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Gandy’s Creamery in Brady, Texas. No trespassing.
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Stellar Coffee in Roswell. ☕️
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Stopped overnight in Roswell, New Mexico to visit with the aliens. Queueing up the audiobook The …
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WWDC initial takeaway
One thing I didn’t appreciate before this year’s WWDC is how limited Apple’s …
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In 1979 my uncle wrote a book about solar power — or more specifically, although I haven’t …
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Wind turbines as the sun sets in New Mexico.
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Finished reading: Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner. This was excellent. Loved the way it revealed more of …
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Freight trains in the middle of nowhere, Arizona.
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A couple days after the WWDC keynote, starting to see a couple cracks in Apple’s AI strategy. …
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Yesterday was a blur. I was planning to camp at Lake Havasu but it’s just too hot, so I …
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This text without any vending machines is like a cruel mirage in what feels like the middle of the …
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Nice live blog at The Verge of the interview session with iJustine. Nilay Patel comments: I think …
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Random shot of San Jose light rail train, interrupted by a bus.
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Lots of details in this Apple blog post about the new AI models. Looks like the on-device models are …
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Vaguely keeping up with the Platform State of the Union in the hotel lobby. Thinking I’ll update to …
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Apple’s little custom icon to indicate what’s an AI summary is nice. I’ve been using a robot icon …
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So far so good with Apple Intelligence. I have a lot of questions but the framing seems right, with …
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iPhone mirroring seems… really strange. Can’t wait to try it, though.
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Math Notes is super impressive. No mention of AI or machine learning but it’s gotta be all over …
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I know social networks aren’t Apple’s thing, but I still think it would be cool for them to have a …
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Good morning from San Jose! With this first guess in Wordle, I thought this would be a “2” day, but …
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Finished reading: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas. Fast-paced. This was a stronger book than the …
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I’m always surprised when coffee shop wi-fi is way slower than LTE tethering. It’s great …
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Field of Light in Paso Robles. I was expecting something different and beautiful, and it was that. …
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Bad Boys opens with $21 million box office Friday, on track for $50 million for the weekend. …
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Santa Barbara from the pier.
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I’m experimenting with an OpenAI-based assistant powered by my own writing. It is wild. See …
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Working this morning at Honey Cup, a little coffee shop in Thousand Oaks. Finally have uninterrupted …
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Nick Heer on the eroding trust in tech as companies plow ahead with new features: These product …
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Four hostages freed in assault in Gaza. I wonder how this affects feelings about the war from …
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Each time I take an extended solo road trip, I learn something new about how to make life a little …
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Only just skimmed through Mark Gurman’s comprehensive WWDC article. Most of the AI rumors …
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Made it to the coast, settling in at Point Mugu State Park. Way too crowded, almost left, but I like …
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Listening to Pivot today, Scott Galloway goes on a tangent about how Hillary Clinton would’ve …
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Whenever I’m anywhere near Los Angeles, I think, “I should stop at Disneyland for the …
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Just posted our preview for next week’s WWDC, Core Int episode 602. Lots more about AI and …
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NBA finals time. Feels like Boston is the more complete team but I have no real idea how this series …
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I don’t ask Siri hard questions. Today I threw her a softball while driving down I-15, …
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Hiking in the sun yesterday, it was a bit of a wake-up call, especially with the looming heat wave. …
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Great post on TechCrunch by Sarah Perez about Bridgy Fed’s support for Bluesky. The social web …
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Redis has ballooned in size again, after sizable reductions in memory usage last year to make things …
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Catching up on a bunch of random online things as I wait for the day to cool down enough to feel …
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Honda Element: window rain guards
This is a pretty simple one, another addition to my blog post series about upgrading my Honda …
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Jason Snell, writing about how Apple may frame the announcements next week at WWDC: Apple has the …
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Bryce Canyon National Park. Didn’t catch this view at the right time for the best lighting, but it …
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How to rethink Siri
Siri is much too limited and inconsistent. The only time I ever use Siri is when driving, for …
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Micro.blog-hosted blogs have had good uptime the last couple months, but of course two servers …
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When driving directions in maps lets you know there’s a much slower route available, every …
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Love these book updates from Brandon Sanderson, on Reddit: Finished the last interlude today at …
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More about AI uncertainty
I’ve blogged before about AI hallucinations, but I wanted to tie together a few new posts …
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Winding up along the Animas River. I’m in the last car of a 15-car train, so around the curves it’s …
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Good morning from Colorado! All aboard the Durango & Silverton Railroad. 🚂
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Traffic completely stopped on I-40 earlier today because of road work, and I had a view from a side …
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Finished reading: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport. Some good ideas in this, formalizing what we …
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Woke to slight rain. Really bad visibility on the small Texas highway meandering back to the …
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Left late from home today, but still arrived at Caprock Canyons State Park before dark. Not …
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Ben Thompson’s interview with Casey Handmer of Terraform pretty much blew my mind. Smart, …
May 2024
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Apple Notes priorities
In a blog post about Journal, John Gruber makes a detour to highlight the lack of full import and …
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From The Information: In mid-2023, some employees of Apple’s system intelligence and machine …
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Listening to Trump’s rambling speech today, at first I was laughing at the blatant lies and …
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Just posted a new Core Intuition, episode 601. We talk about the audio narration feature in …
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A day after the guilty verdict, seeing people worry about polls and whether this will change …
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Had some fun with the audio narration for this post. 🇺🇸
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“While this defendant may be unlike any other in American history, we arrived at this trial — …
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No one is above the law. Trump guilty on all charges. A monumental moment for the country. 🇺🇸
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No matter what happens, can we give Eric Trump some credit for actually being there for his dad? …
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Working on the Threads API and remembering what a pain it is to deal with Meta’s developer …
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Had an idea to expand my about page, which before was just a few snippets of text and links, to make …
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As part of the podcast pricing decrease, everyone also now gets this little segment control for …
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Podcast hosting for $5
Six years ago, we launched our $10/month plan with podcast hosting. Since then we’ve added …
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When my car repairs cost thousands of dollars, I really stick it to them by making sure to get free …
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Really good Stratechery article today about how AI fits in the various big tech company stacks. On …
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Now we wait for the jury. Thinking about how I will react to the verdict… Clearly there is …
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On this day 16 years ago, Daniel and I released the first episode of Core Intuition. So many things …
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MarsEdit 5.2 is out with a whole bunch of improvements, including a couple for Micro.blog. Congrats …
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My cross-posting to Threads has been sporadic. Decided last week to pause it until the API is ready, …
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Helpful post from The Fediverse Report about Farcaster and they’re wild $1 billion valuable. …
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After reading that the Gaza pier was damaged by weather, I read a bit more to try to understand how …
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Today I learned from slash pages by Robb Knight that there’s a /chipotle to note your favorite …
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Weak opinions, strongly held
Manu Moreale writes about the ratio between consuming content and creating it: I believe people …
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“The name of the game was concealment, and all roads lead to the man who benefited the most, Donald …
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Missed last night’s Celtics game, so a belated congrats to them. They’re a great team. …
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A little more about adding audio
Last week I blogged about adding audio narration to blog posts. For years we’ve also had full …
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Molly White, previewing an upcoming blog post: i firmly believe that if you’re going to spend …
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Has social media now devolved back to the same tone as Twitter X? Outrage, memes, extremism. …
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Expectations for WWDC haven’t changed much, except this odd rumor from Mark Gurman: One …
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New feature idea for the social web: before strangers can reply to your posts, they have to read …
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Finished reading: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. If this was only a standalone novel, I’d have …
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Fort Worth, downtown with the county courthouse.
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After we recorded episode 600 of @coreint, I thought I had blown it, maybe had a bit too much coffee …
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We’ve somehow reached the 600th episode of Core Intuition. On this episode, we talk about the …
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Went to Barton Springs today to swim but there was a ridiculous number of people waiting in line, …
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Wow. Mavs steal another one. Luka with a clutch shot, and Naz Reid who was 7-9 from 3 misses the …
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Audio narration in Micro.blog
This feature went from idea to implementation quickly because it turns out we already have full …
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This blog post is a test for something new I’m working on. I think a lot of people feel overwhelmed …
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Google’s AI overviews are pretty hilariously not ready. Maybe they never will be. Generative …
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Tried the new Cajun place that opened a couple weeks ago, Lil’ Easy.
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Humans in the loop
Just finished listening to this interview on Stratechery with Satya Nadella and (separately) Kevin …
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Micro.blog for iOS was updated today with some improvements and fixes. Here’s a quick demo …
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Feeling deflated this morning after the AI drama of the last couple days. I got so much flack over …
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Sky narrative wrap-up, for now
Tonight the Washington Post has what looks like an exclusive story on OpenAI’s Sky voice. I …
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“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” — …
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Sort of paradoxically, the more I consider how AI will change the web, the more clear it becomes how …
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Jason Fried previews the next product from 37signals on Twitter X, called Workbook: It’s a …
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Wrapped up some updates to the iOS app and submitted to Apple. Hopefully goes through smoothly. 🤞
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This post from @jsonbecker is going to be timeless, because as a society we increasingly let social …
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Yesterday's AI thoughts
I posted a series of microblog posts yesterday with a common theme of trying to understand what is …
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Watched the Satya Nadella portion of Microsoft Build today, and the few minutes with Sam Altman, …
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As someone who usually supports OpenAI, I’d still welcome an actual lawsuit from Scarlett …
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Any chance that WWDC will have a live keynote this year? In the last couple weeks, we’ve had… …
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Next month’s road trip is starting to take shape. Got my reservation for Bryce Canyon booked …
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In the last 35 years, there have been a tiny number of truly revolutionary technologies that change …
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When your company becomes the enemy, all that matters to people is what feels true. OpenAI’s …
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Microsoft’s Recall on the new Copilot+ PCs is quite impressive: Now with Recall, you can …
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Cool to see this visualization of the growing blogroll network. Blogrolls are fun and useful, and …
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It has only been a week since GPT-4o and they’ve already had a few days of bad news, including …
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Tuning in to a little more of the Trump trial. The jury could go either way and I won’t be shocked, …
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Whenever I’ve driven by the old Frank Erwin Center these last few months, I’ve noted how …
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Wow, had no idea going into game 7 what would happen, but didn’t expect that. Timberwolves vs. …
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The latest from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg makes the Apple + OpenAI partnership sound like a done …
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Uploaded the session video for Micro Camp’s State of Micro.blog panel. The website now has …
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I posted the video of our conversation with Christina Warren at Micro Camp 2024! We talk about early …
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I took the demo portion from yesterday’s panel and uploaded it to YouTube as a separate …
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Thanks everyone who joined us for Micro Camp! I’m going to edit the videos and put them online this …
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The chat on help.micro.blog is now open. This will be the back channel for the live broadcasts …
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It’s going to be a busy day, but I wanted to pause to note two movies I watched this week and …
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Just in time for Micro Camp today, a brand new Core Intuition: episode 599! We talk about Micro …
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Trying out the new pinned, columns interface on Threads. It’s quite good. Fixes the minor …
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Questions about blogging or Micro.blog? We’ll be answering questions at Micro Camp, from the …
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We’re keeping things simple with Micro Camp this year: no email list, no registration. I did …
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We have some great door prizes for Micro Camp tomorrow! 🎟️
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Micro Camp is… tomorrow! 🤯 It’s extra micro this year, so if you blink you might miss …
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The new Wicked trailer was released today. High expectations for this one. No doubt the music will …
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Finished reading: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree. I’ll read almost any book about …
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Google eventually turning their home page into ChatGPT is a rare opening for something new in …
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This post on The Verge assumes that AI hallucinations should be fixed, but generative AI is like a …
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Further evidence from The New York Times that the November election will be largely decided by …
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Ben Thompson in today’s update on Google I/O: What was much more dubious and vaporware-y were …
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A couple months ago on Core Int, I said we were at peak Apple. With every week, I believe that more …
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Finder on iPad
I’ll admit I’ve only skimmed the recent “is iPadOS holding the iPad back?” …
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My superpower and greatest weakness is not letting the need for a major refactor get in the way of …
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I don’t think the Trump defense to discredit Micheal Cohen is going to work. So, Cohen hates Trump …
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There was good stuff in the I/O keynote, but OpenAI effectively undercut a bunch of it by demoing …
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Google’s product naming is getting better now that they’ve burned through all the plain words like …
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Only a dozen minutes into the Google I/O keynote and there are already a couple features I want… …
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It’s often difficult to see the impact of a new feature until it is working. Ideas and mockups …
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I missed in the OpenAI livestream that the “o” in GPT-4o stands for “omni”, …
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Working on something new to show this Friday for Micro Camp. Pulled it off the back-burner, …
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Wow, Apple put a lot of work into this 100 best albums website. Fancy. (I would’ve been fine …
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Rainy day to be on the road. Clouds and skyline in the distance as we drive back through Dallas.
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The New York Times: Frustrated by Gaza Coverage, Student Protesters Turn to Al Jazeera. People see …
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From the road trip a few days ago, a train somewhere along Texas highway 79.
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Yet more Apple + AI news from Bloomberg: Apple Inc. has closed in on an agreement with OpenAI to …
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Very curious what OpenAI is up to with their announcement coming up on Monday, from this post on …
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Nothing surprising in today’s NYT story about Apple’s AI plans. I wanted to comment on …
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The first update from Ghost about ActivityPub has a screenshot of their early experiment. …
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Welcome Kimberly Hirsh! 👋
Excited to announce that @kimberlyhirsh is joining the Micro.blog team. She’ll be helping …
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Jack Dorsey and Bluesky
This interview with Jack Dorsey provides some closure to his part of the Twitter and Bluesky story. …
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Micro Camp is one week from today! I updated the home page with the schedule.
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We recorded a new Core Int just a couple hours before Apple issued their apology about the Crush ad. …
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Because everyone is mad about everything now, I try not to overreact to the latest hot takes until I …
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Thank you, Jean MacDonald
It’s hard to believe it has been seven years since Jean joined me to work on Micro.blog. After a few …
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Posted to my blog from the passenger seat of the car and then we immediately drove into a national …
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Traveling this week so a bit scattered, but also working on a couple pretty important blog posts …
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Jean has posted the schedule for Micro.blog. It’s even more micro this year. Micro Camp …
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Violet Hill B&B, Natchitoches.
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I was actually thinking about going to Dragonsteel Nexus, even though it doesn’t make any …
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TikTok lawsuit against the United States seems weak on first glance. This argument that they …
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Busy morning, so only just now catching up on all iPad announcements. The Verge as usual has a good …
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Broke the corner of my old Apple Watch screen, not badly, but enough that it was time to upgrade …
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It’s fine to have multiple social web protocols, because this is a good time to experiment and …
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Helpful blog post from @matt17r about the steps he used to migrate a blog between accounts on …
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Not sick of me singing the praises of OpenAI yet? Their batch API is incredible. An elegant design, …
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Another advantage to having a blog as the center of all things is that when I’m busy, I can …
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Finished reading: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. It didn’t quite work for …
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It’s hard to tell when a blog post is first published if it’s any good. A few days later, a year …
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Sort of spontaneously went to see The Fall Guy. Really fun movie. 🍿
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Good trouble
In college in the 1990s, I joined the socialist student organization. I saw every issue in stark …
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Ordered another Jackery. This one is so tiny.
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I’m still doing this because the world is flooded with overpriced, crappy, subpar …
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New episode of Core Intuition about this week’s tweaks to the CTF, plus a discussion of how …
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Finally checked out the Carpenter Hotel’s coffee shop yesterday. Nice place. Had a little break from …
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Great teardown video from iFixit on the Rabbit and Humane devices. The closing line also highlights …
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Recorded another very short video for YouTube about how we’re starting to use the …
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There’s a redesigned version of Lillihub for Micro.blog available. I’m amazed by how …
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I’ve been working on a Gaza-related blog post off and on for months, mostly threw it out and rewrote …
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Admittedly I’m not a subscriber so haven’t read the full text for M.G. Siegler’s …
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How is it May already? Reminder that Micro Camp is coming up in just a little over two weeks! …
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The API folks at OpenAI continue to do great work. You can just tell when developers have their act …
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The “it should’ve been an app” arguments would resonate with me more if Apple let …
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Patrick Rhone has a new book: For You: This book was written for my daughter Beatrix in honor of …
April 2024
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Grand opening of the new Chuy’s in Mueller.
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Saw this poster the other day and was fascinated by it. I’m posting it to capture the time we …
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Neat video from Brandon Sanderson at C2E2. I’m tempted to go to Salt Lake City for the Wind …
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AI hesitancy
I’m 48 years old. If you start counting with my paid internship in college, I’ve had a …
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Great blog post from Om Malik on the current AI hardware from Humane and Rabbit, and where things …
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I posted a video on YouTube today with where we’re going in Micro.blog to use AI in a limited …
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Got derailed looking at electric bikes (again!) and now I want this: eeyo.bike. I’m not super …
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Great effort from the Lakers. That was a good one. Looking forward to Nuggets vs. Timberwolves! 🏀
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I feel like MKBHD is trolling us now with the clickbait video titles. R1 review is overall pretty …
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Recorded a new video to release tomorrow, with a walkthrough of what is possible with photos and AI. …
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Watched the first episode of Fallout last night. Really good. I never played the game, so no idea …
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It was going to be confusing for DMA-required changes on iOS to not also apply to iPadOS, especially …
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When I find myself questioning whether I’m on the right side of an issue, it can be a little …
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Wish I could permanently remove that red dot from the Threads favicon. Life is better with most app …
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Thanks @numericcitizen for a new YouTube video about what’s new in Micro.blog! Covers updates …
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Uploading photos to Micro.blog? Don’t forget about Mimi Uploader. We will be rolling out some …
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Check out the iOS app Bound if you ever have a bunch of downloaded audiobook files that can’t fit in …
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It remains good advice not to judge an album (or a book, or almost anything) too quickly. From …
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Biden was great at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And Colin Jost was excellent: funny …
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One of the most confusing parts of Micro.blog is the Account → Edit Sources page. It is also one of …
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Manuel Moreale blogs that the web is not dying: Let’s imagine we ban TikTok. And Facebook. And …
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Mark Gurman says that Apple “has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup’s …
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We just posted a new episode of Core Intuition, about recent Micro.blog downtime and then a full …
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Years ago when we launched Micro.blog, I had a clear vision for indie blogging that felt on the …
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For everything in the news that I blog about, there are probably five stories that I just bite my …
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Obviously would’ve been good even earlier, but I’m glad to see construction for the Gaza floating …
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If you missed the announcement, next month we’re having Micro Camp, our free online event for …
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Little known feature in Micro.blog: it saves each copy of a draft in case you need to revert or get …
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TikTok bill is not xenophobic
I wasn’t sure whether I felt that strongly about the TikTok bill until I read this blog post …
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How am I only just now seeing the trailer for Chris Sanders’s The Wild Robot? Beautiful, like …
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I’m a progressive, but we may look back on woke-ism as perhaps overcompensating. I worry about …
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Continuing to learn a lot about AI. I’ve spun up several servers trying to find the right …
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What happened last night with our primary db server was sort of amateur hour, something I learned a …
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Fish pond after getting coffee at Epoch earlier. Looks the same as a couple decades ago except all …
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Didn’t realize my library card was expiring, and now I can’t get the books I’ve …
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A first look at the Rabbit R1 from David Pierce at The Verge: …the best way I can describe the R1 …
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I read a little of HR 815 to remind myself how the TikTok divestiture works. As much as Congress …
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Apple and Google as the bottlenecks for app distribution is what makes the TikTok forced divestiture …
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Watched the Rabbit R1 launch party. I love what they’re doing. The vision goes beyond a little …
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As seen in this video about Meta’s glasses, a clever solution to video calling: just stand in …
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It’s still very early in the trial, but seems the prosecution knows what they’re doing …
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I hate Apple’s control of app distribution, but while they’re at it why not ban useless …
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For folks using Micro.blog Premium with the AI setting enabled, you may start to notice some new …
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Coffee this morning at WhichCraft. I have the whole place to myself for now. ☕️
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Swift has been inescapable over the last year. With the release of “The …
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I’m grumpy and bitter about several unrelated things this morning. Probably shouldn’t be …
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Ghost has announced they are working on ActivityPub support. This is great news. Although the …
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Sarah Sherman and Chloe Fineman at the Paramount.
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I got into web development in the mid 1990s when I was about 20 years old. I feel very lucky to have …
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Seth Godin has one of the clearest blog posts about AI. Much of AI is an illusion. That …
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Don’t have much to say about Post.news shutting down other than what is already obvious to …
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Misplaced my AirPods Pro, possibly in New Orleans. I’ve been using wired EarPods for a few …
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Was listening to Laura Coates on CNN during lunch (yes, I watch the news too much) when the …
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TikTok Notes is an odd name for a product that is mostly about photos. I hope it doesn’t lead …
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Listened to the first half of The Tortured Poets Department last night before going to bed. When I …
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Thanks @vladcampos for having me as a guest on his show this week! Here’s a link to the video …
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Tonight’s plan:
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Announcing Micro Camp 2024! Coming up next month. From Jean’s post: Save the date! The 4th …
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Learning about the jury process for Trump’s trial, seems like even with the slow start …
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Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu, posting on Twitter X: in about 7 days, r1 reviews will be out. we are …
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I asked Meta.ai to imagine Austin in the 1920s, in watercolor. It has a lot of mistakes that a human …
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Meta’s ramping up their AI efforts. Playing around with www.meta.ai, it falls over with …
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Continuing to work through some lingering Micro.blog issues with the Ruby 3 upgrade. As I spot …
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I’m obviously not a constitutional lawyer, but seems like the right move to dismiss the …
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A few more thoughts on AI in M.b
I read some good blog posts this week about AI, from a range of perspectives. Micro.blog won’t …
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I sort of can’t get over how the data servers for TikTok’s Project Texas aren’t actually in Texas. I …
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AltStore PAL launches in the EU. Riley Testut blogs about the release, including what types of apps …
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On reviews of the AI Pin, the bigger problem is clickbait titles. Reviews on The Verge, MKBHD, The …
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Finally updated from Ruby 2 to Ruby 3 today. It went mostly smoothly, but there were a couple bugs …
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New AI global setting
There is a lot happening around generative AI. With the continued improvements from OpenAI, expected …
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Great video comparison of the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1. Obviously as the founder of Rabbit, Jesse …
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Streetcars in New Orleans. Had a great few days here.
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Jason Snell writes about how the smartphone duopoly makes it hard to create truly new products if …
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Lakers vs. Pelicans. Last game of the regular season. 🏀
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AI Pin reviews are in
Pretty devastating but not surprising review of Humane’s AI Pin by David Pierce at The Verge. …
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First sticker on the new laptop. ☕️
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Railroad crossing in Scott, Louisiana.
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Looking forward to what people come up with for today’s Micro.blog photo challenge word …
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I tried www.lyrak.com because I try all social apps, but it forced me to follow 5 people (couldn’t …
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Matt Mullenweg on the Beeper acquisition, adding to their previous acquisition of Texts: Today the …
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For day 8 of the Micro.blog photo challenge: prevention.
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Book to read while we wait for the eclipse, with a sort of appropriate title, Sunbringer. 🌑
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Happy eclipse day! It’s going to be a little cloudy here but still looking forward to the …
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The finale for Curb Your Enthusiasm was just right. Gonna miss that show but it was a good time to …
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Watching this video on Twitter X of Elon Musk talking about multiplanetary human life… Makes …
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Finished reading: The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. Hadn’t read this in about twenty years and I …
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Interesting article in The New York Times about training AI. The “cut corners” in the …
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Slow afternoon. Time for some database server housekeeping.
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I’m the guest on episode 7 of the Decentered podcast! This was a really fun discussion. We …
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Nice new blogroll from Molly White. I love this part of the web… Sharing links to interesting …
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I’m doing another editing pass of Indie Microblogging. Changing the page size and running a …
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“Most important things in life are a hassle. If life’s hassles disappeared, you’d …
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I’m a day late for the Micro.blog photo challenge word “foliage”, but this was a nice view this …
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Micro.blog 3.2 for macOS
Lots of improvements in this release. Full release notes:
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No invite to WWDC for me this year. Still hoping to get out to San Jose for a couple days. We talk …
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Disney Imagineering is at the top of their game right now. Watching this YouTube video of new …
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Good post from @mathowie@xoxo.zone about his ideal blogging platform. The part about integrating …
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Got a lot of good feedback yesterday about what should be prioritized for Micro.blog for macOS. I …
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Working on an update to Micro.blog for macOS. Anyone have any Mac-specific gripes that need …
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After five years with the Touch Bar, kind of strange to get used to a real function key row again. A …
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Coming back from lunch, saw a totally orange Cybertruck and in a weird way it actually looked better …
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David Pierce at The Verge writing about Google Podcasts going away and Google’s pattern of …
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Time for an upgrade. Intel to M3.
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Finally saw The Holdovers. Really enjoyed it. 🍿
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If I’ve learned nothing else managing servers, it’s that you don’t deploy changes …
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Working this morning at Lazarus on Airport. ☕️
March 2024
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Wicked is an all-time favorite. Haven’t seen it in years and forgot a few details that you miss on …
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Bluesky mentions in Micro.blog
Some folks on Micro.blog who also actively use Bluesky have noticed something new we’ve been …
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The last few Spurs games have been so good. First time they’ve won three in a row all season. …
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Core Int 593: California’s Pretty Nice. WWDC 2024 dates are announced, thinking about our trip …
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OpenAI’s unreleased voice engine is too good: …uses text input and a single 15-second audio sample …
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Primary database server hitting 75% disk space usage, time to revisit the long-term plan for scaling …
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ShareOpenly is a cool new post sharing option from Ben Werdmuller that works with Mastodon, …
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April is just around the corner and we’re doing another Micro.blog photo challenge! There will …
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Hot take on so-called white-collar crime, like the Sam Bankman-Fried sentence: 25 years is too long. …
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Colin Devroe has a new interview with me about all things Micro.blog. Interesting to compare what …
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Drove by this old gas station on Lamar a few weeks ago. Closed, junk everywhere, fence around the …
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Taking a little time this morning to improve the plumbing for Bluesky. Getting closer to a system …
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Finally catching up on the Decoder podcast interview with Jay Graber. Really inspired to get back to …
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Still a lot of bluebonnets everywhere in Austin.
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Backed How Comics Were Made. Only a couple days left on Kickstarter. I have a lot of books about …
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Great article from Ben Thompson today on the Apple antitrust case: …the Epic case may have shown …
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John Voorhees has a good section in his article about the Apple antitrust lawsuit and relevant …
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Trying out Adobe Podcast Studio. Some good ideas in this. We’re still using Logic to edit …
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Perhaps more than any other time in my life, this November the election is going to be decided by …
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Pedernales Falls State Park.
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I don’t care much for stats, but I wonder if Threads will support NodeInfo, so that total user …
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Realized after tinkering with a bunch of AI models that I’ve been overpaying for a couple …
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The latest episode of Core Intuition is out. Longer than usual today, a full hour to discuss United …
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I’m using the web interface for WhatsApp for the first time this week. It’s a great …
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Just got completely derailed into huggingface.co, playing with AI models. I continue to be amazed by …
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FEP for supported ActivityStreams types
One of the discussions at FediForum this week that was the most valuable for me was the session by …
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Catching up on the drama with Redis changing its license. Not too worried about it. Older versions …
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Pretty fair write-up on Platformer about the Apple case, both the parts that are weak and the larger …
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Investigating new issues with Threads posts making it through to Micro.blog. Doesn’t seem to be …
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Threads is enabling more of their fediverse support today. To be clear, you can follow Threads …
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Early thoughts on United States vs. Apple
I’m reading through the lawsuit document intro and skimming the rest. I only have strong …
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Finished reading: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence. Still not completely sure …
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This new video for Humane’s pin is by far the most effective pitch they’ve made for their device. …
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Dave Winer responds to my post about Threads and account migration: Right now Facebook is hoovering …
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Following up on this post, personally I don’t like the trend of social networks having a …
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Jatan Mehta blogs about the noisiness of most social networks, and how Micro.blog takes a different …
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Threads opt-in vs. fediverse migration
As Threads rolls out support for ActivityPub, Meta’s approach is to require each Threads user …
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After waffling for a while, I’ve decided to write a new web text editor for Micro.blog. The …
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I was late joining FediForum this morning, so it’s great to see the video of the Threads demo …
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I skimmed through Don Lemon’s interview with Elon Musk. The segment on the new Tesla Roadster …
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I’ve been thinking about this blog post I wrote 13 years ago more and more. A few years after …
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Spurs in Austin. Finally seeing Wemby in person. 🏀
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On the latest Core Intuition, we talk again about Apple and the EU, with the news of sideloading and …
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No joke, $700 for an M1 MacBook Air (via Daring Fireball) might be the best deal for any Mac in the …
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Finally got around to registering for FediForum. Looking forward to the discussions. I don’t …
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It’s a cheap shot to complain about developer tools — and Xcode overall is great! — but …
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To underscore how important sideloading or marketplaces are to me, I would be willing to set up a …
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Dichotomy. In Waco this morning in between state park visits. ☕️
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Ben Werdmuller on a first-class fediverse platform: I’m not bullish on squeezing long-form content …
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More updates from Dave Winer: he has a blogroll on his home page again, and a new site …
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I can’t blame spam for my failure to reply timely to support emails, but it doesn’t help …
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The TikTok bill has passed. I like Ben Thompson’s thoughts on this… We can support a …
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Dave Winer has a new page about blogrolls. Micro.blog’s new recommendations feature supports …
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“…a book is different—it is not just a material possession but the pathway to an enlightened …
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Excited to see Apple continue to improve the EU rules. The latest big change is web distribution, so …
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Getting great feedback about the new recommendations feature in Micro.blog. I’ve made a couple …
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Recommendations and blogrolls on Micro.blog
Today we’re introducing a new feature: blog recommendations. This was inspired by recent …
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I’m usually pretty good about catching and fixing auto-correct mistakes, but the one I always …
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Old steps and trail built by the CCC, at Lockhart State Park.
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Finished reading: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Wonderful. I had been stalled in my …
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I should take a break from blogging about politics, but I really like this Joe Biden ad. …
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Happy anniversary to my blog, started on this day 22 years ago, during SXSW. Actually a little …
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We just published the latest Core Intuition all about Apple, Spotify, Epic, and the EU, including a …
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TikTok asking its users to call their representatives seems to have backfired. From the committee …
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Rollercoaster week for the App Store. Spotify ruling, Epic banned, EU getting involved, Epic now …
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Good idea here from Ben Werdmuller for a Fediverse VIP service: Fediverse VIP is a managed service …
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Excited to see reactions to last night’s Biden speech. A couple minor stumbles, but he nailed …
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That’s the State of the Union we needed. Biden fired up and ready to get back to work. 🇺🇸
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Apple’s DMA compliance report is set in Arial, in case you are still wondering how …
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Tips for not getting overwhelmed and distracted in this era of infinite content… Turn off all …
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I usually try to avoid quoting just the end of an essay (spoilers!) but the closing lines in …
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Almost a little surprised Apple has banned Epic yet again, because it just further supports a …
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Dusting off Android builds for Epilogue this morning, after a new iOS build was submitted to Apple. …
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Even putting aside the long list of gripes about how Elon Musk ran Twitter into the ground, …
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If you’re a fan of Brandon Sanderson, make sure to watch today’s crowdfunding video to …
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MacStories has a summary of EU rules tweaks today with the arrival of iOS 17.4. For marketplaces, …
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Just a few hours left in the Kickstarter for Tapestry. Looks like the Iconfactory can hit the next …
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Another good monthly summary from The Fediverse Report. There was a lot going on last month with …
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I like Spotify’s move into audiobooks, but playback is still too focused on songs and albums. …
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The demolition of the Frank Erwin Center. It has been a part of Austin my entire life — under …
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A $2B EU fine days before the DMA goes into effect is a clear warning shot. …
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Rearranged part of the living room to create a workspace, with new prints from Cameron Moll on the …
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Craig Hockenberry blogs about some of the questions that are being asked about Tapestry. Whether the …
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Having a difficult time finishing books this year. Keep starting new ones but not ready to …
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Dune, part 2. Stunning. So much there that it was almost overwhelming… Loved it. 🍿
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On the latest episode of @coreint, we talk about Apple’s now-cancelled car project, speculate …
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Early voted today in the Texas primary. Sad to admit I don’t have high expectations for Democrats …
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Great news for PWAs: Apple is not disabling them in the EU after all. It seemed like an unnecessary …
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Victor Wembanyama doing things no one has ever done in the NBA before. Great highlights here: …
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I can’t get over how nonsensical Trump sounds sometimes. From yesterday’s trip to the …
February 2024
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This goes well with my post yesterday.
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Great post on WP Tavern by Ronny Shani about the state of WordPress’s Data Migration …
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Happy leap day! Seth Godin blogs about making the leap to blogging every day: It wasn’t an external …
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The country has been very patient waiting on the Trump trials, and this latest delay with the …
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Uploading a new beta of Micro.blog for iOS with some more fixes. This should be ready to ship later …
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No, I don’t want to rate the app, or the Skype call, or the mechanic, or the quality of a …
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Still votes to count in the Michigan primary, but seems like the protest vote against Biden will …
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The Verge’s early look at Humane’s AI Pin sounds about right: It’s a darn cool gadget. It’s just …
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I never want to see layoffs, but it’s the right move for Apple to officially cancel the car …
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Tracks across Navasota Street, before having lunch with an old friend at Cosmic. 🚂
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I’ve seen a couple links to this post on 404 Media that Automattic may sell user data to AI …
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An update on the pricing update
When we simplified our pricing, some folks asked if it was such a good deal for customers that we …
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Netflix is turning off the existing paid subscriptions for people who signed up years ago using iOS …
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February has been busy. Pausing to reflect on everything that has happened in one month: new notes …
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Congrats @cheesemaker on shipping a new iOS app Calamity! It pulls in potential disasters near you — …
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Digging underway at Mueller.
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Just in time for an election year in the US, from @news today: Added muting words or phrases to the …
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Sometimes I get carried away using Redis. Made another change a couple days ago that shaved over 12 …
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Good summary blog post on some of the IndieWeb-related improvements @paulrobertlloyd has made …
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On a bit of a roll with iOS app updates this week. Some minor improvements to both Strata and …
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Just posted the latest episode of Core Intuition. We talked a lot about the Micro.blog notes …
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Posted a new beta of Epilogue on TestFlight. Having mixed feelings about the Open Library …
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Bluesky opening up federation
Bluesky has a couple new blog posts and info around the production deploy of federation. From their …
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I didn’t think Apple needed to make a sports app, but now that they have, it’ll be my …
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Really happy with the feedback on our pricing change. I think it’s resonating well with folks …
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Tired of running out of disk space, finally decided to move Xcode and the DerivedData folder to a …
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Simplified pricing in Micro.blog
Micro.blog has always had per-blog pricing. Hosting one blog was $5, two blogs was $10, three blogs …
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I wouldn’t mind an AI assistant that could call my doctor’s office, wait on hold …
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Had to take Groq.com out for a spin (not xAI’s Grok). Continue to be pretty happy with OpenAI, …
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Just another day digging through the Mastodon source code to understand what in the world it’s …
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Not sure when our luck with Apple is going to run out, but we’ve now had a few quick app …
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New sticker, Books Are Magic. Also started reading The Bone Season. 📚
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Posted another short video on YouTube about notes, this time with Micro.blog for macOS. The app has …
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Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky… If you’re feeling overwhelmed by our post-Twitter social web, this …
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Last night’s downtown revealed yet more holes in server redundancy that should’ve been …
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Interesting thread from Mastodon’s Renaud Chaput, noticed via The Fediverse Report, about how …
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Eugen Rochko on recent Mastodon spam. I haven’t noticed any problems yet but I expect some …
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It’s easy to be blinded by past decisions. I took a fresh look at our pricing this weekend and …
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Fun 3-point contest tonight, especially the Steph vs. Sabrina addition. Hope they keep some version …
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I hadn’t read Tantek Çelik’s post on the ephemeral web yet when I blogged about Mastodon yesterday, …
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Quiet morning working on Mac software. Fixed a handful of bugs in Micro.blog and released a new …
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Letitia James, after New York’s $350 million fine on Trump: The scale and the scope of Donald …
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Fani Willis testifying in Fulton County, Georgia yesterday: You’re confused. You think …
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We’re two weeks in to the Vision Pro launch! On today’s Core Intuition, I start by …
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To balance my criticism of Apple today, it appears Apple is letting Epic Games have a dev account in …
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I get frustrated when a company is actively making the web worse instead of better. Spare me the …
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Apple is twisting the truth
I don’t want my whole life to be writing blog posts and podcasting about Apple’s changes …
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Some of my best blog posts are buried behind really boring, unhelpful post titles. If a post …
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Mastodon and public data
I’ve been thinking about Mastodon and the fallout from Bridgy’s plan to connect ActivityPub servers …
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Great post from @writingslowly on how categories and filters work in Micro.blog.
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If you’ve been following the Bridgy and Mastodon drama, consider that many Mastodon users don’t want …
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Jason Snell writing at Macworld: What I’m saying is that if Apple would take the chance on four or …
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Excellent interview with Jay Graber on Techmeme Ride Home, on YouTube here. Clear framing of …
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I made a short video showing some of the new notes feature in Micro.blog.
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Having one of those moments while fixing a bug where I can’t believe this worked at all, for …
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I added a help page with an overview of how encryption works for notes in Micro.blog, and some …
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Thanks to @vincent for all his work on our new mobile app Strata. It’s no small thing to get a …
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Introducing notes in Micro.blog
Today we’re launching a major new feature for Micro.blog Premium subscribers. Micro.blog notes …
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I’m expecting a little bit of pushback when launching something totally new, because …
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I have a really hard time coming up with dark mode colors. Nothing looks right.
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Good interview at Platformer with Eugen Rochko. Some of his thoughts on AT Protocol: My hope still …
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In software, sometimes to get attention it helps to release a 2.0. People tune out and don’t …
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Increasingly feel that I’m paying an Objective-C tax in Xcode. Typing and debugging is so much …
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Started a little slow but that turned into a great game. Can’t believe I doubted Patrick Mahomes at …
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Congrats to @brentsimmons and the NetNewsWire contributors on the 21-year anniversary of the app! …
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I dunno folks, I’m starting to think Trump isn’t on our side: …while president, …
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Haven’t posted a new home screen in a while. Our new app in the dock, almost ready. Otherwise my …
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Still love developing Mac apps. It’s such a nice feeling to know I can continue to work on …
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Meandered from browsing old political posts on my blog, to wishing I could link to all posts that …
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Finally got the hang of CloudKit JS. It’s not as flexible as I’d like, or as seamless as …
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Enjoyed this review of the Vision Pro from Joe Cieplinski. I’m not convinced about using it …
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New Core Int! A full hour show with our thoughts after using the Apple Vision Pro.
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Spent time profiling server code today. I don’t do that often enough. It’s sometimes …
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Didn’t realize until reading this blog post from the Fediverse Report that much of the new …
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Poked through the special counsel report on Biden’s documents. It’s upsetting that …
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Last week Casey Neistat posted a fun video about the Vision Pro. I love those fun videos he makes. …
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Manuel Moreale: The great list of all the blog platforms. I’m not just linking to this because …
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When you pay for something, whether $5 or $3500, it’s natural to justify the purchase. You …
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Tested the Vision Pro for the first time today, in the Apple Store. The passthrough quality and …
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Bluesky domain handles in Micro.blog
I’ve always liked how Bluesky uses a domain name for your handle. Starting today, Micro.blog …
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Bluesky has added another million users this week, bringing the total to over 4 million. By …
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To underscore the feeling over the last couple weeks that there has been a rise in COVID cases …
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My first thought on hearing about the Epic and Disney partnership is that this is how Fortnite …
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I created another short video for Micro.blog, this time going through some of the bookmark-related …
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Scrolling through news.micro.blog, there have been 42 blog posts so far this year. Each one is …
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Adam Newbold blogged last month about resisting the urge to respond to some posts online: The urge …
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Apple has approved our new app and I’m sort of almost shocked, but happy. You never know! …
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Working on a new (small) web site and using @Mtt’s Tiny theme. The new microhooks are so …
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Wordle 962 4/6. Sharing this one because it’s a sort of perfect pattern that doesn’t happen often. …
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Congrats to the Bluesky team on opening to everyone today! Expecting a lot to happen this year with …
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Just tuned into the last part of Biden’s speech today on the border security and foreign aid …
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Great overview (and video) from Craig Hockenberry on how Tapestry works with JavaScript and JSON …
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Ben Thompson’s review of the Apple Vision Pro is excellent. There’s a lot there. I …
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Submitted a new 1.0 app to Apple! Requires a Micro.blog account, so who knows whether it will go …
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Getting good feedback (positive and negative) about how we’re using AI in Micro.blog. We …
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Bookmark improvements for AI, browsers
Rolling out bookmark improvements in Micro.blog Premium today. Two things:
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I’ve said before that it’s difficult to write in 300 characters about the war in Gaza. …
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Got some random requests to sign into my Google account, so locked it down a little better this …
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Enjoying the Grammys so far. Trevor Noah is such a great host. New Curb Your Enthusiasm tonight, …
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The leap from my old Nokia phone to the first iPhone was enormous. We sort of want all tech …
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My guess is we’ll see a ruling on the Trump immunity question this week. We’re all impatient, for …
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Made a short 2-minute video about Micro.blog cross-posting to other services, especially manually …
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Spent some time this weekend experimenting with browser extensions. I had avoided this too long, …
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Until reading through Jason Snell’s FAQ, didn’t really occur to me that Apple has spent …
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Slow weekend. Sitting on the couch, hanging out with the dog. I could imagine using a Vision Pro …
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Amazing video from Casey Neistat going around New York City wearing the Vision Pro. My opinion keeps …
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I try to welcome feedback, but it’s tiring to be lectured on how I’m wrong about Apple …
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Experimenting with other ways to use the OpenAI API, and one thing that has struck me is the price …
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Just posted a new @coreint with a follow-up about the CTF, Black Ink for iOS, and (of course!) the …
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If Mark Zuckerberg says it’s very difficult to use the new App Store EU rules — and Meta just …
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Step one, take off the headset
Steve Troughton-Smith asks an interesting question on Mastodon: “Why would anybody use my app …
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Had a dream last night that I was hired at GitHub. My team was about 4-5 people, much younger than …
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There has been a long list of proprietary Apple connectors over the years, but this wide Lightning …
January 2024
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I paused posting to Threads last year because I thought the platform would be joining the fediverse …
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Apple needs a flop
Early reviews for the Vision Pro dropped this week. This device is technically amazing, with …
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I’ve got the senate committee hearing about child exploitation on in the background while I …
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Castro has found a new home with Bluck Apps, who already has a podcast app on Android. They blog …
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Great to see more of the Texas grid powered by renewable energy. From KUT, broke a record a couple …
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Very excited about Project Tapestry from the Iconfactory, now available to back on Kickstarter. We …
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Accidentally poured chocolate milk in my cereal. Guess it’s going to be one of those kind of …
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Manual cross-posting to Threads and more
Today we’ve added a brand new option for manual cross-posting from Micro.blog to other …
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Because of their decades of truly great products, Apple thinks they are more clever than anyone …
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Reviewing news coverage of the Core Technology Fee, usually glossed over is that the CTF applies to …
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MacStories has also published their write-up on the App Store changes for the Digital Markets Act. …
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With all the App Store EU changes, briefly considered that maybe my iPhone 14 Pro will be my last …
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Spurs with back-to-back wins. Ignore the season record so far… Fun game and great 4th quarter. 🏀
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For folks who have been actively using Threads, are we at the point where we need URL shorteners …
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Ben Werdmuller blogs about how the IndieWeb is for everyone, inspired by a post from Tantek Çelik. …
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John Gruber’s post about Apple’s EU plans is long, but the part in the middle with the …
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Crazy that it’s more or less equal odds on Trump either dying broke or being elected president …
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$83 million awarded to E. Jean Carroll. I guess the jury was trying to deter Trump from continuing …
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My code is rarely clever, but sometimes it makes me smile. There’s a feature in Micro.blog …
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Fixing the App Store, part 2
In a blog post from 2020, I suggested four changes to fix the App Store for developers: 1) allow …
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Follow-ups from @coreint yesterday about the DMA… We glossed over the Core Tech Fee. I have a …
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Coalition for App Fairness on today’s App Store news: Apple clearly has no intention to …
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No surprise, Apple’s new DMA terms get worse the closer you look. It’s not true …
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I’ve been re-reading parts of the DMA and Apple’s new rules, and honestly I can’t …
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Core Intuition episode 584 is up now with our reaction to the just-announced App Store changes for …
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I was starting to get excited about the new marketplace functionality coming to the App Store, until …
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Still sorting out Apple’s changes for the EU, coming in March. On first reading, it’s …
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Casey Liss blogs about the multiple-monitor potential of Vision Pro: Yesterday was an odd day, in …
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I’ve always been against the death penalty, but this experiment with nitrogen in Alabama is …
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Free parking, at Lazarus on Airport. ☕️
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Just got derailed reading the EU’s Digital Markets Act again. I’m sure the Apple lawyers …
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Most political campaign emails are too long, with manufactured urgency, and formatted poorly. But I …
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The more I hear from Jesse Lyu, the more impressed I am. I finally pre-ordered a Rabbit R1. Kicking …
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Happy 40th anniversary to the Mac! My first introduction to the Mac was as a kid, visiting my uncle …
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The Wall Street Journal has an article today about Apple’s plans for sideloading in the EU: …
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The reaction to Barbie is overshadowing what a success the 8 nominations are. And of the women …
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Listening to Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu on This Week in Startups and learning a lot. They aren’t …
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David Smith blogs about Stephen Hackett joining his indie company: I am extraordinarily proud of …
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There are a lot of new blogging systems popping up. This is a good thing. Micro.blog will be …
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Daniel Jalkut has shipped Black Ink for iOS! I’m sure we’ll be talking about this on the …
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From the blog post for Day One shared journals, they do a great job of explaining why the feature …
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This is a really nice feature from Feedbin: Fixable Feeds. I noticed this in the UI just by accident …
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Posts reply count UI
Micro.blog can be thought of as a mashup of a Twitter-like social timeline and a WordPress-like blog …
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As long as she has support and money, Nikki Haley should stay in the race. I don’t think …
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Another blog post from Paul Frazee on the thinking behind Bluesky’s technical plumbing: We …
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Interesting take by Dave Winer (in audio, here’s the download link) about the sort of …
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Jason Snell writing at Macworld: Now that today’s iMacs and iPads are essentially the same in terms …
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Accidentally stumbled on my old post from 2011 titled “30% of the future”: The new Apple has fallen …
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I wonder if there’s an update on how Apple is helping employees in Texas deal with the …
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This is a nice write-up by @leonp of the iPhone app Beluga, which essentially publishes a static …
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Speaking of Alec Baldwin, I loved his Trump impressions on SNL, but James Austin Johnson as Trump is …
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I’ve read too many articles about the accident with Alec Baldwin’s gun firing on the Rust set, like …
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John Gruber asks the relevant question for Apple’s new linking rules: Here’s a simple thought …
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David Pierce at The Verge on the Vision Pro and Safari-based web apps: Embracing the web will mean …
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About halfway through the 4th season of For All Mankind. Enjoying it. Sort of forgot some of the …
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On the latest Core Intuition, Daniel and I talk about Apple’s new external linking rules and …
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Micro.blog has always stubbornly stuck to static-site generation (first Jekyll, then Hugo) and …
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While troubleshooting today, I took a minute to notice how many posts are on my blog. About 6400, of …
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Life is short, make the most of it. This is on the old El Milagro building. Shame about the …
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Good post by Paul Frazee on why Bluesky uses rich-text facets. I’m not quite convinced — I …
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I’m not ordering a Vision Pro, but I went through the buying process out of curiosity. Apple …
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I said I’d stop writing about Apple for a minute, but this is a really good post over at …
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Recorded a new @coreint that’ll be published in a day or two. I think I got all my “App …
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Fantastic blog post from Andy Baio about the fall of Ello. I would poke in on it every once in a …
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Iowa sues TikTok over the app’s 12+ age rating. From attorney general Brenna Bird: It’s time …
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Apple can be frustrating with the App Store because they will have policies that are plainly wrong, …
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Read And Find Out shirt from Dragonsteel. Brandon Sanderson picked up this phrase from Robert …
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Not sure if anyone noticed but there was a bit of a rollercoaster going on behind the scenes with …
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Brent Simmons blogging after the new Apple linking policy: But I need to remember, now and again, …
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I like Tim Cook, but there are moral issues he seems completely blind to, like this 27% tax nonsense …
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There’s some interesting stuff in Bluesky’s moderation report. Kudos to them for being …
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Tim Sweeney reacts to Apple’s new linking rules (Twitter X): Epic will contest Apple’s …
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Apple’s new rules for linking out of an app are totally unacceptable. The whole point of the court …
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My track record of blog posts that go a little against the grain (but which are later proven right) …
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I have a knee-jerk reaction to products that only the well-off can afford. See also: Apple Watch …
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I like this closing in Victoria Song’s Apple Vision Pro hands-on for The Verge: I’d been …
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Created a very simple web page at blogarchive.org, mostly just a couple links to other resources. …
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Thinking about Iowa results… To the most liberal, progressive folks in the Democratic party: Trump …
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Supreme Court has denied both appeals in Epic v. Apple. My reading of this: we can now link to …
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Mark Gurman on Apple’s EU plans, although it’s not clear whether this is his speculation or …
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Iowa caucus night! It all feels a bit ridiculous, like a parallel reality… the freezing weather, …
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Finished reading: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner. If I knew this was going to be this good, would’ve …
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Micro.blog category improvements
There has been a long-standing issue in Micro.blog where blog category names had to be ASCII …
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Really enjoyed Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. I had kind of tuned it out when it first popped up on …
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Rabbit R1 has now sold out of their first 30k units (Twitter X link). Still questions about their …
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Glad we can count on Apple to feature MLK on their home page today. Sometimes I worry Apple has lost …
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Starting to worry about this Cowboys game a little. 🏈
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The case for .bar
Micro.blog supports importing from a lot of different services: Twitter, WordPress, Medium, Tumblr, …
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Brr, woke up to about 25°, cold walk with the dog. Hope everyone across the country is bundled up …
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New video from @numericcitizen all about Micro.blog standalone pages and related tips. Cool!
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Rolled out several behind-the-scenes improvements this morning to cross-posting and ActivityPub. …
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Calm before the storm. Slept in a little, catching up on work now before Home Depot and related …
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On this week’s Core Int, we talk more about AI devices, comparing the Rabbit R1 and Humane Ai Pin, …
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I’ve decided to opt-out the Micro.blog apps from the Apple Vision Pro store. My boring CEO …
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Finally figured out why I hadn’t had much luck with edited posts on Micro.blog making their …
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Going to be a cold weekend in Austin. But iced coffee is still my default as long as we’re above …
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I have gripes about Substack even aside from content moderation, but I do think it’s worth …
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John Gruber in a post on the passing of Niklaus Wirth: Most of the apps that established the …
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Last month I mentioned we have a brand new feature rolling out later this month. It is coming along …
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Because my thinking-out-loud about news headlines in Micro.blog went over so well, for my next trick …
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Rabbit has sold through their initial 10k units already. @danielpunkass and I talked about this for …
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Missed this Patreon blog post from last month on accounting for Apple’s 30% cut: Apple is …
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Got some really interesting replies on my post about a potential news section in Micro.blog. To be …
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Just did some research for a reply to “someone who is wrong on the internet”, drafted the reply in …
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2024 is going to be something else. One feature I’ve had in the back of my mind for a while is a …
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Outrage is like a poison. It’s good to be passionate, thoughtful, outspoken even. But if …
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Doing more work with CloudKit. Honestly haven’t really done much with it before. Everything I …
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Weird morning, apparently I forgot my Apple ID password? The password in 1Password didn’t …
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Excited to see the Rabbit R1. Only $199! Not sure who is going to crack this AI device category, but …
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If you use Micro.blog on the web, you may notice the layout has changed slightly. These kind of …
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ActivityPub plugin for WordPress has bumped to version 2.0, lots of good changes. No-brainer …
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2024 has started busy. Juggling a lot of different things, hopefully it all settles out. Still …
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Usually CNN.com is not great. Shallow soundbites and clickbait along with your breaking news. But …
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It seems really easy to trip up Safari into trashing localStorage, even before its 7-day window. For …
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Created a page to track my goal of visiting all the Texas state parks. It’s a pretty daunting …
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I’ve been critical of the $3500 price specifically and the entire premise of the Vision Pro …
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I don’t enjoy flying. This 737 Max 9 news is actually reassuring, though, that the plane …
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Trump lies so much it’s bonkers. Meanwhile, I kind of like it when Biden accidentally goes off …
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Went on a short hike at Lake Whitney State Park. Windy day near the water.
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I remain convinced that normal people don’t want the Vision Pro, but I’m not willing to …
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Ray Roberts Lake State Park. First state park of the new year as I attempt to visit all 88 parks in …
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I get Apple’s stance on privacy and tracking, but clearing cookies and especially localStorage …
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Kickstarter update with ePub
Today I sent the following update to Kickstarter backers about the ePub version of Indie …
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Just published the first episode of Core Intuition for 2024. We talk about finally winding down the …
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Going to roll out a slight layout change to Micro.blog on the web later this month, to better use …
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At the restaurant for lunch they had the highlights from Spurs vs. Bucks on the TV. So good. I …
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New Chuy’s going up in Mueller. 🌮
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Added a footer on book.micro.blog to show that the book is Creative Commons (CC BY). This means you …
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Fun fact about my book Indie Microblogging, it has about 300 quotes. This is partly why it’s …
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For his birthday, Matt Mullenweg just wants you to blog. I love it because it’s actually a gift to …
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Finished reading: Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan. Fifth book and I think the weakest in the …
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ePub fiddling today. Still don’t have a great workflow. Ulysses export → ePub with CSS tweaks, …
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Love seeing all the “year in books” blog posts from folks. If anyone’s curious …
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The draft of the book is in Ulysses, each of the 70+ chapters as sheets, and the web site is hosted …
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Updated book.micro.blog with the latest draft. Lots of little edits, and more updates for X, …
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Mickey and Minnie in Steamboat Willie, finally in the public domain. Happy New Year! 🎉
December 2023
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Year in books for 2023
Here are the books I finished reading in 2023. I thought I might finish another one this weekend, …
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I like John Gruber’s airport lounge analogy for iMessage. Michael Tsai takes it one step …
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I’m sure I’ve blogged about this before but deploying Micro.blog is like a hilarious …
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I said during Micro Camp back in May that I hoped Micro.blog would be open source by the end of the …
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Feeling like it’s time to travel again. For 2024, I’m going to start a new challenge: …
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Bluesky replies via Bridgy
Blogs and social networks talking to each other is still kind of magic. If you’re on the …
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Public Storage is maybe too public
“I just had this weird feeling that my money wasn’t safe here anymore.” — Sneakers …
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Learning from this blog post that GitHub has 1200 MySQL servers.
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Finished watching the Dragonsteel spoiler Q&A. It took a few days, off and on. I’ve read …
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In Evan Prodromou’s list of big and small fediverse traits, I lean more to big, but I …
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I was thinking about Nick Heer’s post about the current top few social networks to replace …
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Nitpick with some modern web services: I don’t like the trend of expiring URLs, like temp S3 …
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At some point in the last few days, one of the changes to my blog has caused Hugo to go off the …
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Watched some of the usual Christmas movies over the last week, and a couple new ones… 🎄 Then …
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Happy holidays, everyone! A new episode of Core Intuition just went up, the last episode of 2023. We …
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Following Bluesky users from Micro.blog
This weekend I added limited support for following Bluesky users in Micro.blog. This isn’t …
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More good progress in Bluesky: there are now RSS feeds for all user profiles. This is just a useful …
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I like the new Bluesky butterfly logo. Still invite-only, but I have a handful of invite codes if …
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Writing a blog post draft in Micro.blog for Mac this morning and I guess I’m hitting ⌘-S …
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Watching the Substack drama unfold but just taking notes for now. Trying to put most of my writing …
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Got some bad news last night that really shook me. Nothing family or health related, which is what …
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Raining in Austin this morning. Working and having coffee at Lazarus. 🎄
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I should’ve done more testing with audio apps after upgrading to Sonoma. Things went off the …
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I finally installed macOS Sonoma, so I’m testing Micro.blog as a saved web application for the …
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As the year winds down, thinking about the fediverse, I want to do a better job in 2024 of making …
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Great article from David Pierce at The Verge about the potential of the fediverse: Forget the …
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Continued my Redis spelunking last night and managed to cut 10 GB off our memory usage. Makes a big …
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Love how Brandon just drops this sentence into the State of the Sanderson: Tress would make a …
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Spending the morning going through a lot of bloat in Redis, clearing out unused data. It has been a …
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I thought we had mostly avoided the Mastodon spam from the last couple of days, but it must’ve …
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I don’t mind flying under the radar. There are benefits for a product to start small and grow …
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Flipboard is rolling out the first phase of joining the fediverse: In this first phase we are …
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“Play Me” — piano outside the library, Windsor Park Branch.
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I don’t have strong feelings about the Adobe/Figma deal falling through. I guess if …
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Starting to see a path for Nikki Haley to be the nominee. I have mixed feelings about this. On the …
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I really liked Leave the World Behind. There are some great scenes in it. Left with a few things to …
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Threads starting opt-in for the fediverse is fine. In fact, it’s what we did in Micro.blog too …
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Don’t want to jinx it but we finally have Micro.blog performance under control after a couple …
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Jamie Thingelstad is today’s interview on Manuel Moreale’s People and Blogs series, with …
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Brick Oven on Red River has been closed since the pandemic. Last week they made it permanent and …
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Good quotes from Bluesky CEO Jay Graber in this Fast Company interview. Surprised to learn that …
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Love this update to Mimi Uploader that can generate photo alt text for you with AI. Mimi is a …
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Adam Mosseri on Threads plans, video transcript
Yesterday, Meta started enabling limited support for ActivityPub in Threads, mostly around following …
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One of those mornings where I just run redis-cli monitor and look for things that surprise me.
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Figured out where this delivery robot is from. They are made by Avride and do deliveries for …
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From a post-trial interview with Tim Sweeney, he reiterates why settlement talks with Google …
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The slow rollout of ActivityPub in Threads continues, but it doesn’t appear to be accessible …
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After posting about not wanting to push unannounced features to a public repo, I got suggestions to …
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Mark Zuckerberg posted to Threads about starting ActivityPub testing, but it’s not clear what …
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The day has finally come… I’ve added Swift to the Micro.blog for Mac project. Yes, I …
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Working on encryption and understanding the best initialization vector lengths and then all of a …
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Because the Mac app for Micro.blog is open source and we’re holding off announcing some new …
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Walking down our street yesterday, I was thinking about how only one person for at least several …
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Thinking about renaming Micro.blog to the letter M. The subtitle will be “the everything …
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When we added bookmarks to Micro.blog, I used 🐘 to make sure emoji worked. Now I’ve stuck with …
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Epic gets a win against Google. Everyone is trying to make sense of the differences between Epic v. …
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Trying Apple’s new Journal app for the first time after upgrading my phone to iOS 17.2. Not bad, but …
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Beeper Mini is (partially) back. From their blog: Make no mistake, the changes Apple made on Friday …
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Increasingly thinking that we’re too worried about AI hallucination. AI is never going to be …
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We’ve gotten some good feedback about the latest Core Intuition, so this is a rare “in …
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Not trying to overhype this but I’m so excited about what we’re going to launch in …
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Finished reading: Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan. Didn’t expect this one to end so suddenly …
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Speaking of self-promotion… 🙂 There’s a new Core Intuition out. On episode 579 we …
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Link previews or ads
Sometimes people ask for link preview cards in the Micro.blog timeline. Maybe eventually we’ll …
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Thinking about what Mosseri said introducing Threads search: …having a comprehensive list of …
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I’m using ChatGPT more and more for coding help. Sometimes I don’t fully trust the …
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Love developing for the web and learning how to do something new for the first time. Processing a …
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Sometimes the choices we don’t mean to make end up perfect. When I was traveling this year my shoes …
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Threads launching in the EU next week. My earlier theory was they were waiting for ActivityPub (and …
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Noticed load averages briefly jumping up to 10.0 so it’s going to be that kind of day. …
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It’s been a couple weeks since we got our first Roomba, so here’s my review: it’s …
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Testing new in-progress features and everything is kind of working. Maybe at this point in my career …
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Interesting juxtaposition of releases today… The new Ivory with Mastodon hashtags support and …
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Watching a few clips from last night’s GOP debate. Chris Christie still fighting the good …
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I love these robots. We’ve seen more of them but it’s not clear if they are actually …
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Congrats to @cheesemaker and the Silverpine team for announcing the beta of Evergreen.ink, an …
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Beeper Mini looks like an impressive feat of reverse-engineering. Apple will surely try to break …
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Made a little architecture diagram for Micro.blog that reflects the recent server upgrades. A couple …
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I’ve been putting off an infrastructure upgrade because 💰, going to bring online another new …
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Matt Haughey in a blog post about renting a Tesla: I wish other EVs could be this good. I will …
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Finished reading: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Absolutely wonderful. 📚
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Can’t believe I’m still working on the book. Just a few final end-of-year updates. New …
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Tweet Marker’s whole purpose was for cross-platform, cross-app timeline sync. There was never …
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The future of Nostr might not actually be for microblogging but instead as a cross-platform generic …
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Apple Pay has made me lazy about credit cards and it finally came back to bite me. Drove to Dallas …
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Went to the early IMAX screening for Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron tonight. Managed to …
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Starting to see “included in Premium” free audiobooks in Spotify. This is going to be great.
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I’m excited that Texas is in the playoffs, but only picking four teams is always going to …
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Quiet night camping at Ray Roberts Lake State Park.
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My quick 5-minute demo from FediForum is now on YouTube. I show off Micro.blog and fediverse …
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Just published Core Intuition 578 about the MarsEdit 5.1 release, AI and copyright, software …
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Working more this weekend on the feature I teased about a few days ago. Work has accelerated and now …
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Castro is back online and Tiny is considering finding a new home for the app, via Rob Fahrni. For …
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Glass announced they are raising their prices for next year, but it looks like even with the change …
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December already! I still have 9 books left on my reading goal for the year. I’m halfway …
November 2023
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iA Writer 7
Nice approach in iA Writer 7 for pasting ChatGPT output into your writing and tracking your edits to …
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Seems there aren’t many notes apps that are end-to-end encrypted. Obsidian is one, and …
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Putting on my sys admin hat this week, evaluating what we can improve. Our primary MySQL server has …
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Happy anniversary ChatGPT
One year ago today, ChatGPT was released. It’s not that often that products truly change …
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Not sure what to make of Elon Musk’s interview yesterday. It’s so easy to say he’s …
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MarsEdit 5.1 is out with support for posting to Mastodon and improvements for Micro.blog too, like …
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Usually I work on improvements to Micro.blog for a couple days or weeks and roll them out. Very …
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Interesting conversation about web hosting and AI in this interview on Decoder with Avishai Abrahami …
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Transfer domains to Micro.blog
Today we’re rolling out some major improvements to domain name support in Micro.blog. …
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Playing around with Raindrop.io today. It’s really nicely done. I’ve added support for …
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Default apps for 2023
There have been a bunch of “what apps am I using?” blog posts recently, inspired by an …
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I’ve been eyeing a specific domain name for several months. It’s a premium TLD and I …
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Reminded by this post from Vincent that Arq exists. I used it years ago when I was frustrated with …
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Sarah Perez writing at TechCrunch about Evernote’s experiments with a more limited free plan: …
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Roomba vs. dog. It takes a lot for Ollie to move… Certainly more than a robot nudge. If …
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Fixing one last thing after our server problems yesterday. I almost finished it last night but …
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We talk about domain names as your web identity, how it’s more permanent and meaningful when …
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Dealing with fallout from another server failure. We have pretty good redundancy most places, except …
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Cool driving by REI on Black Friday and seeing the store closed. Kudos for thinking of employees and …
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Super Mario Wonder is excellent on replay. I’m slowly finding all the levels I missed. Some of …
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The ads on TV for Humane’s pin are pretty effective. I don’t expect much success for the first …
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Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 I finished Mario Wonder. Great game, I’ve been playing a couple levels every …
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We just posted a new Core Intuition all about the chaos at OpenAI over the last several days, …
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Happy to keep growing the list of formats that Micro.blog can import to your blog. As of today: …
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Doing a little more tinkering with Stimulus. @vincent and I have talked about refactoring more of my …
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Most companies would delay any product changes if they were in the middle of leadership chaos. …
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Pretty big deal that Spotify didn’t have to pay Google the usual in-app purchase fees. The …
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Uptown in Dallas over the weekend, coffee and work at Foxtrot as the trolly goes by in the …
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Delay fish
Marlin from Finding Nemo: I just can’t afford any more delays and you’re one of those …
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Catching up this morning on all the OpenAI and Microsoft news. Hard to overstate how dramatic a …
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Wanted to make my blog Creative Commons licensed again, so I created a little Micro.blog plug-in …
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Om Malik on the OpenAI news: …the big question is what this really means in the long term for the …
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The latest Core Intuition has everything about my road trip, getting COVID, seeing U2 in Vegas, and …
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I’ve been quite happy with OpenAI as a developer. We use their API to transcribe podcasts …
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Friday bombshell, Sam Altman is gone from OpenAI: Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative …
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Amazing that we’re only a month and a half away from Steamboat Willie being in the public …
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Lillihub is a new Micro.blog web client by @heyloura! It’s got a bunch of features and a …
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Very positive review of Coyote vs. Acme over at Cartoon Brew. This is the film that was finished but …
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Good news from Bluesky that a public web interface is coming this month. They’ve had a …
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Great news that Apple will be adopting RCS, via 512 Pixels. iMessage is the biggest lock-in to Apple …
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Uncertain future for Tumblr
Kudos to Matt Mullenweg for making public the internal memo about the future of Tumblr. It seems …
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Going to record a new @coreint today. It’s been a while… Traveling and getting sick …
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about preserving web sites after our death. …
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Very reasonable take by Jason Snell about AI assistants. Siri needs to be completely gutted and …
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CNN’s web site is usually a mix of news headlines and dumb clickbait, but sometimes it’s …
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Finished reading: Divergent by Veronica Roth. Wasn’t planning on getting this but it was on Libby’s …
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Finished reading: Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan. Another good audiobook to finish on the road. …
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Rest stop in Arizona, near Texas Canyon.
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Finished reading: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. Listened to the audiobook version. …
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Silver lining to getting sick and rerouting my trip back home for speed is I got to see Joshua Tree …
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I wish Google Maps had an “avoid clever shortcuts through the middle of nowhere” option.
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For futuristic products, Humane’s AI Pin is actually a better idea than Apple’s Vision …
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I-5 between Sacramento and Los Angeles.
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A follow-up on my gripe about the digital download version of Mario Wonder. As pointed out by a …
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Going to attempt to catch up on some work today. Long story short, I got COVID this week while on …
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I’ve been traveling and now I’m sick, so of course Micro.blog goes down. Think I was too …
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Great interview on Decoder with Barack Obama. He is so knowledgable and thoughtful. Plenty to think …
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Millerton Lake. I’m still not used to how ridiculously early the sun is setting. This was a few …
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First world problem, but I made the mistake of buying the digital download of Mario Wonder instead …
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Camping at Calico Ghost Town. Didn’t get here much past 5pm and it was already dark. There are over …
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I knew I’d find a cool coffee shop around here somewhere. Bad Owl Coffee in Henderson, NV.
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A longer post about U2 in Vegas
I posted a photo the night of the concert, purposefully picking something simple at the beginning in …
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U2 at the Sphere. This is from the very beginning of the show, no spoilers. Incredible concert and …
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During COVID, I thought for sure no one would ever want to go to Las Vegas again. Stuck in a …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, we react to Apple’s M3 Mac event. Are we planning on …
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James Harden this week after joining the Clippers: I’m not a system player. I am a system. …
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Finished reading: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. An ambitious book that kept …
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Back on the road. Sun coming up from Coconino National Forest.
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In between audiobooks and podcasts, had a lot of time to think on the road today. Why do we travel? …
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Wasn’t planning on stopping at Petrified Forest National Park but it was a great break from I-40. …
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What’s left of Budville Trading Company, originally opened in 1928 along Route 66.
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We have a new page highlighting Micro.blog’s support for IndieWeb building blocks. Thanks …
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Cabra Coffee, a perfect cute coffee shop to work for a little while, only a mile from where I camped …
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BNSF going by, somewhere just into New Mexico. 🚂
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First coffee stop of the road trip. J&B Coffee in Lubbock. ☕️
October 2023
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Now that we’re in a new neighborhood, not sure how much candy we’ll need for trick-or-treaters. Have …
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If you’re new to Micro.blog, you might not know that there are some secret pins you can unlock …
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Looking back on this post from three years ago when I bought my Intel MacBook Pro, previous me would …
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Busy evening so I just watched the spooky Apple event replay. Feel like they got the timing right, …
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Got my car battery replaced. And in a ridiculously well-timed coincidence, just got an “our …
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Bad timing or perfect timing? Car battery died the day before a big road trip. 🗺️
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Micro.blog 2.0 for Android
Even though we now share most code across iOS and Android, I wanted to keep the version numbers …
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Looks like some great session topics at IndieWebCamp Nuremberg. I wasn’t organized enough to attend …
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Back at the old house (still hasn’t sold) to mow the yard in between the rain. Mushrooms popping up. …
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Spurs win in OT. That was a good one. Can’t wait to see Wembanyama in person sometime this season. 🏀
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We’ve just posted a new episode of Core Int. This week we talk about The Verge article on …
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Watching the news at lunch. I want to blog about the war in Israel but it’s too divisive and …
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Super Mario Wonder is so good. And yeah, I did end up getting a new Switch Lite to play it. 🕹️
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Strongly agree with everything in @gruber’s post about pushing for gun legislation: The …
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Biden should focus his 2024 campaign around banning assault weapons. Keep it simple, nothing else …
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Testing out SupportAgent.ai which uses AI to draft answers to support email. It is blowing my mind. …
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Spurs throw away the game in the last couple minutes but still a lot to like, despite the turnovers …
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I saw a couple Cybertrucks on the road today, in northeast Austin, presumably Tesla testing things …
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Doesn’t take much to make me happy. Walking to pick up coffee is one of those simple things. ☕️
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Pebble is shutting down
This one ended a little more quickly than I expected: Our goal was to build a kinder, safer, public …
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Watching the courtroom statement and apology from former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis, on CNN video here …
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David Pierce at The Verge: The poster’s guide to the internet of the future: The idea is that you, …
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Planning another road trip for next month, here to Nevada, California, and points in between, then …
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Finished reading: Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson. Hadn’t realized …
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The kids took all our Nintendo Switches to their own apartments. Seriously considering picking up a …
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Picked up Killers of the Flower Moon a few weeks ago and only now starting it. Got tickets for the …
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Happy Friday! New @coreint podcast to wind down the week. Episode 573 covers Apple’s …
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Thinking about Biden’s address to the country last night, he did something remarkable that I …
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This post from @mia@void.rehab will ring true to anyone who has actually implemented an ActivityPub …
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Matt Mullenweg on the experience of riding in a self-driving taxi: The thing is I know these …
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Honda Element: bed platform
The last big upgrade for my Honda Element was to build a bed platform to use for car camping. I …
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Looks like Georgia knew what they were doing with the 19-person indictment… One by one the …
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Thought I had a good job for our robot overlords. I grabbed a list of language codes from Wikipedia, …
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Finished reading: Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan. Still enjoying this series. 📚
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Wow, great game to wrap up the WNBA finals. Liberty so close to forcing a game 5. Congrats to the …
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Didn’t take many photos while in west Texas. Here’s a random shot as I stopped for a minute driving …
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Need to remind myself when on an interview or podcast: I usually do okay the first 15 minutes, then …
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Reviewing the cross-posting chapter of my book, several things are out of date. I’m doing a …
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Seeing some variety in reactions to Marc Andreessen’s techno-optimist manifesto. I read it …
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On the last Core Intuition, I joked about a hypothetical manton.ai… But then I sort of …
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Finished reading: The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson. Listened to the whole audiobook on the drive …
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Found a great spot to work for the afternoon in the library at Sul Ross.
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Kottke.org is bringing back blog comments. Members-only, which seems like a nice solution. I think …
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It’s that time of year when my iTunes Match subscription renews and I don’t know what …
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Honda Element: weBoost
Another upgrade I made to my car is to add the weBoost Drive Reach Overland antenna on top. It …
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Drove out to west Texas today. Left late, felt like I was always chasing the sun, and it was dark …
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Just published a new Core Intuition episode about ActivityPub support in WordPress.com and its …
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Watching Biden react to the chaos in the world, the narrative that he is “too old” just …
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Basketball fans who don’t usually have a way to tune-in to Spurs games: Spurs/Heat on TNT …
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The updated vaccine floored me for a couple days. I was starting to wonder if it was worth it, but …
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The Morning Show does a great job of reinventing itself each season. I wasn’t sure after the first …
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Great to see WordPress.com’s support for ActivityPub. Following WordPress blogs from Micro.blog …
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Went to the HEB on Lake Austin Boulevard today to get the updated COVID vaccine. When I was growing …
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A random shot from a few weeks ago, walking down Steck over Shoal Creek back to the Honda dealer, …
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Updated the Epilogue beta on TestFlight with a new feature for book cover management using your own …
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We don’t get a lot of disputed charges in Micro.blog. Maybe once a year. But it’s …
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It’s only preseason but great to see more of what Victor Wembanyama can do. Great first half, so …
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Threats against ActivityPub
Evan Prodromou had an important post a few days ago, arguing for backwards compatibility with future …
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I’m the guest on the latest ShopTalk Show! Really enjoyed talking with Dave and Chris about …
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Wheel of Time season 2 had a few good moments, but overall it’s just too much to squeeze into 8 …
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Sad watching the coverage of war in Israel. Meanwhile in this country we don’t have a Speaker of the …
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Honda Element: rooftop box
Between trying to sell our house, moving to a new place, and keeping up with actual work, I’ve …
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Just posted Core Intuition episode 571. From the show notes: Daniel and Manton discuss Apple’s …
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I’m finding so many old things as I clean out boxes from the garage. WWDC 2001 bag was a nice find. …
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Our old house hit the market today and the professional photos are kind of stunning. Looks like a …
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Spotify will include 15 hours of audiobooks as part of paid subscriptions. This sounds great to …
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It’s one of those mornings. Accidentally texted some Redis info and server logs to our realtor …
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We’ve had an hours-long outage at our hosting provider Linode, mostly affecting photos using …
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Dan Moren writes about a bizarre 12-hour iCloud meltdown on his account. Doesn’t seem like …
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Not sure I’ve ever been this busy, simultaneously moving and getting our old house ready to …
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I get that Democrats wouldn’t be thrilled to save McCarthy after… well, everything …
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“Open web” is redundant I like IndieWeb because it emphasizes smaller, …
September 2023
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Nice post by Remy Sharp about intercepting broken links and redirecting them to the Internet …
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This is a cool look at old icons from Rogue Amoeba. Fission probably needs an update but overall …
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Losing my mind trying to get fetch or axios or superagent or anything in React Native to not follow …
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If anyone has doubts about Threads supporting ActivityPub, listen to Mark Zuckerberg on Decoder. …
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Micro.blog 3.2.1 for iOS
We’ve updated Micro.blog for iOS to version 3.2.1 with some additional improvements. One …
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A couple interesting bits in the letter about Epic Games layoffs: six months of severance pay, and …
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Our sleepy dog kept me company today during podcast recording. Lots of dog snoring, which may or may …
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Why am I watching another Republican debate? It’s chaotic, awkward… Just kind of a mess. Maybe this …
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Looking forward to macOS Sonoma, but decided to hold off with the install until next week, after …
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Impressed with Olivia Rodrigo’s album GUTS. Good stuff. 🎶
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For day 26 of the photo challenge: beverage. My go-to coffee when at home, cold brew with oat milk. …
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When we first added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog years ago, I used the phrase …
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Skimming through more of this interview with me that was posted yesterday, really happy with how it …
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With the writers strike ending, wonder how soon we can expect a return of SNL. No need to film …
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Fun to see this new take on a Micro.blog client from @heyloura. It’s a great example of using …
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I love reading the perspective of people who have moved from their own Mastodon server to using …
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There’s a new video interview with me up on YouTube. Thanks @numericcitizen for talking to me! …
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On the latest Core Intuition we talk about whether to order new Apple products, gripes about …
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It’s a special photo challenge for day 23: a day in the life. This is me testing my camera this …
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I’ve got a bunch of Bluesky invite codes. I’m just gonna put them in this Gist if anyone …
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I’ve been ordering a lot of little things from Amazon lately as I try to turn my car into a …
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Love what Patrick Rhone is doing with this new blog For You. From yesterday’s post: When you …
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Finished reading: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. Takes a little while to get there but love …
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Ran through my Micro.blog demo at FediForum pretty quickly because I wanted to stay under the …
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I often tune into the news while eating breakfast. Impressed with Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky on …
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I’ll be joining FediForum today. It starts in about half an hour. Mostly will lurk today, but …
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I don’t usually look at Wordle stats. I solve the puzzles for fun and to wake my brain up a …
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Today’s photo challenge word is “edge”… The retaining wall in our yard is currently being destroyed …
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The second FediForum is this Wednesday and Thursday! Two half days. I’ll be doing a quick demo of …
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Got my signed copy of Sword of Kaigen from the Kickstarter. The hardcover turned out great. 📚
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Huge downpour as I was leaving HEB. I guess my life is boring, because running through the rain with …
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We “lost” an episode of Core Intuition because of audio quality problems, so we decided …
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Thanks to Hunter Biden for taking one for the team on the gun charges. Maybe the GOP will get …
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Skipping the iPhone 15 this year, my 14 Pro is still in perfect condition. No case, no scratches. I …
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The latest @coreint podcast is out. Daniel and I react to this week’s Apple event.
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Updated to iOS 17. No problems, seems like a good upgrade. I think it fixed the web view refresh …
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I’ve just loosely been following the Pennsylvania inmate’s escape and now capture. Wild …
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iPhone 15 Pro action button is interesting. I wouldn’t mind a rethink of the volume and power …
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I enjoyed the Mother Nature video at the Apple event. Usually these videos seem overdone and …
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Took the new-to-me Honda Element in to get checked out and the cost for a bunch of random fixes is a …
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Over the weekend while I was working on my Letters from Europe page, I integrated footnotes using …
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24 years ago, Traci and I went to Europe with a rail pass and hardly any money or plans. We worked …
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When the threads-api project was announced, it was so tempting to use it but I knew it would be too …
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The capitol and downtown buildings over yonder, reflecting in the windows. Eighth day of the …
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A couple people have read between the lines of my recent posts and wondered what is going on with my …
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App Store Connect is barely holding on today. Errors and more errors. Apparently this is the day I …
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Starting to get the new Slack redesign in one of my workspaces but not others. I’m fine with …
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Fascinating fallout happening in the JavaScript vs. TypeScript debate. In my experience, changing a …
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More good advice from Manuel Moreale: Please, for the love of all things web-related, if you decide …
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To follow up on some of the replies I’m getting about my hard drive, my philosophy is that …
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Another new Micro.blog 3.2 beta is out for TestFlight. @vincent is tweaking the tags design and …
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Apple’s sending emails about getting apps ready for the Vision Pro App Store. Folks in the …
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Can’t even calculate the number of hours and probably days I’ve lost because I cheapened …
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We’re ramping up the TestFlight betas again for Micro.blog 3.2 with bookmark tags. The UI is …
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Manuel Moreale follows up with some thoughts after interviewing me for his People and Blogs series: …
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So many things are happening right now. Car, house, work. Change starts slowly but once momentum …
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Love this new bookstore + coffee shop in Austin, First Light Books. Lots of thoughtful touches like …
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The photo challenge grid for Micro.blog is so cool right now. Lots of green for today …
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For technical folks who are interested in the plumbing of the social web, @snarfed has a great …
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Day 2 of the Micro.blog photo challenge: buildup.
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First day of the Micro.blog photo challenge: abstract.
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Found some old postcards and emails we sent from Europe in 1999 and they are absolute gold. May try …
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Nice blog post from Allen Pike about link formatting. I’d add that overthinking SEO is a good …
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After owning a house for 20+ years, submitting a rental application is a nerve-racking process. …
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Manuel Moreale has started a new People and Blogs series where he interviews people about their …
August 2023
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This is how Amazon always wins… I want to pick up an organizing storage-type thing and think …
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It’s just about time for the September photo challenge! Got any ideas for prompt words to …
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The third-party Mastodon web app Phanpy has a conversation view that reminds me a lot of Tweetie on …
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Noticing the moon as a long day winds down.
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Sarah Gooding, writing at WP Tavern about Automattic’s 100-year plan: What resources will a …
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There’s a new episode of Core Intuition out. We talk about Daniel shipping a beta of MarsEdit …
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Honda Element: CarPlay upgrade
There are a bunch of things I want to add to my Honda Element to make it my own. I just finished the …
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Still playing Wordle almost every day. Happy Wordle #800 day! 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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The music video for Used To Be Young by Miley Cyrus really struck me. Simple. Powerful. 🎵
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Restaurants usually wrap a fork, spoon, and knife in a napkin. I got three knives instead! Someone …
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And to follow up on this, there’s a little known policy for Micro.blog hosting: when you have …
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I love this idea: WordPress.com’s 100-year plan. But at $38k, it’s too expensive for …
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Looked through my old Clipstart source code for the first time in years, to answer a rare support …
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Heck of a mugshot, Trump. It feels like an angry, fitting reflection of that line from his …
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Funny how different I drive depending on the car. In the Subaru Outback, adaptive cruise control on …
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Sunset as we drive over the Trinity River in Fort Worth.
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Made a sort of impulsive purchase of a used car: 2008 Honda Element SC, for a mini camper. Full …
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Jean just announced our next Micro.blog photo challenge! Starts September 1st.
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Glass questions at 2 years
Two years ago this week, Glass launched for iPhone. I had subscribed right away because I wanted to …
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Marty and Doc waiting for the DeLorean to be constructed.
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Discovered the Snow Peak brand of camping-related products this week… Love the design. I …
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August is halfway over? Summer must be slowly winding down. Last chance to get our special Summer of …
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This year I’ve fallen behind in email again. Very sorry to Micro.blog folks who have waited …
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NBA in-season tournament dates announced. It’s a little odd to me how it’s spread out …
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Stayed up late watching the Georgia indictment details get revealed. Incredible to see the …
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I recorded a video walk-through of Epilogue today and posted it here. Shows off the basics of …
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Summer movies 🍿
It has been a great summer for movies. We’ve wrapped up seeing most of the “big” …
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Oppenheimer was great. We drove down to San Antonio to see it in 70mm IMAX. 🍿
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Packing up some old books. I’m trying not to look at everything, but every once in a while …
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Octopus tagging along with us during IKEA shopping this weekend.
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I added a tags window in the latest Mac app for Micro.blog. Makes it easy to filter your bookmarks …
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Favorite text editors update
I enjoyed the conversation on the latest ATP about text editors. Lots of deservedly good praise for …
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Austin this morning from the train station. Unfortunately just a drop-off, not going anywhere …
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Whenever I create a new file in Xcode and choose Objective-C as the language, I laugh a little. Am I …
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Just posted this week’s episode of Core Intuition: Homemade Granola. Not actually about food. …
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Back to cool air after our upstairs A/C went out for a day. Something usually breaks every summer, …
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Did some testing this morning with Goodreads and it’s slow and clunky. Timeouts. Really happy …
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Spent the afternoon polishing up the next Android release of Epilogue and submitting it to Google. …
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Congrats to Casey Liss on shipping Callsheet. I’ve been using the beta. Great app for quickly …
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Great article by Christina Warren on the history of the App Store and why we’re due for some …
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Interesting news on GitHub for Mastodon search, noticed via @darnell@one.darnell.one. Full-text post …
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I’ve gotten out of the habit of posting to Threads. I like the foundation Meta has built with …
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Fixing bugs and submitting apps to App Review this morning. As a long-time Apple developer going …
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Pixelfed cross-posting in Micro.blog
Today we added Pixelfed cross-posting to Micro.blog. This joins our existing set of cross-posting …
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New blog post editor for Micro.blog from @amit: Scribe. Clean, full-screen editor with styled text.
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Snapped this photo while we were making a u-turn in Dallas the other day. Took my daughters here 14 …
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I’ve driven by this tower a bunch of times on I-35 and was always curious about it. Turns out it’s …
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We added a new about page with a little more about what Micro.blog is and what our values are.
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I’m still waiting to see how DMs evolve in the fediverse before deciding what to do with …
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Interesting what @dansup@mastodon.social is up to with a new messaging app called Sup. Early video …
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Mystery boxes of records at Josey Records in Dallas, $10 each.
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Frustrated with Dropbox ever since Apple required these sync apps to move to a new official API. …
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Half Price Books flagship store in Dallas. 📚
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For folks who have been using Micro.blog bookmarks… First of all, thanks! I’m curious: do we …
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Empty apartment with built-in bookshelves, just one potential future. We’ve been thinking about …
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Finished reading: Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan. This was great. Really well paced, seems like …
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Writing some new web page text and maybe it’s early in the morning or maybe I watched too much …
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Wasn’t expecting this kind of profound wisdom from the apartment sales guy today: “The world is too …
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When the coffee shop recognizes me and remembers my regular order, it’s gonna be a good day. …
July 2023
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Matilda at Zilker Hillside Theater. 🎭
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If you’ve been fascinated with the Worldcoin Orb, but not sure how to feel about it, check out …
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Over the last couple years, I’ve gone from mostly reading books on a Kindle (Paperwhite), to only on …
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Recorded another very short screencast to show the latest Micro.blog for macOS update. Less than a …
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Didn’t realize how exhausted I was toward the end of the week. Yesterday shipped new features, …
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Bookmark tags for Micro.blog Premium
Today we are shipping a new feature for Micro.blog Premium subscribers: bookmark tags. This is a big …
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At this point I just laugh when Xcode tells me WebView has been deprecated since macOS 10.14. I …
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Finished reading: Dungeons & Dragons: The Druid’s Call by E. K. Johnston. I think I was …
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This time we got him! 😜 New surprise indictment: According to the court filing, Trump employees …
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This week’s episode of Core Intuition is up! We talk about X.
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Going to bump to version 3.0 for the update to Micro.blog for macOS tomorrow. I think it’s warranted …
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Listening to What Was I Made For?, by Billie Eilish. Went to see Barbie a couple days ago and still …
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Threads appears to count every character in a URL as part of the 500 characters. A little surprising …
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Micro.blog doesn’t have full search or hashtags by design, and I know it can be frustrating …
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Next step for ActivityPub
Dave Winer posted a 12-minute audio recording on his blog, addressed to me but applicable to …
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Working on a new Mac feature that would be nice with SwiftUI, but we still run back to macOS 10.14 …
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Got my copy of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter in the mail today. I continue to be amazed at how …
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Interesting that for single-letter .com domains, only q, x, and z are in use. They were registered …
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I’m still a little stunned that Elon followed through on x.com, even though it was expected. …
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The second FediForum has been announced, coming up in September. I really enjoyed the discussions at …
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Occasionally I go looking for new domains and I’m always annoyed with all the new TLDs that …
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Spent a few hours yesterday trying to get Micro.blog to work better with Calckey (now Firefish). …
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Finished reading: The Ember Blade by Chris Wooding. Read the first half of this a few months ago …
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A new episode of Core Intuition is out. We talk about Apple’s threat to withhold iMessage from …
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Dusted off the old Drobo, which hasn’t been plugged in for a year. A little surprised it still …
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Thinking about ActivityPub made me wonder what Tumblr has been working on, so I clicked around over …
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Reminder that it’s still summer, which means we’re still offering blog hosting for only …
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Major addition to bookmarks in Micro.blog is coming along really well. Likely will ship next week. …
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Power in the house went out. Summer in Texas is never a great time for this. Hopefully not long, …
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I still believe we should welcome Threads to the fediverse, but the news that ActivityPub seems far …
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As I think about how to add tags to bookmarks in Micro.blog, I’ve been drawing inspiration …
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Just posted a new episode of Core Intuition all about the Threads launch. Misunderstandings about …
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Frustrated with emails not reaching Micro.blog users, I’ve been working through steps to make …
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We finally installed a new smoke alarm that has only been sitting unopened in its box for about two …
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First thoughts on Retro: great design and for me fills a similar role as BeReal. Not a true …
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Love this post from @adactio not just because he’s using Micro.blog cross-posting (thanks!) …
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I don’t plan on using Threads indefinitely, but I am curious about the user experience, both …
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Over the last few days we rewatched Mission: Impossible 4-6, then went to see 7 tonight. Enjoyed it. …
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As the fediverse grows, new people will hear about Micro.blog and send us feedback about how we can …
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Reminded by Jeremy Keith’s post of this quote from Robin Sloan. Beautiful, true: The speed …
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Finished reading: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson. This book alone was worth …
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A new TestFlight beta is out for Micro.blog 3.1. The big changes for this release are per-post …
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We’ve known for years that our onboarding in Micro.blog is bad. It’s tough to start with …
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There are some quirky code design decisions in Micro.blog. For example, I prefer flat structures and …
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Accidentally clicked the “Post” button instead of “Bookmark” on that last …
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The wild thing about Twitter’s demise is that it’s not too late to turn the platform …
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Love what we saw from Victor Wimbanyama over the weekend. I missed some of the 4th quarter from …
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I thought it would be a fun weekend project to port a simple WordPress.com theme to Micro.blog. What …
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Working on some more flexibility this morning to give people options for blocking Threads and other …
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Evolving thoughts on web scraping. First, I figured anything goes. Later, I was hesitant to depend …
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With Threads hitting 80 million users already, a lot of folks are dismissing Bluesky. But maybe …
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Time to get serious about finding the Sorcerer’s Apprentice Mickey.
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Fighting with our Nest thermostat all week. It wants to save energy and I want to not die of …
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Finished reading: The Magician’s Daughter by H. G. Parry. 📚
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“I can’t wait to wear that Spurs jersey for a first time.” — Victor Wembanyama, ready …
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Ben Werdmuller blogs some second thoughts about Threads: But there’s a bad taste in my mouth that …
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My posting workflow this morning: I post to my blog from my Mac, it goes out via ActivityPub, RSS of …
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There’s some great stuff in this comic. This rings true: One of the most fun things about …
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Watching CNN this morning over breakfast, they said “fediverse”… So yeah, …
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Finished reading: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers. A great second book. Hope there are …
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One of the things I’m most proud of with my blog is how consistent I’ve been about the …
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Adam Mosseri on why ActivityPub
I’ve been blogging short posts this week about Meta’s launch of Threads, but I think …
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Posted this week’s episode of Core Intuition. Random topics like the potential Elon vs. Mark …
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Blaine Cook on Threads bootstrapping from Instagram. I’ve seen a couple variations of this …
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Nice instructions from @Mtt on how to use Micro.blog to verify your Bluesky or Nostr domain. …
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I’ve been saying for a while that the fediverse will likely evolve to having maybe 10 …
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Manually cross-posting to Threads to play with it and learn. As soon as it federates I’ll stop …
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Really enjoyed the new Indiana Jones. Easily the third favorite after Raiders and Last Crusade. 🍿
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Meta’s Threads will obviously have ads later. Until now it hasn’t been clear what business model …
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Setting up Threads. No surprise that getting started based on Instagram identities is super easy, …
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This is not what you’d expect to hear from a Meta executive, but it’s exactly right: …
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Trains and clouds, in Louisiana.
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Finished reading: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. …
June 2023
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On pretty much a daily basis I’m torn on whether to enforce real tabs everywhere even in …
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Just noticed this cool Glitch project from @AngeloStavrow to test styling Micro.blog’s …
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Very frustrated with our Micro.blog emails being flagged as spam too often lately, so today we added …
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One of those weeks where I’m a bit in over my head with bug fixes and email. Making progress.
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Realizing that Brandon Sanderson’s secret project #3 is coming out in just a few days. And it’s …
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Always feels good to release Mac software. No need to get permission from Apple. No delays when the …
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Just in case we needed another reason to re-watch Across the Spider-Verse: “I was wondering when …
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Spilled beer on my laptop yesterday. Seemed fine, but this morning the trackpad isn’t very …
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Let's welcome Meta, not block them
Meta is working on a Twitter-like platform called Threads, codenamed Project 92 or P92, rumored to …
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Lady Bird Lake under the I-35 bridge.
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New episode of Core Intuition: AppKit Is Dying. We talk about visionOS, what platforms to dedicate …
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New update to Micro.blog for iOS is out with a bunch of fixes.
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Did not finish: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. I usually like books about books, but could …
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Can’t get enough of these James Cameron + Titan sub interviews. He seems to really know his …
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News media loves the suspense of an unfolding story. Can’t totally blame them for the Titanic …
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Excited for the NBA Draft tonight. Even though the #1 pick is a lock, there’s a tiny part of …
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Thunder rolling through again today. Dogs are not happy. ⛈️
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Pushed a new TestFlight build with some additional fixes. Likely will wrap this up as version 3.0.4 …
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I said on @coreint last week that visionOS might be a “zig when others zag” moment for …
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Love these eWorld photos posted by Stephen Hackett at 512 Pixels. Brings back a lot of memories. …
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I don’t have much to add to the Meta vs. the fediverse debate beyond what John Gruber has …
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Good morning, Libby fans. Experimental feature now available in Micro.blog: go to this special path …
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If you’re frustrated and typing in Terminal, the harder you pound on the keyboard, the more …
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Spent some time last night figuring out how the undocumented Libby API works. Fun. Hope they …
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Across the Spider-Verse was amazing. Love the art in these movies so much. I wish all comics …
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Hanging out at Civil Goat Coffee with my daughter. Working a bit while she reads. ☕️
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It has been too long since we’ve updated the emoji in Micro.blog. Via @news, added a few new …
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There’s a new Core Intuition out. We talk more about last week’s WWDC, debate whether …
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Another Brandon Sanderson book has arrived! Secret project #2: Frugal Wizard’s Handbook. Love …
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Rolled out changes to the default uploaded filenames in Micro.blog. This is the beginning of the end …
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High of 101° today in Austin. It’s gonna be one of those summers, huh? Gotta get away …
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Despite the chaos at Twitter this year, I’m a little surprised that after paying Twitter for …
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Watched the BlackBerry movie and enjoyed it. Relevant for today too: it’s not a good idea to …
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Federico Viticci got me with the Don Draper quote for his Vision Pro story. One of my favorite …
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I posted a video to YouTube to demo Micro.blog’s new reading goals interface on the web. By …
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Great game. Congrats to the Nuggets. And an impressive postseason for this underestimated Heat team …
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Since ditching cable years ago, I feel like we’ve tried everything… Sling, PlayStation …
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Only just occurred to me that Apple Vision would’ve been a great product to introduce at the …
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I recorded a very short (12 seconds!) video on YouTube showing the new toggle in Micro.blog to …
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New web analytics tool from @vincent looks like a nice fit for blogs and small web sites: tinylytics …
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I made a little video of my time in Colorado last week, from short video clips and live photos. This …
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Went to a wedding yesterday. No masks, hopefully no COVID. 🤞 My mind kept wandering back to A Psalm …
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To create this transcript, I split the episode into 15-minute chunks with Fission, because …
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Core Intuition 560 transcript
I listened to the latest Core Intuition again to see if my initial take on Apple Vision Pro was way …
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On the flight back to Austin, finished reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. …
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John Gruber gets to the core of the Reddit API issue with a question for the CEO: I have one simple …
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Email notice for Twitter users
Today I sent the following email to everyone who had Twitter cross-posting configured on their …
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Talking with @joec earlier this week about finding new coffee shops in new cities… …
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Good morning, Denver. Had a quick breakfast with this view before I wrap up the trip and return the …
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Winding down my week in Colorado. It’s beautiful here. Just about the right amount of time, …
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Sitting in my rental campervan at Cherry Creek State Park, debugging on the laptop as the rain hits. …
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Finished reading: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Remembered only a …
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What a wild end for Apollo. The era of client APIs for ad-supported platforms is over. Developers …
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After recording @coreint today, I’m settling into the opinion that Apple Vision Pro is both …
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Just posted a new Core Intuition with our reaction to WWDC and Apple Vision Pro.
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Finished reading: Recursion by Blake Crouch. This book blew my mind a little. 📚
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After driving around in circles with detours because of road construction, finally settled in at …
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Jason Snell writing at Six Colors after using the Vision Pro: I am now a believer that what Apple …
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Wasn’t expecting rabbits. Seems to be a bunch around my campsite tonight at Chatfield State Park.
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Stopped at Train Cars Coffee in Nederland on the drive to Boulder this morning. Built out of train …
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Panorama Point as the sun’s starting to go down, at Golden Gate Canyon State Park.
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Early thoughts on Vision Pro: looks about as good as it can possibly be, for what Apple is trying to …
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This is nitpicky but I feel like Apple should’ve cut over to the headset stuff at the 1-hour …
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I don’t think Apple needs to obsessively avoid saying AI. “Machine learning”, …
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Need a place to blog what you think about all the WWDC news this week? Don’t forget Micro.blog …
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Looking forward to WWDC, but my expectations are low for announcements that are relevant to my work …
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Nuggets vs. Heat. Finals, game 2. 🏀
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One of my favorite things about Colorado so far is the water. Looks and sounds like snow had melted …
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Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. All the praise for this …
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Raining off and on today, so I’ve spent more time driving and less time walking. Mickey is my …
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Forgot the Stanley Hotel was nearby, the inspiration for the hotel in The Shining. Stopped for a …
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Outside the Glacier Basin campground at Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Cool to see people using the App.net posts archive. Here’s a post from @jsonbecker, a post …
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Beautiful photo from aows. When I retire, I’m just going to blog photos of train tracks.
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Thanks again to @vincent for fixing one of the servers yesterday while I was in Rocky Mountain …
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Traveling today. Got to the airport early, plenty of time to catch up on a couple things. Submitted …
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Other things I learned about video games this week while we were temporarily without a Switch: the …
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We caved and bought another Nintendo Switch. The OLED Zelda edition. So nice. 🕹️
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App.net archive migrated
I’ve migrated the App.net posts archive to S3, to simplify hosting the archive. I’m not …
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I like this post from Dave Rupert on lessons from old Russian small nuclear generators: I wonder if …
May 2023
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Finished Ted Lasso. Overall really enjoyed it. This season almost lost its way a couple times, …
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I seem to have made a serious AWS pricing miscalculation, transferring a bunch of small files from …
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Introducing Nostr cross-posting
Similar to my announcement last month about supporting Bluesky, we’re adding Nostr cross-posting to …
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Thanks everyone who sent me feedback about how you are using Micro.blog’s email newsletters. I …
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New email newsletter templates
Micro.blog Premium includes an email newsletter feature, so readers of your blog can subscribe to …
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This article in Forbes has some new (to me) details on the creation of Nostr.
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Trying audiobooks in Spotify for the first time. I’d like to see some UI tweaks for books, like less …
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Launching new features tomorrow. Going to lay low this afternoon instead of deploying major changes …
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Spilled a glass of water all over my MacBook keyboard. So that’s how my morning is going. …
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Working on improvements to email newsletters in Micro.blog. I’d like to split out the editing …
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Love this from Matt Mullenweg. It’s what we believe at Micro.blog, too. …it’s not about how …
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Did my daughter come to visit this weekend to see us, or to take the Switch and Tears of the Kingdom …
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I’m testing Calckey to improve compatibility with Micro.blog. Some of the UI is quite busy and …
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Went to pay our respects to my uncle, for Memorial Day. Tomorrow would’ve been his birthday too. 🇺🇸
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Love seeing all the “Where have I been?” posts. I blogged it on a whim and it’s so much more …
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Tinkering with something in Go this morning. Always felt like it would be a good language to know …
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Where have I been
A random conversation today made me curious about what countries I’ve visited in Europe. I got …
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Just watched way too many replays and commentary on the final seconds of Celtics/Heat. Another …
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Listened to a couple hours of the Texas house debating impeachment against our corrupt attorney …
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Seems unlikely that we’ll end up with a single unified social web platform. I like …
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This week Bluesky rolled out their custom timeline feeds. Pretty interesting approach. However, …
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Next steps for the community
Jean and I have been talking this week about what’s next to prioritize around the Micro.blog …
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Joking aside, I really like Nostr. Something about it is very elegant. You just have to ignore 80% …
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Folks, Nostr is really easy to understand. Your username is 64 random letters and you just enable …
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Good morning! Took an early walk. Coffee now at Summer Moon and I have some server changes to …
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I’m testing cross-posting to Nostr. I’m still not really sure how to link to Nostr …
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Adding a new query to Micro.blog’s server status check to throw an error if the queue backlog …
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Upgraded Ruby last night and thought everything was stable. But no. Putting my sysadmin hat on for a …
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The new episode of Core Intuition covers last week’s Micro Camp and looking ahead to WWDC. …
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Been thinking a lot about Nostr this week. Finally realized that it resonates in a “worse is …
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I’m continuing to use ChatGPT all the time. On a whim today I asked it what the philosophy of …
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Some questions we missed at Micro Camp
At last weekend’s Micro Camp, we had a panel session with me, Jean, and Vincent where we …
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The more I tinker with Nostr, the more I understand the appeal for developers. It is fun. But there …
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About blocking in Micro.blog
When we added muting to Micro.blog, there was a discussion about whether user blocking should be …
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Great game and series. Didn’t really feel like a sweep with the Lakers in each game until late. …
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Checking out the Kagi search engine, via Daring Fireball. I remember hearing about this but never …
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San Antonio Museum of Art, raining. Used to be the Lone Star Brewing building.
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One reason web development appeals to me is that while it can be complicated, it doesn’t have …
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Did not expect to be installing a new version of Movable Type on EC2 this morning for testing, but …
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We shipped Micro.blog 1.7 for Android, available on Google Play. This syncs up the release with the …
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Posted links for all of today’s videos on micro.camp. Thanks again to our Micro Camp …
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Great discount on MarsEdit today! From Daniel Jalkut: I usually only offer discounts of 10% or 20%, …
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We’re going live in an hour for Micro Camp day 2, featuring sessions by Chris Campbell, Anna …
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Ben Werdmuller links to a great thread by Christina Warren. I get the distrust of big social media, …
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Kind of stunned by the Heat stealing both games in Boston. I like this Celtics team (of course …
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Thanks everyone who joined us for the first day of Micro Camp. I loved talking to Om Malik and hope …
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Getting ready for Micro Camp so of course the lawn care service folks just showed up in the front …
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We’re a couple hours away from the start of Micro Camp 2023! Details at micro.camp. (By the …
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Episode 558 of Core Int is out with a discussion leading up to Micro Camp. The latest news on the …
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Retrobatch from Flying Meat has been really useful while making a slideshow for Micro Camp. I first …
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We’ll have some door prizes for Micro Camp attendees. A license to MarsEdit, gift cards for …
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Haven’t been able to finish any books lately. Probably way behind where I was for reading …
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I missed that the videos from FediForum have been posted. Here’s the video of my demo of how …
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There’s a scheduled YouTube event for the Micro Camp live stream on Friday. We’ll link …
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Took some time this week to unravel the plumbing in Micro.blog with how blogs are published and …
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Cool to see people take us up on the Summer of blogging coupon. $1/month full blog hosting! …
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Had a lot of weird dreams last night. But waking up this morning, apparently the Spurs getting the …
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Amazing. I’ve never believed in tanking and I had my expectations low, but… Spurs get the #1 pick. …
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Big announcement: we’re welcoming Om Malik for a keynote conversation to kick things off at …
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Did a quick YouTube live streaming test. Seems to work as advertised. Resubscribed to Ecamm Live …
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Ready for the NBA draft lottery tonight. Wearing my Spurs t-shirt. 🏀
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We are finalizing the Micro Camp schedule to post later today. Very excited about what we’ve …
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People are often confused about what exactly Micro.blog is. Is it a Twitter clone? Is it a WordPress …
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Special shout-out to @sod who has been working with us to update all the Micro.blog themes with …
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Haven’t done much more than skim through the Bluesky app source, but glad to see it released. …
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Making screenshots for App Store connect isn’t my favorite thing. I don’t do it often so …
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Jean posted today about how Discover in Micro.blog will be less likely to include photos that don’t …
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We watched Still with Michael J. Fox last night. Really good. 📺
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Enjoying the new Zelda so far. Although I’m mostly watching other people in the family play. 🙂 …
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For a while now, Micro.blog has been archiving copies of web pages for Micro.blog Premium users, …
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Reclaiming usernames policy
I’d like to update our terms of service to add a note about reclaiming old accounts, so we …
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More about the M.b problems overnight: I made what I thought was a minor code cleanup change …
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We published a new Core Intuition. Daniel and I talk about the upcoming Micro Camp, event planning, …
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Playing with Google Bard. Impressed that it has much more recent data than ChatGPT. It knew about …
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There’s a new beta out for Micro.blog 3.0. This adds the last big missing feature: posting to …
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Wordle 692 6/6. Went from thinking I’d get it in 3 guesses to barely getting it. 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨
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I’m excited to announce: Summer of blogging! For new folks signing up on Micro.blog, hosting …
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Two great new themes for Micro.blog are available: Outpost by @mikehaynes and Tiny by @Mtt. So happy …
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Got lost again browsing tld-list.com. So many fun new TLDs. Luckily was talked down from impulse …
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Thinking more about Heather Armstrong. I didn’t know her, but she was my age, and started her …
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From a post by @adders, remembering Heather Armstrong: Already the early days of blogging are being …
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Caught the last half of the Trump town hall. CNN was criticized for hosting this, but Kaitlan …
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I’d love to see Mastodon adopt some variation of NIP-5 so that single-user instance usernames can be …
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I’m fascinated with Nostr, but I’m having trouble getting on board with it because its …
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Thinking about fiatjaf’s Bluesky is a scam post. Some of the criticism seems fair, some feels …
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Shocked to hear that Heather Armstrong has died. See: dooce.com, Wikipedia. One of the great early …
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Can’t remember the last time I had an actual flat tire. 20 years ago? Longer? Luck ran out today. …
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Texas house getting HB 2744 out of committee is great news, even if feels like the bare minimum we …
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Really good episode of Dithering this morning on Bluesky vs. Mastodon. As convenient as it would be …
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Lonnie Walker ready when he’s called on. Love it. 🏀
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Ever since I read that Bluesky has about 1.9 million folks on the waiting list, I’ve been …
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Micro Camp 2023 is coming up soon! May 19th - 20th. We’ve posted the topics for the second …
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If you missed it earlier from @news: We are monitoring some performance problems because of …
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Posted episode 556 of Core Intuition. We talk about tipping in Apple Stores, using ChatGPT, and …
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Too many guns. After yesterday’s shooting in Allen, Greg Abbot “offered the full support …
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Easy to get caught up in the excitement about the coronation. We are so stuck in divisive partisan …
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I recorded a video on YouTube that goes through how I personally use Micro.blog for my own blog. …
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Created a new blog on my Micro.blog account today, a placeholder for something new. Found a couple …
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This year’s NBA playoffs have been great. So many close games, ignoring a couple blowouts like …
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Jack Dorsey gives $10 million to Nostr and related projects. Setting aside opinions on his …
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Wondering what the Bluesky team has in mind for private messaging, if anything. Mastodon’s DMs …
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Finished the first pass of rethinking how incoming direct messages work in Micro.blog. I still …
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Looking at this spam, I think our approach to accepting Mastodon DMs needs to change in Micro.blog. …
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Eugen Rochko and team are fighting spammers at mastodon.social: We’re aware of the spam …
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Almost done with book edits. The task of manually reformatting all the footnotes and layout for the …
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Enjoyed the first episode of White House Plumbers. Also, Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey …
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Mastodon has added support for showing styled text in the new version deployed on mastodon.social. …
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Waterfall at Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden. 🍺
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Maybe the most surprising thing to me about Bluesky’s early success is the “fun” …
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Noticed today while reviewing code that the first GitHub commit for Micro.blog was about 9 years ago …
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Left my headphones at home by accident. Now need to plan my whole day around which coffee shops …
April 2023
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Went to see the Super Mario Bros movie this afternoon. So much fun. 🍄
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Final decision on the Twitter API
Not content with banning native third-party apps, Twitter has continued to cripple their API and …
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Core Intuition episode 555! We talk all about Bluesky. (And Mastodon and Nostr and Micro.blog.)
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Today is the day that Twitter said they would shut off the old API and force upgrades to the new …
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Getting started with Bluesky XRPC
I’ve done a little work now with the XRPC layer of the AT Protocol, supporting cross-posting to …
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The storm is about to hit. Waiting it out downtown instead of on the highway. ⛈️
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Listening to Dithering today about game consoles… If you have 2 consoles, you have …
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We updated the Micro Camp web site for 2023. Register for free if you’d like to join us May …
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Austin sky before thunderstorms arrive in a few hours, supposedly. ☁️
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Finished reading: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. I really enjoyed this story. First-person for …
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The renewed interest in open, social web protocols has been a long time coming. It’s like we …
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I’ve been impressed with Bluesky’s performance. It has inspired me to shave off a little …
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Continuing to tweak our Bluesky cross-posting support. Should work better with inline links in blog …
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Sometimes coding is hard, but not usually. It’s figuring out how something should work that …
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Just released a new 3.0 beta of Micro.blog for iOS. This includes a big change, borrowed from the …
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I know I’ve written about this before, but it’s worth repeating: Micro.blog is …
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I’m seeing lots of Bluesky takes that are a variation of: “Oh jeez, we just moved from …
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I’m always fascinated when our new AI bot overlords get really basic facts wrong. They know …
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Some technologies just keep coming back… Currently writing XML-RPC code, this time for …
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U2 tickets for the Sphere in Vegas going on sale later this week. Need to somehow fit this into my …
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Added a basic import in Micro.blog for folks migrating from Substack. For now, just blog posts. …
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This is not exactly a commentary on any specific platform, but you can just tell when the creators …
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Why Micro.blog is supporting Bluesky now
Today we enabled Bluesky as an option in Micro.blog. This adds to our existing cross-posting feature …
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Fox News in the, uhm, news today reminds me of last month when I was in Dallas. I worked from a …
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Mastodon to Blog Archive script
Tantek Çelik blogged about Mastodon’s account migration and its post export, which is based on …
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HTML’s srcset is such a weird image attribute. Can’t help but feel there was a better …
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It’s a good day to have a good day.
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Matt Baer blogs about the future of Write.as and WriteFreely — taking features that are currently …
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It breaks my heart a little when I drive through a historic neighborhood to see old houses bulldozed …
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Trees by the trail at Lady Bird Lake.
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“Make no little plans. Make the biggest one you can think of, and spend the rest of your life …
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The bookmarks pages in Micro.blog haven’t felt quite right to me, so today I rolled out a …
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Lunch at Easy Tiger earlier today. 🥪
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If it was starting to feel like Humane’s device would be overhyped or vaporware, I’m ready to put …
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On this week’s episode of Core Intuition, we talk about the Mastodon API and upcoming new …
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One of those afternoons where I’m hopping between unrelated tasks. Currently revisiting how to …
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Updated my code for Bluesky for the recent API endpoint changes. Looking forward to enabling this …
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Tantek Çelik blogs about yesterday’s The Verge article on ActivityPub, underscoring some of …
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The Verge has a long article by David Pierce today about ActivityPub. The quote from me about domain …
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React Native diary #8: Objective-C
I haven’t written a new React Native diary blog post in a while because there hasn’t been …
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Accidentally clicked on a phishing email. Ugh, must not be awake yet. Stopped short of signing in …
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Got lost down the rabbit hole of W3C membership fees… Interesting scaled fee structure, in …
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There are always more ideas than time. One of the things I’ve most enjoyed about building …
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I’ve been impatient for Bluesky to ship, but this interview with The Verge has helped convince …
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One of those just try random code until it works mornings. Not proud of it. Sometimes coding is less …
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Shoutout to the guy holding a “thoughts and prayers ain’t working” sign downtown …
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This year I’ve become fascinated with my family tree. Just got back my DNA kit results. (Yes, …
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Some great NBA playoff games over the weekend. Too many injuries, though. Can’t believe Tyler …
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Happy Monday, everyone. Starting the week at Progress Coffee again. ☕️
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We pushed a new Micro.blog beta out to TestFlight, improving blog selection to move the list of …
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Didn’t get much feedback about my Substack blog post yesterday, so I started to doubt myself. …
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Another unexpected use for ChatGPT: asking it for examples of using command-line tools like rsync …
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For folks trying Micro.blog’s Twitter import, note that the tweets page is just a web page, so …
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Dave Winer writes about the Twitter API changes: Corporate platforms always fail, given enough …
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Substack Notes moderation
Nilay Patel’s Decoder interview with Substack co-founder Chris Best is excellent. If …
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New episode of Core Intuition is up! On episode 553 we talk about WWDC 2023 tickets, conferences, …
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We redesigned the Micro.blog home page this year and it’s so much better. Yet I still wonder …
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I’ve been keeping an eye on our OpenAI bill since we added automatic podcast transcripts for …
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Good morning, Austin! At Progress Coffee. ☕️
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Congrats to Rogue Amoeba on the major update to Farrago. They’ve done some really nice work in …
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There’s a lot of talk about how AI can get facts wrong. That’s fair, but in my …
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More and more I find myself keeping ChatGPT open and asking it even dumb questions that Google or …
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I recorded a video on YouTube showing how Micro.blog’s new tweets archive import feature …
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Daniel Jalkut blogs about Micro.blog’s new tweets import and how it can work with MarsEdit.
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Twitter clown car strategy
It’s not all about Elon Musk. Ben Thompson has made variations of this argument on Stratechery and …
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Share extension is back, and better! There’s a new beta of Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS with support …
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Substack Notes is interesting but they seem to have forgotten a valuable part of the rest of …
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Importing tweets to Micro.blog
Today we launched a new feature: importing an archive of your tweets to Micro.blog. This is …
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If you’ve procrastinated downloading your tweets archive from Twitter, I would do it now. It …
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Went to see Air. Loved it. So hard to make dialog in a movie like this not sound fake, but they …
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ChatGPT continues to impress. I’ve started asking it programming questions just to save a few …
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Just posted a new Core Intuition. More on our favorite recent topics: the Twitter API shutdown and …
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Love that feeling when I realize that previous me had already written code to do exactly what I need …
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Wanted an illustration for an upcoming feature, and spent some time using DALL•E for the first time. …
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The Fediverse Report continues their great summarization of recent hot topics. On trademarks, Eugen …
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Spurs vs. Blazers… in Austin! 🏀
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Fascinating discussion on the latest The Talk Show with @gruber@mastodon.social and @danielpunkass …
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Blast from the past: video of my old iOS app Tweet Library. I forgot how much I loved this app. 📦
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More post-Twitter plans
When I started building Micro.blog, I tried to limit dependencies on external platforms. The main …
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Did a first pass of rewriting all my Twitter API 1.1 code to 2.0. Halfway through I started to …
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There’s a lot going on with the S-GPT shortcut. Very clever to have trigger words in the …
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I’m sure a lot of Trump supporters are having a hard time processing what is going on with …
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Attempts to refill the bird feeders have resulted in squirrels taking over the backyard. They are …
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Interesting to compare the main headlines from feed reader home pages: Feedbin: “A nice place …
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Molly White has a good post covering Feedly’s “protests” feature. But even …
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Somewhere north of Meridian, TX. 🚂
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Deploying code to servers, on a train that has no wi-fi. Everything will be fine.
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Grabbing coffee this morning before heading back to Austin, catching up on email. Still thinking …
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Taylor Swift. Eras Tour in Arlington, TX.
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Good write-up about FediForum from The Fediverse Report. On the $40 pricing, I was a little …
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If you use Drafts, check out this new action for Micro.blog. Post drafts, publish, choose your blog, …
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The plug-in Search Space by @sod has been updated to 1.0. It’s a nice upgrade over the older …
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Taking the train up to Dallas tomorrow for a quick 24-hour trip. Initially was trying to save money …
March 2023
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Posted Core Intuition 551! This episode covers the launch of Micro.blog’s new podcast …
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Wrote a help page with some more details about automatic podcast transcripts in Micro.blog, a new …
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The new Twitter API tiers are about what was expected. Disappointing. For Micro.blog, we plan to …
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Just finished a quick demo of Micro.blog at FediForum. Might’ve talked too fast. The variety …
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Introducing Micro.blog podcast transcripts
We’ve launched a new feature for Micro.blog Premium customers: automatic podcast episode …
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NSDrinking tonight! 🍻 I’ll be there. I haven’t joined in a while, so will be nice to …
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It’s pretty incredible how little has changed in podcast RSS feeds in 20 years. That’s a …
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I agree with the spirit of the Podcast Standards Project but I’m concerned about the details. …
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The automatic code reloading in React Native is still kind of wild to me. I committed some changes, …
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Just pushed out another TestFlight beta of Micro.blog 3.0. This has some really nice new stuff for …
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The new Zelda looks great. Love the fuse ability featured in this gameplay video.
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I’ve been playing with Wavelength Messenger. Not to be confused with our own Micro.blog …
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My copy of Tress of the Emerald Sea arrived! Love the green ink throughout the book. 📚
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FediForum is this week! On Thursday I’ll be demoing how Micro.blog fits into the fediverse, …
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Worked a bunch this weekend trying to decommission an EC2 server (hosting App.net archives!) by …
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With yesterday’s podcast, we hit 550 episodes. Some listeners may have noticed that …
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On the latest Core Int, we talk about shifting deadlines for shipping Black Ink and the potential …
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I like this summary by @snarfed of why HTTP content negotiation is more trouble than it’s …
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Great story from the @RogueAmoeba blog about a meeting with Adam Curry, Eddie Cue, and Steve Jobs …
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We don’t use AWS for that much, but costs just about doubled last month with more CDN usage. I …
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Finished reading: The Cat who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa. Books about books. 📚
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Dunno if I’m late or early to this, but I’m playing with the OpenAI API. Impressive. The …
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Really didn’t want to be up at midnight still dealing with attacks on our servers, but here we …
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Micro.blog was acting a little sluggish so I looked at the logs and of course the servers are being …
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Great article in Texas Monthly about Community Impact, a hyper-local newspaper for neighborhoods …
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I hadn’t been following Hachette v. Internet Archive closely, so spent a few minutes listening …
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Watching some of the recent Microsoft Copilot demos and playing with Bing, I wonder what AI products …
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I really enjoyed this episode of The Talk Show with guest Jason Kottke. Their talk of 404 links …
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The new beta of Micro.blog for iOS is coming along really well. We’re at the point where I can …
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Spurs eliminated from the playoffs early this year, but you couldn’t tell by watching the 2nd …
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Listening to U2’s Songs of Surrender. I think I was expecting a kind of “Taylor’s …
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Playing with FeedLand reminds me that Micro.blog doesn’t have OPML export. The reason is …
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We’re enabling ActivityPub for everyone now, not just recent users. This is needed so that you …
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Captured a little video of the lightning on the other side of the storm back at home.
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Long day. Drove into hail somewhere before Denton, then through a thunderstorm between Waco and …
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I’ve been a software developer for about 30 years and ChatGPT is the first technology that I …
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Last day on the road as we make our way through a rainy highway 287 in the middle of nowhere.
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Finished reading: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky. A short, great read. 📚
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Did not finish: Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft. Just couldn’t get into it. Might try to …
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I was reviewing a GitHub pull request today for a potential upcoming feature and was struck by how …
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Great milestone as Kottke.org hits 25 years. Jason writes about the early days: The updates on …
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Enjoyed Colorado this week. Heading back to Texas today… Going to miss my new morning routine …
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Pikes Peak from Garden of the Gods. For “horizon”, day 14 of the Micro.blog photo challenge.
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Royal Gorge Route Railroad. Incredible views, good lunch. Makes me want to re-read From the River to …
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Shiny light at Palace Coffee in Amarillo, for day 12 of the photo challenge. Be kind. ☕️
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There’s no lesson in impermanence like spray painting your message at Cadillac Ranch only to have it …
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Posted this week’s Core Intuition, all about social networks and blogging. Bluesky, the AT …
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I can’t take Meta’s efforts at decentralization seriously while they don’t even …
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Morning at Lamppost Coffee. As close to a ritual as I have, for day 10 of the photo challenge. ☕️
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Finished reading: Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb. An extraordinary series.📚
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21 years ago today, my first blog post. A bunch of promising social networks have come and gone in …
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What an incredible milestone for @_Davidsmith@mastodon.social: 100 million downloads of Widgetsmith. …
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Walked up to the coffee shop this morning. The side of the road everywhere still looks like this, …
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Congrats @playdate@panic.com on the Catalog release! I’m updating my Playdate now. It’s …
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Worked this morning at Cuvée Coffee. Bags of coffee beans for today’s prompt “whole” on the photo …
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New Micro.blog 3.0 beta going out to TestFlight folks now, adding username auto-complete. Still has …
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Bluesky is starting to enable custom domains. This is exactly how things should work in terms of …
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Photos still rolling in every day for our March photo challenge. It’s fun to see some Mastodon …
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Stopped at a train crossing as an Amtrak went by. Because today’s photo prompt is …
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Two new iOS app updates to start the week: Sunlit 3.4.4 fixes setting alt text, and another …
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Day 5 of the photo challenge: tile.
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Looks like Mastodon will be getting expanded support for showing styles in posts. Micro.blog already …
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In case anyone doesn’t notice the post on @news, there was an issue with loading photos from …
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I’m going to attend FediForum on March 30th (day 2) to show how Micro.blog and Mastodon work …
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I’ve been trying the Bluesky beta (still private, but they have a waitlist). I’m open to …
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Thanks @Aywren for the kind words about Micro.blog and how it connects to the fediverse and other …
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Solitude is coffee and a breakfast taco and my laptop, having the whole outside to myself for a …
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Looking up at the sky as we’re expecting bad weather tonight. Wind is starting to pick up.
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We went seriously down the genealogy rabbit hole last night, with a couple “oh wow” …
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John Gruber writing about the App Store / Twitter apps refund problem: Consider the gut punch of …
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Love seeing the photos coming in for the March photo challenge. My favorite view is this grid view …
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I’ve said before I never want to change Micro.blog’s $5 standard hosting price. The best …
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Good write-up on Six Colors about the updates to Twitterrific and Tweetbot, which let you opt out of …
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Day 1 of the Micro.blog photo challenge! Today’s word is “secure”. I noticed this keyhole covered up …
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It’s bad enough that Linode dropped their logo, but now prices are going up by 20%? I …
February 2023
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Can’t believe it’s March already, at least for folks on the other side of the world. …
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Loved the first book in this world so decided to get A Day of Fallen Night on release day. Still …
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Last night, stayed up until 1am reading Assassin’s Quest. Felt like I was 17 years old …
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With the big character limit change behind us, I had a free morning to work on anything. This is my …
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I uploaded a very short 21-second demo video to YouTube, showing the Mac app’s updated …
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Rounding up to 300 characters
In 2014, as I was starting work on Micro.blog, I blogged about the properties of a microblog post, …
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We’re doing another photo challenge in March! Post a photo each day to your blog, inspired by …
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New episode of Core Int: I’m the King of the World. We talk about @danielpunkass trying to …
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Actually made a to-do list to coordinate shipping a new feature on all platforms at once: web, …
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Spending a little time this morning improving performance to combat “hackers” making a …
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I’ve documented how Micro.blog works with the Micropub API’s syndicate-to parameter now …
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From Platformer, this rings true especially for the Twitter API free vs. paid changes that never …
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It’s really cool what @lex has been doing with his Daily Lex podcast. I hoped we’d see …
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Adding per-post cross-posting to Micro.blog
Today we updated the web version of Micro.blog (and the Mac app) to provide better control over how …
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Finished reading: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. So much fun. Still going to skip the movie, …
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Working on a couple new features. Some things we try to roll out across all platforms at once. Some …
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Not a lot of words, big change: Enabled spell checking as you type in new posts for desktop web …
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Still kind of jarring to see the Akamai logo when I’m using the Linode manager.
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Reading about Biden’s trip to Ukraine. Flight to Poland and then 10-hour train to Kyiv. Hoping we …
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Micro Camp 2023 will be in May. Online-only this year. Email @jean if you’ve got an idea for a …
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Rolling out some plumbing for future work. Some features are best deployed in phases… …
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I try not to complain about pricing because I know how annoying it can be when someone says $5 for …
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This new Micro.blog plug-in from @sod is so clever. Post previews using your blog template!
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Wrapping up ActivityPub improvements
Another week, another round of ActivityPub-related improvements! Over the last few months …
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Finished reading the last few chapters of Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb on the flight back to …
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Coffee and breakfast and coding at Either/Or. Love this boot glass. ☕️
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Realized yesterday that a better per-post cross-posting setting is probably the most common …
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Yesterday at the Rose City Book Pub, catching up with @jean. 📚
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Hung out with a bunch of people yesterday who I mostly hadn’t met in person before, so now …
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Of course the HTTPS cert for one of our CDNs would expire while I’m on an airplane. Thanks as …
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At the beginning of each week, I make a short list of important tasks to work on. Always nice when …
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Every time I set up something in S3 or Cloudfront, I have to re-learn how it works. Users, bucket …
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Got some good replies that maybe I’m wrong about UFOs. But assuming we’re mostly alone, …
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UFO speculation is funny. Aliens aren’t going to invade with balloon-powered airships! 🎈 I …
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We pushed another TestFlight beta out for the Micro.blog rewrite. This adds post editing, which was …
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Window art at a doctor’s office.
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“I expect chaos.” — Me, writing in October just after Elon took control of Twitter. One …
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I don’t have strong opinions about football rules like I do about basketball. I think my …
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I love emoji, but I seem to have become grumpy about custom emoji (like Slack or Mastodon) because …
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Posted @coreint episode 547 with a recap of last week’s ice storm in Austin, and then a long …
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We’re caught up on Last of Us on HBO, and also started playing the game on PS4. I’ve …
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Lots of NBA news. Poeltl back to the Raptors. Will miss him, loved having him on the Spurs. Durant …
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Continuing to tweak how we handle Mastodon servers that are down. A lot of instances come and go. …
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Excited as LeBron gets closer to the all-time points record. Should happen tonight or Thursday. I …
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Setting up more Micro.blog accounts today to be ActivityPub-enabled. Folks will get an email when …
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We’re going to be doing more regular TestFlight builds of Micro.blog 3.0 as we get more …
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Several days ago, Twitter announced the API will no longer be free. Then Elon backtracked, saying …
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Ahead of the Twitter API going paid-only, I’ve been looking into how much we’re actually …
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Finished reading: The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang. Not sure I’m going to continue the series. …
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Slowly getting back to normal after a few days without power. Lights came back on last night, and it …
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Even though I’ve been personally done with Twitter for years, still sucks to see the API go …
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Driving through the neighborhood and it’s like nothing we’ve seen here… For a moment I imagined a …
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We’ve lost more tree branches today than the last ice storm. Hearing the creak and fall, or scraping …
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Woke to the sound of tree branches breaking under the weight of ice. No power. Made a fire. Sun …
January 2023
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I know that 64-bit numbers are insanely large, but I still hate wasting database IDs. Bug caused …
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Would love to know more about yesterday’s mastodon.social DDoS attack. So many people use that …
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Last night, instead of actually reading, I wasted a lot of time conflicted on whether I could finish …
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Finished reading: River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay. I’m sort of left without the right words, …
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January is almost over. Micro.blog has been much more stable after the few glitches we had in …
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When we started using @news more, I was worried about adding noise to people’s timeline, so I …
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New episode of Core Intuition went up last night. Daniel reviews the redesigned Micro.blog home …
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For puzzled Mastodon users reading my posts, I keep forgetting about Mastodon ignoring blockquote …
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This is a really important point from Alan Jacobs: Mastodon has certain virtues, at least for some, …
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A little morning work and coffee at Lazarus. ☕️
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Mastodon DMs on Micro.blog
One of the last missing pieces for Mastodon compatibility was improving DMs, which I rolled out …
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Last year I blogged about our roadmap to get a little distance from Apple in mobile development. The …
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Good morning! Slightly busy schedule today. New day, new possibilities.
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This is a great story from KUT on what happened with the Zilker Park train. Should’ve just …
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Ivory and Micro.blog, not yet
This is going to be the most frequent of frequently asked questions. If Micro.blog supports the …
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I’m going to start the process of enabling ActivityPub support for older Micro.blog accounts …
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Rainy day in Austin. Walked up to the coffee shop anyway, trying to time my walk to when Apple …
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Still a little experimental, but I added a new plug-in for Micro.blog based on the theme in Bear …
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Finished reading: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang. Loved Babel so wanted to read this series too. …
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Posted a new episode of Core Intuition. We talk all about Twitter. The end of third-party apps, …
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Watched Emily the Criminal last night, and then Aubrey Plaza host SNL. She was great in both. 📺
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Started listening to River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay today while on the road. Love his writing. …
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In addition to the new home page, over the coming weeks we’ll be sponsoring podcasts and web …
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Some folks have noticed that we’ve rolled out a totally new Micro.blog home page (if …
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A couple shows we finished watching recently… Wednesday: really enjoyed the first season of …
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Managed to mess up links on my blog while changing something else. Some RSS and ActivityPub posts …
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Finished reading: The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu. A mix of historical fiction and fantasy. Took me …
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I believe the dopamine hit from posting to Twitter’s large audience is addictive and …
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As I posted this morning to the news blog, I’m going to upgrade one of our servers in about an …
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More brief thoughts on the end of Twitter apps
I was re-reading Craig Hockenberry’s post on the third-party Twitter apps shutdown. It’s …
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Wish I could permanently hide the 👎 button on YouTube. I’m always worried I’m going to …
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Need a break from the news. Nice to see The New York Times now allows quick online cancels, no …
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In the latest Gluon beta you can customize your profile photo with a color or emoji. Essentially …
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Not feeling well this weekend, so I’m less chatty about the confirmed Twitter third-party app …
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New Core Intuition! We talk about marketing and upcoming app plans. I also fixed a feed issue in …
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Sad that this post from the Iconfactory is needed, but the art is great.
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From @news: Updates to and from Mastodon are quite delayed this morning. We are monitoring it, and …
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While we wait to see if the Twitter API problems are the end of third-party clients or just a …
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Self-driving mixed thoughts
Listening to Dithering this morning, which was a longer discussion following up on John …
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In a few years there may be a handful of very large, Medium-level Mastodon instances capable of …
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I’ll be watching as Medium runs their own Mastodon instance. I like my approach better: …
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Productive morning fixing bugs, reviewing logs, answering email. Sometimes lots of small things feel …
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Can’t shake a comment that someone liked Micro.blog but it didn’t have many features. …
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Nice summary by Colin Devroe on the return to blogging:
People that hadn't written on their blog in …
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Finished reading: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb. That was excellent. 📚
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After several months, decided to cancel Kindle Unlimited. I didn’t think about how it could …
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New fiber going up in the neighborhood? Not sure who’s installing this but can’t hurt.
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This is a clever bookmarklet from @darby3 that improves Micro.blog’s post scheduling by …
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We are so spoiled with movies now, gotta be careful not to become too cynical or “everything …
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Finished reading: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. First book of the new year! …
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Great post from @jeannie about the problem with the favorite button. “It removes genuine …
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Just published our first Core Intuition episode of the year. We talk about goals and themes for the …
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Realized this week that the “versions” feature in Micro.blog isn’t …
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It was fun to meet people in person at yesterday’s Micro Meetup! @jean has a photo here.
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Hi Austin! 👋 We’re having a Micro Meetup today with @jean in town. We’ll be at Lazarus …
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New version of Micro.blog for macOS released! This adds a new modern-style macOS app icon, bug …
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Epilogue 1.5.1
Happy New Year! We shipped an update to Epilogue today that makes blogging about last year’s …
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Starting 2023 right with a rare 2/6 in Wordle: 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩
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Did not finish: Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson. Decided to start 2023 by giving up on this. I …
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Happy New Year! Excited for everything planned this year. 🎉
December 2022
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Excited for Brandon Sanderson’s secret book release tomorrow. It has been a long time since I’ve …
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I’ve watched this YouTube video of Dani Daortiz a few times over the last week and it continues to …
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Tried off and on to record a screencast demo of something in Micro.blog this afternoon, but the dog …
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It’s been a while since we’ve had an in-person Micro Meetup! Join me and @jean for a …
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We’ve been doing so many little book-related features, it can be hard to keep track. I created …
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Read this post about Barnes & Noble after seeing a couple links to it. No idea if the turnaround …
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Working a little on the next Micro.blog for Mac update. Probably will ship early January. Includes a …
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I don’t agree with everything in this post by M.G. Siegler (found via @rcrackley) but I do …
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Lighting kit for the LEGO Fiat.
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I’m often humming or whistling a song that is stuck in my head, and this morning for some …
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Epilogue 1.5
We released a new version of Epilogue for both iOS and Android. I’m finally getting these …
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Got a new game: The Great American Mail Race. Similar to Ticket to Ride so I knew we’d love it. The …
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Happy holidays! Hope everyone is as healthy as possible and enjoying the weekend. It has been a long …
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Still cold in Austin, and presumably everywhere. We burned through most of our firewood the last …
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Mastodon client Mammoth also running their own server to make sign-up less confusing. Smart idea …
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For the last Core Int of the year, @danielpunkass and I talk about blogging! The latest with …
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The Android version of Epilogue has been lagging behind iOS, so I dusted it off this week and …
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In 2023, I plan to advocate more for client apps to embrace the larger IndieWeb and fediverse. …
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Sad but understandable that the Trail of Lights was cancelled tonight. We had tickets for tonight …
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Pushed another update to the beta Micro.blog iOS app (TestFlight link). Still planning to ship …
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Adding this to the travel list: Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, covered in the New York Times today. …
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Year in books for 2022
The year isn’t quite over yet, but the book I just started reading is going to take more than …
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We’ve written a help article about the differences between Micro.blog and Mastodon. Hope it …
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We’re starting to plan Micro Camp 2023! Jean just posted the dates. 🏕️
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No question Elon has gone way beyond our worst predictions for Twitter, but his “decisions by …
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I agree with @benwerd to stop giving Twitter attention, but as the Micro.blog founder it’s …
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Thinking of folks bailing on Twitter, I spent a little time clicking through old tweets from when I …
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We re-watched all the Harry Potter movies over the last week or so. Thinking about putting a books …
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Twitter blocking links to Mastodon and other networks reminds me of when (10 years ago!) they also …
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Finished reading: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. I love fantasy books and I love coffee …
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For years I’ve assumed Twitter won’t last forever, but Elon has really accelerated that …
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We just published episode 541 of Core Intuition. Talking about marketing for Micro.blog, …
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Loish on AI art
I haven’t been able to pin down exactly what I don’t like about AI-generated text and …
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Good post from @dave about how blog posts without titles should be handled by feed readers. It seems …
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I’m updating book.micro.blog with Elon’s impact on Twitter. Giving myself until the end …
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Looks like mastodon.technology is officially no more. As part of the shutdown, the instance was …
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Does anyone at this coffee shop not have COVID? Maybe I’m stuck in the pandemic mindset, but …
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I could write about rumored third-party iOS app stores but it would repeat what I’ve blogged …
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Jack Dorsey wrote an interesting post (not a Twitter thread!) about a potential future for social …
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Another clever Micro.blog plug-in from @sod called Bookmarks Shortcode. I’m trying this out …
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Walked to the coffee shop despite likely rain today. Can’t find an umbrella. I bought one in …
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“Everything that we make, we try to make the web a better place.” — Matt Mullenweg in an …
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Lately my job seems to be about making sure Mastodon doesn’t turn into a denial-of-service …
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I made a video to show how Micro.blog and Mastodon work together. Hopefully this helps, but …
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Tested cross-posting from Micro.blog backwards and forwards today with test accounts. Photos, no …
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Doing some database housekeeping this morning. One of our tables to keep track of Mastodon …
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I’ve been trying to walk up to the coffee shop every other day. Mostly quiet out as I headed back …
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This bit from our news blog is probably worth highlighting here too. We’ve improved …
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Still confused about the game Elon is playing with the so-called Twitter Files. I’m not seeing …
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This week’s Core Intuition is up with discussion of the MarsEdit 5 release and ChatGPT. We go long …
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Finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang. Fantasy but only just barely, it’s really an alternative …
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Just typed “blogged down” instead of “bogged down” in a message. Blogs on …
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CDN for Micro.blog blogs
Micro.blog has always tried to put all the important URLs for your blog at your own domain name if …
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Brittney Griner finally released. Paul Whelan still held. It’s not exactly a fair prisoner …
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MarsEdit 5 is out! Features new Markdown highlighting and quick micropost window. Works great with …
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Feeling pretty chill about the Georgia election. Watching the results with the least stress compared …
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Pushed out a new iOS beta of Micro.blog 3.0 with user search in Discover. Reminder for new folks …
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Got a new feature ready to ship but gonna hold it until tomorrow morning. All the pieces are …
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I’ve renamed and expanded the help page about how Micro.blog works with Mastodon. Includes …
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ChatGPT is a video game. That’s okay, I like video games too! But I’m not going to get …
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Weird dreams last night… I met with Elon Musk and we talked about curation, small developer teams, …
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Set aside some time this morning to improve compatibility between Micro.blog’s bookshelves and …
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The more I watch Home Alone — especially Home Alone 2 — the more I just feel bad for the thieves. …
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For replies, Mastodon only links the username (e.g. just @manton), even for users on other servers. …
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On the latest Core Int, @danielpunkass and I talk about the App Store settlement and then follow up …
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AI is getting too good.
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The 25 Days of omg.lol calendar is so nicely done. Today’s feature is feeds, both RSS and JSON …
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Moving from Mastodon to a new instance or to Micro.blog
Mastodon has a feature to move accounts from one instance to another instance. I spent some time …
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John Gruber writing in his link to ooh.directory: Mastodon is — deservedly! — getting a lot of …
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Tripped over myself this morning when deploying a tiny change, breaking a few endpoints in …
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Finished reading: The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn era 2 is a wrap. Really want to …
November 2022
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Reading the Twitter 2.0 blog post again, I don’t think it says enough to actually be a vision …
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Micro.blog has a mini Goodreads-like feature built in. Why not! I love books and this helps me blog …
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Following Mastodon accounts from Micro.blog almost feels like I’ve re-joined Twitter. …
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Great to see all the posts from folks participating in Microblogvember. I’ve added a new pin …
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Soccer is not my thing but everyone else’s excitement is contagious… Watching the last few …
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This interview with Will Smith on The Daily Show was really good. It goes just deep enough to be …
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If you’re not following the full M.b changes feed, you may not notice the tweaks we’re …
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Thinking about the simple truth in this phrase from @brentsimmons: “the web heals as Twitter …
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Drove by the new Tesla factory in Austin yesterday while coming back from Thanksgiving… The …
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Trying the latest Gluon iOS beta with pinned profiles.
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Good discussion on last week’s ATP about Mastodon, apps, ActivityPub, moderation, and many …
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Jamie Zawinski: Do Not Use Services That Hate The Internet. This is where I say that Micro.blog is …
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Great to see 2 new plug-ins recently available on Micro.blog: “Cards Theme” by …
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Released an updated Micro.blog for macOS today with a few tweaks. More consistent progress …
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Finished reading: The Light of All That Falls by James Islington 📚
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Another photo from our quick coffee stop in Opelousas. Old federal building, unused now, built in …
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Java Square Cafe, in the building for an old bank in Opelousas, LA. ☕️
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Another random railroad, driving over on a misty day in Louisiana. 🚂
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Should’ve done this last week, but just added ⚽️ to the featured emoji menu in Micro.blog on …
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It was nice to mostly take a break yesterday. I know Thanksgiving is just a United States thing, but …
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Pre-turkey Ticket to Ride. 🦃
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For the Thanksgiving edition of Core Intuition, we talked about… Twitter again! Does Elon know what …
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On the road today. Louisiana rest stop. 🐊
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Quick test from MarsEdit 5’s new quick post window, using a global keyboard shortcut. Nice!
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I was joking about this with my family but can’t stop thinking about it… Imagine a …
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Old mailboxes on Burnet Road.
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Nice thread here with holiday movie recommendations… About time to review my top Christmas …
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We started using Cloudfront last week and tonight I nervously signed in to Amazon, realizing I had …
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With the news that Tumblr is planning ActivityPub support, a quick reminder that you can already …
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My morning so far… Low tire pressure light, found a nail in a tire. Dropped the car off to get the …
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Spirited was way better than I expected. Need to watch it again closer to Christmas and see how it …
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Love this post from @jean about everything bagels and… social media! 🙂 To be fair, …
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Love the owl who moved into a tree in our backyard. @traci set up a tripod and moved the Nest …
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We’re embarrassed with the recent Micro.blog server status. I rolled out more improvements …
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Registered for a new test account on Micro.blog to remind myself what the onboarding flow is like. …
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I thought Elon would wait a couple more weeks — until things got boring at Twitter — before letting …
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On our M.b news blog you can see the daily server tweaks as we deal with new load this week. Might …
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An appropriately cold day in Austin. Coffee and server troubleshooting while the rain falls outside. …
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Much of our web traffic is now Mastodon requests as posts are shuttled back and forth from …
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Continuing to fix bugs and tweak servers. If you want the technical summary: those “503” …
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Merrick Garland seems really good at his job. If he says trust Jack Smith to make the call about …
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As traffic increases, we’re experimenting with more caching outside of Micro.blog. Nice to see …
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Whichever the outcome, the world wins. If Musk manages to fix Twitter, …
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Slowly settling into a new routine back in Austin. Walking up to Lamppost Coffee every morning. In …
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Last month we improved the ActivityPub support in Micro.blog and enabled it by default for new …
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We posted a new episode of Core Intuition today with yet more discussion of Twitter and related …
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Reminded today that Brittney Griner has been held in Russia for 9 months and has apparently now been …
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Apologies for some of the recent “503” errors in Micro.blog. We’ve made some …
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I had my doubts about a no-replies timeline, but based on feedback we added a new setting for it …
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Cold weather in Austin. Leftover gumbo. 👍
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Epic vs. Apple continues! Good write-up over at Ars Technica, with quotes from lawyers in the …
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Rewatching last night’s Artemis launch. Amazing. Nice that they have a blog too (via @512px). …
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2 weeks on the road
Last month I flew out to Portland and rented a van from Escape Campervans. The trip started because …
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New 3.0 beta for iOS is out on TestFlight.
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Halfway through November, this month’s Micro.blog challenge continues… Sad to admit …
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Interesting post by @simon@simonwillison.net that Mastodon is just blogs. Except Mastodon’s …
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Excited to jump into reading The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson, released today. Had a dream the …
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I got the test printing of my book. Now I can think about final edits. Too long, still should …
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Great post from @brentsimmons, After Twitter: The internet’s town square should never have been one …
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Had a conversation last night before the show that I can’t quite get out of my head… …
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Not Frozen, although I’d like to see that too one day… Bono: Stories of Surrender. Incredible show. …
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One of my favorite places in the world: the Walt Disney Family Museum. Checked out the Jungle Book …
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I always have to resist the temptation to compete with every platform. Micro.blog does so much but …
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NetNewsWire with an update on the feature to follow Twitter from within the app: We have no …
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Kind of a bizarre camp location tonight, had my doubts as we were approaching on the road past …
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Experimenting with some new text on our home page, for new folks who are not signed in. We’ll …
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Posted a new message to our internal Basecamp with the title “Twitter implosion …
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Finished reading: Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand 📚
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More details from @vincent on today’s 3.0 beta update. The app is coming along nicely… …
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Rolled out another change I forgot to make with this morning’s Mastodon changes: your …
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Released a new beta of Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS. It’s still early, several things aren’t …
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We do a bunch of ActivityPub work in the background, and last night the queue was over 100,000 …
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Coffee and overnight oats at Cat & Cloud. Great start to the workday. ☕️
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We improved a few things with Mastodon support this week:
alt text for images to cross-post …
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I was hopeful for Beto until I went to early vote in Texas a couple weeks ago. No wait. No line. No …
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Keeping the news off and planning to go to bed early and check election results in the morning. I …
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ActivityPub is notoriously chatty, and all the new activity has been dragging down some of …
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New Brighton State Beach. Wi-fi at the park, 10 minutes to Verve Coffee… I may never leave.
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A few days ago at Salt Point. After camping, detoured into San Francisco for a day of being a city …
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Noticed some Micro.blog background queueing problems that could’ve significantly delayed a few …
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Election day! If you’re in the US, make a plan to vote today. I’ve been traveling and …
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Somewhere along the Oregon coast yesterday.
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On the latest Core Int, I catch up with Daniel from the road to talk about this week’s Twitter chaos …
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⬆️ Garden House, at Shore Acres State Park.
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The van at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park.
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Definitely still some quirks in our ActivityPub implementation, which I’ll be smoothing out as …
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Maybe I didn’t pick the perfect time to take a road trip and work even more remotely than …
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My traveling buddy for this road trip.
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Woke up to rain and the wind howling and the notices that Micro.blog had a long outage overnight. …
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Found the ocean. Fort Stephens State Park.
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Cool new service from @vincent for embedding “shoutouts” (could be like ads or other …
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Continuing this vanlife adventure into the northwest, I’m at Coffee Girl in Astoria catching …
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Figured there be some kind of view between Portland and the coast. Stopped about halfway, a nice …
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Multnomah Falls early this morning. A little cold and wet outside, had the place mostly to myself.
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I’m in Oregon and then California for a little while, renting a van from the folks at Escape …
October 2022
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This is a little silly but I like to remind people this time of year that any microblog posts with …
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Love this: Get Blogging! Concise introduction to blogging, different services, apps, reading blogs, …
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Finished reading: An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington. There is a lot going on in this. …
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I can’t tell how much of the “Elon asks programmers to print out source code” …
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Skimming some tweets about Jack Dorsey, there is a lot of confusion about what Bluesky is. Most …
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We’re doing Microblogvember again! Jean has the details. Basically, a random word each day to help …
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Updated the Micro.blog app for macOS to version 2.6, adding a new option in Discover for finding …
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Of all the new TV shows out this year, Andor is at the top for me. Really good writing and …
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Just published a new Core Int! @danielpunkass and I talk about Elon Musk actually buying Twitter, …
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Dark outside. Early thunderstorm rolling through Austin. Not a precursor of the work day, I hope. ⛈️
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Went to bed shortly after Elon fired Parag and a handful of execs, so I was wondering when I woke up …
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Dear Elon Musk
We’re on the eve of the Elon Musk / Twitter deal closing. In his Dear Twitter Advertisers letter, …
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Sounds like the Elon Musk / Twitter deal is now certain. We generally don’t try to capitalize …
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I missed that it has been 10 years since I stopped posting to @manton on Twitter. Still the right …
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Early voting is underway in Texas. Vote early if you can! We know it’s a long shot but glad to …
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Reading this Gizmodo take (via @dave) on Apple’s in-app purchase rules change makes me wonder …
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Spurs fans now confused after the 3-1 start. I still want to see them make a push for the playoffs …
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Lots of price increases out there… Apple Music: going up. YouTube Premium family plan: going …
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End of the line in Galveston. 🚂
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Core Int 534: Sketch layoffs, native apps vs. web apps, ideas for Sketch staying competitive with …
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Do not cross the red line. 🛳️
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Good morning from somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. 🛳
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“It strikes me as downright tragic that this decentralized wonder of the world is now largely …
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Experimenting with adding user search to Micro.blog for macOS, in Discover. You can download the …
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This sums up my feelings about Ye acquiring Parler: I have very little problem with fringe …
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Interesting to read that a web version of Day One is progressing. What will happen sooner: Day One …
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I created a little Micro.blog plug-in called simply Meta tags to make it easier to put random …
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Going to be traveling a lot in the next few weeks. Think I need to plot out what I’m going to …
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Another really nice theme for Micro.blog from @amit: Anatole.
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Being against the death penalty means we have to be okay with even a mass murderer getting life in …
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Spent the afternoon finishing a rough print layout pass for the book and submitting it to …
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Browsing photos on Micro.blog is one of my favorite things. Crazy to think that the first beta of …
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Out of the house this morning for errands, a break for a little while at Epoch Coffee on Anderson …
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I believe Beto can win. Will he? No idea. As always it’s about turnout. For the first time, all of …
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Posted a new Core Intuition with thoughts on finishing up my book and @danielpunkass’s new …
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Our Nest thermostat thinks it’s sooo much smarter than me. Didn’t expect to lose control …
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Watched some of the final January 6th committee hearing at lunch and then got bogged down catching …
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Some of the Micro.blog pins are special and only appear when they’ve been unlocked. …
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Final prep for the 24-hour photo challenge. Starts at noon central time today. Easy to …
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SendGrid SMS verification codes make me laugh. Everyone uses 6 digits, but they use 7 for some …
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Finished reading: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Incredible. 📚
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Nice update to Mimi Uploader for Micro.blog: You can now write alt text for any image in Recent …
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Looking forward to tomorrow’s 24-hour photo challenge. As a community we last did this 2 years …
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U2 will probably always remain my favorite band… Old favorites stick with us forever. But …
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Continuing to fine-tune our Mastodon integration, but should be running more smoothly. My biggest …
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From this morning, coffee at Stinson’s. Looking at this photo, the text almost looks like a digital …
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Making some careless mistakes today. Wrapping up another bug fix and then going to step away from …
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Love seeing a new post from Doug Bowman pop up in my feed reader after… 8 years! My feed …
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Working through some bugs from the improved ActivityPub rollout yesterday… There are always …
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Spurs hold practice in Uvalde: The Spurs then literally lifted the community, raising toddlers on …
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Today we published a new Extra Intuition, our special podcast for Core Intuition members. This one …
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Big improvements to ActivityPub on Micro.blog
Can’t believe it, but it has been nearly 4 years since we added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog. …
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Recorded a new episode of Timetable this morning to give an update on a few things. Not sure why it …
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total …
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Tonight’s House of the Dragon had some great scenes. Favorite shows on TV right now: Central Park, …
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Playing around with Calibre today for the first time. Mostly happy with using Ulysses and exporting …
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Polishing up some big changes for a somewhat neglected part of Micro.blog, shipping tomorrow. Feels …
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I’ll be the first to admit that my book would be better if a real journalist wrote it. I …
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Finished reading: The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington. Great start to this trilogy. Hit …
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Thinking recently about how Twitter could never find the right leadership. Jack Dorsey regrets that …
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Love reading about folks on Micro.blog who are going to participate in NaNoWriNo next month. It’s a …
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We just posted a new Core Int. Daniel gives an update on MarsEdit 5 progress, we talk major vs. …
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For bloggers who don’t want to be easily found by Google, I updated the No robots plug-in …
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A bunch of people have signed up for next week’s Day in the Life photo challenge, but it would …
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Hello there. Looking right at ya. 🦌
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Straightforward advice from @benwerd: You should blog. Yes, you. It's really easy to get started. …
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Not an earth-shattering new feature, but I’ve been plugging holes in our books API and book …
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Looks like the Elon Musk / Twitter deal is back on. After so much uncertainty, to be back at this …
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Walked up to the coffee shop to work today. It’s bulky item pickup day in our neighborhood. Felt a …
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This talk by Molly White called Blockchain Solutionism is excellent, given at UT Austin last month. …
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Finished updating book.micro.blog with the latest draft improvements. I’m going to package …
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My book is about 70 short chapters, and to keep track of editing I made a spreadsheet long ago with …
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Spurs first preseason game isn’t going great, but still hoping for a fun season. Either this team is …
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Acrobat Pro subscriptions going from $25/month to $30/month. I hate to complain about subscriptions, …
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The secret to getting feature requests immediately implemented in Micro.blog is to send them to be 5 …
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I was on the road, so missed the Beto/Abbott debate. Catching up with some of the video clips and …
September 2022
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Apple downgraded my iPhone trade-in from $300 back, to $75. Guess they noticed the tiny little …
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NBA pre-season starts today! Glad to see NBA League Pass cut their yearly price in half, but still …
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I often curl a URL and then pipe it to open in BBEdit. Great for looking at RSS feeds. I’ve …
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MarsEdit updated today with a preference for showing the title field, plus other fixes.
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Time for our next photo challenge! Coming up next month: A Day in the Life of Micro.blog 2022. Check …
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We posted this week’s Core Intuition, mostly about Meridian! @danielpunkass also gives me …
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Attaching multiple photos in M.b
Today we’re rolling out better support for attaching multiple photos to a post in Micro.blog …
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My most productive work time may be between summer and the winter slowdown for the holidays. Getting …
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NSDrinking is tonight on Zoom, 8pm central time. Looking forward to it because it has been a while …
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Whenever I glance at our server logs, I’m annoyed that so many requests are trying to exploit …
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“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?” Reading All the Light We Cannot See. No spoilers, I’m …
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Finished reading: The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss. Not what I expected, but a …
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New feature! When adding feeds, you can now set posts to import to a blog instead of just showing up …
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Gregg Popovich: “Nobody here should go to Vegas with the thought of betting on us to win the …
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We’ve merged all the 3.0 beta changes into Micro.blog for Android too and shipped it as …
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Almost shockingly cool this morning in Austin. 60°! Took the dog for a short walk. Settling in to …
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Introducing Meridian
Over the summer, Jon Hays and I started working on a new project to build a places database that can …
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If you use Obsidian, check out what @otaviocc has been doing with Micro.publish, a plug-in to …
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Over the weekend we made a bunch of little refinements to Micro.blog on the web. Here’s a …
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About to queue up the latest House of the Dragon. I’m skeptical that they are taking the star of the …
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Andor episode 3 was great. Worth the kind of slow build up to get there. Also really enjoying Rings …
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Love the small empire of social web-y tools @neatnik is building over on omg.lol. Keeping an eye on …
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MetroRail near the MLK station a couple days ago.
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Rolled out a couple improvements to the Posts page in Micro.blog on the web for phones, as well as …
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Shipped a couple updates to Epilogue for iOS in the last week. I’m using this app every day …
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New Core Intuition! We talk about @danielpunkass getting detoured into working on FastScripts, and …
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Hadestown was great. Wait for Me is a new favorite.
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Waterloo Park with the capitol mirrored in windows.
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Great new Micro.blog plug-in from @sod: Search Space! In beta, but I installed it already on my blog …
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If you’re on the Micro.blog for Android beta, check out version 1.2 which adds improvements …
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Finished reading: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. Wonderful characters. Starts kind of all over …
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My book reading has been a little random lately, bouncing between a few novels based on mood and …
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Congrats to @RogueAmoeba on 20 years. Love the old screenshot. Aqua! Drawers!
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Spotify continues their push into audio with audiobooks… I don’t love Spotify trying to …
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Introducing the Micro.blog Family plan
Today we rolled out a new subscription option: Micro.blog Family, designed for up to 5 people with …
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A couple nights ago at Kelly Reeves.
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Apple has got to dial down the paste warning alert in iOS 16. It’s pretty disruptive when …
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If you’re on the Micro.blog 3.0 beta for iOS, we’ve pushed out another update with …
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Congrats to the Vegas Aces. Great WNBA playoffs this year. So happy for Becky Hammon too. We miss …
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Possible solutions to realizing my passport has expired… Set a reminder every 10 years? Travel …
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Dave Winer marks the 20th anniversary of finalizing RSS 2.0: It was low-key, I was fully expecting …
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After a day, really liking the iPhone 14 Pro. Enjoying the slightly larger screen, too, and I even …
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Mueller Lake Park. I like the reflection of the clouds in the water.
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The feeds page in Micro.blog has been bugging me for a while, so finally did a minor redesign to …
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We’ve updated our community guidelines to include a more formal policy around cleaning up …
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I like these slides from a talk by @ton about enabling more IndieWeb features in WordPress… …
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Excited for game 3 of the WNBA finals tonight. Honestly I think it’s going to be a sweep, but if it …
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I’m confused by this GOP strategy to bus or fly people to the northeast: …roughly 150 migrants in …
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Reminder that if you want to know the day to day (often boring!) updates to Micro.blog, the changes …
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If you’re noticing timeline delays, I broke something with a fix earlier… Should be …
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Figma acquired by Adobe for 💰. Figma is such a compelling product. Also a better name than Adobe XD. …
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Needless ratings
I’ve noticed this trend Jason Fried blogs about too, and I’m tired of it… We …
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After working at a coffee shop downtown, took a break to read by the trail. Finished reading: Mr. …
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Audible: “Next credit arrives on Sep 13, 2022”. Checking today’s date. Reload …
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Early beta of Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS
Today we’re excited to announce an early preview of Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS. We are rebuilding …
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We are putting the final touches on the first beta of Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS. Really happy with the …
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Updating to iOS 16 on my phone. I’ve had the beta on my iPad all summer, but wasn’t …
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I will never get used to the idea that Apple has to approve beta releases of our apps.
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We posted our Apple event reactions on @coreint over the weekend. Check out episode 528 for thoughts …
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Reshuffled my Libby holds queue with new books. Also, wasn’t sure I was going to stick with …
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Happy Sunday! I rolled out a nice upgrade to the “Edit CSS” button in Micro.blog this …
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Finished reading: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett. Impressed with the way each book in the …
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Did not finish: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I started reading this when …
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I’ve gone all-in using the upcoming Micro.blog for iOS beta on my phone. It has been a great …
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Dreamt that 37signals hired me to integrate Hey and Wordle. In this dream world, 37signals had a …
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The Killers at Moody Center.
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Couldn’t sleep, so I was already up super early this morning and decided to order the iPhone …
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Forgot to clear my schedule after getting the updated COVID booster yesterday, so a little surprised …
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Even what seems constant eventually changes. Queen Elizabeth had an extraordinary life. Thinking …
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Reflecting a bit more on yesterday’s Apple event, I think I will upgrade to the iPhone 14 Pro. …
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Really clever what they’re doing with the so-called Dynamic Island on the new iPhone.
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Impressed with Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite. I don’t love that it will eventually …
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Pretty solid updates to Apple Watch. I’m not really in the market to upgrade yet, but maybe …
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Saw the subtitled version of Totoro last night at Alamo Drafthouse. Such a pure movie, suitable for …
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We’re working toward an early beta of the next Micro.blog for iOS. It’s really fun to …
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This week’s guest on Micro Monday is @vincent! These episodes are fun because it’s like …
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We’ve updated Epilogue for Android, catching up with the features released for iOS. The old …
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Game 3 of Vegas/Seattle WNBA semifinals was so good today. Wish I had been watching more of these …
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Attempting to make my iPhone less frustratingly secure, I’ve tweaked some of the passcode …
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Watching the locations/venues session video from IndieWebCamp Berlin. I wasn’t able to …
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Went to see Bullet Train for Alamo’s $3 cinema day. Really good. 🍿
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Artemis launch scrubbed again. Disappointing, but we’ve waited decades to get back to the …
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I had my doubts as Rings of Power started, but they won me over by the end of the first 2 episodes. …
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Micro.blog for Android has been updated to version 1.1! Dark mode and other improvements. 🤖
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Finished reading: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett 📚
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I checked out Irie Bean Coffee for the first time and… people smoking cigarettes on the patio? …
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Feeling nostalgic driving through south Austin today. 30+ years ago, walking along Riverside to …
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Austin from the other side of Longhorn Dam.
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Scheduled my updated variant booster for next week. Now extra paranoid that I’ll get COVID …
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We’ve been playing Root more. It took about 4 play-throughs and watching multiple how-to videos to …
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Feel like our companion app Epilogue has matured quite a bit. Started as a fun experiment, now one …
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When I was first working on the Micro.blog prototype, I was so worried that someone would launch a …
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September already? For today’s episode of Core Intuition, we talk about next week’s …
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Dusting off Android Studio. Upgraded a few things. The quality of the Android build tools is like …
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Epilogue 1.4 for iOS is now available on the App Store. Check out the blog post on the Epilogue …
August 2022
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Sounds like the Omicron variant booster could be available as soon as next week. I’m planning …
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Sneak peek screenshot from @vincent of the next major update to Micro.blog for iOS. We’ll be …
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The beta of Epilogue 1.4 with the new reading goals feature is out for iOS. Will probably ship it to …
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I’ve been working upstairs lately for a change of pace. Listening to the rain today. 🌧
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As posted to news.micro.blog, I updated our API to keep track of reading goals. This was the last …
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Our app Epilogue is the little happy place I go when I need to work on something fun and simple. But …
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Sad to read that Ralph Eggleston has passed away at 56. In the animation world, feels like many of …
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New game, Root. One of the most complicated board games to get started with because every player’s …
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Deer out exploring after last night’s rain. The grass is starting to look green again.
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Skimming ⬛⬛⬛ through ⬛⬛⬛⬛ the ⬛⬛ Mar-a-Lago ⬛⬛⬛ affidavit. 🇺🇸
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Disappointed to see Moderna sue over mRNA. Maybe companies that get funding from taxpayers should …
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Finished reading: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett. Looking forward to the rest of the …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about our busy summer, trying to …
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I’ve been using Hey for about a year, and recently was able to finish consolidating all of my …
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The icon for our app Epilogue has bugged me since I whipped it together for version 1.0. I should …
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I thought I was following Beto pretty closely, but didn’t realize he was working on a book, …
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New version of Epilogue! From @news: Epilogue 1.3 for iOS has been released in the App Store! This …
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I’m on today’s Really Simple Stories podcast with @martinfeld! This was a fun episode to …
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I continue to think that my devices are now too secure. Face ID shouldn’t freak out multiple …
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Did not finish: The Ruins by Scott Smith. Listened to the first part of this on audiobook with …
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Really strong first episode of House of the Dragon. When it was over, I was thinking “this is …
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Lunch at Fort Brewery in Fort Worth. 🍺
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Finished reading: The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss 📚
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Rolled out a change in Micro.blog on the web to manage your own posts with a more compact view. …
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Annoyed that Tumblr appears to have changed their posts export format, breaking compatibility with …
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Adding the Artemis launch window to my calendar. August 29th. We just finished watching all 3 …
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Seems like I’ve been in and out for 2 weeks, both vacation and unexpected travel. Even though …
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Raining over downtown Austin, from Mopac.
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St. Peter’s in Bordelonville, LA.
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Changed my profile photo to a shot from Disneyland last week. Cropped funny but I like it anyway. …
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UK approves Moderna variant booster. Hope we get this in the US in the fall. Many people will have …
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Forgot to link last week to @coreint because I was traveling. On episode 525, @danielpunkass and I …
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Vacation over, time to get back into the routine with work. Moved the Disneyland app off my home …
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Gas is really expensive in California. But at least we got this cool total. 12345!
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Great few days in San Diego, then drove up for a quick 24 hours at Disneyland. Dinner last night at …
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Deployed a server tweak that may improve some of the flakiness today. Now back to vacation mode with …
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Moving an old WordPress site over to Micro.blog. It’s weird that in 2022 there’s no …
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Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.
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Love the glasses at James Coffee Co. ☕️
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San Diego model train museum. So many landscapes. Some really nice bridges and little details …
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Finished reading: Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. There is a lot going on in this. So many …
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Stopped in Corsicana for a coffee and world-famous fruitcake to go. I don’t even love fruitcake, but …
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We released a new episode of @coreint today, with more discussion about Blinksale and subscription …
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We released a new beta of Epilogue for iOS. You can now tap and hold on a book cover in Discover to …
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Today’s Micro Monday episode features @aa! Just finished listening to this in the car this …
July 2022
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We’ve continued to tweak the new profile popup so that it’s more usable. Faster, …
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MarsEdit 4.6 was released today with some nice improvements for Micro.blog! Automatically …
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Wrapping up another quick trip to Denton. Breakfast earlier at Avoca Coffee. ☕️
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We published a new Core Intuition today talking about @danielpunkass’s plans for MarsEdit 5, …
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Caught up on support email. I had started to lag behind again. Still really happy with the way Help …
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Good feedback on the web profile popup we rolled out yesterday. Thanks everyone! We fixed a couple …
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New web feature that @vincent has been working on, via the news blog: Hover the mouse over …
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Rolled out some bug fixes to the Mac version of Micro.blog this week. “Check for …
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This week’s special guest on Micro Monday is @val! She talks with @jean about moving to …
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Finally starting the Malazan series. I’m reading on Kindle Unlimited which includes the Audible …
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Finished reading: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 📚
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If you missed it over the weekend, I created a new plug-in that changes your home page to just be …
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Micro.blog 1.0.1 for Android
We have a bug fix update today for folks on Android! @vincent actually finished this version months …
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Finished reading: My Neighbor Totoro by Tsugiko Kubo. A short book, for kids or Miyazaki fans. Adds …
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Just discovered The Wandering Inn, an epic 7-book (and counting) fantasy series that the author …
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Posted Core Intuition last night. We start with a discussion about the latest ownership change for …
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Hello, photo bloggers! I created a new plug-in that replaces your home page with a grid of photos …
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Working while the car gets an oil change and other service, outside at the dealer’s covered …
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We like huge flags in Texas.
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We’re working on a new version of Epilogue with a Discover tab, to show a grid of book covers …
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Casey Newton has a write-up about BeReal. I remain perplexed about this app. It’s fascinating, …
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I stopped posting to Instagram over 5 years ago. “My good opinion once lost is lost …
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Instagram’s transformation into QVC is now complete and absolute. Instagram is dead — or …
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This week’s Micro Monday podcast features special guess @fabio: We chat quite a bit on the …
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Out walking yesterday. Can’t remember if this was before, during, or after it was too hot.
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I can’t believe in 2022 I’m installing make from source. What is happening. …
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I’ve been using MySQL for what must be 20+ years now. In that time, it doesn’t seem to …
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Finished reading: From the River to the Sea by John Sedgwick 📚
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Morning coffee. Updating a README. Catching up on email. Hope everyone out there in internet land is …
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Running out of room on my laptop for big stickers, so I cut this Gowalla sticker to fit on the …
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Daniel and I are back this week talking about Twitter, Elon Musk, how the deal is so disruptive, and …
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Had fun brainstorming a new project with @cheesemaker this week. We have a domain name and other …
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I got the new print of my 30 Days book with updated layout. I could still tweak it but I’m calling …
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Haven’t been paying close attention to Medium lately. Curious if we’ll see any changes from their …
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First time back to Red Horn in a year. ☕️
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Old ranch right next to a brand new office building. This guy’s probably wondering why his space is …
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Having that moment when seeing a doctor for non-COVID symptoms but the waiting room is so crowded …
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This week on Micro Monday… It’s me again! @jean and I review some of the recent …
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Wind turbine blades going up I-35.
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George R. R. Martin blogs about Winds of Winter: What I have noticed more and more of late, …
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Reading about how few guns Japan has and even fewer deaths. Obviously a different country and …
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A cute Little Free Library at the Blue Bell factory in Brenham from a couple weeks ago.
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What would Panic do? On the latest episode of Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about the …
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Experimenting with OpenStreetMap. Added a new place that was missing. Thinking about how we could …
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I tweaked the margins and layout of my book 30 Days, submitting another print order. If it looks …
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First time at Cosmic Coffee, in south Austin after selling a car at Carvana. Great outdoor space. ☕️ …
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Finished reading: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd 📚
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This week’s Micro Monday features @cliffordbeshers! He talks with @jean about posting photos …
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Importing check-ins from Ohai
I’ve used a few apps over the years for location check-ins. Gowalla, Foursquare, and Ohai, which was …
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Helping @cheesemaker test early game builds on Playdate. First crash. So fun to see games come to …
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Quiet morning at the start of the July 4th weekend. Took some of the downtime to wrap up an update …
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I wonder if the way Apple forces developers to agree to updated terms of service is actually legal. …
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Did not finish: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. I’ve been reading some older fantasy books …
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Finished reading: Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay. It had been years since I read any books by Kay. …
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I extracted the design I use on manton.org into a new Micro.blog theme called Alpine. It’s …
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“I am very aware that the original concept must do something worthwhile creatively or all the hard …
June 2022
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After I made the Font Awesome plug-in, I recorded a video about using it, including how Micro.blog …
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Mission: Impossible 1-6
Last week we re-watched all the Mission: Impossible movies. 4, 5, 6, then 1, 2, 3. I think 4 is my …
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Spurs trade Dejounte to the Hawks. Starting to wonder if they know what they’re doing. At some point …
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Upgraded a server this morning, hoping to get to the bottom of some flakiness. The load balancer …
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This hearing with Cassidy Hutchinson is extraordinary. Someone very close to Mark Meadows and the …
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I made a Micro.blog plug-in that loads Font Awesome in your blog, so it’s easier to add icons …
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There’s another new episode of Micro Monday, this week featuring @annahavron! She talks with …
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Had some fun with Micro.blog themes and created a new one for those “link in bio”-style …
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Brenham courthouse from yesterday’s short road trip. Built in 1939. Would be fun to visit all 254 …
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Interesting case about eminent domain for a high-speed train between Dallas and Houston. I …
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Published episode 519 of @coreint. We talk more about MarsEdit moving to the new web view, balancing …
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Crossing the Brazos River where San Felipe de Austin was located in the 1820s, part of Stephen F. …
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Micro.blog plug-ins can have a settings screen to change config parameters. I’ve added a new …
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A powerful statement from the dissent: The majority has overruled Roe and Casey for one and only …
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Excited to demo a new multiple-post, batch find and replace feature in Micro.blog we added this …
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When I’m frustrated about something I can’t directly control, I’ve learned that …
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Tokaido at Vigilante Gastropub & Games.
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The January 6th hearings are pretty serious stuff, so I love today’s break to lighten the mood …
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A little surprised that it took them this long to build Twitter Notes. Not a good replacement for a …
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Great behind-the-scenes post about building the “Bubble Up” feature in Hey email.
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You may have noticed that we added a new status bubble to Micro.blog on the web. Makes it easier to …
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Whipped up a little plug-in to make it easier to disable search engine indexing via robots.txt.
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As today’s January 6th hearing went on I became more and more glued to it. Can only imagine what …
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Of course I have today’s hearing on in the background while I work. Rusty Bowers is a really …
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Congrats @ccgus on 20 years of Flying Meat. I like the idea of marking anniversaries by when the …
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Micro Monday is back! Today’s podcast episode features @sod.
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Stage Manager compatibility without precedent
I’ve been thinking about why Apple’s decision to restrict Stage Manager on iPad to M1-based devices …
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Got a hardcover of The Lies of Locke Lamora, which I had only read in e-book before. Want to re-read …
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We rewatched Jurassic Park 1, 2, and World over the last few days, then went to see Jurassic World …
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The story of Juneteenth is fascinating. I’ll admit that growing up in Texas, I didn’t …
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Coffee shop photos template
I take a lot of photos at coffee shops. For some reason this morning I thought it would be fun to …
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We posted episode 518 of Core Intuition. Hints about MarsEdit 5, more new WebKit, old frameworks, …
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Me: “Yes, do that little thing.”
Traci: “Do you realize how much you quote Meet Me in St. …
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Got an email from Medium: “Your audience is growing. You have 1 new follower.” I’m …
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Made some tweaks to my check-ins site manton.coffee this week. Also imported my 2020 check-ins. …
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Great update to Mimi Uploader from @samgrover: Recent Uploads used to show only the uploads you …
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Watched the 4-part CNN series on Watergate this week. I always think I know about Watergate, but …
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Finished reading: Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas by Stephen Harrigan. Excellent. Took me a …
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Watching the hearings. We disagree on a lot, but it’s reassuring when members of the GOP do …
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We’re discussing tweaks to Micro.blog Teams to make it more useful. Nice to review our plans …
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Updated my profile photo for the first time in forever. The old shot was from a cruise we took about …
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West Oak Coffee Bar from over the weekend in Denton. ☕️
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100° here all week. Nice article at CNN about wind and solar in Texas powering almost 40% of daily …
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I thought the Warriors/Celtics series would go to 7 games and I still think that. Gonna be tough, …
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Murals outside Aura Coffee. Protect kids not guns. ☕️
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“If you love books enough, books will love you back.” — Jo Walton
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d20 Tavern in Denton. Such a great idea. Tons of games and 20 beers on tap, so you can roll a d20 to …
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When I added compatibility with Mastodon in Micro.blog, I required custom domain names because I …
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So excited about this that I’m even linking to Twitter. Scott Lynch working on Gentlemen Bastards …
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Better change log for Micro.blog features and fixes
We’ve come up with a new way to document changes to Micro.blog. In the past, we usually only …
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This article in the New York Times about the Great Salt Lake was really eye-opening. I noticed the …
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Upgraded one of the Micro.blog servers today. Shouldn’t be super noticeable, just a little bit …
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The live The Talk Show from this year’s WWDC is up. Sorry to miss this in person, but the 4K …
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Watched the first of the January 6th hearings. It is still stunning that this day actually happened, …
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I still play Wordle every day. Posting this one because guess 4 is interesting to me… Correct …
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There’s a new episode of Core Int out with our first thoughts on WWDC 2022. What is the future …
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Micro.blog will now keep track of previous versions of a blog post when it’s saved. It will …
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Finished reading: Enchanters’ End Game by David Eddings 📚
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Watched a few WWDC sessions this morning. Good stuff, but nothing I can really use right now. Think …
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Installed the iPadOS 16 beta only to discover that Stage Manager doesn’t work with the latest …
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I don’t buy that many print books anymore. Decided to splurge on this copy of Mistborn. This quick …
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Didn’t see a whole lot at WWDC that will directly impact Micro.blog, but want to test out …
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I’ve added a special Micro.blog pin if you mention “WWDC” in a microblog post …
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This is a cool Shortcut from @ezellwrites for taking text from a book and sharing it as a quote to …
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WWDC day! Unrelated but kind of related, I downgraded Apple One family plan to just iCloud+. Going …
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According to our status page, we had 100% uptime in May for blogs hosted on Micro.blog. This is the …
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Updated Micro.blog for Mac to version 2.5.1 today with a few bug fixes. Micro.blog now does a better …
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WWDC is next week. On this week’s Core Intuition, we talk about what Apple is doing leading up …
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Lunch yesterday. I usually keep a mask in my pocket wherever I go, but forgot it for some reason and …
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For the last couple weekends we’ve been updating our bathrooms. New cabinets, sink, mirrors. Our …
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Looking forward to Celtics/Warriors game 1 tonight. Love that Derrick White is in the finals! Still …
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Fixed a handful of bugs this morning, little things that no one notices and bigger things like push …
May 2022
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Micro.blog 2.5 for Mac with replies, bookshelves
We shipped version 2.5 of Micro.blog for macOS today. I had originally intended to just add a new …
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Catching up on more fallout from the duplicate posts bug last week. The good news is the bug is …
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On the latest Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I remember that we’re actually programmers …
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Finished reading: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. Brilliant. I loved this. 📚
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Planning to release the next version of Micro.blog for Mac in a couple days. It adds reply editing …
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These few sentences from Nick Heer at Pixel Envy are probably the best and most concise wrap-up of …
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I was going to write a longer technical post, but instead here’s the bug summary from last …
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Folks seeing duplicate posts in the timeline, usually after editing a post quickly: I finally got to …
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Driving to the coffee shop to work this morning, noticed I had a full tank of gas and briefly …
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Fixing some issues that could add duplicate posts in the timeline that some folks have run into this …
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Congrats to @conradstoll on Grocery 3.0! The app keeps getting better. Nice review over at …
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I’ve mostly backed off political blogging, instead channeling my frustrating into work to make …
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Up early Tuesday, lots going on today… But can’t shake the feeling that it’s …
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Car battery died while I left my trunk open waiting for an IKEA pickup. Feels awkward to ask …
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If anyone wants to play along with the in-progress books support in Micro.blog for Mac, you can grab …
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I still really like Objective-C and AppKit. I can think of a lot of improvements to make, but …
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Trying to get back into the photo challenge after missing a bunch of days. Today’s word is beverage. …
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When I’m in a coding rut I find it really helpful to work on something fun and different for a …
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Much has been written about the deteriorating Music.app experience. The new UI never really clicked …
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On the latest @coreint, we talk WWDC and then react to a recent 37signals podcast about selling the …
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Bike and outliners with M.b
Blogging and outlining share a long history together. Userland’s Clay Basket could create a full …
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This is cool! @sod has created a page that when clicked will take you to a random photo in the …
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We have a new public beta of Micro.blog for Android with a couple bug fixes. Here’s a link if …
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Expect I’ve unlocked my phone approaching 100,000 times since the first iPhone. Attempts to …
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For the last few weeks we’ve been reworking how Micro.blog subscriptions are upgraded. I just …
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Posted episode 513 of @coreint. We talk about whether we got accepted to the WWDC special event at …
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Safari back button shortcut
Sometime recently, Safari’s back button keyboard shortcut ⌘← stopped working. I’ve …
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Last month we quietly added some better server monitoring to catch problems on hosted blogs. Happy …
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Wondering if I should be concerned that I haven’t received any truly negative feedback about …
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This is the last week to order Indie Microblogging in e-book or print editions. I know I’ve …
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Good morning! Busy day but first a little work and coffee. ☕️
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Driving through our old neighborhood, a lot has changed in the 20 years since we lived there, but …
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“A day, a week, a month, a year. Every second brings me here.” — Arcade Fire 🎶
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I submitted a request for WWDC’s in-person day, but now I’m much less interested in …
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The most surprising thing about enabling email newsletters for my blog is that I enjoy getting a …
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We posted episode 512 of Core Intuition tonight. WWDC event thoughts and more.
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Not a silhouette, but the only photo I took today that reminds me of one. Kind of the opposite.
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Nice update coming soon to Mimi Uploader, a batch photo uploader for iOS. The next version will show …
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Almost a week into the May photo challenge. I love the photos grid on the web. (Also now looks good …
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Herbs and flowers in the earth, for day 5 of the photo challenge. Happy Cinco de Mayo! This is from …
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The extra time the 1Password folks worked on version 8 seems to have paid off. I upgraded and the …
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Day 3 of the photo challenge is experimental… Didn’t have a good idea for the photo until I was …
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Photo challenge, day 2. I bought this camera last year thinking it would be worth it for the zoom, …
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Last month was difficult in ways I haven’t blogged about yet. Needed a break, so loaded up the kayak …
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On our Plans page we have $5, $10, and $20 options. I kind of want to put a “our most popular …
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Love seeing all the photos for the May photo challenge. I’m hoping to finally get the 30-day …
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Late this week but hopefully worth the wait… Core Intuition 511 about Elon Musk and Twitter! …
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The photo challenge is underway! Day 1, switch.
April 2022
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Love seeing completely different themes on Micro.blog, like the design for micro.alexezell.com by …
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About a month ago, we rolled out a change that made microblog posts much faster to appear in the …
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If you’re new to Micro.blog, make sure to check out the third-party apps if the official …
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If you’re using Micro.blog bookmarks, check out this Shortcut for iOS and macOS from …
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Achievement unlocked? No idea where the key is to this old lock and the trick with leveraging the …
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It’s cool to see people reading the microblogging book. Reminder that we’re going to …
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Email response time in Help Scout for the last couple of months. Average about 14 hours. Could be …
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Morning everyone. Coffee and work outside at Cenote. ☕️
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I expect Twitter to pause anything new during this limbo period between the Twitter board accepting …
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Updated Micro.blog for macOS with a couple bug fixes today, including a fix from @otaviocc for Day …
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Lunch earlier at Torchy’s. Hadn’t been there in a while, nice to see some menu tweaks like fresh …
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We love welcoming new people to Micro.blog. Thanks for giving it a try if you’re new! Mastodon …
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Last night had a dream that was too bizarre and timely not to share… In it, I met Eugen …
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Mostly running errands this morning as the Elon Musk + Twitter news was breaking. Watched the rain …
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Hello new folks joining Micro.blog! 👋 From @kimberlyhirsh: Everybody on Twitter wants to know where …
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Still disappointed that the Spurs didn’t make the playoffs, but I guess I have to begrudgingly …
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Walking around Barton Springs for the first time in a while. Kind of shocked to see Shady Grove …
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Just realized I didn’t show the Bookshelves pin in the demo video about books on Micro.blog. I knew …
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In my demo video yesterday, I used the Scribe theme by @ChrisHannah. Looks really nice with the book …
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Raining a little this morning. Coffee at Lazarus. ☕️
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I know it’s not always clear how all of Micro.blog’s book features fit together, so I …
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When a company gets too big, they inevitably forget why they exist. Not even the greatest, …
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Needed to be in Georgetown for a band UIL concert this afternoon, so had a long lunch sitting …
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If you’re not on Micro.blog Premium, you might not know that Micro.blog has a read-later …
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The photo challenge is back! Starts May 1st.
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On this week’s Core Int, @danielpunkass and I follow up on SwiftUI button sizing, cross-platform …
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Micro.blog mobile and tablet redesign
Today we launched a design update for the Micro.blog web interface. Vincent has been working on this …
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Thunderbird Coffee. Kind of cold outside this morning. ☕️
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Listening to Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road. One of my favorite live recordings, pops up on …
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Lots of work to do this morning. Trying to start the week right with coffee and breakfast tacos. ☕️
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Core Int 509: we talk about Setapp’s reaction to the war in Ukraine, how Setapp is going in …
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Now that I’m tracking all of my book reading in Micro.blog, I cleared out my “currently …
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All caught up on support email this morning, mostly updating orders for the book. Also, there should …
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Finished reading: Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings. When I started this series, I thought it was …
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Can’t believe we’re already getting peaches on the new tree. Only planted it a few weeks ago and …
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Book pre-orders email
I sent the following email to anyone who was early to pre-order the book Indie Microblogging. My …
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I’ve been making small edits to book.micro.blog over the last couple of weeks. Not as much …
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My initial take on the Elon Musk buyout offer: the web is better when it is more distributed, with …
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“There will be distractions ahead” — Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, last week
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Spurs didn’t quite have enough to recover after early foul trouble and missed shots. Great run in …
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Added a new pin for the Micro.blog bookshelves feature! When you add a book to a bookshelf, …
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Walking through the capitol grounds after an appointment downtown this morning.
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We’ve updated Epilogue for Android to version 1.1 with the new React Native-based code to …
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Spurs vs. Mavs, last game of the regular season. 🏀
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On the road today, stopped at Pinewood Coffee in Waco. Nice outside courtyard space. ☕️
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Finished a bunch of work this morning, now taking some time to get into the 2nd book of The …
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Epilogue for iOS has been updated with a couple improvements and bug fixes. I’m also going to …
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We just posted a new episode of Extra Intuition, our special podcast for @coreint members: Daniel …
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When at home I’ll eat a quick lunch in front of the TV. Make lunch, turn on CNN. It’s a …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, we talk all about the WWDC announcement. Because of course we do! …
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Twitter announces more Bluesky details: Starting as a centralized platform, Twitter can take steps …
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If anyone’s curious how I made my Wordle page, I copied my puzzles from where I had shared …
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On a whim, created a web page on my blog with a grid of all my Wordle puzzles for March. Kind of a …
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Spurs over the Nuggets, one of my favorite wins of the season. They’re playing great at the right …
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Finished reading: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh 📚
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Finished reading: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 📚
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As Micro.blog hosting has improved, I’ve thought our $5/month plan compares favorably with …
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Bluebonnets around the neighborhood.
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On this week’s episode of Core Intuition, we talk about crosswords, @danielpunkass’s calendar …
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No April Fools jokes from me today, just bug fixes. Deployed a server fix for conversations in …
March 2022
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Always love “going indie” posts. John Siracusa:
By 2022, I had returned to thinking not …
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Congrats to @RogueAmoeba on the release of Audio Hijack 4! Really big update. Their blog post has …
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I think it was @amit who suggested something like this change at Micro Camp earlier this month, on …
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Deployed a bunch of server changes today. Some behind-the-scenes stuff that @vincent has been …
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I’ve been reading a lot of e-books and audiobooks, so wanted to pick up something new in print. Just …
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Improved several things in the Bookshelves section of Micro.blog on the web. More consistent …
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Austin has come alive in the last week with blooming red buds, mountain laurel, and bluebonnets.
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Finished reading: Magician’s Gambit by David Eddings 📚
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Realized last week that I need to actually use the email newsletter feature of Micro.blog myself so …
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We watched the Oscars live last night and were confused and then stunned by what happened with Will …
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Working on Epilogue this morning, and Android + iOS builds have my Intel MacBook fans going at full …
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Congrats to @marco on the new Overcast redesign. I’ve been using the beta and it’s a …
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Following up the new bookmarks improvements with more changes today: added Pinboard import and fixed …
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The last time I was here (Wright Bros Brew & Brew), you could park across the street because it …
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New Spurs mural on east 4th. Getting coffee around the corner at Wright Bros. ☕️
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We’ve started to get the videos from Micro Camp up on the YouTube channel. Thanks again to our …
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Mozilla's vision for the web
I’m reading through Mozilla’s vision for the evolution of the web. On web sites being …
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Bookmark improvements in Micro.blog
Today we rolled out a few improvements to bookmarks, including an import from Instapaper and Pocket. …
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So impressed with Ketanji Brown Jackson. What a great pick for the Supreme Court. 🇺🇸
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We’ve been glued to KXAN for the last couple hours. Tornados in the Austin area, just unreal. Missed …
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Finished reading: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. Epic. Felt like 2 books and …
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Don’t think I mentioned this last week, but there have been some behind-the-scenes …
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Rolled out some improvements to our Goodreads import. It now attempts to find other editions of a …
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Posted episode 505 of @coreint. How it went at Micro Camp, the book, and new FastScripts.
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I added a new export option to Micro.blog: Posts → … → Export → “Export theme and …
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Rolled out better support for Goodreads RSS feeds, which were slow or unreliable before. In …
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One step forward, one step back. Upgraded a server yesterday with faster hardware, which broke …
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Rolled out a couple fixes for Micro.blog Premium email newsletters: replying to newsletters now …
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I’ve copied all the Markdown files for Indie Microblogging to this GitHub repository, for …
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Continue to fix typos and other mistakes in the Indie Microblogging book. Going to revisit a few …
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My mom found this notebook paper I had used when I was 13 years old to plan out the route to my …
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Kind of feels like summer in Austin today. Good day for lunch and coffee outside for a while. ☀️
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We’ve updated Wavelength for iOS with a couple bug fixes. Easy way to record, edit, and …
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Jean posted a photo of the folks who could join us in-person for Micro Camp. Not shown: me fumbling …
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Some people have noticed that Indie Microblogging wasn’t showing up in Micro.blog’s own …
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A few photos from the McMenamins Kennedy School Hotel.
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Thanks again to everyone who participated in Micro Camp over the last couple of days. Great talks …
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Speaking of cold, here’s another photo from Salt Lake City a few days ago. Cottonwood Canyon.
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Cold morning in Portland, walked to Extracto Coffee before we get ready to set up for Micro Camp day …
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Thinking about Micro Camp, I said to @jean yesterday: “We are so lucky.” Great community …
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Core Intuition 504 has been posted! We talk about this week’s Apple event and publishing the …
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Thanks again everyone who has joined us for Micro Camp so far! The first 2 sessions are available to …
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Early book feedback
I designed the structure of the Indie Microblogging book knowing that most people weren’t …
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Nice thing about how book.micro.blog works is that it’s just a Micro.blog-hosted blog, with a …
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Kickstarter video and transcript
I posted an update to Kickstarter backers today with a video of me talking about the Indie …
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Published the book draft this morning and then got on a flight to Utah, slight detour before …
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Complete draft of Indie Microblogging published
It took longer and grew into a bigger project than I expected, but I’m happy to announce today that …
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Finished reading: The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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Finished reading: Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings. The series is slow at times but starting to …
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Clever new app MaskerAid from Casey Liss to automatically put emoji over faces in your photos. …
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Posted episode 503 of Core Intuition. We talk more about Help Scout and GitHub.
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Next week is the 20th anniversary of my blog. Would be cool if I had something new to announce then.
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Brandon Sanderson drops some big news in a video on YouTube. I did not see this coming. 📚
February 2022
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A walk through the University of North Texas yesterday.
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Finished reading: Sixth of the Dusk by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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Here’s another great post about the IndieWeb Personal Libraries pop-up, from Maggie Appleton …
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Finished reading: Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings 📚
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The schedule for Micro Camp is coming together! Jean has a blog post with the speakers and topics. …
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Reminded by @jean that the MacPaw folks are primarily in Ukraine: Mac users: you might not realize …
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Continuing to make little tweaks and fixes to book search and bookshelves. We now show a book …
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Ukraine is about the size of Texas. When they show a map on CNN, I keep imagining what we would do. …
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Epilogue for iOS has been updated to version 1.2.1, with better accessibility support and a new book …
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React Native diary #7: accessibility
I heard from a user this week that some screens in Epilogue aren’t very accessible with VoiceOver. …
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A new beta of Micro.blog for Android is available! There has been a lot of work on this since the …
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Epilogue 1.2 is now out for iOS! This release fixes several issues and adds posting to external …
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Finished reading: Stardust by Neil Gaiman 📚
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Posted episode 502 of @coreint. We talk all about email support and evaluating other services like …
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Personal libraries next steps
Yesterday’s IndieWeb session gave me a lot to think about, and a couple specific next things …
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Great write-up by @ton of yesterday’s IndieWeb Personal Libraries pop-up session. I thought …
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Epilogue 1.2 preview
I’ve been improving the profile screen in the new Epilogue to support adding external blogs …
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Enjoying the switch to Help Scout. Fast, clean UI, and nice personality. Feels like software created …
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Excited that Brad Bird will finally get to make Ray Gunn, a concept which predates even his film The …
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Getting some work done between errands today. Easy Tiger. ☕️
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I didn’t exactly mean to ship Epilogue 1.1 yet, but… it’s out for iOS already! …
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On the upcoming @coreint, @danielpunkass and I talk about support email. As a heads-up that some …
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Great article by Jason Snell on side-loading: When every app review decision is no longer a death …
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React Native diary #6: SF Symbols
The goal in my experiments with React Native is to build an app that feels as native to iOS as …
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Gotta share this “2” because it’s unlikely to happen again. Wordle 242 2/6 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
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React Native diary #5: misc observations
Some thoughts after about a week of using React Native to rewrite Epilogue. It’s going well and has …
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Worked downtown this morning from Lazarus, then walked around. I’m okay with the mix of new …
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React Native diary #4: modals
I’m continuing to plow ahead with the Epilogue rewrite. I’ve added a storage class to wrap …
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Turns out we broke category pages (including too many posts) for some themes in the new Hugo …
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The books pop-up session is this weekend. I’m trying to get Epilogue 1.1 done before then, …
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I can’t stop laughing at that Coinbase QR code ad. Brilliant, evil, and no doubt super …
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React Native diary #3: dark mode
Even though Epilogue 1.0 was simple, it did support Dark Mode on iOS. I always run my phone in Dark …
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Posted episode 501 of @coreint. We talk about Apple’s new App Store rules for the Netherlands, …
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React Native diary #2: state
I’ve been programming the Mac for over 25 years, but I’m stumbling through React Native and …
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I think I’m ready to move away from Zendesk. Recommendations? I don’t blame it for my …
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I had upgraded to new AirPods 3 for the last couple months. I loved the sound, but they were never …
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Wordle is live at The New York Times and looks identical for now, hopefully easing some concerns.
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React Native diary #1
In the spirit of Brent’s Sync Diary series from 2013-2014, I’m going to blog a little …
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Vincent shares his thoughts on the future of Gluon, especially as it relates to Micro.blog for …
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Like outliners and Shortcuts? @vincode has a write-up for how he posts from an outline in Zavala 2.0 …
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Finished reading: Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson. Love the premise, characters, and strong …
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More presenters announced for Micro Camp 2022. 🏕
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Moving away from App Store-focused development
A few things are happening at once that together are putting some clarity on the direction we should …
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Rolling out a fix for cross-posting in Micro.blog, which broke when we optimized publishing …
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I’m torn between thinking we have enough emoji already but really wanting an iced coffee …
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from @benwerd. I’m imagining what native app platforms would be like if they …
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Finished reading: White Sand (Volume 1) by Brandon Sanderson. Another part of the Cosmere. Wonder …
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Rolling out another optimization in Micro.blog today. You should see some of your new posts show up …
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Every Monday morning, I write down a few things I plan to focus on for the week. Inevitably a few …
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Micro.blog 2.3 for iOS
Micro.blog 2.3 is now available in the App Store, including these changes:
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After a nice run last week of 3/6s in Wordle, got stuck today. Wordle 233 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
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Finished reading: The Art of Wolfwalkers by Charles Solomon. I have a lot of “art of” books, but …
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Finished reading: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig 📚
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We’ve hit episode 500 on Core Intuition. For this special milestone, we look back on a few …
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Nice to make a fire because we want to rather than because we have to like last year’s winter storm. …
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Added plug-in search to Micro.blog and a filter for only showing themes, now that we are starting to …
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These guidelines from Apple about external payments are even worse than I expected. So many hoops to …
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Looking forward to our 2nd Micro Camp. Mostly virtual but I’ll be in Portland for it. …
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Easier RSVP-ing with IndieWeb plug-in
After I added Micro Camp 2022 to events.indieweb.org, I wanted to send an IndieWeb RSVP to the …
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Micro Camp 2022 is now listed on events.indieweb.org too, if anyone in the IndieWeb community wants …
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Still getting used to the idea that we might have a winter storm like this in Austin every year now. …
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More Micro.camp 2022 details! Stickers! Portland!
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Congrats to @vincode on releasing Zavala 2.0! iOS and macOS outliner with iCloud sync and great …
January 2022
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Nice to see Maus at the top of the best-sellers list. I actually ordered a copy last week too. …
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This morning’s Micro.blog update included performance improvements, bug fixes to ActivityPub …
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Tweaking the design of my blog a little, changing the colors and header. Clicking on random posts to …
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I’m resuming the TestFlight beta for Micro.blog for iOS. The first beta of version 2.3 …
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I created a new Micro.blog plug-in called “Custom home page” that replaces your blog …
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Last night’s Spurs vs. Bulls game was really fun. DeRozan’s playing well, maybe even …
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Improved theme management in Micro.blog today, including disabling previous theme plug-ins when …
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DHH asking questions that remind me of Micro.blog. The balance is easy posting but not virality: …
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Core Intuition 499! Just one episode away from 500. Hard to believe. This week we talk about …
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Made a few more improvements to blog publishing performance. Feels kind of like carving something …
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Micro Camp 2022 is happening in March! This post from @jean has the details. Also check out the …
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Finished reading: The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch 📚
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Worked all day on new plug-in improvements. Pretty happy with the progress. Assuming no major bugs, …
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A date has been set for the : February 19th. Looking …
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I should be able to finish The Republic of Thieves this week, so I went to order the 4th book in …
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Looking pretty good with screenshots in the Micro.blog plug-ins directory.
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Almost gave up on Wordle today. Whew. 219 6/6. ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
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On the latest Core Intuition, we talk about the App Store and Apple’s response to government …
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“I’m a firm believer that often terror is trying to tell us of a force far greater than …
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Apple's response to South Korea untenable
I’m as tired of debating the App Store as anyone. I’ve been making essentially the same …
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Latest Android beta of Micro.blog is hung up in review because apparently Google can be just as …
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The free COVID tests web site really couldn’t be easier. Takes 30 seconds. Well done, USPS …
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The path to M.b for Android
Last June, I was traveling with my family for a vacation to Washington DC. We had all gotten …
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I updated Micro.blog for macOS today with a bug fix and new right-click context menu for hosted blog …
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Every once in a while, someone new to Micro.blog asks if it is actively developed. What…? We are …
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Cold morning in downtown Dallas, walking from the hotel to get coffee and I passed this, on the …
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There are so many characters in Encanto, it really improves on subsequent viewings when you know who …
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Introducing Micro.blog for Android
Today we’re releasing the first public beta of Micro.blog for Android. You can download it here on …
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Deploying new versions of Micro.blog is a comically tedious process.
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My best Wordle yet. 209 3/6. I tend to play random first words, and sometimes I get lucky. 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨 …
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AppKit still pretty great
Reacting to Daniel Jalkut’s follow-up on his 2010 post about native apps vs. web apps, Michael …
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I haven’t thought much about AirTags since they launched. I wanted one but didn’t need …
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Hugo folks, we’re considering a fix that will make it easier to style standalone blog pages in …
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New update to the Mac version of Micro.blog today with bug fixes and HTML syntax highlighting along …
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Testing a bug fix update to today’s Micro.blog for Mac update, and I also squeezed in a change …
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The situation with the NBA and Kyrie Irving is so silly. If you’re a Nets fan, you can’t …
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Micro.blog 2.4 for macOS
Today we released an update to the Mac app that adds a preview window. This is handy for longer …
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15 years ago today the iPhone was announced. I blogged that day about how blown away I was by it. …
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Some folks noticed that I broke RSS feeds (including too many items) during the Hugo upgrade. …
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If you’re using the Minos theme for your blog, there’s a new plug-in in the directory to …
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Revisiting 43 Things
A few weeks ago, something in a discussion prompted me to look up the site 43 Things, which I used …
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Posted the first episode of Core Intuition for 2022, talking with @danielpunkass about productivity …
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I enjoy the IndieWeb pop-ups that have become popular in pandemic times. Easier to commit to a …
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Finished reading: Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch. First book of 2022. Love this series. 📚
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Moving to new Hugo
There has been a lot of activity around Micro.blog plug-ins lately, inspiring me to improve the …
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Wordle 201 6/6. I said I’d stop playing but it pulled me back in for another day… For …
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I put a link to the Surprise me! plug-in in my blog footer. Pretty fun to click it a few times and …
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I’ve updated Micro.blog’s plug-in directory so you can actually link to plug-ins now. …
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I think that crypto will have a place in the future, but I think the applications of …
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Wordle 199. First time I’ve played this game and I’m not great at it… Needed at least one more …
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Great post from @benwerd about blogging: This earliest form of social media is, for me, the deepest …
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Wrote a plug-in called “All photos” that overrides the Photos page to include every …
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5 years ago today, I launched the Kickstarter for Micro.blog. Soooo much has happened since then, …
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Train bridge and more wind turbines, halfway between Lubbock and Abilene.
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I’m not big on stats, but a positive change I made last year was to get my reading time way up, from …
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New year, new coffee. Stopped at Palace Coffee in Canyon, Texas. Cool old building from 1906. ☕️
December 2021
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Last episode of @coreint for 2021 has been posted, just barely. We look toward 2022 and talk about …
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Lighthouse trail at Palo Duro Canyon.
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Wind turbines outside of Sweetwater, Texas. Hundreds of them in all directions.
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There was a lingering issue in the last day with updating the Micro.blog timeline for some blogs. …
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Nice to see the new plug-in version check working. Micro.blog now automatically checks GitHub for …
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Old oak trees at Merit Coffee on South Lamar. The house also has a historical marker — built around …
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Coffee and work on a few random Micro.blog backend things. I tweaked how publishing works to squeeze …
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Importing blog archive files
It was way back around IndieWebCamp Austin 2017 that I proposed a new archive format for blogs. …
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I’ve added @amit’s Post Stats plug-in to the directory so it’s easy to install …
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It’s easy to be optimistic after a couple blowout wins, but love how this Spurs team is …
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A little post-Christmas coding, updating the Mac app to support importing .bar (blog archive) files. …
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Finished reading: A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab 📚
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Hope everyone’s having a nice day! Just posted the latest Core Intuition. 🎄
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There will be a IndieWeb pop-up session in February about personal libraries: using alternatives to …
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You can unlock a secret “Happy Holidays” pin on Micro.blog by mentioning various winter …
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Trail of Lights at Zilker was cars-only again this year, but still fun. I bet it’ll be back to …
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This week’s Micro Monday episode features Ridwan Jaafar. Thanks for being part of the …
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I know in movies the techie hacker is always going to be typing furiously at fake unix-like …
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Still annoyed by the trend of services showing yearly pricing as a monthly estimate. I won’t …
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We just posted Core Intuition 493: @danielpunkass returns to iOS development.
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Apple has approved Epilogue 1.0.1, a bug fix update to our books-focused iOS app. Check it out in …
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Feel like I’m almost on the other side of the COVID booster knocking me around for 24 hours. …
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We updated a little more of the dark mode colors in Micro.blog on the web. Just small refinements.
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Boosted. They’ve changed things up at Austin Public Health since my first COVID shots. Now using …
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I’ve had to do some work in WordPress recently, and I’ve gotta say I think Micro.blog …
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Every time I have to ask Apple to let me send a beta to customers, it makes me want to not develop …
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The community on Micro.blog is still small enough that even little changes have a big impact. …
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Read most books as e-books this year, but if I started a series and loved it, I usually picked up …
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Finished reading: The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. This novel is so well crafted. Loved it. …
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Downtime this morning was super annoying, but no data loss and everything should be running smoothly …
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Updated a few things with the Micro.blog publishing backend, including a new “Rebuild” …
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It’s me on the podcast… 🎙Manton Reece returns to the Micro Monday podcast to talk about two new …
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Misty, rainy day in Austin. Tried to work at Summer Moon but a guy nearby was sniffling and …
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Micro.blog 2.2 for macOS
I’ve updated the Mac app with some improvements around drafts and scheduling posts. …
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An old part of Hancock Center. Wonder what’ll happen to this.
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I was a little familiar with Billie Eilish but hadn’t listened to her latest album all the way …
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Christmas tree and stained glass at Lazarus Brewing. Coffee and work on the macOS app this morning. …
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I’ve updated the Settings button for email newsletters to allow changing the delay for …
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Scheduling posts in the future and the new email newsletters weren’t really in sync until …
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Theme updates: Cypress has been updated to the latest version, and Tufte has been added as a …
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I’ve been updating the email newsletters feature every day this week with tweaks and bug …
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We posted episode 492 of @coreint. We talk about the new email newsletter subscriptions in …
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We updated Sunlit today with a few bug fixes and performance improvements. There’s also a new …
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I started reading The Wizard and the Prophet a couple years ago and liked it, but I stalled about …
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Questions or feedback about the new newsletter subscriptions? We’re recording a podcast …
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Looks like iOS 15.1 has seriously messed up the swipe interaction in Micro.blog for iOS. I know some …
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Styling newsletters in Micro.blog
We improved the email newsletter subscriptions feature today based on early feedback. There are a …
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Very happy with the email newsletters rollout. The feedback has been great. I have a short to-do …
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Introducing email newsletter subscriptions
Today we’re announcing a major new feature for Micro.blog Premium subscribers: email newsletters. …
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Rewatching some highlights from last night’s Spurs win over the Warriors. 4-game winning streak …
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Putting the final touches on a major new feature we’re launching Monday. I love the way …
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Drafts and scheduling posts
This week we improved a few things in Micro.blog for managing drafts and scheduling blog posts to …
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We just posted Core Int 491 with a discussion of Thanksgiving, recent work, and Jack Dorsey …
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Should’ve done this years ago, but finally realized that part of my problem with the modern …
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We’ve started watching Christmas movies. Checking my favorite movies blog post from 2 years …
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Reminded by @amit that we haven’t done enough for managing draft blog posts, so now …
November 2021
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Finished reading: State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny. I’ve been listening to the …
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There’s a new Micro Monday! @artkavanagh talks with @jean about books, writing, newsletters, …
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90% into this new feature and I started questioning if it’s the right model. Had to take a …
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Finished reading: Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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Posted to @news: Not receiving push notifications? We think we’ve resolved the issue, although you …
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Elgin Christmas Tree Farm. Super crowded this year. Everyone’s ready to get back to holiday …
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Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 Just posted Core Intuition episode 490.
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Train to Los Angeles
Last week I took an Amtrak train out to Los Angeles. I decided not to blog about the trip until I …
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Just merged in 3 pull requests from @vincent. Good week for bug fixes. 🎉
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Rolling out a fix for the recent Micro.blog cross-posting troubles. Should be fixed now! Unexpected …
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Fixed an issue with moving books around in Micro.blog’s bookshelves (or in the companion app, …
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After months (years?) of putting off the migration, we’ve finally switched Micro.blog from New …
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The latest @coreint is out with all things Amtrak. Status update halfway through my trip to LA, book …
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On a train somewhere in Arizona, editing a podcast about being on a train. Going to collect the trip …
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After a whole bunch of App Store rejections — mostly confusion with using Micro.blog accounts and …
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Micro.blog via AppleScript
On the latest Core Intuition, Daniel and I talk about the just-released FastScripts 3, his app for …
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For @coreint this week, we talk about @danielpunkass shipping FastScripts 3. Then I grumble about …
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If you’re on TestFlight for Epilogue, I pushed a new version that adds Sign in with Apple. If …
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I created a new Micro.blog theme that uses simple.css. The idea is to have the most lightweight HTML …
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Congrats to @danielpunkass on releasing FastScripts 3!
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More iOS rejections. App Review has lost the plot reviewing Epilogue. Thinking about adding Sign in …
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Micro.blog 2.1.2 for macOS
We released an update to Micro.blog for macOS today:
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The morning did not go as planned but it’s all good now. ☕️
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Hot off the press, just got the test printing of my book 30 Days. Very happy with it. Just need to …
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Epilogue 1.0 for Android
Epilogue is now available in Google Play. This is the first official app we’ve released for …
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Going through a series of App Store rejections. I think the biggest disconnect between Apple and …
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Finished reading: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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Exploring San Antonio on the walk back from the Alamodome. This was an old school, started in 1858. …
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Bands of America at the Alamodome.
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In San Antonio for the afternoon. Working outside at Halcyon. Cool but sunny, about 65°… Not …
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Updated the home page of Micro.blog on the web to show whether it is still publishing the latest …
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On Core Int this week we talk about Epilogue, fixing bugs, Apple’s Tech Talk, and finishing …
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Rolled out a Micro.blog change to blog custom CSS that is much faster. Design → “Edit …
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Raining all morning. Thunder rolling through, which should make recording a podcast fun. ⛈
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Good luck to everyone participating in NaNoWriMo! I did it years ago and it was a great experience. …
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A new app for books: Epilogue
Last week I sent out a survey to ask how people are tracking books they are reading or blogging …
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I worry sometimes when announcing something completely new (we’re working on a few things!) …
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Learning more Kotlin. The best way to learn a language is to first read the documentation. So …
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Happy election day! If you’ve got something on the ballot in your city, don’t forget to …
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Want to use Micro.blog from Shortcuts? @vincode has you covered with a new app for iOS and macOS …
October 2021
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If you’re new to Micro.blog, you might not know that mentioning Halloween or even just pumpkin …
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Experimenting with the Google Books API and I’m pretty impressed with it… We use a mix …
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We posted this week’s @coreint, talking about @danielpunkass’s MacBook Pro purchase, …
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Finally went to the new Dutch Bros in Round Rock. Loved stopping at these while driving back from …
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Plugged in my (old) 16-inch MacBook Pro last night. This morning, battery is already about to die …
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Having fun this week working on something new with HTML. I’ve built apps with a lot of …
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Facebook → Meta. Mark Zuckerberg is clearly bored with his core product. But I’m kind of …
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I was thinking a lot about how I track books in Micro.blog and what could be improved. I put …
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It was great to get away to San Antonio over the weekend. Kind of felt like no one told the city …
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Travis Park in San Antonio from the St. Anthony.
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A bit late but I just posted Core Intuition 485. Inching toward episode 500. We talk about …
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Bought the Sony RX100 VII yesterday. Not really an impulse buy… I’ve been thinking about this …
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Flickr cross-posting from Micro.blog
I was inspired when I saw news about the Flickr Foundation to take another look at what Flickr has …
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Dune is excellent. Watched it on HBO, but it must be great in the theater. It was only about a year …
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Finished reading: The Library Book by Susan Orlean 📚
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Ollie sticking his head out the window to bark. Makes me smile so I can’t even really be mad about …
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My favorite space to work outside when I’m downtown. Coffee at Lazarus Brewing. Mosquitos seemed to …
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I dusted off my Flickr account and upgraded to Flickr Pro. What does this mean for Micro.blog? …
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Todays prompt for the Micro.blog photo challenge: sports! Tuned in to the first Spurs game of the …
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Sunlit 3.4.1 is now available in the App Store! This update adds sharing from the Glass iOS app and …
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New theme for Micro.blog from @pimoore: Tufte. Looks great. You can install it with a plug-in. …
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NBA day! It’s a good thing that I don’t know how to gamble on sports from Texas, because …
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Enjoyed listening to the latest Micro Monday with @pimoore this morning while in the car. Pete and …
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Day 2 thoughts on the new MacBooks… They look great. But I think the 13-inch MacBook Pro …
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Drummer and Micro.blog
Drummer is a new outliner (with companion blogging system) from Dave Winer. As I’ve watched …
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An important side effect of keeping Micro.blog as open as possible is that people sometimes move …
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Busy start to the week! New Apple event soon. New experimental Micro.blog feature later this …
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Vincent’s blog post makes it official: there will be a Micro.blog app for Android! Expect the …
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On yesterday’s Core Int, Daniel and I talked about the upcoming Mac event, new Micro.blog …
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What I like about @dave’s Drummer outliner is that it’s unlike any other blog editor. …
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We’ve updated our iOS app Wavelength with a couple bug fixes and improvements for Dark Mode.
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Even just watching on TV, seeing a rocket launch and come safely back to earth… it’ll …
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Deployed a few more Dark Mode fixes, including for the new web post editor and composing replies.
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Little screenshot of something new we’re working on. I’ll have a longer blog post about …
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We’ve rolled out a long-awaited upgrade to Micro.blog’s web text editor. You’ll …
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Tough week visiting my uncle in the hospital. But even surrounded by sickness there is some symmetry …
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Out walking Ollie this morning. Today’s prompt is “street” for the photo challenge.
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Turned on C-SPAN while eating lunch. Frances Haugen’s testimony about Facebook is very …
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Facebook's hold is fragile
Yesterday was a whirlwind for me, taking care of personal stuff unrelated to Micro.blog, and I …
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Life ain’t nothing but a good groove. Coffee outside at the square in Denton. ☕️
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I disabled the “Show color in tab bar” pref in Safari after reading @gruber’s …
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Day 2 of the October photo challenge. Dark.
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Finished reading: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 📚
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iPad Mini, trains, engineering, old podcasts… On the latest episode of @coreint: the Accidental …
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Amazing that Rogue Amoeba has been around for 19 years already… Time flies. 19% off today to …
September 2021
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Tomorrow is the October photo challenge! I haven’t seen any of the prompts yet so it’s …
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I’ve collected all of my 30-day blog posts into a book, which I’m going to include as a …
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Last mural was the first
This is supposedly the first mural still standing in Austin, Creation painted on the University …
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In Texas today on a range of issues, change takes a step back before moving forward, but we’ll …
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Threadgill’s had a long history in Austin, and we have good memories of eating there and seeing live …
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Believe it or not, it’s October on Friday. Not sure where September went, but the good news is …
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On the side of the East Austin Hotel on 6th, by Jason Eatherly. Inspired by the book Be Here Now by …
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30 days book?
This might seem like a distraction or procrastination technique, but bear with me here. …
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There’s a long stretch of great murals on both sides of North Lamar under the bridge for 3rd street …
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Sad to see this news that a train derailed in Montana. When talking to @danielpunkass on @coreint …
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Busy last couple days and finally got episode 481 of Core Intuition posted. We talk about …
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I debated including this because it’s words, more spontaneous graffiti than mural. But it’s …
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This used to be an exotic pets store on Burnet Road. Years ago when my son loved snakes we had a …
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“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly …
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Wonderful cool weather in Austin continues. Sitting outside working at Patika on South Lamar. Hoping …
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Another popular mural in Austin. As the state flower, surprised the bluebonnet doesn’t make an …
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Part of the discovery process of finding murals is learning more about local artists like Federico …
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It’s just about time for another photoblogging challenge! @jean has the details here and where …
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Just purchased some ISBNs. Starting to get real. 📚
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Bumble mural at 6th and San Jacinto. I’ve found that some of the best commissioned murals are “on …
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Can’t resist a mural that has Scrooge McDuck in it.
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Updated my murals page with larger, left-aligned thumbnails. Have I mentioned how much I love having …
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Legendary mural on the drag. Walking around here takes me back to being a student. So familiar …
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Day 17, another mural on east 7th. Til Death Do Us Part, by Federico Archuleta.
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We have a brand new web site for Micro Camp, designed by @vincent! It better showcases the speakers …
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I still consider this part of Austin, but technically a little farther out at Milburn Park. Cedar …
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This post on Kotaku (via @jack) makes some good points. When too much content is lost in chat …
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On Core Intuition 480, @danielpunkass and I react to Apple’s September event, talk about the …
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I’m halfway through visiting 30 murals in 30 days. This has taken a little more driving around than …
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A small part of a mural that stretches along the Planet K on 183. I drive by this often and glad to …
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Nearing the halfway point for murals. Day 14, on the side of Kammok on east 7th.
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Watching the Apple event, of course. iPad Mini looks great, and I would’ve bought this if it …
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Not totally sure what this mural is about but I like it. On Brazos next to The Driskill.
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Sunlit 3.4
Sunlit 3.4 is now available in the App Store. For this update, we focused on improving the timeline …
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Huge mural celebrating the 19th amendment at Congress and Cesar Chavez.
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So happy. This model train is now ours… Just needs a little love and wiring to bring it back to …
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Carver Branch Library. When I stopped by today, an artist was updating the mural with fresh paint.
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20 years ago, listening to NPR when the story cut out and they broke in with the news. Wondered how …
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Kobe and Gianna Bryant, outside P Terry’s on 183.
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Big news for Epic and all iOS developers. The judge clearly put thought into this and made a …
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Micro.blog automatically redirects old feed URLs from other blog systems, but that was broken the …
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Victory Grill on 11th, originally opened at the end of World War II with dining, blues, and jazz as …
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We rolled out some improvements to the Dark Mode version of Micro.blog on the web, based on feedback …
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Kellie’s on Burnet. Sweet mural for day 8.
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Another day, another mural. East 6th on the side of Whisler’s, by Federico Archuleta.
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Starting the morning with coffee and breakfast tacos at Lazarus Brewing. Great space with lots of …
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Back on the UT campus for day 6 of mural photoblogging.
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Quiet morning on the UT campus because no classes. Working for a bit at Lucky Lab Coffee before …
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For the 5th day, one of many small murals on the Goodwill building at Lamar and 10th.
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Happy with the way my simple murals page is shaping up. I’m adding little thumbnails for each …
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Day 4 of murals. South Congress is too crowded. I grew up not that far from here and kind of miss …
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Enjoyed talking with @danielpunkass about the latest App Store controversies on Core Int. …
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Finished reading: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Not often that I finish 2 books in the same day, …
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Just posted Core Int 478: MarsEdit 4.5 and all the latest App Store settlement news.
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Finished reading: The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers. 📚
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This used to be a Tower Records, and before that a theater. It must be one of the oldest remaining …
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Only the 3rd day of visiting murals in Austin and I’ve already hit one on my list that has …
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For day 2 of visiting 30 murals in 30 days, I’m in south Austin. Picked up coffee at Mañana first …
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Congrats to @danielpunkass on MarsEdit 4.5! Big update with features for WordPress but also …
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I’m starting a new project in my 30 days series. Murals! Each day, I’ll visit a mural and take a …
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Fixed a few things in the Ink theme. You can upgrade by clicking Plug-ins → Find Plug-ins → Upgrade. …
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Working at Thunderbird on Manor for a while this morning. Really crowded. What pandemic? 😷
August 2021
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Micro.blog 2.1.1 for macOS
We updated the Micro.blog app for macOS today with the following changes:
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Dark Mode for Micro.blog on the web is ready! Huge thanks to @vincent for doing this work and …
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I’ve fixed the “squished photos” problem in the new Ink theme. It’s now in a …
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Had to wait a little while at the dentist. Listening to all the calls the front desk takes for …
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Just posted @coreint 477: AppKit Is The Only Way. Our take on the 1Password 8 beta, the confusing …
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This headline in the Washington Post (“major concession”) is wrong. There is nothing …
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My hopes for the Spurs this season: make the playoffs, Pop gets all-time most wins as a coach (only …
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As an animation fan, one of the silver linings with COVID is having access to so many virtual events …
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There’s now a special pin for Micro Camp! I’ve unlocked it for anyone who registered on …
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Butterfly joining me at the coffee shop. Working outside for a bit after an appointment nearby. …
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Great episode of The Changelog with @aaronpk. The first half is a discussion about tracking our …
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Got my Micro Camp sticker! They turned out great. Thanks @Burk! 🏕
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I updated the Hugo theme Ink for Micro.blog. Needs a little more testing before I put it in the …
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More server deployments today. There were a couple hiccups yesterday and this morning after our …
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Lots of nice RSS in the new members-only subscriptions from MacStories. Interesting how different …
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We’ve updated our YouTube channel with several more videos from Micro Camp. 📺
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I know you can’t rush science, but… finally. The New York Times: The Food and Drug …
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Upgraded Micro.blog hosting
We’ve finished a server upgrade for Micro.blog-hosted blogs. It’s now backed by the Caddy web …
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We just posted episode 476 of Core Intuition. A review on how Micro Camp went, why @danielpunkass …
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Dinner outside at Chuy’s. Keep kids off the trees. 🌮
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Micro Camp has wrapped up, but there are IndieWeb online events about once a month. I’ll be …
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Lunch today at the reopened Waterloo Park.
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This week I learned that ZeroSSL — which is compatible with Let’s Encrypt — has no rate …
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We’ve started mirroring the Micro Camp videos to our YouTube channel. There are a few up now, …
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Funny to think back to the early prototypes of Micro.blog, which couldn’t store photos. I was …
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Love the way the new Sunlit beta is coming together. We were inspired by Glass to revisit clunkiness …
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When the 1Password 8 beta hit, I installed it briefly and gave it a superficial look to see what the …
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I switched manton.org over to one of the new servers to make sure everything is running smoothly …
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Biked up to the coffee shop to work. Can’t find my lock so just set it outside the window where it’s …
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Hit a nice milestone today testing the new static server infrastructure (based on Caddy) for hosted …
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We watched some of the epic, hours-long Round Rock ISD school board meeting last night. Both …
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In the Q&A at Micro Camp, we answered a question about who the next 3 people we’d like to …
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Micro.blog 2.2 with sharing from Glass
I’m always paying attention to new platforms that pop up, especially when there is some overlap with …
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I really like what I’ve seen of Josh Primo in the NBA summer league. Spurs picking him 12th …
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At Micro Camp, I hinted at some new features coming for Sunlit. As @cheesemaker and I work on it, …
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It might seem a long way off, but one day I’m going to load the New York Times home page and …
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Thanks again everyone for participating in Micro Camp! The videos are available on Vito if you …
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I need to watch this session from @patrickrhone: Want to Write a Book? You Probably Already Have! …
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Good morning! We’ve got the live stream up for Micro Camp day 2. We’ll start with a …
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Hemispheric Views is live now to wrap up the first day of Micro Camp!
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We’ve added the latest 2 sessions to the Videos section for Micro Camp: “Open for …
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Technical difficulties at Micro Camp with the audio. Happy Friday the 13th! I guess this is why I do …
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We’ve got the slideshow up on the Micro Camp livestream with art, photos, and music from the …
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Hot off the presses! A new Core Intuition with final thoughts getting ready for Micro Camp today, …
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Finished reading: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Ended up listening to the whole thing on …
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Walked around Mueller this morning. Working at Halcyon for a little while. ☕️
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Jean has posted the schedule and RSVP details for the informal meetups during Micro Camp. Each …
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We’re going to use @news for announcements about Micro Camp if anything important comes up …
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Do you have any questions or feedback about Micro.blog for me and @jean to answer live during Micro …
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Over the weekend, @cheesemaker and I were tinkering with adding location check-in support to Sunlit. …
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Free iced coffee and snack while I wait at the Honda dealer to have our car checked out. Battery …
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Finished reading: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath. I …
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Micro Camp will have stickers! Thanks so much to @Burk for coordinating the design and printing. …
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Updated the micro.camp web site with session titles and registration link for Vito, which …
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Just sent an email out to folks interested in Micro Camp with more details about the sessions.
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Jean has a longer post today about the new survey and what we’re hoping to do to facilitate …
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Up early enough to watch the end of the bronze medal game. Congrats to Australia! I’m gonna …
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Gold for USA basketball. I’ve loved watching this team get better with each game. Especially happy …
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Planning to attend Micro Camp? We have a quick survey to help prioritize topic meetups between other …
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Core Int episode 474 is out! We talk Micro Camp, domains, marketing, and @danielpunkass’s …
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We’ve updated our Instagram-like photoblogging app Sunlit with a couple bug fixes. If you ever …
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Micro Camp is in one week! I didn’t think we were going to have this fun domain name too, but …
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With liberty and justice for all. Looking out from Upstairs at Caroline. 🍸
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Every few years I price Amtrak routes for potential upcoming trips. May not be possible right now, …
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We’ve updated the Micro Camp web site with the speaker list and panels. Coming up in about a …
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Finished reading: Mistborn Secret History by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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Micro Monday is back! Episode 101 features @jasraj, who will also be speaking at Micro Camp.
July 2021
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The latest episode of @coreint is out. We talk about what product @danielpunkass is going to focus …
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Micro Camp is 2 weeks away! Just announced: more speakers and a special logo for the event.
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A few nights ago downtown, walking across Congress Avenue.
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If I have to accept cookies one more time I’m going to lose my mind. What started as a …
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Pre-ordered the Playdate. Congrats to Panic on what looks like a very successful launch. 🕹
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I’ve been wanting an electric bike for years but the nice ones are way out of my budget. Finally had …
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Don’t forget to sign up on our list for Micro Camp. We’ll be sending a quick email …
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In other basketball news, congrats to the USA 3x3 women’s team on winning gold. This is a fun …
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I’ve been rolling out little bug fixes and improvements this week, which always feels good. …
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Stayed up to watch the first half of United States vs. Iran basketball last night, but called it a …
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Sports can be beautiful, exhilarating, and heartbreaking. Hope everyone in Tokyo is proud of how far …
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Increased the font size in Terminal a couple points. Am I getting old? I could read the small font …
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Renewed my TSA PreCheck registration. Which is weird because after the stress of flying last month, …
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I forgot how fun manual transmissions were to drive. It had been 25+ years and I picked it up like …
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Watching USA vs. France. NBC wants you to subscribe to Peacock to get all the basketball games …
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I’ve updated status.micro.blog to add a check for the Micro.blog-hosted blogs (represented by …
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After a few months fully vaccinated and feeling invincible, I’ve mostly gone back to wearing a …
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For Finish Friday today I’m wrapping up some server development work and merging in @vincent …
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Daniel and I talk about “Must-do Monday”, our different approaches to shipping apps, and …
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Vincent Ritter shares his side of the story on his podcast Abstract Development: Welcoming …
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Micro.blog servers for 2021
To pair with my post about downtime, I thought I’d share our current Linode servers. Some …
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Last night's downtime
Yesterday’s outage was the worst downtime we’ve ever had for Micro.blog-hosted blogs. I …
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Usually I think it’s good to have fewer places for filing bugs, but now that the iOS and macOS …
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In part because of this post at Six Colors, I started using Backblaze again. Years ago, I was using …
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It has been a while since I’ve given JSON Feed much attention. Deployed an updated version of …
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Houndstooth Coffee at The Domain. ☕️
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Micro.blog 2.1.2 for iOS
Micro.blog for iPhone and iPad has been updated today with a handful of bug fixes:
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Time to read Rhythm of War. The longer I put off reading it, the more daunting it started to seem. …
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Fixed some profile photos loading in the Micro.blog timeline in the apps. I thought it was a caching …
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Absolutely nothing was on my calendar today. No reminders. No events. No errands to run. Woke up …
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Finished reading: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 📚
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On the latest episode of Core Intuition, we talk about why I reached out to Vincent to help with …
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Lots of basketball news swirling around right now in addition to the finals. I can barely keep up. …
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Welcoming Vincent
Vincent Ritter is the developer behind the excellent Gluon, a Micro.blog app for iOS and Android. He …
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Whenever I dip back into programming with AppKit, I really enjoy it. I’ve probably spent too …
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Micro.blog 2.1 for macOS with Discover emoji, new export
Version 2.1 of Micro.blog for the Mac is now available. This release includes the following changes: …
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This should be the last beta of Micro.blog 2.1 for macOS. You can download it here. It features a …
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Because of a networking slowdown at our hosting provider, some of the profile photos in the timeline …
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Looking forward to the IndieWeb in a couple weeks. Micro.blog already …
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Going to be an exciting week for Micro.blog. Ramping up Micro Camp planning and have some other …
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Finished reading The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson. That’s it for the Mistborn …
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Micro.blog 2.1 for macOS, beta 2
Usually I work on features in short sprints and ship them out to everyone as soon as they are ready. …
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Micro Camp is about a month away! We’ll be announcing more details soon, probably later this …
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Another photo from exploring downtown last night. We did something we never do: a guided tour in our …
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Sunlit 3.3.1 is now available with several bug fixes: improved scrolling performance, an iPad …
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On the latest episode of Core Int, @danielpunkass and I talk about working while traveling, …
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University of Texas at San Antonio.
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I’m honestly still on the fence about whether I prefer Swift or Objective-C. Swift is so much …
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My name is very uncommon, so it’s weird that there’s a character named Manton in The …
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Here’s the first beta of Micro.blog 2.1 for macOS with a couple new export options: Markdown …
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Working at the coffee shop. Looked up and realized it was pouring rain outside. ☕️
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I don’t think I say often enough how thankful I am of everyone who gave Micro.blog a chance. …
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University of Texas at Dallas.
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Clouds out the car window on I-35.
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Now that Micro.blog for macOS is open source, I guess you can see as I work on new features. Wonder …
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Happy 4th, America. We had an early fireworks show at Mount Vernon for our DC trip… Here’s a quick …
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Finished reading: Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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This is a useful script from @aaronpk to export data from Foursquare and (optionally) import it into …
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Very impressed after a few days of testing the Caddy web server. I’m planning on moving a few …
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I’m now tracking the books I’m reading in Italic Type in addition to Micro.blog. Lots of …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about open-sourcing the Micro.blog …
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Tried twice but still can’t get Foursquare to successfully export any data. Meanwhile, the …
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Great idea from @ajennische: I’ll start with posting a picture that shows where I am right now in …
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As we’re getting closer to Micro Camp in August, drop your email address over on our …
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There appears to be an intermittent problem with photo uploads this morning. Looking into it and …
June 2021
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Open-sourcing the Micro.blog apps
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the longevity of Micro.blog and where we need help to …
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Micro.blog for macOS has been updated to fix several bugs and improve post search. See the help …
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Finished reading: Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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Starting to import my recent Swarm check-ins from our trip to DC into Manton.coffee. This is a …
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So busy with travel last week that I haven’t even had a chance to listen to the latest episode …
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This has been the morning routine this week. Picking up coffees at Ebenezers for our last day in DC. …
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The mansion at Mount Vernon, just before the fireworks.
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Freight train over the Potomac River, from the metro.
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Scootering around the Washington Monument. 🇺🇸
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We got to see the pandas at the National Zoo.
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After a mixed up trip getting here — cancelled flights, driving to Dallas, last-minute hotel, and …
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Waiting for the Amtrak to Union Station.
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Rainy landing in Baltimore. Visiting Washington DC for the first time.
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Vacancy in Madisonville, Texas.
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Congrats to @samgrover on the update to Mimi Uploader, for quickly uploading multiple photos on iOS. …
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Sunlit 3.3 is now available! It adds iOS widgets so you can show recent photos from your timeline or …
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Thinking about the NBA games that happened over the weekend… Wow. My guess is Suns/Bucks in …
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When I heard Stacey Abrams had a book called While Justice Sleeps, I assumed it was nonfiction based …
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Finished reading: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 📚
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We are wrapping up a new Sunlit release with bug fixes and widgets support. I still haven’t …
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Glad that Juneteenth is now a national holiday. I’m going to have to seek out this mural next time …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about the public beta of his Black …
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Micro.blog 2.1.1 for iOS is now available. Bug fixes and a few new keyboard shortcuts for iPad.
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Building on the Micro.blog books API
Since launching the bookshelves feature in Micro.blog on the web, I’ve been wondering whether …
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Yesterday we added a new “pens” emoji to Discover. Posts are starting to appear there, …
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For years I’ve wanted to transcribe my handwritten journals. I finally found a workflow that …
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Rolled out a few tweaks to following Mastodon users in Micro.blog. Mastodon recently switched from …
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While on the road last weekend, we started the audiobook for Project Hail Mary. I’m now …
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Finished reading: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo 📚
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Congrats @vincode on releasing Zavala, a new (free) outliner for macOS and iOS!
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Automattic acquires Day One. Smart. I’ve been thinking a lot about how (or when) to combine my …
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Another photo from over the weekend in Mississippi. Abandoned train tracks going off into the weeds. …
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This is a cool blog post about converting blog posts into a Word document for nicer book printing. …
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Heading back home today. Another pass over the Atchafalaya Basin.
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Another road trip day. Stopped for coffee in Baton Rouge. ☕️
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Our WWDC episode of @coreint is up.
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Happy that last night’s maintenance went smoothly — about twice as fast as expected. I had …
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Just a reminder if you missed the post from @news: we need to take down parts of Micro.blog for …
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I’ve watched a half dozen WWDC sessions and learned a lot. Great work Apple. But now I’m …
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I’ve been doing a bunch of JavaScript and CSS this week and wow, browsers have come a long …
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Watched a few WWDC sessions this morning. Shortcuts for Mac looks excellent. Also interesting that …
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Maybe my opinion will change after the WWDC State of the Union, but right now I’m most …
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Universal Control is blowing my mind a little. Now that I have a new iPad, I’ve been meaning …
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Nice shout-out to Ferrite in the iPad multitasking demo at WWDC. 🎙
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Apple Maps update looks great. I default to Google Maps, but gotta give Apple credit for sticking …
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Looking forward to WWDC but don’t really have any predictions. I’d like to see more …
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We added a secret Micro.blog pin for WWDC today! Just mention “WWDC" in a blog post this week …
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Afternoon road trip today, stopped in Fredericksburg on the way back.
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Dragon’s Lair at Cidercade. The animation is just how I remembered it but it’s even more fun on free …
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Some great stuff in this LaMarcus Aldridge interview: I always thought of playing for the Mavericks …
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First new blog post from @marco in a while is a great one: It isn’t the App Store that has enabled …
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I enabled bookshelves in Micro.blog for everyone this week. There is more tinkering I can do, but I …
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On Core Intuition 466, @danielpunkass and I respond to feedback about our Apple vs. Epic take, then …
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Project Hail Mary arrived this week. Currently reading Crooked Kingdom to wrap up the Shadow and …
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I like how Micro.blog stacks up against Twitter’s subscription. $5: Micro.blog hosting, …
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Thanks to @stett for updating the “Marfa dark mode” plug-in for Micro.blog with a better …
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I’ve finally been supplementing all the books I buy with also checking out e-books from the …
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Finished reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab. Unlike anything I’ve read …
May 2021
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We have a placeholder web site for Micro Camp. There’s an email form if you want to get …
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I like what @tingle has done with the style of this blog. It’s hosted on Micro.blog but the …
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In anticipation of launching the bookshelves feature next week, I wrote up a help page so that some …
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Was up early and decided to go get coffee and breakfast tacos. Maybe too early: coffee place hadn’t …
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Added a page to my blog for the books I want to read. I’ve also been tweaking the bookshelves …
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We released an update to Micro.blog for macOS today with several bug fixes. Choose “Check for …
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Update on my lost AirPod: ordered a replacement “left” ear AirPod but Apple accidentally sent …
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On the latest Core Int, we talk more about Apple. From the show notes: They wonder how Apple can be …
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Lost one of my AirPods last week and we turned the house upside down looking for it. No luck. Best …
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Finished reading: The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway 📚
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Raining on the highway in Houston.
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Adding a couple more filters to my blog to automatically assign categories. I think this is one of …
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New @coreint! On this episode, @danielpunkass and I react to Google I/O, Microsoft, Epic vs. Apple, …
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Whenever I dip my toe into what’s going on with Twitter, I’m always struck by how the …
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“When you’re in the midst of a storm like we were, it’s easy to temporarily lose …
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More with bookshelves
The experiment to manage the books you’re reading in Micro.blog has been really well received. …
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And that’s the end of another Spurs season. Really strong 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarter. That …
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Watching the highlights from Google I/O, Android really has come a long way. The color themes in …
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Webmention and Twitter
After the Webmention session last weekend, I was inspired to revisit a quirk of Micro.blog’s …
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Enjoyed this write-up at The Verge of Phil Schiller’s testimony: presenting one of the most …
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Notifications in macOS Big Sur are so finicky, I’m disabling them for most apps, especially …
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I can’t get tempted by the new iMac. Trying to ignore all the reviews dropping this week. It …
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We updated Wavelength to version 1.1.1 today, fixing a bug with playback, editing, and Dark Mode …
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Finished reading Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. Different kind of book than Shadow and Bone, and it …
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The latest version of Mimi Uploader for Micro.blog has shipped. Congrats @samgrover!
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With this very unusual NBA regular season wrapped up, coming to terms with the idea that the Spurs …
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Finally got episode 463 of @coreint edited and published. We talk about WWDC being just weeks away, …
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Webmention on Micro.blog demo
This weekend there will be an IndieWeb discussion session about Webmention. Micro.blog has support …
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Looking in our fridge this morning, wonder if we’re secretly running a coffee shop out of our house. …
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This is a cool idea from @becky to collect multiple WWDC wishlists together in one place. …
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If you replied to me about the new bookshelves experiment, you should have access. I also added an …
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Still no idea who will take the last 2 spots in the NBA playoffs. I’ve heard criticism of the …
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Thanks for the feedback on my bookshelves experiment post. Rather than send individual replies, I …
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Bookshelves beta for Micro.blog
I’ve been experimenting with another new feature for books in Micro.blog. Bookshelves are like …
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Wavelength 1.1 and podcasting trial
We updated our iOS companion app Wavelength today. The new version adds Dark Mode support, now uses …
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In high school I researched the death penalty for an essay. Back then I wouldn’t have believed …
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Walking on the trail this weekend I was surprised that the tracks for the old Zilker Zephyr have …
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Posted episode 462 of @coreint, our re-take to touch a little on Basecamp after we lost the original …
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Sitting down to edit this week’s @coreint, where @danielpunkass and I talked for an hour about …
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Small books tweak: new buttons to more easily link back and forth from the books grid and books …
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Fixed a minor book search issue on Micro.blog that was annoying me: better support for looking up …
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The bookmarklet by @cdevroe has been updated to tell Micro.blog to close the window after posting. …
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Keeping an eye on this work with federated bookshelves. Only a matter of time before we have good …
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I believe my team can win even when they’re 20 points down. I believe they can make the …
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John Gruber writing about Trump’s new blog: He should have had a blog like this all along. …
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We are preparing an update to our microcast recording app Wavelength. If you’d like to try the …
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Finished reading Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo, wrapping up the Shadow and Bone trilogy. 📚
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The plot thickens at Basecamp. Casey Newton’s new post reveals more about the all-hands …
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This looks like a great list of links from Om Malik for resources to help the COVID crisis in India. …
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I used to blog a lot about the App Store, and it often felt like I was one of only a handful of …
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I’ve been wondering lately why I have any cryptocurrency. I got some Stellar Lumens free a …
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We will probably close out the Micro Camp survey after today to start making sense of the results. …
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Picked up a to-go iced coffee from a new place that opened up recently: Lamppost Coffee off 183. I …
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Expect we’ll see a blog post from Jason or David today before everyone is distracted with Epic …
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Sometimes I take a break from my real to-do list to just randomly click around on Micro.blog until …
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There’s a new beta of the iOS app Mimi Uploader available. Great way to upload multiple photos …
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Standing on the porch watching the pouring rain.
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Voted at the library today. Long line for just propositions on the ballot. They let everyone wait …
April 2021
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Finished reading: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo 📚
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I’ve been a fan of Basecamp for a long time. My first blog post about Jason Fried and …
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We’ve gotten a bunch of responses to our Micro Camp time zone survey, but hoping to get even …
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Micro Camp! We’re going to do a virtual conference in August for Micro.blog. More details here and a …
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It’s been great to welcome Ulysses users to Micro.blog, and also point new people to try …
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Enjoying my new iPad Air. The size is taking me a couple days to get used to after mostly using my …
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I’ve been critical of Spotify’s approach to podcasting, but this is great news that their paid …
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Reading through some of the pushback against Basecamp’s “no more political discussions at …
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Micro.blog version 2.1 for iOS is now available. New support for saving drafts, editing replies, and …
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Finished reading Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. Enjoyed it, so I’m going to read the next …
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To balance my post earlier that sounded negative about the iPad… Excited that my first new iPad in …
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12.9-inch iPad Pro powered by M1, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB, with keyboard: $1498.
13-inch MacBook Air …
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I filled out Apple’s new privacy info for the next Micro.blog app update, but I feel like …
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Finished reading: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 📚
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Sent another Micro.blog iOS beta with a couple fixes. I think we’ll ship this to everyone on …
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Getting my 2nd Moderna shot later today. If you’ve been hesitant or waiting, there is much …
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On Core Intuition 461, @danielpunkass and I talk about what an M1-powered iPad means for the future …
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Just uploaded a new iOS beta with a few improvements such as saving new drafts and editing replies. …
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I don’t want to jinx it, but Micro.blog has been pretty stable and fast lately for me. Of …
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So Apple will take 30% of subscription audio revenue. Not great, but unlike the App Store, podcasts …
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I’m not ready for a new Mac, but nice to see color return to the iMac. Looks really good.
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Working on Micro.blog for macOS while watching the Apple event. Instagram changed their export file …
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We’ve got a new theme: Red Oak. Thanks again to @cdevroe! You can choose it under the Design …
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Recent photo of light hitting the clouds while we were out walking.
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Still have that $500 Apple credit from returning the DTK and plan to spend it immediately following …
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How does Micro.blog even work?
I’ve been upgrading servers and improving performance in Micro.blog lately, a theme which will …
:
Loved the special episode of Mythic Quest as a way to close out the season, and officially turn the …
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I’ve fixed a couple issues with our ActivityPub API support, so that following your microblog …
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Just posted a new @coreint. We talk about the upcoming Apple event, DTK credit, multi-user support, …
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Tracking down performance bottlenecks, I’ve decided to temporarily disable Micro.blog …
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Micro.blog RSVPs with Webmention
Micro.blog sends Webmentions to external blogs when you “reply” to a post inside Micro.blog. It …
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Looking forward to this next month.
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Another new Micro.blog theme in the works! @cdevroe is on a roll. It’s called Red Oak and you …
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Thanks to Ulysses for the kind words about Micro.blog. It has been great to welcome more Ulysses …
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I don’t use Spotify, but it’s neat to see them experimenting with hardware. We finally …
:
Spurs had a great, much-needed win last night. Highlights: Lonnie’s dunk and DeMar’s …
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Along with dealing with fallout from server stability problems last week, I’ve been sneaking …
:
Finished reading The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang. Halfway through this turned into a different …
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Upgraded another Micro.blog server today. Still investigating and tweaking a few things.
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We published episode 459 of @coreint, talking about vaccine appointment web sites, the conflict in …
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Gluon for Android (the latest beta) now supports push notifications when you’re @-mentioned on …
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I’ll be upgrading one of the Micro.blog servers this morning. There shouldn’t be any …
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Sorry for the Micro.blog flakiness today. I’ve resolved a few issues, and push notifications …
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It’s time for Micro Monday episode 100! I really enjoyed talking with @patrickrhone and @jean on the …
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I picked Baylor to make the championship game (and win it) but pretty much nothing else in my NCAA …
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Wait, they put Iron Giant in the new Space Jam? Actually looking forward to this now that I’ve …
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Carvana has the best customer support. Can’t think of any company that does something at their …
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On Core Intuition 458, @danielpunkass and I talk about WWDC returning as an online conference, and …
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Excited for the proposed Amtrak expansion (PDF). Dallas to Houston and LA to Vegas seem long …
March 2021
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I’ve had the Chauvin trial testimony on in the background as I work, off and on. The multiple …
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This week’s Micro Monday guest is @rom. From the show notes: …an avid photographer, …
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My usual morning routine: check email, @-mentions, and turn on CNN for a few minutes while eating …
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Finished reading: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson. Now only have Rhythm of War as the last published …
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Congrats to @brentsimmons, @vincode, and the other contributors helping ship NetNewsWire 6. …
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Reading break outside in between deploying server fixes.
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It’s always 2 steps forward, 1 step back. Fixing some new bugs from yesterday’s …
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Micro.blog redirects
I rolled out several improvements to Micro.blog today. I’ve been working on a long-term plan …
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On Core Intuition 457, we celebrate Ulysses shipping with support for Micro.blog, then talk about …
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Noticed that a couple supporting services for Micro.blog have changed since the last update to our …
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Finished reading: Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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This week’s Micro Monday features @jayeless. Thanks for joining the Micro.blog community, …
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The new Cypress theme has a really nice, responsive photos page. You can see an example over on …
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Micro.blog has a new theme! Thanks so much to @cdevroe for creating Cypress. Check out his blog post …
:
Ulysses 22 with Micro.blog publishing
The latest version of Ulysses is out today with Micro.blog support! We are very excited to see this …
:
Finished listening to the audiobook of How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates, read by Wil …
:
Great weekend in Dallas. Coffee before heading back to Austin.
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Walking around the Denton Square.
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15%… 30%… 5%? @danielpunkass and I talk everything App Store fees and why it’s inevitably …
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Wolfwalkers was beautiful. Cartoon Saloon has such a unique style… a love letter to …
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Austin’s vaccine web site had a meltdown last night, with people waiting 6 hours in a virtual …
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It’s amazing to me that we are getting close to 100 episodes of Micro Monday. Probably already …
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Last month I detoured away from podcasts into listening to more audiobooks, but now I’m back …
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On Core Intuition 455, we talk about Hey World, integrating our own apps with other products, and …
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I haven’t had a chance to explore the new Gowalla yet, but I was excited to get the t-shirt and …
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New help center using Discourse
I wanted the original help site for Micro.blog to be a blog, hosted on GitHub, because it would be …
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Nice blog post from @khurtwilliams about automatically sending Untappd check-ins to his …
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Wasn’t a shock, but still sad to see Aldridge go. Hope he ends up in Portland to retire. Too great a …
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Finished reading: Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli by Steve …
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Started my blog 19 years ago today. Haven’t made many changes recently, although I’ve …
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It should be a good week for Biden’s presidency. Hopefully COVID relief goes back through the …
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Spent most of yesterday rebuilding servers and troubleshooting. Missed one thing which caused some …
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The server flakiness that I thought I had resolved yesterday have cascaded into new problems this …
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Just posted another episode of Core Intuition, talking with @danielpunkass about his return to …
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Added a simple reading page to my blog, for books that I’m currently reading. Thinking about …
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Spurs sherbet! Perfect dessert while watching tonight’s game. 🏀
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Furious at our governor right now. We are finally making progress on COVID again in Texas, just …
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Finished listening to the audiobook for The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan. Think I’m going to …
February 2021
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Very excited for the Ulysses beta, which adds Micro.blog publishing.
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How to blog about books
First, there is no right way! Just type something about what you’ve read or want to read, hit post, …
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Thinking back to IndieWebCamp
Jean and I were talking this week about how it’s been 1 year since IndieWebCamp Austin. That was the …
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I’ve been reading Big Wonderful Thing by Stephen Harrigan. Growing up in Austin, I thought I …
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This week’s Micro Monday episode features @gregmoore: …why his microblog is really his …
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We now have running water again. After this week, I don’t think I’ll ever look at water …
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On the latest @coreint, I update @danielpunkass on the winter storm that hit Texas this week. Trying …
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What a week in Austin… Shoveling snow. Cutting firewood. Some computer work between rolling …
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The snow this morning is incredible. We’re okay for now, but many people in Texas without power. ❄️
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Finished reading: Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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Finished reading: No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier 📚
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Lost branches on 4 cedar trees so far because of the weight of the ice. One knocked over part of the …
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Very cold this morning for Austin. Ice forming on one of our trees after the morning rain.
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Just posted another @coreint where we follow up on Apple’s Developer Transition Kit $500 …
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For day 10 of the photoblogging challenge, the prompt is “energy”, suggested by @ridwan. …
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Day 9 of the photoblogging challenge is “muddy”, suggested by @Gaby. For folks already …
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Big news on the latest Core Intuition. Daniel is back to full-time on Red Sweater Software. We also …
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Finished reading: Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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Catching up on the February photo challenge… Another one to add to all the happy dogs and cats out …
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Separate from launching the “for work” plan, Hey.com’s forwarding also now …
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Morning beverage. Cold brew and oat milk. ☕️
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Finished reading: The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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I’ve been trying to spend a few minutes each day on the piano. Close up of sheet music for Defying …
January 2021
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For this week’s episode of Core Intuition, Daniel and I reflect on the passing of Brad Cox, …
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Just posted Core Intuition 448. @danielpunkass and I talk about how we’re feeling after the …
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The speech we needed, and a beautiful poem and prayer. It’s a new day. 🇺🇸
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Finished reading: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. Discovering the Mistborn series and …
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I’ve been doing a lot of reading and thinking the last couple months and probably not enough …
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Finished listening to the audiobook version of Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. I had always put …
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Snowing in Austin. Don’t even know the last time it has snowed this much here. It just keeps …
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Took the drone out for its first flight today and 15 minutes later it was stuck in this tree. A bit …
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Don’t like that the rollercoaster that was 2020 has crept into 2021 already… Last night …
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Red Bud Isle from over the holidays, with Ollie getting some time to splash around.
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Finished reading The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson, 2nd book in the Mistborn trilogy. 📚
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Just before the new year, I updated my iPhone home screen for the first time in a while. New apps: …
December 2020
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Took a wrong turn that ended up in a nice scenic detour while on the road today. Sam Houston Library …
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The Mandalorian just keeps getting better… Loved the final episode of the season.
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This week Helge Gudmundsen joins @macgenie on the Micro Monday podcast to talk about the Micro.blog …
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NBA preseason starts tonight! Because Hulu Live and YouTube TV have dropped the regional sports …
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Finished Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. It’s fun to get back into reading …
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We posted a new Core Intuition today with a discussion of the recent App of the Year awards and …
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Before the cold weather this week we decided to pick all the oranges. The tree produced about 50 …
November 2020
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Happy Thanksgiving! Lots to be thankful for despite a bizarre, difficult year. Trying to stay …
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We posted a new episode of Core Intuition over the weekend, talking about Apple’s new Small …
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The macOS version of Micro.blog has been updated to run natively on M1-based Macs. Also fixed a bug …
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I’ve been taking more time away from the computer to reset and read lately. Finished reading …
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Daniel and I react to this week’s Apple event and new M1-based Macs on the latest Core …
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Three, two, one… Sunlit 3.2.1 was released today with a couple bug fixes for uploading videos …
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Feel like I’ve been holding my breath since Tuesday. Even though we’ve known for a couple days this …
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Microblogvember, day 4. The election, day 2. We’re nearing the end.
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As @macgenie blogged about last year, we usually leave political posts out of the Discover timeline …
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Barely slept. Woke up and started pouring through county data like an amateur Steve Kornacki. Seems …
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Stayed up to hear Biden speak and now feeling a bit better. Stay safe everyone. The votes will be …
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There are many differences between 2016 and 2020. The coronavirus. No Comey letter to influence …
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The lost year of COVID-19
Election Day is today. I hope that it will be a turning point for the country, so it seems like a …
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Election Day, and also day 3 of Microblogvember. Hope to be astonished by tonight’s results. …
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I sent a new Micro Monday email newsletter this morning, also posted to the blog. I think this will …
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Microblogvember, day 2. I’ve gotta concentrate on work today. Too many distractions with the …
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Sunlit 3.2
We’ve released an update to our photo app Sunlit with the following changes:
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Stayed up late watching SNL, woke up too early, a bit dreary, wondering if it was Election Day …
October 2020
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Finally submitted Sunlit 3.2 to Apple to approve. It’s a pretty big update with new features …
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Earlier this summer we watched 20 spy movies, including everything with Sean Connery as James Bond. …
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Core Intuition 441
We just posted Core Intuition 441. From the show notes: Daniel checks in with Manton, who is making …
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Great article from RevenueCat that sheds light on how subscriptions are working for the App Store. …
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Starting November 1st we’re doing another Microblogvember post challenge on Micro.blog. 30 …
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Trying to get my important files organized after a few years of playing fast and loose with backups. …
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Tuned in to the news today at lunch as Biden was in the middle of a heartfelt, powerful speech. …
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Great post from @gruber going through how Trump was played by McConnell. It’s now 7 days until …
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I’m going to make time to call voters this week. If you haven’t voted yet, do it soon. Don’t …
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On the latest Core Int, we talk about whether we’re buying new iPhones, getting stuck in our …
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Picked a couple of our oranges that are starting to turn orange. It’s a little bit early but the …
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5G mmWave still seems like the wrong priority to me. Ridiculously fast, but too difficult to deploy. …
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I voted. Waited in line about 40 minutes. Just 2 weeks to go! 🇺🇸
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Gowalla returns! Excited to see how they’ve reinvented it. Just in time… My old Gowalla …
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Because of a glitch with the @coreint feed after switching servers, some people may not have seen …
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If you like to tinker with HTML, @DoctorMac is looking to hire someone to help with a custom …
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I’ve fallen behind on support email again, and getting more spam isn’t helping. So tired …
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Protesters outside Disneyland are a reminder of how inconsistent the response to COVID has been. …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about the Apple event, new iPhones, …
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A couple more photos from our trip earlier this week, at the Airbnb and the view on the Canyon Lake …
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So great to see all the photos for the A Day In The Life challenge. Thanks everyone who was able to …
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As the 24-hour photo challenge was getting underway, we were driving back from a couple days at …
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Earlier today, stopped for coffee while on the road.
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Catching up a little on the iPhone 12 news. This is probably the first time in 20 years that I …
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Micro.blog’s 24-hour photo challenge is coming up tomorrow, starting at noon central time. You only …
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Kawhi giving up on the Spurs has ended up working out pretty well for Danny Green. What a weird …
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Sunlit 3.1 for iOS is now available, adding push notifications, improving the blog settings, and …
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On the latest Core Intuition, we talk about @danielpunkass’s 20-year wait for a domain name and a …
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What a game. Basketball season isn’t over yet. Congrats (and thanks) to the Heat for giving us at …
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Really impressed with MJ Hegar in the debate tonight. She showed up to win. 🇺🇸
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Today is the last day to register to vote in Texas. I double-checked my registration today just in …
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On today’s episode of Micro Monday, @macgenie and I answer questions about Micro.blog 2.0 and …
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Micro.blog for macOS has been updated to version 2.0.2 with a bunch of bug fixes. This help page has …
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We posted a new episode of Core Intuition this weekend, running through many of the new features in …
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Pushed a few more bug fixes out for the upcoming Sunlit 3.1 release. We’re going to wrap this …
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Relieved that Biden tested negative. Just thinking about all the people Trump met with over the last …
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Any questions about Micro.blog? We’re recording a new Q&A episode of Micro Monday today.
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We sent out a beta of Sunlit 3.1 today, with an improved settings screen, push notifications for …
September 2020
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We have a press release announcing Micro.blog 2.0. Thanks everyone for your support so far with the …
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The debate was hard to watch. Trump is an embarrassment. He made a mockery of the debate format. He …
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What's new in Micro.blog 2.0
I’ve written a few blog posts to preview some features in Micro.blog, but until 2.0 launched …
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For the Micro.blog 2.0 launch week, we’ve enabled the new bookmark archiving and highlights …
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Micro.blog 2.0 is rolling out with updates for the web, iOS, and macOS. It’s a lot of little …
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24 hours before a major software release without a QA department, pretty much guaranteed to find one …
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We’ve had a great response to the upcoming A Day In The Life of Our Online Community. If …
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Bosque River from Cameron Park in Waco.
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To stop using YouTube until November, I’ve retrained myself to launch the Duolingo app instead …
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LeBron back to the finals. Nuggets had a great postseason, though. Very little basketball left! 🏀
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Still can’t believe that late comeback by the Longhorns, down 15 points with a few minutes to go. …
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Core Intuition 436 is all about the Coalition for App Fairness.
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Mimi Uploader has been updated for iOS 14. Quickly upload multiple photos to a Micro.blog-hosted …
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Very excited about the Micro.blog global photo challenge next month: A Day In The Life of Our Online …
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If you thought Epic Games would just go away quietly, forget it. Coalition for App Fairness launches …
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Picked up Summer Moon drive-thru this morning. Getting a bunch of work done on final Micro.blog 2.0 …
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One of my favorite features in Panic’s Nova is how smart the Open Quickly is. You can type …
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We posted another Extra Intuition episode just for @coreint members. @danielpunkass and I talk about …
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I’m trying to mostly stop using YouTube until November, so I’ve created a new Vimeo account to …
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There’s a new Micro Monday out! Besides train travel, curry snacks, and photography, Bharath …
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Micro.blog 2.0 will launch next week
We are getting ready to roll out a major update to Micro.blog. The web version and all the native …
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Apple has approved Micro.blog 2.0 for iOS, so now I just need to put the final touches on the web …
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Day trip to San Antonio. Puffy tacos for a picnic at Brackenridge Park, then walking through the …
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Still stunned about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Going to switch over to watching the Lakers/Nuggets game 1 …
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We’ve posted a new Core Intuition talking all about this week’s Apple event, me breaking …
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From the IndieWeb chat: Tantek Çelik suggests “Blocktober”. Block the big social networks in …
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Thoughts on today’s Apple event… Lower-cost Apple Watch is nice. It’s one of …
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Development on Micro.blog 2.0 for iOS is almost wrapped up. Here’s a sneak peek at the …
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Sunlit 3.0.2 is now available in the App Store with a bunch of fixes. Because it’s open …
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Stop using Facebook and Instagram until November
I’ve heard the excuses and I get it. You have family on Facebook. You have friends on …
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Puzzled about last week’s App Store guideline tweaks. By bundling so many changes in one …
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Almost switched to Android
With my iPhone X glass broken, I needed a replacement phone quickly. The timing is not great because …
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I was on the beta for Panic’s Nova but I’m really only just now starting to use it. …
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I hadn’t planned on upgrading my iPhone X for a little while longer, but our cat had other …
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Sent out a 3.0.2 beta of Sunlit with a bunch of small improvements and bug fixes. If there are no …
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Core Int 434
The latest episode of Core Intuition is out. From the show notes: Manton and Daniel review Daniel’s …
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Just for @coreint members, we posted episode 10 of the Extra Intuition podcast. @danielpunkass talks …
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I’m at the point with using the development version of Micro.blog 2.0 that I can’t stand that …
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Went to a local coffee shop for the first time in a while to pick up a to-go coffee. Still …
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We started building the Apollo 11 lunar lander.
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Listening to today’s Six Colors podcast has convinced me that I need to un-require macOS 11 in …
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For this week’s episode of Core Intuition, we talk about the just-released Sunlit 3.0, the …
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Upgraded Disney+ to Premier Access so we can watch the new Mulan. Big fan of the original. Also …
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There’s a great article over at WP Tavern about the new Sunlit 3.0.
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Incredible last-second pass and shot by Toronto. 🏀
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There’s a new version of Gluon out. Nice update with support for multiple blogs on Micro.blog …
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Sunlit 3.0 for iOS is now available in the App Store! It’s built on the foundation of …
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There’s another new Micro Monday episode this week, featuring @agilelisa! You can listen here …
August 2020
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Countdown to Sunlit 3.0: Tumblr blogs
Sunlit 3.0 will ship tomorrow. For the last post in this blog post series to highlight Sunlit …
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Posted a new episode of Timetable, talking about tomorrow’s Sunlit 3.0 release, Tumblr integration, …
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Countdown to Sunlit 3.0: timeline
Sunlit 3.0 will ship in 2 days, on Tuesday. Today I’m going to highlight how Sunlit’s timeline …
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Countdown to Sunlit 3.0: discovery
Sunlit 3.0 will ship in 3 days, on Tuesday. Today I want to highlight another new feature: the …
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Migrated sunlit.io to be a Micro.blog-hosted site. Much easier to manage. The previous site was …
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Countdown to Sunlit 3.0: new post editor
Sunlit 3.0 will ship in 4 days, on Tuesday. Today I wanted to highlight one of the new features in …
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This article at Smashing Magazine is a great introduction to the IndieWeb by Ana Rodrigues. Covers …
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Yesterday on Timetable, I was worried about App Store rejections. On today’s episode, I talk …
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“As with many bad stories of late, this one starts with Facebook.” — Casey Liss retires his …
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Not surprised that Epic will hold their ground on Fortnite. Remember that Tim Sweeney said in an …
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I recorded a new episode of Timetable today, talking about submitting Sunlit 3.0 to the App Store …
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Grabbed coffee and sat outside on a recent trip to Dallas, the vines relentlessly growing over the …
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NSDrinking tonight! Informal chat about Apple development and related topics. Zoom link will be …
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Today’s article on Stratechery is excellent, providing a unique framework for fixing the App …
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On the latest Micro Monday, @cheesemaker returns to the podcast to talk about the upcoming Sunlit …
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We just sent another Sunlit 3.0 beta to TestFlight folks. Here are a few screenshots. There’s …
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We posted Core Intuition episode 432, talking about Sunlit 3.0, photos and books on Micro.blog, and …
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“Facebook is like a society in a sci-fi novel that polluted and ruined its home world (Facebook), …
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Jason Fried on TWiST about Hey vs. Apple
I was listening to Jason Fried on This Week in Startups today while out taking a walk, and Jason …
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The next regular episode of @coreint will be out Monday, but today we posted another Extra Intuition …
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Sent another Sunlit 3.0 beta out this morning with another round of bug fixes. Really happy with the …
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Today’s Sunlit 3.0 beta includes several bug fixes. I’ve also updated the web site to …
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We’ve added a cycling emoji to Discover. It should find posts with a bunch of variations, …
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We sent out a new build of Sunlit to TestFlight beta testers. There are still a few things to do, …
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We posted a new episode of Extra Intuition just for @coreint members. Thanks for your support!
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I missed day 2 (“floating”) of the photo challenge, but finally took my new inflatable stand-up …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk all about Epic Games and the App …
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It only took a pandemic and a Phoenix Suns 8-game winning streak to keep the Spurs out of the …
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“Fast forward to 2020, and Apple has become what it once railed against: the behemoth seeking …
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No matter what happens with the final games to decide the west play-in, very happy with the way the …
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Excited that it’s Kamala Harris. 84 days until the election! Feels like it’s finally getting …
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We were playing with Rubik’s Cube this weekend. Here’s my book from the 1980s… Black …
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On the latest Core Intuition: open-sourcing Sunlit 3.0 and more. Also, just for members, we’ve …
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Old spy movies 📺
A couple months ago, we watched The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and then became kind of obsessed …
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JSON Feed version 1.1 and updated blog
Today we’re officially announcing version 1.1 of JSON Feed: We’ve updated the spec to …
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Thank you for all the congrats and replies to that 5 years post. One of my favorite things about …
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5 years later
This week 5 years ago, I was winding down the last few days at my regular job. It was a great job …
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M.b books wrap-up
I’ve been experimenting with a few different features around books on Micro.blog. The goal is …
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Another experimental books feature: on the web, click Discover → Books → Book Covers. It’s not …
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Fixed an issue with saving blog posts to the Wayback Machine, after the Internet Archive changed …
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Bringing back GitHub archiving
Micro.blog used to have a feature that would mirror the HTML and photos for your blog to GitHub, so …
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From the hammock, looking up.
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Posted episode 429 of Core Intuition. We talk about the MarsEdit 4.4 release, plans for Black Ink, …
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Spurs were great tonight in a must-win game against the Kings. Still an extremely narrow path to the …
July 2020
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The photo challenge for August is a go! In Micro.blog on the web, the top of Discover now shows the …
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Just in time for the upcoming August photo challenge, the latest Sunlit beta is now available in …
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It’s cool that anyone can add a book to Open Library, with basic metadata and book cover. I …
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Very excited for Pixar’s Luca next year, directed by Enrico Casarosa. Love his short film La …
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“While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours …
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Over the last few weeks, we rewatched all 5 seasons of Breaking Bad. Some episodes are still hard to …
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The next photo challenge is just a few days away. See @macgenie’s post here for how to submit …
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Book search experiment
One of the minor hassles that has held me back from blogging about books I’m reading is finding the …
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Currently reading: The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚
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I’m going to start using indiebookclub more often to post book reading progress. Might help me …
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Web posting Markdown, initial text
I’ve made a few minor improvements to the web posting form for Micro.blog. The …
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MarsEdit 4.4 is now available with major improvements for Micro.blog. Server drafts, editing posts …
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Micropub improvements
We had a great Micropub pop-up session over the weekend, discussing a dozen Micropub extension …
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Updated the Sunlit 3.0 beta with a whole bunch of bug fixes and improvements.
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Loved the first season of Central Park on Apple TV+. Very funny and when the songs were good, they …
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Lots of great feedback about the Sunlit 3.0 beta. Thanks everyone! We have a few bugs to fix, …
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Sunlit 3.0 beta and source
A couple weeks ago I posted a sneak peek at Sunlit 3.0, our iOS companion app for photos. Today …
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Resuming my microcast Timetable this week, and @cheesemaker joins me for the latest episode to talk …
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Can’t believe it’s almost August already… We’re doing another photo …
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Watching the Spurs/Bucks scrimmage. 🏀
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Thanks @lukas for creating a Micro.blog plug-in for Plausible, privacy-friendly web analytics. You …
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If you’re using the Typewriter design on Micro.blog, there’s a new plug-in on the Find …
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We’ve had our orange tree for years but it has never produced fruit until this year, and now it has …
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Coming up this Saturday, there’s a Micropub discussion session over Zoom. We’ll be …
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If you ever use Micro.blog from a Mac, check out the MarsEdit 4.4 beta. Major improvements for …
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There’s another new plug-in on the Find Plug-ins page: Category Cloud adds a /categories page …
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We took last week off, but @coreint is back. Just posted episode 428 with @danielpunkass and I …
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After years of gathering dust, lately I’ve been using my old iPad Mini everyday. Reading in …
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“As of today, 90% of everyone who pays for our service uses at least one Apple device.” — DHH in a …
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There’s a new plug-in on the Find Plug-ins page: Navigation List by @TheDimPause. It adds a …
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For anyone using IndieBookClub to post what books you’re reading to Micro.blog, I changed how …
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Added @jsonbecker’s Bigfoot plug-in to the Micro.blog “Find Plug-ins” page. This …
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I’ve rolled the Quotebacks experiment out to more places in Micro.blog on the web. The …
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There’s another new plug-in from @jsonbecker: Glightbox, which lets you add photos that zoom …
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The custom.micro.blog site is now a team blog, and @Miraz is inviting other folks to contribute. …
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Sneak peek at Sunlit 3.0
Our app Sunlit has an interesting history. Jonathan Hays and I came up with the original concept for …
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I love seeing the new Micro.blog plug-ins! Here’s one from @jsonbecker: it adds a Hugo shortcode to …
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Thanks to @thatguygriff for sharing a Micro.blog plug-in that adds Open Graph tags to your blog, to …
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As an animation fan, I used to buy Laserdisc box sets for all the extra behind-the-scenes footage. …
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We’re going to skip recording @coreint this week. Also considering whether it’s time to …
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Updated both the “Twitter cards" and “Search page” plug-ins to fix compatibility …
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A quick heads-up to theme and plug-in web developers: I’ve tweaked how Micro.blog sets the blog …
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Inspired by a question from @andynicolaides, I wrote a Micro.blog plug-in that adds a …
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Introducing plug-ins for Micro.blog
I often hear from people who like the built-in designs on Micro.blog-hosted blogs, but they want to …
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Preparing to launch a new feature tomorrow, but of course in the process I accidentally broke some …
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Just posted Core Intuition 427. @danielpunkass and I talk about receiving Apple’s dev kit for …
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Catching up on a couple of the sessions I missed at IndieWebCamp West. All the videos are linked on …
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Had a good conversation with @danielpunkass today, which will be on Core Intuition tonight or …
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I’m running Big Sur full time. Here’s an early build of the next update to Micro.blog for macOS. …
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Planning to launch something new for Micro.blog next week. But first, got away for a couple days to …
June 2020
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With WWDC mostly wrapped up, it’s time to look to IndieWebCamp West this weekend. Virtual …
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New episode of Core Intuition covers our reaction to the first few days of WWDC. Mac frameworks, ARM …
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Got my approval email for the ARM dev kit. I was starting to wonder, but I guess they have plenty to …
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In all the WWDC excitement, forgot to check whether Dropbox works before jumping to macOS 11. It …
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Thanks everyone who made it to our Micro.blog Meetup + WWDC virtual group photo today! It really …
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On the podcast recently, @danielpunkass and I speculated that if WWDC 2020 is a …
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Morning everyone! Looking forward to new WWDC videos today. Also, join us for a quick Micro Meetup …
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I launched Micro.blog and everything else exclusively on this old 13-inch MacBook Pro. Not fast …
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I bought my current MacBook Pro 5 years ago. It’s held up well. Today, ordered a 16-inch. I …
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For the last 3 years at WWDC, we’ve had a Micro Meetup for attendees in San Jose, with a group …
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This was one of the best WWDC keynotes in years. Start of ARM transition looks great, running iOS …
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I was hoping for major Catalyst improvements, and it looks like we got them. Looking forward to the …
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Apple has covered a lot already, and this keynote format makes it easier to have more presenters. …
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Fixing the App Store for developers
It’s WWDC opening day. I wasn’t planning on writing about the App Store again, because I …
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We’ll be collecting WWDC-related posts in a special section of Discover on Micro.blog today.
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One of my blog posts from 2016 that holds up well today when talking about the App Store: Apple …
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When did we all just accept that of course Apple’s services revenue needs to keep growing? No …
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“Money grabs the headlines, but there’s a far more elemental story here. It’s about the …
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“Change is hard, but delaying what’s right is toxic.” — Seth Godin on Juneteenth
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Someone decided to throw a database of thousands of exploitable xmlrpc.php URLs at us this morning. …
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Daniel and I recorded a new Core Intuition today all about the App Store, Hey rejection, and …
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Apple's statement about EU antitrust
I have long argued for fixing the 2 most fundamental problems with the App Store: exclusive …
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Embedding microblog posts with Quotebacks
For a long time I’ve wanted to add quoting tools to Micro.blog, so that it’s even easier …
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We’ve posted Core Int 424, talking with @danielpunkass about the ARM rumor, how it compares to …
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I’ve just added better “alt text” support when posting from the web in Micro.blog, …
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My new Gluon shirt arrived. If you’re new to Micro.blog, check out Gluon for iOS and Android, …
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I’ll be attending later this month. It’s online-only, centered in the …
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Core Intuition 423
We published a new episode of Core Intuition today. From the show notes: Daniel and Manton react to …
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New muting improvements
We’ve updated Micro.blog’s muting today to work more consistently everywhere, with a new …
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Love these new USPS stamps. Picking out stamps was one of my favorite parts of sending stickers to …
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You can now more easily upload short videos to M.b from the web, not just from the native iOS and …
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I’ve made some minor improvements to M.b posting from the web today. Attaching a photo shows a …
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“Many votes together can change the course of history. If you don’t make good use of your …
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Frustration and focus
Everyone reacts differently when frustrated by what they see in the world. When I don’t know …
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Beautiful hike at Enchanted Rock. Started to rain a little just as we made it to the top.
May 2020
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Incredible launch. Congrats NASA and SpaceX! 🚀
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On this week’s Core Int, we talk about @danielpunkass getting inspired with Black Ink, …
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Today's Dithering
No surprise since we launched microcasting on Micro.blog — short podcasts, usually around 5-15 …
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Kiki’s Delivery Service was the first Miyazaki film I watched, in 1998 when I found it on VHS. …
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Closing the microblogging Slack
Three years ago I created microblogging.slack.com to chat about indie microblogging and Micro.blog. …
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All podcasts hosted on Micro.blog now have a special JSON Feed version of the podcast feed: …
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New theme: Archie
I added a new built-in design to Micro.blog today: Archie, based on the Hugo theme of the same name. …
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It’s a few days late, but Core Int 421 is now online. Acquisitions, support, and mission statements.
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Overheard: “I need a room to store my turnips.” 🏝
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Micro.blog 1.8.3 for iOS
Just a quick update for the iOS version of Micro.blog. From the release notes:
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Spotify or Apple acquiring podcasts to make them exclusive is like if Micro.blog acquired …
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If you’re using iA Writer, check out version 5.5.1 now in the App Store. They’ve …
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Fixed several more issues with Markdown import. Thanks folks who sent me example posts from your …
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I always panic when prompted for a tip that I wasn’t expecting. Last week, should’ve …
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App.net archive iOS shortcut and web app
Last week I made available an archive of all App.net posts, which I had downloaded right before …
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Book recommendations challenge this week on Micro.blog! Check out the books section of Discover. And …
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Redesigned theme editor for Micro.blog
I’ve redesigned the theme text editor in Micro.blog, adding a preview pane and other …
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Blog import improvements
I rolled out 2 major improvements to Micro.blog’s import feature today:
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Good news: I added a new Micro.blog server today, speeding up a few things. Bad news: A …
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Daniel and I talk about iA Writer adding Micro.blog publishing and more on the latest Core Intuition …
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I improved 404 pages for Micro.blog-hosted blogs and documented the feature here. Easy to customize …
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Swapped out the Redis server that handles most of the Micro.blog timeline data, and I think I may …
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New emoji in Micro.blog! We’ve added 🏳️🌈, ☕, and 🏃 to the Discover section. See the help page …
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iA Writer hashtags
Here’s a quick tip about iA Writer’s new support for Micro.blog. If you use hashtags in …
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iA Writer adds Micro.blog publishing
Exciting news today: the latest version of iA Writer for both iOS and macOS can publish to …
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This glitch is because I got some file permissions wrong on a server. I’ve been running chown …
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If you use Micro.blog on the web and would like a dark mode version, Jason Burk has created a …
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Red salsa for this week’s color-themed photo challenge on Micro.blog.
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App.net archive now available
In the final week before App.net shut down, I whipped up a few scripts to download every post on the …
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After a weekend of uploading files to S3 for this App.net archive, decided to abandon that approach …
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Last day of the Micro.blog “quotes” challenge. I recently started looking through this …
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Does anyone remember if App.net had private/protected accounts? I might’ve made a mistake 3 …
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I’ve added a help page for teams in Micro.blog. Includes details on the Hugo parameters for …
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Posted episode 419 of Core Intuition with thoughts on WWDC, Micro.blog for teams, and the updated …
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Trying to figure out how to lower my AWS bill, I realized today that I had a (tiny) EC2 instance …
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The latest tutorial from ScreenCastsOnline is for Micro.blog! It covers so many features, from the …
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I’ve had my original Apple Watch for 5 years, so it had kind of become a point of pride that …
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Micro.blog for iPad has been updated with a narrower sidebar width in portrait. Much nicer.
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Announcing Micro.blog for teams
Today we’re launching a new feature on Micro.blog: support for multi-user blogs, so your whole …
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Picked up a to-go coffee today and the place felt uncomfortably crowded. There were only 4 people …
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Updated Micro.blog’s WordPress import and export to support categories this morning. Also, …
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It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what …
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Love this new DuckTales print by Stephanie Ramirez. Framed it today to go with Firewatch, if I can …
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First day of the Micro.blog challenge for this week: quotations! Starting with a favorite movie …
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Rolled out some server improvements today, including a new “…” button for quickly …
April 2020
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The third-party Micro.blog app Icro has been updated to version 2.2, with Markdown syntax …
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Starting next week, we’re doing a series of micro challenges on Micro.blog to inspire …
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The iOS version of Micro.blog has been updated to version 1.8.1. This fixes the problem of not being …
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We set up the hammock on the front porch. Maybe I need to use the iPad for more work and just stay …
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Family podcasts
For the last 2 years, Chet Collins has published a microcast where he shares bits from his day with …
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Just posted Core Intuition 418. @danielpunkass and I speculate more about WWDC, question whether it …
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Went for a short walk as the rain was letting up, listening to the creek fill with water.
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Markdown in MarsEdit
Here’s a simple tip for using MarsEdit with Micro.blog. By default, formatting options in …
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Seemingly out of nowhere, thunder and hail in Austin. 🌧️
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Micro.blog 1.9.3 for macOS
I’ve updated Micro.blog for macOS to version 1.9.3 with a few bug fixes:
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We’ve added 🌱 to the Discover section on Micro.blog, mostly for gardening. Related: Happy …
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API history detour for Micro.blog + MarsEdit 4.4
Micro.blog supports primarily 2 APIs for posting to hosted blogs:
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Alamo Drafthouse can’t show movies, so they launched Alamo Curbside for meal kits with fun …
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On the latest Core Intuition we talk about leaving the house, plus more about how local small …
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There’s an alpha version of MarsEdit 4.4 with expanded support for Micro.blog: server drafts, …
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We watched McMillion$ this week. It starts a little slow, but well worth it. Fascinating story that …
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I love this idea to resume the NBA season and playoffs at Walt Disney World. It’s …
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Experimenting with new Discover emoji in Micro.blog for everyone baking bread (🍞 and 🥖) and writing …
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The iPhone SE isn’t for me… Love my X and will likely get the 11 Pro before the 12 …
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Now that we’ve made masks, I feel a little more comfortable occasionally leaving the house for …
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There’s a new version of Gluon for Micro.blog available. Lots of new stuff including support …
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A tragic and beautiful post by Dave Rupert, remembering Christopher Schmitt who passed away suddenly …
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Mattt Thompson covers the new contact tracing framework for NSHipster. I’m glad that …
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Weekend movies
Like everyone, lately we’ve been watching a lot of TV. Here are some of the movies and shows …
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Daniel and I talk all about MarsEdit, APIs, and Micro.blog in the latest episode of Core Intuition. …
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Nice write-up from Maurice Parker on what he learned working on iCloud support in NetNewsWire.
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Jean MacDonald has launched a new microcast series about podcasting. Each episode is just a few …
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I’m on the latest episode of Micro Monday with @macgenie, catching up on a bunch of new …
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Easier Micro.blog podcast cover art
Podcasting with Micro.blog requires no configuration. Just upload an MP3 with your blog post and …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, we follow up on Powell’s books, @danielpunkass talks …
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Goes without saying that we won’t have an IndieWeb Meetup at Mozart’s this week. There …
March 2020
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Day One and microblogging
I blogged years ago about how I started writing in a journal, originally in books and then in Day …
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We’ve updated Sunlit in the App Store today with several bug fixes. Sunlit is our iOS app that …
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There’s a new Micro Monday out! Jeremy Cherfas talks to Jean about podcasting, the IndieWeb, …
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Micro.blog 1.8 for iOS with post editing
Version 1.8 of the Micro.blog iOS app is available. From the release notes:
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On the latest @coreint: looking for leadership in this crisis, plus a discussion about universal …
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Updated the macOS app for Micro.blog to version 1.9.2, switching to the default system font. …
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Wrapped up the next iOS update for M.b today and shipped it off to Apple for approval. Last time it …
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When M.b launched, I used the font Avenir because I liked it and thought it would give the platform …
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This livestream of how Basecamp uses their own product is great. It’s a long video so …
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Jean talks to Joel Mearig on the latest episode of Micro Monday about his own microcast reaching …
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Micro.blog free 6-month hosting for teachers
We’ve been talking for a while about offering a “teams” plan on Micro.blog that …
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Updated M.b API for draft posts
I’ve added some info about creating draft blog posts to Micro.blog’s Micropub API help …
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Seeing this made me smile while out walking in the neighborhood this week. These kids have the right …
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Fascinating to watch how different companies pivot. Grocery stores have stopped delivering beer and …
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We’ve been trying Basecamp again for Micro.blog planning and documents. So far so good. I was …
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My productivity has dropped to half or less what it should be this week. Thankful for everyone who …
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We posted Core Int 413 today. @danielpunkass and I talk about online-only WWDC and more of what …
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I’m excited that we might see basketball as soon as next month. Great idea to get Big3 going …
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Fun diversion: @ismh’s Mac Madness tournament. Some tricky picks for the first round, often …
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Micro.blog 1.7.3 for iOS
We’ve shipped version 1.7.3 of Micro.blog for iOS. From the release notes:
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Free microcasting through April
It is really easy in times like this to feel lost, unsure of how best to respond to the COVID-19 …
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We just posted @coreint 412. No surprise what the topic is because it has been the same topic for 3 …
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Six years ago I wrote about the different eras of WWDC, and I think we’re entering a new one …
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Austin ISD cancelled today, but not Round Rock. Spring break is next week and I expect it will be …
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Back and forth with App Review, who couldn’t sign in to Micro.blog, I think I’ve tracked …
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This week’s Micro Monday episode features @kimberlyhirsh, talking about her dissertation, …
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It has been months since I’ve submitted an update to the App Store. I still find the review …
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Great to see the new NetNewsWire for iOS ship this week! It has been really fun watching …
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Fixing location data in Micro.blog photos
MarsEdit developer Daniel Jalkut had a great post recently about protecting privacy by stripping out …
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I always try to mark the anniversary of my blog. I started it with my first blog post during SXSW, …
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Feels like we’ve been mostly holed up the last week. Got outside for a great walk downtown today.
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Excluding posts from the timeline
I’ve heard from a few folks recently who would like a better way to control on a per-post …
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We recorded @coreint yesterday and before posting today there was breaking news about SXSW, so we …
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Super Tuesday thoughts
I voted here in Texas on Tuesday. I’ve blogged in short bursts over the last few years about …
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Normally the IndieWeb Meetup in Austin is the first Wednesday of the month, but we’re going to …
February 2020
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The new 30-day photo challenge pin on Micro.blog is ready, and a few people who routinely post every …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about a potential WWDC 2020 with the …
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Refresh button for feeds
While we have greatly improved the performance of publishing new posts to your microblog and …
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Congrats to the Iconfactory on shipping Tot! It’s an elegant little app for jotting down quick …
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We announced Conversation.js this week and focused on how easy it is to enable on Micro.blog, but it …
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I’ve added a help page for Conversation.js that also includes some example CSS that I use to …
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Well, I had a good run with the photo challenge… After 23 days in a row, I forgot to post …
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Replies on your blog with Conversation.js
During the project day at IndieWebCamp Austin last weekend, I built a new feature for Micro.blog …
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Updated the posting screen with new Micro.blog third-party apps: Gluon and Mimi Uploader. Also …
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Mimi Uploader for iOS is now available! It’s a great batch photo uploader for Micro.blog that …
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Thanks everyone who attended IndieWebCamp! This was our best turnout in Austin and I personally got …
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End of the MetroRail line while they rip up the road around the station at the convention center.
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IndieWebCamp Austin day 2 is winding down. I wrapped up my project to show replies on my blog posts …
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Downtown can sometimes seem like a bit of a spectacle: new construction, partiers enjoying Austin, …
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Sounds like progress is being made to get the Zilker Zephyr running again. It has been closed for …
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At the Micro Meetup at Easy Tiger on 6th. 🍻 We did a final walk-through of the IndieWebCamp venue …
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Thinking of “scale” earlier tonight while I was driving, the sky lit up in color. And …
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Just sent out an email reminder about IndieWebCamp for everyone joining us in Austin this weekend. …
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One of the great things about Micro.blog is that it attracts people with very high standards, …
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Somewhere up there in the sky… space. I was so busy today I almost skipped the photo challenge, but …
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Scattered seats in the Apple Store, opposing any kind of symmetry or order.
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More coffee for the photo challenge. Cool drink outside Bakery Lorraine while we waited for our …
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I sent out a new Micro Monday email newsletter today. You can also view it on the web.
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Micro Meetup this Friday
IndieWebCamp Austin is this weekend! Jean MacDonald will be in town for the event, so we’re …
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Nice spot to rest while walking the dog today.
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For today’s photo challenge: balance. My glasses balancing on the “nosey” holder …
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Reminder that because of the 30-day photo challenge, when you join Micro.blog today you get free …
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IndieWebCamp Austin is next weekend, February 22-23! You can register here. We’ve updated the …
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I usually order an iced coffee, but need a little warmth on a cold morning. Coffee at Red Horn.
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“Rise up! I will fight for this land, but there’s only one man who can give us a command …
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We’ve just posted episode 408 of Core Intuition. Update on manager meetings, running ads, and …
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I don’t have any particular attachment to Sticker Mule, and in fact once tried to switch to …
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Gluon for iOS and Android
Gluon is the first cross-platform mobile app for Micro.blog. It supports multiple Micro.blog …
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My go-to smoothie lately: one frozen banana, frozen blueberries, a little plain yogurt, peanut …
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IndieWebCamp ad experiment
We’ll never have ads on Micro.blog. It’s really important to me that it’s …
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Winning the Democratic nomination is about timing. I like where Amy Klobuchar’s momentum is …
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I added the placeholder for the 30-day photo challenge pin. You can view your pins in Micro.blog by …
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Announcing the IndieWebCamp Austin speakers
I’m happy to announce that we have 3 short keynotes planned for the first morning of …
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Sent the first new email newsletter in a while! You can view it on the web here. Unfortunately, I …
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The sign outside Cenote on a rainy afternoon. Coffee and work on resuming the Micro Monday …
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Moving from Mailchimp to SendGrid
For the last couple of years we’ve used Mailchimp’s Mandrill service to send …
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Sometimes it’s good to hit “pause” on a conversation and take some time before …
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Enjoying the Oscars. I like that they do best animated feature early, but then there’s always a bit …
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I fixed one of the last potential glitches in refreshing feeds in Micro.blog. Should make a nice …
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Posted a new Core Int about getting AirPods, follow-up with @danielpunkass on email marketing …
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Today’s photo challenge prompt: contrast. Finally got some AirPods. They’re great, but …
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Made some additional improvements to Micro.blog’s cross-posting so that it can more reliably …
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Follow-up on RSS in Apple News
When Daniel Jalkut posted about Apple’s email to keep his blog active in Apple News, I …
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A sign above. We’ve been watching them expand this HEB with grocery pick-up for months and it almost …
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It’s time for me to stop pretending Android doesn’t exist. I picked up a cheap Samsung …
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Congrats to @michal on shipping Vorto! It’s a unique take on learning a language. Real-time …
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IndieWebCamp Online is this weekend. It’s all remote, so you can jump into the video chat and …
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We are 6 days in to the Micro.blog 30-day photo challenge. Love seeing all the photos. I created a …
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Listened to some of Trump’s speech on the radio in the car. For the first time in a while for …
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It snowed last night. Still a little left on some of the plants outside.
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This could’ve been for “reflect” or today’s prompt “hide”. Our new sticker Baby Yoda hiding on the …
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Reminder that the IndieWeb Meetup is tonight at Mozart’s Coffee for anyone in the Austin area. …
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Submitted a talk idea for WordCamp San Antonio next month. I attended a couple years ago and snapped …
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Spurs are 5-5 in their last 10 games. All 5 loses were decided by 4 points or less. They are in …
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“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” Feel lucky I found a nice spot at …
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IndieWebCamp Austin is just around the corner, February 22-23. If you register now it’ll help …
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I didn’t think I wanted my replies on my blog, but now that it’s a built-in Micro.blog …
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Adam Schiff’s closing argument was extraordinary. Thank you. 🇺🇸
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I can’t believe they’re still letting Pat Cipollone speak after it has been revealed …
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Just because Trump won’t be removed doesn’t mean the impeachment process didn’t …
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IndieWeb Meetup this Wednesday in Austin, 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee. We’ll talk about …
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Trees reflecting in my car window. Today’s prompt for the photo challenge makes me think of …
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Day 2 of the photo challenge. A few months ago we impulse bought this bucket list book of 1000 …
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Because the main Discover timeline is limited to recent posts for now, a good way to see more photos …
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Mimi Uploader beta
Sam Grover has been working on a new iOS app for Micro.blog called Mimi Uploader that is all about …
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First day in the 30-day photo challenge. I like how you can see the capitol building in the distance …
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Worried that Bernie’s most uncompromising supporters will be just as divisive to the party as …
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Great blog post from Marco Arment about all the work he put into the new Overcast. The podcasting …
January 2020
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The photo challenge prompts have been posted. Check out @macgenie’s blog post for the list. …
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I’m punting my deadline for the book Indie Microblogging into February. Thinking about …
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Excited for the 30-day photoblogging challenge that will start on February 1st. New sign-ups on …
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Listened to the first few questions in the impeachment trial before having to turn it off and get …
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Updated this week’s replies feature to also automatically add a “Replies” …
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Great feedback yesterday after we updated Micro.blog hosting with better support for replies. …
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Replies hosted at your own blog
When I was first developing Micro.blog, I made a choice that quick replies in the timeline should be …
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I’ve posted about animation a couple times this weekend, so it seems especially fitting to …
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Tuned into the last part of the Annie Awards after SNL was over. Really happy for Klaus as best …
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Old animation pencil tests
I was looking through some of my drawings while copying a backup from an old hard drive. Around 2003 …
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I ordered some printer ink 4 days ago. Got delayed, then a strange message yesterday that the …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about the upcoming Planetary social …
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Moved my desk to the other side of my office today. New perspective. Who knows what I’ll be …
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It’s just 1 month until IndieWebCamp Austin: the weekend of February 22-23. If you’re …
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This week’s episode of Micro Monday features guest Amanda Rush, talking with Jean about the …
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I was thinking about why I haven’t joined TikTok and realized something: if Twitter did not …
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I had no idea that Ian McKellen kept a blog during the making of Lord of the Rings. Excellent …
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I take a lot of photos that I imagine posting to my blog, but then they just kind of sit in my photo …
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On @coreint 404 we talk about whether Apple can do more to help the FBI unlock phones, dropping …
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Working on editing an interview transcript and always amused at the different ways that Trint (which …
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I put this print from Nan Lawson on the wall in my office as a Frozen-inspired reminder not to get …
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Found a bird nest while taking down the Christmas lights on the house.
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This week’s Core Intuition is all about Blogger, and the business value in supporting growing …
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Starting to get excited for IndieWebCamp Austin next month! If you’re interested in an open …
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My daughter took apart one of her old typewriters last week, trying to fix it. No luck, but I love …
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Wind starting to pick up a little in Austin. Apparently we’re in for a big day of storms. ⛈
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We’ve got an IndieWeb Meetup in Austin on Wednesday, 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee. …
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This week’s Micro Monday guest is Natalie Hester. She talks with Jean about keeping a …
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For our first podcast episode of 2020, @danielpunkass and I talk about recent deadlines, setting …
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We picked up Secret Hitler over the holidays and loved playing it. Great for 5-10 players.
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Happy New Year! 🎉 Hope everyone’s year is off to a good start so far. We’ve got a couple …
December 2019
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On Core Int 401, I complain about the Mac Pro and @danielpunkass convinces me to delay my book ship …
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My favorite Christmas movies
I was sick a few days before Christmas and it forced me to take some extra time off after a very …
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Happy Holidays! Baby Yoda fitting in nicely with the other Christmas decorations.
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It was great having Oisín Prendiville on the 400th episode of Core Intuition. We talked about …
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Downtime happens and I don’t think it’s worth stressing out about. But… Mandrill …
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Updated the table of contents at book.micro.blog to match the latest draft after reorganizing some …
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Micro.blog grows through word of mouth. Want to help? Click Plans → Give Micro.blog. You can invite …
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We’re still growing, but like any paid service, sometimes people cancel their Micro.blog …
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For this week’s Micro Monday, @macgenie is the guest instead of the host. I wanted to …
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David Shanske has updated the Syndication Links plugin for WordPress with Micro.blog support. Check …
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We saw Dear Evan Hansen over the weekend. I had been listening to the songs for a while, but I …
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I’ve been swamped this week, so we’re delaying @coreint episode 400 a couple more days. …
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Twitter to decentralize… something
This morning, Jack Dorsey dropped a bombshell: Twitter is funding a small independent team of up to …
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Micro.blog has been added to FontAwesome! Makes it really easy to use the Micro.blog icon on your …
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Nice update to Gluon, now supporting multiple Micro.blog accounts. Out for iOS with Android coming …
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Our little holiday scene in the front yard. Turns out an upside-down tomato cage makes a good …
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I wondered about limiting the impeachment to just 2 articles, but I like how in both they say …
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Great to see Podnews add JSON Feed support. It’s one of my favorite daily newsletters to get a …
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Good call from the NBA on Harden’s dunk and the wild double-OT Spurs win last week. Refs …
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Dropped our old car off for service this morning and got a brand new loaner: Volvo S60. It’s …
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It might sound like a small thing, but working on the Microblogvember pin has wiped away all the …
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Microblogvember pin
I’ve finished adding the special pin for anyone who participated in the Microblogvember …
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I introduced a data bug last night in the Micro.blog timeline after upgrading a server. I think …
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Purchasing fake likes
Interesting article from The New York Times about a report from the NATO Strategic Communications …
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Gluon — a Micro.blog app for Android — is now available as a public beta in Google Play.
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For the book, I’ve been going through a bunch of web history, re-learning things I had …
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Usually the IndieWeb Meetup in Austin is 1st Wednesday of the month. Next month, that’s New …
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Episode 399 of Core Intuition (just about to hit 400!) covers @danielpunkass’s Black Ink 2 …
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We are still looking for sponsors for IndieWebCamp Austin. Do you work for a web-friendly company …
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If you’re coming to tonight’s IndieWeb Meetup at 6:30pm, Mozart’s Coffee also has …
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We got a new TV: Samsung 55RU8000. We had our last TV for about 8 years so a lot has changed. I was …
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Spurs hold off the Rockets in double OT. Lonnie Walker IV with an incredible 4th quarter. Wow. 🏀
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Thanks for all the congrats and best wishes going into Micro.blog’s 3rd year… I remain …
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Today is the 2-year anniversary of Micro.blog’s public launch! I recorded a new episode of …
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Black Ink 2 is out! We’ve been talking about the launch plans on @coreint and now it’s …
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Starting small
Jean MacDonald has a great wrap-up post about the Microblogvember daily blogging challenge and the …
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Sent a short newsletter last night with a link to the latest Micro Monday episode, unlocking pins, a …
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Micro Monday episode 73 features guest Andrew Canion. Jean talks with Andrew about daily blogging in …
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It’s December! IndieWeb Meetup this Wednesday, 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee in Austin. ☕
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Photo storage migration
Early last Friday morning, one of the Micro.blog photo storage servers failed. I brought it back up …
November 2019
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Misty morning at the Christmas tree farm in Elgin.
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Baby Yoda yarn! @traci bought a crochet pattern online. 🧶
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Kickstarter update with book release date
Today I sent the following update to Kickstarter backers. Hi everyone! I’ve set a release date …
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Got access to WT.social. Still a little frustrated that they get so much press for what is another …
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Drafting an update to send next week to Kickstarter backers, and I was almost tempted to work the …
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Morning hike at Pace Bend over the weekend. 🏕
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Sergio Pablos interview and Klaus
I’ve blogged about Klaus a couple times. It’s one of those films that I was a little …
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Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered Indie Microblogging this week. It’s great motivation for me …
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People often ask how they can support Micro.blog beyond subscribing to the monthly $5 plan. Post to …
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I talk more about the Indie Microblogging book details on today’s Core Int. Then …
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Book ship date and pre-order
As 2016 was winding down, I was determined to start 2017 with something new. On January 2nd, I …
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Great news for Android microbloggers: there’s a new build of Gluon available. This brings the …
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Listening to Sondland’s opening statement while I work. I’m sympathetic to his complaint …
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Beautiful outside today at Mueller.
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I could blog about the App Store vaping app controversy but I’ve said it already in my essay …
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Working on the book. When it goes live on the web, it will be published as a Micro.blog-hosted site …
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Blazers in Houston with @cheesemaker.
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Whenever a new social network launches, I compare it against my post about the 4 parts to finding …
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“And it’s really an amazing thing you’ve done. I guess, in a way, I did something …
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As an example of something that could be a live microblog: accounts like the Six Colors …
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I like what The New York Times does with their side-by-side impeachment video and analysis, which is …
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On Core Intuition 396, we react to the 16-inch MacBook Pro news, talk about @danielpunkass’s …
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Just got billed for iTunes Match again because I’m afraid to cancel it. Even after doing some …
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After reading this article about pricing uncertainty with the .org top-level domain being sold, I …
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Listening to some of the impeachment testimony while I work. The Republicans’ strategy is …
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I still love my mid-2014 MacBook Pro and have resisted upgrading it because it has been so reliable, …
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The back catalog on Disney+ is incredible. I feel like I’ve spent a small fortune on Disney …
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Watching the Tony Parker jersey retirement. I love this year’s Spurs team but it’s going to be a …
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Barton Creek earlier today, right before the temperature dropped.
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Blogging workflow
You might think because I created Micro.blog that I have a perfectly simple blogging workflow that …
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Core Intuition 395
We are getting really close to episode 400. Feels like a big milestone to me, and I’ve been …
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Up early for a Saturday. Cold outside but it’s going to get colder next week, maybe even with …
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Needed to order a new water filter for our fridge and might have added Link’s Awakening to my …
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20 years of Inessential
Brent Simmons marking the 20th anniversary of his blog: It’s tempting to think that The Thing …
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Gonna try to make it to next week’s WordPress meetup in Austin. I use M.b for my blog now, of …
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Frustrated by little things that don’t matter this morning. No seats at the coffee shop so …
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Sponsoring IndieWebCamp Austin
IndieWebCamp Austin is coming up in February at Capital Factory. This is our 3rd event in Austin and …
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Kill the algorithm
Ben Thompson has an excellent article this week about free speech, political ads, and Facebook. …
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IndieWeb Meetup in Austin tonight! 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee. Super informal, everyone’s …
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Micro.blog filters with post length
There’s a powerful filter mechanism inside Micro.blog for automatically assigning categories …
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New voting machines in Austin. They aren’t perfect — screen UI could be a little better, and …
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Great feature in the Mac App Store about Acorn developer @ccgus. Make sure to click through to the …
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It has been 3 years since the 2016 election. I hope you’re not waiting for Twitter or Facebook …
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Lanyon theme on Micro.blog
There’s a new built-in theme available on Micro.blog called Lanyon, based on the open source …
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I didn’t realize until I just got a mention that push notifications work in Icro for Mac! I …
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Icro for Mac
Two new versions of the third-party Micro.blog app Icro have been released. The iOS version now …
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IndieWeb Meetup this week in Austin! Wednesday at Mozart’s Coffee, 6:30pm. Stop by to chat …
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Day 2 of Catalina, now hitting more issues with full disk access and Ruby-related commands. Using …
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Running a series of exports and scripts to do some number crunching and update Micro.blog mailing …
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With a couple new releases of Micro.blog and Sunlit out the door, I think it’s time to upgrade …
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Micro.blog 1.7.2 for iOS is now available in the App Store. Just a few more bug fixes and minor …
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Core Intuition episode 394 with @danielpunkass reporting on his first meeting “with his …
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Marking the halfway point on our walk today, took this photo of downtown Austin from the pedestrian …
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IndieWebCamp Austin will be February 22-23, 2020. Registration is now open! Just $10 for the …
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Today at 2:30pm central time, Tantek Çelik is giving an IndieWeb talk — Take Back Your Web — at …
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I finished NaNoWriMo in 2005 and recommend trying it if you have time. For something shorter, just …
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Disappointed that Beto is suspending his campaign before we vote, but it is difficult to recapture …
October 2019
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If you’re new to Micro.blog, we have pins you can earn just for fun and to encourage posting …
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There’s a new update to our photo app Sunlit out with improvements and bug fixes.
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Reacting to the news that Twitter is banning political ads, I’m announcing today that …
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Almost shocked that Twitter is banning political ads. Didn’t think they had the guts to make a …
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NBA west is wide open
For the last few years, right before the regular season starts, Jon Hays and I usually paste in our …
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We’re at the point with Micro.blog where anyone considering rolling their own Hugo blog should …
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“You choose the web you want.” — Brent Simmons
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Register your domain name on Micro.blog
Since the very beginning of Micro.blog we’ve encouraged you to use your own domain name with …
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Dropped my bike off last week to repair the wheel and for general tune-up, and I’ve taken it …
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Content ownership is not complicated
There have been a few IndieWebCamps recently, including in Amsterdam, New York, and Brighton. …
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Swarm check-ins and Micro.blog
Following my experiment with importing Foursquare data, I’ve officially updated Micro.blog to …
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Micro.blog is sponsoring WordCamp Seattle next month, and @macgenie will be there. We’re also …
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Went to the travel writing panel at the Texas Book Festival today. Having just come back from …
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Toronto photos
Years ago my wife and I were in Vegas and had a chance to see Elton John… and missed it. This year, …
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I was traveling this week and took a bit of time off from blogging and answering email except for …
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For this week’s Core Intuition, we talk about @danielpunkass’s trip to Amsterdam and how …
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Micro Monday episode 70! Guest @adders talks about when he first discovered blogging, the impact of …
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Clouds lit up tonight just after sunset.
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Dave Winer shares a screencast on YouTube of how he publishes to his blog. It’s in an outline …
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Happier without analytics
Garrett Dimon writes about removing all analytics from his web site and how little he misses it: …
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Fun with location check-ins
I love having everything together on manton.org. Whether it’s blog posts about tech, personal …
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If you’re using the default Marfa theme on Micro.blog, I’ve added a couple checkboxes to …
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Sunlit 2.5.7
We’ve released a new version of our photo-blogging app Sunlit. Mostly a bunch of bug fixes, …
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There have been a lot of IndieWebCamps this year! This weekend is Brighton, England. Free, 2-day …
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As usual I’m working on a few things at once that’ll ship soon. I’m especially …
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Layers of highways near Fort Worth.
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Mural outside Twisted Root in Waco.
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I’ve been skeptical of Spotify’s approach to podcasting and the potential downsides for …
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Speaking of cross-posting, I’ve updated our LinkedIn support in Micro.blog for the latest …
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Saying goodbye to Facebook cross-posting
I’ve removed the option for Facebook cross-posting on Micro.blog. Facebook recently disabled …
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Micro.blog 1.9.1 for macOS
Yesterday we updated the iOS app for Micro.blog with several bug fixes and tweaks for iOS 13. Today …
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We forgot to take a group shot at the IndieWeb Meetup in Austin last week, but just noticed as I was …
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Micro.blog 1.7.1 for iOS
I’ve posted an update to Micro.blog for iOS with several bug fixes. Here are the changes in …
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Klaus trailer
There’s a new trailer out for Klaus, which hits select theaters and then Netflix in November. …
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I’m still frustrated that simple bug fixes need to be approved by Apple just to send a …
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Someone’s lost key in an empty parking lot.
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Trying to resist judging Catalyst by the initial apps out with Catalina today. Most developers were …
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Wrapping up Apple Arcade trial
When Apple Arcade launched, I thought it would be fun to try a new game each day for 30 days. And it …
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Last week’s Core Intuition covered the Microsoft Surface event, App Store Search Ads, fixing …
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Agent Intercept is a combination of racing game and spy story, with new missions released every day. …
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I haven’t played many endless runners, so while trying EarthNight I’m thinking of …
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I updated the M.b /photos page for hosted blogs to only include JPEGs to help filter out …
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I read through The Verge’s liveblog of the Surface event. I’m very interested in what …
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Playing a new game each day means I just can’t get very far if there’s any depth to the …
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Clicking through the attendee list from IndieWebCamp Amsterdam, there’s so much variety in …
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Reminder that there’s an IndieWeb Meetup tonight. Mozart’s Coffee at 6:30pm. Hope to see …
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The look of Towaga: Among Shadows reminds me just a little of Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair. …
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Inktober pin
Good luck to everyone participating in Inktober this month! We’ve added a special Micro.blog …
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Playing a new Apple Arcade game each day, I barely have time to scratch the surface of most games, …
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I sent a new email newsletter out tonight, but I haven’t updated the mailing list addresses …
September 2019
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Maybe SNL and others have counted him out, but I made another small donation to Beto’s …
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We found a coral snake next to the house this morning. Despite living in Texas my whole life, one of …
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IndieWeb Meetup this Wednesday, 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee in Austin. Grab a coffee or smoothie …
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Another card-related game for the weekend: Where Cards Fall, from the developer of Alto’s …
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Still hearing about games in Apple Arcade that I hadn’t seen with random browsing. Recommended …
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I need to work from coffee shops more if for no other reason than I can’t easily get …
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What The Golf? keep surprising me with its delightful wackiness. Busy day today so I needed …
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Core Intuition 390
We posted episode 390 of Core Intuition. From the show notes: Manton finds a workaround to his Sign …
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The best Apple Arcade games start with gameplay nearly right away, realizing they are mobile games …
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Love the idea of how shadows are used in Projection: First Light, but I don’t have time to …
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Impressed that the Democrats have actually set the narrative early. This transcript confirms what we …
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Great interview with Beto on the Bill Simmons podcast. Long episode, but this Overcast link skips to …
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Dodo Peak is kind of half Crossy Road, half Q*bert. 🕹️
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I know we’ve said “this is it” multiple times since Trump was elected, but… this …
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Filter posts into categories
As more Micro.blog bloggers use categories to organize their posts, I want to keep making categories …
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This week’s Micro Monday features Tiffany White, talking with Jean about blogging, sharing …
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Pinball Wizard is a fun twist on pinball. Love the cute graphics. 🕹️
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Sending email for Sign in with Apple
When we released Micro.blog 1.7 for iOS last week with Sign in with Apple support, Micro.blog could …
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I wonder if we should start making a bigger deal about how fast and lightweight Micro.blog-hosted …
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Bleak Sword is the first game I’ve tried on Apple Arcade that was designed for portrait …
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The Enchanted World
I almost forgot to post to my blog for the 6th day of trying games on Apple Arcade. Remember those …
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I’ve tweaked how Micro.blog publishes new blog posts to not leave the archive or photos pages …
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WordPress funding and market dominance
Matt Mullenweg blogged that Automattic has received a Series D funding round of $300 million. He had …
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Apple Arcade makes it easy to try a game, and often I’m downloading a game without knowing …
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Timetable episode 125! I talk about the Micro.blog update for iOS 13 today and what the focus should …
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Micro.blog is doing much better in App Store searches now, possibly because I updated the keywords …
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Happy iOS 13 day! Micro.blog 1.7 is out with Dark Mode and Sign in with Apple. I’m also having …
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Sayonara Wild Hearts was featured in the keynote last week and for good reason. I love what …
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We posted this week’s Core Intuition today with more on iPhone 11 upgrades, getting ready for …
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Next up on Apple Arcade: Rayman Mini. I wanted to try a side-scrolling platformer and this is the …
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Beautiful new library in New York. I’d love to visit more libraries while traveling. For such …
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I’m enjoying Mini Motorways on Apple Arcade, from the makers of Mini Metro. Reminds me a bit …
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Sign in with Apple in Micro.blog
We added Sign in with Apple to the next version of Micro.blog for iOS 13. It can be used to sign in …
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Apple Arcade is rolling out. I’m going to do micro reviews for a new game each day this week. …
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I signed up for ESPN+ to watch a few FIBA games last week. Love that there’s nearly continuous …
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Finished watching Undone. I’m usually a little suspicious of rotoscope, but it works here and …
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Finally got to see Les Misérables live this weekend. So great. Still singing the songs, and was …
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I can understand why it’s not currently a feature, but I wish Apple IDs / Sign in with Apple …
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On the latest Core Intuition, Daniel and I talk about this week’s Apple event, whether to get …
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I was reminded today that we’ve had folks on M.b for over 2 years, and the public launch …
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Submitted the new Micro.blog for iOS 13 to Apple. Not totally sure it will be approved right away …
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Love this incredible project (via the Studio Neat newsletter) to capture a 30-year time-lapse of New …
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Notifications for third-party Micro.blog apps
Last year after Twitter changed their streaming API so that apps like Twitterrific and Tweetbot …
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Solid debate tonight for the Democrats. It’s great to see everyone on the same stage. Strong …
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Plans for JSON Feed 1.1
I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since Brent Simmons announced JSON Feed. In the first …
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Sent a new beta of Micro.blog for iOS 13 to beta testers. I’m really excited about this …
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Xcode 11 crashes when I try to run on the device with the iOS 13 beta, so this week I’ve …
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Disappointing loss for team USA against France. I was worried this might happen after watching a …
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I’ve already talked myself out of pre-ordering the iPhone 11 Pro this week. Looking forward to …
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Great updates to the Apple Watch, as usual. I really need to upgrade from my Series 0. I say that …
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Nice pricing on Apple Arcade and TV+. But given the tiny selection of shows compared to Disney+ or …
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The Apple event stream just started up on YouTube… There’s something amusing about …
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This story about App Store search from The New York Times is really well done. It makes me wonder …
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Watching more WWDC videos to try to wrap up iOS 13 work before the Apple announcements tomorrow.
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There’s a new Micro Monday episode out! On episode 67, I talk with Jean about some of the …
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Picked up our car today. Loved everything about ordering online and the car vending machine …
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We’ve been rewriting some old parts of Sunlit to fix bugs and get the app ready for new …
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Mural outside Brick Oven after lunch. 🍕
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Apple has seriously stepped up their game with the web-based beta.music.apple.com, via MacStories. …
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Animated shorts and Richard Williams
Richard Williams passed away a couple of weeks ago. The day after, my family and I went to see the …
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Reading more of App Launch Map Field Guide from Aleen Simms after picking it up on launch week. …
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Thanks to @DaveWoodX for the reminder that we need more people to vote for getting the Micro.blog …
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I might be a bit late, but I’ll be at IndieWeb Meetup tonight, 6:30pm at Mozart’s …
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Micro.blog test blogs
Blogs hosted on Micro.blog provide a lot of flexibility with custom CSS, themes, and Hugo templates. …
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Mastodon remote follow
I’ve updated Micro.blog today to help Mastodon users follow people on Micro.blog. It used to …
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On the latest Core Int, we talk about Siri privacy and follow up on @danielpunkass’s Echo.
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The wall outside Fabled Bookshop in Waco.
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Waco Mammoth National Monument.
August 2019
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IndieWeb Meetup is coming up next week, Wednesday 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee. Also known as …
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The power to move away from big tech
DHH blogs about giving a chance to smaller companies to help fix the problems with massive tech …
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Slopes network effect
Curtis Herbert has a great blog post about starting an Android version of his app Slopes. Adding …
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I’d love to see Apple release a 13.2 beta tomorrow just to kind of mess with everyone. I need …
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Dialog open source and the IndieWeb
Dialog is a full-featured Micro.blog app for Android. Jacky Alciné blogged about it today while …
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Thanks to WP Tavern for writing about Micro.blog and our Tumblr features! Great summary of the role …
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Here’s my blog post from 2002 (!) about moving to NetNewsWire. Feels a little like history …
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NetNewsWire 5.0
Congratulations to Brent Simmons and all the contributors of NetNewsWire for shipping version 5.0 …
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Downloaded my Foursquare archive (about 2500 check-ins over 8 years), thinking I might make it …
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Some days I just want to view The New York Times home page without any stories that mention Trump in …
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Adding more emoji to Discover in Micro.blog. It’ll take a little while to update with all the …
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Posted a new Micro.blog iOS beta for TestFlight today with a bunch of Dark Mode improvements. You …
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Last night we posted episode 385 of Core Intuition. @danielpunkass and I talk about whether we …
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Fixed a couple issues with today’s Tumblr-related features. Large file uploads should also now …
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Tumblr cross-posting
I’ve decided to add Tumblr as a cross-posting service in Micro.blog. This means Micro.blog can …
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Sometimes as I work on new features using a test blog, I fool myself into thinking I’m …
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It only took buying 4 packs of LEGO minifigures to get Mickey from Steamboat Willie.
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I’ve switched on robots.txt files for all Micro.blog-hosted blogs, by default allowing full …
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Hong Kong and trending misinformation
Twitter announced in a blog post that they have removed over 900 fake accounts spreading …
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I don’t love that today’s Apple Card press release is also an ad for Uber. Is Uber …
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I added a new grid of featured photos on Micro.blog today. This matches the photos collection in …
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Tumblr wasn’t the only big news in blogging land this week. NetNewsWire 5 is now in beta! …
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Reminder if you want to save a little on your Micro.blog subscription, you can pay for a full year …
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Dark mode preview for iOS 13
In all the Mac and iOS software I’ve worked on over the years, I don’t think I’ve …
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Tumblr integration with Micro.blog
I’m excited to see where Automattic takes Tumblr, but even today there are already several …
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The latest Core Intuition is all about Tumblr! @danielpunkass and I talk about what the acquisition …
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Looking at the NBA schedule, Spurs are clearly underestimated again. ESPN and TNT only covering 5 …
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Tumblr and… App.net
Thanks to the “on this day” feature that Jonathan LaCour built for Micro.blog-hosted …
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Photo challenge for yesterday, day 7: relief. Making it all the way through IKEA without buying …
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Podcast download stats
Micro.blog is not a popularity contest. We don’t have follower counts or public likes because …
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Catching up on @macgenie’s photo challenge. I was working at Whole Foods for day 5, and I love …
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If you’re running iOS 13 + dark mode, we have a beta of Micro.blog for iOS available now. You …
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Ran into what I thought was an iOS simulator issue testing dark mode, so I (foolishly?) installed …
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We posted Core Intuition 383 this morning, following up on Black Ink 2 progress and the impact of …
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Reminder that there’s an IndieWeb Meetup (aka Homebrew Website Club) this Wednesday. …
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Great photo challenge from @macgenie. First day is “patience”. As in: don’t speed …
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Speaking of the Texas State Capitol, this YouTube video shows a great recreation in LEGO. …
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Even though I‘ve always lived in Austin, I often feel like a tourist whenever I’m downtown. My photo …
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Working on new features and haven’t had a chance to blog my thoughts on the Siri privacy story …
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Next Wednesday: IndieWeb Meetup at Mozart’s Coffee, 6:30pm. For writers, developers, …
July 2019
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We just posted Core Intuition episode 382, responding to feedback about Micro.blog’s new …
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NSDrinking is tonight, 8pm at Radio Coffee & Beer. It’s an informal meetup to chat about …
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Some good moments in tonight’s debate. I’m still looking forward to voting for Beto. …
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You can now use emoji in the “about me” text of your Micro.blog profile. Finally.
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Ruined by Design 📚
When I started reading Ruined by Design, my first thought was that I had missed the window for …
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If you’ve started using the new photos page on your microblog, you may have noticed that the …
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This is one of the most unique Airbnbs I’ve stayed at. Also beautiful inside. Near Round Top, Texas. …
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Cool to see Micro.blog’s podcast categories update mentioned in today’s Podnews. Great …
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New photos page for Micro.blog-hosted blogs
I love photo blogs. Last year, Jonathan LaCour wrote Microgram to allow anyone on Micro.blog to …
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Depressing post by Paul Reiffer on how Instagram “influencers” are disrespecting and …
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“The myth of the solo creator might be one of the most corrosive to creativity in …
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Podcast categories updated on Micro.blog
Apple this week rolled out an updated list of categories for their podcast directory. Some old …
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Interesting post today from Seth Godin on how big platforms have surrendered their ability to curate …
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Former Twitter developer Chris Wetherall interviewed by BuzzFeed News about why he regrets working …
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One year ago today, I wrote a blog post reacting to Anchor’s attitude on podcasting. It holds …
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Realized late last night that I had forgotten to prepare the Micro Monday email newsletter. Rather …
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Customizing podcast feeds and Micro.blog design
I wanted to highlight 2 new blog posts from the Micro.blog community about customizing themes. …
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“It is only fitting, that after I served loyally for 19 years as Tim Duncan’s assistant, that …
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Copy HTML for photos
Micro.blog makes it really easy to post some text and a photo to your blog, but sometimes you want a …
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Detoured because of traffic, crossing the tracks on the back roads outside of San Antonio.
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In the Apple dev community, if you’re only following Joe Cieplinski on Twitter you’re …
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Not much love out there for the recent Dropbox changes, but I actually like the updated Mac app. I …
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On today’s episode of Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I follow up about renaming my Twitter …
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Really nice how GitHub’s new plans work, with private repositories even for personal accounts. …
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Apple exclusive podcasts skepticism
Jason Snell has a post for Macworld reacting to the news that Apple plans to fund original podcasts: …
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Not sure where Apple is going with exclusive podcasts, but it’s probably nowhere good. By …
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Refactoring a bunch of stuff and doing a better job than usual of actually deleting code that …
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Decided to cut out a major section of my book that doesn’t really fit, and which I don’t …
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Inspired by many of the great photos on Micro.blog, I’m changing up the newsletter format …
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Reading a lot of criticism that the $5 billion fine against Facebook is inadequate, but written by …
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Speaking of breaking up Facebook, see my post from last November on the topic. Still true. …
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Sometimes I discover someone new who is advocating for a more distributed web… but all they …
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Land and sky stretching out from the north Mopac and 45 toll road. I hope this stays undeveloped for …
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I was up really early this morning, so took some time to look at the MySQL slow query log, which I …
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“It’s worrying how easily the most vile of fringe views can be elevated by seemingly-benign …
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Simplifying the Micro.blog subscriptions
I want to give everyone a heads-up about a change we’re making next week. When Micro.blog …
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The next update to Micro.blog for iOS will support Dark Mode on iOS 13. There are still several …
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Solved some more of the performance issues on Micro.blog. Hopefully that’ll be it for the …
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On Core Intuition 380, Daniel and I talk through how to reach more people and the role (if any) of …
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I’ve always liked the 36 Hours travel series in The New York Times, so as we’ve been …
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After talking to @danielpunkass today for the next episode of Core Intuition, I’ve renamed my …
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15th street as the sun was setting.
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This week’s Micro Monday features Pratik, who is just back from Yellowstone National Park. …
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One of those long days where I have to block out the whole afternoon for errands. Have a little …
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Some incredible black and white photos by Adrian Villa from a recent road trip.
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Working on some much-needed performance improvements, which should also fix the intermittent errors …
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Interview with IndieWeb co-founders
Last year after IndieWeb Summit in Portland, I sat down with IndieWeb co-founders Tantek Çelik and …
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New tagmoji on Micro.blog
I’ve updated the Discover emoji on Micro.blog to add several new topics:
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Started the morning with a long walk, listening to podcasts and trying to put together all the …
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Catching up on movies this weekend. Rocketman and Toy Story 4. 🍿
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Rolled out a few tweaks to custom pages on Micro.blog-hosted blogs today, including performance …
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Happy July 4th! Hope everyone has a great day. @danielpunkass and I just posted a new episode of …
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Great to hear about last weekend’s IndieWeb Summit from @tomwiththeweather at tonight’s …
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Sunlit 2.5.6 is now available with a few bug fixes.
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IndieWeb meetup in Austin this Wednesday: Homebrew Website Club at Mozart’s, 6:30pm. Join us …
June 2019
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Reading through the Etherpad notes from yesterday’s IndieWeb Summit sessions.
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Tweaking the cache size in MySQL’s config reminds me of setting the memory for individual apps …
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Referencing photos in Hugo themes
Greg Morris has imported his WordPress posts to Micro.blog hosting and had a question about …
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Getting back into the routine of recording Timetable. On today’s episode, I talk a little …
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I’ll be at NSDrinking tomorrow night, 8pm at Radio Coffee & Beer. It’s an informal …
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The server upgrade went off the rails… After an unexpected failure, I ended up having to spin …
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Usually when I do server maintenance, I can just disable a feature on Micro.blog but keep everything …
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Speaking of IndieWeb Summit, on a smaller scale we are finally restarting the Homebrew Website Club …
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This week’s guest on Micro Monday is @jgmac1106. Greg talks to Jean about the upcoming …
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Cloudy at sunrise this morning, but still great view of the lake from Mount Bonnell.
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We’ve highlighted 4 new videos (plus a bonus video) for Film Fest Friday this week on …
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Hot today in Austin. Downtown, walking past the Capitol before lunch.
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Sticking to the mission statement
Micro.blog’s goal is to encourage more people to post to their own blogs instead of only on …
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On the latest Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I cover more of the WWDC announcements we skipped …
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This is a great feature on @macsparky and his favorite apps in the Mac App Store, via @ismh. I …
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Seeing new microcasts spring up, I want to get back to recording Timetable. I think it did a better …
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Facebook content moderators
I don’t even want to link to that story by Casey Newton at The Verge because it’s so …
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I had a couple extra hours last night before the scheduled server upgrade. Used the time to work on …
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Back around WWDC, I said I might take part of Micro.blog down for an upgrade, but I ended up …
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Failed donut shops
On road trips lately, I’ve been fascinated by out-of-business donut shops. If it’s late …
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Musicians on Micro.blog
Jacob Gorban started a new site for musicians to connect on Micro.blog. From the about page: I had …
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WWDC 2019 wrap-up
Finally getting around to posting this. The last couple of weeks since WWDC have been busy. But as I …
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Clicking through the “On this day” link on my blog, I noticed my post Multiplane from 6 …
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As part of winding down the Tweet Marker API, I’ve split off the main tweetmarker.net site …
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Ordered a new external SSD to install Catalina. I really try to keep all important files on as few …
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This week’s Micro Monday episode features Miraz Jordan, talking about her new site …
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Spent the weekend in Tyler, Texas. This is the Cotton Belt Depot. Built in 1905 and now used partly …
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Worked from the coffee shop this afternoon, then found this deer in our front yard as I was arriving …
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I love this technote by Brent Simmons on supporting NetNewsWire (and supporting the open web).
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I’m not surprised that Kawhi was so great this year. In his entire career, he’s really …
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We’ve started a new weekly feature: Film Fest Friday, to highlight videos posted to …
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After several months of great luck with iOS app review, the latest bug fix update for Wavelength has …
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Jean wrote a post about how the Discover timeline works in Micro.blog — thoughts on curation, …
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Congrats Toronto! Good game. Even without Durant and Klay, Warriors made it close. Really …
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There’s a new site from @Miraz with dozens of tutorials on customizing your blog on …
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Just a reminder that after 8 years of running Tweet Marker, I’m winding it down. Thanks …
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Just posted Core Intuition 376 with a discussion about San Jose, SwiftUI, and Catalyst.
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“I rarely just tweet something, unless it’s truly ephemeral (or a reply, obviously). I prefer …
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Doing a little housekeeping on monday.micro.blog. Using categories for Episodes, Transcripts, and …
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I feel really bad for Durant. But I also can’t forget how Kawhi went out in the 2017 west …
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I was starting to root for a game 6 when KD went out. That’s no way to end the finals. Then …
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The latest Micro Monday podcast features… me! Jean and I answer questions from the Micro.blog …
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Micro.blog for macOS version 1.9
Micro.blog has been updated on the Mac. Here are the changes:
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Took a break from watching SwiftUI sessions to finish some unglamorous (but necessary) AppKit work. …
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Kawhi is incredible, but this whole Raptors team is playing great. I’m not sure even Durant …
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For 5 years I’ve been saying on @coreint: “wake me when there’s a Swift-only UI …
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Book progress and interview
Today I sent the following update to Kickstarter backers. I wanted to give everyone a progress …
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While a lot of people were traveling to San Jose last Sunday, I published a blog post about walled …
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Reminder that there’s no @coreint this week. Daniel and I have a rule: we only talk about the …
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Micro.blog at WWDC
It was a good week at WWDC. Micro.blog helped sponsor last night’s LIVE near WWDC concert, and …
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Sign In with Apple
This is one of the most interesting announcements from WWDC for me. Aaron Parecki wrote a detailed …
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Flying over downtown Austin and the UT campus on the way back from WWDC.
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Thanks everyone who made it to our Micro.blog WWDC meetup! Another good turnout this year. Really …
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Micro.blog meetup details for WWDC 2019
The 3rd annual WWDC Micro.blog meetup will be today at 12pm outside Grace Deli & Cafe. If you’re …
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I like the name Catalyst. Better than Marzipan. Still a lot of questions, hopefully to be answered …
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The new Mac Pro is bigger than I was expecting, and much more powerful than anything I need. Hope …
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Apple might be 10 years late catching up to Google Street View, but I’m impressed with how …
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Nice updates to Apple Watch. Still going to keep my Series 0 a little bit longer… Might as …
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Added a new link at the top of Discover on Micro.blog to point to WWDC-related posts. It’ll be …
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Open gardens
In technology, the walled garden is a platform where one vendor controls distribution. If you want …
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About to fly out to San Jose. Looking forward to seeing everyone! This WWDC is going to be huge. …
May 2019
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I’m considering upgrading one of the photo servers late tomorrow night, before WWDC gets …
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The Weekly Listen and podcasting workflow
Love this new podcast from Joe Cieplinski. It’s a great example of trying something new with a …
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For the 30th and final day in a row of visiting parks: Zilker. Brought a picnic to have above Lou …
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Brent posted a reminder to the Omni blog that LIVE near WWDC tickets are going fast. It’ll be …
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Dialog — a Micro.blog app for Android — is now open source! I think this is a great move. Looking …
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We celebrate the 11th anniversary of Core Intuition on the latest episode, answering listener …
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For the second-to-last day of 30, I picked Mayfield Park. Known for its peacocks, and right next to …
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Earlier this afternoon, looking over the field to Elisabet Ney Museum across the street from Shipe …
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I try not to over-plan for WWDC, but I do have a notes file where I jot down a rough outline of …
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Questions about Micro.blog? @macgenie and I are recording another Micro Monday Q&A today to talk …
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I was nearby in Round Rock, so stopped at Shirley McDonald Park. There’s a pond with ducks. …
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It’s best to think of the iPod Touch as a very small, $199 iPad. I think the value for that …
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Love the video as usual from Studio Neat for the new Totebook. They talk a little about the …
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Saved one of my favorites for the last week of parks. The trail at St. Edward’s Park off Old …
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Disappointed that Ghost created a custom posting API instead of adopting Micropub, which is a W3C …
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Unattended algorithms
Neil Stephenson has written a new book. In an interview with PC Magazine, he talks about the …
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Bridge connecting Blunn Creek Greenbelt with Little Stacy Park. I grew up near here and spent many …
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Enjoyed watching the Bucks this year. Congrats on a great season. I still have mixed feelings about …
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Pease Park along Shoal Creek, with an interesting new sculpture by Patrick Dougherty.![mp-photo-alt[]=](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/10/2019/c18acc08b6.jpg)
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Jean shares the story of App Camp for Girls on her blog — how it all started, what they learned, and …
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There’s a big update out for NetNewsWire. It adds Feedbin syncing and a bunch of other …
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Last week of parks
At the beginning of the month, I started a new blog post series: visiting a city park each day for …
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In addition to the Micro.blog meetup in San Jose, I want to do something new this year to highlight …
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Abandoned tracks cut through the side of Metz Park.
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Jessica Hollis Park at the top of Lake Austin next to Mansfield Dam. Warm day. No one here except a …
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Steve Troughton-Smith’s blog post on the Mac OS X transition is a good history, but …
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Say “yes” when The New Yorker wants to talk on the phone. That story and much more on …
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Great hiking trail through the trees along the creek at Great Hills Park.
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Springwoods Park. Short trail in a loop around the park. Also has a Little Free Library.
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Mac Open Web is a new site by Brian Warren to showcase apps that promote the open web. As Brent says …
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Tim Smith is the guest on this week’s Micro Monday. Tim talks to Jean about discovering …
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If you’re new following me on Micro.blog and wondering what all these park photos are about, …
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Field of wildflowers at Brushy Creek Lake Park.
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Alan Jacobs makes a good point: it’s a feature that the IndieWeb won’t exactly replace …
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WWDC is in 2 weeks. Don’t forget we’ll have a Micro.blog meetup on Tuesday, June 4th. …
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More on The New Yorker
I linked briefly to The New Yorker article by Cal Newport over the weekend, but wanted to add a few …
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Tanglewood Park earlier this evening, posting now after watching the final episode of Game of …
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The latest Core Intuition is all about MarsEdit in Setapp and related topics.
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The branches of a huge oak tree over our picnic today at Harper Park, catching up on feedback about …
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The New Yorker: Can “Indie” Social Media Save Us? — by Cal Newport, featuring …
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Great talk from Tantek at Beyond Tellerrand this week about the IndieWeb.
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The fastest way to blog
Advertisements often make broad claims that their products are the “best” or …
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Beautiful afternoon in the shade at Rattan Creek Park.
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We’ve extended the Micro.blog spring giveaway for another week! Click Plans → Give Micro.blog …
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Following other blogs on Micro.blog
After launching support for Mastodon on Micro.blog, I blogged about how Micro.blog is evolving to …
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Speaking of Micro.blog posting, Gluon is being updated with a new post screen. In beta for iOS and …
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MarsEdit is now available in Setapp. I publish most of my longer blog posts to Micro.blog using …
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Downtown today for lunch and errands. This is Edward Rendon Sr. Park just east of I-35.
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How is it Wednesday already? I’m finally getting a chance to queue up this week’s Micro …
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Saying goodbye to Tweet Marker
I introduced the Tweet Marker API in 2011. In the 8 years since, I’ve been lucky to have the …
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I’ve been trying to update the help site a few times a week lately. Just wrote a quick guide …
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Now that I’m a dozen days in, I updated my 30 days page to include photo thumbnails of all the …
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Worked at the downtown library today, then walked over to Shoal Beach at Town Lake Park.
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If you’ll be at WWDC, I hope you can make it to our Micro.blog meetup! Just a reminder that …
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“I was disappointed missing that free throw. So I really wanted to make that shot.” — …
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Driving back to Austin, we stopped for a picnic at Stude Park in Houston.
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For day 10 trying to visit 30 parks in a row without missing a day, the weather did not cooperate. …
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We posted a new Core Intuition today: @danielpunkass uses his new Echo, and a listener question …
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Another road trip day. This is the suspension bridge in Waco earlier today, from Indian Spring Park. …
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Trailhead Park not far off 620. Plenty of space, tables, and a 3-mile hiking trail. I sat and edited …
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Pouring rain today. Quick road trip, stopped for a burger at Hat Creek in Georgetown, right above …
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Want to help Micro.blog grow? For our spring giveaway, invite someone before May 15th and they get 3 …
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Fixed an issue in the new Micro.blog themes for IndieWeb-related tags and custom CSS. The great …
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Mueller Lake Park for day 6 of visiting parks for 30 days in a row. Plenty of benches and tables. …
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Added 2 new built-in designs to Micro.blog hosting today: Minos and Hello, from existing Hugo themes …
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This week’s episode of the Micro Monday podcast features David Johnson, talking about his …
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Sculptures by Jim Thomas at Chisholm Trail Crossing. Unfortunately no picnic tables, but I sat near …
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Spring giveaway! Along with the new home page today, we’ve updated the invites on Micro.blog …
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Bokeh on Kickstarter
Bokeh will be a new private-by-default photo sharing app from Tim Smith, on Kickstarter now: Bokeh …
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New home page for Micro.blog
We’ve launched a redesigned home page for new users on Micro.blog today. The old design was a …
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Nice day at Emma Long Park on Lake Austin.
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Today I worked from Beverly Sheffield Northwest Park. Got a bunch of editing done on my iPad, for …
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Posted Core Int 371 with more pre-WWDC discussion of Marzipan, voice assistants, and more.
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More pushback on Netflix for podcasts
We know that of course you can’t watch a Netflix-exclusive show on Hulu or Amazon Prime Video. …
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Tickets to LIVE near WWDC are available! I’m happy to announce that Micro.blog is sponsoring …
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Day 2 of city parks: Rosewood Park. It has been raining most of the morning, but it let up enough …
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Working on something late tonight, I remembered this old Harry Potter-inspired episode of Timetable …
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Working from city parks
In 2016, I tried working from a new coffee shop every day for 30 days, then later followed that with …
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Sunlit 2.5.5 is out with an additional fix for photo uploads to external blogs. This should wrap up …
April 2019
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Sometimes I hear people acknowledge that Instagram is “owned by Facebook”. That implies …
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Facebook’s starting a pretty dramatic redesign and refocus on privacy. It’s an …
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Sunlit 2.5.4 is now available. This fixes a problem with scaling up photos, which especially caused …
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We just posted episode 58 of the Micro Monday podcast with guest Joe Cieplinski. Jean talks with Joe …
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This week 2 years ago we were sending invites for Micro.blog to Kickstarter backers. There’s …
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Busy week ahead. Trying to start Monday right with an iced coffee and breakfast taco at Illuminate …
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While my microblog post last week was very critical of Luminary, I don’t think asking Luminary …
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Game of Thrones was incredible tonight. Visually stunning and unpredictable. This was such an …
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Deployed some server performance improvements including a fix for overriding Hugo default parameters …
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Good Spurs season. Even without Dejounte, they had a chance to compete this year. That poor shooting …
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Overcast adds sharing audio or video clips of part of a podcast. I just tested this with …
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Back from an early showing of Avengers: Endgame. I have never seen the movie theater parking lot …
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About Luminary’s $100 million: many of us are working 7 days a week on a tiny budget to build …
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I knew moving to Hugo templates for Micro.blog was the right call, but I’m still discovering …
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On the latest Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about making time to ship software updates, …
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Pushing back on the effort to redefine podcasting
John Gruber has a great post on Luminary and the trend of companies trying to redefine what …
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There were some fun moments in game 1, but tonight’s game 6 was the first time the Spurs …
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Penn Station in The New York Times
The New York Times has an article today about demolishing Penn Station, full of incredible old …
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Smaller companies and regulation
Following Jeffrey Zeldman’s article about the open web, Ben Werdmuller has a great post about …
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Time-lapse videos
I’ve been having fun posting short videos to my blog now that Micro.blog makes it easy. You …
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Sunlit 2.5.3 has been approved and should be available in the App Store now or soon. This update …
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“With every tightened screw we have less power than we had. And doing the things — …
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Thunder played a great game, but Lillard is locked in like I’m not sure I’ve seen …
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Craig Mod's walk in Japan
While on a 6-week walk from Tokyo to Kyoto, Craig Mod is disconnecting from social media and instead …
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Trying to learn from our ambitious video hosting release when we shipped new versions of 3 apps on …
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There’s a new update to Micro.blog for macOS with a few improvements, including (you …
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I’m learning about calc in CSS for the first time. Perfect work-around to a problem I was …
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Morning drive up to the Dallas / Fort Worth area. Stopped for coffee and work catch-up on the way …
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We just posted episode 57 of Micro Monday with guest John Johnston, a primary school teacher from …
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Early afternoon at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
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Still experimenting with how I want to post video to my blog. Currently I like using Snapthread or …
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For this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about the latest Marzipan rumors, …
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From what little I’ve read of the Mueller report so far, even with the redactions, the scope …
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I couldn’t watch more than a few minutes of Barr’s summary of the report. He uses very …
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MacStories 10-year anniversary and pre-quadrant Twitter
Congrats to Federico Viticci and the MacStories team on 10 years of MacStories. To appreciate how …
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Updated the web version of Micro.blog today with support for editing the date on a post, and fixed …
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New updates to Micro.blog for iOS and macOS are out, with fixes for uploading certain types of …
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One of the greatest comebacks I’ve ever seen. Congratulations to the Clippers. No one believed …
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This week’s Micro Monday features @bsag, talking with Jean about blogging, the community on …
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Multiple windows on iOS
We all expected Dark Mode in iOS 13, but according to this rumor from 9to5Mac, the next major …
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Derrick White! That dunk, and then the steal in the final seconds. Spurs grab game 1 in what looks …
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Recorded a short clip of the rain earlier before the sky cleared.
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Downtown this morning for coffee and a little work. Love that this old train bridge is still here.
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Playoffs start today! My predictions for the west are just guesses, except for the obvious Warriors …
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Sunlit 2.5.2 was just approved, adding inline video playback and fixing a couple stability issues. I …
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Zeldman on the IndieWeb
There’s a fantastic article by Jeffrey Zeldman in A List Apart this week, starting with the …
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Less than 2 months until WWDC! If you’ll be in San Jose, join us for the 3rd annual Micro.blog …
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Picnic lunch at the capitol. Beautiful day.
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This week’s Core Intuition is about traveling to Peers Conference, shipping the video feature …
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Spurs needed to win this one, but great to hear fans in San Antonio cheering for Dirk in his final …
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Instagram videos to Micro.blog
If you’re still using Instagram but want to copy your photos and videos to your own microblog, …
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Micro.blog for iOS has been updated to version 1.6.1, adding inline video playback (or full-screen …
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Finally read Zuckerberg’s op-ed. His “solutions” are really superficial. The …
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I posted a new episode of my short-form podcast Timetable all about adding video support to …
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Added a help page with more technical details about how video posting works.
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Thanks to @endonend for writing up how to add pagination to other themes on Micro.blog. This is a …
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This week’s guest on Micro Monday is Mike Hendley, talking with Jean about NaNoWriMo, …
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“He will fire people in his administration who he thinks are crossing him, questioning him, …
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Peers Conference New Orleans wrap-up
Last week I drove to New Orleans for Peers Conference. It was a bit of a whirlwind because we also …
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Congrats to Baylor! Looked like the team was going to unravel after Lauren Cox was hurt, but they …
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Busy week! Now that I’m back in Austin, finally had a chance to finish editing and posting the …
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Sunlit with video playback
Sunlit 2.5.1 is now available in the App Store. This update fixes an issue with videos not appearing …
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Video hosting in Micro.blog
We’ve updated Micro.blog today with a big feature: video upload to your microblog. The iOS and …
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Another rainy morning in New Orleans. Working from Stumptown Coffee. Nice space and seems …
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Great first day at Peers Conf. Really glad I made the trip over to New Orleans. Going to try to get …
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I-10 over the Atchafalaya Basin.
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Stopped for a coffee and tiny bit of coding catch-up in Houston, at Throughgood Coffee.
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Because I’ve driven to Louisiana many times (and to make last-minute planning easier and save …
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Recorded a new @coreint today. It’ll go live Thursday because we talk about some new …
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Submitted a new version of Micro.blog for iOS to Apple for review. We are attempting to update all …
March 2019
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Tonight’s rally for Beto in Austin.
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However, it’s not all good news from El Paso. Still completely unacceptable treatment of …
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Looking forward to the Beto rally in Austin tonight: 9pm on Congress. Great photos and crowds out of …
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Relieved about AirPower. We love that Apple pushes the envelope, but they shouldn’t ship …
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Checked out the WeWork on Barton Springs today. Beautiful space and great view.
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I’ve got strong political opinions, as anyone can see by reading my blog posts every 2 years …
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Watching the Manu jersey retirement ceremony. What an extraordinary player. One of the greatest. 🏀
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Connected quotes about Apple News
There’s no shortage of opinions about Apple’s services-related event this week! …
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I posted this video to my blog already, but because I was testing YouTube recently, decided to copy …
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If you missed it earlier in the week, Micro Monday this week featured Kim Landwehr, talking with …
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On the latest Timetable I talk a little about today’s new Micro.blog features.
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New features: saved drafts on Micro.blog, updated macOS app, Tumblr import
We’ve rolled out some more improvements to Micro.blog. For blogs hosted on Micro.blog, you can …
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We re-posted yesterday’s episode of Core Intuition because of a feed issue, to make sure it …
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There are still bluebonnets everywhere in Austin.
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I mentioned shipping some new Micro.blog features today. For some reason when I planned that, I …
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News+ missed opportunity
Most of what Apple talked about today isn’t shipping until the summer or fall. Apple News+ …
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Just posted a new episode of Timetable, putting together a few quick thoughts on today: paying …
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In that last TV+ video, when Apple talked about “an important voice being missing”, I …
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First half of the Apple event: pretty good, but not for me yet. We pay for the New York Times and …
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Stacked Waters at the Blanton. Nice to visit the museum again last week over spring break.
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We’ve been working on some big new Micro.blog features, rolling out separately tomorrow and …
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Like a landlord
Seth Godin blogs every day. Sometimes short posts, sometimes longer posts that read like they could …
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Looking forward to one day reading the full Mueller report and releasing my own 4-page summary. …
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Checking backups
We sent an email to some of our Kickstarter backers yesterday, giving people a chance to check out …
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New Zealand and social media
My heart goes out to the families of loved ones at the mosques in Christchurch. After the Parkland …
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In this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about recent updates to MarsEdit and …
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Excited that I’ll be attending Peers Conference in New Orleans next month. Registration is …
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We’re getting some great feedback about the new version of Sunlit. There will be a minor …
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Sunlit 2.4 now available
The new version of Sunlit is now available in the App Store. You can download it for free and use it …
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I’m always impressed with Apple’s methodical approach to marketing. Rolling out new …
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MarsEdit 4.3 shipped today with a bunch of improvements, including a change for Micro.blog-hosted …
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I just posted a new episode of Timetable. It has been a while. This one’s about the …
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This week’s Micro Monday episode features @martinfeld. From the show notes: “Martin …
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Sunset out the passenger-side window on the drive back from Dallas a couple of days ago. Usually …
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Spurs are looking good at the right time. Still anyone’s guess what the seeding in the west …
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Sunlit 2.4 screenshots
We are getting close to releasing the next version of Sunlit. The app has gone through a bunch of …
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My daughters were home for spring break last week, and the whole family helped with the last batch …
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My response to Apple's response to Spotify
Apple responds to Spotify. Daniel Jalkut and I predicted most of this response on Core Intuition a …
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Good luck to everyone entering the WWDC lottery! If you’re going to be in San Jose, hope you …
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Very excited that I will be able to vote for Beto again. 🇺🇸
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Today’s Core Intuition is up, with more about Daniel’s new job and our thoughts on …
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Sunlit 2.4 beta
We just sent a Sunlit beta to testers. This new version of our photo-blogging app includes an …
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Spotify standing up to Apple
I’ve been waiting years for this. Bigger companies have finally had enough of Apple’s …
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The web at 30
Today is the 30th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal for the world wide web. Reflecting …
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We’ve been wrapping up Sunlit 2.4. In addition to fixing a bunch of bugs, we’ve updated …
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Great blog design from Mike Haynes, customizing one of the default Micro.blog themes. There is a lot …
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This week’s Micro Monday episode features Gabriel Santiago. Finding joy again in blogging, …
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Medium import for Micro.blog
Micro.blog can now import blog posts from Medium. You can request a .zip archive of your content …
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SXSW is underway in Austin, which means it’s time to mark the anniversary of my blog. 17 years …
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I love this video from WordPress. Very similar in style to what I always imagined we could do for …
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Brent Simmons has a good list of Marzipan questions. The one I’m slightly worried about is …
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So many great podcasts. I’ve thrown out any structure in how I choose what to listen to. I …
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Seems about once a year there’s a new story about the last Blockbuster. We loved visiting Bend …
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There’s no Homebrew Website Club in Austin tonight. We’ll regroup in April. (Thanks …
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Some great basketball tonight: Spurs holding on with a 1-point win over the Nuggets. Pelicans close …
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Vincent Ritter has more iOS invites for his Micro.blog app. He’s also looking for Android …
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I’m the guest on this week’s Micro Monday, answering questions about Micro.blog.
February 2019
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Automatically save to Internet Archive
There was a session at IndieWebCamp Austin about broken links and archiving web sites. As part of …
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I’ll be the guest in the next Micro Monday, catching up with @macgenie on recent Micro.blog …
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I added a help page with an introduction to IndieAuth for Micro.blog developers. This is best for …
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Thinking about our Micro.blog APIs after IndieWebCamp Austin. There are a lot! Probably not even a …
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Wrapping up the first day of IndieWebCamp, Aaron Parecki is live-coding a simple blogging engine to …
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Excited for IndieWebCamp tomorrow. If you’re disappointed in modern social networks and …
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First time at Capital Factory? Look for these doors tomorrow inside the building lobby. You can …
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IndieWebCamp starts tomorrow. I’m downtown this morning, heading over to Capital Factory to do …
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Writing a post today that links back to one of my blog posts from 2003! Love it when that happens. …
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Doors open for IndieWebCamp Austin at 9am on Saturday. We’ll have coffee and breakfast tacos. …
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We just posted Core Intuition 361. Looking forward to IndieWebCamp Austin and talking about whether …
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Started the day with JuiceLand. Love these silly prints on the wall.
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This week’s Micro Monday features Tom Cutting of Stickman Diaries. “One of the things I …
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Got to see a few things in Fort Worth with family over the weekend. Great to have some time to …
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IndieWebCamp Austin is this weekend! You can still register here.
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Just posted the new Core Intuition. More about WWDC travel, IndieWebCamp Austin, and Daniel …
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IndieWebCamp Austin is coming up in a week at Capital Factory. Bunch of IndieWeb-related things I …
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I’ve been saying Apple’s 30% cut is too high for 10 years, so it won’t surprise …
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I was already making WWDC plans for June 3rd, so it’s nice to see MacRumors uncover clues that …
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Sorry @coreint was late this week! But there aren’t many tech podcasts on the weekend, so now …
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I heard back from Medium, and cross-posting from Micro.blog is now re-enabled on our developer …
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Sent another update of Sunlit to beta testers. We’re working on a major update that simplifies …
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IndieWebCamp Austin is in 2 weeks! Whether you’re a blogger, developer, designer, or just want …
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Sent an update to Kickstarter backers earlier this week about sending out M.b stickers. It has been …
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Audio in email is not a podcast
Today Substack announced support for sending audio episodes in email newsletters: Subscription …
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For the last few weeks, Micro.blog has been running with support for both Jekyll and Hugo templates …
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We’ve been working through bugs in our iOS photos app Sunlit for the upcoming release. If you …
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Homebrew Website Club is 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee tonight. We’ll be talking about final …
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I’m the guest this week on Internet Friends! I love how this episode turned out. Thanks to Jon …
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Micro.blog news and help accounts
We’re changing the official Micro.blog user accounts so that they are easier to follow. It …
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Thanks to Colin Devroe for interviewing me on his blog! We talked about Micro.blog’s focus in …
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Updated iOS app with categories
We released version 1.5 of the Micro.blog app for iOS today. In addition to a couple bug fixes, it …
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I still can’t believe it’s February! IndieWebCamp Austin is coming up in just a few …
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I’ve posted a 6-minute screencast video on YouTube explaining much more about how custom …
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Fixed posting from IndieWeb-compatible apps (such as OwnYourGram or IndieBookClub) if they sent …
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Had a great few days with @macgenie in Austin (and @cheesemaker too!) talking through plans for …
January 2019
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Custom templates, categories, new theme, and more
We are launching several major new features for blog hosting on Micro.blog today. Any one of these …
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“What’s Up Danger” from the Spider-Verse soundtrack is a great song to put on …
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If it seems like I’ve been a little quiet lately or slow to reply to email, it’s because …
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There’s an update to Micro.blog for macOS today with improvements to switching between Dark …
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Still can’t believe that pass interference no-call in the Saints game. Hard to imagine anything more …
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Posted the latest Core Intuition with a discussion of Dark Mode, maps in DuckDuckGo, and some …
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Speaking of Android, I’ve added a link to Dialog from the Micro.blog “New Post” …
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Nice update from Vincent Ritter on his upcoming Android app for Micro.blog, Gluon. Looking good!
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Registration is open for IndieWebCamp Austin. February 23-24.
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It’s become a tradition during WWDC that I always head out to the Presidio on Sunday to have …
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We’ve got a new help site! Special thanks to @paulrobertlloyd for the redesign. Love the new …
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What a game. Spurs get the win over the Thunder in 2 OTs. All sorts of records in this one. Spurs …
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On today’s Core Intuition — the tech and business podcast pretending to be a developer podcast …
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Homebrew Website Club is tonight in Austin! 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee. Join us for a coffee …
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We’ve been playing Catan this weekend. I love the design and how balanced the game feels. Nice way …
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DeRozan gets the first triple-double of his career against his old team. Kawhi gets boos. I had …
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We’ve extended our holiday giveaway through this weekend. If you invite someone to Micro.blog, …
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Sorry for the late notice — no Homebrew Website Club in Austin tonight. Because of the holidays and …
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Dialog for M.b got a major update for the new year, including a new posting screen. Available as a …
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Very cold and rainy day in Austin as it’s starting to feel like 2019 is really here. …
December 2018
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Walked by this abandoned toy store the other night. I guess they keep the lights on long after the …
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After living here forever and visiting a new coffee shop every day for a month a couple years ago, …
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We really loved Mary Poppins Returns and Into the Spider-Verse. This Spider-Man is stunning — my …
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For the last Micro Monday of the year, @macgenie edited together 10 clips from the previous 40+ …
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Baylor at the Texas Bowl in Houston.
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Worked on some performance improvements for external blogs this morning. RSS and connection errors …
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Zilker tree. Another fun year at the Trail of Lights. 🎄
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12 days of microblogging: just blogging
We can come up with all the specialized names we want — photo blogs, link blogs, travel blogs, …
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12 days of microblogging: daily log
We’ve seen a lot of people use their microblog as a daily log to track activities, from …
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Open space at Apple's new campus
I woke up this morning, picked up my phone like I always do — to make sure that Micro.blog servers …
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Very nice design customization to the Kiko theme on Micro.blog by Kahlil Lechelt.
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12 days of microblogging: for authors
It’s the 10th day of our 12 days of microblogging series, and today we want to highlight some …
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12 days of microblogging: developer journal
For the 9th day in our 12 days of microblogging series, we want to talk about developer blogs. Most …
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Customizing the Micro.blog default theme
Micro.blog’s default design for hosted sites is based on an original theme that shipped with …
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Upgraded from Ruby 2.3 to 2.5 this morning and it appears to have completely fixed some issues I was …
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12 days of microblogging: business sites
It’s the 8th day in our 12 days of microblogging blog post series. Most Micro.blog accounts …
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12 days of microblogging: linkblogging
For the 7th post in our 12 days of microblogging series, I want to talk about linkblogging. …
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12 days of microblogging: travel blogs
I love road trips and travel blogs. We have a family blog that we started a few years ago, adding …
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Preparing today’s blog post about travel microblogs and getting lost in people’s …
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Love the way the Spurs finished this game against the Lakers tonight. First of 6 games at home, …
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12 days of microblogging: artwork showcase
It’s day 5 of our 12 days of microblogging series. Yesterday I highlighted what Micro.blog …
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12 days of microblogging: custom design
It’s day 4 of our 12 days of microblogging series. Today we want to highlight how Micro.blog …
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12 days of microblogging: social media home base
For the 3rd post in our 12 days of microblogging series, we want to highlight how Micro.blog can …
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Good morning, Austin! Tonight is Homebrew Website Club, 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee. We’ll …
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12 days of microblogging: photos
Yesterday we started the 12 days of microblogging blog post series to mark the 1-year anniversary of …
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Some of y’all noticed that Micro.blog was slow or not responding this morning. Sorry! I …
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Thanks everyone for the congrats and feedback about the last year of Micro.blog! Coming up today, …
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Micro.blog milestone: first year open to the public
One year ago today, after months of feedback from Kickstarter backers, we opened up Micro.blog to …
November 2018
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Having fun wrapping up the next iOS version of Micro.blog with @cheesemaker. 3-4 new features that …
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Great to see Apple Music coming to the Echo (noticed via MacStories). This is kind of an …
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With the midterms and now the near-daily Mueller investigation news, I’ve fallen back into …
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Sunlit 2.3.1 is now available in the App Store. If you’re interested in posting more photos to …
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There’s a nice feature on RSS apps (best viewed on iOS) in the App Store today.
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Posted a new Timetable with a few updates on Sunlit, the updated help.micro.blog home page, and when …
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Haven’t actively used EC2 in a while, but wanted to check out the pricing after this …
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Hi Austin! NSDrinking is tonight, 8pm at Radio. Join us for a chat about Apple development over a …
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Sent the latest Sunlit 2.3.1 build to beta testers. Anyone can now join the beta with this link.
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There’s a really good follow-up about the App Store monopoly in today’s Stratechery …
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Good news for Sunlit users: @cheesemaker tracked down that crash that had been eluding us and we …
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Congrats to Supertop on selling Castro to Tiny. Sounds like a good partnership for them to focus on …
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App Store rent-seeking
Excellent article today from Ben Thompson. After laying out in detail why Apple has a strong …
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This week’s Micro Monday podcast episode features @bitdepth. Films, photos, and early …
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Looking forward to the NASA InSight landing! Hope it goes smoothly. 🚀
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Adjusted how Micro.blog sends replies to Mastodon to skip replies that don’t actually mention …
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Great morning getting a Christmas tree while my daughters are in town. This section of the farm in …
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Posted episode 351 of Core Intuition. Make sure to listen through the second half, where …
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Photos grid on your blog
As I mentioned on this week’s episode of Micro Monday, we want to add category support to …
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New update to the Dialog beta is out this morning, a Micro.blog app for Android.
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Trying out the beta of Gluon for Android, the first Micro.blog app developed for both iOS and …
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How to support Micro.blog
I often say that Micro.blog is a success if more people blog. One of the most important goals is to …
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TPM on Facebook
Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo has written some good posts about Facebook this year. …
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I’m the guest on this week’s Micro Monday again to answer Micro.blog questions. Thanks …
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Over a week since launching support for ActivityPub in Micro.blog and I’m still learning more …
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After a few loses on the road, great Spurs win over the Warriors tonight. The best they’ve …
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Updated M.b this morning with several bug fixes and improvements, including better support for …
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It’s going to be a very busy day with errands, so got to the coffee shop before 7am to focus …
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Feel like listening instead of reading? I expanded on today’s blog post in audio form for my …
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Core Intuition 350 and M.b follow-up
We start this week’s Core Intuition by following up on the Mastodon integration in Micro.blog. …
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Breaking up Facebook is up to us
Two related articles about Facebook this week. First, from a huge report in The New York Times: But …
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Getting back into a routine of writing in Day One for a minute each morning. The last couple years …
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ActivityPub for your blog
Last week we launched support for the ActivityPub API in Micro.blog. This is a major feature to add …
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Recorded 3 podcasts today! Timetable, out now. Core Intuition, out tomorrow. And a special episode …
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Rolled out several fixes today for receiving Webmentions, parsing different kinds of usernames, and …
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We’re recording another special Micro Monday this week with your questions. Use this form to …
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Timetable migrated to Micro.blog
Earlier this year I migrated 15 years of posts on manton.org to Micro.blog blog hosting. Today I …
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Getting password reset requests on my Instagram account reminds me that my old password was really …
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Dates set for IndieWebCamp Austin
Last year we held the first IndieWebCamp in Austin. I blogged about how the event went, including …
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We posted a new Core Intuition today that spans multiple weeks and a couple of recordings: catching …
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Usernames on Micro.blog
Micro.blog now has 3 distinct styles of usernames to make the platform more compatible with other …
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Homebrew Website Club tonight! 6:30pm. I’m heading down to Mozart’s Coffee now.
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Micro.blog + Mastodon
For some time, we have been considering how we could open up compatibility between Micro.blog and …
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Launching a pair of major features after lunch. May or may not be what you’re expecting, but I …
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Rose City Book Pub from a couple nights ago in Portland with @macgenie and @cheesemaker. More coffee …
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Beto showed Texas what it can become. Very proud of his campaign.
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No matter what happens tomorrow, the next day there will still be work to do on Micro.blog and the …
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Thinking of Texas even as I’m a few states away today. Great crowd in Austin for Beto …
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Very quick trip up to Portland, then back to Texas for election day tomorrow. Don’t think …
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I’m not focusing on word count, but inspired by NaNoWriMo, every day this month I’m …
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Last day of early voting in Texas today. I just voted. If you can vote today, do it. Tuesday is …
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Good luck to everyone starting NaNoWriMo today! On Micro.blog we’re collecting NaNoWriMo posts …
October 2018
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Seth Godin blogs every day
Seth Godin on daily blogging: For years, I’ve been explaining to people that daily blogging is an …
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Search in Micro.blog
Micro.blog doesn’t have hashtags, trending topics, or retweets because I think the focus on …
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Nice liveblog of the Apple event from @ismh. I like individual short posts, but this is a great …
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Thanks for the kind words @danielpunkass on the latest Micro Monday! If you’re new to …
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The new iPad Pro looks really nice. No home button, USB-C that can charge a phone, Face ID, easier …
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Pre-Halloween Apple event day! We’ve added a new Micro.blog pin: mention “iPad …
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While I was asleep, a long thread developed on Hacker News about Micro.blog. Lots of new people …
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Cutting edge to old fashioned
The Atlantic, quoting Ben Grosser, after news that Jack Dorsey is reevaluating whether Twitter …
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Intro to M.b screencast video
A few months ago on Timetable, I talked about how Micro.blog needs the equivalent of a college …
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We block walked for Beto’s campaign today, reminding potential voters when and where to vote. …
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Can’t believe the Cavs have fired Tyronn Lue already. When LeBron leaves your team, you need …
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Heroes Stadium in San Antonio before the marching band takes the field.
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I didn’t want to let these new features slip until Friday, which seems like a bad day to …
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In the middle of rolling out a few big features on Micro.blog that I’ll announce today and …
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Beto has been doing quick stops near polling locations this week for early voting. I picked up a …
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WordPress's Gutenberg vs. Micro.blog
Project Gutenberg is the code name for a redesign of the WordPress post editor. It’s an …
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This week’s Micro Monday features @aleen! She talks to Jean about the state of social media …
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Really great Spurs/Lakers game. This NBA season is something else already. 🏀
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All of Austin needs to boil their water today. Not gonna let the extra stress of that distract us …
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New version of Sunlit is out today with a couple improvements and especially a focus on stability.
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Lunch at Lucy’s Fried Chicken, looking out at a very full Lake Travis. So much rain in Texas in the …
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Yesterday we posted Core Intuition 348, checking on Daniel’s talk for Swift by Northwest and a …
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After hitting my head against the wall for weeks trying to solve a coding problem, finally asked for …
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Spurs fans can breathe a sigh of relief right now. Kawhi gone, 3 players injured in the preseason, …
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Have a lot of posts on your Micro.blog-hosted blog? You can now search on the web to find one of …
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Busy morning with meetings on another rainy day in Austin. Too much going on, but looking forward to …
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Not just for bloggers
Sometimes I hear from people who decide Micro.blog isn’t for them because it’s …
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On this week’s Micro Monday, Jean talks to @abouthalf about art, what he blogs about, and how …
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New episode of Core Intuition on blogging, @danielpunkass’s series on Dark Mode, and preparing …
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As some folks noticed late last night, I updated the Discover section on Micro.blog to have a better …
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Thanks to @danielpunkass for reminding me recently that sending replies should be faster on …
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NaNoWriMo, gift subscriptions, and more on Micro.blog
Earlier this week I wrote about some behind-the-scenes Webmention changes that improve how replies …
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Made a bunch of progress today wrapping up some Micro.blog work that will roll out tomorrow and next …
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I love seeing what people are using the Micro.blog podcast hosting for. It was first designed for …
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Today is the last day to register to vote in several states. Start at vote.org if you aren’t …
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Webmention improvements on Micro.blog
I rolled out a few Webmention improvements to Micro.blog today:
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I learned a lot helping organize IndieWebCamp Austin last year. We’re doing it again in early …
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It’s Micro Monday! This week’s guest on the podcast is Joyce Garcia, @garciabuxton on …
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Disappointed and frustrated beyond words every time I look at the news. What I wrote last week still …
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Someone stole our Beto yard sign around midnight last night. Getting a new one today and I’ll …
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I’ve been using HazeOver for Mac the last few days and quite like it. It dims your background …
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Posted this week’s Core Intuition. Reflecting on what competes for my attention on Micro.blog, …
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Daniel Jalkut has started a blog series on supporting Dark Mode. The intro and first post are up …
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Internet Archive fixing Wikipedia links
There has been a lot of distressing news lately, so it’s refreshing to read a story about …
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Reminder: Homebrew Website Club is at 6:30pm. I’m just heading down to Mozart’s Coffee …
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JSON Feed for WordPress updated
It has been over a year since JSON Feed was announced. There have been a bunch of discussions about …
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“In the air was that slightly delirious energy you feel when a political campaign becomes a …
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Markdown preview and more
I updated Micro.blog with several improvements today:
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Micro Monday's 30th episode
Jean published episode 30 of our Micro Monday podcast today. There have actually been over 30 …
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Homebrew Website Club is this Wednesday, 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee. If the weather’s …
September 2018
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I’ve been thinking about using NaNoWriMo to finally finish my Indie Microblogging book, even …
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Core Intuition 345
We posted the latest Core Intuition this weekend. It’s a 45-minute episode without sponsor …
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I believe Christine Blasey Ford
I watched the entire hearing yesterday, working with my laptop in the living room with the TV on. At …
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The guest for this week’s Micro Monday is @cygnoir. If you’re new to Micro.blog, our …
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On the latest Core Intuition, we follow up on the Apple Watch’s new ECG feature, hype from …
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Google search, Gmail, Google Docs, Android… Those are all fine. But today’s Google …
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There’s an update to Sunlit now available. Bug fixes and support for scrolling further back in the …
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With Path shutting down, I downloaded my archive. I only had a handful of posts and photos, but I …
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Rolled out some additional improvements to today’s Micro.blog page navigation feature, …
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New feature for hosted microblogs: you can now hide a page from the main navigation. There’s a …
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If Jack Dorsey and I ever sat down for a chat over a coffee or beer we would find much to agree on, …
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“One of the descriptions and labels that we had in the past that I always despised was …
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Great write-up (via @blankbaby) on walking from various airports to each city’s downtown, …
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Since I was a fan of the iPhone 5C, no surprise that I really like the colors on the new XR. This …
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On the latest Core Intuition, Daniel and I react to this week’s Apple announcements — new …
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I don’t need to see any more AR demos, but the basketball app + Steve Nash appearance was one …
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Really admire Apple’s focus on health with the Apple Watch. Don’t think I need a Series …
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More leaks ahead of the Apple announcements. iPhone XS Max, hmm? I don’t need a new phone, but …
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Looking forward to the Apple event tomorrow. No predictions, but @danielpunkass and I will record a …
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Surprisingly cool, rainy day in Austin. I’ve got my office window open. Love the sound of the …
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If you missed it late last week, I wrote about the 4 parts to solving the problems with social …
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For today’s Micro Monday, @vasta joins @macgenie to talk about why M.b first interested him, …
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For September each year, @ismh dedicates the month to raising awareness and money for St. Jude …
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Last week's Homebrew Website Club
We rebooted the Homebrew Website Club meetup in Austin this summer after a break, and last week we …
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Usually our Micro Monday podcast is weekly, but so much is going on that @macgenie published 4 …
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The way out
There have been many articles written in the last month about the role of social networks. Some even …
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Congrats @ccgus on the Retrobatch 1.1 update. Cool to see this app keep getting more powerful.
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We just posted the first Core Intuition episode in a while. @danielpunkass and I talk about the …
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Two meetups to check out today if you’re in Portland! IndieWeb (10-noon at Cup & Bar) and …
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Managing uploads in Micro.blog
Today we added a new screen to the web interface for hosted blogs on Micro.blog. Click …
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Homebrew Website Club this evening in Austin. Join us at Mozart’s Coffee (6:30pm - 7:30pm) to …
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Starting a new photo blog
Of everything you put into social networks, photos are one of the easiest and most rewarding parts …
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Sunlit 2.2.2 was approved and should be showing up in the App Store shortly. I like this version …
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Sunlit 2.2 is here
This week we shipped the new version of Sunlit, featuring an Instagram-like timeline of photos from …
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Today’s episode of Micro Monday features Belle Cooper, co-founder of Hello Code and developer …
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Austin folks interested in the IndieWeb, blogging, Micro.blog, or building your own web site… …
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Of course I read all my @-mentions, but I’ve missed replying to a few posts recently. Sorry! …
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I know I complain about the App Store a lot, but the release process is really limiting and …
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Om leaving Facebook
Om Malik has a post on leaving Facebook for good: Why? Because I don’t need it and don’t miss it. I …
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Quick trip up to Waco for the first Baylor game. Love the view walking to the stadium. 🏈
August 2018
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Evergreen to NetNewsWire 5
NetNewsWire is returning home. Brent Simmons first shipped NetNewsWire Lite way back in 2002 and it …
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Recorded another quick video preview of the upcoming version of Sunlit, set to ship on Tuesday. I …
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Seth Godin’s new podcast is so good. Love the latest episode about sunk costs. (He’s …
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Plenty of serious work to do this week, so it’s nice to take a break and work on something …
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We’ll miss watching Manu play, but what a career. And his effort in the last playoff series to …
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Sunlit 2.2 was approved by Apple over the weekend. Don’t have a ship date yet, but I’m …
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I’m the guest on today’s Micro Monday! Answering questions from the community about new …
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Making a few last-minute changes to Sunlit 2.2 with @cheesemaker to hopefully minimize the chance of …
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Now that Icro is open source, I filed an issue to discuss how to add push notifications. I think the …
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I keep meaning to dust off my Android test phone and do some more testing. Deployed a Micro.blog fix …
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Icro is now open source. It’ll be great to see other developers improve it or learn from it …
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Time to retire my first-generation Apple Watch. The battery life has dropped off suddenly and can no …
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Listening to the new Micro Monday episode with Collin Donnell.
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The latest Core Intuition is out now, with @danielpunkass and I talking about the App Store, …
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Micro.blog updates and expanding Indiepaper
We rolled out a few improvements to Micro.blog this week. There’s a new page on the web for …
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Took the train downtown this afternoon. Nice to take it on an off-day when not much is going on in …
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Congrats @hartlco on shipping Icro 1.1! Nice update to this beautiful third-party Micro.blog app for …
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Late but hopefully worth the wait, this week’s episode of Core Intuition starts with a …
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Lots of new people joined Micro.blog this week. Welcome! iPhone folks who were Tweetbot fans, I …
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If you’re in the Minneapolis area, there’s a Micro.blog lunch meetup at Common Roots …
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Expecting a lot of new Micro.blog users over the next few weeks. This week: Twitter mismanages how …
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On the new Timetable: an update on microcast improvements, plans for Sunlit, and more thoughts on …
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Microcast improvements
This week we rolled out a few improvements to podcast hosting on Micro.blog. I talked about some of …
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Infowars follow-up quotes
Two quick follow-ups on my post yesterday about Apple removing Infowars from their podcast …
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Infowars and the reluctance to curate
BuzzFeed has an article about Apple removing Infowars from the Apple podcast directory: …
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Posted a new episode of Timetable about podcasting improvements and follow-up discussion from the …
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Leverage and values for app developers
When I started using Twitter again for cross-posting, I made a few rules for myself so that I …
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Catching up on the Distributed Web Summit. Great lightning talk from @t introducing the IndieWeb. …
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We just posted Core Intuition 339: Apple services revenue, the App Store’s 30% cut, …
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Posted a new Timetable with a quick follow-up on the Facebook API and recapping last night’s …
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Apple services and the App Store tax
Jason Snell posted about Apple’s record services revenue: As someone who’s interested in …
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Good afternoon, Austin! Reminder that Homebrew Website Club is at Mozart’s Coffee, 6:30pm - …
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Fixing bloated web pages
Nick Heer has a comprehensive post on how web pages have become so slow despite huge improvements in …
July 2018
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Homebrew Website Club tomorrow! 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee. We’ll keep it informal as we …
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On this day
Last week I added a new archive page to Micro.blog-hosted sites. It includes dates and the first …
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You can add any Micro.blog timeline to Feedbin and it looks really good, with profile icons next to …
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On my almost-daily podcast, Timetable, today I talk about rebuilding the Facebook integration in …
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Monday morning, lots of phone calls. Not my favorite thing.
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It’s a little late this week, but we published Core Intuition 338 today. Thanks for listening!
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Loved the new episode of Internet Friends. Covers a lot: @drewcoffman coming to terms with using …
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In other Slack news this week, they moved their blog from Medium to their own domain name, powered …
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You usually can’t control or predict what other companies do. On the latest Timetable, I talk …
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Much faster home page updating for Micro.blog-hosted sites rolling out now. Also, moving to a …
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Today’s Timetable covers microcasts, Facebook changes for Micro.blog, and Twitter’s API …
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Upcoming meetups: NSDrinking tomorrow night at Radio Coffee & Beer. 8pm. Also, Homebrew Website …
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Dirk is back for a 21st season with the Mavs. Looks like he will pass Wilt Chamberlain on the …
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On today’s episode of Timetable, I go into more detail about the recent performance …
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Anchor on free podcasting
Nir Zicherman has a post on Medium about how podcast hosting should be free. Nir is the co-founder …
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Faster publishing in Micro.blog
Last week I parked myself at a coffee shop one morning and re-architected how blog publishing in …
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Happy Monday, everyone! There’s a new episode of Micro Monday up. Great to hear from new …
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Microcast.club is a new directory of short-form podcasts. What a perfect domain name for this. …
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Can’t wait to hear the new A Star Is Born soundtrack. I’ve watched the trailer a few …
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Realized after a couple days this weekend of off-and-on debugging of a time zone issue that it was …
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Over the last couple of days you may have noticed some time and ordering problems in the Micro.blog …
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Standup paddling near Longhorn Dam earlier today, just a little before it was too hot outside to do …
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This week’s Core Intuition covers rumors of the 1Password site-license to Apple, the business …
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There’s a great introduction to Webmention over at A List Apart today.
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Suspension bridge over the Brazos River, from a quick trip up to Waco earlier this week.
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Did not expect that Danny Green would be part of this Kawhi trade. Bummer to lose both of them. But …
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Testing Feedbin today, I was reminded just how good microblog posts look in it. Here’s a …
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After IndieWebCamp Austin last year, we let the Homebrew Website Club meetups kind of fade away. …
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I love travel blogs. Great post and photos from Jason Kottke on a road trip across the western …
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Today was a strange day. Lots of errands. 97° out didn’t help either. One good thing: taking a …
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Sounds like good news to spin out Instapaper to a small team again. I still use it, although …
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On Timetable this morning, I talk about a bug for new users on Micro.blog, and how I tried to work …
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Sent a new beta out for Sunlit 2.2, collecting a bunch of recent fixes. Still more to do before the …
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I wanted Micro.blog to be so strictly reverse-chronological and anti-algorithmic timeline, that I …
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We’re looking for a few testimonials to add to the Micro.blog home page. If you have a short …
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Web rings are back
One reason that IndieWeb Summit was such a success was the range of projects to come out of the …
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Replacing 1 billion-user platforms
I don’t read Medium often, but I do let the service send me weekly emails with posts I might …
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I posted a new Timetable this morning about learning from college’s 2-day freshman orientation …
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Fixing a couple issues with the LinkedIn cross-posting in Micro.blog today. Everyone wants something …
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Following users UI reset
At the beginning of the week I announced several new features in Micro.blog, including a change to …
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Stack of books sculpture and the fountain at UNT.
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I think my post this morning got lost in the noise a little. If you missed it, Micro.blog now …
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There’s a new Micro Monday podcast episode out! “Eli Mellen, an art historian and …
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New features this week
I rolled out several new features to Micro.blog today:
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Migrated manton.org to Micro.blog hosting
Tonight I imported all my WordPress posts from manton.org and moved them into Micro.blog hosting. I …
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Watching the Spurs/Wizards summer league game while wrapping up some new features for Micro.blog …
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Thanks to Tony Parker for an incredible career in San Antonio. Would’ve been nice to finish …
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If you’re familiar with OAuth, this introduction to IndieAuth walks through the process of how …
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Twitter power users
Great article by Felix Salmon on Wired last month about Twitter, found via Buzz Andersen’s …
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We posted a new episode of Core Intuition this week with a summary of my time at IndieWeb Summit and …
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Updated the Discover list with 2 new emoji: 🍕 and 🗺️. Still a few more I’d like to add soon. …
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Lots of little road trips over the last couple months and coming up this month. Feel like …
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Anticipating some new in-progress features, I took some time this week to tweak the registration …
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Here’s a set of actions and workflows from @craigmcclellan for posting images and audio files …
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Twitterrific changes for API deprecation
Iconfactory has had to make some difficult choices for the latest update to Twitterrific. From the …
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County Line BBQ to wrap up the day. Hope y’all had a nice July 4th. 🇺🇸
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IndieAuth for external blogs
Earlier this week I wrote about making Micro.blog an IndieAuth provider. This allows anyone with a …
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After taking a month off from Timetable, I posted a new episode this morning with some thoughts from …
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Since there’s no Micro Monday podcast this week, I’m going to get back into the routine …
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The web is the social network
In my talk at Peers Conference earlier this year I closed with this quote from Brent Simmons: …
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I’ve made cold-brew coffee with a French press but I’m lazy so usually just buy the Chameleon …
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Micro.blog-hosted footer HTML and redirects
I’ve added 2 new features to Micro.blog-hosted blogs:
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IndieAuth for Micro.blog
After posting about my time at IndieWeb Summit and the new IndieBookClub support, let me give some …
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Well, well, well. LeBron to the Lakers. Maybe Kawhi follows to LA on his own next year, but …
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Even with the uncertainty around Kawhi, there’s some good news for the Spurs: Rudy Gay …
June 2018
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IndieBookClub
As I mentioned in my IndieWeb Summit wrap-up, I added support for IndieBookClub while in Portland. …
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IndieWeb Summit 2018 wrap-up
Last week I was in Portland for IndieWeb Summit. This was only my second IndieWeb conference (the …
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Posted this week’s Core Intuition about macOS dark mode, UIs that presume too much, and …
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Slow start for me this morning. Luckily my Airbnb left a Stumptown cold brew coffee in the fridge. …
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Great morning at IndieWeb Summit! We’re going to have a Micro.blog meetup in Portland tonight …
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From the loop around Lake Charles, Louisiana on the drive home.
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Seth Godin and blogging every day
Great post by CJ Chilvers about blogging regularly, via Micro.blog user @kaa, with a quote from Seth …
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Road trip today. Crossing over some train tracks out in the country.
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On this week’s Core Intuition, we talk about travel, Marzipan, and deprecating WebKit.
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Had a really nice Father’s Day. Incredibles 2 was great. Ended up watching the original twice …
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On campus this morning. Texas Memorial Museum poking up through the trees.
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Watched the Incredibles (1) last night. It’s still so good. Found my blog post from 14 years …
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Posted Core Intuition 332. If you’re wondering why no one is talking about how post-WWDC Siri …
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Back online after taking some time off to camp at Colorado Bend State Park last night. Great hike …
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There are a few more Micro.blog apps currently in development that I’m really excited about. …
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I usually queue up Micro Monday when it goes live, but today has been a blur, and I just finished …
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Finally tracked down and fixed a couple issues with photo upload in Micro.blog after recent server …
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Server upgrade went pretty smoothly. Photo uploads were disabled for about 10 minutes, but …
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Starting to convince myself that LeBron might have another great game in him. Sweeps in the finals …
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Going to take photo upload offline for a quick update tonight, midnight CST. The rest of Micro.blog …
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Of course I’m going to watch game 4 tonight, but I’m not really looking forward to it. …
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Just posted this week’s episode of Core Intuition with our initial thoughts on WWDC 2018: …
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The past can be a bit of a blur, but I think this was my 20th time out to San Jose and San Francisco …
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Updated my WWDC expenses page after going through some more receipts. Surprisingly close to what I …
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Trying to catch up on work now that I’m back in Austin. Recorded a new Core Int that’ll …
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Quick layover in Los Angeles on the way home. Had a great time in San Jose. Thanks again to everyone …
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Thanks so much to everyone who joined us at the Micro.blog meetup! We had a great turnout. Really …
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Reminder: Micro.blog WWDC meetup is today at lunch, 12:30pm outside Grace Deli & Cafe.
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Good news that they’ve improved the Mac App Store enough to convince Panic and Bare Bones to …
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Don’t forget, if you mention WWDC in a microblog post today it unlocks a secret pin on …
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I haven’t really processed the GitHub news yet. I wrote a few years ago that I thought …
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Glen Keane drawings at the Walt Disney Family Museum.
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Cold brew and a breakfast bagel at Voltaire Coffee House.
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Santa Clara Valley Brewing in San Jose.
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Early flight but now I’m all settled in San Jose. Catching up on email at Social Policy. ☕
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Rolled out a series of performance improvements tonight for posting on Micro.blog-hosted sites. Had …
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I was re-reading Om Malik’s essay about algorithmic timelines today. There is a lot that is …
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Got new lenses for my scratched-up glasses. Store employee thought I was nuts not to get new frames …
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Core Intuition 330 and WWDC
We just posted our pre-WWDC podcast episode:
Manton and Daniel check in just before WWDC to talk …
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Tough loss for the Cavs, letting that one slip away. Even with a bad call late in regulation, Cavs …
May 2018
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Need to get back into adding new Micro.blog pins, so added a “25 posts” pin and a new …
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We’ve been working on a major update to Sunlit. Not sure if the beta will be out before WWDC, …
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Gonna miss NSDrinking after all tonight… But in related WWDC news, new Core Int will be out …
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Going to Radio Coffee & Beer tonight at 8pm for NSDrinking. Stop by for a coffee or beer and …
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10 years ago today, @danielpunkass and I released the first episode of Core Intuition. It was right …
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Rockets took 44 3-pointers but made just 7. 16% wasn’t going to cut it. Amazing that they only …
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We made a small tweak to the Discover screen yesterday to randomly show a few of the common emoji, …
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No Kyrie, and yet the Celtics nearly made it all the way. It was an impressive run. But LeBron, even …
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Looking forward to Cavs/Celtics game 7 tonight. Could be a great one. 🏀
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Rolled out a new setting to hide @-mentions to people you aren’t following on Micro.blog. You …
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Posted a new Core Intuition about the Twitter API changes, Micro.blog, more on Ghost’s API, a …
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At this point I think I’d rather never send an email to customers again than bother them with …
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Great list of resources for using Micro.blog from the community. Blog posts, app links, and guides.
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I’m starting to jot down notes of things to do in San Jose. I try not to over-plan for WWDC, …
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In addition to the post this morning with Icro developer Martin Hartl, there’s a new episode …
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This week for Micro Monday we also have a text interview with Martin Hartl, the developer of Icro.
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The Developers Union is a good idea. I’d love to see Apple incorporate some kind of discussion …
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Posted a new episode of @coreint with talk about GDPR, the podcasting world, NPR and non-profits, …
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Twitter streaming API and Micro.blog
The writing has been on the wall for years. Now that Twitter plans to move ahead with deprecating …
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Twitter executing on 2012 vision
I’ll have more to say tomorrow specifically about the technical side of Twitter’s …
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Today the first third-party Android app for Micro.blog is out in beta. This is a really big deal. …
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Trying out the Cappuccino feed reader. Looks like it has partial compatibility with JSON Feed too. …
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My Mondays have been a bit of a blur lately, trying to finish a bunch of things at once. Looking …
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Since the day I introduced Tweet Marker, people wondered if Twitter would add an official timeline …
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Thinking about Favstar shutting down. No doubt the first of several new casualties from …
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IndieWeb Summit invite
I’ll be attending IndieWeb Summit next month. If you’re interested in indie blogging or …
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Downtown today for a meeting and while I like getting out, there are so many little ways to get …
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There’s an interview with me in the latest Club MacStories email newsletter. I talk a bit …
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Trying to get the costs down for WWDC and other trips this year, I’ve decided to document my …
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Just posted a new Core Intuition with a discussion about Google Duplex, App Store pricing, and …
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More whimsical
People often write about Micro.blog, but I don’t usually do a good job of pointing to all the …
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Did you register a brand new .app domain this week but not sure where to point it? Micro.blog-hosted …
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One of the best things about not having an ad-supported business is it doesn’t bother us if …
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Icro 1.0
Last month I gave a talk about microblogging at Peers Conference in Austin. In it I covered …
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Added a help page with a download link and HTML examples for using the Micro.blog logo (in SVG) for …
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Maintenance tonight on Micro.blog that I thought would just be a couple minutes ended up being 15+ …
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Doing some long-overdue maintenance on the Tweet Marker database, clearing out old sync data that is …
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On the latest episode of Timetable, I talk about the upcoming Icro app for Micro.blog and what to do …
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Reflecting on the 20-year anniversary of the iMac, I’m actually struck by how Mac sales …
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App Store propagation delays of 24+ hours might even be worse when you’re waiting for someone …
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There’s a new Micro Monday up! Favorite line from this episode: how early blogging was like …
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Took some time this morning to update several of the help pages: how Micro.blog uses emoji, Mac …
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Nice walk this afternoon. Starting to feel like summer in Austin.
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One month until WWDC, realized tonight that I had never booked my flights. Fixed now and lucked out …
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Updated the Mac app for Micro.blog to 1.3.1, working around an issue with imported Instagram photo …
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On the latest episode of Core Int, @danielpunkass and I talk about my experience at Peers Conf, …
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Congrats to @ccgus on the Retrobatch beta. Really powerful app for batch image processing.
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For the 100th episode of Timetable, I record a podcast while a thunderstorm rolls through Austin. …
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Shipping a new Mac-only feature today. I know this is disappointing for Android and Windows users, …
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For anyone who downloaded their Instagram archive, how big was the .zip file? Mine was 30 MB, but I …
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One year of Micro.blog
I’ve never sent an email to all Micro.blog users until today. As indie developers, sometimes I …
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Great sketchnotes by @bsndesign from last week’s Peers Conference, including one for the talk …
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Watching part of Zuckerberg’s F8 keynote. Facebook totally on the defensive. Fascinating.
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Updated the microcast hosting on Micro.blog to support customizing the iTunes “author” …
April 2018
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Fixed an issue this morning that should make a dramatic improvement to how fast a post shows up in …
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I’ve bumped up the MP3 hosting in Micro.blog to 25 MB per episode, and updated the help page …
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Still reflecting on my time at Peers last week. Met some great people. Gave a talk about …
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Posted episode 325 of Core Intuition. Daniel and I talk about the anticipation of Peers Conf, …
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Having a great time at Peers. Reminder: we’re having Micro.blog meetup at Juan Pelota Cafe on …
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On the train again this morning, heading downtown for Peers Conference.
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Took the train downtown today and walked by the lake before breakfast. Micro.blog planning with …
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There’s a new episode of Micro Monday up! Thanks @RosemaryOrchard for being on the show. (For …
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Looking forward to Peers Conference this week! We are also going to have a little Micro.blog …
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No sweep. What a great game. Go Spurs. 🏀
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Building the piano. Nintendo Labo is brilliant.
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Just a quiet, rainy Saturday afternoon new feature. Added 📷 emoji to Discover on Micro.blog. This …
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Missed a bug with photo posting in version 1.3.4, so Micro.blog for iOS 1.3.5 is now out. Thanks …
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Linked the 🎙️ emoji in Discover to a list of recent podcasts. Still tweaking the filters, so it …
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Demo of Micro.blog 1.3.4
We shipped version 1.3.4 of the Micro.blog iOS app. It includes a bunch of photo-related …
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Love seeing new photo blogs like this one at burk.photos, hosted on Micro.blog. Great way to own …
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Just updated the Micro Monday site with transcripts for the last 2 episodes. Also now using the new …
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It’s possible to be too pragmatic. I’d rather hope for something better and fail than be …
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Trying to dig out from a 130+ support ticket queue. Thanks for your patience. I’m not perfect, …
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Wavelength 1.0.2
We just wrapped up a bunch of improvements to the initial Wavelength for Micro.blog app. Here are …
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Posted a new Timetable last night. New Core Int this morning. Wavelength 1.0.2 waiting for review …
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Changed the default Micro.blog profile photo from the Gravatar image to a simple gray. Best to …
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Rolled out some fixes to the new Marfa theme on Micro.blog, updating the page headers and footer.
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Fixed an issue with upgrading hosted sites from trials that I missed when we added the new microcast …
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Added a new Micro.blog theme today for hosted sites: Marfa, based on a theme by @mmarfil, inspired …
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Fixed an issue with feed refresh today that was slowing things down for certain sites. Think …
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Core Intuition 323 is out. Daniel and I talk about the Black Ink beta and Wavelength for Micro.blog.
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The bluebonnets have been nice in Austin this year. From someone’s yard while out biking.
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Thanks for the feedback about Wavelength and microcast hosting, everyone! We are excited about the …
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Added a help page for how microcasting on Micro.blog works. I’ll be adding more tips to this, …
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Wavelength for Micro.blog
We have something really big to announce today. Micro.blog now supports hosting short-form podcasts, …
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When adding a brand new feature, I expect a few people ask: “Why not make the boring old …
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Still too early to say, but looking like the Spurs may end up finishing 7th to face the Warriors in …
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I’m going to take one of the Micro.blog servers down tonight for a quick upgrade. Midnight …
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Made what I thought was a small performance improvement in Micro.blog earlier today. Turns out to …
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Do you kind of love and hate Twitter, and wonder what Micro.blog is about? This guide by @macgenie …
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Apps of a Feather
I posted a link to this last week, but it’s worth some additional comments. Apps of a Feather …
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Just published episode 97 of my Timetable microcast. Wrapping up some recent improvements and …
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The guest for this week’s episode of Micro Monday is @kitt. Thanks Kitt for being on the …
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“We could continue to flock to Twitter and Facebook — we could keep paying those who have and …
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This is going to be a huge week for Micro.blog. Really excited about some of the things we’ve …
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G League finals, game 1. Derrick White hitting a 3 for the Austin Spurs. 🏀
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Cold but beautiful walk around the lake this afternoon.
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NBA western conference: 5th through 9th place all have 45 wins. Here we go. 🏀
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Lots of new folks joining Micro.blog today. Thanks for being here! Don’t forget to check out …
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The writing has been on the wall for third-party Twitter apps for years. It’s why I stopped …
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Instagram has always had the most-limited API of any modern web service. Sounds like it’s …
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Core Intuition 322 and the Mac Pro
We just posted Core Intuition 322. From the show notes:
Manton and Daniel react to Apple’s news …
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Under the Mopac bridge, from our walk with the dogs a few days ago.
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Just posted Micro Monday episode 4 with @patrickrhone. Really love Patrick’s thoughts on …
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Dyeing eggs. Tried with brown eggs this year so we got some interesting colors. 🐰
March 2018
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Great post by Joe about WWDC on a budget. It’s about compromises. I feel like I get 90% of the …
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Core Intuition 321
We start this week’s Core Intuition talking about the Apple education event in Chicago. More …
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A couple weeks ago the Spurs were 10th place in the west. Now, they’re 4th. Only 6 games left …
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Tonight I deployed what I think will be a big performance improvement to posting on …
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Coffee and work at Apanas this morning, then checked out the new Amazon Books store. Bigger than I …
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This upcoming Micro.blog client for Android is really looking great.
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NSDrinking tonight, 8pm at Radio Coffee & Beer! About to head that way.
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Posted the transcript for episode 3 of Micro Monday. Love having these transcripts. Still a goal to …
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Posted episode 96 of Timetable with quick thoughts on Apple’s event and how difficult it is to …
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Really happy to see the Apple Pencil supported on the $329 iPad. I also like Tim Cook’s …
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Pushed a couple bug fixes for Micro.blog for Mac. “Check for Updates” to get version …
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Decided to skip following the Apple event live coverage today. Look forward to the blog post …
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Recorded an episode of Timetable this afternoon and finally getting around to posting it just now.
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Demo video for multiple blogs
We released an update to Micro.blog for Mac today with support for multiple accounts. I created a …
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Version 1.2 of Micro.blog for Mac is now available, with support for multiple accounts and posting …
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We posted a new episode of Micro Monday this morning. Thanks @kimonostereo for being on the show!
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Aldridge with 45 points in an intense game to beat Utah in OT. Feels like the playoffs started …
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We posted this week’s Core Intuition. Some of my favorite episodes are when Daniel and I talk …
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Reviewing the Micro.blog timeline algorithm this morning. Doesn’t look like it needs any …
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IndieWeb generation 4 and hosted domains
Naturally because of the goals of Micro.blog, I see a lot of discussion about “owning your …
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Sent a Kickstarter update to backers. I don’t usually ask for anything, but decided to close …
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Posted a new episode of Timetable with an update on some of the things I’m working on.
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Just posted the 2nd episode of our weekly Micro Monday podcast where we feature Micro.blog users.
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Some extra delays in Micro.blog posting this morning. Should be getting back to normal now.
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Baylor trying to make it through the NIT second round. Great game so far.
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Watching more basketball as I work on some iOS stuff. Some great games today. Thought that UT would …
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Noticed more people wanting a second microblog lately, so rolled out support for custom blog titles …
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Latest home screen. Not many changes recently… Sunlit is new and replaces Instagram. …
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Rethinking the Apple Watch platform
David Smith has shared the stats he’s been collecting on Apple Watch usage from his apps, …
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Looking for new iOS dev and design blogs? @daveverwer has launched a great directory of blogs.
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Spurs really needed that win against the Pelicans and got it. Great game. Whew. 🏀
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Core Intuition 319 and WWDC
The latest Core Intuition is out. Daniel and I talk about WWDC and related topics for the full …
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Sunlit 2.0.2 is now out in the App Store with a couple bug fixes.
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WWDC 2018 dates are set. I’ll be out in San Jose for a few days, and we’ll probably do a …
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Nice time at Open Coffee this morning. Just enough SXSW for me. Working outside at Halcyon for a …
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Taking the train downtown this morning. Especially crowded for SXSW.
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Introducing the Micro Monday microcast
We’ve started a new podcast! Jean MacDonald will be hosting a weekly show talking with members …
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Mavs had a good 2nd quarter but it wasn’t enough against the Rockets. Still great to see Dirk play.
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Sunlit 2.0.1
We released an update to Sunlit today. Lots of little bug fixes and improvements. (The App Store has …
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Lots of things happening at once. Today is the 16th anniversary of my blog. Worked on something …
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Core Intuition 318 and Sunlit
We just published this week’s episode of Core Intuition, talking about the new Sunlit release …
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If you like what we’re doing with Sunlit, consider leaving a quick review in the App Store. We …
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Updated the Micro.blog timeline to show tiny preview thumbnails for the first few photos in Sunlit …
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Sunlit 2.0 now available
We rebuilt Sunlit for 2.0 so that it’s focused around blogs. You can collect photos together …
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Rolled out some performance improvements to feed downloading last night, which should make several …
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Postponing the Sunlit release until tomorrow. App Store caching seems completely unreliable today. …
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Tired of waiting for the App Store to update, so instead I worked on something I can control: …
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Texas, don’t forget to vote in the primary today.
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Pretty annoyed with the App Store this morning. Waiting 3+ hours for Sunlit to show up. Can never …
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Micro Monday: @mikehaynes, who posts about comics, shares photos, and writes about technology. Mike …
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After a month off, just posted a new episode of Timetable about getting Sunlit 2.0 ready to ship.
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Still haven’t seen The Shape of Water, but can’t argue with any of the Oscar wins. Best …
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Spent hours creating preview videos for Sunlit 2.0 only to realize I should have created them on a …
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We watched Three Billboards today in anticipation of the Oscars tonight. Really great. Still missed …
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Posted Core Intuition 317 about SwiftNIO, Sunlit 2.0, compiler warnings, and messy desks.
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Looks like this third-party Android app for Micro.blog is really coming along. They just posted some …
February 2018
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Micro Monday: @kitt, a long-time blogger who posts photos to her microblog, writes about books and …
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We went to see Darkest Hour yesterday, and today rented Dunkirk. Both excellent. Seeing them …
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We’re winding down the beta of Sunlit 2.0 and getting ready to put it in the App Store. …
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Over a week ago @danielpunkass and I recorded a show about the HomePod. So busy, finally published …
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Great write-up at MacStories about podcast creation app Anchor. I like what they’re doing …
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This week has been going by way too quick. Month is almost over, and so much work left to do. At …
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Added a link under Discover to show the latest Micro Monday recommendations. Thanks everyone!
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Micro Monday: @brentsimmons, a champion for the open web. Brent has been blogging for over 18 years, …
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Enjoyed the all-star game more than I expected. Didn’t catch the whole thing… Most of …
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Abandoned tracks downtown near the new library, as we walked back from Juan Pelota earlier this …
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Blade Runner 2049
Rewatched the original Blade Runner recently, and finally saw the sequel last night. As with all …
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Lately we’ve had a few cold days, with just enough mist and rain to notice, but not enough to really …
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@joec Great essay on good vs. better. But it highlights a problem for Apple: when audio is …
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Started rolling out favicons for all Micro.blog-hosted sites. They’ll automatically use your …
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Nice post from Seth Godin this morning:
We sell ourselves short when we argue that there's …
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Experimenting with a special Discover view that just shows Micro Monday posts. Good way to find …
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Micro Monday: @becky, who recently shipped her iOS app Snapthread 1.5 for combining live photos …
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In the Apple community we too quickly accept that the HomePod can’t run Alexa. Why …
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I’ve been watching the Olympics a bunch as I catch up on email and some coding over the …
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Posting to Micro.blog from iOS and macOS was broken this morning. It’s fixed now. If you …
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Playing in Oakland tonight, the Spurs are without Kawhi, Dejounte, Tony, and Rudy. And yet if they …
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Moved our old Echo into my office for music, but the kitchen Echo nearby keeps waking up if I speak …
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There have been some great discussions on Micro.blog recently about diversity. @macgenie has a post …
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Just posted Core Intuition 315, talking to @danielpunkass about microblogging, bug fixes, support …
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Not often you see a basketball game with a score of 100-50 just into the 4th quarter. Spurs over the …
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Love this video from The Verge and how it captures the excitement on the ground during …
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Neat to see all the emoji we’re currently tracking for the Discover section in one place. …
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Micro.blog 1.3.3 is out
The new update to Micro.blog for iOS is now available in the App Store. As I wrote about yesterday, …
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Still some lingering server issues from the security updates 2 weeks ago. Sorry for the downtime …
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Added 🚀 to Discover for today.
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Absolutely incredible what SpaceX has done. Successful launch of Falcon Heavy and then seeing those …
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Micro.blog conversations gesture
I just submitted a new update to the Micro.blog iOS app. It adds a couple new features, including …
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Where did the day go? It’s still Micro Monday here in Austin, just before midnight… For this …
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After struggling with a new iOS feature last night, threw out all the code this morning and started …
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Wrapping up the next Micro.blog iOS update, which has more control over cross-posting. Decided to …
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Watched California Typewriter today and enjoyed it. On our road trip last summer, we stayed in …
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You can scroll further back in the timeline from the iOS and Mac apps now. Also, the Discover …
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Spurs have a challenge tonight with the Rockets in San Antonio. Harden and Chris Paul are in. Kawhi …
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One year ago I linked to Lindy West’s article about leaving Twitter. Today she has an op-ed in …
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Fascinating article by @apike about blockchain. Equals parts technical detail and humor:
As fun …
January 2018
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Snapthread
A couple years ago on a trip, I finally tried Instagram Stories. Because I don’t like posting …
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I’ve been catching up on @omni’s podcast: The Omni Show. The latest episode is with Ken …
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Austin folks: NSDrinking is switching to last Wednesday of the month. That’s tonight! 8pm at …
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No applause for retweets
DHH writes about how Basecamp is experimenting with removing their “applause” feature — …
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For Core Int members, check your secret podcast feed for Extra Intuition 5. @danielpunkass and I …
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Micro Monday: @blankbaby. Scott hosts the podcast Random Trek and reads a lot of books, sharing them …
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Micro.blog theme updates
Over the last couple of days we’ve shipped a few improvements to Micro.blog. There’s an …
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Minor update to the Mac app out with a few fixes, including a better Markdown-aware character count. …
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Rolled out some theme changes today, including blog post titles on your microblog home page, and a …
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On the latest Core Int, @danielpunkass and I talk about how Sunlit fits with Micro.blog, and …
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Every day we roll out a half dozen little improvements to Micro.blog, with big stuff thrown in when …
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Sunlit beta update
Yesterday we sent Sunlit 2.0 to beta testers. The feedback has been great so far. We just pushed a …
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Just sent Sunlit to the beta group. Looking forward to hearing what people think. (Make sure to read …
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Thanks to @lyle and @BrianCordanYoung for having me on the GeekSpeak podcast! We talked about the …
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Sunlit 2.0 demo
Here’s a short screencast demo of the upcoming version of Sunlit. We’ve rebuilt it for …
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Waiting for the HomePod excitement to settle down a little this morning before posting about …
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Micro Monday: @Aleen. On her microblog she posts about everything from books and journals, to …
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Rolled out a change to show replies on the web version of user profile pages. Should be more …
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Apologies for the unexpected downtime early this morning. Still looking into what happened, but plan …
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Played HQ for the first time tonight. I was juggling something else when it started and my tap …
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Core Int 313 and bonus episode
We posted Core Intuition episode 313:
Daniel and Manton talk about digging oneself out of …
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Beautiful building. The Armstrong Browning Library at Baylor.
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Posted a new version of Micro.blog for Mac with a few recent fixes. “Check for Updates” …
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Bummed to have to return my Nissan Leaf today, which I’ve been leasing for the last few years. …
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Interview on Colin Devroe's blog
Colin Devroe interviewed me about Micro.blog:
Yesterday I volleyed back and forth via email with …
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Not a good week for Micro.blog uptime. Most of the maintenance went smoothly (just a few minutes) …
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Good write-up by @burk on the pros and cons of moving from WordPress to Micro.blog. Also love the …
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Fred Wilson, via @cdevroe:
Internet Two is closed platforms that increasingly dominate the market …
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Fewer conferences
Responding to a post by Chris Adamson about iOS conferences, Marco Arment notes that podcasts and …
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I got an ink stamp made for my return address when sending out Micro.blog stickers. Just think it …
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Update on microblogging with WordPress
I wrote a short guide on microblogging with WordPress over a year before Micro.blog was opened to …
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Share to Micro.blog and new apps
Two great feed readers added support for Micro.blog this week: Evergreen and Feedbin. Evergreen is …
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Cooollld morning in Austin. I woke up at 4am and fixed the servers, then back to bed. Coffee and …
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Apologies for the downtime. I had added another server to smooth over the outage… but it also …
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Need to take a couple of the Micro.blog servers down for Meltdown security updates at 1am CST. …
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Micro Monday: @bitdepth. I love seeing the beautiful photos that people post to Micro.blog, and …
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Nice write-up by @brentsimmons on sending a post from Evergreen to Micro.blog, and why feed readers …
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Dave Winer is starting a project to collect feeds for journalists. Feels like there may be an …
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Unbelievable end to that game. Saints had the comeback right in their hands, and then… Wow. 🏈
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No predictions, but looking forward to the Saints game later today. 🏈
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Spent more time offline than usual today as a few things pulled me away from the computer. Catching …
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Resuming the Timetable podcast for 2018! The new episode is about why I stopped but shouldn’t …
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Core Intuition 312
New episode of Core Intuition is out. We talk about what’s new with Micro.blog, …
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Pushed some updates to help.micro.blog to better feature articles on the home page, with a separate …
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“As software developers and designers, we have a responsibility to the world to think these …
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Cancelled PlayStation Vue and switched to Hulu Live. Saves us about $15/month. Main drawback so far: …
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Wish I had stayed up for the second half of the Clippers/Warriors game last night. After 12 years in …
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Deployed some more performance improvements, and (finally!) fixed showing a conversation starting …
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Discover books update, day 2
I love how the Micro.blog community is using the new emoji topics that I wrote about yesterday. We …
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Thanks for the feedback everyone! Just fixed the books collection to also work with the little PNGs …
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One of my goals for 2018 is to read more novels. As soon as I finish Ink & Paint I’m going …
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Books on Micro.blog
Micro.blog doesn’t have special support for hashtags. It doesn’t automatically link …
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I’ve been tuning out football lately and wasn’t really rooting for anyone, but glad to have stayed …
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Micro Monday! This week I’m thinking about books, journals, and related discussions on …
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More college visits! Just finished a tour at A&M this afternoon.
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Micro.blog for Mac 1.1.2 is out with a couple fixes, including support for a new feature we’ll …
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Improved how @-mentions work today, and added documentation for it to the help site. Should work …
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Ollie checking out the Snoopy Christmas decorations during a walk.
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Woke up way too early with the dogs barking. Been hacking away on some new features for a couple …
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Box of beautiful USPS stamps have arrived here for getting the Kickstarter stickers sent out. …
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Busy week. Finally got this week’s episode of Core Intuition out earlier today, with a …
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Fixed a handful of issues in the Micro.blog for Mac app. Choose “Check for Updates” to …
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Don't worry about numbers
Rather than New Year’s resolutions, Aleen Simms has a list of liberations for 2018: things to …
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One year ago today I launched the Kickstarter campaign for Indie Microblogging. I’ll write …
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Hello 2018! Cold 24°F morning in Austin. Got some writing done on the book. A new year is a great …
December 2017
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You may remember I posted about Sunlit 2.0 earlier this year. It’s taking a little longer than …
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Love how much Evergreen has been improving lately. This latest post from Brent has a screenshot of …
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More research today on postage, envelopes, and related supplies for sending stickers. Think I’ll go …
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Micro.blog for iOS version 1.3.1 is now in the App Store. Fixes sharing photos from other apps and a …
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Added a “Posts” link to the navbar for Micro.blog-hosted sites to help unify some of the …
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Still a lot of season to go, but I like the way the western conference is shaping up. Expect the …
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I’m happy with Apple’s new letter about battery life and performance. $29 to replace an …
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I like Avenir, but I’ve never been very consistent about using the original font or Avenir …
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I’ve been doing a lot of writing on the iPhone X. Decided to sell a couple of our older …
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Finally updated to the Ulysses subscription. Nice to have the latest version with notch-aware …
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Looking out the new central library windows.
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Updated post editing and deleting in Micro.blog to work more consistently. New help page here …
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Good basketball yesterday. Spurs got Christmas off this year, play tonight, and seem to have a …
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Happy Holidays from Micro.blog
Thanks everyone for your support of Micro.blog this year! We’ve come a long way since I …
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Last night of the Trail of Lights at Zilker.
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Great to see all the interest in Micro.blog today! I’ve bumped up the daily limit on user …
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Finally setting up a winter holiday pin for Micro.blog… 🎄
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Twitter's weeds
Mike Monteiro wrote on Medium this week about the daunting, insurmountable problems facing …
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UIKit and Eminem
Another week, another set of new podcasts. Daniel and I talked on Core Intuition about opening up …
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Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at designing the new Micro.blog icon. Thanks @bradellis! Love …
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The daily 100-user limit for new Micro.blog registrations is working well. We hit it fairly early …
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If you’re looking for a lightweight microblog server written in PHP, this is an interesting …
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Apple battery issue is about secrecy
Like most Apple controversies, the iPhone performance/battery issue seems overblown. I like Ben …
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Thanks for the feedback, everyone! Also, missed a photo upload bug in the web version, which I just …
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Major update to Micro.blog today
Micro.blog is now available to anyone. There’s a limit of 100 new sign-ups each day, so that …
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As a Glen Keane fan and basketball fan, I was really looking forward to Dear Basketball. Didn’t even …
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We saw The Last Jedi yesterday and really enjoyed it. Hoping to see it again over the holidays.
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Core Intuition 309
This week on Core Intuition, Daniel and I talk about how the MarsEdit 4 release is going:
Daniel …
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iMac Pro-related confession: I only have 8 GB in my MacBook Pro. On this computer I’ve built …
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I’m slowing down this week. Working on several improvements that I’ll hold to release …
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At Halcyon for Homebrew Website Club. Deployed a minor update to the Micro.blog navigation bar, to …
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Quick shot of the train while I wait for it to zip by at the crossing.
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Nice blog post from David Smith about Workouts++ 2.0. (If you’re reading this on Twitter, a …
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Since Tantek is still in Austin, we’re having a last-minute Homebrew Website Club meetup …
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Watched the Doug Jones victory speech. Great campaign and great turnout. Alabama, you did it.
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Need a break from watching CNN. Switched over to basketball until there are more results from …
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Twitter threads
Twitter announced today they will make it easier to chain tweets together in the official app. John …
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Really impressed with the work so far on this new third-party Micro.blog client for Android. …
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IndieWebCamp Austin wrap-up
Over the weekend we hosted the first IndieWebCamp in Austin. I’m really happy with the way the …
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The iMac Pro looks great. I’m still laptop-only, though, so not tempted at all. It’s …
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Kawhi may be back for tomorrow’s Spurs game in Dallas. He’s been out 27 games, the most …
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Worked on expanding Micro.blog’s Micropub endpoint with support for bookmark-of today during …
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Session planning at IndieWebCamp Austin.
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Aaron Parecki talking about the building blocks of the IndieWeb — your own domain name, types of …
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The day before the event starts, we decided it was probably time to create a Facebook event for …
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Cool stickers from DreamHost to give out at IndieWebCamp tomorrow.
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Beautiful cold night in Austin. Snow falling in the yard around our Christmas tree.
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Two new podcast episodes today: Core Intuition 308 is a full hour about the MarsEdit 4 release. …
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Friction and silo dead-ends
Instagram is experimenting with a repost feature. From The Next Web:
Instagram appears to be …
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IndieWebCamp Austin is this weekend! We’ll have IndieWeb co-founders @t and @aaronpk in town …
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Cold, rainy day in Austin. Must’ve rushed out the door, because only realize after my meeting …
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Timetable on MarsEdit 4 and open APIs
Today I posted another episode of my daily podcast Timetable. It’s a short episode about the …
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MarsEdit 4 and microblogs
Daniel Jalkut shipped MarsEdit 4 today. This version includes many improvements, from brand new …
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Going to AustinRB tonight for talks on Ruby metaprogramming and Jekyll + the IndieWeb.
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Alabama, you can do this. Doug Jones will be a great senator. One week left to get out the vote.
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Secret feature I like in Micro.blog’s WordPress import: if your blog photos are no longer …
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Inspired to blog
Vincent Ritter has a new post about Micro.blog, and how it’s helped put a focus back on his …
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iPhone X home screen
I rarely change my home screen, but I updated it after having more time with the iPhone X. Seeing …
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Can’t expect too much with most of the Spurs resting or hurt, but they had an open shot to tie …
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Got some stickers for IndieWebCamp. It’s next weekend! You can learn more about the event or …
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Spent the morning at Baylor. Now at the game before driving back to Austin.
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Trying to pull myself away from refreshing news web sites. Big day.
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Absolutely love this video from Max Joseph. I made a kind of vertical zoetrope once for an art show, …
November 2017
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Back on track with Timetable. Four episodes this week and looks like I’ll hit 100 episodes …
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On this week’s Core Int, Daniel and I talk about Apple’s root user security bug, and …
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Time to move beyond Gravatar, although I still think it’s a nice default. You can now upload a …
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Updated Micro.blog’s feed parsing to support Pinboard feeds, which are really RDF. Useful for …
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Most software has bugs. Apple’s root security bug is bad, but probably easily fixed, and the …
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Kickstarter update with IndieWebCamp and rollout plans
Today I sent the following email to Kickstarter backers. I’m working through the waiting list …
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On this morning’s episode of my short-form podcast Timetable: plans for the week including …
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EFF-Austin party after IndieWebCamp
In a little less than 2 weeks we’re holding the first IndieWebCamp in Austin: December 9th and …
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“I wanted to thank everyone who believed in my return.” — Tony Parker, back to the Spurs …
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Made a tweak last night so that Mastodon feeds work better in the Micro.blog timeline. Moving …
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Updated the Eventbrite page for IndieWebCamp Austin with the latest schedule. Coming up in 2 weeks!
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Posted a new episode of Extra Intuition, our members-only podcast for Core Intuition listeners.
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Blog archive format
As I’ve been improving the import and export functionality in Micro.blog, I’ve done a …
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Updated the Discover section on the web with the same posts from the Micro.blog apps. Much better.
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Abandoned water park along I-10 in Louisiana.
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Mainstream use cases for a microblog
Doug Lane is writing a series of blog posts about what real-world use cases for Micro.blog could …
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Tinkered with WordPress last night so I could ping the new RSVP page for IndieWebCamp Austin. Also …
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Core Intuition 305 is out. We talk about potential MarsEdit and Micro.blog release dates, other …
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Made some API tweaks today, and updated the documentation to add the /posts/discover JSON call for …
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Final day of the photo challenge: shadow. This has been a great week for photos on Micro.blog. …
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Increasingly frustrated when people complain about Twitter but wait for it to improve or for …
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Kickstarter update on photos, Mac app
I sent an update to Kickstarter backers today. I wanted to point people to the new Mac app for …
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Really wish you could send a test email for Kickstarter backer updates. No clue what it’s …
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Steph Curry after the loss tonight in Boston: “I hear the weather is great here in …
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Can a salad bag from the grocery store be considered “seasonal”? Not sure, but it’s gonna have to do …
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Posted a quick Timetable episode about how the Micro.blog photo challenge is going, and on …
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Since it would conflict with Thanksgiving next week, NSDrinking is tonight instead. Have a beer and …
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I’ve made a few improvements to Micro.blog’s XML-RPC support recently. Working pretty …
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IndieWebCamp Austin set for December
We’re holding an IndieWebCamp in Austin next month! This is a 2-day event — Saturday and …
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Minor update to Micro.blog for iOS is now available in the App Store. Fixes posting via the Micropub …
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Almost missed the 5th day of the Micro.blog photo challenge. For “liquid”, a shot of the fish tank.
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Had a great time at Refresh Austin tonight. Good to hear what other people are up to, and share a …
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Loving the iPhone X camera. My contribution to today’s Micro.blog photo challenge: up close.
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Marco’s post about the 2012-2015 MacBook Pro rings true to me. I still use the 2014 version of …
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Day 3 of the photo challenge: on the move. From south Austin today after getting some coffee and …
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Sending another 1000 invites to Micro.blog this week from the announce list. A bunch going out right …
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Great to see new apps for posting to Micro.blog and IndieWeb-enabled sites. Here’s some info …
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Because you're passionate about it
“People will want to go to it because you’re passionate about it, and people love what …
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Impressed with the Celtics ability to close out games, even without Kyrie. Their streak extends to …
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For day 2 of the photo challenge, my go-to for coffee at home: Chameleon cold-brew, ice, water, and …
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It’s late this week, but Core Intuition 304 is out. We talk about the iPhone X, updating …
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First day of the Micro.blog photo challenge. Today’s prompt: squares.
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Bunch of cool photos are showing up in the Discover pane of Micro.blog iOS and Mac apps today, for …
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I’ve updated Micro.blog’s Twitter cross-posting to support 280 characters. The apps …
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The 7-day “Photo Challenge” pin is now live on Micro.blog. Thanks again to Doug Lane for …
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Love this 7-day photo challenge for Micro.blog started by Doug Lane.
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Brent Simmons is back to podcasting with a new show from The Omni Group. Looks great!
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One election day down, one more to go
Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo on last night’s victory for Democrats:
When a …
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I should’ve added an “I voted” pin to Micro.blog for posting voting sticker …
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Redesigned the Micro.blog splash page (when you’re not signed in). The most concise expression …
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Coming up on a year since I wrote about how today’s social networks are broken. Still what I …
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Election day in the United States. There’s probably something on the ballot where you live. …
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Lots of good feedback on the WordPress import. Made a couple improvements this morning. Overall, …
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I’ve decided to shelve the in-progress new features in the Mac app until version 1.1. Calling …
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WordPress to Micro.blog migration
Over the weekend I opened up a WordPress importer for Micro.blog-hosted sites. Now that Micro.blog …
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Congrats to Seth Godin on his 7000th blog post. He writes every day.
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Quietly rolled out WordPress import for Micro.blog-hosted sites this weekend. Early testing looks …
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I’m going to miss the iPhone SE size. But the X screen is incredible. So crisp and close to …
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Core Int 303 and Timetable 77
We just published this week’s Core Intuition, talking about the latest iPhone X news: …
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Of course I missed a few iPhone X-related bugs in Simulator testing. Probably need to submit an …
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Pushed a new Mac beta with some under-the-hood changes. Hopefully will resolve some preference and …
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Still have a Hillary sticker on my car and not gonna remove it over some DNC infighting. No regrets …
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Nice to see the expected arrival date wasn’t a fluke. iPhone X has shipped. Think it’s …
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Siri is in the wrong game
While writing about the limited SiriKit support in the upcoming HomePod, Stephen Hackett points out …
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While recording Core Int, new Micro.blog for iOS was approved: version 1.2.1. Also new Mac beta …
October 2017
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Instead of a formal Homebrew Website Club this week, we’re meeting at Radio Coffee, 6:30pm …
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Micro.blog special pins
For the initial rollout of Micro.blog, we had a bunch of pins you can unlock, to encourage people to …
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New holiday pin for Micro.blog! Mention “Halloween” or “pumpkin” in a blog …
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Today on my Timetable podcast I tell a story about coworking and how companies change.
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Micro.blog for iOS update
Micro.blog for iOS version 1.2 is rolling out to the App Store right now. This update features a new …
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Read the New York Times and skimmed Talking Points Memo, but need to force myself to ignore most of …
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Spurs are a respectable 4-2 without Kawhi, but a tough loss today in a game that they …
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Laughing again as I think about Kevin Nealon’s stand-up show last night. Really fun to see him …
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Don Lusk turned 104 this weekend. Worked at Disney in the 30s and had an incredible 60-year career …
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Submitted Micro.blog 1.2 for iOS to Apple. Hoping for a smooth trip through app review.
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This video from Studio Neat during production is so great. Got my Panobook and even more impressed …
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iPhone 8 review, X pre-orders
Jason Snell mentioned on this week’s Upgrade that he had found a way to frame his iPhone 8 …
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Looks like I’ll get November 3rd delivery after all. Got the email to finish confirming my …
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On the latest Timetable, I talk about waking up at 2am and the redesigned Discover section in the …
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Wish I had slept through this. Store wouldn’t load, then errors. Ended up with the …
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Has everyone already submitted their iPhone X-compatible apps to the App Store? Thinking I’ll …
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Going to head downtown in a little while for NSDrinking. 8pm+ at Ginger Man.
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Core Intuition 302
We posted episode 302 of Core Intuition today. From the show notes:
Manton and Daniel anticipate …
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The latest Uber lawsuit is your monthly reminder to delete the app. Lyft works really well.
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Really love how the Discover pane works in Micro.blog for Mac now. It was the missing piece.
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I’ve been doing some more iPhone X simulator testing this afternoon. Should be in pretty good …
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Pushed a new Mac beta. I think it’s mostly feature-complete for 1.0. Going to set it aside for …
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Extra Intuition 2 with Gus Mueller
Just posted episode 2 of our members-only podcast Extra Intuition, with special guest Gus Mueller! …
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If you’re an NBA fan, don’t wait for the playoffs to tune in. Already some fantastic …
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Another new Mac build! Enables long posts with titles support.
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If you’re using the Mac app for Micro.blog, check out the Discover section today. Liking this …
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Trying something new in the Discover pane in Micro.blog for Mac (and iOS) to highlight posts in …
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Not obvious how to install 10.12 on a new drive after moving to 10.13 High Sierra. Finally found the …
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Pushed a new Micro.blog for Mac beta. Several minor improvements and bug fixes.
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Tough loss for the Longhorns. Feel like they’ve been competitive in every game this season.
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WordCamp in Austin this weekend, although I’m going to end up missing it. Look forward to …
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Nice photo tour of Apple’s Chicago store from John Voorhees of MacStories.
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Posted a new Timetable with thoughts on the Mac icons. Also 2 episodes from Chicago.
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Just uploaded a new Mac beta. Choose “Check for Updates” or download it from the help …
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Posted this week’s Core Intuition, about Stripe, Mac dev, Release Notes, and Twitter.
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I love this Friday Favorites post by Doug Lane with observations from Micro.blog this week. Great …
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Worked downtown a little this morning before catching a train to the airport.
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Going over the talks at Release Notes in my head, thinking about what’s next for Micro.blog. …
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Great to see the support at Release Notes for App Camp. Learn more about the current campaign and …
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“You must actively seek out the most audacious things you are capable of doing.” — Anne …
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Everyone at Release Notes gets a Twitter username on their badge except me. Love it.
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Published a new (very short) episode of Timetable, first day in Chicago.
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More people than I expected haven’t updated to High Sierra yet. Sticking with it as a …
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Quick walk through Millennium Park before heading to the hotel.
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Thanks to Colin Walker for the early write-up:
Manton has repeatedly said that this is just a …
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I’ll be writing more about it later today, but I’ve posted an initial Mac beta in the …
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Good morning, Chicago! Early flight, took the train from the airport and hopped off for coffee and a …
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Good thing about a super-early flight is I can’t procrastinate until the morning. Gotta pack …
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Sneak peek video of the Micro.blog for Mac beta.
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Starting to have doubts about the iPhone X. I still want the best camera, but I’ve gone from …
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As usual the BBEdit release notes are an inspiration. Just upgraded to version 12.
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Putting the finishing touches on the first Micro.blog for Mac beta. Still some rough edges, but this …
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Supporting #WomenBoycottTwitter
I’m glad to see #WomenBoycottTwitter getting some traction. Complaints come and go, but a real …
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New Timetable last night. Guaranteed the only 6-minute podcast that covers 1950s Disney and a quote …
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Extra Intuition
Daniel and I wanted to do something special for our 300th episode, so we’ve launched a …
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Planning something new for Core Intuition today, I remembered this old podcasting photo of me taken …
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If you’re on Micro.blog, I’m now posting Timetable notifications. Took 5 seconds to set up …
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Despite my bet with Daniel, missed the 5-year mark of the last post from @manton. Posted to my blog …
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Timetable 66 and Release Notes
I posted a new Timetable today after listening to the Release Notes podcast where Charles and Joe …
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Checked out Denton after the tour at University of North Texas yesterday. Nice coffee shop and used …
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The weather is incredible outside in Austin today. This must be what fall is supposed to feel like.
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For a few hours today, I forgot Trump was president.
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Late posting Timetable today, but I did post it. Because: “You’ve gotta show up to work …
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Re-watched Blade Runner last night in prep for 2049. Might be the first time I’ve seen …
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Included an audio clip from Ginobili in today’s episode of Timetable. NBA season must be …
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Core Intuition 299
One more week until our 300th episode! From the show notes for today’s episode:
Daniel and …
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Daniel and I have been plotting something to announce for our 300th episode next week. But first, …
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Didn’t realize what a game-changer the Mac version of Micro.blog would be. Rediscovering how …
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Small but productive Homebrew Website Club meetup. Brainstormed venue ideas for IndieWebCamp Austin …
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Might demo the new Mac app for Micro.blog tonight at Homebrew Website Club. Also IndieWebCamp Austin …
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Austin! We’re meeting at Monkey Nest Coffee today at 6:30pm for Homebrew Website Club.
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Micro.blog for iOS 1.1.3 is now available. Fixes a few things, including a crash while editing a new …
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If you missed it, I’m now releasing a new short podcast every day, Monday through Friday. …
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Whenever I worry that I’ve said something slightly controversial, it often turns out I …
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Last week I said that Mac unlock via the watch is great, even with Series 0. Gotta retract that. …
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Micro.blog themes open source
Micro.blog launched with 6 unique themes, and advanced CSS support to customize many aspects of the …
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For anyone who has hit that crash in the Micro.blog iOS app when composing a post, through a bunch …
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At UT San Antonio for WordCamp. Really nice space for a conference.
September 2017
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Rudy Gay shooting from the line at the Spurs open scrimmage. Excited for the season to start.
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I love Nintendo. Always will. But if they can’t manufacture a 25-year-old system in sufficient …
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Twitter public opinion may flip
Nick Heer writes at Pixel Envy about Twitter’s half-hearted attempt at transparency on fake …
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We’re meeting at Monkey Nest again next Wednesday for Homebrew Website Club. 6:30pm. Planning …
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I’ll be downtown tonight for NSDrinking. Wearing my blue Rogue Amoeba t-shirt.
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Going to be in San Antonio this weekend for WordCamp. Never attended before, but I need to be more …
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If you’re not convinced about 280 characters yet, listen to Core Int 298. We cover it …
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Even for user accounts that get 280 characters, posting over 140 is blocked from the Twitter API. …
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More on 280 characters
For this week’s Core Intuition, Daniel and I spend the whole show talking about …
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I really like what Amazon is trying with the Echo Spot. This is probably what the Show …
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Posted a new Timetable on Twitter’s 280 change, a preview of the Core Intuition episode that …
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For some reason I never enabled the “allow Apple Watch to unlock your Mac” feature until …
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Twitter experiments with 280 characters
I had first suggested a 280-character guideline for microblog posts back in 2014. As I’ve said …
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Updated to High Sierra
I installed 10.13 High Sierra today. It takes a long time, presumably because of the file system …
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I don’t think Star Trek can prop up CBS’s streaming service by itself, but we did sign …
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New version of Micro.blog for iOS is out, with drag and drop to attach photos to a blog post in iOS …
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Nice 15th anniversary sale going on at Rogue Amoeba. I use Fission and Audio Hijack often. Great …
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Happy to hear that Tony Parker’s recovery is going well and even ahead of schedule. Spurs have …
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Wow, that WNBA finals game 1. Minnesota down 26 points, came back to take the lead but lost it in …
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Overthinking stats
Manuel Riess has been writing about why he didn’t stick with previous blogs. On the topic of …
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“I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal. I believe we could do …
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Micro.blog post editing
Micro.blog users have wanted the ability to edit microblog posts for a while. We planned to add it, …
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Timetable 54
I posted a new episode of my Timetable microcast. Here’s a bit from today’s episode …
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Love the clouds and the lake today, the view from Mozart’s Coffee.
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Motivation for folks who have only blogged a few times this year: I’ve posted 468 times. The …
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Still hot outside, but working from one of my favorite coffee shops: Mozart’s on Lake Austin. …
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Listened to a lot of clips of Hillary to find the right one for yesterday’s Timetable. Still …
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Posted this week’s Core Int, following up on Apple pre-orders, why the X is poorly named, and …
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NBA preseason starts in 10 days. 🏀
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Published a couple new episodes of Timetable this week. We also recorded a new Core Int, likely out …
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Now that I’ve got a couple pre-iOS 11 releases out of the way, I’ve been testing the new …
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Micro.blog for iOS version 1.1.1 is now available in the App Store. Bug fixes and refinements to the …
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Updating my SE to iOS 11. I’ve had the beta on my iPads, but resisted installing on my main …
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iPhone 8 standards
So many great iPhone 8 and iOS 11 reviews out today. My favorite aside has to be the headphone jack …
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Micro.blog post titles demo
Last week I wrote about Micro.blog for iOS version 1.1, which adds several new features including …
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I don’t see the iPhone X notch going anywhere. Even if it does nothing other than give Apple …
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Nice blog post from Marco on why Apple embraced the iPhone X notch. The headphone jack’s …
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Overgrown abandoned golf course bridge.
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Micro.blog iOS 1.1
Micro.blog for iOS version 1.1 is now available. This release adds a number of new features:
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Two minutes after I typed that last post, the app was approved. Should be showing up in the App …
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Friday afternoon slipping away. Really wanted to post about version 1.1, but still in review at …
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Face ID confidence
Some people are concerned that replacing Touch ID with Face ID is a design compromise. While I …
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I’m going to take Micro.blog down tonight in about an hour for some quick maintenance. Hosted …
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Tomorrow matters
As I plan for the iPhone X pre-order, I wanted to write a blog post about all the iPhones I’ve …
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Core Intuition 296
We posted a new Core Intuition, all about the iPhone X and other products from yesterday’s …
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Waiting for the iPhone X
Michael Gartenberg writing for Six Colors about the iPhone X:
It’s arguably the most beautiful …
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I submitted a new iOS build yesterday morning thinking I might beat the rush of iOS 11 submissions, …
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Removing the App Store from iTunes is definitely the right move. Haven’t used it on the Mac in …
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I published a new Timetable episode after the Apple event. My first reaction, and an update on work …
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Love the iPhone X, but showing “animoji” cheapens the rest of the presentation. Serious, …
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Thumbs up on the first hour of the Apple event. All good stuff. Sky for Apple TV looks really nice.
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New Apple Watch looks great. Going to skip this generation, but definitely have wanted cellular when …
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Beautiful opening, honoring Steve Jobs. Apple at its best.
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It’s a great feeling to wake up in the morning with a feature idea and have it deployed before …
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Added a secret Apple pin to Micro.blog. Mention “iPhone X” in a blog post today only to …
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Read the intro to What Happened. Can’t imagine how difficult this was. I’ll sit down …
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Gizmodo on RSS
David Nield of Gizmodo has a sort of re-introduction to RSS, with an overview on why it’s more …
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Posted a new episode of Timetable about sending out new invites and the features in version 1.1.
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Sent a new batch of invites to Micro.blog. We’ll be sending more from the announce list over …
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Worked on a blog post yesterday arguing that the iOS 11 GM leak reaction is overblown, just more …
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Really enjoyed last night’s American Masters on Tyrus Wong, most famous for his Bambi concept …
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Touring Southwestern University this morning.
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Core Intuition 295
Slightly longer Core Intuition this week as we cover several topics. From the show notes:
Daniel …
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Tim Duncan on hurricane recovery
Tim Duncan is matching donations to relief efforts for the U.S. Virgin Islands, hit this week by …
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Decline and return of indie blogs
In announcing plans to move A List Apart away from advertising, Jeffrey Zeldman writes about the …
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Tom Brown posted about last night’s meetup. Thanks to everyone who joined us! We’re …
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Found extra Micro.blog stickers to bring to Homebrew Website Club tonight. We’ll need to get …
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On today’s Timetable: the IndieWeb and why we’re having a Homebrew Website Club meetup …
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Homebrew Website Club
Tonight we’re starting up a local Austin chapter of the Homebrew Website Club. This is a group …
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Ink & Paint
I pre-ordered the book Ink & Paint a few months ago to add to my collection of books on …
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Posted a new episode of Timetable. If you haven’t listened before, this is my short-form …
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Made good progress on version 1.1 of Micro.blog for iOS today. It’ll ship shortly after iOS …
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Deployed some Micro.blog improvements this morning: better URLs for posts with titles, and …
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The first Homebrew Website Club in Austin is set for this coming Wednesday, 6:30pm at Monkey Nest …
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Driving past lines at gas stations (and a couple sold out) just underscores how inflexible gas is. …
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Getting back into Timetable recording. Published an episode last week and another one this morning.
August 2017
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Love this integration between Alexa and Cortana. Tech companies get too obsessed with owning the …
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Considering the iPhone Pro
The iPhone SE was an incredible value when it first shipped — a perfect balance of size, great …
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Finished writing an update for Kickstarter backers that I’ll send out soon. Need to get into …
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Our neighbor’s tree fell into our yard from the wind last night. Hope everyone’s staying …
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We posted a new Core Intuition: Lattner to Google, the Apple car project, and CrashPlan’s …
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Inadvertently broke some JavaScript (especially for handling forms) with today’s rollout of …
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Micro.blog custom pages
As I mentioned in this morning’s post about Medium, it’s important that …
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Medium stumbling forward
Dave Winer isn’t optimistic about the recent Medium changes:
We're in the long tail of the …
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Introducing a new feature for hosted microblogs tomorrow. Should be great for anyone using …
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Going to head downtown early and work a bit at Jo’s Coffee. NSDrinking is 8pm at Ginger Man.
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Domain name prices should be down, not up. Still a major unsolved problem to make domain names more …
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Inspired by Breath of the Wild, we’ve been picking up all the old Zelda games again. Latest is …
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Surprised by Medium’s new logo. So much design went into the previous logo, didn’t think …
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Rolled out some more improvements to @-mentions on Micro.blog. Still tweaking the behavior, but …
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If you need more eclipse coverage, Casey Neistat’s video doesn’t disappoint.
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Loved the latest episode of Liftoff, reporting from the eclipse. Captures the moment.
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I like what Ryan Irelan is doing with his running microblog:
In December 2017 I will run my first …
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Flip the iceberg
Many people are initially confused by Micro.blog because they are expecting a strict clone of …
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The eclipse I remember as a kid must’ve been 1984. We didn’t have glasses, but everyone …
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Difficult to get work done with so many eclipse-related distractions. Really cool day. Looking …
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Happy eclipse day! Good luck to everyone chasing a great view. Only a partial eclipse here in …
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Updated the “powered by” link on Micro.blog themes to link the username instead. Easier …
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Spent the morning updating a bunch of pages on the help site. Still love that the help is itself a …
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“He abdicated his responsibilities so thoroughly and recklessly that it amounted to a letter …
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Checking out Cafe Creme as possible Homebrew Website Club space… Nice coffee shop, meeting …
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We’re starting a Homebrew Website Club in Austin. First meeting 9/6. Still settling on a …
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The transcript I posted yesterday was made with Trint.com. At over 5000 words, must be the longest …
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Core Intuition 293 transcript
Daniel and I talked mostly about subscriptions on this week’s episode, and then closed with a …
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Picked up the Samsung T3 SSD yesterday to offload some large files and give my MacBook Pro more …
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Posted Core Intuition 293, talking about Ulysses and subscription pricing.
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Trump’s comments today — “Is it George Washington next?” — are essentially …
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Back in Texas, more college tours. This is Texas State in San Marcos.
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Listeners may be surprised by my thoughts on Ulysses and subscriptions for tomorrow’s Core …
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Down at Capital Factory for the EFF meetup and @tomwiththeweather’s talk about the IndieWeb.
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Markdown replies in Micro.blog
Micro.blog now has Markdown highlighting as you type in replies. Micro.blog has had basic Markdown …
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Wizard of Oz at the Zilker Hillside Theater. Glad to have caught the final show last night.
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Always baffled by this house wiring. Installed a new Nest Protect… The smoke alarm power goes …
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Micro.blog for iOS 1.0.4 is now in the App Store with a fix for that “Share…” …
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We posted Core Intuition 292 today. Blog text editor modes, freelance, and more.
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Safari pinned tab favicons
In a post on Daring Fireball today, John Gruber makes a convincing argument for Safari showing …
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Charging my Leaf while having a coffee and working at Whole Foods for the afternoon. Gave up on the …
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Reposts and quoting
I recently added “repost-of” support to Micro.blog’s Micropub API implementation. …
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Liking the new Swarm app redesign. Cleaner, simpler, flatter. Looks great and feels easier to use.
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Micro.blog 1.0.3 is now in the App Store. New user profile screen, share menu item, and other …
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Updated my post on Apple News shortly after publishing to actually include links. Wasn’t fair …
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Fake news on Apple News
I don’t use Apple News very often. I much prefer reading blogs in Reeder and Micro.blog, with …
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“The situation with North Korea would be an extreme challenge for a leader with ability and …
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Isn’t Trump on vacation? Wish he’d just play golf for a few weeks and not talk to the …
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Webmention in action
It’s always cool to see Webmention comments on real sites across the web. It’s not just …
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Pushing the next iOS build up to Apple for approval. A few people are still on TestFlight… …
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The first sign for Austin on our drive back from Santa Fe, as the setting sun lit up the clouds.
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I was hesitant to deploy server changes from the road, so now that I’m back home I’ve …
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Wind farm somewhere between Lubbock and Abilene. Thousands of wind turbines in Texas.
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From our visit to UCLA last week.
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Recorded a new episode of Core Int from the road today. Travel, Micro.blog progress, and more.
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Catching up on some road trip photos. Goats in the morning fog at Berkeley.
July 2017
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Morning in Silverdale, Washington.
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Finally added a favicon to Micro.blog. Not a dozen sizes, which had kind of scared me off, but just …
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Micro.blog photos from MarsEdit
This morning I updated Micro.blog’s XML-RPC posting to support the MetaWeblog API, which …
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Yesterday we posted Core Intuition 290. The date in the feed was wrong at first, so scroll back in …
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Since last year’s 30 days of new coffee shops, I’ve been stuck in my routine of …
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Micro.blog + Facebook
Today we’re adding Facebook cross-posting to Micro.blog. Facebook support is now built in, …
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Finished some server upgrades. Rolling out a new cross-posting Micro.blog feature later this …
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Only Apple publishes a new blog without a link to an RSS feed, but it does have one at /feed.xml. …
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Moved Ulysses on iOS to my home screen now that I’ve had a chance to test out the Dropbox …
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Congrats to Panic on shipping Transmit 5. I just updated. Really nice new version.
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Started to document third-party Micropub apps we’ve tested, like Quill and Omnibear.
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Enjoyed watching a bunch of NBA Summer League, including most of the Spurs games and yes, Lonzo …
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Relieved to see the repeal vote won’t proceed for now. Every day of delay is a day closer to …
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I’ve been so happy with my messenger bag that I ordered Tom Bihn’s Aeronaut 45 for …
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Micro.blog for iOS version 1.0.2 was approved and should be in your Updates tab. iPad keyboard …
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We fixed Markdown blockquote formatting yesterday for hosted sites. Hoping to experiment more with …
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SSL for hosted Micro.blog sites
Micro.blog’s business model is pretty simple. If you want Micro.blog to host a new microblog …
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It’s too easy to blame distractions for lack of productivity. Then you have a big stretch of …
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Looking forward to the new Game of Thrones tonight, even though my interest has kind of drifted away …
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Core Intuition Jobs shutting down
A few years ago, Daniel and I launched Core Intuition Jobs, a site for companies to post job …
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Posted episode 289 of Core Int. We talk more about the MarsEdit beta, next iPhone, and a listener …
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Disappointed that the Spurs couldn’t keep Jonathan Simmons. Enjoyed watching him in Austin and …
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Sent an update to Kickstarter backers announcing the App Store version of Micro.blog, friend …
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Rediscovering all the events written into my old calendar.
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No matter what happens, the 2016 election loss cannot be undone. But these Donald Jr. emails look …
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Good progress catching up on email today, and support questions. Probably should know by now to …
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Rolled out more Micro.blog tweaks over the weekend. Better photo cross-posting, lots of little edge …
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From this morning’s hike with the dogs at St. Edwards Park.
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Posted Core Int 288, about the MarsEdit 4 beta and our thoughts from the iPhone release 10 years …
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Sometimes wish I had a 7 Plus for travel (writing is much easier, like a super-mini iPad) but …
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Think I’m going to take my old iPad Mini on an upcoming road trip instead of the iPad Pro, …
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I’ve let the blog go a little quiet this week as I’ve been focused on coding. I have …
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Happy 4th of July, America. All I want for our country’s birthday is a new president. …
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With Apple improving app review times, now kind of worried that this app has been in “waiting …
June 2017
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iPhone introduction felt impossible
John Gruber remembers what it was like watching the iPhone announcement:
Apple had amazing …
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Ten years ago today, this was me waiting in line at the Apple Store for the first iPhone.
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MarsEdit 4 and microblogs
Great to see Daniel Jalkut announce a public beta of MarsEdit 4. There are a lot of new features in …
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Rolled out additional fixes to timezones, more robust photo uploads. Also prepared the iOS app for …
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Deployed a major improvement today for timezones and custom domains on hosted sites. Seems simple, …
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Preview of Sunlit 2.0
A few years ago, Jon Hays and I built an app for photos called Sunlit, powered by the App.net API. …
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I was skeptical when the NBA announced that they wouldn’t give awards until after the …
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How can I not support a Kickstarter project with such a nice stop-motion video? Panobook, backed.
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Looks like a lot of great work came out of IndieWeb Summit hacking yesterday. Watched some of the …
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Love this map of the IndieWeb. Great visualization of how the entire web can be the best social …
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Excited to hear from everyone attending IndieWeb Summit in Portland this weekend. I’ll be in …
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Expecting great things when the Spurs use their 59th pick in the NBA Draft tonight. (4-time NBA …
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Core Intuition 287
We just posted Core Intuition episode 287, following up on Chris Lattner, WWDC, and Uber. From the …
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I wrote my Uber post before Kalanick resigned. Thinking about whether it changes my opinion… …
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We saw Cars 3 this week and enjoyed it. Maybe my favorite of the series. Pixar is the best at trying …
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Danny Green is an important part of the team. No way I’d trade him to get Chris Paul. Spurs …
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The open web and Micro.blog progress
I was very excited to see this post from Brandon Kraft, about the potential for an expanded role for …
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Micro.blog iOS going universal
As I expected would happen, using iOS 11 on my iPad Pro after WWDC has inspired me to revisit the …
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Democrats have a serious, near catastrophic turnout problem. Time to stop blaming the candidate and …
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Polls closed in Georgia. While waiting for results, I’m just going to keep rewatching Randy …
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Acorn 6 public beta is out. Great app that I use all the time. It gets significantly better every …
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I’ll admit it. I’ve checked a few times today if the latest Planet of the Apps episode …
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Fixed inconsistency between conversation threads on the web vs. the Micro.blog iOS app. Much better.
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Uber's perpetual second chance
Last week, Uber sent an email to customers linking to the results of its investigation and the next …
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What to post to a microblog
On the surface, an independent microblog might seem a lot like a Twitter account. There are some …
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Since I can’t be at IndieWebSummit next weekend, thinking up some IndieWeb-related …
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Another day, another Texas road trip.
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Glad we finally switched to AT&T’s unlimited wireless plan. With 5 phones, we kept going …
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Still not using Uber and wasn’t even going to write about them, but a conversation at lunch …
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The algorithm has ruined Facebook
Dave Winer writes today about how because of the way the Facebook news feed works, sometimes you …
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Jeremy Keith on Presentable and the IndieWeb
I know there are so many great podcasts that it’s difficult to listen to everything. I’m …
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Updated the WordPress JSON Feed plugin with a timezone fix and support for attachments. WP Admin → …
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Pat Neff Hall at Baylor University. Really nice tour of the campus.
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Summer day road trip up to visit Baylor. Stopped at Magnolia Market.
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Core Intuition 286
We just posted a new episode of Core Intuition. From the show notes:
Manton and Daniel compare …
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I didn’t quit a great job 2 years ago to go work on something I didn’t believe in. If …
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Interesting how much leeway we give to Instagram because their 1.0 was so great. API that …
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What's happening
Because I don’t follow anyone on Twitter, about once a week I’ll randomly click through …
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Today’s update to Reeder for iOS includes initial support for JSON Feed. This is my default …
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Eyvind Earle's painting how-to
When I was in San Francisco last week, I visited the Eyvind Earle special exhibit at the Walt Disney …
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Whenever there’s a new Nintendo announcement at E3, I remember that I still own @wii on …
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I expect that iOS 11 will get developers excited about building universal apps again. I know it has …
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Apple podcast spec changes
At WWDC last week, Apple introduced changes to their RSS feed extension for podcasts. Before …
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San Jose is less crowded
On Core Intuition last week, I said San Jose was “more confined” than San Francisco. I …
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Game 5
“We remember what happened last year and how it felt in that locker room. We used it and built …
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Rolled out a few improvements to photo cross-posting in Micro.blog, so that it detects more img …
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A little bummed that I also lost my IndieWebCamp sticker when Apple replaced my MacBook screen. …
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Short-lived experiment of using the iPad Pro exclusively. Picking up my MacBook Pro at the Apple …
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10.5-inch iPad Pro resolution
Federico Viticci reviews the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro at MacStories. On the screen size:
While some …
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The iOS 11 App Store redesign story
Three years ago I wrote that Apple should end the App Store top 200 lists, learning from Beats Music …
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Since I’m iOS-only for a few days, decided to upgrade my Lightning mic to the Shure MV88. Free …
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No surprise, but working on the iPad Pro, I tend to get more tasks done for which iOS is a good …
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Dropping off my Mac to get fixed. Tempted to buy a new 15-inch, but don’t want to spend $3k …
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An intense game and incredible shooting by the Cavs. Glad there will be a game 5.
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I was at a game when the Warriors erased a 20-point Spurs lead, so Cavs still have to play a perfect …
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That’s how you start a game. Cavs needed an early lead badly.
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Mostly just post photos to my own blog now. Catching up on Instagram after WWDC, it’s a week …
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Siri's slow pace
It’s WWDC week. I’m back home after a short week in San Jose. Monday’s keynote was …
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Always a little conflicted with posting negative essays about Apple. So many great engineers there. …
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Core Intuition 285 and WWDC
We posted a new Core Intuition this week about WWDC. From the show notes:
Daniel and Manton catch …
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Post-WWDC catching up on bugs. Fixed an issue on hosted sites that prevented connections from some …
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iOS 11 on the iPad is such a nice experience. Using my iPad Pro more this week, especially until my …
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Flying home. Great to see everyone at WWDC this week. Hope the rest of the week is a good one.
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Maybe because I said I was from Texas, my Lyft driver thought it was safe to give me a political …
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Randomly visited the San Jose Museum of Art. Maybe because I’ve been thinking about …
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Thanks to everyone who made it to the indie microblogging meetup! It’s really inspiring to see …
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Indie microblogging meetup at 12:30 today! One block from the convention center, next to the river …
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Went back to the hotel to work and my MacBook Pro is making a kind of whirring/rattling noise. …
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Are there really only 2 new SiriKit domains in iOS 11? I was expecting many, many more than that. …
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Great idea to tap on the lock screen with the Pencil to go right into Notes. Hope it can work with …
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If the new App Store redesign puts the focus on curation instead of top charts, I’m for it. …
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Really like the Do Not Disturb While Driving feature. Nice work, Apple.
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Surprised they previewed the iMac Pro on the same day they start shipping new iMacs. Must be okay …
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Nice improvements to High Sierra. But no mention of renaming it macOS 11. Either Apple doesn’t …
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Good progress on my slides working from Social Policy this morning. Like blogging, preparing a talk …
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Getting ready this morning, caught myself about to say “Alexa, what time is it?” to the …
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A little chilly out at the Presidio Picnic. Had some food truck tacos with a great view.
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Made good time driving up to San Francisco this morning. Want to see the Andreas Deja exhibit at the …
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Up early. Took a quiet walk through the plaza and then to Philz.
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I don’t even recognize San Jose since the last WWDC here. Getting coffee and working on …
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Jean MacDonald on The Run Loop
Jean MacDonald was on the latest episode of Collin Donnell’s new podcast The Run Loop. They …
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Made an overdue configuration change for background tasks on Micro.blog. Should speed things up.
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Checked in for my flight to San Jose. Guess this trip is happening. So much still to do: coding, …
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Deployed a few more server improvements. Better conversations, so replies aren’t excluded from …
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NBA finals game 1 tonight. Also: 2 days after the Spurs lost, Dejounte Murray was in the gym …
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Me and Brent on The Talk Show
Brent Simmons and I were guests on The Talk Show this week. We talk about JSON Feed, Userland …
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We are skipping Core Intuition this week. Back on Monday with a new show after the WWDC keynote.
May 2017
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Covfefe seems silly, but it marks a point in Trump’s slide toward irrelevance. He’s …
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JSON Feed for podcasts
JSON Feed includes an attachments array, which is similar to the enclosure element in RSS that …
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Now that our new Apple developer account for Micro.blog has been approved, considering moving the …
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Just sent out an update to Kickstarter backers. Made it public, so you can view it here.
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Updated WWDC app reveals some changes for San Jose, including more evening activities than …
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Dave Winer on title-less posts
Dave Winer posted today about NetNewsWire needing better support for title-less feed items:
These …
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Preparing an update to send to Kickstarter backers. Can’t believe it’s been a month …
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IndieWeb Summit
WWDC is only 1 week away, but I have another event on my mind as well: IndieWeb Summit in Portland, …
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More flowers after a rainy weekend.
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Nine years ago today, we published the first episode of Core Intuition. It was right before WWDC, …
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Finished updating all the hosted sites on Micro.blog to use JSON Feed by default. Should have a few …
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Updated some of the pages on help.micro.blog to expand on the JSON Feed and Micropub API support.
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Listening to Joshua Tree while I work. Had no idea until today that U2 was in Houston and Dallas …
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Posted episode 284 of Core Intuition. We talk about WWDC and the return of Dash for iOS.
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While I’m complaining about politics, you don’t get to apologize your way out of …
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I wanted Lyft back in Austin, but on the right terms. Not this. These companies shouldn’t be …
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NSDrinking tonight, 8pm at Ginger Man. We were thinking near the front instead of out back, so we …
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Still making plans for San Jose? 1 day left to register for CocoaConf during WWDC. Hope to see …
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WordPress plugin for JSON Feed is now in the directory. WP Admin → Plugins → Add New, then search …
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Micro.blog photos
This week we added a selection of photos to the Discover page on Micro.blog, and today I uploaded a …
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First week of JSON Feed
I’ve been impressed with how quickly people have adopted JSON Feed. There are a bunch of feeds …
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Interview at The Brooks Review
I talked with Ben Brooks over Slack this week about Micro.blog and JSON Feed. From the chat: …
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Uploaded a new TestFlight build with a photos tab under Discover, new filters, and more. Starting to …
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A couple Micro.blog improvements early this week… We’ve started showing photos on the …
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115 points is a good finish for the Spurs. Their average this season was 105. Gotta beat the …
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Spurs start Manu Ginobili for game 4. I love it on a couple levels. And he gets the first basket of …
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Trying out News Explorer 1.6, which I think is the first native Mac app with support for JSON Feed.
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Love the $5.12 pricing. I subscribed to the 512 Pixels membership right away.
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More apps for Micro.blog
I want to point to some developer activity in the Micro.blog community. The first is a macOS Today …
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Podcasts about JSON Feed
We just posted episode 283 of Core Intuition, with thoughts on last week’s JSON Feed …
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Probably shouldn’t be replying to GitHub issues at 2am. Inevitable that I make some mistakes.
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Good game, but we need our injured players back. On the bright side, we can now be the only team to …
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Kawhi’s out for game 3 tonight. We’re going anyway. No matter what happens, glad to have …
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We’re planning an informal meetup for Micro.blog at WWDC! If you’re interested, sign up …
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Thanks to Noah Read for writing up his thoughts on Micro.blog. Great introduction.
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Updated Micro.blog this morning with some tweaks for JSON Feed. Also merged in a couple pull request …
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JSON Feed
Really excited to announce JSON Feed today with Brent Simmons. It’s great to see all the …
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I only have 2 rules when at an NBA game: I don’t boo the other team and I never leave early. I …
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Curry and Durant must be so proud to have this big lead against the Spurs bench.
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Instead of posting to Instagram first, lately I only post to my blog. Focused on improving …
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From just before sunset, out walking the dogs. Looking forward to a full week as Monday winds down.
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Great to see an email from Hillary again. Onward.
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Getting new tires. Lesson learned: just because it’s an electric car and needs almost no …
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Sometime over the last year, Apple Music’s “For You” started showing fewer tracks …
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Can’t shake that Spurs loss last night. We’ve been waiting 3 years for this matchup. …
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Well obviously that’s the one in Oakland the Spurs needed to win. Huge early lead. Still ahead …
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Kayaking on Lady Bird Lake. Happy Mother’s Day!
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Sending out a new TestFlight build with a few more fixes. Also adding another batch of recent emails …
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Starting to get very excited for Spurs/Warriors conference finals.
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On Core Intuition 282, we talk about potential Siri speakers and Amazon’s Echo Show, then …
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Great time at Refresh Austin last night, talking about indie microblogging and meeting everyone. …
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Early dinner at Kerbey. We mostly have the place to ourselves.
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Working on my talk about Indie Microblogging for Refresh Austin tomorrow night. It’s at …
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We just posted this week’s Core Intuition. More on the Micro.blog rollout, Windows 10 S, and …
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Rolled out more Micro.blog server improvements, and a new iPhone beta to TestFlight users. Still …
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Tony Parker out for the season. Feel so bad for him. I don’t know what Pop is going to do, but …
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Thanks to Collin Donnell for having me on episode 2 of The Run Loop! We started with some of my …
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Deployed a few server tweaks at halftime. We’ve also created a “what’s next” …
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Half an hour until game 2. Monday night’s game was… not good. But at least I got this …
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Sent a new iPhone beta to the TestFlight group with a few important fixes. Also deployed some server …
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I seem to have mostly replaced my $4 coffee drive-thru habit with $6 JuiceLand. And cheap cold-brew …
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Playoffs round 2 in San Antonio. Spurs need a much better second half. Just 1 game of 7.
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Excited for Release Notes in Chicago this year. The new venue looks great.
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Great blog post from Curt Clifton on setting up a custom domain and other Micro.blog configuration: …
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A server “optimization” I made a couple of days ago really ruined how RSS feeds are …
April 2017
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Still catching up on email. Took some time tonight to edit and post Core Intuition 280, though, …
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Ran out of time today for everything, but I’m pushing a new iPhone build to TestFlight with …
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This has been a really intense week. Good to take a break and watch the end of the Spurs/Grizzlies …
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Long day. Great questions and feedback about Micro.blog. Just posted a new episode of Timetable with …
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Started invites to Kickstarter backers today, but first spent most of the day on improvements and …
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Added about 20 new tasks to OmniFocus for all the little (and big!) things I need to wrap up by …
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Spreadsheet prep to get invites organized. Scrolling through, grateful to all who thought the …
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Tough to be tied 2-2 after such a game from Kawhi. The shot to go up 2 with 12 seconds, and then the …
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Last night of softball for the season.
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Finding bugs while testing on slow wi-fi.
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Rewriting a significant part of the Micro.blog API a few days before the beta rollout. What could go …
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Jekyll mobile posting
Kirby Turner has a detailed write-up on his workflow for posting from his iPhone. It uses a …
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Finished building Micro.blog’s batch invite system for Kickstarter rewards. Surprising number …
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New episode up for my almost-daily podcast Timetable. 4 minutes about Katy Perry and why it’s …
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Started using LogDNA last night and now that I have a full day of data, very useful. Already …
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People complain about the Spurs’ guards. But Parker from 3 last night: 3-5. Green: 4-5. Good …
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Added intro music to the latest Timetable for some reason. Borrowed it from Apple’s Clips app. …
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Sent another update to Kickstarter backers today and also publishing a new Timetable episode soon. …
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Picking out a t-shirt to wear for today’s 1st seed vs. 8th seed matchup. Gotta be the Blazers. …
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@testing More basketball on TV today
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Good games yesterday. Pacers had a chance. Bucks had Giannis. Utah with a buzzer-beater. Spurs with …
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Posted another episode of Timetable, the 4th in a row this week. I think I’ll be able to stick …
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Feels like Saturday. Picking up some smoothies from JuiceLand.
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Also just out: Core Intuition episode 278. Daniel and I talk more about Clips, freemium for …
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Just in time for the NBA playoffs… Technical Foul episode 12: …
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Spurs round 1 tickets plan: If they lose game 1, get tickets for game 2. If they win game 1 and lose …
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Timetable returns
After a couple months away from Timetable, because I’ve been focusing so much of my time …
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Kawhi and the MVP race
538 started a nice series on the case for each of the top 5 MVP candidates. But my favorite MVP …
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Very important not to overreact to competition. Pay attention to it, plan for it, but stay the …
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Core Intuition 277
We published Core Int 277 today with thoughts on the Mac Pro and more. From the show notes: …
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Apple’s Clips is great. One of the best iOS apps they’ve made in years. It’s a …
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So easy to underestimate that last 10% of work. Taking care of some first-launch details, default …
March 2017
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Sent an update to Kickstarter backers with screenshots of the photo upload support I’ve been …
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Posted a couple photos as I update my workflow to use Micro.blog’s better photo cross-posting. …
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Burrito and JuiceLand outside
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Unfinished backyard basketball
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On the latest Core Intuition we talk about WWDC events, a “Going Pro” mentality, and …
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Twitter’s new reply UI isn’t bad, but it continues the Facebook-ification that I wrote …
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Wanted to test this photoblog UI and thought: San Antonio is a nice place to take photos. So had to …
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Good luck to everyone trying to get WWDC tickets. I’m skipping the conference again but …
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Core Intuition 275
Last Friday we published Core Intuition 275. From the show notes:
Daniel and Manton talk about …
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The blog has gone a little quiet as I focus on a bunch of coding work. Very busy week.
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Didn’t expect much from my bracket, but after that great UNC win I’ve somehow picked 3 …
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Guiding the Micro.blog community
Earlier this month I flew up to Portland for a few days. It was a great trip. I posted about …
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Excited to announce that @macgenie is joining Micro.blog to lead the community. Just sent this …
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More on Twitter's 10 years
Stephen Hackett marked his 10th anniversary of using Twitter by writing about how great Twitter has …
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Busy morning! Stopped for Tacodeli to start the day right. Big announcement going out to Micro.blog …
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I like that Apple’s new Clips app is standalone rather than creating a new social network. …
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I’ve tried everything for cutting cable. Sling, Hulu, HBO, iTunes. PlayStation Vue on the …
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We posted the latest Core Int yesterday, covering App Store policy and whether the label …
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App.net archive
App.net officially shut down last night. As I wrote about earlier this year, App.net was an …
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Last day for App.net. Thank you to the great community there. Best of luck everyone!
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Finishing some web backend work this morning while the kids play Zelda. I’m not very far in …
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Even with Kawhi out, very risky to rest so many players on the Warriors tonight. The #1 seed is …
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15 years of blogging
Fifteen years ago today I started this blog during SXSW. Although I didn’t think much of it at …
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Posted this week’s Core intuition: WWDC bash follow-up, productivity, blogging habits, and …
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Spent the morning trying out Docker to more quickly bring up server instances for certain parts of …
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Experimented with Minio last night while watching the Spurs come back to win after being down 28 …
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Followed a 2001 Evan Williams blog post and noticed that evhead.com moved to Medium. All the old …
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Great video review of the Nintendo Switch from Myke Hurley. Agree with pretty much everything he …
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I renewed a few SSL certs for free by typing “letsencrypt renew”. What if domain names …
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Another close win tonight for the Spurs and a ridiculous final minute. Great playoffs prep. Kawhi is …
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At the IndieWeb meetup last week I couldn’t remember how long I’ve been blogging. Coming …
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More on algorithms and UI
Ben Thompson’s daily update email today covers fake news and algorithms. It’s a great …
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When I started posting photos to my blog, I excluded them from RSS. Today I’ve changed that. …
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Also loved being at that fantastic Thunder game in Portland last week. Wonder if Denver regrets …
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Spurs within 2 games of the #1 seed. Even with Durant out it’ll be tough, but I love San …
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Somewhere over California
From last week’s flight through Los Angeles and up to Portland.
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No-pressure blogging
I’ve been working on a post about walled gardens, the App Store, and social networks. I think …
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Listening to the new Lorde single and trying to catch up on writing and email. Back in Austin after …
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Started using Instagram Stories today. Not very interested in creating disappearing content, but …
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Excited to be in Portland tonight for Homebrew Website Club! Details here: …
February 2017
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New episode of Core Intuition is out! First half: coding progress, motivation. Second half: WWDC in …
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Working in Objective-C today. So nice. Calling methods on nil like it’s 2002 WWDC San Jose.
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Lyft short film
Uber has been in the news lately, and not in a good way. I’m taking a short trip this week and …
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Kind of lectured Daniel on distractions for the upcoming Core Int, but now I’m the one …
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Search and smart folders in Apple Mail have become so unreliable (presumably stale Spotlight …
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Last week's Sting concert
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Gonna miss NSDrinking tonight. Looong day. Hope to catch up with folks next month. (Also thinking …
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We
Ten years ago I wrote a post about customer support. Nothing in my attitude toward customers has …
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Just sent an update to Kickstarter backers. Short version: I’m delaying username invites so …
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The “Your disk is almost full” notification in macOS Sierra is a bit aggressive. Dismiss …
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Since Uber and Lyft left Austin, I’ve looked for replacements only briefly, because I thought …
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Swift 3 churn
Back in July, I posted this to my microblog, which was cross-posted to Twitter for some additional …
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New York Times and Washington Post continue great reporting on Trump and his ties to Russia. Next …
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Listening to Sting’s new album after seeing him perform last night. Great show. 20+ years …
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Editing some more Jekyll themes for Micro.blog. It will ship with 6 default themes and custom CSS to …
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Stripe’s support for multiple plans on a single subscription is huge. Greatly simplifies what …
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Washington Post’s new exclusive today that Flynn lied to the FBI, following their exclusive …
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Posted Core Intuition 271. Recorded before the WWDC announcement, so we dissected Planet of the …
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WWDC moves back to San Jose
I have a tradition when I go to San Francisco for WWDC. I arrive early on Sunday before the …
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I attended WWDC in San Jose a few times. Moving it to SF was the right call. But a city can change …
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After hearing the WWDC San Jose news, had to go to a dentist appointment. Tried to use that time to …
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I’ve had some flakiness with my WordPress site over the last few months. Updating to PHP 7 (no …
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Twitterrific Phoenix on Kickstarter
I use Twitter much differently than most people. I haven’t returned to my @manton account in …
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Working on API documentation. Haven’t shared it yet because the API needs to be better. Even …
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I’m a big fan of the NBA D-League. Renaming it the Gatorade League is branding gone too far. …
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I’ll give Planet of the Apps a chance, but what a missed opportunity. Even more …
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Piezo and Dash without the App Store
Great post from Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba about Piezo sales for the year after leaving the Mac …
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Exploring downtown this morning
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Someone’s been trying to reset my Apple ID password all week. Started to get worried when I …
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Published episode 270 of Core Int, talking about The Sweet Setup’s review of MarsEdit, working …
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Sent an update to backers with a date for Micro.blog usernames. It’s not ready, but had to …
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Started using a couple of my most-used apps like Slack and BBEdit in full-screen mode. 13-inch …
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Timetable 37
I’m taking some time to resume Timetable recording. From the latest episode:
Now that the …
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Safe search on Twitter
Twitter made an announcement today about stopping abusive accounts and hiding low-quality tweets. I …
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Ignored my own advice to limit reading the news to a few minutes a day, and got pulled back into …
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Owning your content matters right now
Twitter and Facebook are both powerful tools to help people organize. We’ve seen some of that …
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Running into rare technical glitches getting this week’s Core Intuition out. Hopefully not …
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Taking a fresh look at this codebase. I had mixed feelings removing Ember.js, but now that …
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Some people are just now discovering the Kickstarter. If you missed it, I’ve started a list …
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And the Kickstarter is done. Thank you everyone! Very excited to have hit the stretch goal. Looking …
January 2017
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Never write a concession speech in advance. Set a goal, give it everything, and then figure out …
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Final 20 hours of my Kickstarter for Micro.blog. $4k+ short of the stretch goal. Still time to get …
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We watched All the President’s Men a couple times over the weekend. Wonder what it’s …
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You know it’s getting real when Kickstarter switches from counting down in “days” …
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Just crossed over $70k on the way to the $80k stretch goal for Micro.blog. Thank you everyone for …
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Getting a little work in at Houndstooth Coffee this morning while my daughter volunteers nearby. How …
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Exponent 102
Maybe you aren’t building a new social network. Maybe you aren’t obsessed with the rise …
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Core Intuition 268
We posted this week’s Core Intuition today, with the latest Apple developer news and a debate …
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Excellent follow-up article at WPTavern on Kickstarter progress, IndieWeb, ADN, and DreamHost. Lots …
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Austin! @NSDrinking is on for tonight at Radio, 8pm. Have a coffee or beer and chat about iOS and …
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Humans and algorithms
I’ve been following Seth Godin and reading his books for many years, but recently two of his …
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Making the Kickstarter video
Since I launched it over 3 weeks ago, thousands of people have watched my Kickstarter video, but I …
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Special thanks to @DreamHost for pushing us past $50k in funding with their Kickstarter pledge! More …
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Finally added a note about the stretch goal at the top of the main Micro.blog Kickstarter page. …
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Slack community for Micro.blog is off to a fantastic start. 300+ people and some very interesting …
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Sending a quick update to Kickstarter backers soon about Slack. Still have a long way to go to meet …
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The fight for truth and progress
Kevin Hoctor has a great post about staying above name-calling and focusing instead on positive …
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Love the photos of crowds today. Proud of @tracireece and all the marchers across the country, and …
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Microblogging community on Slack
Since I launched on Kickstarter, backers have asked if there should be a Slack community to discuss …
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Core Intuition 267
This week on Core Intuition, Daniel and I talk about the halfway point to my Kickstarter campaign, …
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Inauguration day. I plan to ignore the news. Heads down, work toward a better 2017. There’s a …
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Obama: thank you. Class, respect for the office, patience, and humility. You accomplished a lot …
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Thanks to @dotblog for featuring Micro.blog on their web site! I’ve become a big fan of .blog.
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Just hit 1800 backers. 12 days to go. If you’re interested in Micro.blog and the book, now is …
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Check out Connected 125 today for a really good discussion about microblogging and my own Micro.blog …
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Latest Micro.blog feature: Safe Replies, with a special Kickstarter goal to hire a community …
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The premise of the stretch goal: Twitter lost control of the platform because they planned for …
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2 weeks in today, going to announce a stretch goal for the Kickstarter. Nervous about rocking the …
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Release Notes interview and 2017 conference
I was a guest on the latest episode of Release Notes this week. We talk about the Kickstarter launch …
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MLK on Apple.com
Apple dedicated their home page to Martin Luther King today with a photo and quote:
Commit …
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Webmention is a W3C Recommendation
Webmention has been on my radar for a little while, and I mention it in the Indie Microblogging text …
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Key for Micro.blog: it’s a success if more people blog. To provide value it doesn’t need …
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I posted a short video of the Micro.blog iPhone app as a Kickstarter update. This expands on the …
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Lots of ways to resize video, but for some reason I just downloaded Final Cut Pro. Feels like a …
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Pretty excited for the Nintendo Switch. Great to have Zelda at launch and Mario later in the year. …
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App.net is shutting down
Dalton Caldwell and Bryan Berg announced the official shutdown of App.net today:
In May of 2014, …
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PodSearch
This isn’t the first time that David Smith has built something that I kind of wanted to build …
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We posted Core Intuition 266 this morning: Chris Lattner from Apple to Tesla, Medium’s new …
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First day in a while with nothing on my calendar. Editing this week’s Core Int and then plan …
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Kind of wild to listen to those first episodes of Timetable from a year ago. I had already been …
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One year of Timetable
I started my microcast Timetable a little over one year ago. I’ve recorded 35 episodes, so …
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Posted episode 35 of my Timetable podcast, with thoughts on the first week launching on Kickstarter …
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Excited that Release Notes is coming back, this time Chicago. Loved the old venue, but it’s …
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I don’t pay attention to Tweet Marker stats much, other than to make sure developers are …
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Kickstarter, first week wrap-up
One week down. The launch on Kickstarter is going great. It’s fantastic to see …
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“Only bump in the road will be if iPhone is a closed platform.” — me, 10 years ago today
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Thank you to App.net
Even before announcing Micro.blog, I’d get asked about App.net. It may surprise you to hear …
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Maybe good that I’m fighting off a cold and can’t keep up with work. Forced me to slow …
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We posted episode 265 of Core Intuition today, covering my Kickstarter launch. coreint.org/265
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Medium may not last
On Monday, I launched my Kickstarter project about independent microblogging, with a focus on owning …
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Sent a Micro.blog project update to Kickstarter backers today. I kind of love that the clock is …
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Kickstarter, day 1
Yesterday morning I woke up early, after not enough sleep, and flipped the switch to launch my …
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Today has been a whirlwind. Thanks so much for your support. It means a lot. I’ll have more to …
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Yesterday's hike with the dogs
At St. Edward’s Park.
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This morning I launched the Kickstarter project for Micro.blog. Really happy with the response. …
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1am, more tweaks to the Kickstarter project. Gotta ship this so I can go back to fixing bugs in the …
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Posted episode 34 of Timetable at timetable.fm, with final thoughts before starting to roll out …
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Kickstarter video work-in-progress
Tomorrow I’m launching a Kickstarter campaign for Micro.blog and a short book about blogging …
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Happy New Year! 2016 didn’t go according to plan, but it’s a new day. Finishing up …
December 2016
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I’ve been MacBook-only for years. Xcode, Logic… all fine. Using Apple’s Motion is …
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Devin
“That you are here — that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you …
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Microblog auto-link differences
One reason I like microblogging on my own web site is that I can control the links and simple …
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Posted a new episode over at timetable.fm about current Micro.blog plans and Kickstarter’s …
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Hope everyone had a great weekend! Yesterday was the first day in forever that I used a computer for …
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For the last Core Int episode of 2016, Daniel and I talk again about Setapp and plans for our 2017 …
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Why I posted to Twitter again
Following up on my post about Twitter at 10 years, I decided to mark the actual 10-year anniversary …
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GitHub growth problems
When first writing about mirroring this blog, there were only 2 places — WordPress.com and GitHub — …
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Mario Run friend codes reminds me of the @wii system I built years ago. The site is still up, but no …
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Trying to hold on to the greatness of Duncan’s ceremony last night, even with the dread of the …
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Great weekend so far. We saw Rogue One last night and loved it. This evening, in San Antonio to see …
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Posted episode 263 of Core Int, talking about Micro.blog launch plans, software release discipline, …
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This morning’s Timetable turned into a mini review of Mario. You can find it at timetable.fm …
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Finished the 6 worlds in Mario Run but missed many, many coins. Might do a short review on my blog …
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Getting as much code written as possible before Super Mario Run is released today.
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Blue lights for the outside tree
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Dropbox, iCloud, and GitHub on the iPad
Federico Viticci has another fantastic long-form essay, this time about using the iPad Pro for a …
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Updated the static copy of my web site on GitHub Pages at mirror.manton.org. Still need to automate …
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Going to the AWBASH tonight. 7pm at Buffalo Billiards.
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New emoji rant: too much detail. The trend to 3x-sized emoji is misguided. They should be the size …
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“Dad, it just makes it seem like you’re trying too hard to be young.”
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Where I post everything
My content is all on this blog or linked from it, but if you’re following RSS feeds or Twitter …
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AirPods ready to order. I’ll pass for now. Bluetooth still has downsides to me, and my iPhone …
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Starting the day off with my pre-holiday morning work routine: iced coffee and “My Shot” …
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Worked at the new WeWork location at the Domain this morning. Nice place. Back home and just …
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Now that I’ve been cross-posting Instagram photos to my blog for a while, finally fixed the …
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Next year's Christmas trees
At the Elgin Christmas tree farm.
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Apple Maps adds ChargePoint
A few of years ago we took a vacation to New York City and Montreal. We were taking the subway so …
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Posted episode 30 of my short podcast, Timetable. Still don’t have a consistent schedule for …
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Fake news as propaganda
In yesterday’s essay about Twitter, I also linked to my post on Instagram’s lack of …
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Core Intuition 262
We published episode 262 of Core Intuition today. It’s December already, so we’ve …
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Twitter at 10 years
It was 2008 in Chicago, the C4 conference was wrapping up and I shared a cab to the airport with …
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When a project is just days away from being wrapped up, I’m always extra worried that someone …
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Nice to see a new Joel Spolsky blog post. And Anil Dash as Fog Creek CEO! Congrats. Also surprising …
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Campus tour last week
University of Texas at Austin.
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Up until 2am last night working on this Kickstarter video. The concept was much too ambitious. …
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Every morning there’s a second after I wake up where I’ve forgotten about Trump. Then …
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I’ve been sitting on a couple finished blog posts this week. Possibly over-thinking the …
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Working from home: tried to record a video yesterday, but the dogs were barking and the cat kept …
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I’ve been recording Timetable for about a year and I’ve never checked my MP3 download …
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Thanks for using Searchpath
Today I sent the following email to everyone who has used my web app Searchpath. While I’m …
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We just posted Core Int episode 261. Good mix of business (make $$$$ with the Mac), tech (package …
November 2016
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Refocusing around Micro.blog
As I talked about on Timetable, now that I have the micro.blog domain I get to figure out what to do …
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Excited about Trump’s claim of widespread voter fraud. Next: convince him we should vote again …
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Anything that annoys Trump, I’m in favor of. Protests? Yes. Recount? Yes. Electors confirming …
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We all really enjoyed Moana. I’ve been listening to the soundtrack this week, so it was nice …
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Talkshow.im archives
Shutting down a web site correctly isn’t easy. When Talkshow announced they were closing, I …
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This morning I posted a new episode of Timetable, about the .blog registration process and plans for …
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Thanks to our Core Int listeners
Yesterday we published episode 260 of Core Intuition. From the show notes:
Daniel and Manton …
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Walking around TCU
Frog Fountain.
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I bought a new domain name: micro.blog. Big plans.
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Fake news and Instagram
Twitter has retweets. Facebook has sharing. But Instagram has no built-in reposting. On Instagram, …
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Excited about .blog, but the rollout has been confusing. I definitely got 2 domains. Not quite sure …
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Fixing AMP
When I first wrote about Accelerated Mobile Pages, there wasn’t a true implementation. Now we …
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This weekend an Apple Store genius suggested that an iOS restore would fix our spontaneous iPhone 6S …
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Indie publishing is about control
Andy Baio redesigned his blog recently and argued that blogs still matter because of ownership and …
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New episode of my Timetable podcast is up, about why today’s blog post is both rant and …
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Today's social networks are broken
Brent Simmons has left Twitter, frustrated with the diminishing value of the service, …
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Leaving Twitter years ago was great because it gave me a new perspective. But it cost me, too. I …
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Good turnout last night at NSDrinking, and a spirited debate about the election and Apple. Helped …
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NSDrinking is on for tonight, 8pm at the Ginger Man. Looking forward to it. I’ve been making a …
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Core Intuition 259 transcript
Daniel and I covered a few topics on Core Intuition 259 yesterday, but the closing segment about the …
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Just published Core Int 259 — “Take A Stand On Something” — about Touché, Dash source, …
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YouTube Red has made watching YouTube much more enjoyable. Bunch of vloggers doing great work. …
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Timetable 27
Today I published a new episode of Timetable. It’s about Apple’s new design book but …
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The first new Apple product after the worst election in my lifetime is a painfully minimal book of …
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Congrats to Daniel Jalkut on releasing Touché, to preview the Touch Bar on any Mac. Always a great …
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Proud to have voted for Hillary
I couldn’t sleep. I woke up early the day after the election, thinking about my daughters, and …
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Trump’s win has encouraged some people to act out against women and minorities, yet Trump says …
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When they go low, we go high. I know. But that Obama now has to even shake Trump’s hand after …
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We just published a new Core Intuition, recorded today. The election, Setapp subscriptions, and more …
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Heartbroken trying to explain the election results to my kids. Tired, but staying up until Hillary …
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I only finally got my Hillary yard sign yesterday, but I still take it as a good sign that it has …
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Halfway through election day. Still too much of a nervous wreck to get anything done. If you …
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A few days late, finally got Core Intuition edited and published. Episode 257 has more thoughts on …
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Rainy morning at the book festival
From the Texas State Capitol.
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Today is the last day for early voting in Texas. Other states also wrapping up today or this …
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No matter what happens, Hillary has run a solid campaign. Great debate performances. Very few …
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USB-C vs. the headphone jack
I have no problems with USB-C on the new MacBook Pro. It will be a small headache at the beginning, …
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Talkshow shutting down is another reminder to think about where your microblog-like content lives. …
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I might have doubts about the Mac product line, but overall I like the new MacBooks. The outrage …
October 2016
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Hotel Emma library
At the Pearl.
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Landa Library
From the weekend in San Antonio.
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FBI director Comey’s vague letter was, uhm, “extremely careless”. But the risk is …
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Posted episode 256 of Core Intuition, recorded yesterday after the Apple event. We talk about new …
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Touch Bar looks great. But is it better than a full touch screen, or a temporary hack until we get …
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I’ve passed this taco truck near our house about 100 times and finally stopped today for an …
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I’m planning to vote today. Over 30 states allow early voting, and most are open this week.
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NBA regular season starts tonight! We’ve posted a new episode of Technical Foul, wrapping up …
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Centralized systems fail sometimes. Don’t forget to write on your own blog. (Posted while …
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Getting excited about the crazy Nintendo Switch design. This is why we love Nintendo. They’d …
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I didn’t get to watch many WNBA games this year, but glad to have caught a great finals game 5 …
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Another strong debate for Hillary. She had some very good, passionate answers on abortion, …
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I published a new episode of Timetable today, about recent distractions and what I’m trying to …
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Workflow update for web APIs
Federico Viticci has an overview and examples for the latest Workflow for iOS release, which adds …
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Excited for tonight’s debate. For the last week, Trump has been “preparing” by …
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Redesigning Penn Station
Earlier this year I wrote a post about indie podcasting and the mistake of centralized publishing, …
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Please vote early for Hillary. November 8th is going to be a mess. No reason to risk waiting in long …
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Disappointed in Thiel
About 2 years ago I read Peter Thiel’s Zero to One while traveling. It quickly became one of …
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Mixed feelings about the iPhone 7 future
Federico Viticci published a great review of the iPhone 7 for MacStories last week. He opened with …
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Spent many hours last week completely derailed from normal work. Proud of the writing I did, so it …
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Core Intuition 254 and Kapeli wrap-up
On Friday, Daniel and I recorded and published episode 254 of Core Intuition:
Daniel and Manton …
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Walking along Lake Creek Trail
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Editing this week’s Core Intuition. We dedicate nearly the full hour to the Kapeli situation …
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Yet more discussion about Kapeli! I need to get back to my real job as a programmer. I think my 2 …
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Kapeli's suspension is a test for Apple
Since my post yesterday about what I viewed as the unwarranted smearing of Kapeli’s …
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Kapeli's reputation
I’ve been using Dash more and more over the last month, but I realized with all this …
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Kapeli’s story is important and unique from normal app rejections. Not anything because of API …
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We know a lot more about Kapeli’s developer account suspension now. Mistakes on both sides, …
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I’ve had Lin-Manuel Miranda singing “never gonna be president now” stuck in my …
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My podcast Timetable is back with a very short episode about doing things for a very long time: …
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Plotted out how I can port this Sinatra app to Rails, and Ember.js to Turbolinks. Not trivial, but …
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I wasn’t sure about subscribing to YouTube Red, but it is so nice not to wait through ads. …
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Apple's control over app hosting
High-profile app rejections aren’t as common as they once were, so it’s even more …
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Core Intuition 253 and Google
We posted Core Intuition episode 253 this morning. From the show notes:
Manton and Daniel discuss …
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Tinkering with CSS on manton.org. Doesn’t make a dime, but it’ll always be my most …
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With Twitter acquisition rumors, I’m encouraged by this: not a question of “if” …
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Four years ago today, I posted my last tweet from @manton on Twitter. Still feels right to let that …
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With a name like Pixel, shouldn’t there be a version of Google’s phone with a screen …
:
Apple apologists
The hardest transition for fans of Apple Computer from the 1990s is realizing that Apple no longer …
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Hope I don’t jinx it, but I have a good feeling about today. Even though my lazy morning trip …
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Real work on the iPad
I only took iOS devices with me to Indianapolis last week for Release Notes. My iPad Pro with smart …
September 2016
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Back home after a great week in Indianapolis for Release Notes. We published Core Intuition 252 this …
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Great to see the Release Notes conference supporting App Camp For Girls again. Anyone can donate: …
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Ignored the internet and paced in front of the TV while watching the debate. But I shouldn’t …
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Finally saw the new Peanuts movie. Delightfully well-adapted from 2d. Going to complete the animated …
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iTunes on the Mac feels like it has finally turned a corner. Pretty lightweight UI now if you use …
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A reminder for Mac and iOS folks in Austin: NSDrinking is on for tonight. 8pm at Ginger Man. Also …
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Working a little in Apple’s Motion this week. Really impressed with this app. Reminds me of …
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Tuning in to listen to Hillary’s speech today. Great message. How ridiculous is it that we …
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Sports TV networks cut away when a streaker runs on the field, looking for attention. Time to do …
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Paying for web content
I subscribe to a lot of web applications for my indie business, from hosting to invoicing and …
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Just posted episode 250 of Core Intuition. Daniel and I talk about iPhone 7 buying decisions, …
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Red flags at the startup
Wild yet totally believable story from Penny Kim about how she moved from Texas to California to …
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Rewriting in Rails 5
I’ve been doing Ruby on Rails work again. Although my indie web projects are all Sinatra, I …
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Ten years ago today, I published a podcast episode about San Francisco. I had recorded a bunch of …
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Apple’s vision for the future is wireless audio. Yesterday they also released Beats EP …
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Just posted episode 249 of Core Intuition with our reaction from today’s Apple event. Spoiler: …
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Not convinced by Apple’s spin on Lightning-only audio. But I’m glad they include the …
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Apple Watch series 2 looks like a solid upgrade. I’ll skip this generation, though. Still use …
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Can’t really overstate how big this Mario on iPhone announcement is. I never thought …
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1 hour until the Apple event. Getting a bunch of server work done as I try to ignore anything …
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Nice to see some data that confirms assumptions about how well the iPhone SE is doing. Top 3 in the …
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Paying for iCloud storage
Dan Moren had an article at Macworld last week about the price for iCloud storage. Most iPhone users …
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Long vs. pure App Store names
David Smith has an analysis of long names in the App Store, as developers try to understand the …
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App Store cleanup
I’m in favor of Apple’s upcoming app store cleanup, as long as they err on the side of …
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Core Intuition 248
This week on Core Intuition, Daniel and I talked about recent Apple news:
Daniel and Manton react …
August 2016
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I still use and recommend GitHub Issues. I use GitHub for all code, so it’s nice to have …
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On this day, last year
One year ago today, I posted the first screenshots of Snippets.today for iPhone. I never …
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Supertop podcast
Everyone who builds blogging software should have a blog. Everyone who builds podcasting software …
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“Apple follows the law and pays all of the taxes we owe wherever we operate.” …
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Doing a bunch of Bootstrap and Rails work this week, went back to using Dash for quick reference. …
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Core Intuition 247 covers so-called lifestyle businesses, extended vacations, and the challenge of …
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Email archiving with Evernote
For a long time, I’ve struggled with having important email archived in one place. I’ve …
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Finally cancelled the cloud backup products I never used, and switched to Arq + Amazon Cloud Drive. …
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NSDrinking is on for tomorrow, 8pm at Radio Coffee & Beer. Come chat about Mac/iOS development …
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We published Core Intuition 246 tonight. Daniel and I talk about vacations and work in the summer, …
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Basecamp 3.2 for iOS has a beautiful “what’s new” page by Jason Zimdars. I love …
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Spurs at the Olympics
I’m watching Spain vs. France basketball right now, and later today is Argentina vs. the …
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Mac App Store developer survey
DevMate surveyed 679 Mac developers to put together a report on who is using the Mac App Store vs. …
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Dogs barking at 6am, so took the opportunity to wake up early and get a few hours of coding in …
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Amazing double-OT win by Argentina over Brazil. These close games — including USA’s 3-point …
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With her
I’m a Hillary Clinton supporter. I was in 2008, I was earlier this year, and absolutely I am …
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Tim Berners-Lee's Solid
I’ve written about IPFS before, but Solid (from Tim Berners-Lee himself, among other MIT folks) is …
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AUS/USA basketball game at the Olympics right now shaping up to be a good one. Australia up 5 points …
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Trump’s “2nd amendment people” comment seems like it could blow up much more than …
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Weekend on the lake
Lake Livingston.
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Posted Core Intuition 244. Daniel and I talk this week about Twitter verification, content filtering …
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Finished some server consolidation that cut about $100 off my hosting bill compared to a couple …
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Proving Marco's 10-year plan
Erik Person wants to prove Marco Arment’s claim that indie success just requires working hard for 10 …
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Taking my time reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Really like the format… If …
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Reloading news web sites multiple times a day, I’ve had to blacklist the New York Times, …
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1 year indie
One year ago, I celebrated my first day without a boss. I had just written 2 weeks of daily blog …
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Lightning headphones in the box
John Gruber has an article outlining the 5 (or 6) most likely options for what headphones Apple …
July 2016
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Reflecting on the convention, Democrats really pulled off an incredible week. Both a progressive …
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Watching the DNC roll call vote, and negativity from the disruptions yesterday are starting to fade …
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Reading a lot of political coverage lately, finally got tired of the New York Times paywall and …
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Only the most hardcore Bernie supporters are at the convention. The delegates on the floor still …
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This is Hillary's week
The Democratic National Convention starts today and the latest round of polls are out. …
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An open Twitter starts with the web
Dave Winer wants an open alternative to Twitter:
I want it to be friendly to Twitter, because as …
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Core Int 242, Swift, and verified Twitter
From the show notes for today’s episode:
Manton reacts to negatively to the Swift 3 …
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GOP train wreck, day 2
I agree with Dave Winer’s summary of day 2 of the Republican convention:
It's one thing to …
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Stunning to watch the GOP convention turn into a mob tonight as Chris Christie spoke. I wonder how …
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GOP convention on TV tonight. I’ll be watching the NBA Summer League final game on ESPN2 …
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Not shocked that Swift classes won’t be subclassable by default. But it underscores Swift’s …
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Backed the new Glif on Kickstarter. Love the idea of multiple tripod mounts. Also some nice shots of …
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Summer co-working
I’ve settled into a new work routine this summer at a co-working place. But after working at home …
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Twitter and .blog
Dave Winer has a good comment for anyone questioning the web:
So when they tell you they know for …
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Pre-announcing Snippets.today
Earlier this week I sent an email to subscribers of the announce list for my microblogging project. …
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On the latest Core Int, we talk about Pokémon, building a brand, Mickey Mouse, pre-announcing my …
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I’m sure you can download these games on the Wii’s Virtual Console, but I want the NES …
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Taking the train downtown to work today. Pretty sure if I stayed home I’d be watching ESPN all …
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This photo I took a few months ago is worth a re-post. Happy to have been able to see Tim in the …
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Tim Duncan retiring. One of the all-time greats. And he went out with a strong game: 19 points on …
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Pinboard at 7 years
Maciej Cegłowski of Pinboard has always been open about his stats for the service. Now, on the 7th …
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Mullenweg on Medium and the open web
Matt Mullenweg comments on whether choosing Medium is a good long-term bet:
In making the …
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Warriors going all-in on “small ball” for next year. Durant might be their tallest …
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It hurts to lose Diaw, Boban, and West. But there is a lot to look forward to for the Spurs. …
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Think I’ll pre-announce my microblog platform before the Kickstarter is ready. If you’re …
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Domain names can always redirect
Just noticed this blog post from Fabian Steeg on the value of personal domain names:
So the mere …
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Just published Core Intuition episode 240. We talk more about travel, taking a break from coding, …
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Tagging WWDC microblog posts
I didn’t post as much as I hoped to during WWDC 2016 — just a couple full posts related to the …
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Building on Jekyll
If you were to build a weblog publishing system, would you start from scratch or build on an …
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Rumor that Ray Allen is considering a return to the NBA and that the Spurs are in the top few teams …
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“Sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails.” — FBI Director James Comey. (Not …
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Good news with Pau Gasol, but it’s bittersweet if the Spurs lose both Tim Duncan and Boris …
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Didn’t expect I’d spend July 4th reloading NBA news sites. But after an incredible …
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Kevin Durant to the Warriors. We knew there was a chance, but I’m still surprised. Hopefully …
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Back from camping, catching up on email and basketball news today. We also published episode 10 of …
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Spring pool while camping in west Texas
At Balmorhea State Park.
June 2016
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Core Int 239 is out. We talk about Daniel’s trip, my server problems, iOS 10 betas, and the …
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The only silver lining to having to take a server offline — when a few services depend on it — is …
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I had been ignoring a lingering problem on one of my servers for the last few weeks, and this …
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Lake Travis sailboat
From dinner at Lucy’s Fried Chicken on the Lake.
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Busy day. Finished editing Core Intuition this morning but forgot to post it! Episode 238 is out …
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“Records are meant to be broken.” — LeBron James, 3 days ago
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Very excited for game 7. And just in time, a new Technical Foul is up — a quick 20-minute episode on …
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Thought I’d try Xcode 8 with one of my current projects, then quickly reconsidered in the face …
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Podcast thoughts on WWDC
I’m back from San Francisco, catching up on everything I missed while traveling. I recorded a …
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Live-streaming all the WWDC sessions is a remarkable improvement. Thanks Apple.
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Wandering around the Financial District to find the Transamerica Redwood Park. Beautiful spot to …
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Recording from San Francisco entirely on iOS didn’t go exactly according to plan, but we …
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Thought I could edit Core Intuition real quick before grabbing lunch and then heading to the game in …
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I would’ve been happy just with the watchOS and macOS (!) changes, so pretty great to see all …
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Big news day already and WWDC hasn’t even started. LinkedIn acquired by Microsoft, Storehouse …
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Beautiful day at The Presidio. I’m here to check out the Pinocchio exhibit at the Walt Disney …
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Only taking my iPad Pro to WWDC
I’ll be in San Francisco for WWDC, although as usual in recent years I won’t be staying …
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Most developers hope we get a Siri API, but I’m not sure they agree on what that means. It …
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App maintenance and subscription rejections
Jason Snell closed his first take on App Store subscriptions with a question about iPhone app …
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The Iconfactory’s BitCam is so well done. Makes me smile. Don’t forget to scroll through …
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Core Intuition 236 and app subscriptions
We published Core Intuition episode 236 today, discussing the recent App Store announcements and a …
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California: don’t forget to vote today. Throughout the primaries I’ve made small ($5) …
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Now that I’ve mastered having an expensive gym membership that I never use, going to move on …
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Just posted Core Intuition 235. I thought we’d skip talking about Swift this week, but we got …
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Tried Luxe yesterday instead of parking downtown for lunch. Worked great. I could get used to …
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Swift server benchmarks
Interesting Swift web server article comparing Vapor, which I tested last week, to other web server …
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Finals game 1 tonight! We published Technical Foul episode 7 — “Regression to the Mean” …
May 2016
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Core Intuition's 8 years and overselling WWDC
It’s 2 weeks before WWDC, which means it was also 8 years ago that we published the first episode of …
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Saint Mary Cathedral
Spending the day in downtown Austin for a Rubik’s Cube competition.
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Core Intuition 234 and Vapor
We published Core Intuition 234 today, with a follow-up discussion on Swift, working toward software …
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NSDrinking is on for this week, Thursday 8pm at Radio Coffee & Beer. Come join us for a coffee …
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Listening to Timetable
Because episodes of Timetable are short (usually just 5 minutes) and because they aren’t …
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Two months since the iPhone SE first shipped, it’s still rarely available in stores and ships …
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Swift and sharp knives
David Heinemeier Hansson has a great post today about Ruby’s advanced dynamic features. Some people …
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New Core Int, Technical Foul, and Timetable
I somehow recorded 4 podcast episodes this week. We just published episode 233 of Core Intuition, …
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Wanting an open voice assistant platform
I’ve owned an Amazon Echo since it first shipped and it’s great. I also use Siri and like it, though …
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Watching the Google I/O keynote. I guess I’ve warmed to the things Google has been working on …
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Apple's mindset on Swift dynamic features
I let myself go off into a bit of a Swift rant on the latest Core Intuition. I’ve been doing a lot …
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I’m mostly used to the new Instagram icon. What I’m not used to is the algorithmic …
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SE/30 and the Mac Classic
I finally read Stephen Hackett’s article over at iMore about using “SE” in Apple …
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Medium subscriptions
Glenn Fleishman writes for Six Colors about Medium’s subscription features that will let …
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One more year. #timduncan
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Podcasting lock-in and the lesson from Penn Station
When my family was visiting New York City a couple of years ago, we took a train out of Pennsylvania …
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Big news from GitHub today about changing their pricing. Because I’m a tiny company, charging …
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Client work and new podcasts
As I mentioned in my wrap-up post about working from libraries, spending so much time commuting all …
April 2016
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My new podcast about... basketball!
It used to be that I would stay up until midnight working in Xcode. This year, it’s more …
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Don't give up on WWDC
There’s a nice sale going on across several smaller, regional developer conferences right now. I …
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Watched the Q&A with Kawhi on Defensive Player of the Year. Always a great attitude. It’s …
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Apple I history on Connected
There was a nice bonus at the end of Connected episode 86: an interview with Henry Ford Museum …
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I love the venue change for Monday during WWDC. Sends a clear message that Apple is trying to …
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Paid search and App Store profit
Reacting to a Bloomberg article about Apple adding paid search results in the App Store, John Gruber …
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Libraries for 30 days wrap-up
After trying to work from a new coffee shop I had never been to before, every day for 30 days, I …
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Last of 30 days of libraries, working from the Architecture & Planning Library at UT. Thinking …
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Lion outside Windsor Park Branch
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Taking the Apple Pencil with you
One of the best pieces of advice that I never followed very well is that if you want to be a better …
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Checking out Windsor Park Branch on another rainy day in Austin. Love the bronze lion sculpture out …
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I guess the IFTTT channel for ADN was removed in the auth changes, since my cross-posting stopped …
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Siri and Core Intuition 228
We posted episode 228 of Core Intuition this week. From the show notes:
Daniel and Manton discuss …
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Working from Terrazas Branch before lunch. I like that many Austin libraries are named in honor of a …
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View source on the decentralized web
Brewster Kahle has a post at the Internet Archive about getting back to the “view …
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My commute to find new libraries is getting a little ridiculous. This morning I’m south at …
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Finally working on a project that is all Swift and storyboards, which I’ve long ignored. Feel …
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Switching back and forth between a few NBA games on an amazing night for basketball. Curry hits his …
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It’s a rainy morning in Austin and I’ve headed all the way out to Leander to visit the …
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Doing a little writing from the Bee Cave Public Library at the Hill Country Galleria outdoor …
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Patience and impatience in the tech industry
There’s a great line from an iPad Pro article by Ben Brooks, where he’s discussing how …
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Starting the final week of 30 days of libraries with coffee at Seventh Flag, then working from Twin …
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Doll house Little Free Library
For the 3rd Sunday in a row, I’ve taken a break from visiting a normal library and instead …
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Sorry it’s a few days late, but Core Intuition 227 is now out. We follow up on the iPhone SE …
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Pond view at Lake Travis Community Library
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Lake Travis Community Library is another beautiful library, with tables to work at inside that …
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Busy day so I’m off my morning routine of getting out of the house to focus on writing. After …
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At the Round Rock Public Library this morning, catching up on email and chat with the iPad Pro …
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Timetable episodes 19 and 20
I published 2 new Timetable episodes this week, with a shared theme around Kickstarter projects. …
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Down on campus to visit PCL as part of 30 days of working from libraries. It’s probably been …
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Finally sat down yesterday to record a video for Kickstarter, which I had been putting off for …
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Over at the University Hills Branch for a short while before lunch. This library seems heavily used, …
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Navigation controllers on the Mac
Brent Simmons has a good post about the pros and cons of bringing UIKit to the Mac. On the …
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Sculpture outside Ruiz Branch
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Tickets for Release Notes 2016
I’m registered for the Release Notes conference, coming up later this year in Indianapolis. …
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I’m back southeast to work from Ruiz Branch for the morning. Very nice library, built in 2004, …
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Working from a library on the weekend is a lot more difficult than a quick stop for coffee was. …
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Tesla Model 3
John Gruber, writing about the Tesla Model 3 unveiling:
The crowd enthusiasm was palpable. Tesla …
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Had to be south this morning, so working at the Austin Community College library on their Riverside …
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Lately I’ve been carrying the iPad Pro in my hand or under my arm because I don’t have a …
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Coffee shops in Portland
Following a similar pattern as my 30 days of coffee shops, my friend Jon Hays has started mapping …
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Found a nice corner on the 2nd floor of the Faulk Central Library to work this morning. It’s …
March 2016
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Miitomo and Wii Transfer
On episode 18 of my Timetable podcast, which I just published this morning, I mention the new …
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Spurs playoff tickets, round 1, game 1: purchased. Very excited for the postseason.
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Working south for a little while at the Manchaca Road Branch. May or may not have picked this …
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“Our overarching goal is to maximize total customer happiness within the bounds of what is …
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Checking out the Pflugerville Public Library and happily surprised at how big it is. Lots of chairs, …
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Such a gloomy morning in Austin, not feeling inspired to venture out to find a new library. Also …
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512 Pixels on YouTube
Stephen Hackett loves old Macs. (And iPhones and iPods and Newtons.) His fascination with old Apple …
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Get one thing done today
Natasha the Nomad has a post about prioritizing the “one thing” that has to be finished today, even …
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Working from Laura Bush Community Library
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The drive into the hill country a little was totally worth it to visit Laura Bush Community Library. …
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I haven’t built a new Rails app from scratch in years. The new “Yay! You’re on …
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Podcasts, showing up every week, and why 2.0 succeeds
When I went to Open Coffee Club during SXSW week, I met several company founders and investors in …
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I had planned to work downtown today, but it didn’t quite happen. Staying closer to home for …
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Because all the public libraries were closed for Easter, we walked up to a Little Free Library in …
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30 days of libraries, week 1
After wrapping up 30 days of new coffee shops, last week I started visiting a library every day to …
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Today’s library stop is the Yarborough Branch, a library converted from a 1960s movie theater. …
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Spent some time this morning experimenting with WordPress comments, Webmention, and Brid.gy. Not …
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Getting press
As I mentioned when I first linked to Studio Neat’s Obi project on Kickstarter, I enjoyed the …
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After a stop for breakfast along 360, visiting the Westbank Community Library in Westlake with the …
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Core Intuition 225
Episode 225 of Core Intuition is out now. We talk about the new iPhone and iPad news from Monday’s …
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Charging my car at the library
At the Howson Branch.
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Time to rethink blog comments
Twitter has lost some of what made it special for communities 5 years ago. I’ve noticed a few …
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Love that the Howson Branch has electric car charging, powered by solar panels. It’s a fairly …
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Wells Branch Community Library
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At the Old Quarry Branch working for a little while with my iPad Pro and Smart Keyboard. It’s …
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Sticking with the big iPad Pro
I’ve been conflicted about which iPad Pro to use ever since the 10-inch rumors started. If both …
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NSDrinking is on for this Thursday, back at the Ginger Man at 8pm. Come have a beer and chat about …
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iPhone SE sales potential
John Gruber runs down the list of yesterday’s Apple announcements. On the iPhone SE, he recognizes …
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Working from the North Village Branch this morning. It’s a very nice, new library, with tall …
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After the Brussels attack, reminded that our community is very international. Feel grateful that we …
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Every since I started my blog, I’ve been using <blockquote> but also adding quotes …
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Apple event non-product focus
Dan Moren writes for Six Colors about the structure for the 1-hour Apple event today, of which only …
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There wasn’t any doubt, but of course I’ll be pre-ordering the iPhone SE later this …
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Can’t decide if I’m more surprised by the Newton joke or how much time Tim Cook spent …
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Pretty excited for today’s Apple event. Queued it up on the Apple TV while I eat lunch. …
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Working from the Little Walnut Creek Branch this morning. Lots of open tables. If I was designing a …
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Difficult to focus on work in the couple hours leading up to an Apple event. Need to find something …
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While my daughters are at a meeting, checking out Wells Branch Community Library. Again just working …
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Photo blogging follow-up
As I’ve written about already, I now post photos to my own site in addition to Instagram. I …
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I’ll be getting the iPhone SE, but still conflicted about the right size iPad. I love the …
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Reading Peter Pan
Outside the Cedar Park Public Library.
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What's next after 30 days of coffee
Yesterday I wrapped up my endeavor to visit a new coffee shop every day for a month, making sure it …
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Core Intuition 224
We posted episode 224 of Core Intuition today. From the show notes:
"Manton and Daniel discuss …
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At Once Over Coffee Bar for the final stop of 30 days of trying new coffee places. Enjoying an iced …
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Buytaert on the open web
Dries Buytaert, founder of Drupal, gave a talk at SXSW this week and wrote a blog post about saving …
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Kind of a gloomy morning in Austin, but nothing that breakfast tacos at Torchy’s on South …
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Almost forgot to blog about today’s coffee. We were out at Lake Georgetown this evening and …
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SXSW and designing for Apple Watch
As I mention on the latest episode of Timetable, I haven’t attended SXSW in several years. I still …
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Might not be downtown again this week, so hitting a bonus coffee shop while I’m nearby. …
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After taking the train downtown for Open Coffee Club, walked along the trail to Alta’s Cafe …
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Blog when you disagree
The echo chamber. We only follow people who we already agree with. We only jump on the bandwagon of …
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Braving SXSW traffic to have an iced vanilla latte at Vintage Heart Coffee. 30 days of new coffee …
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If they have something coffee-related on the menu, it counts. Checking out Juiceland with my …
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Beautiful day outside for a stop at Beware Coffee. My son is having the Dr. Pepper float, and …
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Two new episodes
We posted episode 223 of Core Intuition today. From the show notes:
"Daniel and Manton discuss …
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Ulysses iOS missing Dropbox support
After I blogged about Ulysses for Mac, a couple people told me that an iPad version was coming soon …
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Another rainy morning, another trip out for coffee, this time Patika on South Lamar. Crowded since …
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Ignore that it’s hidden behind a gas station. Found the cozy coffee shop Sips Coffee & …
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Very rainy day for the coffee shop commute. Marking the 14th anniversary of this weblog with a visit …
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Apple Pencil and sequential art tech reviews
Serenity Caldwell has a fantastic, hand-drawn review of the Apple Pencil for iMore. It reminds me of …
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Today’s stop for coffee and a little coding is Fat Cats: Organic Coffee & Desserts. Their …
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Blogging your photos
Colin Devroe started microblogging on his own site, with separate sections for statuses and photos: …
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Comics and prints for the kids from Staple! Expo
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A little off my morning routine today, so working this afternoon from Kick Butt Coffee. Cool place …
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This morning’s coffee is from the Elixer coffee truck. Usually at Mueller, but parked this …
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Grabbing a quick breakfast and coffee at Cherrywood Coffeehouse before heading over to Staple! Expo …
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On this week’s Core Int, we talk about the routine of coffee shops, productivity, …
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Slow transitions in watchOS
Much has been made of the Apple Watch not being fast enough. It’s too slow for full iPhone-like …
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Trying Stinson’s Bistro in Rosedale this morning. This area sure has some nice coffee shops. …
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Tempted by the Amazon Dot. We’ve had the Echo for a while and use it all the time. Because …
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The evolution of linkblogging
In my posts about defining what makes a microblog post and guidelines for RSS, I talked a little …
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I’ve been trying a lot of new coffee drinks on this 30 days 30 new coffee shops experiment. An …
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Concerned about user-generated content
On the latest Under the Radar podcast, Marco Arment and David Smith talk about ways to make your app …
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Still discovering new coffee shops that I’ve probably driven by many times and never noticed. …
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Essays vs. microblog posts (and the microcast)
Starting back in September 2014, I added microblog posts to this site. These are defined as short …
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Electric Beetle
As I’ve written about here, I have a Nissan Leaf and it’s the best car I’ve ever owned. When the …
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Just a little east of downtown this morning for a coffee at Wright Bros. Brew & Brew. If …
February 2016
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Happy leap day! I just posted episode 15 of Timetable. On this episode, I focus on… well, …
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The Ringer will use Medium
Bill Simmons announced on his podcast last week that his new media site The Ringer will use Medium. …
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Sitting outside with Damon at Seventh Flag, having an iced coffee and breakfast tacos. Also updated …
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Apple Watch is slow... for now
Dan Moren wrote an essay for Six Colors last week about why slowness is such a problem for the Apple …
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It’s a good morning for donuts, beignets, and kolaches with the family at Angel Donuts & …
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Published episode 14 of Timetable today, about writing a few blog posts while out at the coffee shop …
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Is this even possible?
When I tell people that I’ve started going to a new coffee shop every day for a month — and …
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Back in Round Rock to check out Lamppost Coffee. While they’re making my iced coffee, we chat …
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iPhone SE (no 5)
Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac reports that the new 4-inch iPhone will be called simply “iPhone SE”, not …
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Starting to expand my coffee shop list with new recommendations, like today’s stop: San …
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NSDrinking is at Radio Coffee & Beer tonight, 8pm. Reminder that anyone’s welcome. Nice …
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Having a cappuccino at Cups & Cones. Very family-friendly this morning, with a music/storytime …
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If you’re wondering what all these coffee posts are about, don’t worry. Maybe it’s …
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New coffee shops, week 1
I’ve now wrapped up the first week of my attempt to visit a new coffee shop I’ve never been to, …
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Went to Dazzle Coffee today. Reminds me a lot of Dutch Bros. Coffee, which we fell in love with on a …
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Dave Winer on Instant Articles
Maybe I misjudged Facebook’s Instant articles. Dave Winer is a supporter, because it builds on RSS: …
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App review for the fast web
Facebook continues to roll out their Instant Articles format to more publishers. It’s now available …
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Still trying to get into a routine with my new podcast, Timetable. Today’s episode is just …
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Another day, another new coffee place I’ve never been to. Trying the iced toddy at Pacha and …
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This morning, having a cappuccino and breakfast taco at Star Coffee Texas in Round Rock. Feels like …
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Weather outside isn’t great, but nevertheless had a nice drive down 360 to check out Lola …
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I was down on campus anyway with my daughter, so we’re trying the BarleyBean for today’s …
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Installed my first Let’s Encrypt SSL cert. Haven’t even automated everything so that …
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New coffee shop, day 2: Summer Moon near the Domain. A little crowded today, but lucked out with a …
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Core Intuition 220
"Daniel orders a Brother, Apple defies the FBI, Manton continues …
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When traveling, it’s always fun to discover new coffee shops. But what about in our own city? …
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Posted a new episode over at timetable.fm about music for a Kickstarter video.
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Back from a very quick trip to Oregon for a meeting. Still smiling at overhearing this in a Portland …
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New printers, Kickstarter, sticking to commitments, and having an authentic voice in tweets and …
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iCloud is too opaque
Last night, Federico Viticci tweeted that he lost a draft blog post he was working on because of an …
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Feeling well enough to record a podcast, I published episode 11 of Timetable today. I talk about why …
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Typed.com progress updates
The folks at Realmac have been blogging about their progress with Typed.com, a new blogging platform …
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Have a lot to do, still not feeling well, and don’t want to leave the house. Trying Instacart.
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River5 and twtxt
Two new microblog-related services have launched. This week, Dave Winer announced River5:
“So I …
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Algorithmic timeline now rolling out
Dan Moren reports that Twitter is rolling out their algorithmic timeline, where tweets aren’t …
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A couple folks have asked me if I will have a Slack channel for my new app. Thinking about this …
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Slowly getting back into work after being sick for a couple days. Also took a break from the new …
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Charles Perry's microblog
Charles Perry has started a microblog. On the balance of what he should post to Twitter and what he …
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Enjoyed the CocoaConf podcast with Brent Simmons. Life before the App Store: “It was fun! We …
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Discovered @electionpunkass on Twitter. Nice commentary! Someone tell Daniel to start a blog. I know …
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I have years of journals in Day One, but it wasn’t in my routine lately. Back into it. As I …
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Introduced more bugs in my cross-posting logic. This is one of those rare pieces of code that …
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Core Intuition 218
On this week’s Core Intuition:
“Manton and Daniel talk about Apple’s current and future stock …
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Found an old EC2 instance and couple EBS volumes to delete, to trim my AWS monthly bill. Really just …
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The new Day One release reminded me I’ve wanted to import some entries from our Europe …
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Cute release notes
Ben Brooks takes on the trend of cute stories inside of release notes:
“With disturbingly …
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Good progress this morning, finishing some work I had been putting off with the GitHub API, and …
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Microphone and microcast details
A few weeks ago I started a new short-form podcast called Timetable. Each episode is 3-5 minutes. It …
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Posted episode 10 of Timetable. Recorded and edited with Ferrite, except for MP3 conversion. Still …
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Some people say you shouldn’t mix personal and business blogs, but I do it anyway. I’ve …
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I'm supporting Hillary, again
As Iowa kicks off the election today, I thought I’d offer my 2 cents on the campaign. I’m a …
January 2016
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Just published episode 9 of Timetable, following up on the iPhone app and what the Kickstarter is …
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Core Intuition 217 is a big episode: releasing updates, App Store rejections, handling trials, and …
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Getting some really good feedback on the new app. Lots to do! Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever …
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Micropub and the quiet IndieWebCamp revolution
There’s new activity at the W3C around independent blogging, with new proposals recently posted as …
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Parse shutting down
Bad news from the Parse team at Facebook today:
“We have a difficult announcement to make. …
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“Apple has also been testing versions of the 9.7-inch iPad panel that are compatible with the …
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Fixed more bugs in my new cross-posting code. The code already probably needs to be …
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Apple says macOS
Nice observation by Jason Snell from the Apple quarterly report conference call:
“It probably …
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Panic 2015 updates
There’s a lot of great stuff in Panic’s 2015 report, but I’m especially struck with how well they …
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Matt Gemmell on Twitter ads
Matt Gemmell has started including shorter posts on his blog. Today he writes about Twitter’s …
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Inline links in microblog posts
When I was first trying to figure out how my microblog posts should look, I was thinking more like …
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iPhone 5se sleep button
Zac Hall of 9to5Mac follows up with a new leaked photo after the latest iPhone 5se news. It seems …
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For the last couple years, I’ve ignored Apple changing to lowercase on the 4S, 5S, and 5C. …
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Tim Cook, Swift, and the return of blogs
Rob Rhyne wrote an essay last week that caught my attention, on Tim Cook and the incredible pace of …
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Worked on emoji issues in MySQL today (hi again, utf8mb4!). Should’ve had this right earlier, …
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Tried something new for episode 8 of my Timetable microcast this morning, recording in 3 quick …
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Fin and split-view for Apple TV
Joe Cieplinski ported his iPhone timer app Fin to the Apple TV:
“Three weeks of spare hours here …
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Long-form writing as a filter
Soroush Khanlou, looking for more new blogs to read, makes a great point that the process of …
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Feels like we’ve been waiting all season for this: Spurs at Golden State tonight. Warriors …
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iPhone 5SE
Mark Gurman reveals at 9to5Mac that the new phone I’ve been waiting for will be called the 5SE: …
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New SSD for the iMac
In the most recent Six Colors subscriber magazine, Jason Snell talks about adding an SSD to his Mac …
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That app rejection resolved itself very quickly. In the time it took to record a podcast and leave a …
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Posted a new episode over at timetable.fm, talking about being distracted with backups and my iOS …
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New app rejected because I have paid web subscriptions but don’t use IAP. Sigh. Thought I …
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We just posted episode 216 of Core Intuition: the Shush app rename, trademarks, business blogs, and …
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iPad thoughts for 2016
Over the holidays, or while on any vacation, I usually use iOS more often than my Mac. It’s …
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Deployed my new cross-posting code, with better links and smart truncation. Making this post too …
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More good coffee shops starting to pop up in northwest Austin. Working from the new Two Hands Coffee …
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Finally trying Ulysses
I’m finally trying Ulysses. After posting about how I write blog drafts, a reader pointed out that …
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Not happy with IFTTT for cross-posting, because of poor truncation and obscured links. Working on a …
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Ignoring follower counts
I’ve said before that there’s something about the 140-character limit that brings out …
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Sound Off and AlterConf
When I blogged about Brent Simmons’s list of women bloggers, I said that we need more …
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Some thoughts about basketball and Kickstarter on episode 6 of my new short-form podcast, Timetable.
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Had to run to the dentist right after posting to my blog, so now catching up on some Twitter …
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Here's a Twitter feed
Whenever someone says “I don’t read RSS”, I actually hear “I don’t …
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Lightweight universal apps
When the iPad first shipped, many developers embraced completely separate apps for iPhone and iPad. …
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Submitted a new app to Apple for review this morning. Not sure when it will be released yet, but …
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iAd setback
I was confused at first by Apple’s iAd announcement to developers. I read it as iAd completely …
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Silos as shortcuts
As a follow-up on Twitter and links, I want to point to this great post from Rian Van Der Merwe …
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Core Intuition 215
On this week’s Core Intuition, Daniel and I start with a recap of Daniel’s time at the …
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Disappointed in ticket prices for the Warriors game in San Antonio in March. We’ve already …
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Ended up cancelling Gauges. No complaints, it served me well for 2 years. I exported the most …
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Now that I’m using Jetpack for most of my WordPress sites, I’m tempted to just stick …
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Twitter and the cost of links
Federico Viticci covers the news that Twitter will expand from 140 characters to 10,000, nicknaming …
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Finished writing up some more thoughts on the Twitter 10k-character length change, for posting to my …
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A8 or A9 for the iPhone 6C
I’ve talked about my hope for a new 4-inch iPhone several times on Core Intuition, and a few …
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I love Matt Mullenweg’s long tradition of blogging each year on his birthday, with a look back …
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Remember last week when I said I wouldn’t register any new domains? Well, decided to grab …
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Timetable episode 5
I just published episode 5 of my new short-format podcast, Timetable. I’m having a lot of fun …
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Looks like old Yfrog and Twitvid URLs are broken, and some Twitpic ones too. I thought Twitter would …
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Starting to get some nice feedback on my new podcast. People like “microcast”, too. …
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Posted another episode of my new Timetable podcast. Realizing now that the short format will allow …
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New podcast: Timetable
I’m launching a new podcast today. For a while I’ve felt like there could be something …
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I’ve been experimenting with starting a new podcast. I’ve recorded 4 episodes now, so …
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Dave on short blog posts
Dave Winer gives 3 reasons why you should be posting short items to your blog, including:
"Maybe …
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WordPress drafts workflow
Since moving to WordPress, I haven’t changed much with how I write blog posts. But there are …
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Excited about the first episode of Canvas, a new Relay FM show from Federico Viticci and Fraser …
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Trying to update my iPhone 4S from iOS 7 to 8, so it’s still useful as a test device. Not easy …
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Core Intuition in 2016
The first Core Intuition episode of 2016 is out. We talk about Twitter’s potential …
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Spending more time with the audio editor Ferrite. It’s one of the most impressive iPad apps …
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Not a good start to the day. I’ve been preoccupied and frustrated by this Twitter 10k news, …
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DNS consolidation
Feels like years in the making, but I’ve finally moved all my domain names to a single …
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Twitter's 10k limit
First, Twitter experimented with changing the timeline, so it’s not strictly …
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Lighter, faster mobile web
Speaking of the health of the open web, Maciej Cegłowski gave a talk on web page bloat at the Web …
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Created a new WordPress blog for something today. Going to be tinkering with it throughout the week …
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Switched to only drinking tea over the holidays. Today’s the first day with the kids back to …
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Hyperlinks and saving the web
Hossein Derakhshan spent 6 years in jail in Iran because of his blog. Now, with the clarity of …
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Noticed that LongPosts.com is gone. I only had one meaningful post there, so I’ve moved it …
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Increasingly frustrated to type on the iPad Pro. The software keyboard changes depending on whether …
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Apple Watch still pretty great
Stephen Hackett posted an Apple Watch follow-up recently. He has mostly stopped wearing it:
"The …
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I’ve been working on the first few posts for 2016, and stumbled into a bit of nostalgia …
December 2015
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Happy New Year! We just posted episode 213 of Core Intuition.
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Star Wars seems a good time to get back into comics. Browsed around in Comixology and also picked up …
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Just in time for the holidays, we posted Core Intuition 212. Daniel and I talk about the iTunes …
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Lowline Park
Nice write-up at The Verge on the proposed Lowline Park, an underground park built in an old trolley …
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Finally saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens yesterday, and woke up today still thinking about it. Very …
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Went in to Honda service for a simple oil change and slow tire leak. They quickly added other …
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Core Intuition 211 and fallback plans
Today on Core Intuition, Daniel and I talk about my time at the tvOS Tech Talk and the recent …
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Phil Schiller and the App Store
Apple announced some leadership changes today, including that Phil Schiller will now lead the App …
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One day Apple will make “Processing” an uploaded iOS build faster. Can’t wait.
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Forgot to watch the Republican debate last night, and now that I’ve reviewed a few of the …
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Decided to bring my iPad Mini to the tvOS Tech Talk today instead of the iPad Pro. Just much more …
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Core Intuition 210
On the latest Core Intuition, we talk about open source Swift, it’s potential for web server …
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Christmas tree shopping day. Good excuse to test whether emoji works in my microblogging tools. 🎄
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Thinking about starting an “iPad Pro work day” where I use the iPad Pro exclusively all …
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Just noticed the completely redesigned dashboard over at Parse.com. Looks really good.
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Lots to work on and finish today. Started the morning with breakfast tacos and coffee, hoping to …
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Still a “maybe”, but sounds like March for an iPhone 6C according to 9to5mac.com.
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Missed the U2 concert last night, so put the replay from HBO on in the background while I work …
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Nice that the new iPhone 6S case charges via Lightning and displays the battery percentage in iOS, …
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ESPN sidebar microblog
I like what ESPN is doing in the sidebar on their NBA scores page. It’s a timeline of both …
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Last night's Spurs game
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Riverwalk at the King William district
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WordPress podcast and Calypso
I’ve become quite the fan of WordPress and Automattic over the last year, since finally …
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Swift and Core Intuition 209
Like many developers, I’ve spent the morning looking over the Swift open source release. I …
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Happy to see more rumors of a new 4-inch iPhone over at MacRumors.
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I knew it was December, but didn’t really hit me until today that months have gone by without …
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Getting ready to record another episode of Core Intuition. You can bet we’ll be talking about …
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Too late to save the MAS?
You’ve probably heard the news about Sketch. I found this section of their announcement the …
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It’s time to stop giving Apple a pass on this Lightning audio cable rumor. Seems very …
November 2015
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Annoyed going back to Photoshop for some iPhone mockups, after a few months exclusively using Sketch …
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Apple Pencil, for real
As we talk about on Core Intuition episode 208, I finally got an Apple Pencil. It’s great. My …
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So many people have created a /now page, there’s a new site at nownownow.com with author …
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Still can’t believe that crazy Clippers/Warriors game last night. But somewhere in there is …
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A diverse community through writing
I read a lot of weblogs. RSS is a great way to keep up with sites that update infrequently, or that …
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Six Colors and the iPad Pro
Jason Snell has posted his initial thoughts on using the iPad Pro:
"What the past few days have …
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I haven’t seen Adele’s When We Were Young show up on Apple Music yet, so I used Audio …
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Blips microblog
Jussi Pekonen has relaunched his weblog, with a new focus on microblogging:
"I want to own all …
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Wrote for a while today on the iPad Pro (using the software keyboard, typing with 4 fingers like …
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Great video from Studio Neat showing how they make each Apple TV remote stand: …
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Stopped by the Apple Store this morning to try out the Pencil. It’s incredibly good. Sounds …
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Core Intuition 206
Yesterday we published episode 206 of Core Intuition. From the show notes:
"Daniel returns from …
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Developing for the iPad Pro
Let’s start with a quote from the MacStories review by Federico Viticci:
"For developers, …
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4-inch iPhone rumors
In the spirit of replying to podcast topics with blog posts, I have some comments after listening to …
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New morning routine: make coffee, then check the Apple Pencil page for in-store availability. I bet …
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The incomplete iPad Pro
I ordered my iPad Pro online and picked it up in the store today. My excitement for this device is …
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“I’m not used to having 10 points.” — LaMarcus Aldridge and the future of the …
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Stars vs. hearts and Twitter's decline
In an essay about Twitter written in 2014, Ben Thompson described why he believed in the service: …
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On today’s Core Intuition, Daniel and I talk about public speaking, being inspired by Mac …
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Found via Paul Kafasis, REI is closing for Black Friday to encourage their employees to spend time …
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Going to drive downtown for lunch and a meeting today, so ready to queue up the first episode of …
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Changing stars to hearts seems like something to do when you’ve run out of new ideas. Maybe …
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Looks like a great new product: 1Password for Teams. Makes a lot of sense for the AgileBits folks to …
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RSS for microblogs
RSS is solid. It’s lasted a long time with very few changes, and forms the foundation for …
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Over 2 years ago I backed the movie Anomalisa on Kickstarter. Today the trailer is out, and …
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Daniel Jalkut has a nice MarsEdit “quick post” script on the Red Sweater blog. Great for …
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Accelerated Mobile Pages from Google
The project technical overview for AMP has the goals and basic info. In a nutshell, the new format …
October 2015
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Apps on the new Apple TV
We’ve had fun since Friday exploring the App Store on the Apple TV. There are a lot of …
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The now page
Last week, Derek Sivers had a great idea. We’re constantly writing about the things we care …
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Pouring rain in Austin, and worse elsewhere in central Texas. Hope folks are staying safe on the …
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When working with someone, the difference between asking for something and telling them to do …
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Medium.com updates
Ev Williams announced a batch of new Medium features recently:
"There’s always another level. …
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Gravity and the App Store
Dan Moren, writing at Six Colors about the rejected app Gravity:
"Really, what Apple needs is a …
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Release Notes 2015
The best blog posts we write are as much for ourselves as for our readers. That’s one of the …
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Myke Hurley at Release Notes
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A great developer can come from anywhere
It’s March 2009, the height of SXSW in Austin before the conference gets too big for itself. …
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Core Intuition 202 and Thoroughly Considered (and stickers!)
We posted episode 202 of Core Intuition yesterday. This was a fun episode because we didn’t …
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Monday morning. 1) Wake up and have breakfast. 2) Make coffee. 3) Delete __nullable from any …
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Caught the first Spurs preseason game last night on NBA League Pass (via a VPN tunnel, because of …
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Core Intuition 201
Today we published episode 201 of Core Intuition. From the show notes:
"Daniel and Manton discuss …
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Scott Knaster visits the Steve Jobs movie office
Scott Knaster blogged about his day advising the crew of the new Steve Jobs movie:
"Every room …
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Finished reading The Martian. I had picked it up a couple months ago but didn’t get far, so …
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Jack Dorsey to lead Twitter again
Three years ago today I posted my last personal tweet. That time and distance away from mainstream …
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Took my daughter to see The Iron Giant: Signature Edition in the movie theater yesterday. It …
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The new iTunes Connect redesign really is quite a nice improvement. Good work, Apple.
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Core Int 200 with Marco
Last night we published our 200th episode of Core Intuition. To mark the milestone, Daniel and I …
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We recorded episode 200 of Core Intuition yesterday with a special guest. Should be posted later …
September 2015
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The Lightbox
In 1999, I started a link weblog to collect news about animated films. I updated it for a few years, …
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iAd hypocrisy
I was looking for a different old post in my archives, and stumbled on this one: “I hope iAd …
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Sitting out on the front porch with the kids for the lunar eclipse. Great view of the moon.
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Added a 3D Touch quick action to my in-progress iOS app. Almost makes me want to actually order an …
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This week’s Core Intuition is out with a discussion about new and old iPhones, the latest …
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I probably shouldn’t have started installing watchOS 2.0 right before needing to leave the …
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Looking forward to NSDrinking tonight, 8pm at Radio Coffee & Beer.
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Instagram hits 400 million users
From Graham Spencer at MacStories, commenting on the latest Instagram numbers and that the service …
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Complete mirror of this blog
I’ve been blogging here for 13 years. If you take any random post from that first year, the …
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Steve Jobs and ET
I watched two documentaries last week. The first was “Steve Jobs: The Man in the …
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Peace, indies, and the App Store
You’ve probably heard that Marco Arment has pulled his content-blocking app Peace from the App …
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Core Intuition and ATP this week
On this week’s Core Intuition, Daniel and I spend the whole show talking about the Apple TV. …
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Wrap-up thoughts on the TV web
I’m going to mostly let John Gruber have the last word on the Apple TV vs. the web debate, …
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Expecting two packages today: the new Apple TV, and my new iPhone 5S (32 GB, space gray).
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2015, the year that web server logs mattered again. Can’t trust the numbers from Google …
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I put Ghostery on my Mac. Only problem so far is I must have been a little aggressive about enabling …
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I very rarely file bug reports with Apple, but I did write up a quick one for WebKit on tvOS. Radar …
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Peace for the web
I haven’t paid too much attention to ad blocking until this week, even though I had been …
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The web without HTML
On Twitter, Alex Fajkowski responded to my blog post about tvOS with this:
"They have access to …
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The new A8-based iPod Touch would be my ideal phone if it had cellular. Maybe a 6C will still happen …
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Evan Williams on indie web sites
From a rough transcript of an interview with Evan Williams:
"The idea won’t be to start a …
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Every device needs the web
In a widely-linked post to Medium, Daniel Pasco writes about the problem of not having WebKit …
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Glen Keane drawing in 3D
Here’s a wonderful video of Glen Keane drawing with VR goggles. I’ve been watching and …
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Web history and IPFS
Dave Winer on the continued disappearance of old web sites:
"I've tried to sound the alarms. …
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Recorded right after yesterday’s Apple event, Core Intuition 197 is now out. Our reaction to …
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Apple’s hitting their stride now. Two brand new development platforms in a year. I’ve …
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No last-minute predictions for me. I’m mostly curious at this point about the pressure on the …
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Marco's mic review and the quality trade-off
Marco’s review of his favorite microphones is comprehensive. You can’t go wrong by …
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Podcast interviews and the new Riverfold
I was interviewed for two podcasts recently. The first is the CocoaConf Podcast. Daniel Steinberg …
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Looking for a train in Scott
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Sometimes I forget I’m not a full-time blogger. Accidentally spent all morning writing instead …
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On the latest Core Intuition, we preview the September 9th Apple event with a discussion of new …
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Watch form over function
Everyone’s thinking the same thing: Samsung’s new smartwatch looks significantly better …
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Doubt, part 2
The flip side to the optimism of my last post is the hard reality that sometimes the doubt is …
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Sad to notice that the First & 20 web site appears to be gone. It’s still preserved on …
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Ordered a couple of those Amazon Dash buttons (for coffee and ziplock bags) because the launch deal …
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Finished writing a basic XML-RPC parser this morning. I forgot how verbose that format is. …
August 2015
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I bought the DVD months ago, but finally set aside some time yesterday to watch Ghibli’s The …
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Doubt, with screenshots
My good friend and Core Intuition co-host Daniel Jalkut isn’t convinced. After we recorded …
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Added push notifications to the new iPhone app. Still kind of feels like magic when all of that …
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We’re nearing episode 200… New episode of Core Intuition out this week, talking about …
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Startup life and Medium
Pretty hilarious guide to San Francisco startup life from Padlet on Medium. Here’s just one …
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Rediscovered using the Safari web inspector to debug a UIWebView running in an iPhone app. So …
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NSDrinking is on for this Thursday 8pm, back indoors for the summer at the Ginger Man. Hope to see …
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Really wish I could use TestFlight for Xcode 7 / iOS 9 builds. I like having Fabric around for daily …
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On this week’s Core Intuition, we talk about my trip to Europe, working while on vacation, the …
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Acorn 5
Flying Meat’s Acorn 5 is out. I’ve been using the beta for a while and it’s a …
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Built a documentation site for my new project this morning, powered by Jekyll. I’m either …
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Relay FM's first year
Casey Liss summarizes the excellent first year of new podcast network Relay FM:
"Last year, I was …
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Once again struggled for hours getting something very simple to work in Ember.js. Finally solved it, …
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Remember when I said yesterday that I had adopted some Swift shared code to use in my app and it was …
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I still don’t think Swift is for me, but I integrated some open source Swift code into the app …
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I will return to Twitter when...
As I’m catching up on some news, two posts today about Twitter caught me eye. First, very big …
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Back from Europe
After blogging every day for a couple weeks at the end of July, I decided to take a break while my …
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Maybe when most American families visit France, they don’t spend the first full day at …
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Riposte push server crowdfunding
Back in April, the App.net app Riposte was removed from sale. Riposte wasn’t just the best …
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Starting over
“Am I always starting over
In a brand new story?
Am I always back at one
After all I’ve …
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You know leaving a job is for real when they disable your email account.
July 2015
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Two weeks notice: unfinished work
Three weeks ago I had about a dozen open Jira tickets. Today, my last day with the company, most of …
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Two weeks notice: Core Int 192
Continuing from last week’s Core Intuition, today Daniel and I talk more about how things are going …
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Terrible wi-fi again. I don’t usually notice, but then try to upload a 20 MB file and it wants …
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Two weeks notice: health insurance
I mentioned in my first post in this series that I need to figure out healthcare for my family now …
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I published the 1000th post to my blog this morning. After 13 years, seems like there should be …
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Floyd Norman’s sketch of Steve Jobs
Disney Legend Floyd Norman has an excellent blog, usually recollecting on the early days of the Walt …
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NeXTEVNT and Song of the Sea
WWDC 2015 now feels like it took place in the distant past, not a month ago. For the last few years …
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Two weeks notice: accounting
Bookkeepers, accountants, lawyers… I should get one of those at some point. Instead I seem to …
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Two weeks notice: press reviews
I need to set aside some time to contact folks in the press about my new project. I can tell just …
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After installing the latest El Capitan beta, went a few hours this morning without realizing that …
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It’s so tempting when learning a new framework to give up and do things the wrong way, just to …
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I get so used to fast, reliable wi-fi that when everything breaks down it’s much more …
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Two weeks notice: final pull request
With just 5 days left at my regular job, it’s time to get serious about wrapping up my work. I …
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Two weeks notice: moving too fast
For the first time in weeks, we had nothing going on this morning and could sleep in. After a late …
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Discovered today that the Gowalla blog still exists. Last updated 3 years ago, but still good. Love …
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Two weeks notice: Core Int 191
We just published Core Intuition 191, the first episode recorded since I resigned from my regular …
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Two weeks notice: your business model is wrong
How is it Friday already? I have just one week left at my regular job. In addition to looking at …
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Two weeks notice: it just works out
John Saddington, who develops the Mac blog editor Desk, pointed to one of my recent posts and wrote: …
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Two weeks notice: new products
Tonight I worked on some bug fixes to one of the new apps I hope to ship for Riverfold Software. I …
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Two weeks notice: writing documentation
Boy Scouts have a saying: leave no trace. One of its basic principles is that when you pack up your …
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I think it's a bust
The movie Draft Day doesn’t really have any business being good, but somehow it is anyway. I don’t …
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Ordered the board game Small World and it arrived today. Getting started was more complicated than I …
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Two weeks notice: podcast revenue
In my first post I framed the situation as pinning my indie hopes on two things: my own apps and …
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Great to see Becky Hammon lead the San Antonio Spurs to a Summer League championship. The last few …
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Retiring App.net support for Sunlit
Sunlit 1.3.1 shipped today. It’s a minor update focused on fixing bugs, but it is also the first …
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Two weeks notice: the first weekend
I have some big news to share, so obviously I’m going to write a bunch of blog posts about it. This …
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Really enjoying the NBA Summer League games, especially the Austin Spurs d-league players on San …
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For this week’s Core Int we spent the whole episode talking about customer support, …
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Embrace cross-posting
When App.net was first taking off, many microbloggers struggled with how to decide where to post …
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Summer weather in Austin now. It’s the time of year when we start counting down the days until …
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Ev on Twitter third-party devs
Business Insider quotes Evan Williams on the developer-hostile attitude of previous Twitter …
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The new iPod Touch looks like a great device. It’s exactly what I want in my next phone: A8, …
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“We’ll be okay. And I’m going to take my one client and we’re gonna go all the …
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Sneak peek screenshot
Here’s a screenshot of the new microblogging project I’m working on. It’s almost …
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Yesterday I wrote a blog post and ended it with: “Tomorrow anything is possible.” Well, …
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Deciding who we are
Dave Wiskus follows up on the response to his post about Apple Music’s Connect:
"Music is …
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Sent a minor update to Sunlit off to Apple for review. Felt good to take a break from other projects …
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“Choosing the right pricing model for an app is simple… pick anything other than …
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More with Typed.com
Last week I mentioned Typed.com and Elliot Jackson’s tips in the Realmac forums for posting via …
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On the latest Core Int, Daniel and I talk about Safari, Apple’s priorities, and the slow pace …
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Went to a Twitter dev meetup last night at Capital Factory, put on by Twitter’s dev relations …
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Randomly had a long talk with a Leaf owner in the parking lot who doesn’t love his car. He …
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Matt Bonner and the iPhone 6
I’ve always said the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are ginormous. In an interview with the Concord Monitor, …
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Fun apps don’t need clean code
Jared Sinclair says that a successful app has nothing to do with writing clean code. Thinking about …
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Happy July 4th! Going to see Inside Out today. Somehow managed to avoid spoilers this whole time. …
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Too much coffee. Making some kind of impulsive choices today.
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App Store delivery truck
Charles Perry follows up from Brent’s post on the App Store with this point of view:
“Today, the …
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Speaking of Tesla, I’m almost finished reading the new Elon Musk book. Fantastic look behind …
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EV spots are crowded at Whole Foods this afternoon. I was about to take the last spot, but then saw …
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Core Int episode 188 is out. If you have off from work today, or have a weekend away from the …
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Linkblogging and the open web
Dave Winer writes about Circa and their fundamental mistake of not embracing the open web with easy …
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Microblogging with Typed.com
Dan Counsell wrote a long post this week about the planning and executing of Realmac’s crowdfunding …
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Tim Duncan back for another year. Danny Green staying with a 4-year deal. Kawhi with a max contract. …
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Enjoyed working from downtown today until I realized how much the parking garage is probably …
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Disney closing animation park attraction
In a couple weeks, Disney will close its “Magic of Disney Animation” attraction at Hollywood …
June 2015
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“Write the apps you want to write in your free time and out of love for the platform and for …
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Apple Music and free Beats 1
Apple Music launched today with iOS 8.4. Christina Warren has an early review for Mashable, in …
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Why is there only one Internet Archive?
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Automattic and WordPress.com celebrate their first decade in business. From an open source project …
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Paul Krugman on the triumph for Obamacare
Writing his op-ed for the New York Times, Paul Krugman reacts to just before and after the Supreme …
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Don’t solve everything
When I talk about microblogging, sometimes I get feedback asking what we should do about cross-site …
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Types of news readers
Brent Simmons describes how he sees news readers as falling into 3 general types: casual newspaper, …
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On episode 187 of Core Intuition: thoughts from WWDC about watchOS 2.0, Ello and the challenge of …
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This is really big news for IFTTT: the Maker Channel for connecting to any web service that can make …
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Four microblogging community tips
Ever since writing about my WordPress-based microblog and linking to similar solutions from Seth …
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NSDrinking is on for tonight with a repeat of last month’s venue: Radio Coffee & Beer. …
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Jim Coudal at CreativeMornings
Several years ago, Jim Coudal gave a talk about shifting from client work to product work. I …
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The Focus Course
Today, Shawn Blanc launched The Focus Course. Originally conceived as a book on productivity, it …
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First time at a waterpark with the Apple Watch. It got splashed and sunk and plenty wet, even if I …
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Overall quite happy with the IFTTT recipe for posting to App.net, but noticed that any inline links …
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Microblog timelines, Project Lightning, and River.js
I said that one important facet to microblogging is the timeline experience. This is a basic …
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MacStories covers Apple’s reversal on the Apple Music trial. Great news: they will pay …
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Why Ello isn’t enough
Last week, to not much fanfare at all because nearly everyone had already lost interest, Ello …
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Taylor Swift and the Apple Music trial
Taylor Swift writes on her blog (via iMore) that she’s hopeful Apple will be the first company to …
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We just published episode 186 of Core Intuition. This is our first recording after WWDC 2015, with …
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Very happy with the way my blog has been shaping up lately, with a mix of essays and short posts. …
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More quick blogging workflows
I had a great conversion with Seth Clifford one night at WWDC, about writing and blogging. We all …
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Still going through basketball withdrawals. Signed up for the WNBA streaming pass so I can watch …
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I rolled out fixes to Searchpath yesterday to allow SSL hosting of the JavaScript include and …
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We need more bad ideas
Shawn Blanc has been publishing a series of essays leading up to his new book and online course, The …
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Microblogging with WordPress
I wrote at a high level how I improved my microblogging workflow before WWDC, but I’d like to use …
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HipChat outage
HipChat explains what happened with their outage on Monday. Part of it was a reconnection bug in the …
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Spoke too soon about switching away from Network Solutions. Transferring .io domains requires a …
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Looks like I can finally transfer my .io domains away from Network Solutions to DNSimple. Taking …
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iOS 9 search
Federico Viticci has a comprehensive write-up about Apple’s approach to search in iOS 9, including …
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Looks like the Warriors are on their way to a championship. What an amazing season.
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That’s how you finish a half. Turning into a good game in Cleveland.
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Golden State off to a good start with shooting. Still hoping for a game 7. Cleveland needs to cut it …
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Amazon Echo
Dan Moren wrote on Six Colors last month about the Amazon Echo. On the voice recognition working so …
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I’ve been slowly losing interest in Game of Thrones, and last night’s season finale …
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Apple News and RSS
Daniel Jalkut has an optimistic take on Apple News. He doesn’t think it is comparable to centralized …
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Working from Radio Coffee & Beer. Hot afternoon outside, iced coffee, some code to write. …
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WWDC 2015, basketball, and cartoons
Throughout the week I posted about WWDC to my microblog, but I thought I’d write a longer post …
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Dusted off some Mac app code to require Mac OS X 10.11. I don’t usually enjoy ripping out old …
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Jurassic World was the expected formula but they put everything into it: nods to the past films, …
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Back in Austin getting into the flow of work and catching up on things. Listening to some WWDC …
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Flight out of Phoenix left minutes before we landed from San Francisco. Layover is now 3 hours. …
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My flight is a couple hours delayed out of SFO, so expect there will be a missed connection or a lot …
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Finally made it over to AltConf this morning for a great session on syncing small data and …
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Clever code and WWDC
In his 9th essay about avoiding crashes in your code, Brent Simmons writes about learning to be even …
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Needed to escape from the city for the afternoon so I went out to the Walt Disney Family Museum. …
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John Gruber really knocked it out of the park with tonight’s live The Talk Show. Phil Schiller …
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Hanging out at Sightglass Coffee this morning to catch up on email and follow WWDC news.
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CloudKit Web Services may be the biggest news of the conference so far. I didn’t think Apple …
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New multitasking features on the iPad for iOS 9 look fantastic. I’ve been wanting the split …
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Good updates to the Mac and iOS so far. Not sure about this watchOS spelling though.
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At the Release Notes viewing party for the WWDC keynote live stream. No last-minute predictions. …
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Surprisingly quite a few Cavs fans at the game. Warriors fans were bummed at the end, but the arena …
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Great slow afternoon in San Francisco — burritos in the Mission, good coffee. Took the BART to …
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Maybe I should pack for WWDC, but instead I’m figuring out the best way to print out a booklet …
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Camping last night at McKinney Falls, woke up this morning and checked into my flight from the tent. …
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The pre-WWDC episode of Core Intuition is ready. If you’ve never listened to the podcast …
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New wish list for WWDC 2015: just make iTunes Connect faster.
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Slept on it, but no change in my opinion that Apple telling AltConf not to show WWDC videos is a …
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Such a great game and close the whole way, I figured someone would pull away in overtime, just …
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Golden State and Cleveland tied with 30 seconds left. Can’t ask for more than that from game …
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Must’ve had too much coffee today. Editing this podcast and I feel like I could listen and …
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Hilarious and excellent tool for putting some fun back in GitHub commit messages: …
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Google Photos
Tim Cook spoke recently about privacy and cloud services:
“You might like these so-called free …
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Getting pretty excited for game 1 of the NBA finals tonight. Could be a great series.
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Just noticed that art from Song of the Sea will be up at the Cartoon Art Museum. Looking forward to …
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Ramping up productivity after a slow start today. Had lunch outside, now coffee and work from Whole …
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Great time tonight chatting with folks at Houndstooth for Cafe Bedouins. Felt like a warmup for …
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Brent resigns from Q Branch
Brent Simmons, still an Omni employee, has decided to part ways with his Q Branch founders to focus …
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A day without the Apple Watch so far: not a fan. I don’t need it, but I do miss it.
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Austin rain
I think it has finally stopped raining in Austin. Starting to look like summer again: Contrast with …
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Was feeling pretty great that I had breakfast and a beta app submitted to TestFlight before 7am. But …
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WordPress microblog posting from Do Note
I finally have a great use for IFTTT’s Do Note app. I’ve wired it up to my WordPress blog so that I …
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Now using IFTTT’s Do Note for quick microblog posting. Goes to WordPress with the right format …
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Took a little time this morning to improve the CSS for my microblog posts. Also added links to the …
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One week until WWDC. My predictions? That I’ll have a great time in the city for a few days …
May 2015
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I actively try to avoid Google services, but Google Photos is compelling. I’m giving it a try. …
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We’re mixing it up for NSDrinking tonight. New venue this month: Radio Coffee & Beer, …
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Twitter Island
To cope with his dislike for how Twitter treats the microblog part of their platform, Brent Simmons …
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Cancelled cable TV again
We went probably 10 years without cable TV, then splurged a couple years ago — HBO, Showtime, the …
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Watermark transition plan
I sent an email to Watermark customers over the weekend, letting them know that the service as it …
April 2015
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Listen to me talk about my new Apple Watch and what I think it means for developers. Core Intuition …
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Used Apple Pay on my watch to pay for coffee this morning. Very smooth experience.
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Searchpath improvements
As part of a renewed commitment this year to work on my web app Searchpath, I’ve just rolled out a …
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Core Int jobs testimonials
We’ve been lucky to see some great job listings appear on Core Intuition Jobs. Companies are getting …
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Core Int 180 and Slack
We posted this week’s Core Intuition late last night. This episode is all about WWDC tickets, …
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John Siracusa’s unbreakable record
I’ve been watching a lot of NBA games this season. I’ve caught well over half of the Spurs’s 82 …
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To make the finals again, the Spurs will have to go through the 3 best teams in the western …
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Textshots
Federico Viticci of MacStories provides some context for so-called textshots with the upcoming …
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WWDC 2015 dates
WWDC will be June 8-12 this year, with a lottery for ticket selection. I’m not going to put my name …
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Goodbye Riposte
Jared Sinclair announces that Riposte will no longer be available:
“As part of an agreement …
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True cost of the Apple Watch
Kirk McElhearn writes (via Thomas Brand) that when you include the cost of buying an iPhone, the …
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Nice quick impressions from Marco after trying on the various Apple Watches and using the new …
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If you missed pre-ordering an Apple Watch in time, maybe this brilliant Apple II Watch will cheer …
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I said on the podcast today that I would just wake up early instead of staying up until 2am CST. …
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This week for Core Intuition, we share our Apple Watch thoughts before pre-order day and discuss …
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New social networks for Apple Watch
The Verge highlights 6 apps that show the promise of third-party apps on the watch. About Twitter: …
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When I think of the latest startup to launch at SXSW, I remember this drawing I made 4 years ago. …
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I’m fascinated with Periscope, but at times it also seems like the worst kind of unedited, draft …
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I was thinking last night that I might skip the Apple Watch for now, and instead get one for my wife …
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Conferences in cool places
Last week my Instagram timeline included a bunch of really beautiful photos from folks in Ireland …
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No perfect iPhone size
Some people bought the iPhone 6 and then went back to the 5S. Some people bought the iPhone 6 Plus …
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If a tree falls
There’s no denying the fact that my writing would have a greater reach today if I was still active …
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Call me crazy but I still believe a 1-person company with a great idea and just the right focus can …
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How to start a microblog
All my short, microblog-style posts go to my own weblog first, and also get cross-posted manually to …
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On April 10th, two things go on sale: Apple Watch and Spurs playoff tickets. Maybe I’ll skip …
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On the latest Core Int: follow-up on NSBundle, Xcode quality, and a debate about unit testing. …
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Waiting out trademarks
Not long after I launched Tweetmarks in 2011, I realized that there was a trademark for that name, …
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Great update out to Napkin. The new web site has also been redesigned and looks fantastic.
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Nearly every day, the top visited page on riverfold.com is for a product that I discontinued 3 years …
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Footnotes follow-up (and the Newton)
I expected to get a little more negative feedback on my footnotes blog post than I did. Most …
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Jordan Breeding
Last week at NSDrinking we had one of our biggest turnouts yet. At one point, we’re talking about …
March 2015
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“I’m a grown man, and I like a splash of colour here and there. Life’s too short, and too damned …
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Footnotes
Stephen Hackett recently linked to the footnote JavaScript library Bigfoot.js:
“It works great on …
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Nimoy’s last tweet
Over two years ago, I carefully planned my final tweets so that they would serve as a proper closing …
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Ephemeral blogging
Thomas Brand has changed his blog to let short link-style posts essentially expire off his site, …
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Took some time last night to upgrade an upcoming web app to Ruby 2.1 and Sidekiq instead of Resque. …
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Core Intuition episode 177: iPhone games, NSConference 7, NSBundle and old APIs, and more.
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Criticizing Apple
Marco Arment reacts to the idea that he’s withholding criticism:
“As anyone who’s read my site …
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Short and sweet job posts
I’ve been very happy to see the variety and high quality of jobs listed on our Core Intuition Jobs …
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On today’s Core Intuition: Apple Watch prices, CIA hacking, Medium’s custom domains, …
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Follow-up to my earlier post about Medium: custom domains are a great step in the right direction, …
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“Is the MacBook the computer for the rest of us, or a scheme to sell white USB dongles starting at …
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Medium as the new Twitter
Daniel Jalkut had some fun recently, exploring whether Medium’s improvements to posting are turning …
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Great talk by Joe Cieplinski at the MCE 2015 conference in Warsaw about becoming an independent …
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Smaller phones again
Michael Tsai is collecting excerpts from people who have written about going back to the iPhone 5S …
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Very busy (and the watch)
Yesterday this weblog turned 13 years old. I don’t usually miss the anniversary; it’s a nice time to …
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We published episode 175 of Core Int late last night. This should’ve been last week’s …
February 2015
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Apple car speculation, the upcoming Apple Watch launch, and the idea of overpaying by $10,000 for …
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Slack is a lot more successful than I thought they’d be, now with 500,000 daily active users …
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On the latest Core Intuition, we follow up on App Store rejections, react to Swift 1.2 and Tim …
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iPhone 6 Plus is still huge
Seth Clifford goes back to the iPhone 6 after a long time with the Plus:
“I was convinced that …
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Typed.com and the state of blogging
Typed.com from Realmac Software looks great. Set to launch later this year, crowdfunding for the …
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“I arrange all the app icons in my dock by color because that’s the only way I’ll remember …
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Minimal UXKit
Brent Simmons reacts to the news that the upcoming Photos app for Mac uses a private UXKit …
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Core Intuition 171
On this week’s Core Intuition:
"Daniel and Manton touch again on the subject of killing off …
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Elon Musk
Just finished reading this great interview with Elon Musk in Wired, after somehow missing it when it …
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After a week hanging around in Apple’s Resolution Center, Sunlit 1.3 was approved and went …
January 2015
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On this week’s episode of Core Intuition, Daniel and I talk about some setbacks while trying …
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Swift or Android
I was nodding my head while listening to the latest Developing Perspective yesterday. David Smith …
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Sunlit 1.3 is a little delayed because it was rejected by Apple for opening Safari to let the user …
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Snippets category paging
Today I fixed some URL-related issues with this blog since moving to WordPress. Clicking through …
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Core Intuition 169
Last night we published episode 169 of Core Intuition. As we’ve done on a couple recent …
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“They really are trying to invent the future here. And they’re a lot further along than …
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We’re hoping the rain lets up a little tonight for NSDrinking, but if not we’ll grab a …
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Tweet Library 2.7 and promising features
Last year I wrote that I would be removing Tweet Library from the App Store at the end of December, …
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Great to see Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack 3 released today. It’s a huge update and …
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After a long holiday break, we posted episode 168 of Core Intuition over the weekend — a full hour …
December 2014
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On the latest episode of Core Intuition we talk about Daniel’s Swift code, discuss Git vs. …
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Updated Tweet Marker extension
I updated the Tweet Marker Safari extension to version 1.2 today. This version fixes the extension …
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Core Int and Hour of Code
We were lagging a little after the Thanksgiving break, so we posted two episodes of Core Intuition …
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So busy last week that we didn’t post Core Intuition 165 until yesterday. We talk about …
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For the first time in a few years, I have a $0/month Heroku bill. Finished moving one remaining …
November 2014
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We’re taking the week off from the Core Intuition podcast. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Lots …
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Twitter in 2 years
Marco predicts that third-party Twitter apps will lose half of their users within the next 2 years: …
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Mailing list for new project
I’ve been working on something new around microblogging. Some people have guessed at what it …
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Winding down my Twitter apps
I’m the guest on this week’s Mac Power Users podcast. In addition to workflow and apps I …
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Core Intuition 164 went live today. WatchKit, conference presenting, why Slack is worth $1 billion …
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Because of Thanksgiving next week, NSDrinking is tonight! 8pm at The Ginger Man. Consider it a …
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My new electric car
10 years ago, when everyone else had cable, we were sick of the monthly bill and the mindlessly …
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Made a difficult decision about the future of my Twitter-related products today. Full blog post and …
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We posted Core Intuition episode 163 this weekend, with a discussion of Apple’s offices …
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Found an old collection of tweets from the 2011 NBA playoffs. Excited for tonight’s games: …
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Coffee and breakfast tacos at Whole Foods this morning while I work. I plugged in my new Nissan Leaf …
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Voted today. I’m not very hopeful this year for a favorable outcome, but who knows for sure …
October 2014
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On this week’s Core Intuition, Daniel and I discuss celebrities in tech and the often slow …
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Small Empires is back for season 2. The first episode profiles Atlanta-based startup Partpic. Great …
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Microsoft Band is what I thought the Apple Watch was going to be. More focused, good battery, cross …
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Twitpic archive at Twitter
The story of Twitpic shutting down has a better ending now:
"We weren’t able to find a way to …
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Taylor Swift's 1989
I took my daughters to see Taylor Swift last year and we had a great time. I own a couple of her …
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Yosemite toolbars
Jason Snell writes about some of the inconsistencies in Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, such as how only a …
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Twitter Flight follow-up
Mat Honan has a long article covering the Twitter Flight announcements. On understanding why Twitter …
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Core Intuition with Brent Simmons
Daniel and I welcomed Brent Simmons on the Core Intuition podcast this week. Here’s Brent on …
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NSDrinking is tonight, 8pm at The Ginger Man. Schedule will probably shift a little for the holidays …
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On the eve of Twitter Flight
Twitter’s new mobile developer conference is tomorrow. Marco Arment writes about whether …
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Core Intuition 159
Daniel and I just published Core Intuition 159. It’s an episode of endings: the last …
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Making RSS real-time
One of the critiques of RSS feeds in a world dominated by Facebook and Twitter is that RSS just …
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iPhone 6 Plus and iPod
Kirby Turner wrote about needing an iPhone 6 Plus as a developer but not really wanting one as a …
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Quiet, cold morning walking through beautiful Old Montreal. I had the square outside Notre-Dame …
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When it rains, it pours. Went back to my hotel room to fix a minor server glitch and found several …
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Tweet Library 2.6.1 is now available in the App Store. It fixes layout problems on the iPad, a crash …
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The unremarkable yesterday
Yesterday you had lunch with friends or family and posted a photo of your food and location to …
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Flying up to Montreal today for Çingleton. Looking forward to catching up with everyone! Great city. …
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RSS reading and writing
I’ve received so much feedback about microblogging that I haven’t had a chance to reply …
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“Twitter in 2014 feels like it has settled into a certain default mode of hostility and …
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Luck being indie
When Gus Mueller recently linked to Paul Kim’s post on being indie, he called out the section …
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Listening to the latest episode of Vector, the only clear solution for iPhone 6 users who want a …
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After getting bogged down in Monday morning email catch-up and other tedious miscellany, nothing …
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Blogging every day
Matt Mullenweg on being challenged to blog every day:
"I thought blogging every day would be a …
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Core Intuition episode 157 is now online. We talk about Brent going to Omni, trends in indie and …
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Tweet Library 2.6
Tweet Library 2.6 shipped today after 13 days waiting for review from Apple. This release adds …
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Remember when Halloween was a single night and not a full season? Some houses in our neighborhood …
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Return to open APIs
In 2014, web app APIs basically look like this:
September 2014
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Tweet Library 2.6 has been “waiting for review” for 11 days now. I know Apple is busy, …
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We finished watching The Roosevelts over the weekend. Fantastic series.
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Omni gets Brent, and a SilverPine update
We are so lucky in the Mac and iOS developer community that there are a number of ways to be …
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Updated feeds
When I migrated to WordPress and started a microblog section on this site, the RSS feeds …
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Core Intuition 156
Episode 156 of Core Intuition is out. Daniel and I discuss the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and what they …
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NSDrinking is on for this Thursday night at The Ginger Man in Austin. Starts at 8pm, though …
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Lunch at the new Fork and Taco on Burnet today. Really good. Only regret is that I didn’t order 3. …
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Core Intuition 155 and microblogging
This week on Core Intuition we follow up on Apple news, then discuss the sale of Unread and all the …
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Maybe I do need a day phone and a night phone. In the evenings I’ll use the …
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Microblog links
Brent Simmons points to my post on microblogs and asks:
"Is the web we lost gone forever? Was it …
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Made it down to Houndstooth for Cafe Bedouins for the first time in months, maybe all year. Austin …
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Lost in the wilderness
Great post by Gus Mueller on losing your way in a project:
"Maybe you've been making foundational …
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I should stop writing this blog post complaining about people who complain about U2. Lots of real …
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“If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it …
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Defining a microblog post
I’m working on a new project around timelines and microblogs. It consumes RSS feeds, so …
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Fixed the RSS feeds. Turns out they were returning valid RSS but with an HTTP 404 header. After …
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Still thinking about yesterday’s iPhone 6 and Apple Watch event. Daniel and I recorded our …
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Transmit for iOS 8
Federico Viticci has the exclusive on Transmit coming to iOS:
"Considering the old limitations of …
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Learning curve with Ember.js is a little greater than I thought at first. Not sure I’m doing …
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I love Beats Music and have been a subscriber since early this year, but decided to cancel to save a …
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The Future Library
The Future Library project will collect writing to be locked away and published for the first time …
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Using Ember.js
Brent Simmons isn’t totally convinced about the new crop of JavaScript frameworks:
"Part of …
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We just posted episode 153 of Core Intuition, covering the upcoming Apple event and other important …
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I used my old iPhone 4S again yesterday for the first time all year. Still think it’s one of …
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Twitpic and what's next
After being threatened by Twitter over trademarks, Twitpic has decided to shut down in 3 weeks: …
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If you’re only going to tweet once every few years, make it count.
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Owning the microblog
I mentioned earlier this year that I really liked how Noah Read posted tweets and photos to his own …
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Sunlit 1.2.1 is now available in the App Store, fixing some problems communicating with Flickr after …
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I registered a new domain name tonight. It uses .today, one of the new crazy top-level domains. I …
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Thank you Movable Type
10 years ago I switched this blog from Radio Userland to Movable Type. Looking back, it’s …
August 2014
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Core Intuition 152
We posted episode 152 of Core Intuition today, with discussion of iCloud Drive, iOS 8, and Yosemite, …
May 2014
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The third era of WWDC
“This is it,” a friend said to me as we were walking up Market Street with other developers, late at …
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Brent’s time at Userland
Brent Simmons has another expanded résumé of sorts, following his post about working at NewsGator. I …
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Preservation State and App Stories
I was the guest on 2 podcasts recently. First, on Preservation State with Philip Mozolak and …
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Twitter or RSS
I use Feed Wrangler as my RSS service, but I like this quote from Feedbin’s Ben Ubois:
“Twitter …
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NewsGator and Sepia Labs
Great post from Brent Simmons, recalling his time at NewsGator. On trying to get Nick Bradbury to …
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Core Intuition 136
The last half of this week’s Core Intuition serves as a follow-up to my recent blog post on Twitter. …
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Apple needs Beats Music
John Gruber asks, on the rumor that Apple will acquire Beats:
“The Beats streaming service is …
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Frozen in time
Many people have written about App.net this week, but I think my favorite line is from this essay by …
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Sunlit 1.2
Sunlit version 1.2 is now available in the App Store. It includes a few minor improvements and one …
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Mlkshk mirror
Last week, in my post about mirroring content, I said:
“When we get into the groove of using a …
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The risk of a small platform
Marco Arment responds to my comment that developers should have seen the potential of the App.net …
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App.net niche
Justin Williams covers several aspects of this week’s App.net news, comparing it to his own …
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Would I go back to Twitter?
Before some of the recent discussion about the future of App.net, Colin Pekruhn asked a question, …
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Core Intuition 135
135 episodes already? Hard to believe. But we’ve been pretty consistently putting out weekly shows …
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Snippets
Right after publishing yesterday’s post on mirroring content, I added a link to IndieWebCamp’s POSSE …
April 2014
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Firesid.es chat with Bill Kunz
Yesterday Bill Kunz was interviewed on Firesides, talking about his app Felix, and life as an indie …
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iOS 7 and UI debt
Jared Sinclair writes about iOS 7 as a squandered year for third-party developers: …
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17 services for hosting and business
While doing our taxes this month, I was a little surprised just how much I spend for various web …
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Twitter ads
I was talking to friends this week about app advertising, and it inspired me to try Twitter ads. …
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Tweet Library 2.5 and consolidation
There’s a new update to Tweet Library out today. Major additions include CSV file export to …
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Photos+ and focus
You may have heard by now that Photos+ has a new home at SilverPine software. My friend Jonathan …
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Tint color misuse
It has been nearly a year since the first iOS 7 beta, and something about tint color still bugs me. …
March 2014
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12 years of blogging
It’s SXSW this weekend, and while I’m again not attending this year, it’s a reminder that today is …
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Like scripts in animation
This line in a blog post on Cartoon Brew made me laugh:
“It’s certainly possible to write a …
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Building Slack
Stewart Butterfield, co-founder of Flickr and his latest company Tiny Speck, published an internal …
February 2014
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Prompt for push notifications
David Smith says to not bother the user with alerts on first launch:
“I have just sorted through …
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Higher standard for Apple
Guy English writes about why Apple was questioned on the fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5S but …
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Getting good at making money
Justin Williams on the challenge of making Glassboard profitable:
“Making money is harder than it …
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Podcast appearances and slides
I forgot to mention a few weeks back that I was a guest on the iPhreaks Show podcast. The format is …
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Core Intuition Jobs
This week we launched the Core Intuition Jobs site on episode 125 of the podcast. The idea was to …
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Sunlit 1.1
Today we shipped version 1.1 of Sunlit, our app for collecting photos and text together to make and …
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Flappy Bird on steroids
On this week’s Core Intuition, we talked a lot about Flappy Bird (and also Threes, and a few other …
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5 years until automation
For over 5 years and 122 episodes, every time we released a new episode of Core Intuition, I …
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37signals rebrands to Basecamp
I first blogged about 37signals a couple times back in 2002, and I’ve been a fan ever since. They …
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Requiring the latest OS
Brent Simmons has a pair of posts on dropping support for older OS releases and how the upgraded …
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Ending the App Store top 200
I was chatting with some developers this week, complaining about this post on spamming the App Store …
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We love music
In my short post about why we chose Mapbox for Sunlit, I said I wanted to use it because the folks …
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New CEO and Windows Azure
While writing about Microsoft’s new CEO, Brent Simmons makes the case for Azure as important …
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13 years
If you’ve been reading my blog for a very long time, or listening to my podcast, you probably know …
January 2014
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Launch Center Pro and Sunlit
I’ve long been a fan of Launch Center Pro, an iPhone app from my local Texas friends David Barnard …
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Launching as a paid app
Dan Counsell has a great post about paid vs. freemium pricing in the App Store, suggesting that paid …
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Core Intuition 121
On the latest episode of Core Intuition, we talk about how the Sunlit launch is going, expanding on …
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Press for Sunlit
We’ve been really happy to see the reviews of Sunlit popping up around the web. With a new type of …
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Sunlit maps
iOS already ships with a mapping framework from Apple that all apps can use, so why did we ignore …
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Sunlit sync and publishing
It was Macworld Expo in 1997, and Steve Jobs had just come back to Apple. Somehow I was lucky enough …
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No coincidence
We released Sunlit yesterday and the response has been really great. It’s so amazing to see all the …
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Why we built Sunlit
You have that feeling when hanging out with friends — everyone snapping pictures of their …
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Never ship, never fail
Andy Brice had a good post recently about shipping:
“Continually abandoning work in progress for …
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Quality photos
I’ve been slowly moving photos to Dropbox over the last year, using the Dropbox camera import …
December 2013
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Killing or selling the product
Nick Bradbury on selling Glassboard to Second Gear:
“When finding a new owner was first …
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The Blue Umbrella holiday calendar
In the 90s I bought a LaserDisc player because it was the best way to get bonus features like …
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Apple’s misunderstood ad
Apple has produced some amazing ads over the years. 1984, introducing the original Mac; the Think …
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200 MB free
I wrote a draft of this post a couple weeks ago while on the road, then gave a summary on Core …
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Your name
Found via Shawn Blanc, CJ Chilvers writes about the reputation of photographers: I look at their …
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No way to live
Two great blog posts yesterday from Brent Simmons that I think are related, though I read one early …
November 2013
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Tweet Marker now paid-only
If you’ve read my blog posts about Tweet Marker over the years, including this one when introducing …
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David Smith’s apps at 5 years
David Smith wrote last week on the 5-year anniversary of shipping his first iPhone app. I started …
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New tiers for Watermark
My account in Watermark right now has 805,182 searchable tweets stored in it — tweets from everyone …
October 2013
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Tweet Library 2.4
The latest version of Tweet Library was approved by Apple last night. It features an updated design …
August 2013
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Waiting for App.net's killer app
Last week, Mat Honan wrote an article for Wired about App.net. It does a great job of capturing the …
July 2013
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Announcing the Tweet Marker developer plan
I’m launching a new paid developer plan for Tweet Marker today. It’s $75/month and includes a new …
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Layered glass
Nate Barham describes iOS 7 as layered glass:
“The best developers will see iOS as an operational …
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Working from coffee shops
Ben Brooks makes several good arguments for working from coffee shops:
“Coffee Shops started …
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Twitter's modern architecture
I love this detailed write-up of the Twitter backend as it exists today. Sending a tweet to your …
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Doug Engelbart and the pace of change
Dave Winer writes about Doug Engelbart and the pace of changing computing systems:
“If you want …
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Photo filters
Rene Ritchie has a nice comparison of black and white filters in iOS 7 and third-party apps:
“To …
June 2013
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Multiplane
“We spend a lot of time on a few great things.” — Designed by Apple in California In 1940, Ub …
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Searchpath open source and themes
I have big news for Searchpath today. The client-side portion of Searchpath is now officially open …
May 2013
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The $229, camera-less iPod Touch
Ahead of WWDC, Apple dropped the 4th-generation iPod Touch from their lineup and replaced it with a …
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5 years of Core Int
Today is the 5th anniversary of Core Intuition. I’m really proud of what Daniel and I have been able …
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Approaching a year with App.net
App.net started 10 months ago as a blog post. I thought it would be interesting to look back on a …
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Tweet Library 2.3
Tweet Library 2.3 shipped last week, and I just submitted an update last night to fix a few crashing …
April 2013
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Searchpath tweaks
I rolled out a few improvements to Searchpath last week. The popover now “fades in” when first …
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Inside product hype
Sometimes the usefulness of a product speaks for itself. Other times the difference between success …
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Upcoming.org archive
Andy Baio reacts to Upcoming.org closing down, rightfully worried that the archive will not be …
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Animation roundup, Richard Williams to Brenda Chapman
Richard Williams turned 80 years old last month. Although his body of work is extensive, including …
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Macworld guest essays
There were a couple special essays on Macworld recently — guest posts from the developer community. …
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The legacy of software as art
This post from Andy Brice, via Simon Wolf on ADN, makes a nice complement to my recent post on …
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Google Fiber in Austin
Google Fiber is coming to Austin next year, with crazy-fast 1 Gbps speeds. It was all over the local …
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Design in grayscale
Adam Keys has several tips for programmers, to make our web sites look better by keeping things …
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RapidWeaver stack for Searchpath
RapidWeaver is a popular web site building app from Realmac Software. It’s got a great Mac UI, a …
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Searching abandoned apps
Ben Lachman has some good suggestions after my post and David Smith’s on what to do with abandoned …
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CocoaConf and Core Intuition 83
We just posted episode 83 of Core Intuition, with a preview of my trip up to Dallas for CocoaConf …
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iPad 1 release day
Shawn Blanc looks back to a post 3 years ago about his experience buying and using the first iPad. …
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Jurewitz on features, pricing
Michael Jurewitz wrote a great post last week on minimum viable products:
“As you look at your …
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More blogging, week wrap-up
My blog posts have always come in waves, ever since I started this blog 11 years ago. I’ll post for …
March 2013
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Searchpath invoices and automation
Here’s a great post from Derek Sivers on not automating everything. Instead, sometimes it’s better …
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Hotline servers
Benj Edwards writes a Hotline retrospective for Macworld:
“The Hotline system consists of three …
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Register a domain name
I like this idea from Dan Gillmor, encouraging each of his students to register a domain name: …
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Climber for ADN
Toward the end of this week’s Core Intuition, we talked a little about the App.net file storage API …
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iCloud sync narrative
Rich Siegel joins the discussion of iCloud syncing problems, adding the most technically …
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iOS text cursor swipe
While I was writing my review of ADN clients, I wondered aloud if Riposte or Felix or some other app …
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Apple and the impression of being small
Jonathan “Wolf” Rentzsch at the C4 conference in 2007 defined indie as simply “non-large”. This …
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Little Outliner
Yesterday Dave Winer and Kyle Shank launched Little Outliner, an impressive JavaScript outliner that …
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Three ADN clients for iPhone
Lots of new people are joining App.net. If you’re one of them, welcome! In this post I’m going to …
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Start small
Every once in a while, I’ll think about this xkcd comic strip. It’s a reminder to me that great …
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No new Apple products yet
Don McAllister is worried that Apple hasn’t announced anything new this year:
“I don’t know about …
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Moving off SendGrid
I’m not going to comment specifically on the substance of the SendGrid and PlayHaven mess because …
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Smartphone religion
Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels, commenting on a Wired essay by Mat Honan:
“Maybe it’s just the …
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App Store old app maintenance
David Smith on cleaning up the App Store:
“The App Store currently has around 800k active apps …
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Twitter API v1.1
My apps Watermark and Tweet Marker were recently updated to version 1.1 of Twitter’s API. I’ve also …
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Kevin Lynch at Apple
John Gruber has a series of posts questioning Apple’s judgement in hiring Kevin Lynch. This one best …
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Replacements for Google Reader
With the success of Tweet Marker, several people suggested I should build a sync server for RSS. …
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Bitsplitting podcast
My friend Daniel Jalkut has launched his new podcast, Bitsplitting. The first episode is an …
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Pricing changes and Watermark Mobile 1.1
I tend to be pretty stubborn about not changing my price. Tweet Library sat at $10 for two years …
February 2013
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Announcing Searchpath
Today I’m happy to announce my new web app: Searchpath. It’s search for your web site or blog with …
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New product coming soon
Last year I started working on something new. It was going to be the first product after I refocused …
January 2013
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Where to archive your tweets
It’s great to see more people get access to their full archive of tweets from Twitter. In addition …
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What makes App.net special
Phillip Gruneich has an interesting post about what’s different about ADN, with thoughts on the …
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Tweet Library 2.2
I posted a couple months ago about my experiment to cut the price of Tweet Library in half. I’ve …
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Aaron Swartz
I met Aaron briefly at SXSW, maybe 8 or 9 years ago, when the conference was still so small you …
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Business vs. user experience
Some companies seem willing to do anything for a profit. The worst domain name registrars and their …
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Three months without Twitter
Over three months ago I stopped using Twitter. I wanted to make a statement — perhaps in an …
December 2012
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iDeveloper Live Christmas podcast
Daniel and I took a week off from Core Intuition for the holidays, but I was a guest on the …
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Rambling about Twitter archives
As 2012 was winding down, I was fascinated with LongPosts.com (built on top of App.net) and so used …
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Safari extension for Tweet Marker
Since introducing the Tweet Marker $1/month subscriber plan earlier this week, I’ve received a few …
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Tweet Marker new subscriber plan
The original goal for Tweet Marker Plus was to help cover the hosting costs for Tweet Marker. It …
November 2012
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Posting from Watermark
Watermark now has App.net posting, replying, and an improved UI for tweeting. You could always tweet …
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Watermark quick copy and more
Watermark had some downtime early last week. While I was able to bring back the server faster and …
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Tweet Library price follow-up
Last month I tried an experiment, lowering the price of Tweet Library for the first time in 2 years. …
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Stream Marker
Watermark now supports App.net’s Stream Marker. You can click a post in Watermark to set its marker, …
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Apology letters
Great essay from Rands on Scott Forstall. It’s one of the first I’ve seen to capture what made …
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Making time for marketing
Like many programmers, I’m often fooled into thinking that it’s enough to build a good product — …
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iPad Mini
From John Gruber’s iPad Mini review:
“If the Mini had a retina display, I’d switch from the iPad …
October 2012
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The Magazine issue 2
The second issue of Marco Arment’s The Magazine is now available, featuring essays by John Siracusa, …
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Watermark shared filters
I rolled out a small but powerful feature last night for Watermark. For a while you’ve been able to …
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What the Tweet Marker award means
It’s been over a year since I launched Tweet Marker, and I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what …
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Watermark for iOS
I have a new iPhone app in the store: Watermark Mobile, a lightweight companion app to Watermark, my …
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Tweet Library price cut
At Çingleton last week, Michael Jurewitz talked about app pricing and the arguments for raising your …
September 2012
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Two more for Watermark: pictures and stars
Following just a week after the Dropbox support in Watermark, I’ve added two new smaller features …
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Watermark export using Dropbox
I’ve been making Watermark better. Sometimes it’s small tweaks or bug fixes; other times, more …
August 2012
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Announcing Watermark
I’m renaming Tweet Marker Plus. Its new name — to better reflect its gradual move away from …
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Justin Williams kills 2 apps
Justin Williams on his decision to stop selling his apps MarkdownMail and Today:
“Financially, it …
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Sparrow and the unlimited indies
Recently I found myself in rare disagreement with Matt Gemmell:
“Indie devs are an endlessly …
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Twitter lock-in
With every day since Twitter’s new rules were announced, my opinion grows stronger that this is the …
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When it disappears
Dave Winer reiterates that we must plan now to preserve our online writing:
“There were far fewer …
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Spoiled by gatekeepers
Amy Hoy writes about master craftsmen and being accountable to your real customers:
“When you …
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10 years of Daring Fireball
Daring Fireball turns 10 years old today. I love this visualization of the posts from those years. …
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App.net's great start
Today, App.net passed its $500,000 funding goal. A few weeks ago when I signed up with my $50, I …
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The new Day One
Shawn Blanc reviews the latest version of Day One, which now supports photos:
“Over the years, …
July 2012
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Journals
Steve Corona on keeping a journal:
“And for the past 1091 days, I’ve been journaling every single …
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File format legacy
Last year I had to migrate the news blog section of the Staple! site from an ancient version of …
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Preserving the blogosphere
This is kind of a short, technical footnote to my last essay. There I linked to an older blog post …
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Permanence
Nothing lasts on the internet. I could write on my weblog for years and the next day get hit by a …
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MAS to Clipstart 1.5 upgrade
Despite everything I said about how easy it would be for customers to upgrade from the Mac App Store …
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Writing for fun and profit
Marco Arment has a strong post on how sponsorships won’t change his writing:
“If a sponsor …
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MAS: there and back again
Gabe at Macdrifter comments on the shift back to direct download for 1Password:
"I recall the …
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Favorites in Tweet Marker Plus
I’ve written about saved filters in Tweet Marker Plus, and now I’m happy to announce …
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Tweet Marker SSL mistake
It usually takes a couple problems hitting at once to cause a major server outage. This happened …
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The neverending feature backlog
Excellent piece from Joel Spolsky yesterday on software inventory and bug databases:
“The trouble …
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Subscription change, new features
When I launched Tweet Marker Plus, I documented that it would store “about a month” of …
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Clipstart 1.5
Today I released Clipstart 1.5 for direct download customers and removed the previous version of …
June 2012
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La Luna and Paperman
Since I follow Enrico Casarosa on Twitter, I’ve been hearing about La Luna for what seems like …
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Podcasts app
Podcasts are more popular than ever. We’re lucky right now to have a bunch of podcast networks …
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Sandbox iLife and iWork
Chad Sellers has a post comparing Mac App Store sandboxing to mistakes from Linux, with this very …
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Ship everything
David Barnard shares the story of App Cubby’s Timer app, along with this story of a failed project …
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Growing list of apps leaving MAS
TextExpander 4 shipped this week, and with the update it breaks from the Mac App Store and instead …
May 2012
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Facebook
From a great story on Mark Zuckerberg in New York Magazine:
“‘Mark has done two things in his …
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Clipstart 1.4.2 (on MAS)
Just approved in the Mac App Store, Clipstart 1.4.2 fixes upload issues with YouTube and especially …
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Bootstrap CSS
I’ve been using Twitter’s Bootstrap in an internal project at VitalSource for a few …
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Hosting costs and config
A few things have changed since I last talked about hosting. Tweet Marker passed 200,000 total users …
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Saying goodbye to Wii Transfer
“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new …
April 2012
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Clipstart 1.4.2
I released a small bug fix update to Clipstart today, version 1.4.2, to fix an issue with YouTube …
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Picking the right brand
You may not notice it right away, but Tweet Marker Plus is the start of a big migration for my …
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VoodooPad 5
VoodooPad 5 is out this weekend, with a new file format that plays nicely with Dropbox. Gus Mueller …
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Indexing the hidden web
There has been some good commentary on Sergey Brin’s interview with the Guardian. It’s …
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iCloud vs. the web
“This MacStories article”:www.macstories.net/stories/i… covers the progress that …
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Saved tweet filters
When I created “Tweet Marker Plus”:tweetmarker.net/plus, I thought I was creating a new …
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Instagram and hosting
I love reading about how big sites use Amazon EC2. If “this post from Instagram”: …
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Tweet Marker Plus and API v2
Tweet Marker is going really well. It’s growing fast, users love it, and it has wide support …
March 2012
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10 years and 37signals
Every year on March 9th, as SXSW is getting started, I like to mark the anniversary of this blog. …
February 2012
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Sandboxing follow-up
The day after I “wrote about removing Clipstart from the Mac App Store”: …
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Sandboxing and Clipstart
I wrote a draft of this post a few weeks ago, before Mac OS X Mountain Lion was announced. It was …
December 2011
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Tweet Marker wins a Macworld Eddy
A few times since it launched, I’ve said to friends that Tweet Marker may be the best thing …
October 2011
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Redis-only migration
The best critique and praise for Heroku is that it’s opinionated: only deploy with Git, only …
September 2011
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SXSW 2012 and Twitter API innovation
The short version of this post is: “please vote for my SXSW talk”: …
August 2011
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Tweetbot + Twitterrific
The second app to support “Tweet Marker”:tweetmarker.net has arrived, and it’s a …
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Hosting for Tweet Marker
Today was day 7 of the “first app”:twitterrific.com to ship with Tweet Marker support. …
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Wii Transfer 2.7.2
And now for something completely different. I released a bug fix update to “Wii …
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Tweet Marker bootstrap
Tweet Marker is getting big. I couldn’t be more excited that “Twitterrific 4.3 is now …
July 2011
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Twitter app chance
Five years ago today, I joined Twitter as its 897th user, though for some reason “my first …
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iPad Pro is the new iPod Photo
I’m fascinated with the iPad “3” rumors because on the surface they make so little …
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Push-based sync
“Guy English writes about iCloud”:kickingbear.com/blog/arch… and the magic glue …
June 2011
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Direct download as a bargaining chip
In the closing paragraph of “my Mac App Store follow-up post”: …
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Focusing on the wrong things
“Great post from Garrett Dimon”:garrettdimon.com/post/6724… on his biggest …
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Mac App Store follow-up
I’ve been sitting on this post for a while. First the good news: “Clipstart”: …
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Carousel
Don Draper, from the season 1 finale of Mad Men (YouTube, skip if you plan to watch the whole …
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WWDC 2011 keynote: diversify
This year’s WWDC keynote was one of the most significant of the last few years. Twitter …
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FAQ for Tweet Marker
I mentioned in “my first post about Tweet Marker”:www.manton.org/2011/06/t… that …
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Tweet Marker
So you want to sync the last-read tweet with all your different Twitter apps on iPhone, iPad, and …
May 2011
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The Daily
“David Barnard chimes in”:davidbarnard.com/post/5649… on The Daily:"The carousel …
April 2011
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Appsterdam
A great name to go along with “a big idea from Mike Lee”:mur.mu.rs"If you've been to a …
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Tweetbot
After about a day of using Tweetbot, “I said”:twitter.com/manton/st…"Tweetbot …
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Acorn 3
On a “recent Core Intuition”:www.coreint.org/2011/03/e… Daniel and I talked about …
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SXSW conflict
I’m still working on a longer post about SXSW 2011 — yes, a month late — but until …
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First drafts on iPad
“Iain Broome”:writeforyourlife.net/writing-i… on iPad writing, via “John …
March 2011
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Buy apps, help Japan
From a “beautiful post by Craig Mod”:craigmod.com/satellite…"I pulled all of the …
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Brent on baked blogs
My post on free apps “was linked from Daring Fireball”: …
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Twitter's platform at 5 years
Twitter recommended upgrading to OAuth “for optimal security” and so developers …
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Overusing the term REST
Jens Alfke, “commenting on the new Rdio API”:jens.mooseyard.com/2011/03/d…"Maybe …
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Wayback
Today is the 9th anniversary of this blog. Once a year I dig through old posts, remembering what the …
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Where Apple went wrong with free apps
John Gruber has a solid summary of the issues around in-app purchase. Regarding the closed platform: …
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iPad 2 (and tweets)
I couldn’t be more excited about the iPad 2. Yes, “most of it was expected”: …
February 2011
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Neven Mrgan on Apple's focus
I hadn’t yet read “Neven Mrgan’s post”:mrgan.tumblr.com/post/3451… …
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30% of the future
I believe the iPad is the future of mainstream computing, not just of mobile devices. That’s …
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Tweet Library filters
“John Chandler wrote a nice post”:www.byjohnchandler.com/2011/01/2… on the …
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In-app purchase changes
With the recent release of “The Daily”:www.thedaily.com and the news of …
January 2011
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App Store 30% cut
The Mac App Store launched! Like many developers I spent the day taking it out for a spin, thinking …
December 2010
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Holiday bundles and no-brainer promotions
Two new bundles were announced this week: “The Indie Mac Gift Pack”:indiemacgiftpack.com …
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360iDev Austin (in tweets)
On “episode 35 of Core Intuition”:www.coreint.org/2010/11/e… I mentioned …
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Faster support response times
In an “interview with Kevin Hoctor on episode 5 of the iDeveloper Live podcast”: …
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$1 apps won't dominate the Mac App Store
“Marco Arment wrote an interesting piece”:www.marco.org/143215691… on the Mac App …
October 2010
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Laughing at the guidelines
Apple’s announcement yesterday of a Mac App Store is big news. As soon as the event was over, …
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Free 1-star reviews
Before I released “Tweet Library”:www.riverfold.com/software/… I talked to …
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Tweet Library 1.0
If you purchased, tweeted, blogged about, rated, or mentioned Tweet Library thank you. I’ve …
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EE tweets
I submitted my new iPad app to Apple earlier this week. It hasn’t been reviewed yet, but Ryan …
September 2010
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Birdfeed, etc.
He snuck it in under a commentary on Alex Payne’s excellent “last post about …
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Bookshelf Touch
Although I had worked a little on iOS apps before, updating an existing app for the iPad and …
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Linchpin
I like “Seth Godin”:sethgodin.typepad.com/. I haven’t read all his books, but I …
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Honeymoon world tour
“Via Daring Fireball”:daringfireball.net/linked/20… I’m loving “this …
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I hope iAd fails
I feel bad admitting it, because some of my friends are betting on iAd revenue to feed their family, …
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Next generation Twitter apps
I’ve been thinking about and playing with the official Twitter app for iPad since its release …
August 2010
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Interruption and collaboration
Jason Fried, “from a recent interview”:37signals.com/svn/posts… …
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Deprecation mentality
Today, Twitter starts “shutting down basic authentication”:countdowntooauth.com for the …
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Congratulations, you're a manager
The sort of odd “best of both worlds” balance in my different projects at …
July 2010
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Mike Lee
I like this paragraph from a “long post by Mike Lee”:le.mu.rs/motherfuc…"On any …
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iTunes password caching
“Mike Rohde racked up $190 in iTunes in-app purchases”: …
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iPhone 4
Alright, it’s been 2 weeks. How does the iPhone 4 hold up? For me, there was less urgency to …
June 2010
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$10 iPad apps
I’m fascinated with App Store pricing. There’s just so much interesting stuff going on: …
April 2010
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NetNewsWire production process
I like “this Flickr set from Brent Simmons”:www.flickr.com/photos/br… showing the …
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New iPad hackers
My first reaction when I started reading “The Kids Are All Right”: …
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Quiet rejections, no big news
It appears I was too optimistic “in my last post”:www.manton.org/2010/03/2… about …
March 2010
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Fast customer support
Three years ago “I wrote the following”:www.manton.org/2007/02/c… about customer …
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Mac OS X Server tantrums
“At VitalSource”:www.vitalsource.com we now have a dozen Xserves running Ruby on Rails …
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Trade-Off
I’m of two minds about “Trade-Off”:bit.ly/beDE2m by Kevin Maney. I picked up the …
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24-hour review times
I noticed a couple tweets last month about fast, less than 24-hour review times for iPhone app …
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Clipstart is not iPhoto
I get a lot of great feedback about “Clipstart”:www.riverfold.com/software/… …
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iPad ships next week
With the iPad set to ship in just a week and a half, I’ve been quietly reshuffling some of my …
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Was Macworld worth it?
As I “wrote in January”:www.manton.org/2010/01/m… I decided to go to Macworld to …
:
Check in here
I started this blog exactly 8 years ago today, right before SXSW, so I thought I’d post about …
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iPad commercial
When “the iPad commercial”:www.apple.com/ipad/gall… popped up during the Oscars, …
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iPhone patents
“Wil Shipley on Apple’s decision”:wilshipley.com/blog/2010… to be …
February 2010
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5 by 5
I first met Dan Benjamin in 2005, at an off-site meeting for VitalSource in Telluride, Colorado. I …
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I don't use Core Data either
“Brent writes a fair post”:inessential.com/2010/02/2… on when Core Data is great …
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iPad
My quote from “Cult of Mac”:www.cultofmac.com/i-have-be… sums up my feelings …
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ParseKit (and Clipstart search)
The first couple versions of “Clipstart”:www.riverfold.com/software/… had a very …
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Removing features
“Lukas Mathis writes”:ignorethecode.net/blog/2010… about removing features:"You …
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Bodega bootstrap
I wrote the following before the iPad was announced. The world may have changed since then, but …
January 2010
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Macworld Expo 2010
I haven’t been to a Macworld since the late 90s. I’ve had it in my head for a couple …
:
Indie Relief
It was “just last week”:www.coreint.org/2010/01/e… that we mentioned …
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Wii Transfer 2.7
I finally took the time to give “Wii Transfer”:www.riverfold.com/software/… some …
:
Unrealized projects
Seth Godin on an “exhibit for Tim Burton”:sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blo… …
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MDN Community Award
“The MDN Show episode 16”:www.mac-developer-network.com/shows/pod… reveals the …
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Apple promotions survey
I was chatting with some developers the other night about giving away software to Apple employees. …
December 2009
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Clipstart 1.2.4
Clipstart 1.2.4 is done! It’s a minor bug fix update but includes dozens of small improvements …
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Indie payment processing
This story about “PayPal screwing over a Mac indie business”: …
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Healthcare fallback plan
In the software world, the best strategy is to ship early and often. Get something out there that …
:
iPhone giveaway wrap-up
I was reminded by “Nick Bonatsakis on Twitter”:twitter.com/nickbonas that I never wrote …
:
Clipstart duplicates
Clipstart 1.0 tried to be smart about not importing videos that were already in your library, but it …
:
The Princess and the Frog
Walt’s nephew “Roy Disney died this week”:www.cnn.com/2009/SHOW… In 2003 I …
:
Decentralization and no-SQL
I’ve been meaning to link to this since it was posted earlier in the year. “Jens Alfke …
:
Worthless apps
I like “this article on Mobile Orchard about the relationship between price and …
November 2009
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New blog design
I’ve been blogging here since 2002, and I started Riverfold in 2006, but it’s taken me a …
:
The only 2 fixes for the iPhone platform
I let my iPhone developer account expire last week. Even though I had already stopped development on …
September 2009
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Feedback about lost sales
“Great post by Jason Cohen”:blog.asmartbear.com/blog/put-… on why you need …
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It's okay to ignore the iPhone
I talked in “Core Intuition episode 22”:www.coreint.org/2009/08/e… about how …
:
VoodooPad help update
Somehow it’s been a couple years since I wrote about “using VoodooPad for authoring …
:
Image Capture API
In “episode 21 of Core Intuition”:www.coreint.org/2009/07/e… I called the Image …
:
LEGO minifigures
My son is seriously into LEGO Star Wars right now. He’ll spend hours every day building ships, …
:
Crippled iPhone LGPL
I mentioned on the “latest Core Intuition”:www.coreint.org/2009/08/e… that I no …
:
Better is the best marketing
“Gus Mueller”:gusmueller.com/blog/arch… in response to a post from Joel Spolsky: …
August 2009
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Go without food
For the last couple of years, I’ve been squeezing work out of every free moment I have to …
:
Clipstart 1.2 ships soooon
Now that I’m done “giving away a free iPhone”:twitter.com/manton/st… I can …
July 2009
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Wii Transfer survey
Yesterday I sent out a newsletter to all my “Wii Transfer”: …
:
Dreamhost scale
I get a lot of funny looks when I tell people I host everything on Dreamhost. It’s not a great …
:
It's like iTunes for...
Sometimes it seems like every app is trying to be “the iTunes for <insert subject …
:
Macworld review for WebSentinel
This month I’ve been lucky to have “Clipstart”:www.riverfold.com/software/… …
:
$999 hope
“Huge post from Craig Hockenberry”:furbo.org/2009/07/1… on the App Store. Lots of …
:
MobileMe UI
I’m extremely impressed by this UI from MobileMe. All web-based, of course. Excellent …
:
A fan for your unreleased app
Every product needs a believer. Not on the product team, but outside. A champion beta tester. …
:
Clipstart file actions
“Clipstart 1.1”:www.riverfold.com/software/… is out, with support for the iPhone …
June 2009
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Clipstart for iPhone?
You know it has been a good conference when you come back inspired, with ideas and tools to build …
:
FastScripts 2.4
What I like most about the “FastScripts 2.4 release”: …
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Rogue Amoeba at Macworld
“Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba”:www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/2009/… on exhibiting at …
May 2009
:
Introducing Clipstart
Last week I looked at the SVN log for my application in development and realized that I had started …
April 2009
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Apple competition in iPhone 3.0
There’s always the risk when developing for Mac OS X that Apple will compete directly with …
:
MacHeist, roofing, and making it up on volume
I wasn’t going to write about MacHeist this year, but after a hail storm damaged nearly every …
March 2009
:
Twitter @wii
Last week my “@wii”:twitter.com/wii account on Twitter passed 3000 followers and seems …
:
Open source regression
On a previous episode of “Core Intuition”:www.coreint.org/, number 14, Daniel and I …
:
Tab click-through areas
It’s often true that the further away you get from an event, like the release day for the …
:
Brent Simmons on Git, plus blog anniversary
“Brent Simmons is still looking”:inessential.com/2009/03/0… for the perfect …
February 2009
:
Ugly reminders
In my “last post about family pricing”:www.manton.org/2008/10/f… I mentioned that …
:
Defending Safari 4 tabs
The first reaction most people had to Safari 4 — especially the new tabs interface — was negative. …
:
Coraline
While not a major blockbuster, Coraline seems to be quietly doing pretty well. It has recouped about …
:
Better software, less support
A few months ago “Ars carried a story”:arstechnica.com/journals/… about Apple …
:
Five stages of podcasting
“Daniel”:www.red-sweater.com/blog/ and I have now recorded 13 episodes of Core …
January 2009
:
Software product myth
“Rob Walling has a good post”:www.softwarebyrob.com/2009/01/0… about all the …
:
Work at sunrise
I don’t have an expensive camera and I don’t know that much about photography, but …
:
App Store new version UI
Centralized app update notifications on the iPhone were a great idea, right? Turns out, maybe not. …
:
Stan Sakai
The 5th annual “STAPLE! indie comics expo”:www.staple-austin.org is coming up in 2 …
:
Core Intuition 12: Macworld
“Daniel Jalkut”:www.red-sweater.com/blog/ and I have wrapped up episode 12 of Core …
:
Leonardo tips
Every year my New Year’s resolutions look about the same: draw more, journal more. (Blogging …
:
JSCocoa in Acorn
I like this KVC mini-rant from Gus Mueller’s post about writing “Acorn plug-ins in …
:
Tagging survey
Last month “I asked on Twitter”:twitter.com/manton/st… for opinions on …
:
Will paginate for food
As I mentioned in my “Rails rant last week”:www.manton.org/2009/01/r… I have an …
:
Get Rich Slowly
I started reading the “Get Rich Slowly”:www.getrichslowly.org blog last year and it has …
:
Follow-up on family packs
In October I “blogged about”:www.manton.org/2008/10/f… and then launched a …
:
Macworld 2009
I liked today’s Macworld keynote. In many ways it was a return to pre-iPhone keynotes, with a …
:
Dave Winer rethinks auth
“Dave Winer proposes”:www.scripting.com/stories/2… a simple solution to revoking …
:
Dan Benjamin turns it up
Dan Benjamin did something interesting several weeks ago: he took his popular blog Hivelogic, where …
:
Mike Ash on private APIs
Mike Ash has been rocking with his weekly Friday Q&As. From the “latest about using …
:
Rails 4 years later
Blog archives don’t lie. It’s been nearly 4 years since I first “blogged about …
:
Sita
As we start 2009, I continue to be inspired by what independent artists and developers are able to …
December 2008
:
The Wii fad, 2 years later
Video game console sales numbers for November are in. Two years after the Nintendo Wii was …
:
The 99-cent message
Forget the developer perspective for a minute. Even as a user I find the race-to-the-bottom iPhone …
:
Small icons
I mentioned on “Core Intuition”:www.coreint.org episode 11 that I’ve been having …
October 2008
:
Family packs
I rolled out “family pack” pricing for “Wii Transfer”: …
:
Slow-growing trees
We planted some trees in our front yard recently. They take decades to grow, and we are under no …
:
Campaign Monitor
Last month, on the 7th episode of Core Intuition, we talked about promotion. In particular I had …
:
Favorite essays
The best essays are the ones that contain some truth or insight that doesn’t go out of style …
:
Passion and Paul Potts
The other night I was digging around in other people’s old blog posts, catching up on things I …
:
Gruber on The Fear
I don’t link to Daring Fireball much anymore. Everyone who cares about the Mac and reads my …
:
NDA and overnight optimism
Last week I blogged about “my experience with a late Amazon order”: …
September 2008
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Ajax as a scaling tool
When “MobileMe”:www.me.com launched with a beautiful new design, the web application …
:
Cuts in Core Intuition
When producing “Core Intuition”:www.coreint.org we generally record more than we need, …
:
Ship it, software and newsletter
I’ve been meaning to link to “this post by Justin Williams”: …
:
Almost-right Amazon response
I placed an order on Amazon last week and chose Amazon Prime overnight shipping, something I do …
:
Developer-hostile platform
“Paul Kafasis writes”:www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/2008/… on the Rogue Amoeba blog:"I …
:
Wil Shipley on bugs
From a “Wil Shipley post”:wilshipley.com/blog/2008… a few months ago: …
:
River of news
No, I don’t mean “Dave Winer’s thoughts”: …
:
Tracking sales referrers
The primary way to track marketing and word-of-mouth about your product is to look at web site …
:
C4[2]
There will be many C4 wrap-up blog posts, but “Fraser Speirs hit the spirit of the …
:
Promoting Core Intuition 7
The latest episode of “Core Intuition”:www.coreint.org is up. Daniel and I focus on …
:
Wii Transfer 2.6 and August
As I mention on the next “Core Intuition”:www.coreint.org/, which I’m currently …
:
BBEdit 9
“BBEdit 9 is out”:www.barebones.com/products/… and it’s a solid upgrade. A …
August 2008
:
Palin
I made a comment on “Dave Winer’s points”:www.scripting.com/stories/2… …
:
Buzz on software entrepreneurship
“Buzz Andersen responds”:log.scifihifi.com/post/4759… to some of Mike Lee’s …
:
FLV metadata performance
One of worst-kept secrets of “Wii Transfer”:www.riverfold.com/software/… is that …
:
I Am Rich
I wasn’t going to give the silly $999 “I Am Rich” iPhone application any more …
:
Core Intuition 6
I’ve really been neglecting this blog. I’m not sure what it is — I have plenty of posts …
:
WWDC 2008 wrap-up
Yes, this post is a month and a half late. I could probably just re-post what I wrote in 2007 and it …
June 2008
:
Second episode
“Daniel Jalkut”:www.red-sweater.com/blog/504/… and I just posted the 2nd episode …
May 2008
:
Core Intuition
Like many new tech endeavors for 2008, it was announced first on Twitter. Core Intuition is a new …
:
Wii friend codes from Twitter
As most Nintendo Wii owners know by now, Mario Kart for Wii shipped last week. I put together yet …
April 2008
:
Flip Ultra
I first heard of the “Flip”:www.theflip.com/products_… a few months ago, but it …
:
Wii Transfer serial numbers
The search phrase “wii transfer serial numbers” (or “wii transfer serials”) …
:
Unite the Party
After Hillary won Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island last month, I decided it was time to think less …
:
Ollie Johnston
Last week Traci asked me if I had heard about the animator who had died. Now of the 220 feeds I …
:
MacLife write-up and Wii Transfer beta
Wii Transfer has a full-page mini-tutorial in the May edition of “MacLife magazine”: …
March 2008
:
Fancy-pants productivity
There are a few things in this post by “Ryan Norbauer”: …
:
iPhone SDK and NDAs
“Craig Hockenberry half-joked on Twitter”:twitter.com/chockenbe… about the iPhone …
:
STAPLE! in Austin today (year 4)
Like independent comics and art? “STAPLE! is in Austin today”:www.staple-austin.org at …
February 2008
:
Hillary podcast
About once a year I like to put together a podcast episode around a theme, and this weekend that …
:
Don't give up, shipping takes time
I love the passion in “this comment from Wil Shipley”:theocacao.com/comment/5… …
:
Animation podcasts for a Super Tuesday
Need something to listen to on your iPod while waiting in line to vote today? Try out these …
January 2008
:
MacBook Air and Europe trip
The MacBook Air is the first Apple product to come along in years that I don’t want to buy. It …
:
Give us a tablet already
I’m going to skip the usual Macworld predictions and cut straight to the good stuff: Apple …
:
New and old posts about NetNewsWire
“NetNewsWire is free”:inessential.com (congrats again Brent!) and reaction is coming in …
:
More on Kindle
I received a lot of feedback after “I first wrote about the Kindle”: …
:
Rails on shared hosts
“David Heinemeier Hansson writes in detail”:www.loudthinking.com/posts/21-… on …
:
Why I support Hillary
Obama is passionate, thoughtful, centrist enough for broad appeal, and a brilliant speaker. If …
December 2007
:
MacSanta 2007 in time for Christmas
Wii Transfer’s featured day for “MacSanta”:www.macsantadeals.com starts at …
:
Wrapping up the Wii Giveaway
After sitting on a shelf in my office for 2 months, unopened and unloved, I finally shipped off the …
:
Holiday Wii Giveaway and Twitter
A few months ago I was in Target and they had some Wiis in stock, so on an impulse I bought one. …
November 2007
:
Kindle
All we do at “VitalSource”:www.vitalsource.com is e-books, from working with publishers …
:
Android and getting real
“Steven Frank”:stevenf.com/2007/11/t… on Google’s phone announcement:"Find …
:
Ironcoder (now with prizes!)
A new “Ironcoder launches today”:ironcoder.org/blog/2007… with a longer hacking …
:
Five days, one paragraph
So I am 5 days or 700 characters in to my Story 140 experiment. Even though separation between each …
:
MarsEdit guilt trip
In which I am the last person to point to the “MarsEdit 2.0 release”: …
:
Story 140
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but I’m way too busy to participate this …
:
How I use Twitter
“Twiterrific 3.0”:iconfactory.com/home/perm… is out, with a new price of $15 or …
:
Bush veto
Yes, it’s a politically-themed post. Probably the only one before 2008, so don’t run …
:
Wii Transfer 2.5.2 and Leopard
Happy Halloween! “Wii Transfer 2.5.2”:www.riverfold.com/software/… is now …
October 2007
:
Wii Transfer on macZOT
After I shipped Wii Transfer 2.5 I decided to start spending a little time promoting the product. …
:
Lowbrow Monster Mash
Late notice, but I’ll have a watercolor piece in tonight’s Monster Mash art show at the …
:
Welch on iPhone ringtones
Ambrosia Software’s “Andrew Welch in a TUAW interview”: …
:
The Talk Show ad and porting to Windows
Episode 11 of “The Talk Show”:www.thetalkshow.net is up, and I’m happy to say that …
September 2007
:
Using Acorn
I have a copy of CS3. Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash are all permanently in my Dock. If you do …
:
Wii Transfer 2.5
This morning I finally rolled out “version 2.5 of Wii Transfer”: …
:
Rails and Mac dev communities
“Damon Clinkscales has a write-up”:damonclinkscales.com/past/lone… of the Charity …
:
Not a C4 wrap-up post (iPhone!)
Soundtrack for this blog post: “The Touch”:phobos.apple.com/WebObject… from the …
August 2007
:
Wii Transfer in PMC auction bundle
Seth Dellingham is “auctioning off a bunch of great Mac software”: …
:
Ta-da List export to TaskPaper
I’ve been using “Ta-da List”:www.tadalist.com for the last couple of years for all …
:
Foreign sales market
From time to time on the “MacSB list”:tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/mac… people ask …
July 2007
:
Professional email app
Ignore that this post is a week late. While I was out sick last week there was a great discussion …
:
iPhone - it's from the future
That’s the way I described the iPhone to anyone I showed it off to over the weekend. The thing …
June 2007
:
Wii Transfer 2.3
I finally released “Wii Transfer 2.3”:www.riverfold.com/software/… late last …
:
WWDC 2007 in one post
Along with most of our house, my office is packed up and ready to move this week. The photo to the …
:
New software releases (plus screencast)
Today is a good day to release software. “MarsEdit gets a nice update”: …
:
The /Applications social network
Brent Simmons, from a “TUAW interview”:www.tuaw.com/2007/06/0…"One of the things …
:
Learning from Rails design
Since version 2.0, “Wii Transfer”:www.riverfold.com/software/… has had a built-in …
May 2007
:
Apple announcements and Flash video
If you are wondering why I haven’t posted here in over a month, it’s because I’ve …
April 2007
:
Essays about the web
Paul Graham thinks “Microsoft and desktop apps are dead”: …
March 2007
:
WiiTransfer.com
After I “blogged last month”:www.manton.org/2007/01/i… about the very small …
:
TwitterConf 2007
It’s been over a week since SXSW Interactive wrapped up, and I can’t bring myself to …
:
Weblog 5th Year
Ten minutes until midnight as I type this. I started this blog 5 years ago. There have been just 329 …
:
STAPLE! 2007 weekend wrap-up
“STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo”:www.staple-austin.org was last Saturday and it …
February 2007
:
First 75 days of Wii Transfer
In the tradition of other independent Mac developers such as “Mike Zornek”: …
:
Animation panel and web site for STAPLE! 2007
“Chris”:ycrtft.rethunkmedia.com and I headed over to Northcross Mall yesterday to take a …
:
Customer support
One of the most interesting (and difficult) parts of running an independent software business is …
:
Reflecting on a beta release and server testing
Wii Transfer 2.2 is taking longer to get ready than I had planned, so I’ve decided to post a …
:
Spoiled by iTunes, and the future of music
I have been “iTunes-free for four weeks now”:www.manton.org/2007/01/g… and I hate …
January 2007
:
I hate domains
There is a story behind the name Riverfold but it’s probably not a very good one and I …
:
Bookshelf note sharing
I’ve blogged a lot about my side project Riverfold lately, but it’s time to show my …
:
Wii Transfer takes over internet
Okay, not really. But this has been a crazy and surprising week for my “little” …
:
Wii Transfer 2.0 featured on Apple Downloads
I finished “Wii Transfer 2.0”:www.riverfold.com/software/… late Thursday night. …
:
You had me at scrolling
Last week I said I wasn’t interested in an iPod phone, unless it was something no one had even …
:
Falling in love with VoodooPad again
A few years ago I used “VoodooPad Lite”:www.flyingmeat.com/voodoopad… …
:
The Hivelogic Podcast
Watching from the sidelines as Dan Benjamin prepared his first podcast really made me want to get …
:
Macworld 2007 predictions
Dan covers his Macworld predictions in great detail. Instead of predictions, since mine will …
:
Goodbye iTMS
When I started on the “music sharing feature”:www.manton.org/2007/01/h… in the …
:
Holiday hacking on Wii Transfer 2.0
I got sick (the flu?) shortly after Christmas, but nevertheless managed to sneak in some coding on …
December 2006
:
MacSanta and Wii Transfer 1.5
“Wii Transfer”:www.riverfold.com/software/… is now listed as part of the …
:
Re-introducing Wii Transfer
I guess it’s a sign I’m not blogging very often when I don’t even announce my own …
November 2006
:
Nintendo Wii purchase
If you’ve talked to me recently about video games or read my post about trying for a Wii …
:
NaNoWriMo 2006 attempt
Last year I participated in NaNoWriMo and successfully “completed a 50,000 word novel”: …
:
The 50-state strategy
I started writing this post yesterday afternoon. Worried that I would jinx a victory, I wrote two …
:
Midterm elections matter
I voted today. Here’s the scene for my precinct today. Not too crowded, but a steady flow of …
:
Hair High at Alamo
Bill Plympton was in town tonight for the Texas premiere of Hair High at Alamo Drafthouse downtown. …
October 2006
:
The Prestige
I saw The Illusionist when it came out a couple months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I love magic. …
:
Wii pre-orders
Two weeks ago I casually showed up to EB Games 5 minutes before they opened, hoping to luck out with …
:
I didn't go to C4
C4 was last weekend and looked like a lot of fun. Unfortunately I was about travelled-out this year …
:
Da Vinci book, companion, and short film
The Da Vinci Code appealed to me and many others because it successfully mixes pieces of both art …
:
Carcasonne
I picked up the board game “Carcasonne”:www.amazon.com/gp/produc… a few weeks ago …
:
Lost season 3
The 2-hour season finale for Lost last year was some of the best television you’ll ever see. I …
:
Enrico Casarosa interview
In my “San Francisco podcast”:www.manton.org/2006/09/s… I mentioned Enrico …
September 2006
:
Cars
There are a lot of computer animated films out this year. It was inevitable, with Disney shutting …
:
Five years later
I couldn’t let the 5th anniversary of September 11th pass without saying something. On Friday …
:
San Francisco podcast
My third podcast is about San Francisco. Download it here or subscribe to the podcast feed in …
:
Animation history, worth the wait
I received two great surprises this week. In the mail came the 9th issue of “Animation …
:
Copyright law
Copyright law is a major thorn in the side of creativity. Of course I knew this, and supported the …
:
The web is incomplete
When we use Google everyday and mostly work with technology and related topics that are well …
August 2006
:
Reflecting on WWDC 2006
WWDC 2006 was great. (Yes, it was two weeks ago. Finally making time to blog again.) I won’t …
:
San Francisco walk
It’s Sunday before day 1 of WWDC 2006. Willie and I took a walk this afternoon, down Market …
:
WWDC 2006 coming up
“John Siracusa rants a bit”:arstechnica.com/staff/fat… about the lack of access …
:
FlipBook
Last year I started some extra work to help bring DigiCel FlipBook to the Mac. FlipBook is software …
July 2006
:
Muybridge panoramas
In 1997 I walked into Half Priced Books to browse and left with a copy of Eadweard Muybridge and the …
:
Weblog design update
I just rolled out some design tweaks and “realignment”:alistapart.com/articles/… …
:
Video Games podcast
My second podcast episode is about video game music. You can download it here, or subscribe to the …
:
Comic-Con, Scanner, and independent shorts
Comic-Con San Diego has started. For a humorous look at the kinds of people you might see walking …
:
RailsConf 2006
I attended RailsConf in Chicago last month. There’s a lot of excitement in the Rails …
:
More gaming, year 2
At the beginning of last year “I wrote about my new Game Boy Advance”: …
:
Ingram
I don’t blog much about “VitalSource”:www.vitalsource.com in this space, but I …
:
An Inconvenient Truth
I saw the Al Gore documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”:www.climatecrisis.net last month. …
:
RubyCocoa
I write Mac software, but over the last year I’ve increasingly been building Ruby on Rails web …
:
Creative professionals
My friend “John Rubio”:www.johnrubio.com has launched a new site: …
:
Time for thinking
“Gillian Carson talks about vacation time”:www.barenakedapp.com/misc/vaca… on the …
May 2006
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New fence
Last month I tore down the rotting privacy fence in our backyard and built a new low spaced-picket …
:
Hello Saturday
I had a busy week coding. Long days and longer nights. Deadlines are fast approaching. The last few …
:
Red crayon
I was wired when I got back at midnight last Thursday from the late Mission Impossible 3 show with …
:
United 93
When I first heard about the “United 93 movie”:www.united93movie.com I had just about …
April 2006
:
Three text editors
I love reading about the setup for other Mac users: what kind of desks, computers, and software they …
:
Education is broken
I snapped this photo of a banner last week. It sums up quite nicely one of the big problems in …
:
Happy Easter, and TextDrive to DreamHost
The …
Easter is a time of rebirth and starting over. So today I’m flipping over two new things.
March 2006
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Mediocrity is the new application platform
Today marks the 4-year anniversary of this weblog. What better way to celebrate than with a …
:
STAPLE! 2006
It’s not often that I get out of the house early on a Saturday, but STAPLE! The Independent …
February 2006
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Austin on Rails
About 20 people met at the Frog Design building downtown a few months ago for the first Austin Ruby …
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Smart software bloat
Everyone complains about software bloat. And it’s easy to see why — applications are bigger and …
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Campfire Beep
I’ve been living in Campfire quite a bit over the last few days. It’s a great app, well designed and …
January 2006
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Disney buys Pixar
It was made official today. The rumor only surfaced a week ago, but in that time many people have …
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Limitations in toys and software
One of the first things you notice when you have kids is how bad the toys are. Everything is …
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New year drawing resolution
For me, one of the best sources of motivation is when I know other people are paying attention. So, …
December 2005
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To-do lists and embracing the network
There is something about Ta-da List that works really well. Simple things like hitting return to …
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Bring me the head of Charlie Brown
Tonight ABC aired the original Charlie Brown Christmas special yet again. That thing never gets old. …
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Randal and Rebecca
Okay, I admit it. I’ve been watching The Apprentice this year. I hate being addicted to it. It’s not …
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CGContextSelectFont is slow
We’ve heard it countless times: Before you spend any time optimizing, profile your code. And yet we …
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Set unreasonable deadlines
Damon and I have been discussing how time constraints can encourage creativity. I hinted at this in …
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I found my cell phone
So a couple of months ago a 1-year-old who shall remain nameless tossed my cell phone into the …
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My podcast process, take one
Ryan described his hardware setup for podcasting a while back. With at least a few dozen podcasts …
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Music to drive back to
The U2 concert in Houston a few weeks ago was great. I drove back late at night, with The Killers …
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50,136 words
As I posted about a few weeks ago, I decided to write a novel this month (National Novel Writing …
November 2005
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Harry Potter book 4
So I finished rereading Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire in anticipation of the 4th film, which …
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Mario Kart DS
It’s all about the games. I picked up Mario Kart DS yesterday and it doesn’t disappoint. …
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10,302 words
A few weeks ago I heard about NaNoWriMo, a month-long “contest” to write a novel. You start November …
October 2005
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iPods, videos, and U2
Steve Jobs in yesterday’s special event, discussing the white iPods:“It’s been a huge …
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Wallace and Gromit
What a great film. To prepare I dusted off my old Laserdisc with the three original Wallace and …
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Corpse Bride
Finally I had a chance to see Corpse Bride last night. Caught it at the Alamo Drafthouse, which is …
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Hurricane Rita
They warned of 70mph winds, massive flooding, and loss of power, but in the last days before …
September 2005
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Hurricane Katrina
Last Wednesday I wrote a rant destined for this space, I was so saddened and then upset by what was …
August 2005
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Trains podcast
This is my first podcast, called Trains. If you subscribe to the main RSS feed using a podcast-aware …
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Podcast coming
There is a place for text, and a place for sound. If you are like me, you read and write text all …
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New office
I have been officially kicked out of my office by a 1-year-old. Such is life in a three bedroom …
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Perfection
I don’t consider myself a perfectionist. In fact, I can often be downright lazy. I write sloppy code …
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VitalSource Store
One of our big projects at work just launched: the VitalSource Store. James Duncan Davidson and Mike …
June 2005
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Alison Krauss
Friday night we saw Alison Krauss & Union Station at The Backyard. At one time far outside …
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Howl's Moving Castle
I saw Howl’s Moving Castle last night. When we showed up at the theater, I was surprised that they …
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Nintendo DS
Alright I gave in and bought a DS. The newly bundled Mario 64 was too much for me to resist. I …
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WWDC 2005 highlights
Briefly, highlights from WWDC include: great Automator, .Mac, and WebKit sessions; time with James …
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Decade
I saw three people I haven’t seen in over a decade last week. The first two from high school — …
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Collaboration and Goodbyes
The .Mac SDK session here at WWDC was interesting. First, it was forward-looking, not something …
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Transitions
Even before I arrived in San Francisco, and even before the rumors surfaced of Apple switching to …
May 2005
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Madagascar
Madagascar is easily the best of Dreamworks’ (or PDI’s) recent animated films. The animation is …
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Re-evaluating the PSP and DS
After a colleague bought a PSP, I decided to re-evaluate the PSP and DS. I did some more research, …
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Integrating web applications
We all use web apps. Google Maps or Mapquest, Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail, Basecamp and FogBugz. The …
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WebTV in the trash
The other day I went for a walk and on the way back picked up a candy wrapper on the sidewalk, to …
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Respect to Dave
Dave Winer turned 50 today. I first met Dave over 9 years ago, back when the free release of …
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Experience before animating
Kelly is studying in Paris. She writes about animating from your experiences after talking with …
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Tabs are a hack
I don’t like Safari-style tabs. Sure, I use them — and in NetNewsWire if you want to use the …
April 2005
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The Animation Show 2005
The Animation Show’s 2nd year show came to Austin last weekend, and I was lucky enough to see it …
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How podcasting saved RSS 2.0
Dan Cederholm asks the relevant questions about weblog syndication formats:“Will we forever …
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Where are the 2d animators
It’s always interesting to see where 2d artists have gone after the decline of traditional, …
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NetNewsWire unread count
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and ignore the blogosphere guilt trip.
March 2005
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SXSW: Wrap-up
Leaving SXSW I think I noticed two major themes at the conference this year: Software development. …
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Podcast Shuffle
Discovering new podcasts is still an awkward process, despite some great podcast support in …
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SXSW: Simplicity, Ta-da, and XFN
Jason Fried has been talking a lot lately about keeping your product simple. His SXSW session on …
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Year three
It’s now been three years since I started this weblog. Here’s last year’s post, the one a year …
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Elements 7
If you’ve been wondering what all the podcast hype is about, Ryan’s latest Elements episode has a …
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Staple!
For comics fans in Texas, the Staple! Expo will be held in Austin this Saturday. The Austin …
February 2005
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The Ruby end-run
It was fun while it lasted, but PHP’s time may have come and gone. The benefits of PHP in the early …
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Blogging full time, and Cartoon Retro
I hope Kottke’s decision to blog full time without advertising will be a success. He’s got a large …
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Ajax, Flash, and web standards
We should all be weary of new acronyms lest we promote and give significance to half-baked ideas and …
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The Great Scott
I’m not sure I ever wanted to “grow up” to be a magician, but I was pretty fascinated with it as a …
January 2005
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Delicious coding
Apparently I wasn’t the only person to purchase Delicious Library in the first week of release. …
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Back to politics
Thursday is the presidential inauguration, as well as Not One Damn Dime Day. Every year or so you …
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Pat Smith's secret
From the journal of Pat Smith:“it's strange to start a new animated film. it seems so far …
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New year gaming
Traci couldn’t find the GameCube games she was looking for (mostly Pikmin), so for Christmas she …
December 2004
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The Incredibles DVD
Last week I received The Incredibles DVD screener in the mail through my membership in …
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Google and the great apps to come
Google Desktop Search is a neat app. The integration of local and global results is brilliant. But …
November 2004
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Tiger Tech Talk
I didn’t know exactly what to expect when I signed up for Apple’s Tiger Tech Talk. It …
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The Incredibles
I saw The Incredibles last night. I’m sure I had a big smile across my face from beginning to …
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After almost winning
See that little blue county in the expanse of red in the image on the right? That’s where I live. …
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What just happened?
Based on the exit poll numbers and the supposedly record turnout, I fully expected that we’d …
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Election day
The daylight savings time switch has helped me get up earlier, so I easily made it to my voting …
October 2004
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Ghost in the Shell, Shark Tale, and a pumpkin
Today is International Animation Day. My membership in ASIFA-Hollywood provides few perks since I …
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Polls, Dean, and how Kerry will win
In the 2000 presidential election, Gore was behind in all the national polls before election day. I …
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Voice recording
I bought a Griffin iTalk earlier this week. Not entirely an impulse buy, but I did drive over to the …
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Superman
The death of Christopher Reeve will hit a lot of people pretty hard. He worked with so much …
September 2004
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Frank Thomas passes
Frank Thomas has passed away. His life-long friend Ollie Johnston is now the sole remaining master …
August 2004
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Olympics, genetics, and giving everything you have
More Olympics this weekend. First the U.S. basketball team, ahead most of the game and playing well, …
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Lowercase web
Wired News will no longer capitalize internet, web, or net:“But in the case of internet, web …
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Television feature request
I rarely watch TV anymore. When I do, like for the ongoing Olympics coverage, I quickly become …
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Timing notes
I sometimes work on my animated film late at night, when the family is long asleep and I’ve …
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High School Reunion
Saturday night was my 10-year high school reunion (more specifically the Anderson High School …
July 2004
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Backyard Fireworks
The private park behind our house is owned by a local church, and they aren’t afraid to spend …
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California Adventure
Yesterday I finally arrived back in Austin after 8 days in California. Last weekend started off with …
June 2004
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Work, non-work, and A Scanner Darkly
I’ve routinely been working past midnight the last couple of weeks as we make a final push to get …
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Comic Book Idol
I can’t say that I’m a big comic book person anymore, at least not the way I was as a …
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Apple Design Guidelines
Last week Apple released the Apple Software Design Guidelines document. I’ve only just skimmed it, …
May 2004
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Lorenzo
If you’d have asked me last week whether I would see Raising Helen on opening night, I’d …
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The Triplets of Belleville
I’m listening to track 3 of the Finding Nemo soundtrack on repeat. Something very soothing about …
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Flowdelic and Frontier
Mason Hale of frog design started a weblog last week, and already he’s got some great posts …
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iTunes follow-up
Not 5 minutes after I posted yesterday’s iTunes piece, Ryan tells me I’m asking for too much. “My …
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The iTunes Platform
It’s no secret that iTunes is one of Apple’s best apps. Of all the iApps, iTunes remains the only …
April 2004
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Breadcrumb navigation
There has been a fascinating discussion among information architects and web designers about the …
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Usable software, and just shipping it
A few loosely connected weblog posts I read today… John Gruber, “Ronco Spray-On Usability”: …
March 2004
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Eternal Sunshine
Saw Eternal Sunlight for the Spotless Mind tonight. An incredibly great film. Then I wanted to order …
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Thank you Radio, and TypeKey
After two years of using Radio Userland, I decided to migrate this weblog to Movable Type. I wrote a …
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SXSW Day 4: Fun, fun, and designing for people
The last day of SXSW tends to be less about substance and more about winding down after the long …
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SXSW Day 3: Design, user experience
Weather changes. The first two days of SXSW were marked with light rain, but today was a beautiful …
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SXSW Day 2: Ideas, Joe Trippi
One of the things I like about SXSW is that it’s a time to just think about new ideas without …
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SXSW Day 1: Web design accessibility, Frog party
I almost skipped the accessibility panel but I’m glad I didn’t. As usual Jeffrey Veen …
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Almost SXSW
SXSW Interactive officially begins tomorrow. I met with Ryan and Damon this afternoon to discuss the …
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Reading, ASCII, and PDF
I started reading the electronic version of Eastern Standard Tribe. Hoping to get through some of it …
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Two years blogging
Today marks the two year anniversary of this weblog. It’s been a good experience, and even if the …
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Kite Festival
The weather was perfect today for the Zilker Kite Festival. It’s really incredible to see …
February 2004
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Oscars, Pixar, and Triplets
Happy leap day. I was a little surprised that Finding Nemo wasn’t nominated for the Best Picture …
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Snow
It snowed a week ago, and I’m just now getting the pictures off my camera. Real snow, the …
January 2004
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Fight for it
I’ve written a few posts about technology, and about the upcoming Oscars, but I can’t …
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Dean's comeback
I have no idea what will happen in New Hampshire tomorrow. The media slammed Dean all last week, but …
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Iowa Caucus
I was watching C-Span.org’s live broadcast from the Iowa caucus in Dubuque County. Watching …
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Productive week
I think I do some of my best work when we first start development on a project. No one is paying …
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Jakob Nielsen, Sun, and 3d interfaces
I like Jakob Nielsen. He was practically the lone voice of reason when Flash web sites, splash …
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Watterson and the New Year's Eve blog post
The way I blog, I gather bits of news stories or other blog posts and write up an opinion on them …
December 2003
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Control drag hidden constant
I’m blogging this so it will be indexed by the great search engine in the sky, and perhaps …
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XHTML Friends Network
After SXSW earlier this year, I posted that Tantek wanted a way to add meaning to blogrolls, …
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Feed protocol
NetNewsWire 1.0.7 adds support for the feed protocol. Wes has suggested that MIME types and helper …
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Stopdesign on CSS layout options
Doug of Stopdesign discusses fixed vs. liquid layouts in CSS:"Truth be told, table-based layouts …
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Why Cocoa text drags are broken
Apple still hasn’t fixed text drag-and-drop in Cocoa. In addition to going against how …
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Running Mac OS X
Congratulations to James Duncan Davidson, whose Running Mac OS X Panther has gone to press just in …
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Independent comics
I’ve been digging back into comics lately, hence some of the comic-related posts. One of the …
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Christmas lights
I’ve come to enjoy the yearly tradition of putting up Christmas lights: balancing on a wobbly …
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Roy leaves Disney
The New York Times covers Roy Disney’s resignation:"Roy E. Disney, a nephew of the founder of …
November 2003
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Mac files, volumes
While looking for something else the other day, I ran across this Apple technote. I think it …
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HorseBack Salad
The Austin Chronicle profiles HorseBack Salad Entertainment:"In February 2001 -- working out of …
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Peppercoin and web comics
It’s been a few years since Scott McCloud’s Reinventing Comics was published. In that …
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VoodooPad
Something interesting is going on with VoodooPad, winner of O’Reilly’s Mac OS X …
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G5 vs. Power Mac 9600
My new G5 arrived last week. This machine replaces (supplements) my old TiBook, which was really …
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New York City and Al
After visiting family in Louisiana last week (wait, 2 weeks ago), we took a trip to New York City …
October 2003
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Porco Rosso
Earlier this week, the brand new English dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s Porco Rosso was screened at …
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Apple and Pepsi
Today: Apple and Pepsi to Give Away 100 Million Free Songs Two decades ago, Steve Jobs to John …
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Rustboy book
My copy of the Rustboy book arrived the other day. It is an incredible achievement, one of the best …
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Hackers and Painters
Paul Graham’s Hackers and Painters essay surprised me. I put off reading it for months, …
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Dreams quote
Andy Murdock, of Lots of Robots:"If you sit around waiting for permission to follow your dreams …
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Old life drawings
The human figure is complicated and beautiful and impossibly hard to draw well. If you can master …
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Me as an animator
Most people who know me know that I’m a big fan of animation. There’s a great potential …
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Doubting Cocoa
TidBITS, iMovie 3 Tips and Gotchas:"Although the program introduced a number of welcome new …
September 2003
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Kali
You always think that these are the kind of things that happen to other people, until it happens …
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New and old web standards
Jeffrey Veen argues for the practical advantages of new web standards:"Huge interfaces squeezed …
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Futurama over
The series finale of Futurama aired last month. It was a great show that ended too soon (thanks Fox …
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Fragments
I just received my copy of Fragments in the mail. It’s a great collection of sketches and …
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Whale Rider
We saw Whale Rider last night, and I was pulled into it from the very beginning. There were few big …
August 2003
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Austin Sketch Group
A new sketch group officially started up yesterday, led by local artist John Rubio. The first …
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Carbon and Cocoa sitting in a tree
John Gruber counters anti-Carbon arguments from Andrew Stone, again: Apple’s original plan …
July 2003
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Veen and cycling
I often subscribe to a weblog because I trust that person’s opinion on a certain subject. I …
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The Animation Show premiere
Friday night’s premiere of The Animation Show here in Austin was a lot of fun. An excellent …
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What would Dumbledore do?
I finished the fifth Harry Potter book last weekend. It was easily the best so far, and as usual a …
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Fireworks
I meant to blog every day from WWDC, but the network was just too flaky, and all my free time was …
June 2003
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Email mistakes
John Gruber: “The elephant in the middle of the room, of course, is Apple Mail.” For a …
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2d animation in a Pixar world
I believe in traditional (2d) animation. But watching Nemo, for a moment I almost believed the hype …
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Nemo box office
Happy Father’s Day! Finding Nemo – about a father, among other things – set a new …
May 2003
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WWDC coding frenzy
It’s appropriate that I’m in a coding frenzy for the next few weeks. WWDC e-ticket in …
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Reloaded and Animatrix
The Matrix double-feature last night was fun (thanks Damon). Five hours of movies and food, yikes. I …
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The battle for RSS
At SXSW I told Mena Trott that RSS 1.0 was dead or dying, because it was too complicated. Turns out …
April 2003
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Time for a better Finder
A few weeks ago John Siracusa wrote a great summary of the Finder, with specifics on why the OS X …
March 2003
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NetNewsWire as a platform
There’s an opportunity for Ranchero if they act soon. We are still in the early stages of RSS …
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Spirited Away to get new theatrical release
I was out of the house Sunday night so I set the old VCR timer to record the Oscars. Unfortunately I …
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Google UI
After SXSW I made a point to seek out new blogs. One is Micah Alpern, who writes about Marissa …
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scriptingNews format to RSS
"Compare RSS with scriptingNews format, which is richer, it includes enough …
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Flash vs. web apps, again
Macromedia is fortunate to have two things going for it: Kevin Lynch, who seems like a smart guy, …
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Implementing TrackBack
After the panel Tuesday I commented to Mena that TrackBack is still sort of Movable Type-only and …
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Simple friendly formats
SXSW has wrapped up for me, although many others will still be out partying long after I post this. …
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Still at SXSW, 2 links
Mike Clark is thinking about blogging:"My weblog is still relatively new, and yet once in a while I …
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At SXSW thinking about weblogs
I turned this web site into a blog one year ago today. More on that in a few paragraphs. This …
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Almost ready for SXSW Interactive
SXSW Interactive kicks off tonight. Wes, against his better judgement, is going to the Linux Top Gun …
February 2003
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To the crazy ones
There has been some excellent critique of Apple’s UI experiments on Irate Scotsman, Daring …
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Al Hirschfeld
A follow-up to yesterday’s post. Many people contribute to a film, and not all of them are …
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Andy Serkis, animators, and the Oscars
Slashdot points to a Salon article about Andy Serkis (voice and motion reference for Gollum in The …
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Reading list
I’ve added a list of books I am reading or have recently read to the right column of this web …
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Konfabulator
Of all the things I should be doing, staying up late hacking Konfabulator widgets is not one of …
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Snow in Austin
It snowed when I was about 5 years old and when I was maybe 10, so I assumed it would snow every 5 …
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Inductive vs rich user interface design
Boxes and Arrows article by David Heller: “Ultimately, I don’t see a long term future …
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NASA loses shuttle
Oh no. AP: NASA Loses Touch with Shuttle Columbia:"NASA declared an emergency after losing …
January 2003
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Understanding Comics
For Christmas I received a copy of Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics. I was familiar with …
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Parenthesis s
It wasn’t long after I started programming that I developed a pet peeve with other programmers …
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Long time no blog
It’s been two weeks since I last posted, and with every passing day it becomes more difficult …
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Final Safari UI comments
Safari puts the classic SSL “lock” icon in the window title bar. Here’s a …
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Macworld and new apps
Macworld was a week ago today. A few fun quotes from Steve Jobs:"This jacket is wicked."
"We put the …
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HTML 3.2 forever
In My Experience: “I still use html tables”:"Fully abstracting your UI from its content …
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Pepys Diary
A great new blog to start off 2003: The Diary of Samuel Pepys. What an innovative use of the weblog …
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Still digging
Wow, Dave Winer is applying for a new job:"As I've been talking with people about this, it's been …
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Video games for a new year
Salon has an article on Tolkien-inspired video games:"'Immersion does not necessarily require …
December 2002
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Awaiting The Two Towers
A couple of hours from now I should be firmly planted in my seat with popcorn and drink for The Two …
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Apple's UI playground
Steven Johnson for Slate, “Is the Computer Desktop an Antique?""Now that Microsoft has …
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Metadata seven years later
Aaron Swartz talks at the Creative Commons launch party:"Right now you can only ask a search engine …
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Reading and typography
The weather turned cold here yesterday, and that just contributes to my blogging apathy after the …
November 2002
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Being a generalist
John Lim of PHP Everywhere:"I'm actually a generalist. I can code a bit in Javascript, I know some …
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Personalization vs. customization
Adrian Holovaty describes the BBC’s ‘intelligent’ design personalization. By …
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Amazon usability
Odd that I had never heard of Good Experience, a newsletter by Mark Hurst. Just discovered it today …
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Peter on IA
Peter Merholz, “Thoughts on AIfIA and Information Architecture”:"As information …
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Late night with user interface web sites
Best of chi-web and sigia-l: “Using the archives for each mailing list, I’ve compiled a …
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Morality for and against war
From the BBC: “The international community has a ‘moral responsibility’ to avoid …
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Zopey OpenDoc
Jeffrey Shell is building an OpenDoc-inspired framework on top of Zope.
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Leaky Abstractions
Joel on Software, “The Law of Leaky Abstractions”:"If a large UFO on its way to Area 51 …
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Futurama, Oscars, and Ward Kimball
I haven’t seen Futurama since it first aired – the time slot doesn’t work for me, …
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Election Day
Today is the big day, and you should vote. Even though you can’t stand all the negative ads. …
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Crufty interfaces and file paths
Matthew Thomas’ “When good interfaces go crufty” is a fun read. It’s nothing …
October 2002
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There and back again
Out all last week, vacationing around the Gulf coast. It was good to unplug for a week and forget …
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Cocoa/Carbon opinions from Applelust
Brent Simmons responds point by point to the misinformation in the Applelust.com article, …
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Spirited Away
Last night I saw Spirited Away. I first heard about the film shortly before its release in Japan, …
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Cocoa, Carbon, and iDVD
The comments for Slashdot’s “Which Coding Framework for Mac OS X?" are frustrating. …
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Nobel Prize to Carter
The first thing I saw when I woke up this morning, from the BBC News: Former US President Jimmy …
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Mr. Swartz Goes to Washington
Aaron Swartz has an excellent write-up of his trip to Washington for the Eldred case. Also covered …
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More Lessig v. Ashcroft
Every week or so the tech weblog world (or at least the portion that I view) aligns on one issue. …
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Electronic Voting
Slashdot reports on Brazil’s electronic ballots. Early voting here in Austin this month will …
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Mirror Project
Peter Merholz writes about his first contribution to the Mirror Project:"I went to the mirror, and …
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Mac OS X Conference blogs
It’s fun watching the posts come in to the Mac OS X Conference “Trackback” feed. …
September 2002
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Falling asleep over RSS
James Duncan Davidson echoes a complaint I have also raised:"The most annoying thing from a user …
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Jason's day
Kottke.org, “A Day”:"A small chat on the phone with my mom, birthday wishes, etc. Then …
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iSync and Yahoo RSS
Apple releases the iSync beta. I’ve never seen an Apple software release with so many …
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Moving to NetNewsWire
I finally made the jump from Radio Userland’s news aggregator to NetNewsWire last night. …
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Web browsers on the Mac
Web browsers on the Mac since Mosaic have stored bookmarks in an HTML file. Chimera apparently …
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Last week, Joel wrote about
Last week, Joel wrote about Mac software developers:"There are very few conditions under which it …
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Dave Winer, on his health
Dave Winer, on his health and the RSS 2.0 flame wars:"I want to keep working, but if the choice is …
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Bill Plympton has started work
Bill Plympton has started work on his next animated feature film, “Hair High”. You can …
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Here are some sketches from
Here are some sketches from one year ago by New York animator Pat Smith. Everyone finds there own …
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John Siracusa has an excellent Jaguar article
John Siracusa has an excellent Jaguar article over at Ars Technica. A long read, but worth it. One …
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Jeffrey Veen: Standards Still Matter.
Jeffrey Veen: Standards Still Matter. “Will there ever be a day when we can just assume that …
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PHPeverywhere: "When things turn sour,
PHPeverywhere: “When things turn sour, Open Source is not about open minds, but naked egos and …
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James Duncan Davidson, author of
James Duncan Davidson, author of the upcoming Learning Cocoa (2nd edition), has a new blog. …
August 2002
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Last night I finally saw
Last night I finally saw Michael Dudok de Wit’s short film masterpiece “Father and …
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My WWDC 2002 DVDs arrived
My WWDC 2002 DVDs arrived yesterday, just in time to be useful.
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After ignoring Mozilla for
After ignoring Mozilla for 6 months, I took the latest version out for a spin a few nights ago to …
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News.com: "More than 100,000 copies
News.com: “More than 100,000 copies of Apple Computer’s OS X 10.2 operating system were …
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No Sense of Place points
No Sense of Place points to a great collection of early 20th century animated films at the Library …
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Kottke has the same NetNewsWire
Kottke has the same NetNewsWire gripe that I do, and a mockup to go along with it. I submitted this …
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Brent Simmons: "If you're not
Brent Simmons: “If you’re not syndicating your site as RSS it might as well not …
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While skipping around through my
While skipping around through my MP3 collection, it’s easy to forget why I don’t run out …
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Kottke.org increases the text in
Kottke.org increases the text in RSS files to around 80 characters per post. Excellent. It’s …
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This site was down for
This site was down for a server move over the weekend… Thanks to David and the Interactive …
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I hate what smileys have
I hate what smileys have become. Just look at all these from the latest Yahoo Messenger! …
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Doug Baron points to an
Doug Baron points to an article on Schlotzsky’s plan for free wireless around their …
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I registered on BlogTree. Hey,
I registered on BlogTree. Hey, everyone else was doing it. :-) In other blog news… There are …
July 2002
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Hey Apple, can we use
Hey Apple, can we use those fancy colored checkboxes from iCal in our apps, too?
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Yahoo Mail reset
I have used Yahoo for almost a decade. It wasn’t long ago that I pointed to Yahoo and Google …
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I love Amazon Light already.
I love Amazon Light already. Great for when you want to lookup something quickly. I wonder how long …
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Ward Kimball, one of Disney's
Ward Kimball, one of Disney’s legendary animators, passed away today. Tom Sito sent an email …
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From a thoughtful Kottke.org post:
From a thoughtful Kottke.org post: “Elastic sites work well because they embrace the …
June 2002
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37signals has a beautiful mockup
37signals has a beautiful mockup for what the future of a web-based car interface might look like. …
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I got sucked into mc.clintock.com
I got sucked into mc.clintock.com for 30 minutes today. Oops.
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As most bloggers on the
As most bloggers on the planet know by now, Dave Winer has been in the hospital this week. Rogers …
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Last night, Traci stayed up
Last night, Traci stayed up late researching a question on Google Answers about Disney’s use …
May 2002
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Mark Pilgrim has a great
Mark Pilgrim has a great idea for RSS auto-discovery: use the <link> tag to point to the XML …
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A few days ago I
A few days ago I took Paper Dreams off my bookshelf and read a few chapters that I hadn’t …
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I saw Enigma a week
I saw Enigma a week ago. We’ve seen many movies about technology come and go, but so far only …
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WWDC 2002 was a great
WWDC 2002 was a great week. Apple has a lot of great stuff coming. It’s real, it works. Now …
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Yesterday I finished reading Steven
Yesterday I finished reading Steven Johnson’s Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, …
April 2002
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Mac OS X users have
Mac OS X users have yet another browser choice in the works: Chimera, based on Mozilla but with a …
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Jeff Veen from Dec 1999:
Jeff Veen from Dec 1999: “My prediction remains as it always has: The fastest Web sites, …
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Everyone's talking about web services
Everyone’s talking about web services this week. Megnut: “All this talk about APIs and …
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Hack the Planet has a
Hack the Planet has a long thread on publish and subscribe, OpenDoc, Microsoft, and the new Apple. …
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Joel Spolsky, on Picking a
Joel Spolsky, on Picking a Ship Date: “Generally, people who buy “off-the-shelf” …
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Alan Cooper's "The Inmates Are
Alan Cooper’s “The Inmates Are Running the Asylum” had been gathering dust on my …
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Until now, most sites creating
Until now, most sites creating their own UI widgets in DHTML have been slow, not to mention …
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Peter Merholz: "I believe the
Peter Merholz: “I believe the degree of security folks are forced to place on their own system …
March 2002
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From the Six Degrees weblog:
From the Six Degrees weblog: “Disorganized or Just Disorderly?", on the mess that …
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Anyone care to guess what
Anyone care to guess what the difference between the OK and Cancel buttons is?
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Meg talks about her experience
Meg talks about her experience using personas at Pyra in a new article on Boxes and Arrows. Evan …
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I saw Revolution OS at
I saw Revolution OS at the Alamo Drafthouse here in Austin on Saturday. A really great film, and …
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Dave Winer mentions some of
Dave Winer mentions some of the thought his team put into making Radio Userland respond quickly to …
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Every so often a web
Every so often a web site will add something small that makes all the difference. Today the example …
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Martijn van Welie has some
Martijn van Welie has some concise descriptions of web design patterns and types of navigation that …
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Slides from the Veen and
Slides from the Veen and Lynch SXSW keynote are up. Also includes links to sites mentioned in the …
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First in a series of
First in a series of new Megnut columns for the O’Reilly Network: Attendee-Centered Conference …
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Went out to Home Depot
Went out to Home Depot this evening to get paint supplies. On the counter was a hand-written sign …
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Notes from the Simplicity in
Notes from the Simplicity in Web Design panel at SXSW are now online. “Someone suggested that …
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In the latest CRYPTO-GRAM, Bruce
In the latest CRYPTO-GRAM, Bruce Schneier weighs in on the factoring breakthrough covered recently …
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It turned into a really
It turned into a really beautiful day in Austin. I’m sitting outside on the deck with my …
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A few years ago, a
A few years ago, a friend gave me a copy of Alan Cooper’s The Inmates Are Running the Asylum. …
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At the SXSW keynote the
At the SXSW keynote the other day, Jeff Veen pointed at his slides and said that they’d all be …
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Cam writes: "The cool thing
Cam writes: “The cool thing is that Kevin was very receptive to my concerns and actually …
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In the weblogs panel Doc
In the weblogs panel Doc asks: “How many people are blogging this live?” At least three …
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I brought my PowerBook to the conference today. A big thank you to Wes Felter and Cory Doctorow for …
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SXSW was a mixed bag
SXSW was a mixed bag today. Although it’s always good to hear Mike Erwin talk about security, …
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Ernest Kim and Jason Fried
Ernest Kim and Jason Fried of 37signals ran a great panel yesterday: “Simplicity in Interface …
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SXSW Interactive started today. Seems an appropriate time to start a weblog, as if there …