Hopefully this doesn't sound too snotty but I chuckle when people seem to lecture me on how a social platform works. If you don't know anything about me... I signed up for Twitter, built apps, and quit the platform in frustration before most people joined it. I live and breath the social web. 🤪
Walked to the coffee shop when there was a lull in the rain. It's really pouring down now. 🌧️
Do cross the streams! Bluesky starter packs now available to follow within Micro.blog. Here's one in Micro.blog on the web with people who post about books. No batch follow yet, but a fun way to discover new users. An experiment that we'll refine. You can search for a Bluesky pack URL to open it.
I'm @manton on most networks, @manton.org on Bluesky, and @manton@manton.org on the fediverse. These are all managed by Micro.blog. "Are you getting it? These are not three separate accounts… This is one place to post. And we're calling it a blog." 🤪
Rain earlier today from Hank's. Started to get a little wet even though it was covered... Went inside shortly after this.
Good post on The Fediverse Report about Bluesky and decentralization. A lot of people are looking at AT Proto through fediverse-colored glasses and it’s just not the same architecture. There are different advantages and different weak points.
Vincent has been quietly improving web accessibility in Micro.blog behind the scenes, and it's bringing some other benefits such as new keyboard navigation in the timeline. More we can do here but already I really like it.
I'm working on a new page for Micro.blog and having so much fun with it. It's equal parts business marketing page and hobby art project, built natively for the web with CSS and JS.
There's been so much new interest in cross-posting in Micro.blog, I created a special page to explain it. Best experience when it loads in large windows like a desktop browser.
We stopped using Basecamp recently, and one thing I really miss is the weekly question, asking folks what they want to work on. I found this useful even for my own planning. Something about it was better than a simple note file or to-do list.
Cozumel. 🏖️
Some people asked about us not using Basecamp. We had considered dropping it for a while. A post-election DHH post also frustrated me, although I usually try to separate that from whether it’s a good, unique product, which it is. Right now the cost just doesn’t make sense for our tiny team.
I was feeling pretty good about making improvements and deploying them while on vacation… Until I woke up and realized I had broken a few things. Very sorry, Micro.blog... Bad testing on my part. Should be fixed now.
Despite server hiccups overnight, I'm feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a couple new problems. It has been a great several days away. Heading home, will have a much-requested Mastodon integration improvement in the queue for later this week. 🏖️
