Released an updated Micro.blog for macOS today with a few tweaks. More consistent progress indicators, better Mastodon username highlighting when writing a new post.

Closed.

Finished reading: The Light of All That Falls by James Islington 📚

Another photo from our quick coffee stop in Opelousas. Old federal building, unused now, built in 1891.

Java Square Cafe, in the building for an old bank in Opelousas, LA. ☕️

Another random railroad, driving over on a misty day in Louisiana. 🚂

Should’ve done this last week, but just added ⚽️ to the featured emoji menu in Micro.blog on the web.

It was nice to mostly take a break yesterday. I know Thanksgiving is just a United States thing, but I like that it’s non-offensive to everyone… Let’s just chill and reflect on what we’re thankful for. Now back to work! Coffee at Rêve in Lafayette and rolling out M.b fixes. ☕️

Pre-turkey Ticket to Ride. 🦃

For the Thanksgiving edition of Core Intuition, we talked about… Twitter again! Does Elon know what he’s doing? Should I be CEO instead? Will MarsEdit 5 ship? Enjoy. 🦃

On the road today. Louisiana rest stop. 🐊

Quick test from MarsEdit 5’s new quick post window, using a global keyboard shortcut. Nice!

I was joking about this with my family but can’t stop thinking about it… Imagine a Sprinter van, outfitted with bed, kitchen, all the usual camper van upgrades. Now paint it gray and add an Amazon Prime logo. Easy parking anywhere without questions!

Old mailboxes on Burnet Road.

Nice thread here with holiday movie recommendations… About time to review my top Christmas movie list and see if it needs any updates.

We started using Cloudfront last week and tonight I nervously signed in to Amazon, realizing I had no idea how much we were going to be charged. Answer: $0, for now. Amazon’s pricing is so confusing. One of the reasons I prefer Linode.

With the news that Tumblr is planning ActivityPub support, a quick reminder that you can already follow any Tumblr user from Micro.blog. Just enter someone.tumblr.com in Micro.blog’s Discover search! I use this for following a few artists and writers.

My morning so far… Low tire pressure light, found a nail in a tire. Dropped the car off to get the tire replaced. Coffee nearby at Turnstile, watching server log files. 🙁

Spirited was way better than I expected. Need to watch it again closer to Christmas and see how it holds up. 🎄

Love this post from @jean about everything bagels and… social media! 🙂

To be fair, everything makes me think about social media at this unsettling and exciting moment.

It’s a rare opportunity. Inspired by what worked before, avoiding the missteps. I like our foundation.

Love the owl who moved into a tree in our backyard. @traci set up a tripod and moved the Nest camera, so expect more owl photos and maybe video if we can catch him in his evening routine.

We’re embarrassed with the recent Micro.blog server status. I rolled out more improvements today. We’ll get it fast again. New server coming online later this week too.

Registered for a new test account on Micro.blog to remind myself what the onboarding flow is like. It’s not great. “Welcome to M.b, here’s a totally blank page! Good luck!” Going to tweak a few little things so new users aren’t lost.

I thought Elon would wait a couple more weeks — until things got boring at Twitter — before letting Trump back. @danielpunkass and I talked about this a couple days ago on @coreint. This weekend has been busy… Remaining Twitter server folks must have their hands full too!

On our M.b news blog you can see the daily server tweaks as we deal with new load this week. Might have a handle on it now.