A couple interesting bits in the letter about Epic Games layoffs: six months of severance pay, and Project Liberty continues:

We’ve been taking steps to reduce our legal expenses, but are continuing the fight against Apple and Google distribution monopolies and taxes, so the metaverse can thrive and bring opportunity to Epic and all other developers.

It has now been two years since Fortnite was banned from the App Store. The legal fight didn’t pan out, but I still believe side-loading is inevitable. Maybe next year when the EU’s Digital Markets Act goes into affect.

Our sleepy dog kept me company today during podcast recording. Lots of dog snoring, which may or may not be picked up on the microphone. Preferable to the usual barking, though. A quiet day with no package deliveries.

Why am I watching another Republican debate? It’s chaotic, awkward… Just kind of a mess. Maybe this should be like the State of the Union format so Biden gets a few minutes to respond at the end. 🇺🇸

Looking forward to macOS Sonoma, but decided to hold off with the install until next week, after we’ve shipped Micro.blog 3.2.1 for iOS. Don’t want to risk any last-minute Xcode build problems.

Impressed with Olivia Rodrigo’s album GUTS. Good stuff. 🎶

For day 26 of the photo challenge: beverage. My go-to coffee when at home, cold brew with oat milk. Getting started for the day with Micro.blog timeline catch-up and code pull requests. ☕️

When we first added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog years ago, I used the phrase “Mastodon-compatible” because I was worried that “ActivityPub” would be confusing for normal people. It now seems time to adopt “fediverse” as a term throughout our UI instead. Curious how Threads will handle this.

Skimming through more of this interview with me that was posted yesterday, really happy with how it turned out! Except the part in the middle where I forget @vincent’s name and you can see my brain turn to mush in realtime. We’re just human here at Micro.blog HQ. 🙂

With the writers strike ending, wonder how soon we can expect a return of SNL. No need to film anything in advance and I’m imagining all these comedians have a backlog of ideas.

Fun to see this new take on a Micro.blog client from @heyloura. It’s a great example of using the API to build a different user experience that can prioritize different aspects of navigation and features.

I love reading the perspective of people who have moved from their own Mastodon server to using Micro.blog hosting, like this post from @rachsmith. Thanks! There’s still more we could do to make this integration better.

There’s a new video interview with me up on YouTube. Thanks @numericcitizen for talking to me! We cover a lot about Micro.blog, thoughts about social networks, travel, hosting beyond someone’s lifetime, user experience, and what might be coming to Micro.blog in the future.

On the latest Core Intuition we talk about whether to order new Apple products, gripes about managing online payments for phones, and the macOS Sonoma upgrade from a dev perspective.

It’s a special photo challenge for day 23: a day in the life. This is me testing my camera this morning before being interviewed by @numericcitizen.

I’ve got a bunch of Bluesky invite codes. I’m just gonna put them in this Gist if anyone wants to grab one. I’ll update the list as I can, but you might need to try a different code if one is already taken. (I check in on Bluesky occasionally and let M.b send most of my posts over there.)

I’ve been ordering a lot of little things from Amazon lately as I try to turn my car into a micro-camper. Amazon has let way too many sponsored search results clutter up the buying experience. It’s going to hurt them long term if they don’t clean it up.

Love what Patrick Rhone is doing with this new blog For You. From yesterday’s post:

When you ask for help, you are not admitting failure or lack of ability to solve the problem. To the contrary, you are using your ability to bring further resources to bear.

Finished reading: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. Takes a little while to get there but love when all the threads start to come together. Wonderful. 📚

Ran through my Micro.blog demo at FediForum pretty quickly because I wanted to stay under the 5-minute goal, but also because my dog has been barking all morning. Can’t believe he was quiet for the whole demo.

I often tune into the news while eating breakfast. Impressed with Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky on CNN this morning. He always seems more grounded and human than most CEOs.

I’ll be joining FediForum today. It starts in about half an hour. Mostly will lurk today, but looking forward to hearing what people are working on and what to solve next in the fediverse. Then tomorrow I’ll show off a little of Micro.blog.

I don’t usually look at Wordle stats. I solve the puzzles for fun and to wake my brain up a little, doesn’t matter if I get it in 2 tries or 6. But apparently I’ve played 543 times… Not sure I’ve played any game that many times before.

Today’s photo challenge word is “edge”… The retaining wall in our yard is currently being destroyed and rebuilt. Gotta make things nice for new potential buyers. 🏡

The second FediForum is this Wednesday and Thursday! Two half days. I’ll be doing a quick demo of how Micro.blog fits in with the fediverse, including recent Pixelfed integration.

Got my signed copy of Sword of Kaigen from the Kickstarter. The hardcover turned out great. 📚