: Good post by Allen Pike about Apple Intelligence. On-device AI is great for notification summaries, …
: We went to see Wicked a second time. Happy to confirm that it wasn’t my imagination: they did, in …
: Alan Jacobs responds to posts from Ted Gioia, Sam Kahn, and others about Substack It is of course …
: Realized after posting this yesterday that I was trying to be too clever. I had thought it would …
: Mozart’s Coffee is already reserving spots for their Christmas lights, so next week’s IndieWeb …
: Working through several little server optimizations while the family sleeps. 😴
: Austin’s IndieWeb Meetup returns next week: Wednesday, Dec 4th, 7pm at Mozart’s Coffee …
: Tim Chambers blogs some more thoughts on where the social web platforms are right now: Threads and …
: I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter, Mastodon, or Bluesky. It wants to be a public good …
: This week Mark Zuckerberg met at Mar-a-Lago with a convicted criminal who is out on bail. I stopped …
: Wow, Wicked. They actually pulled it off. So good. 🧹
: We have a fairly large set of Micro.blog changes ready to go live. I want to deploy them now but the …
: There will not be a Black Friday sale for Micro.blog. No better time than right now to sign up and …
: New episode of Core Int just in time to queue up for your Thanksgiving travel. We talk about my …
: I may seem easygoing and agreeable on the surface, don’t mind a little friendly competition, …
: What the heck, Austin? In the last few weeks we’ve now made two full-priced offers on houses …
: Ben Werdmuller writes about the fallout from an attempt to train AI on Bluesky posts: So the …
: I hadn’t noticed this before. New styling for blockquotes on Mastodon. This post started on my …
: This perspective rings true to me, on a platform’s decay from Steve Troughton-Smith: Threads …
: I enjoyed this response article from Elizabeth Lopatto to Sam Altman’s notebook advice. “I do not …
: Three weeks since I stopped posting to Threads. I don’t miss it. If they ever actually finish …
: Bluesky relays, Mastodon discovery providers Comparing ActivityPub and AT Proto is a useful exercise. It’s tempting but ultimately too …
: Not sure why I didn’t think of this earlier, but I realized I could install the Micro.blog …
: Despite server hiccups overnight, I’m feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a couple new …
: I was feeling pretty good about making improvements and deploying them while on vacation… Until I …
: Some people asked about us not using Basecamp. We had considered dropping it for a while. A …
: We stopped using Basecamp recently, and one thing I really miss is the weekly question, asking folks …
: There’s been so much new interest in cross-posting in Micro.blog, I created a special page to …
: I’m working on a new page for Micro.blog and having so much fun with it. It’s equal …
: Vincent has been quietly improving web accessibility in Micro.blog behind the scenes, and it’s …
: Good post on The Fediverse Report about Bluesky and decentralization. A lot of people are looking at …
: Rain earlier today from Hank’s. Started to get a little wet even though it was covered… …
: I’m @manton on most networks, @manton.org on Bluesky, and @manton@manton.org on the fediverse. …
: Do cross the streams! Bluesky starter packs now available to follow within Micro.blog. Here’s …
: Walked to the coffee shop when there was a lull in the rain. It’s really pouring down now. 🌧️
: Hopefully this doesn’t sound too snotty but I chuckle when people seem to lecture me on how a …
: I crumble a little inside when I see people mention cross-posting services that copy posts to …
: In 2018, when I added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog, I faced a choice: do I fight other …
: People seem to misunderstand Bluesky. Imagine if a few years ago instead of Twitter crippling their …
: Micro.blog integrates with Bluesky in a few ways that people don’t know about, so I collected …
: I’m so thankful for the young people who will take up the political fight from here. …
: Good feeling this morning, walking to get coffee and then fixing a couple bugs. Micro.blog does so …
: I thought Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul would be all spectacle. After watching it, I’m not sure how to …
: We’ve got a new Core Int out today. Daniel and I talk about Apple’s Image Playground and SwiftUI.
: I have another Bluesky-related feature ready to roll out in Micro.blog, but will wait until Monday. …
: Randomly drove by Terrible Love and had to stop. It’s a coffee shop in an old boiler room in Hyde …
: Thanks @leo for the mention of Micro.blog on This Week in Google! Great discussion about Bluesky and …
: The I-35 upper decks will be demolished soon. This view is going to look a lot different.
: Spotify removed the latest episode of my podcast Timetable because it used copyrighted music. True! …
: Great post by Ben Werdmuller about Bluesky’s popularity and the fediverse. To his list of what …
: I’ve been in a foul mood for a week. Ignoring the news, trying to keep my head down with work. …
: More Bluesky improvements! Fixed a couple bugs and added support for alt text for manually …
: Long walk this morning to Civil Goat on Manor. ☕️
: I have a major character flaw. Whenever I see an old abandoned building, graffiti everywhere, weeds …
: With Bluesky hitting 15 million users, I turned my attention back to Bluesky improvements in …
: Love this video from Rivian about the environment. I’m a fan.
: Regretting my new attempt with SwiftUI for Mac apps. My gut said stick with AppKit but I was sucked …
: Walking to get coffee, a car honked at me. Not a mean “get out of the way” honk, just a …
: For folks who read my blog via the weekly newsletter instead of via RSS, last week’s email was …
: Slowly bringing more links back to the new home page, including (gasp!) a sign in link. Thanks …
: I’ve updated my state parks page with today’s visit, hitting the 20th park this year. …
: Finished reading: Sourdough by Robin Sloan. Enjoyed this so much. Just the book I needed this week. …
: I recorded a new episode of Timetable today. Still angry. I need to flip the iTunes explicit bit on …
: Lost Maples State Natural Area.
: All of my favorite podcasts are talking about the same thing this week. Can’t listen to them. …
: Spinning off Strata Micro.blog does a lot. We have a handful of companion mobile apps because some things are just …
: Noodling with something. I’m still waffling on what form it will take if it ships. Just a …
: At the 38th 1/2 Street crossing. 🚂
: My short-form podcast is back again! Timetable, episode 133, recorded today. It’s the best …
: When you don’t know what to do, create.
: Decided today was a good day to burn the old home page to the ground and start over, for users who …
: I almost forgot: IndieWeb Meetup tonight in Austin, 7pm at Mozart’s Coffee.
: The sun will rise “I know what I have to do now. I’ve got to keep breathing because tomorrow the sun will …
: Distracted myself today by fixing bugs and working on the Mac version of Strata. We’re going …
: There’s a nice new Micro.blog theme “mnml” by Jim Mitchell, available in the …
: Jenny Lawson: Thank you for shining in a world that sometimes appears dark. It may seem such a …
: Speaking of voting and podcasts, I love that Lex Friedman does a daily short podcast. Here’s …
: 🎶 Freedom, freedom, I can’t move Freedom, cut me loose Freedom, freedom, where are you? …
: We have a special Election Day episode of Core Intuition today: Every Four Years.
: Thanks everyone who has supported Micro.blog, whether you tried it only briefly, or stuck with it …
: Feeling a bit reflective on this election day morning. 8 years ago, I had already been working on …
: Happy Election Day, America! Went for a short walk to pick up a coffee. Beautiful cool fall day in …
: One more day until we learn what kind of country we live in. 🇺🇸
: I still have mixed feelings about SwiftUI. Trying to give it another chance, because the first 90% …
: SNL’s opening skit tonight was a lot of fun. Let’s go Kamala Harris! Finish strong. 🇺🇸
: No matter what happens Tuesday, what a huge failure that Trump made it back on the ballot after …
: Hi Austin! Reminder we’re resuming the IndieWeb Meetup. This coming Wednesday, Nov 6th, the …
: Good guidelines from Bluesky about how they’re approaching misinformation in the final days of …
: I was looking for old photos and diagrams of Robert Mueller airport and found this progression of …
: Another photo from Oklahoma City a few days ago, the statues commemorating the land run of 1889. I …
: Glad to see the return of the Day One podcast. I guess I had subscribed years ago and then they …
: I’ve driven around a lot of Texas this week. Democratic candidates have raised so much money this …
: Finished reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler. This was brilliant. I may need to read it …
: Common Grounds Coffeehouse in Brownwood, Texas. ☕️
: Rained off and on through the night at Abilene State Park. Went for a short hike in the morning.
: Between Oklahoma City and Dallas there’s a surprisingly high number of Trump “2020” billboards. …
: Oklahoma City loves this team. Thunder are really good right now. Still excited for the Spurs this …
: Spurs vs. Thunder. Wemby warming up from the 3-point line. 🏀
: Trees and remains of the wall of the federal building, at the Oklahoma City bombing memorial.
: Micro.blog t-shirts! Jim Mitchell realized I was never going to get around to making t-shirts, so …
: Here’s a silly thing I created for Halloween, a new domain name: micro.boo! 👻 It just collects …
: The return of Austin's IndieWeb Meetup The pandemic started to hit America in earnest just as we were wrapping up IndieWebCamp Austin 2020. …
: Finished reading: Boom Town by Sam Anderson. Could not ask for a more perfect book to finish before …
: Turquoise Coffee Stop. Neat little coffee shop in the very small town of Chillicothe, with a sort of …
: Sunrise at Copper Breaks State Park.
: Old and new energy capture in Texas.
: My plan for not losing my mind as we head into election day: Travel this week. Watch basketball …
: On the road this week. Stopped for a quick lunch and coffee at 8th Street Coffee House in Wichita …
: Bluesky comes up in the latest ActivityPub newsletter update from Ghost: Another cool thing that …
: On the latest episode of Core Int, we talk about updates we might see to MacBooks, the recent …
: At first I wasn’t going to cancel my Washington Post subscription… but I did. There’s not really a …
: I voted today. Triple-checked my ballot. Still nervous but feels good to have the end of the …
: From an article and discussion with the Humane founders, Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, from …
: Got a really nice response to our quick one-day sale, 25% off for a year if you upgrade to …
: Micro.blog will not endorse a candidate for president. But I will, because these are the kind of …
: Ben Thompson’s interview with Marc Benioff is kind of wild. I had mostly ignored Salesforce …
: Not sure what to think about this video from Josh Miller about Arc not going anywhere. I just …
: Sale! Today only, upgrade to the Micro.blog Premium or Family plan and get 25% off for the next …
: It’s odd how many developers in the fediverse don’t know how Bluesky works. I’ve …
: OpenAI’s Orion model may be released before the end of the year, according to The Verge: Unlike the …
: Added a help page to describe how configuring Bluesky handles in Micro.blog works. Super easy, …
: It’s probably not well known that when you enable Bluesky in Micro.blog, it also enables your …
: Train crossing at Cherrywood.
: Contrasting headlines on AI Interesting contrast today in how two newspapers have covered the same story. I cancelled my NYT …
: We rolled out a new zoom for photos on the web. Thanks @vincent for working on this! It turned out …
: Last night from Mattie’s at Green Pastures.
: As AI gets better at helping with coding, I think it’s going to feel similar to the productivity …
: I don’t really understand what consistency models are, but nice to see OpenAI sticking to their …
: Back in 1994, I would never have guessed that the computing future 30 years later would still have …
: Jason Fried says version 1 is for you: v1 is for us. No one else. Others will use it, many will …
: Glass houses, throwing stones, etc. I gripe about ActivityPub’s chattiness but just fixed a …
: Whenever I search for recipes and get back so much search-optimized filler text and ads, explaining …
: The weakest link in Micro.blog’s server infrastructure remains our two Redis servers, which …
: The background queue for ActivityPub-related tasks in Micro.blog seems to have accumulated 5 million …
: Good interview from Joanna Stern with Craig Federighi. I’ve got nitpicks with Apple …
: I would pay for a third-party API that works like Apple’s private cloud compute. For the …
: I may have to visit this massive solar farm next time I’m in the area, about an hour outside Austin. …
: Really good point from Tim Walz in this clip today: Donald Trump has already promised that …
: Because Strata notes are end-to-end encrypted, I’ve gotta rethink how I might build features …
: Everyone is confused by OpenAI’s product names — GPT 4o and o1 — but I’m also amused …
: Thanks Aaron Ross Powell for the blog post about Micro.blog! On cross-posting: But the magic, and …
: Something very significant is happening in Texas with reviewing death row inmate Robert Roberson’s …
: Early voting started today! We went to our location but the line was insanely long. Gonna try again …
: I’m using iOS App Intents for the first time as a developer. My gut feeling when this was all …
: When I get a questionable notification summary in the iOS 18.1 beta, I run the original text through …
: WNBA finals, game 5, a minute and a half left, tied game… This is what it’s all about. 🏀
: Ben Werdmuller has several ideas for building on the fediverse, including add-on services, SDKs, …
: Sunny day in Austin. Finally got the adapter for my new solar panel so I can actually test …
: Love this episode of The Vergecast about a YouTuber opening a coffee shop. I would also like to open …
: Mimi Uploader is now free for the rest of the year. Great opportunity to do more photo-blogging on …
: Updated my Texas state parks page, now up to 17 out of 88 parks. Need to get back on schedule to …
: Eisenhower State Park near my campsite this morning. I had so much fun last night for the Honda …
: Posted a new Core Intuition. This week we talk about trademarks… with Micro.blog, not …
: Traveling today, but carved out a nice morning in Dallas to fix and deploy several bugs. Loving this …
: Great post from Cory Doctorow on using RSS: Using RSS is a chance to visit a utopian future in …
: I ported another Hugo theme over to Micro.blog. It’s called Soho, based on the Hyde theme. …
: I’m less than a week into using Arc on the Mac, and already I’m so used to it that when …
: The new color Kindle looks really nice. I don’t read comics on the Kindle or make highlights …
: I missed the beginning of the Texas debate but from what I saw in the second half, Colin Allred did …
: I recorded a quick video demo of the new theme preview in Micro.blog. This is such an obvious …
: Good glass-half-full analysis from Jason Snell about the new iPad mini with A17 Pro: …this …
: More thoughts on WordPress Things have accelerated since my post about Automattic and WP Engine a couple weeks ago. I’m …
: A few more notes about the new theme preview feature at the help site.
: New iPad Mini with the A17 Pro and AI looks good. At first I was surprised by the $500 price, …
: New way to preview themes, from the news blog: Added new Preview button for themes in the plug-in …
: Working with the Stripe API this morning, trying to make things a little better. It hurts to look at …
: Jeremy Keith built a static archive of his site The Session: I wanted to reduce the dependencies on …
: Om Malik: Pure blogging is “blogging” because you have something to say. To me, that is a pure …
: Jamie Zawinski on the 30-year anniversary of the Netscape 0.9 release: According to my notes, it …
: Tuned in to the SpaceX livestream in time to see the Starship splashdown. Watched the recap of …
: Bennu Coffee might be too serious about their wi-fi passwords. ☕️
: Honda Element: roof solar It’s time for another update in my Honda Element blog post series. After my last road trip, I …
: The Internet Archive is still down after an attack. A backup of the web is too important to only …
: Considering a radical redesign of the Micro.blog home page. The current design by @vincent has …
: Now that we’ve got Threads cross-posting for everyone, it was time to clean up a few related …
: Dario Amodei on powerful AI Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has written a long essay about powerful AI. I haven’t even finished …
: When we recorded the latest Core Int, I hadn’t yet watched Money Electric on HBO. Just watched …
: We were late with the last episode of Core Int, so it’s basically two episodes this week. On …
: I’ve decided to give Arc for Mac a real shot, going all-in as my default browser. I usually …
: Threads cross-posting from Micro.blog As soon as Threads released their early documentation for the Threads API months ago, we dropped …
: TikTok even worse than we thought NPR has reviewed internal documents from TikTok: For the first time, internal TikTok communications …
: Trying a new coffee place. Cafe at the Loren with a nice view across Riverside. Where I’m sitting …
: Don’t sleep on the “Custom home page” plug-in for Micro.blog if you need something …
: Slack can sometimes be overwhelming. I make it work by limiting myself to about 3 channels in the …
: Threads cross-posting is finally rolling out more broadly for Micro.blog folks. Sorry if I …
: I’m not interested in a Tesla, or any new car, but I watched the robotaxi event because it felt like …
: Get your 🎃 and 👻 emoji ready. I’m brewing up something fun for Halloween.
: Thinking more about this blog post from Nick Radcliffe about effectively rebranding Micro.blog. I …
: Turnout 🇺🇸 It’s less than a month until election day. I believe Kamala Harris is going to win. Knock on …
: Making progress on enabling Threads cross-posting for everyone in Micro.blog. Meta approved the app …
: It will always be valuable to know a programming language inside and out, but AI is erasing old …
: Nice update to Mimi for Micro.blog to batch generate alt text for a bunch of photos at once.
: Most mornings while eating breakfast at home, I flip between Morning Joe and CNN. Today, too many …
: New Core Int just published. We talk about Meta’s Orion prototype, Daniel trying to remember his …
: Old steps to nowhere in east Austin. Someone’s house used to be here.
: As usual I’m working on a few different things in parallel. Server bug fixes, mobile app …
: Upgraded to macOS Sequoia. iPhone Mirroring is fascinating. It’s better and more native-y for …
: Interesting heads-up from Gareth Edwards that .io might be going away: Once this treaty is signed, …
: There are stories about both Trump and Biden in this overview of Bob Woodward’s new book War, but …
: Microblogging, a fable This is an only slightly exaggerated story that I see play out again and again from customers: …
: Happy to get Micro.blog for iOS version 3.3 released. Includes the under-the-hood navigation rewrite …
: Odd dream last night. I wrote an April Fool’s press release for Micro.blog announcing …
: Dusted off my Rabbit R1 after listening to the latest interview with Jesse Lyu on Decoder. It needed …
: This ruling for Epic vs. Google goes way further than the concessions Apple has had to make for the …
: Dave Winer celebrating 30 years of blogging today: Every time you post something you’re proud …
: One year since the Hamas attack on Israel. Hostages still not released. Peace still far off. Gaza …
: Less than a month until election day. The deadline to register to vote in Texas is today. Similar …
: We saw Megalopolis yesterday and I’m still trying to make sense of it. Feels like there were …
: Finished Rings of Power season 2. I enjoyed it as long as I don’t hold it to the high standard of …
: Automattic, WP Engine, and 37signals The controversy with WordPress continues. In fact, it’s escalating as WP Engine has filed a …
: Experimenting with OpenAI’s new canvas feature. Pretty incredible what it can do. There are a …
: Multiple confirmations from folks that the black screen crashes (reboots?) are an 18.1 beta problem. …
: John Gruber on the news that Starlink will offer free service to Hurricane Helene disaster areas: …
: Overall the iPhone 16 Pro Max is amazing. A couple minor gripes: Camera button is a little hard to …
: I don’t like captchas and will never force them on my customers. With AI, captchas will become …
: Here’s what the new prompt for email newsletter subscriptions looks like for your blog. The …
: Think I figured out my high bounce and complaint rate for email sending. Spammers are trying to …
: We just shipped an update to Strata for iOS, our private notes app for Micro.blog, with Android to …
: Thinking about the difference between companies who use AI to make existing features better and …
: Just in case folks missed the other notices about this, I’m running a big server upgrade in 30 …
: If I could give advice to Tim Walz for tonight’s debate: just be yourself. Don’t stress about …
: Spent a bunch of time in encryption land, debugging an issue with the next Strata update. Almost …
: There was a trailer for Flow before The Wild Robot. It looks fantastic. The release is coming in …
: Croissant is getting some great press. Just a few I’ve noticed: Six Colors, MacStories, …
: Happy birthday to Jimmy Carter. 100 years! Amazing. Hope he gets his wish to vote for Kamala Harris. …
: Decided a few weeks back to stop Wordle at 1200. It’s fitting that I did terribly on this last …
: Relay has raised $1 million for St. Jude this year. Incredible.
: Ghost fediverse pricing Interesting note in the latest fediverse blog post update for Ghost: Will members who use …
: We posted a new episode of Core Intuition, this time talking all about the controversy in the …
: I posted this to @news a week ago. Quoting it here as a reminder: An early heads-up: we are …
: I think the new “finished” pane turned out well. This has been a much-needed improvement …
: House shopping during election season is great. There are so many political yard signs, you can tell …
: Last night’s SNL was great. Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Dana Carvey, Jean Smart… That’s …
: Really enjoyed seeing The Wild Robot. Beautiful. Glad I read the book first too… The movie …
: I ended up disabling Type to Siri. Kept accidentally triggering it with impatient double-taps on the …
: Austin forever. New mural on 51st.
: Molly White blogs about POSSE: The next time a new social media site comes along, you can plug it …
: Thinking about what a modern AppleScript would look like powered by LLMs. The human language-like …
: Rest in peace, Maggie Smith.
: Sort of an all-Zuckerberg podcast week. Good interview with Mark on Decoder but can’t disagree …
: I’m still interested in Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, but maybe I’m not the market …
: No-training Creative Commons Tantek Çelik proposes a “CC-NT” license, for “no-training”: This seems like …
: Pushed another TestFlight beta of Micro.blog with lots of little tweaks that had been bugging me. …
: “Orion makes every other VR or AR device I have tried feel like a mistake — including the Apple …
: Meta Connect 2024 Let’s start with this: Meta Connect was more interesting and fun than Apple’s iPhone …
: Mira Murati is leaving OpenAI. If things had gone differently after the board shakeup, she …
: Just uploaded a new TestFlight beta with support for iOS 18 dark and tinted icons. Looks way better …
: Automattic vs. WP Engine will have a chilling effect on WordPress hosting. When I decided to use …
: Effectively no one knows how good Micro.blog is for blogging. I alternate between being bummed out …
: Sarah Perez reporting on the financial backing of the new Social Web Foundation. This is an …
: Finished watching the first season of Shōgun. Fantastic. 📺
: Good post at WP Tavern highlighting the major plot points of the ongoing WordPress drama. I also …
: During the pandemic I accidentally let my P.O. Box expire. I almost never checked it anyway, but I …
: Can’t shake the feeling today that I’m going to have to do this all on my own.
: Molly White is doing something on her blog that I don’t think I’ve seen before. When …
: Social Web Foundation: The Social Web Foundation works to grow this new ecosystem in an open, …
: Not in a good mood this morning, so all of my blog posts are going to be tinged with a little bit of …
: Going to restart the public beta for Micro.blog on iOS. Just waiting for Apple to approve the beta, …
: Listening to the latest Decoder podcast with The Browser Company’s Josh Miller and enjoying it …
: 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 …
: Decided to install the iOS 18.1 beta. AI summarization features mostly work as advertised. For the …
: It’s wild to imagine that in the future, to be competitive with AI you might need your own …
: Eating my own dog food, just imported 2800 notes into Micro.blog. Overall went really well. A couple …
: Following up on Three Mile Island, good point from Ben Thompson today: …nuclear energy and data …
: After reading Matt Mullenweg’s posts about WP Engine, I looked into pricing for WP Engine and …
: From Mark Gurman’s latest, the AI rollout still feels haphazard. ChatGPT may come as soon as 18.2: …
: This story about Microsoft and nuclear power underscores how big a deal AI is: If approved by …
: Finished watching the WordCamp Q&A from Matt Mullenweg. Very unique this year, largely dedicated …
: The iPhone Pro 16 Max is my first “huge” iPhone. So far I’m liking the size. …
: Special shout-out to the UPS driver who delivered my new iPhone while I was out of town for a day. …
: Frilly’s Seafood Bayou Kitchen, in Denton.
: Just posted Core Intuition 613 with our discussion of the iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia releases, changes …
: Earlier this year I took a photo of the demolition of the Frank Erwin Center. Today I took another …
: Here’s the video for my demo at FediForum. It shows Micro.blog posting, cross-posting services, and …
: Dan Moren writing at Macworld: Look, I’m not ungrateful. But the truth remains that nothing stokes …
: Letting the Republicans say “well, Democrats make up facts too” is an unforced error. We …
: I blogged when the JD Vance couch joke started making the rounds that we should avoid disinformation …
: I continue to be impressed with Bluesky’s growth. From Last Week in the ATmosphere, covering …
: I was hoping adding Bluesky video upload would be a quick win this week, but it’s going to …
: Pre-ordered Directing at Disney a few months ago and promptly forgot about it until it arrived this …
: I submitted Micro.blog’s Threads support to Meta again with a new video demo, and it was …
: I don’t get why people subscribe to a service or newsletter and then mark those emails as …
: The new Snap Spectacles are too bulky but they’re the first AR glasses that I can actually …
: At first I was surprised that Mozilla.social is shutting down, but Mozilla didn’t seem to have …
: On Jack Dorsey’s point that in the age of AI, it’s important to own your identity and …
: After I made some Nostr improvements in M.b the other day, I caught up on a few conference videos to …
: With a new iPhone coming this week, seems a good time to post my latest home screen. Same layout as …
: Teen Accounts on Instagram sounds like a very good change. Of course those of us with kids who were …
: I mentioned recently that I was considering removing trial accounts on Micro.blog until after the …
: Love this metaphor from Dave Winer about how Micro.blog handles feeds and cross-posting: It’s …
: John Gruber’s article about last week’s iPhone event also compares Tim Cook’s Apple with what …
: Not sure I have a favorite iOS 18 feature yet, but tapbacks with emoji are near the top of the list. …
: I don’t really understand how OpenAI’s o1 works, but I found today’s Stratechery …
: Jason Snell reflects on 10 years since starting Six Colors: Ten years ago I took a leap into …
: Federico Viticci reviews iOS 18 and also writes about how to balance his love of Apple tech and …
: We’ve got a new episode of Core Intuition out today, longer than usual to talk about which …
: Happy for Hacks finally winning. Love that show. It has been tough competition going up against …
: Watching the Emmy’s. It shouldn’t bother me so much but folks The Bear still isn’t a comedy. 📺
: As a quick follow-up to my post today about posting APIs, I should have linked to the latest …
: We’ve visited Dallas a lot recently. It sort of amazes me that Dallas has been able to develop …
: Toward a common posting API Dave Winer blogs about interoperability for Twitter-like systems: We had that for the blogging …
: Sean Tilley has a great live blog of FediForum over at We Distribute. Also includes my demo if you …
: I got a lot out of FediForum this week. Mostly lurking this morning, can’t really participate. …
: I hadn’t checked out Lillihub in a while. It’s so nice. Some unique ideas around …
: For something completely new today, I’m revisiting Nostr support in Micro.blog. Making a few …
: Plaud NotePin I still think there’s potentially a space for these dedicated AI-based voice recorders, but …
: Learning about Fediverse Discovery Providers at FediForum. Interesting solution to get search and …
: Hello! This is a quick demo of Micro.blog at FediForum.
: Great post from Molly White on the Hachette vs. Internet Archive decision on controlled digital …
: I watched Oprah Winfrey’s AI special. There was some concern before it aired about whether it would …
: FediForum starts today and runs for a few days. It’s inspiring to see what everyone is working …
: Finished reading: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. Mostly for kids, but I had already been looking …
: Got my updated Covid shot. Going to lie low for the afternoon, just poke around a little with …
: Adrian Vila blogging about the lens choices on the iPhone 16: I said it a year ago, and I still …
: “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior …
: Nice job by the ABC moderators for some quick fact-checking and generally keeping things on track, …
: Kamala Harris has a really clever approach to some answers where she talks about the actual question …
: Kamala Harris off to a strong start, I think. Lots of policy but also layering in some bigger …
: Finally cancelling iTunes Match. Created playlists in Music.app to find and download every track …
: Online grocery prices dropped last month. More surprising, Adobe tracks these kind of prices as part …
: Some good notes from Jason Snell after attending the iPhone 16 event. On AI’s staggered …
: Stephen Hackett blogging about the increasingly-complicated Apple product lineup: Sometimes, that …
: Not in a hurry to switch, but I will probably opt for the AirPods 4 to replace my AirPods Pro. The …
: Working on something to demo at FediForum later this week. Not entirely sure in what form it will …
: Cohost is shutting down. From the staff account: …we’ve struggled to fill the revenue and morale …
: Finished reading: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. Somehow I had never read this before …
: Rest in peace, James Earl Jones. I wouldn’t have guessed he was 93 already. An incredible …
: Solid updates from Apple as usual. They highlighted lots of health-related features, like hearing …
: Genuinely conflicted about this year’s iPhone Pro color lineup: black, white, silver, desert. …
: New Apple stuff is great and all, but hear me out… What if they integrated hardware, …
: I’m sorry to be bitter, but in the first half hour of the Apple event, my takeaways are: they …
: Ben Thompson predicts a $100 price increase for the new iPhones today, bringing it over $1k for the …
: iPhone announcement day! As I talked about on @coreint, for the first time in years — maybe since …
: The new iPhone announcement is just a couple days away, and on today’s Core Int we give our thoughts …
: Looking up, at Beyond Van Gogh. In the old Austin American-Statesman building.
: This post about Marissa Mayer’s company Sunshine on Platformer is several months old, but I …
: Good news, everyone. Accidentally left the garage door open and someone stole a couple random things …
: Talking to Daniel today for the next podcast episode, about AI, and afterwards I was thinking about …
: John Gruber has a long take-down on the DMA. There is plenty to think about in this, but a quick …
: I feel that I’ve been overpaying for sending email for years. Making another attempt at …
: People worry that AI will take over what humans should be doing. It’s more profound than that. …
: Taking a short break from Threads and Bluesky. Nothing against those services, but I started …
: Honda Element: fans In my blog post series for upgrades to my Honda Element, this post is a little different. It’s …
: While Micro.blog avoids viral features, making misinformation less likely to spread quickly, we …
: Congrats to @rizzi@gloria.social on the release of the new Reeder! It’s a huge redesign, …
: “I’d run the risk of losing everything. Sell all my things, become nomadic.” — …
: My number one use case for AR glasses is when on a road trip and can’t stop to take pictures. Old …
: Cloudy morning at Brazos Bend State Park, from the observation tower. Unlike any other state park …
: Seeing the “luxurious” headline on this review at The Verge for the new reMarkable Paper …
: I’ve always been a mosquito magnet. They go for me before anyone else, and leave several bites …
: xAI rush in Memphis I think I first heard about xAI’s plans in Memphis from Stephen Hackett’s blog. He …
: The Verge writing about VW’s in-car AI: Volkswagen says that OpenAI’s chatbot along with a …
: Congrats to Tapbots on the Ivory 2.2 release. However, to comment on their announcement post: Ivory …
: Speaking of Micro.blog apps, the new version of Mimi Uploader can batch generate alt text for …
: Happy to announce that our companion app for notes, Strata, is now available for Android. Notes …
: Nice web utility from @mary.my.id that archives your Bluesky posts as HTML. Always a good idea to …
: Sometimes you just need a little color. Stairwell at Central Market.
: There is a place for the WordPress block editor, or Medium, or Squarespace, or any number of very …
: As I improve my own web text editor, I’m reflecting on what it felt like when the first …
: I often only finally get into a book at the end of a loan in Libby, hopelessly nowhere near finished …
: Drove by a couple fire trucks protecting the shoulder for a car and a Cybertruck stopped on the side …
: There’s a good analysis in Last Week in Fediverse about Twitter X, Bluesky, and Mastodon. Just a …
: Manuel Moreale blogs about a more intentional, personal web: I’m talking about liberating yourself …
: Just sad hearing about the news of 6 more hostages dead in Gaza. The closer we get to 1 year since …
: Bluesky has added 1 million users in the past few days, largely from the Twitter X in Brazil …
: Ollie inspecting a new package, the SolarSaga 100 Prime. This is going to go on my car.
: Just posted a new episode of Core Int: Reinventing the 90s. We use two new software releases (the …
: Ghost in their weekly update, joking about likes: Descartes famously said “I think, therefore …
: Ramping up the search for our next home. For old neighborhoods, love doing a little background …
: This story and art from Christine Mi for The Washington Post makes me want to book a train trip …
: Still a few months away, but the Wind and Truth cover reveal makes the book feel like it’s even …
: An update on Strata for Android. Getting closer to a release. We had a rejection, resubmitted. …
: Tantek Çelik blogged about IndieWebCamp Portland: We wrapped up with our usual Create Day Demos …
: Setting up some more customer support email filters. It’s gotten to where I have so much spam …
: I have a few upcoming camping reservations, part of my quest to visit all 88 state parks in Texas. …
: From The Wall Street Journal: Apple, Nvidia Are in Talks to Invest in OpenAI. This makes sense to …
: There are some interesting things going on with the new Patreon-like Sub Club for the fediverse. …
: I like this post from Marty McGuire about the IndieWeb and how the indieweb.org wiki can sometimes …
: I joked yesterday that enabling the AI features in Micro.blog for everyone might bankrupt me. I …
: Fountain at Cosmic on 4th. I should go here more often. ☕️
: You get an AI! You get an AI! Starting to enable automatic photo keywords and search for all paid …
: Tumblr’s getting started on porting the backend to WordPress: We acquired Tumblr to benefit …
: Years ago, mostly by accident, I started using green for block quotes in Markdown. Screenshot below. …
: I was hoping the new iPhone Pro would have 12 GB of RAM. Sticking with 8 GB is enough for small AI …
: Wow, has it really been a full year since the last Epilogue release for Android? Today I’ve …
: Nice write-up from Chris Enns on using Micro.blog for hosting short podcasts and adding stats with …
: Working in Android and Google Play a bunch this week. It’s just similar enough to the Apple …
: Epilogue 1.8.2 We’ve got a new minor update to Epilogue for iOS ready. This release focuses on the context …
: Jack Smith knows what he’s doing. January 6th indictment reworked to accommodate the Supreme Court’s …
: Submitted on app update to Apple and now feel kind of in limbo, like I can’t do anything else until …
: Claude’s Artifacts feature is really well done. I asked it to create a web page with various …
: Good news from The Verge, the Biden administration is providing $521 million to states to expand EV …
: Doug Jones has a roundup of several XOXO blog posts.
: Rainy morning at Lazarus on Airport. The sun is starting to come out now and I want the rain back. …
: Craig Hockenberry’s slop is good pairs well with John Gruber’s post I linked to …
: A small, probably unfair, book rant… When I start a fantasy book and discover it’s written in …
: Molly White after speaking at XOXO: I mentioned that I’ve been feeling this a lot over the last few …
: New AI-based Alexa set to launch in October, possibly as a $10 subscription: The revamp of the …
: We’re starting to know more about Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest: Durov was being …
: John Gruber blogging about the AI-enhanced photos in Google Pixel 9: Everyone alive today has grown …
: Updates from @Mtt for folks using these themes: I just pushed out updates for both Tiny Theme and …
: Joe Crawford blogs about open web themes at XOXO: During XOXO, Andy Baio said “Every one of you …
: Wow, I hadn’t heard about this yet but can’t wait. War of the Rohirrim coming at the end …
: More on the fediverse stars symbol, this time from Manuel Moreale: I am no fediverse citizen but I …
: Nice update to ChatGPT for Mac: option-space now brings up results in a small floating window. Good …
: Finished reading: The Exchange by John Grisham. A sequel to The Firm. I usually try to find …
: Penn family farm at Cedar Hill State Park.
: Ben Werdmuller follows up on the fediverse symbol, blogging that Meta should be commended for …
: I like the proposed symbol for the fediverse: ⁂. It’s just unicode so doesn’t need …
: Sounds like we’re in for an interest rate cut next month. We sold our house last year, …
: From The Information, fascinating to see the different approaches in headset strategy. Meta: we …
: Apple may embrace JPEG XL, via Jade van Dörsten’s microblog. It feels better for XL to be the …
: Between me and my kids, we share birthdays with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and… Kamala …
: Texans, our state nightmare of needing to take a wallet with us for groceries at HEB may be almost …
: Kamala Harris, for the people. Great speech. What an amazing week for Democrats and America. 🇺🇸
: Feeling good about the bug squashing today. Which probably means I’ve overlooked something. 🤪
: As I work on contenteditable divs, having flashbacks to pre-CSS web development with browser layout …
: Nice to see new Covid shots approved, will be out in the next week or so. A lot of people have …
: Federico Viticci posting on Threads: My realization in 2024 has been that the DMA fork of iOS is …
: Good news for train fans: Amtrak route from New Orleans to Mobile should open next year. So many …
: Did you know Iconfactory has a microblog on Micro.blog now? Love the new Totoro wallpaper for …
: Feeling a bit of regret not making the trip to Portland for XOXO. Hope it’s a good one for …
: “This is loud in our country’s call because while we all love freedom, it is love that frees us all. …
: I liked the change of pace with Bill Clinton just going with a printed copy of his speech or notes. …
: Are ChatGPT notifications actually a thing? I’ve never seen this before, so can’t tell if it’s a …
: The LEGO interstitials in MKBHD’s Pixel 9 review video are a really nice touch.
: Strongly agree with this post from John Gruber, responding to The New York Times (which I no longer …
: Some people downplay the iMessage lock-in, but it’s real for me. Otherwise I’d switch to …
: Working hard to fix issues in the new Micro.blog editor. I know it’s frustrating when things …
: ActivityPub and Mastodon API developers, any thoughts for the discussion on FEP-eb22 here? I want to …
: I knew Netflix was doing games, but I didn’t realize they had good games. Monument Valley 3 …
: I’m with the folks who say we’re likely in an AI bubble similar to the dot-com boom. That is, it’s …
: Finished reading: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas. Felt a little muddled in the middle but solid …
: Really strong opening night at the DNC. Joe was good. So much love from the crowd. Special guests on …
: Happy Tuesday, everyone. Fixing bugs. 🐞
: Signed in to Facebook. It’s sort of a weird app if you haven’t used it in years. Wonder how long …
: For the Democratic convention this week, I’m looking forward to Hillary’s speech tonight. Her …
: Mayoral candidate in Cheyenne, Wyoming running with an AI bot that will make decisions for the city: …
: Rolling out the new web-based Micro.blog editor now… Let us know if you have any feedback or …
: This line from Leon Mika’s post about naming computers rings true. It’s pragmatic but …
: Still some selection quirks in the new editor, but overall it’s so much better, don’t …
: Micro.blog servers for 2024 Micro.blog users who check the logs page will notice that the platform routes publishing requests to …
: Just registered for FediForum, a 3-day event for the fediverse coming up in September. I’ve …
: Cool walls at Spokesman Coffee. ☕️
: Pretty happy with how the new editor for Micro.blog is coming along. I’m going to ship it …
: Posted a new Core Intuition, this week covering the latest App Store news with new linking …
: Nice blog post on Writing Slowly about using notes in Micro.blog and getting set up with Strata for …
: Annoyed by yesterday’s server problem. Essentially one of our servers was accepting incoming …
: It was four years ago this week that Epic Games launched so-called Project Liberty, their attempt to …
: Having one of those mornings where I sort of can’t believe how well this coding is going. …
: There are a lot of misses in the current Amtrak map. Las Vegas, which Brightline is making progress …
: For the first joint event with Joe and Kamala together, really smart to focus on healthcare and …
: Now that I’ve cancelled my NYT subscription, going to wind down my daily use of Wordle too. So many …
: This new Rivian travel kitchen looks so good. I’d be tempted to get it if I hadn’t already spent a …
: Happy NBA schedule release day! It drops this afternoon and I’m excited enough that I will …
: Wow, this post diving into Micro.blog bookmarks and highlights is amazing. Thanks Loura! I’ve …
: Must-read blog post by Cory Doctorow, connecting enshittification to Apple and the legal agreements …
: Sounds like we may be in for a substantial remedy in Epic vs. Google, potentially going even further …
: Random rail crossing in Denton. 🚂
: Ben Thompson’s daily update reviews the App Store vs. Patreon mess: In short, Apple is taking …
: “I’m learning, and I’m worried for the opponents in a couple of years.” — Victor …
: My son is tinkering with Raspberry Pi and Arduino and it’s incredible what is possible now. So …
: Steve Troughton-Smith on Mastodon: If Apple isn’t stopped, there will come a point where …
: About 25 years after first learning JavaScript, I think I’m almost starting to get the hang of …
: According to Mark Gurman, the iPhone 16 Pro will have a new button for the camera. This is very …
: The back and forth ranking changes for Jordan Chiles and Ana Barbosu is a mess. If there’s no …
: Continuing to make progress with the new editor. Fixed several things, added support for @-mentions, …
: Manuel Moreale wraps up his first 50 interviews with bloggers, with a nice summary here. I was happy …
: Shoutout to @vincent who has finished a major rewrite of the navigation in our main mobile app. It’s …
: Incredible gold medal game, USA vs. France women. So close to going to OT. 🏀
: This post from John Gruber really hits the key problem with macOS becoming more locked down and even …
: Buescher State Park at lunchtime. Had a picnic, then started listening to USA vs. France on the …
: Enjoying USA vs. France. Love watching Wemby play and cannot wait for the Spurs season to start. …
: Really wish React Native didn’t use Ruby and CocoaPods. It’s past time for a cleaner …
: More movies lately, getting the most from the Alamo Drafthouse season pass… Borderlands is exactly …
: Now that we’ve got breakdancing, I think the Olympics officially has enough events. I …
: One of these years I’d like to make it out to D23. Seems like a fun weekend. There is so much …
: New episode of Core Int out today. We talk about the antitrust verdict against Google search, the …
: 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 …
: Catching up on more track and field from today. Noah Lyles has COVID. Good column about it here: On …
: Wow. I was losing my mind when USA came back and took the lead. Steph Curry doing his thing. Huge …
: Worried about USA vs. Serbia. There was a good run in the 3rd quarter but it’s now like it didn’t …
: I guess I was wrong about the topic of Trump’s press conference. There was no topic or focus, just a …
: I recorded a short video as a status update on the new web-based text editor for Micro.blog that …
: The Performa series at 512 Pixels continues, today arriving at the Quadra 605, which was my first …
: New rules and fees from Apple today for the EU. It’s getting ridiculous. This page has the fees and …
: Apparently Trump’s press conference is going to be about Walz’s military service. …
: Nice icon set on We Distribute with icons for many platforms and fediverse apps.
: Apple Intelligence, not for developers On the latest episode of Upgrade, Jason Snell and Myke Hurley covered an important part of the Apple …
: Micro.blog survey results This week we posted a short survey for Micro.blog customers to provide feedback about the service. I …
: Really strong intro for Tim Walz with the speeches in Pennsylvania today. I’m so impressed …
: Love a blog post that starts with a history lesson. Ben Thompson writes about antitrust and the case …
: We put together a very short survey this week to get some feedback about parts of Micro.blog. If you …
: Kamala Harris picks Tim Walz. I’m a little surprised, Josh Shapiro seemed like a great choice. I …
: I’ve enjoyed this season of House of the Dragon but the finale was mostly setup for next season. It …
: AI hallucinations just reinforce that humans should always be involved. Today, AI switched to Python …
: I hit a brick wall with some tricky JavaScript and contenteditable HTML. Decided to start over and …
: Did some boring but necessary sys admin work over the weekend. Plugging more holes so dumb problems …
: Using Micro.blog? Take 30 seconds to fill out this quick survey. I’ve been thinking about the …
: Finished reading: The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams. Strong characters in this. The monsters creeped me …
: You can always count on Teslas to have fun vanity license plates.
: Still a little puzzled by the link handling in Threads posts. Every character in the URL counts …
: Good post from Jason Snell about Apple services: Apple is building an enormous business that’s …
: Dan Murrell blogs about how he uses ChatGPT to add features to his iOS app: Why should I spend time …
: Here’s an example screenshot in the Mac app of how I use bookmark summarization. I bookmark …
: From the M.b news blog, bookmark summarization via our future robot overlords is now available to …
: Made a tweak to how timelines in Micro.blog are stored, especially helpful for our poor servers when …
: Lots of news in Vincent’s weekly update, including the end of Gluon, work on M.b, and handing …
: Great journalism from The Washington Post this morning on a suspicious $10 million withdrawal in …
: This list at The Washington Post of each person freed today is really good, with details on each …
: Nilay Patel in the intro to the latest Decoder: But putting a bunch of computers in a data center …
: AI quick scripts Discourse’s backups are SQL, but I needed a Markdown or HTML export. I asked ChatGPT to write …
: Maya Rudolph returning to SNL! From CNN: Rudolph will reprise her portrayal of Vice President …
: This approach from Wix to let AI write blog posts is all wrong. You know what works, though? Write …
: This is a fun new series from Stephen Hackett on the Performa line. I had the Quadra 605 which I …
: Some good replies to my post about Reddit, Micro.blog, and robots.txt yesterday. One wrinkle that …
: Last night’s Idina Menzel show was really something special. Didn’t realize she is also …
: Trump picked Vance when he had all the momentum — getting shot, the convention, Biden’s …
: Idina Menzel at the Paramount.
: Friend, an AI companion There’s an interview from David Pierce at The Verge with Friend founder Avi Schiffmann. Friend …
: Belatedly realizing that Reddit’s robots.txt change means that Micro.blog’s bookmark …
: Enjoying watching the Olympics. Some live, some delayed. Still fun even if I’ve already heard a …
: Miss the days when you could have a $199 iPod Touch around for testing betas and other things. …
: Thought about installing the iOS 18.1 beta today but caught myself, remembering AI won’t work on my …
: I’ve been testing the beta of Tapestry and it’s really starting to show the promise of a …
: We’re working on a few tweaks to Epilogue this week. Just merged in a change that my son …
: Between killing third-party clients and now only allowing Google indexing, Reddit has withdrawn from …
: Finished reading: Blood on Their Hands by Mandy Matney. Wasn’t planning to read this but got into it …
: Experimenting with WebP. I still have mixed feelings about it. The files are smaller, but even …
: This monolith command-line tool is neat, found via @eay. Downloads a web page and rewrites it to …
: There’s a new Core Int out today! Daniel and I talk about CrowdStrike, travel, and SearchGPT.
: The couch jokes about JD Vance might be funny, but it’s misinformation and not even based on …
: Short walk to Somerville Lake right before it started to rain. So quiet this morning.
: Looking forward to Rings of Power season 2. Looks like what I blogged during season 1 is still true. …
: Camping at Lake Somerville State Park. Lots of dense trees and bushes around each site, makes for …
: Cheat sheet for emoji in my blog posts: 📚: about books I’m reading 🇺🇸: politics 🙂: friendly …
: Elena Rossini has a blog post walking through the compatibility between Mastodon and Pixelfed …
: ActivityPub folks: I’ve posted FEP-eb22 to document supported features in NodeInfo, so that …
: To be honest, the Ghost ActivityPub emails are both exciting and a little bit painful for me to …
: My initial take on SearchGPT (without using it yet) is that it should be a step forward for linking …
: Not sure what to make of Sam Altman’s op-ed in The Washington Post. When he writes about model …
: Big news for AltStore to be getting Fortnite. Also from Epic, they are pulling Fortnite from …
: Thinking more about Biden’s address last night and his legacy, it’s remarkable how much he …
: Evan Prodromou in a post on Mastodon: If you make a Fediverse explainer, try to show some real …
: Micro.blog 3.3 for Mac Today we’ve released a new version of Micro.blog for macOS. This update adds two new features: …
: Set the presidential address to record while out tonight so we could watch it fully, without all the …
: Federico Viticci on how wired EarPods are still great: I don’t have to worry about battery life, …
: Nice work from Apple on the web version of Maps. Native apps are great, but some apps really should …
: A great new theme for Micro.blog: Sumo by Matt Langford. There’s a lot in here that is really …
: Playing around with the new dataset from Overture Maps, a project started a couple years go between …
: I’ve tinkered with smaller Llama models, on my Mac and Linux servers, so I thought I’d …
: There are some wild numbers in this report at Bloomberg about Apple’s spending on TV+ content. …
: Llama 3.1 Mark Zuckerberg writes about Llama 3.1 in a Threads post using images of text instead of a blog. He …
: Following politics sort of obsessively, senate races, the 2020 primaries, I thought I knew a few …
: Back down the rabbit hole of HTTP signatures + ActivityPub today. Fixed an issue, and reviewed the …
: It’s such a good feeling to have the Biden reelection campaign drama behind us. It was going …
: Micro.blog has a couple options for creating redirects, but adding pages to your blog navigation …
: Rewatched Twister (singular) this week. It holds up! Went to see Twisters (plural) tonight and it’s …
: With the release of GPT-4o-mini, I’m updating some of the models used in Micro.blog. …
: I was trying some new things with Micro.blog themes and rediscovered that I had made a page that is …
: I don’t see myself buying a Vision Pro soon or ever, but love that a hot air balloons video is …
: Started a Micro.blog experiment that renders a snapshot of your blog post as an image, which could …
: Hard to believe it’s only been 4 days since I blogged that the debate is over about the …
: In Dallas for a few days. Iced latte outside at Ascension, near White Rock Lake. ☕️
: Downtown from old east Dallas. Some yellow in the sky before sunset.
: Sticker Mule At Micro.blog we’ve used Sticker Mule for a while. A few years ago, I remember reading …
: Finally some good news. We need more big plans like this: President Biden is finalizing plans to …
: Om Malik blogging about the Taboola deal: Apple’s decision to strike a deal with Taboola is …
: Too many guns John Gruber blogs that it’s the guns: The truth is that our nation, great though it is in so …
: The new Overcast is looking good! Smooth upgrade. From Marco’s blog post: For Overcast to …
: I’ve recorded a short 2-minute video to show how we’ve updated Micro.blog’s editor …
: Finished reading: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz. I enjoyed the first half of this book. But …
: From the news blog: We’ve updated how blog themes are edited. If you don’t have a custom theme, …
: My blog has probably shifted way too much to the political, but that’s how it goes in an …
: Chris Enns: I wish we could have a day or two each month where we all collectively agreed to post …
: Just watched Biden’s statement on the shooting. Very good. He is the President and our …
: Saying that Trump is a threat to democracy is not a call for violence. He caused January 6th. He …
: Just posted a new Core Intuition: A Billion-Dollar Flop. We check in about the Vision Pro, then …
: Rust judge dismisses the case against Alec Baldwin after prosecutors withheld evidence, saying: If …
: Here’s a sneak peek at a reorganized theme editor, moving a few things around to fix …
: Working on a couple different things, bouncing between them. One of those weeks where I can’t …
: Joe Biden has always rambled, and it hurts him as he gets older. But here’s the deal. One candidate …
: I’m going to watch Biden’s press conference in a couple hours. But I already know it …
: Insightful post by Jason Fried on “directional” decisions, the kind of decisions that …
: Love these upcoming covers for A Song of Ice and Fire. I never finished reading past book 2 years …
: I think I’m going to love this USA basketball team. Nice move swapping in Derrick White. 🏀
: The latest Washington Post / ABC News poll has the race tied. Voters thought Biden was old before, …
: Morning work at Cherrywood Coffeehouse. You know it’s old-school Austin because just saw what …
: Dave Winer replying to my post yesterday: The way the twitter-alikes do discourse is not the only …
: Looking at my tweets from 17 years ago, they often had no faves, no replies, and no retweets (which …
: Sad to see the TUAW archive taken over by… whatever that is. AI-slopified. Brings back a lot …
: Ben Thompson on Apple joining and then leaving the OpenAI board: …joining the board of …
: Ben Werdmuller, linking today to a story on Ghost federation: I’m also convinced …
: Here’s a screenshot of the new Get Info window in the latest Mac app for Micro.blog, released …
: Exhausting day yesterday so I crashed early last night. Unfortunately a couple of our servers …
: Small fan I keep in my laptop bag. Doesn’t completely solve Texas summer but helps a tiny bit. Need …
: Last post about Biden for a while. Dave Winer makes a point I’ve wanted to blog about: If …
: This political cartoon by Dave Whamond is so good. “C’mon man!”
: I’m starting to accelerate my challenge to visit all 88 state parks in Texas. Had a few slow …
: Post-debate, post-interview questions I have mixed feelings about where we go in the Democratic party. I think I’ll be relieved if …
: Lunch at LBJ State Park. Picked up a turkey melt sandwich from a food truck in Johnson City, Cast …
: Joe Biden in a written statement today: Not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors, not any …
: Training C-3PO Many of the hot takes about fair use for AI training are either “AI is stealing content” or …
: I wrote a weird blog post draft about AI last week that I wasn’t sure what to do with. …
: Enchanted Rock. It’s too hot today so I can’t be bothered to hike to the top, but it’s still nice.
: Mark Gurman says that some of the core parts of Apple Intelligence will arrive with iOS 18.4 next …
: ActivityPub paper cuts Everyone who has implemented ActivityPub from scratch knows that there are implementation-specific …
: The world has changed since The New York Times was founded in the 1850s. It used to be that opinion …
: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other major news outlets should scrap their opinion …
: We subscribed to the Alamo Drafthouse season pass for the summer. Makes it easier to decide to go to …
: Back from the early screening of Fly Me to the Moon at Alamo — fun movie! — and watched the Biden …
: Even folks who assumed the best intentions with Apple’s DMA compliance can surely see that the …
: I updated the Micro.blog for Mac app today. Several improvements including an easy way to just see …
: A new spin-off project from omg.lol: Spake. This is similar to what we were trying to do in …
: Patriotic delivery robot. Kirk Watson and Lloyd Doggett spoke briefly after Mueller’s parade. …
: What’s bothering me this week is that I’m feeling like I felt when we were in limbo …
: Nick Heer summarizes the OpenAI sandboxing news, initially covered by The Verge. I think the …
: Finished reading: The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas. A set of novellas that take place …
: After I blogged about a new text editor for Micro.blog, I ran into a couple tricky problems and work …
: Jason Fried introducing Writebook: It’s a dead simple platform to publish web-based books. …
: John Gruber posting to Threads: I feel great about Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. Go back …
: There are a lot of interesting stats in this Cloudflare blog post about AI bots. I still worry that …
: After today’s blog publishing change, I’m seeing posting about twice as fast for my …
: Good new ad from the Biden campaign: The same Trump Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade, …
: We are starting to open up Micro.blog’s notes feature to our standard plan. Private notes with …
: New laptop sticker. Always iced coffee.
: I’m a little puzzled about why the new proposed fediverse:creator tag is only for approved web …
: Texas Sage while out walking. Can’t tell in the photo but the bees are happy too.
: MacStories has written an open letter asking for AI regulation: …a wide swath of the tech …
: Last week’s debate was a wake-up call for our muddled framing of the issues at stake this …
: Finally experimenting with Bluesky’s Starter Packs. I created a test pack with a handful of …
: At the coffee shop, glanced up at the TV and there’s a news segment on “How To Avoid …
: It’s almost funny that I’ve had so much praise for Biden because I didn’t support him in the …
: Just watched the President’s short speech reacting to the Supreme Court ruling on immunity. Joe …
: Happy for Derrick White on his 4-year, $125 million extension with the Celtics. He plays hard, knows …
: Audio snippets are fun. I added audio to this short post today too. To me, it underscores that my …
: I’ve gotten out of the habit of adding audio narration to my blog posts, so took a few minutes …
: I always feel better after shipping new features for customers. Today, expanded our email newsletter …
: The news can be very deflating. It’s critical to figure out small ways we can make a …
: I read parts of the Trump immunity decision, skipping around to what Roberts wrote and the dissent. …
: Dark forest of the web Jeremy Keith follows up on fighting AI bots, quoting a couple things I’ve said. He closes …
: Monday after the debate, and I’m mostly annoyed with Biden’s staff and campaign today. …
: Chris Paul to the Spurs? I did not see that coming. 🏀
: Trail bridge at Bastrop State Park. Trees are slowly coming back after the 2011 fire.
: I’ve been inspired by what feels like a renewed push for massive solar infrastructure, so …
: Excellent article in The Washington Post about an Infinium plant in Corpus Christi producing diesel …
: The Philadelphia Inquirer: Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is …
: Went to see the first chapter of Horizon tonight and love what they’re doing with it. So much time …
: Kora Kora Coffee in Gruene, Texas. ☕️
: I’m not one to impulsively cancel subscriptions when I disagree with the leadership or when …
: Morning at Guadalupe River State Park.
: Camping in Texas in the summer is not fun, but I keep thinking I’ll figure out how to solve it with …
: Just posted a new Core Intuition. Daniel and I talk about the latest news with Apple and the …
: I watched all of Joe Biden’s campaign speech from today. Wish he was half as good last night as he …
: Dave Winer blogs about a new experiment to make a collection of blogrolls by following a …
: I updated the Micro.blog blogroll plug-in today, adding more control over whether to show the …
: visionOS and peak Apple Jason Snell makes the case for hand controllers and other changes to the Vision Pro: I’ve got a …
: The current Supreme Court is broken. If Joe Biden wants to change the narrative, announce that …
: It’s a new day. Pick yourself back up. There’s a lot to do. What’s next? 🇺🇸
: My favorite moment and the most clear line from Biden against Trump: “Something snapped in you when …
: You know who had a great debate against Trump? Hillary Clinton. I’m not saying she should jump in …
: There’s a really substantive conversation on MSNBC right now about the president’s job as a …
: Debate halftime! Biden is just warming up, everyone. Trump is, of course, constantly lying. It’s …
: Happy for LeBron that Bronny is going to the Lakers. Such a unique chance to play together that’s …
: Just another night in America, where the President of the United States has to debate a convicted …
: Jeremy Keith on how human-curated bookmarks could help adapt to a web filled with AI content: It …
: Threads API access was rejected for Micro.blog. 🙄 Going to redo the submission and record new demo …
: I like the idea of a smaller e-ink reader, whether it’s running Android or not, so I’m …
: Anyone who enjoys writing or photography or sharing anything online should have their own microblog …
: NBA draft tonight! Spurs have the 4th and 8th picks. Last season’s record was bad, but the …
: Some progress with the Threads API, the issue with the Meta dev dashboard not updating to show API …
: More DMA, more rejections, more exhaustion Nick Heer on the latest DMA news and UTM rejection: Perhaps there are legitimate security concerns …
: Can’t believe I didn’t know about this Snow White Cafe, in operation since 1946… …
: For folks beta testing automatic cross-posting from Micro.blog to Threads, if you like to tinker, we …
: When a company withholds a feature from the EU because of the DMA — Apple for AI, Meta today for the …
: Threads has rolled out seeing replies from other platforms, filling one of the biggest holes in …
: Molly White makes a point that I’ve also been trying to articulate about AI crawling, but I …
: If you’re keeping score, Hillary has now written three books since losing the 2016 election. …
: Local orchestration vs. the cloud Excellent post by Jason Snell on the upcoming era of orchestrated apps, where much of what we do …
: As usual, Hillary Clinton is right. From an op-ed today on what to watch for in the debate: Mr. …
: Had a dream last night that for the upcoming presidential debate, Biden’s team decided to use …
: One good thing about Akamai acquiring Linode: they appear to have a better plan for reaching 100% …
: Riley Testut posts about no longer trusting Apple with app notarization: When we first met with the …
: In John Gruber’s article about Apple Intelligence, he writes about the server impact: As …
: Still no way for me to submit my app to Meta to approve the Threads API. 🙁 I can add more beta …
: Finally got my R1. The hype has worn off, so not sure it has a place in my life for regular use. …
: It’s bizarre to see developers effectively siding with Apple over the DMA. The EU is trying to …
: European Commission preliminary findings that the App Store is in breach of the DMA. Even if …
: I was wondering when someone would bring up that the Internet Archive ignores robots.txt, and …
: Decided to promote the “Edit Sources & Cross-posting” screen to its own link in the …
: We saw the new Zilker Eagle today while going to Barton Springs. It looks really nice. Unfortunately …
: Somehow on my recent trip I’ve gotten a scratch in the middle of my iPhone screen. I was already …
: This article in The Washington Post about AI energy use has a lot in it, but still seems to paint an …
: Finished reading: Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang. This was excellent. It must’ve been a …
: Great post by Anil Dash on how the board of directors for an organization actually works. I learned …
: Still no option for me to submit our Threads feature to Meta for review. Tried contacting developer …
: I really dislike the Mastodon setting to require HTTP signatures for everything. It makes basic …
: Perplexity CEO addresses the recent questions about crawling, but I don’t think his answers …
: “I only came back to myself when I decided something: all emotions are just energy, just potential …
: On this week’s Core Int, we talk about the latest AI controversy including with Perplexity and how …
: Great collection from Michael Tsai of posts on a range of reactions to Apple blaming the DMA for …
: John Gruber blogs about how Trump personally measures up to the Ten Commandments that he apparently …
: Randomly stumbled on an old clip of Steve Jobs, thanks (no thanks) to the Threads algorithmic …
: If you sent me an @-mention yesterday about automatic Threads cross-posting, I’ve invited you …
: I don’t travel as much as a bunch of people I know, but the combination of road trip and …
: I tried this AI-based social network Butterflies and it’s as bizarre as you’d expect. It’s more like …
: Forgot to mention if you’re sending me your Threads username… You will have to go to your …
: Micro.blog cross-posting to Threads is a bit in limbo because I’m not even sure how to submit …
: Working with the Threads API reminds me of how frustrating it was to work with Facebook’s main …
: Rough Point. This view brought to you by a contribution from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
: Last night in Newport. Another lighthouse, with the sunset at Castle Hill.
: The New York Times: Biden gives legal protections to undocumented spouses. Biden’s administration …
: The upcoming Zelda where you can play as Zelda looks fantastic. Love the design and approach to …
: Because of the recent pushback against AI bots, I’ve added a help page to Micro.blog with …
: Congrats to the Celtics. The NBA finals had a couple good moments, but the result never seemed that …
: I get the distrust of AI bots but I think discussions to sabotage crawled data go too far, …
: Brant Point Lighthouse, Nantucket.
: The Breakers. Beautiful walk along the cliffs and in the mansion. The Vanderbilts really had a …
: Newport Bridge from Goat Island.
: Our WWDC episode of Core Intuition is out! We talk about visiting San Jose, Apple Intelligence, and …
: Last month I got sucked into an auction for Disney artwork and came away with a sequence of drawings …
: Jason Snell paints a picture of Apple as sort of irritatedly getting on board the AI hype train. On …
: What if personal domain name registrations could essentially renew on auto-pilot, regardless of …
: Now that I’m back home from WWDC, my excitement about installing the betas has evaporated. Will …
: Good interview from Kara Swisher with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI. She led the GPT-4o announcement …
: Gandy’s Creamery in Brady, Texas. No trespassing.
: Stellar Coffee in Roswell. ☕️
: Stopped overnight in Roswell, New Mexico to visit with the aliens. Queueing up the audiobook The …
: WWDC initial takeaway One thing I didn’t appreciate before this year’s WWDC is how limited Apple’s …
: In 1979 my uncle wrote a book about solar power — or more specifically, although I haven’t …
: Wind turbines as the sun sets in New Mexico.
: Finished reading: Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner. This was excellent. Loved the way it revealed more of …
: Freight trains in the middle of nowhere, Arizona.
: A couple days after the WWDC keynote, starting to see a couple cracks in Apple’s AI strategy. …
: Yesterday was a blur. I was planning to camp at Lake Havasu but it’s just too hot, so I …
: This text without any vending machines is like a cruel mirage in what feels like the middle of the …
: Nice live blog at The Verge of the interview session with iJustine. Nilay Patel comments: I think …
: Random shot of San Jose light rail train, interrupted by a bus.
: Lots of details in this Apple blog post about the new AI models. Looks like the on-device models are …
: Vaguely keeping up with the Platform State of the Union in the hotel lobby. Thinking I’ll update to …
: Apple’s little custom icon to indicate what’s an AI summary is nice. I’ve been using a robot icon …
: So far so good with Apple Intelligence. I have a lot of questions but the framing seems right, with …
: iPhone mirroring seems… really strange. Can’t wait to try it, though.
: Math Notes is super impressive. No mention of AI or machine learning but it’s gotta be all over …
: I know social networks aren’t Apple’s thing, but I still think it would be cool for them to have a …
: Good morning from San Jose! With this first guess in Wordle, I thought this would be a “2” day, but …
: Finished reading: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas. Fast-paced. This was a stronger book than the …
: I’m always surprised when coffee shop wi-fi is way slower than LTE tethering. It’s great …
: Field of Light in Paso Robles. I was expecting something different and beautiful, and it was that. …
: Bad Boys opens with $21 million box office Friday, on track for $50 million for the weekend. …
: Santa Barbara from the pier.
: I’m experimenting with an OpenAI-based assistant powered by my own writing. It is wild. See …
: Working this morning at Honey Cup, a little coffee shop in Thousand Oaks. Finally have uninterrupted …
: Nick Heer on the eroding trust in tech as companies plow ahead with new features: These product …
: Four hostages freed in assault in Gaza. I wonder how this affects feelings about the war from …
: Each time I take an extended solo road trip, I learn something new about how to make life a little …
: Only just skimmed through Mark Gurman’s comprehensive WWDC article. Most of the AI rumors …
: Made it to the coast, settling in at Point Mugu State Park. Way too crowded, almost left, but I like …
: Listening to Pivot today, Scott Galloway goes on a tangent about how Hillary Clinton would’ve …
: Whenever I’m anywhere near Los Angeles, I think, “I should stop at Disneyland for the …
: Just posted our preview for next week’s WWDC, Core Int episode 602. Lots more about AI and …
: NBA finals time. Feels like Boston is the more complete team but I have no real idea how this series …
: I don’t ask Siri hard questions. Today I threw her a softball while driving down I-15, …
: Hiking in the sun yesterday, it was a bit of a wake-up call, especially with the looming heat wave. …
: Great post on TechCrunch by Sarah Perez about Bridgy Fed’s support for Bluesky. The social web …
: Redis has ballooned in size again, after sizable reductions in memory usage last year to make things …
: Catching up on a bunch of random online things as I wait for the day to cool down enough to feel …
: Honda Element: window rain guards This is a pretty simple one, another addition to my blog post series about upgrading my Honda …
: Jason Snell, writing about how Apple may frame the announcements next week at WWDC: Apple has the …
: Bryce Canyon National Park. Didn’t catch this view at the right time for the best lighting, but it …
: How to rethink Siri Siri is much too limited and inconsistent. The only time I ever use Siri is when driving, for …
: Micro.blog-hosted blogs have had good uptime the last couple months, but of course two servers …
: When driving directions in maps lets you know there’s a much slower route available, every …
: Love these book updates from Brandon Sanderson, on Reddit: Finished the last interlude today at …
: More about AI uncertainty I’ve blogged before about AI hallucinations, but I wanted to tie together a few new posts …
: Winding up along the Animas River. I’m in the last car of a 15-car train, so around the curves it’s …
: Good morning from Colorado! All aboard the Durango & Silverton Railroad. 🚂
: Traffic completely stopped on I-40 earlier today because of road work, and I had a view from a side …
: Finished reading: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport. Some good ideas in this, formalizing what we …
: Woke to slight rain. Really bad visibility on the small Texas highway meandering back to the …
: Left late from home today, but still arrived at Caprock Canyons State Park before dark. Not …
: Ben Thompson’s interview with Casey Handmer of Terraform pretty much blew my mind. Smart, …
: Apple Notes priorities In a blog post about Journal, John Gruber makes a detour to highlight the lack of full import and …
: From The Information: In mid-2023, some employees of Apple’s system intelligence and machine …
: Listening to Trump’s rambling speech today, at first I was laughing at the blatant lies and …
: Just posted a new Core Intuition, episode 601. We talk about the audio narration feature in …
: A day after the guilty verdict, seeing people worry about polls and whether this will change …
: Had some fun with the audio narration for this post. 🇺🇸
: “While this defendant may be unlike any other in American history, we arrived at this trial — …
: No one is above the law. Trump guilty on all charges. A monumental moment for the country. 🇺🇸
: No matter what happens, can we give Eric Trump some credit for actually being there for his dad? …
: Working on the Threads API and remembering what a pain it is to deal with Meta’s developer …
: Had an idea to expand my about page, which before was just a few snippets of text and links, to make …
: As part of the podcast pricing decrease, everyone also now gets this little segment control for …
: Podcast hosting for $5 Six years ago, we launched our $10/month plan with podcast hosting. Since then we’ve added …
: When my car repairs cost thousands of dollars, I really stick it to them by making sure to get free …
: Really good Stratechery article today about how AI fits in the various big tech company stacks. On …
: Now we wait for the jury. Thinking about how I will react to the verdict… Clearly there is …
: On this day 16 years ago, Daniel and I released the first episode of Core Intuition. So many things …
: MarsEdit 5.2 is out with a whole bunch of improvements, including a couple for Micro.blog. Congrats …
: My cross-posting to Threads has been sporadic. Decided last week to pause it until the API is ready, …
: Helpful post from The Fediverse Report about Farcaster and they’re wild $1 billion valuable. …
: After reading that the Gaza pier was damaged by weather, I read a bit more to try to understand how …
: Today I learned from slash pages by Robb Knight that there’s a /chipotle to note your favorite …
: Weak opinions, strongly held Manu Moreale writes about the ratio between consuming content and creating it: I believe people …
: “The name of the game was concealment, and all roads lead to the man who benefited the most, Donald …
: Missed last night’s Celtics game, so a belated congrats to them. They’re a great team. …
: A little more about adding audio Last week I blogged about adding audio narration to blog posts. For years we’ve also had full …
: Molly White, previewing an upcoming blog post: i firmly believe that if you’re going to spend …
: Has social media now devolved back to the same tone as Twitter X? Outrage, memes, extremism. …
: Expectations for WWDC haven’t changed much, except this odd rumor from Mark Gurman: One …
: New feature idea for the social web: before strangers can reply to your posts, they have to read …
: Finished reading: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. If this was only a standalone novel, I’d have …
: Fort Worth, downtown with the county courthouse.
: After we recorded episode 600 of @coreint, I thought I had blown it, maybe had a bit too much coffee …
: We’ve somehow reached the 600th episode of Core Intuition. On this episode, we talk about the …
: Went to Barton Springs today to swim but there was a ridiculous number of people waiting in line, …
: Wow. Mavs steal another one. Luka with a clutch shot, and Naz Reid who was 7-9 from 3 misses the …
: Audio narration in Micro.blog This feature went from idea to implementation quickly because it turns out we already have full …
: This blog post is a test for something new I’m working on. I think a lot of people feel overwhelmed …
: Google’s AI overviews are pretty hilariously not ready. Maybe they never will be. Generative …
: Tried the new Cajun place that opened a couple weeks ago, Lil’ Easy.
: Humans in the loop Just finished listening to this interview on Stratechery with Satya Nadella and (separately) Kevin …
: Micro.blog for iOS was updated today with some improvements and fixes. Here’s a quick demo …
: Feeling deflated this morning after the AI drama of the last couple days. I got so much flack over …
: Sky narrative wrap-up, for now Tonight the Washington Post has what looks like an exclusive story on OpenAI’s Sky voice. I …
: “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” — …
: Sort of paradoxically, the more I consider how AI will change the web, the more clear it becomes how …
: Jason Fried previews the next product from 37signals on Twitter X, called Workbook: It’s a …
: Wrapped up some updates to the iOS app and submitted to Apple. Hopefully goes through smoothly. 🤞
: This post from @jsonbecker is going to be timeless, because as a society we increasingly let social …
: Yesterday's AI thoughts I posted a series of microblog posts yesterday with a common theme of trying to understand what is …
: Watched the Satya Nadella portion of Microsoft Build today, and the few minutes with Sam Altman, …
: As someone who usually supports OpenAI, I’d still welcome an actual lawsuit from Scarlett …
: Any chance that WWDC will have a live keynote this year? In the last couple weeks, we’ve had… …
: Next month’s road trip is starting to take shape. Got my reservation for Bryce Canyon booked …
: In the last 35 years, there have been a tiny number of truly revolutionary technologies that change …
: When your company becomes the enemy, all that matters to people is what feels true. OpenAI’s …
: Microsoft’s Recall on the new Copilot+ PCs is quite impressive: Now with Recall, you can …
: Cool to see this visualization of the growing blogroll network. Blogrolls are fun and useful, and …
: It has only been a week since GPT-4o and they’ve already had a few days of bad news, including …
: Tuning in to a little more of the Trump trial. The jury could go either way and I won’t be shocked, …
: Whenever I’ve driven by the old Frank Erwin Center these last few months, I’ve noted how …
: Wow, had no idea going into game 7 what would happen, but didn’t expect that. Timberwolves vs. …
: The latest from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg makes the Apple + OpenAI partnership sound like a done …
: Uploaded the session video for Micro Camp’s State of Micro.blog panel. The website now has …
: I posted the video of our conversation with Christina Warren at Micro Camp 2024! We talk about early …
: I took the demo portion from yesterday’s panel and uploaded it to YouTube as a separate …
: Thanks everyone who joined us for Micro Camp! I’m going to edit the videos and put them online this …
: The chat on help.micro.blog is now open. This will be the back channel for the live broadcasts …
: It’s going to be a busy day, but I wanted to pause to note two movies I watched this week and …
: Just in time for Micro Camp today, a brand new Core Intuition: episode 599! We talk about Micro …
: Trying out the new pinned, columns interface on Threads. It’s quite good. Fixes the minor …
: Questions about blogging or Micro.blog? We’ll be answering questions at Micro Camp, from the …
: We’re keeping things simple with Micro Camp this year: no email list, no registration. I did …
: We have some great door prizes for Micro Camp tomorrow! 🎟️
: Micro Camp is… tomorrow! 🤯 It’s extra micro this year, so if you blink you might miss …
: The new Wicked trailer was released today. High expectations for this one. No doubt the music will …
: Finished reading: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree. I’ll read almost any book about books. …
: Google eventually turning their home page into ChatGPT is a rare opening for something new in …
: This post on The Verge assumes that AI hallucinations should be fixed, but generative AI is like a …
: Further evidence from The New York Times that the November election will be largely decided by …
: Ben Thompson in today’s update on Google I/O: What was much more dubious and vaporware-y were …
: A couple months ago on Core Int, I said we were at peak Apple. With every week, I believe that more …
: Finder on iPad I’ll admit I’ve only skimmed the recent “is iPadOS holding the iPad back?” …
: My superpower and greatest weakness is not letting the need for a major refactor get in the way of …
: I don’t think the Trump defense to discredit Micheal Cohen is going to work. So, Cohen hates Trump …
: There was good stuff in the I/O keynote, but OpenAI effectively undercut a bunch of it by demoing …
: Google’s product naming is getting better now that they’ve burned through all the plain words like …
: Only a dozen minutes into the Google I/O keynote and there are already a couple features I want… …
: It’s often difficult to see the impact of a new feature until it is working. Ideas and mockups …
: I missed in the OpenAI livestream that the “o” in GPT-4o stands for “omni”, …
: Working on something new to show this Friday for Micro Camp. Pulled it off the back-burner, …
: Wow, Apple put a lot of work into this 100 best albums website. Fancy. (I would’ve been fine …
: Rainy day to be on the road. Clouds and skyline in the distance as we drive back through Dallas.
: The New York Times: Frustrated by Gaza Coverage, Student Protesters Turn to Al Jazeera. People see …
: From the road trip a few days ago, a train somewhere along Texas highway 79.
: Yet more Apple + AI news from Bloomberg: Apple Inc. has closed in on an agreement with OpenAI to …
: Very curious what OpenAI is up to with their announcement coming up on Monday, from this post on …
: Nothing surprising in today’s NYT story about Apple’s AI plans. I wanted to comment on …
: The first update from Ghost about ActivityPub has a screenshot of their early experiment. …
: Welcome Kimberly Hirsh! 👋 Excited to announce that @kimberlyhirsh is joining the Micro.blog team. She’ll be helping …
: Jack Dorsey and Bluesky This interview with Jack Dorsey provides some closure to his part of the Twitter and Bluesky story. …
: Micro Camp is one week from today! I updated the home page with the schedule.
: We recorded a new Core Int just a couple hours before Apple issued their apology about the Crush ad. …
: Because everyone is mad about everything now, I try not to overreact to the latest hot takes until I …
: 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 …
: Posted to my blog from the passenger seat of the car and then we immediately drove into a national …
: Traveling this week so a bit scattered, but also working on a couple pretty important blog posts …
: Jean has posted the schedule for Micro.blog. It’s even more micro this year. Micro Camp …
: Violet Hill B&B, Natchitoches.
: I was actually thinking about going to Dragonsteel Nexus, even though it doesn’t make any …
: TikTok lawsuit against the United States seems weak on first glance. This argument that they …
: Busy morning, so only just now catching up on all iPad announcements. The Verge as usual has a good …
: Broke the corner of my old Apple Watch screen, not badly, but enough that it was time to upgrade …
: It’s fine to have multiple social web protocols, because this is a good time to experiment and …
: Helpful blog post from @matt17r about the steps he used to migrate a blog between accounts on …
: Not sick of me singing the praises of OpenAI yet? Their batch API is incredible. An elegant design, …
: Another advantage to having a blog as the center of all things is that when I’m busy, I can …
: Finished reading: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. It didn’t quite work for …
: It’s hard to tell when a blog post is first published if it’s any good. A few days later, a year …
: Sort of spontaneously went to see The Fall Guy. Really fun movie. 🍿
: Good trouble In college in the 1990s, I joined the socialist student organization. I saw every issue in stark …
: Ordered another Jackery. This one is so tiny.
: Jason Fried: I’m still doing this because the world is flooded with overpriced, crappy, subpar …
: New episode of Core Intuition about this week’s tweaks to the CTF, plus a discussion of how …
: Finally checked out the Carpenter Hotel’s coffee shop yesterday. Nice place. Had a little break from …
: Great teardown video from iFixit on the Rabbit and Humane devices. The closing line also highlights …
: Recorded another very short video for YouTube about how we’re starting to use the …
: There’s a redesigned version of Lillihub for Micro.blog available. I’m amazed by how …
: I’ve been working on a Gaza-related blog post off and on for months, mostly threw it out and rewrote …
: Admittedly I’m not a subscriber so haven’t read the full text for M.G. Siegler’s …
: How is it May already? Reminder that Micro Camp is coming up in just a little over two weeks! …
: The API folks at OpenAI continue to do great work. You can just tell when developers have their act …
: The “it should’ve been an app” arguments would resonate with me more if Apple let …
: Patrick Rhone has a new book: For You: This book was written for my daughter Beatrix in honor of …
: Grand opening of the new Chuy’s in Mueller.
: Saw this poster the other day and was fascinated by it. I’m posting it to capture the time we …
: Neat video from Brandon Sanderson at C2E2. I’m tempted to go to Salt Lake City for the Wind …
: AI hesitancy I’m 48 years old. If you start counting with my paid internship in college, I’ve had a …
: Great blog post from Om Malik on the current AI hardware from Humane and Rabbit, and where things …
: I posted a video on YouTube today with where we’re going in Micro.blog to use AI in a limited …
: Got derailed looking at electric bikes (again!) and now I want this: eeyo.bike. I’m not super …
: Great effort from the Lakers. That was a good one. Looking forward to Nuggets vs. Timberwolves! 🏀
: I feel like MKBHD is trolling us now with the clickbait video titles. R1 review is overall pretty …
: Recorded a new video to release tomorrow, with a walkthrough of what is possible with photos and AI. …
: Watched the first episode of Fallout last night. Really good. I never played the game, so no idea …
: It was going to be confusing for DMA-required changes on iOS to not also apply to iPadOS, especially …
: When I find myself questioning whether I’m on the right side of an issue, it can be a little …
: Wish I could permanently remove that red dot from the Threads favicon. Life is better with most app …
: Thanks @numericcitizen for a new YouTube video about what’s new in Micro.blog! Covers updates …
: Uploading photos to Micro.blog? Don’t forget about Mimi Uploader. We will be rolling out some …
: Check out the iOS app Bound if you ever have a bunch of downloaded audiobook files that can’t fit in …
: It remains good advice not to judge an album (or a book, or almost anything) too quickly. From …
: Biden was great at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. And Colin Jost was excellent: funny but …
: One of the most confusing parts of Micro.blog is the Account → Edit Sources page. It is also one of …
: Manuel Moreale blogs that the web is not dying: Let’s imagine we ban TikTok. And Facebook. And …
: Mark Gurman says that Apple “has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup’s …
: We just posted a new episode of Core Intuition, about recent Micro.blog downtime and then a full …
: Years ago when we launched Micro.blog, I had a clear vision for indie blogging that felt on the …
: For everything in the news that I blog about, there are probably five stories that I just bite my …
: Obviously would’ve been good even earlier, but I’m glad to see construction for the Gaza floating …
: If you missed the announcement, next month we’re having Micro Camp, our free online event for …
: Little known feature in Micro.blog: it saves each copy of a draft in case you need to revert or get …
: TikTok bill is not xenophobic I wasn’t sure whether I felt that strongly about the TikTok bill until I read this blog post …
: How am I only just now seeing the trailer for Chris Sanders’s The Wild Robot? Beautiful, like …
: I’m a progressive, but we may look back on woke-ism as perhaps overcompensating. I worry about …
: Continuing to learn a lot about AI. I’ve spun up several servers trying to find the right …
: What happened last night with our primary db server was sort of amateur hour, something I learned a …
: Fish pond after getting coffee at Epoch earlier. Looks the same as a couple decades ago except all …
: Didn’t realize my library card was expiring, and now I can’t get the books I’ve …
: A first look at the Rabbit R1 from David Pierce at The Verge: …the best way I can describe the R1 …
: I read a little of HR 815 to remind myself how the TikTok divestiture works. As much as Congress …
: Apple and Google as the bottlenecks for app distribution is what makes the TikTok forced divestiture …
: Watched the Rabbit R1 launch party. I love what they’re doing. The vision goes beyond a little …
: As seen in this video about Meta’s glasses, a clever solution to video calling: just stand in …
: It’s still very early in the trial, but seems the prosecution knows what they’re doing …
: I hate Apple’s control of app distribution, but while they’re at it why not ban useless …
: For folks using Micro.blog Premium with the AI setting enabled, you may start to notice some new …
: Coffee this morning at WhichCraft. I have the whole place to myself for now. ☕️
: The New York Times: Swift has been inescapable over the last year. With the release of “The …
: I’m grumpy and bitter about several unrelated things this morning. Probably shouldn’t be …
: Ghost has announced they are working on ActivityPub support. This is great news. Although the …
: Sarah Sherman and Chloe Fineman at the Paramount.
: I got into web development in the mid 1990s when I was about 20 years old. I feel very lucky to have …
: Seth Godin has one of the clearest blog posts about AI. Much of AI is an illusion. That …
: Don’t have much to say about Post.news shutting down other than what is already obvious to …
: Misplaced my AirPods Pro, possibly in New Orleans. I’ve been using wired EarPods for a few …
: Was listening to Laura Coates on CNN during lunch (yes, I watch the news too much) when the …
: TikTok Notes is an odd name for a product that is mostly about photos. I hope it doesn’t lead …
: Listened to the first half of The Tortured Poets Department last night before going to bed. When I …
: Thanks @vladcampos for having me as a guest on his show this week! Here’s a link to the video …
: Tonight’s plan: Now: Work on Micro.blog while CNN is on in the background, explosions in …
: Announcing Micro Camp 2024! Coming up next month. From Jean’s post: Save the date! The 4th …
: Learning about the jury process for Trump’s trial, seems like even with the slow start …
: Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu, posting on Twitter X: in about 7 days, r1 reviews will be out. we are …
: I asked Meta.ai to imagine Austin in the 1920s, in watercolor. It has a lot of mistakes that a human …
: Meta’s ramping up their AI efforts. Playing around with www.meta.ai, it falls over with …
: Continuing to work through some lingering Micro.blog issues with the Ruby 3 upgrade. As I spot …
: I’m obviously not a constitutional lawyer, but seems like the right move to dismiss the …
: 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 …
: I sort of can’t get over how the data servers for TikTok’s Project Texas aren’t actually in Texas. I …
: AltStore PAL launches in the EU. Riley Testut blogs about the release, including what types of apps …
: On reviews of the AI Pin, the bigger problem is clickbait titles. Reviews on The Verge, MKBHD, The …
: Finally updated from Ruby 2 to Ruby 3 today. It went mostly smoothly, but there were a couple bugs …
: New AI global setting There is a lot happening around generative AI. With the continued improvements from OpenAI, expected …
: Great video comparison of the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1. Obviously as the founder of Rabbit, Jesse …
: Streetcars in New Orleans. Had a great few days here.
: Jason Snell writes about how the smartphone duopoly makes it hard to create truly new products if …
: Lakers vs. Pelicans. Last game of the regular season. 🏀
: AI Pin reviews are in Pretty devastating but not surprising review of Humane’s AI Pin by David Pierce at The Verge. …
: First sticker on the new laptop. ☕️
: Railroad crossing in Scott, Louisiana.
: Looking forward to what people come up with for today’s Micro.blog photo challenge word …
: I tried www.lyrak.com because I try all social apps, but it forced me to follow 5 people (couldn’t …
: Matt Mullenweg on the Beeper acquisition, adding to their previous acquisition of Texts: Today the …
: For day 8 of the Micro.blog photo challenge: prevention.
: Book to read while we wait for the eclipse, with a sort of appropriate title, Sunbringer. 🌑
: Happy eclipse day! It’s going to be a little cloudy here but still looking forward to the …
: The finale for Curb Your Enthusiasm was just right. Gonna miss that show but it was a good time to …
: Watching this video on Twitter X of Elon Musk talking about multiplanetary human life… Makes …
: Finished reading: The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. Hadn’t read this in about twenty years and I …
: Interesting article in The New York Times about training AI. The “cut corners” in the …
: Slow afternoon. Time for some database server housekeeping.
: I’m the guest on episode 7 of the Decentered podcast! This was a really fun discussion. We …
: Nice new blogroll from Molly White. I love this part of the web… Sharing links to interesting …
: I’m doing another editing pass of Indie Microblogging. Changing the page size and running a …
: “Most important things in life are a hassle. If life’s hassles disappeared, you’d …
: I’m a day late for the Micro.blog photo challenge word “foliage”, but this was a nice view this …
: Micro.blog 3.2 for macOS Lots of improvements in this release. Full release notes: Added new logs window to show current …
: No invite to WWDC for me this year. Still hoping to get out to San Jose for a couple days. We talk …
: Disney Imagineering is at the top of their game right now. Watching this YouTube video of new …
: Good post from @mathowie@xoxo.zone about his ideal blogging platform. The part about integrating …
: Got a lot of good feedback yesterday about what should be prioritized for Micro.blog for macOS. I …
: Working on an update to Micro.blog for macOS. Anyone have any Mac-specific gripes that need …
: After five years with the Touch Bar, kind of strange to get used to a real function key row again. A …
: Coming back from lunch, saw a totally orange Cybertruck and in a weird way it actually looked better …
: David Pierce at The Verge writing about Google Podcasts going away and Google’s pattern of …
: Time for an upgrade. Intel to M3.
: Finally saw The Holdovers. Really enjoyed it. 🍿
: If I’ve learned nothing else managing servers, it’s that you don’t deploy changes …
: Working this morning at Lazarus on Airport. ☕️
: Wicked is an all-time favorite. Haven’t seen it in years and forgot a few details that you miss on …
: Bluesky mentions in Micro.blog Some folks on Micro.blog who also actively use Bluesky have noticed something new we’ve been …
: The last few Spurs games have been so good. First time they’ve won three in a row all season. …
: Core Int 593: California’s Pretty Nice. WWDC 2024 dates are announced, thinking about our trip …
: OpenAI’s unreleased voice engine is too good: …uses text input and a single 15-second audio sample …
: Primary database server hitting 75% disk space usage, time to revisit the long-term plan for scaling …
: ShareOpenly is a cool new post sharing option from Ben Werdmuller that works with Mastodon, …
: April is just around the corner and we’re doing another Micro.blog photo challenge! There will …
: Hot take on so-called white-collar crime, like the Sam Bankman-Fried sentence: 25 years is too long. …
: Colin Devroe has a new interview with me about all things Micro.blog. Interesting to compare what …
: Drove by this old gas station on Lamar a few weeks ago. Closed, junk everywhere, fence around the …
: Taking a little time this morning to improve the plumbing for Bluesky. Getting closer to a system …
: Finally catching up on the Decoder podcast interview with Jay Graber. Really inspired to get back to …
: Still a lot of bluebonnets everywhere in Austin.
: Backed How Comics Were Made. Only a couple days left on Kickstarter. I have a lot of books about …
: Great article from Ben Thompson today on the Apple antitrust case: …the Epic case may have shown …
: John Voorhees has a good section in his article about the Apple antitrust lawsuit and relevant …
: Trying out Adobe Podcast Studio. Some good ideas in this. We’re still using Logic to edit …
: Perhaps more than any other time in my life, this November the election is going to be decided by …
: Pedernales Falls State Park.
: I don’t care much for stats, but I wonder if Threads will support NodeInfo, so that total user …
: Realized after tinkering with a bunch of AI models that I’ve been overpaying for a couple …
: The latest episode of Core Intuition is out. Longer than usual today, a full hour to discuss United …
: I’m using the web interface for WhatsApp for the first time this week. It’s a great …
: Just got completely derailed into huggingface.co, playing with AI models. I continue to be amazed by …
: FEP for supported ActivityStreams types One of the discussions at FediForum this week that was the most valuable for me was the session by …
: Catching up on the drama with Redis changing its license. Not too worried about it. Older versions …
: Pretty fair write-up on Platformer about the Apple case, both the parts that are weak and the larger …
: Investigating new issues with Threads posts making it through to Micro.blog. Doesn’t seem to be …
: Threads is enabling more of their fediverse support today. To be clear, you can follow Threads …
: Early thoughts on United States vs. Apple I’m reading through the lawsuit document intro and skimming the rest. I only have strong …
: Finished reading: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence. Still not completely sure what …
: This new video for Humane’s pin is by far the most effective pitch they’ve made for their device. …
: Dave Winer responds to my post about Threads and account migration: Right now Facebook is hoovering …
: Following up on this post, personally I don’t like the trend of social networks having a …
: Jatan Mehta blogs about the noisiness of most social networks, and how Micro.blog takes a different …
: Threads opt-in vs. fediverse migration As Threads rolls out support for ActivityPub, Meta’s approach is to require each Threads user …
: After waffling for a while, I’ve decided to write a new web text editor for Micro.blog. The …
: I was late joining FediForum this morning, so it’s great to see the video of the Threads demo …
: I skimmed through Don Lemon’s interview with Elon Musk. The segment on the new Tesla Roadster …
: I’ve been thinking about this blog post I wrote 13 years ago more and more. A few years after …
: Spurs in Austin. Finally seeing Wemby in person. 🏀
: On the latest Core Intuition, we talk again about Apple and the EU, with the news of sideloading and …
: No joke, $700 for an M1 MacBook Air (via Daring Fireball) might be the best deal for any Mac in the …
: Finally got around to registering for FediForum. Looking forward to the discussions. I don’t …
: It’s a cheap shot to complain about developer tools — and Xcode overall is great! — but …
: To underscore how important sideloading or marketplaces are to me, I would be willing to set up a …
: Dichotomy. In Waco this morning in between state park visits. ☕️
: Ben Werdmuller on a first-class fediverse platform: I’m not bullish on squeezing long-form content …
: More updates from Dave Winer: he has a blogroll on his home page again, and a new site …
: I can’t blame spam for my failure to reply timely to support emails, but it doesn’t help …
: The TikTok bill has passed. I like Ben Thompson’s thoughts on this… We can support a …
: Dave Winer has a new page about blogrolls. Micro.blog’s new recommendations feature supports …
: “…a book is different—it is not just a material possession but the pathway to an enlightened …
: Excited to see Apple continue to improve the EU rules. The latest big change is web distribution, so …
: Getting great feedback about the new recommendations feature in Micro.blog. I’ve made a couple …
: Recommendations and blogrolls on Micro.blog Today we’re introducing a new feature: blog recommendations. This was inspired by recent …
: I’m usually pretty good about catching and fixing auto-correct mistakes, but the one I always …
: Old steps and trail built by the CCC, at Lockhart State Park.
: Finished reading: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Wonderful. I had been stalled in my …
: I should take a break from blogging about politics, but I really like this Joe Biden ad. …
: Happy anniversary to my blog, started on this day 22 years ago, during SXSW. Actually a little …
: We just published the latest Core Intuition all about Apple, Spotify, Epic, and the EU, including a …
: TikTok asking its users to call their representatives seems to have backfired. From the committee …
: Rollercoaster week for the App Store. Spotify ruling, Epic banned, EU getting involved, Epic now …
: Good idea here from Ben Werdmuller for a Fediverse VIP service: Fediverse VIP is a managed service …
: Excited to see reactions to last night’s Biden speech. A couple minor stumbles, but he nailed …
: That’s the State of the Union we needed. Biden fired up and ready to get back to work. 🇺🇸
: Nick Heer: Apple’s DMA compliance report is set in Arial, in case you are still wondering how …
: Tips for not getting overwhelmed and distracted in this era of infinite content… Turn off all …
: I usually try to avoid quoting just the end of an essay (spoilers!) but the closing lines in …
: Almost a little surprised Apple has banned Epic yet again, because it just further supports a …
: Dusting off Android builds for Epilogue this morning, after a new iOS build was submitted to Apple. …
: Even putting aside the long list of gripes about how Elon Musk ran Twitter into the ground, …
: If you’re a fan of Brandon Sanderson, make sure to watch today’s crowdfunding video to …
: MacStories has a summary of EU rules tweaks today with the arrival of iOS 17.4. For marketplaces, …
: Just a few hours left in the Kickstarter for Tapestry. Looks like the Iconfactory can hit the next …
: Another good monthly summary from The Fediverse Report. There was a lot going on last month with …
: I like Spotify’s move into audiobooks, but playback is still too focused on songs and albums. …
: The demolition of the Frank Erwin Center. It has been a part of Austin my entire life — under …
: Steve Troughton-Smith: A $2B EU fine days before the DMA goes into effect is a clear warning shot. …
: Rearranged part of the living room to create a workspace, with new prints from Cameron Moll on the …
: Craig Hockenberry blogs about some of the questions that are being asked about Tapestry. Whether the …
: Having a difficult time finishing books this year. Keep starting new ones but not ready to …
: Dune, part 2. Stunning. So much there that it was almost overwhelming… Loved it. 🍿
: On the latest episode of @coreint, we talk about Apple’s now-cancelled car project, speculate …
: Early voted today in the Texas primary. Sad to admit I don’t have high expectations for Democrats …
: Great news for PWAs: Apple is not disabling them in the EU after all. It seemed like an unnecessary …
: Victor Wembanyama doing things no one has ever done in the NBA before. Great highlights here: …
: I can’t get over how nonsensical Trump sounds sometimes. From yesterday’s trip to the …
: This goes well with my post yesterday.
: Great post on WP Tavern by Ronny Shani about the state of WordPress’s Data Migration …
: Happy leap day! Seth Godin blogs about making the leap to blogging every day: It wasn’t an external …
: The country has been very patient waiting on the Trump trials, and this latest delay with the …
: Uploading a new beta of Micro.blog for iOS with some more fixes. This should be ready to ship later …
: No, I don’t want to rate the app, or the Skype call, or the mechanic, or the quality of a …
: Still votes to count in the Michigan primary, but seems like the protest vote against Biden will …
: The Verge’s early look at Humane’s AI Pin sounds about right: It’s a darn cool gadget. It’s just …
: I never want to see layoffs, but it’s the right move for Apple to officially cancel the car …
: Tracks across Navasota Street, before having lunch with an old friend at Cosmic. 🚂
: I’ve seen a couple links to this post on 404 Media that Automattic may sell user data to AI …
: 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 …
: Netflix is turning off the existing paid subscriptions for people who signed up years ago using iOS …
: February has been busy. Pausing to reflect on everything that has happened in one month: new notes …
: Congrats @cheesemaker on shipping a new iOS app Calamity! It pulls in potential disasters near you — …
: Digging underway at Mueller.
: Just in time for an election year in the US, from @news today: Added muting words or phrases to the …
: Sometimes I get carried away using Redis. Made another change a couple days ago that shaved over 12 …
: Good summary blog post on some of the IndieWeb-related improvements @paulrobertlloyd has made …
: On a bit of a roll with iOS app updates this week. Some minor improvements to both Strata and …
: Just posted the latest episode of Core Intuition. We talked a lot about the Micro.blog notes …
: Posted a new beta of Epilogue on TestFlight. Having mixed feelings about the Open Library …
: Bluesky opening up federation Bluesky has a couple new blog posts and info around the production deploy of federation. From their …
: I didn’t think Apple needed to make a sports app, but now that they have, it’ll be my …
: Really happy with the feedback on our pricing change. I think it’s resonating well with folks …
: Tired of running out of disk space, finally decided to move Xcode and the DerivedData folder to a …
: Simplified pricing in Micro.blog Micro.blog has always had per-blog pricing. Hosting one blog was $5, two blogs was $10, three blogs …
: I wouldn’t mind an AI assistant that could call my doctor’s office, wait on hold …
: Had to take Groq.com out for a spin (not xAI’s Grok). Continue to be pretty happy with OpenAI, …
: Just another day digging through the Mastodon source code to understand what in the world it’s …
: Not sure when our luck with Apple is going to run out, but we’ve now had a few quick app …
: New sticker, Books Are Magic. Also started reading The Bone Season. 📚
: Posted another short video on YouTube about notes, this time with Micro.blog for macOS. The app has …
: Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky… If you’re feeling overwhelmed by our post-Twitter social web, this …
: Last night’s downtown revealed yet more holes in server redundancy that should’ve been …
: Interesting thread from Mastodon’s Renaud Chaput, noticed via The Fediverse Report, about how …
: Eugen Rochko on recent Mastodon spam. I haven’t noticed any problems yet but I expect some …
: It’s easy to be blinded by past decisions. I took a fresh look at our pricing this weekend and …
: Fun 3-point contest tonight, especially the Steph vs. Sabrina addition. Hope they keep some version …
: I hadn’t read Tantek Çelik’s post on the ephemeral web yet when I blogged about Mastodon yesterday, …
: Quiet morning working on Mac software. Fixed a handful of bugs in Micro.blog and released a new …
: Letitia James, after New York’s $350 million fine on Trump: The scale and the scope of Donald …
: Fani Willis testifying in Fulton County, Georgia yesterday: You’re confused. You think …
: We’re two weeks in to the Vision Pro launch! On today’s Core Intuition, I start by …
: To balance my criticism of Apple today, it appears Apple is letting Epic Games have a dev account in …
: I get frustrated when a company is actively making the web worse instead of better. Spare me the …
: Apple is twisting the truth I don’t want my whole life to be writing blog posts and podcasting about Apple’s changes …
: Some of my best blog posts are buried behind really boring, unhelpful post titles. If a post …
: Mastodon and public data I’ve been thinking about Mastodon and the fallout from Bridgy’s plan to connect ActivityPub servers …
: Great post from @writingslowly on how categories and filters work in Micro.blog.
: If you’ve been following the Bridgy and Mastodon drama, consider that many Mastodon users don’t want …
: Jason Snell writing at Macworld: What I’m saying is that if Apple would take the chance on four or …
: Excellent interview with Jay Graber on Techmeme Ride Home, on YouTube here. Clear framing of …
: I made a short video showing some of the new notes feature in Micro.blog.
: Having one of those moments while fixing a bug where I can’t believe this worked at all, for …
: I added a help page with an overview of how encryption works for notes in Micro.blog, and some …
: Thanks to @vincent for all his work on our new mobile app Strata. It’s no small thing to get a …
: Introducing notes in Micro.blog Today we’re launching a major new feature for Micro.blog Premium subscribers. Micro.blog notes …
: I’m expecting a little bit of pushback when launching something totally new, because …
: I have a really hard time coming up with dark mode colors. Nothing looks right.
: Good interview at Platformer with Eugen Rochko. Some of his thoughts on AT Protocol: My hope still …
: In software, sometimes to get attention it helps to release a 2.0. People tune out and don’t …
: Increasingly feel that I’m paying an Objective-C tax in Xcode. Typing and debugging is so much …
: Started a little slow but that turned into a great game. Can’t believe I doubted Patrick Mahomes at …
: Congrats to @brentsimmons and the NetNewsWire contributors on the 21-year anniversary of the app! …
: I dunno folks, I’m starting to think Trump isn’t on our side: …while president, …
: Haven’t posted a new home screen in a while. Our new app in the dock, almost ready. Otherwise my …
: Still love developing Mac apps. It’s such a nice feeling to know I can continue to work on …
: Meandered from browsing old political posts on my blog, to wishing I could link to all posts that …
: Finally got the hang of CloudKit JS. It’s not as flexible as I’d like, or as seamless as …
: Enjoyed this review of the Vision Pro from Joe Cieplinski. I’m not convinced about using it …
: New Core Int! A full hour show with our thoughts after using the Apple Vision Pro.
: Spent time profiling server code today. I don’t do that often enough. It’s sometimes …
: Didn’t realize until reading this blog post from the Fediverse Report that much of the new …
: Poked through the special counsel report on Biden’s documents. It’s upsetting that …
: Last week Casey Neistat posted a fun video about the Vision Pro. I love those fun videos he makes. …
: Manuel Moreale: The great list of all the blog platforms. I’m not just linking to this because …
: When you pay for something, whether $5 or $3500, it’s natural to justify the purchase. You …
: Tested the Vision Pro for the first time today, in the Apple Store. The passthrough quality and …
: Bluesky domain handles in Micro.blog I’ve always liked how Bluesky uses a domain name for your handle. Starting today, Micro.blog …
: Bluesky has added another million users this week, bringing the total to over 4 million. By …
: To underscore the feeling over the last couple weeks that there has been a rise in COVID cases …
: My first thought on hearing about the Epic and Disney partnership is that this is how Fortnite …
: I created another short video for Micro.blog, this time going through some of the bookmark-related …
: Scrolling through news.micro.blog, there have been 42 blog posts so far this year. Each one is …
: Adam Newbold blogged last month about resisting the urge to respond to some posts online: The urge …
: Apple has approved our new app and I’m sort of almost shocked, but happy. You never know! …
: Working on a new (small) web site and using @Mtt’s Tiny theme. The new microhooks are so …
: Wordle 962 4/6. Sharing this one because it’s a sort of perfect pattern that doesn’t happen often. …
: Congrats to the Bluesky team on opening to everyone today! Expecting a lot to happen this year with …
: Just tuned into the last part of Biden’s speech today on the border security and foreign aid …
: Great overview (and video) from Craig Hockenberry on how Tapestry works with JavaScript and JSON …
: Ben Thompson’s review of the Apple Vision Pro is excellent. There’s a lot there. I …
: Submitted a new 1.0 app to Apple! Requires a Micro.blog account, so who knows whether it will go …
: Getting good feedback (positive and negative) about how we’re using AI in Micro.blog. We …
: Bookmark improvements for AI, browsers Rolling out bookmark improvements in Micro.blog Premium today. Two things: Micro.blog will now try …
: I’ve said before that it’s difficult to write in 300 characters about the war in Gaza. …
: Got some random requests to sign into my Google account, so locked it down a little better this …
: Enjoying the Grammys so far. Trevor Noah is such a great host. New Curb Your Enthusiasm tonight, …
: The leap from my old Nokia phone to the first iPhone was enormous. We sort of want all tech …
: My guess is we’ll see a ruling on the Trump immunity question this week. We’re all impatient, for …
: Made a short 2-minute video about Micro.blog cross-posting to other services, especially manually …
: Spent some time this weekend experimenting with browser extensions. I had avoided this too long, …
: Until reading through Jason Snell’s FAQ, didn’t really occur to me that Apple has spent …
: Slow weekend. Sitting on the couch, hanging out with the dog. I could imagine using a Vision Pro …
: Amazing video from Casey Neistat going around New York City wearing the Vision Pro. My opinion keeps …
: I try to welcome feedback, but it’s tiring to be lectured on how I’m wrong about Apple …
: Experimenting with other ways to use the OpenAI API, and one thing that has struck me is the price …
: Just posted a new @coreint with a follow-up about the CTF, Black Ink for iOS, and (of course!) the …
: If Mark Zuckerberg says it’s very difficult to use the new App Store EU rules — and Meta just …
: Step one, take off the headset Steve Troughton-Smith asks an interesting question on Mastodon: “Why would anybody use my app …
: Had a dream last night that I was hired at GitHub. My team was about 4-5 people, much younger than …
: There has been a long list of proprietary Apple connectors over the years, but this wide Lightning …
: I paused posting to Threads last year because I thought the platform would be joining the fediverse …
: Apple needs a flop Early reviews for the Vision Pro dropped this week. This device is technically amazing, with …
: I’ve got the senate committee hearing about child exploitation on in the background while I …
: Castro has found a new home with Bluck Apps, who already has a podcast app on Android. They blog …
: Great to see more of the Texas grid powered by renewable energy. From KUT, broke a record a couple …
: Very excited about Project Tapestry from the Iconfactory, now available to back on Kickstarter. We …
: Accidentally poured chocolate milk in my cereal. Guess it’s going to be one of those kind of …
: Manual cross-posting to Threads and more Today we’ve added a brand new option for manual cross-posting from Micro.blog to other …
: Because of their decades of truly great products, Apple thinks they are more clever than anyone …
: Reviewing news coverage of the Core Technology Fee, usually glossed over is that the CTF applies to …
: MacStories has also published their write-up on the App Store changes for the Digital Markets Act. …
: With all the App Store EU changes, briefly considered that maybe my iPhone 14 Pro will be my last …
: Spurs with back-to-back wins. Ignore the season record so far… Fun game and great 4th quarter. 🏀
: For folks who have been actively using Threads, are we at the point where we need URL shorteners …
: Ben Werdmuller blogs about how the IndieWeb is for everyone, inspired by a post from Tantek Çelik. …
: John Gruber’s post about Apple’s EU plans is long, but the part in the middle with the …
: Crazy that it’s more or less equal odds on Trump either dying broke or being elected president …
: $83 million awarded to E. Jean Carroll. I guess the jury was trying to deter Trump from continuing …
: My code is rarely clever, but sometimes it makes me smile. There’s a feature in Micro.blog …
: 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 …
: Follow-ups from @coreint yesterday about the DMA… We glossed over the Core Tech Fee. I have a …
: Coalition for App Fairness on today’s App Store news: Apple clearly has no intention to …
: No surprise, Apple’s new DMA terms get worse the closer you look. It’s not true …
: I’ve been re-reading parts of the DMA and Apple’s new rules, and honestly I can’t …
: Core Intuition episode 584 is up now with our reaction to the just-announced App Store changes for …
: I was starting to get excited about the new marketplace functionality coming to the App Store, until …
: Still sorting out Apple’s changes for the EU, coming in March. On first reading, it’s …
: Casey Liss blogs about the multiple-monitor potential of Vision Pro: Yesterday was an odd day, in …
: I’ve always been against the death penalty, but this experiment with nitrogen in Alabama is …
: Free parking, at Lazarus on Airport. ☕️
: Just got derailed reading the EU’s Digital Markets Act again. I’m sure the Apple lawyers …
: Most political campaign emails are too long, with manufactured urgency, and formatted poorly. But I …
: The more I hear from Jesse Lyu, the more impressed I am. I finally pre-ordered a Rabbit R1. Kicking …
: Happy 40th anniversary to the Mac! My first introduction to the Mac was as a kid, visiting my uncle …
: The Wall Street Journal has an article today about Apple’s plans for sideloading in the EU: …
: The reaction to Barbie is overshadowing what a success the 8 nominations are. And of the women …
: Listening to Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu on This Week in Startups and learning a lot. They aren’t …
: David Smith blogs about Stephen Hackett joining his indie company: I am extraordinarily proud of …
: There are a lot of new blogging systems popping up. This is a good thing. Micro.blog will be …
: Daniel Jalkut has shipped Black Ink for iOS! I’m sure we’ll be talking about this on the …
: From the blog post for Day One shared journals, they do a great job of explaining why the feature …
: This is a really nice feature from Feedbin: Fixable Feeds. I noticed this in the UI just by accident …
: Posts reply count UI Micro.blog can be thought of as a mashup of a Twitter-like social timeline and a WordPress-like blog …
: As long as she has support and money, Nikki Haley should stay in the race. I don’t think …
: Another blog post from Paul Frazee on the thinking behind Bluesky’s technical plumbing: We …
: Interesting take by Dave Winer (in audio, here’s the download link) about the sort of …
: Jason Snell writing at Macworld: Now that today’s iMacs and iPads are essentially the same in terms …
: Accidentally stumbled on my old post from 2011 titled “30% of the future”: The new Apple has fallen …
: I wonder if there’s an update on how Apple is helping employees in Texas deal with the …
: This is a nice write-up by @leonp of the iPhone app Beluga, which essentially publishes a static …
: Speaking of Alec Baldwin, I loved his Trump impressions on SNL, but James Austin Johnson as Trump is …
: I’ve read too many articles about the accident with Alec Baldwin’s gun firing on the Rust set, like …
: John Gruber asks the relevant question for Apple’s new linking rules: Here’s a simple thought …
: David Pierce at The Verge on the Vision Pro and Safari-based web apps: Embracing the web will mean …
: About halfway through the 4th season of For All Mankind. Enjoying it. Sort of forgot some of the …
: On the latest Core Intuition, Daniel and I talk about Apple’s new external linking rules and …
: Micro.blog has always stubbornly stuck to static-site generation (first Jekyll, then Hugo) and …
: While troubleshooting today, I took a minute to notice how many posts are on my blog. About 6400, of …
: Life is short, make the most of it. This is on the old El Milagro building. Shame about the …
: Good post by Paul Frazee on why Bluesky uses rich-text facets. I’m not quite convinced — I …
: I’m not ordering a Vision Pro, but I went through the buying process out of curiosity. Apple …
: I said I’d stop writing about Apple for a minute, but this is a really good post over at …
: Recorded a new @coreint that’ll be published in a day or two. I think I got all my “App …
: Fantastic blog post from Andy Baio about the fall of Ello. I would poke in on it every once in a …
: Iowa sues TikTok over the app’s 12+ age rating. From attorney general Brenna Bird: It’s time …
: Apple can be frustrating with the App Store because they will have policies that are plainly wrong, …
: Read And Find Out shirt from Dragonsteel. Brandon Sanderson picked up this phrase from Robert …
: Not sure if anyone noticed but there was a bit of a rollercoaster going on behind the scenes with …
: Brent Simmons blogging after the new Apple linking policy: But I need to remember, now and again, …
: I like Tim Cook, but there are moral issues he seems completely blind to, like this 27% tax …
: There’s some interesting stuff in Bluesky’s moderation report. Kudos to them for being …
: Tim Sweeney reacts to Apple’s new linking rules (Twitter X): Epic will contest Apple’s …
: Apple’s new rules for linking out of an app are totally unacceptable. The whole point of the court …
: My track record of blog posts that go a little against the grain (but which are later proven right) …
: I have a knee-jerk reaction to products that only the well-off can afford. See also: Apple Watch …
: I like this closing in Victoria Song’s Apple Vision Pro hands-on for The Verge: I’d been …
: Created a very simple web page at blogarchive.org, mostly just a couple links to other resources. …
: Thinking about Iowa results… To the most liberal, progressive folks in the Democratic party: Trump …
: Supreme Court has denied both appeals in Epic v. Apple. My reading of this: we can now link to …
: Mark Gurman on Apple’s EU plans, although it’s not clear whether this is his speculation or …
: Iowa caucus night! It all feels a bit ridiculous, like a parallel reality… the freezing weather, …
: Finished reading: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner. If I knew this was going to be this good, would’ve …
: Micro.blog category improvements There has been a long-standing issue in Micro.blog where blog category names had to be ASCII …
: Really enjoyed Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. I had kind of tuned it out when it first popped up on …
: Rabbit R1 has now sold out of their first 30k units (Twitter X link). Still questions about their …
: Glad we can count on Apple to feature MLK on their home page today. Sometimes I worry Apple has lost …
: Starting to worry about this Cowboys game a little. 🏈
: The case for .bar Micro.blog supports importing from a lot of different services: Twitter, WordPress, Medium, Tumblr, …
: Brr, woke up to about 25°, cold walk with the dog. Hope everyone across the country is bundled up …
: New video from @numericcitizen all about Micro.blog standalone pages and related tips. Cool!
: Rolled out several behind-the-scenes improvements this morning to cross-posting and ActivityPub. …
: Calm before the storm. Slept in a little, catching up on work now before Home Depot and related …
: On this week’s Core Int, we talk more about AI devices, comparing the Rabbit R1 and Humane Ai Pin, …
: I’ve decided to opt-out the Micro.blog apps from the Apple Vision Pro store. My boring CEO …
: Finally figured out why I hadn’t had much luck with edited posts on Micro.blog making their …
: Going to be a cold weekend in Austin. But iced coffee is still my default as long as we’re above …
: I have gripes about Substack even aside from content moderation, but I do think it’s worth …
: John Gruber in a post on the passing of Niklaus Wirth: Most of the apps that established the …
: Last month I mentioned we have a brand new feature rolling out later this month. It is coming along …
: Because my thinking-out-loud about news headlines in Micro.blog went over so well, for my next trick …
: Rabbit has sold through their initial 10k units already. @danielpunkass and I talked about this for …
: Missed this Patreon blog post from last month on accounting for Apple’s 30% cut: Apple is …
: Got some really interesting replies on my post about a potential news section in Micro.blog. To be …
: Just did some research for a reply to “someone who is wrong on the internet”, drafted the reply in …
: 2024 is going to be something else. One feature I’ve had in the back of my mind for a while is a …
: Outrage is like a poison. It’s good to be passionate, thoughtful, outspoken even. But if …
: Doing more work with CloudKit. Honestly haven’t really done much with it before. Everything I …
: Weird morning, apparently I forgot my Apple ID password? The password in 1Password didn’t …
: Excited to see the Rabbit R1. Only $199! Not sure who is going to crack this AI device category, but …
: If you use Micro.blog on the web, you may notice the layout has changed slightly. These kind of …
: ActivityPub plugin for WordPress has bumped to version 2.0, lots of good changes. No-brainer …
: 2024 has started busy. Juggling a lot of different things, hopefully it all settles out. Still …
: Usually CNN.com is not great. Shallow soundbites and clickbait along with your breaking news. But …
: It seems really easy to trip up Safari into trashing localStorage, even before its 7-day window. For …
: Created a page to track my goal of visiting all the Texas state parks. It’s a pretty daunting …
: I’ve been critical of the $3500 price specifically and the entire premise of the Vision Pro …
: I don’t enjoy flying. This 737 Max 9 news is actually reassuring, though, that the plane …
: Trump lies so much it’s bonkers. Meanwhile, I kind of like it when Biden accidentally goes off …
: Went on a short hike at Lake Whitney State Park. Windy day near the water.
: I remain convinced that normal people don’t want the Vision Pro, but I’m not willing to …
: Ray Roberts Lake State Park. First state park of the new year as I attempt to visit all 88 parks in …
: I get Apple’s stance on privacy and tracking, but clearing cookies and especially localStorage …
: Kickstarter update with ePub Today I sent the following update to Kickstarter backers about the ePub version of Indie …
: Just published the first episode of Core Intuition for 2024. We talk about finally winding down the …
: Going to roll out a slight layout change to Micro.blog on the web later this month, to better use …
: At the restaurant for lunch they had the highlights from Spurs vs. Bucks on the TV. So good. I …
: New Chuy’s going up in Mueller. 🌮
: Added a footer on book.micro.blog to show that the book is Creative Commons (CC BY). This means you …
: Fun fact about my book Indie Microblogging, it has about 300 quotes. This is partly why it’s …
: For his birthday, Matt Mullenweg just wants you to blog. I love it because it’s actually a gift to …
: Finished reading: Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan. Fifth book and I think the weakest in the …
: ePub fiddling today. Still don’t have a great workflow. Ulysses export → ePub with CSS tweaks, …
: Love seeing all the “year in books” blog posts from folks. If anyone’s curious …
: The draft of the book is in Ulysses, each of the 70+ chapters as sheets, and the web site is hosted …
: Updated book.micro.blog with the latest draft. Lots of little edits, and more updates for X, …
: Mickey and Minnie in Steamboat Willie, finally in the public domain. Happy New Year! 🎉
: Year in books for 2023 Here are the books I finished reading in 2023. I thought I might finish another one this weekend, …
: I like John Gruber’s airport lounge analogy for iMessage. Michael Tsai takes it one step …
: I’m sure I’ve blogged about this before but deploying Micro.blog is like a hilarious …
: I said during Micro Camp back in May that I hoped Micro.blog would be open source by the end of the …
: Feeling like it’s time to travel again. For 2024, I’m going to start a new challenge: …
: Bluesky replies via Bridgy Blogs and social networks talking to each other is still kind of magic. If you’re on the …
: Public Storage is maybe too public “I just had this weird feeling that my money wasn’t safe here anymore.” — Sneakers …
: Learning from this blog post that GitHub has 1200 MySQL servers.
: Finished watching the Dragonsteel spoiler Q&A. It took a few days, off and on. I’ve read …
: In Evan Prodromou’s list of big and small fediverse traits, I lean more to big, but I …
: I was thinking about Nick Heer’s post about the current top few social networks to replace …
: Nitpick with some modern web services: I don’t like the trend of expiring URLs, like temp S3 …
: At some point in the last few days, one of the changes to my blog has caused Hugo to go off the …
: Watched some of the usual Christmas movies over the last week, and a couple new ones… 🎄 Then …
: Happy holidays, everyone! A new episode of Core Intuition just went up, the last episode of 2023. We …
: Following Bluesky users from Micro.blog This weekend I added limited support for following Bluesky users in Micro.blog. This isn’t …
: More good progress in Bluesky: there are now RSS feeds for all user profiles. This is just a useful …
: I like the new Bluesky butterfly logo. Still invite-only, but I have a handful of invite codes if …
: Writing a blog post draft in Micro.blog for Mac this morning and I guess I’m hitting ⌘-S …
: Watching the Substack drama unfold but just taking notes for now. Trying to put most of my writing …
: Got some bad news last night that really shook me. Nothing family or health related, which is what …
: Raining in Austin this morning. Working and having coffee at Lazarus. 🎄
: I should’ve done more testing with audio apps after upgrading to Sonoma. Things went off the …
: I finally installed macOS Sonoma, so I’m testing Micro.blog as a saved web application for the …
: As the year winds down, thinking about the fediverse, I want to do a better job in 2024 of making …
: Great article from David Pierce at The Verge about the potential of the fediverse: Forget the …
: Continued my Redis spelunking last night and managed to cut 10 GB off our memory usage. Makes a big …
: Love how Brandon just drops this sentence into the State of the Sanderson: Tress would make a …
: Spending the morning going through a lot of bloat in Redis, clearing out unused data. It has been a …
: I thought we had mostly avoided the Mastodon spam from the last couple of days, but it must’ve …
: I don’t mind flying under the radar. There are benefits for a product to start small and grow …
: Flipboard is rolling out the first phase of joining the fediverse: In this first phase we are …
: “Play Me” — piano outside the library, Windsor Park Branch.
: I don’t have strong feelings about the Adobe/Figma deal falling through. I guess if …
: Starting to see a path for Nikki Haley to be the nominee. I have mixed feelings about this. On the …
: I really liked Leave the World Behind. There are some great scenes in it. Left with a few things to …
: Threads starting opt-in for the fediverse is fine. In fact, it’s what we did in Micro.blog too …
: Don’t want to jinx it but we finally have Micro.blog performance under control after a couple …
: Jamie Thingelstad is today’s interview on Manuel Moreale’s People and Blogs series, with …
: Brick Oven on Red River has been closed since the pandemic. Last week they made it permanent and …
: Good quotes from Bluesky CEO Jay Graber in this Fast Company interview. Surprised to learn that …
: Love this update to Mimi Uploader that can generate photo alt text for you with AI. Mimi is a …
: Adam Mosseri on Threads plans, video transcript Yesterday, Meta started enabling limited support for ActivityPub in Threads, mostly around following …
: One of those mornings where I just run redis-cli monitor and look for things that surprise me.
: Figured out where this delivery robot is from. They are made by Avride and do deliveries for …
: From a post-trial interview with Tim Sweeney, he reiterates why settlement talks with Google …
: The slow rollout of ActivityPub in Threads continues, but it doesn’t appear to be accessible …
: After posting about not wanting to push unannounced features to a public repo, I got suggestions to …
: Mark Zuckerberg posted to Threads about starting ActivityPub testing, but it’s not clear what …
: The day has finally come… I’ve added Swift to the Micro.blog for Mac project. Yes, I …
: Working on encryption and understanding the best initialization vector lengths and then all of a …
: Because the Mac app for Micro.blog is open source and we’re holding off announcing some new …
: Walking down our street yesterday, I was thinking about how only one person for at least several …
: Thinking about renaming Micro.blog to the letter M. The subtitle will be “the everything …
: When we added bookmarks to Micro.blog, I used 🐘 to make sure emoji worked. Now I’ve stuck with …
: Epic gets a win against Google. Everyone is trying to make sense of the differences between Epic v. …
: Trying Apple’s new Journal app for the first time after upgrading my phone to iOS 17.2. Not bad, but …
: Beeper Mini is (partially) back. From their blog: Make no mistake, the changes Apple made on Friday …
: Increasingly thinking that we’re too worried about AI hallucination. AI is never going to be …
: We’ve gotten some good feedback about the latest Core Intuition, so this is a rare “in …
: Not trying to overhype this but I’m so excited about what we’re going to launch in …
: Finished reading: Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan. Didn’t expect this one to end so suddenly …
: Speaking of self-promotion… 🙂 There’s a new Core Intuition out. On episode 579 we …
: Link previews or ads Sometimes people ask for link preview cards in the Micro.blog timeline. Maybe eventually we’ll …
: Thinking about what Mosseri said introducing Threads search: …having a comprehensive list of …
: I’m using ChatGPT more and more for coding help. Sometimes I don’t fully trust the …
: Love developing for the web and learning how to do something new for the first time. Processing a …
: Sometimes the choices we don’t mean to make end up perfect. When I was traveling this year my shoes …
: Threads launching in the EU next week. My earlier theory was they were waiting for ActivityPub (and …
: Noticed load averages briefly jumping up to 10.0 so it’s going to be that kind of day. …
: It’s been a couple weeks since we got our first Roomba, so here’s my review: it’s …
: Testing new in-progress features and everything is kind of working. Maybe at this point in my career …
: Interesting juxtaposition of releases today… The new Ivory with Mastodon hashtags support and …
: Watching a few clips from last night’s GOP debate. Chris Christie still fighting the good …
: I love these robots. We’ve seen more of them but it’s not clear if they are actually …
: Congrats to @cheesemaker and the Silverpine team for announcing the beta of Evergreen.ink, an …
: Beeper Mini looks like an impressive feat of reverse-engineering. Apple will surely try to break …
: Made a little architecture diagram for Micro.blog that reflects the recent server upgrades. A couple …
: I’ve been putting off an infrastructure upgrade because 💰, going to bring online another new …
: Matt Haughey in a blog post about renting a Tesla: I wish other EVs could be this good. I will …
: Finished reading: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Absolutely wonderful. 📚
: Can’t believe I’m still working on the book. Just a few final end-of-year updates. New …
: Tweet Marker’s whole purpose was for cross-platform, cross-app timeline sync. There was never …
: The future of Nostr might not actually be for microblogging but instead as a cross-platform generic …
: Apple Pay has made me lazy about credit cards and it finally came back to bite me. Drove to Dallas …
: Went to the early IMAX screening for Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron tonight. Managed to …
: Starting to see “included in Premium” free audiobooks in Spotify. This is going to be great.
: I’m excited that Texas is in the playoffs, but only picking four teams is always going to …
: Quiet night camping at Ray Roberts Lake State Park.
: My quick 5-minute demo from FediForum is now on YouTube. I show off Micro.blog and fediverse …
: Just published Core Intuition 578 about the MarsEdit 5.1 release, AI and copyright, software …
: Working more this weekend on the feature I teased about a few days ago. Work has accelerated and now …
: Castro is back online and Tiny is considering finding a new home for the app, via Rob Fahrni. For …
: Glass announced they are raising their prices for next year, but it looks like even with the change …
: December already! I still have 9 books left on my reading goal for the year. I’m halfway …
: iA Writer 7 Nice approach in iA Writer 7 for pasting ChatGPT output into your writing and tracking your edits to …
: Seems there aren’t many notes apps that are end-to-end encrypted. Obsidian is one, and …
: Putting on my sys admin hat this week, evaluating what we can improve. Our primary MySQL server has …
: Happy anniversary ChatGPT One year ago today, ChatGPT was released. It’s not that often that products truly change …
: Not sure what to make of Elon Musk’s interview yesterday. It’s so easy to say he’s …
: MarsEdit 5.1 is out with support for posting to Mastodon and improvements for Micro.blog too, like …
: Usually I work on improvements to Micro.blog for a couple days or weeks and roll them out. Very …
: Interesting conversation about web hosting and AI in this interview on Decoder with Avishai …
: Transfer domains to Micro.blog Today we’re rolling out some major improvements to domain name support in Micro.blog. …
: Playing around with Raindrop.io today. It’s really nicely done. I’ve added support for …
: Default apps for 2023 There have been a bunch of “what apps am I using?” blog posts recently, inspired by an …
: I’ve been eyeing a specific domain name for several months. It’s a premium TLD and I …
: Reminded by this post from Vincent that Arq exists. I used it years ago when I was frustrated with …
: Sarah Perez writing at TechCrunch about Evernote’s experiments with a more limited free plan: …
: Roomba vs. dog. It takes a lot for Ollie to move… Certainly more than a robot nudge. If …
: Fixing one last thing after our server problems yesterday. I almost finished it last night but …
: We talk about domain names as your web identity, how it’s more permanent and meaningful when …
: Dealing with fallout from another server failure. We have pretty good redundancy most places, except …
: Cool driving by REI on Black Friday and seeing the store closed. Kudos for thinking of employees and …
: Super Mario Wonder is excellent on replay. I’m slowly finding all the levels I missed. Some of …
: The ads on TV for Humane’s pin are pretty effective. I don’t expect much success for the first …
: Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 I finished Mario Wonder. Great game, I’ve been playing a couple levels every …
: We just posted a new Core Intuition all about the chaos at OpenAI over the last several days, …
: Happy to keep growing the list of formats that Micro.blog can import to your blog. As of today: …
: Doing a little more tinkering with Stimulus. @vincent and I have talked about refactoring more of my …
: Most companies would delay any product changes if they were in the middle of leadership chaos. …
: Pretty big deal that Spotify didn’t have to pay Google the usual in-app purchase fees. The …
: Uptown in Dallas over the weekend, coffee and work at Foxtrot as the trolly goes by in the …
: Delay fish Marlin from Finding Nemo: I just can’t afford any more delays and you’re one of those …
: Catching up this morning on all the OpenAI and Microsoft news. Hard to overstate how dramatic a …
: Wanted to make my blog Creative Commons licensed again, so I created a little Micro.blog plug-in …
: Om Malik on the OpenAI news: …the big question is what this really means in the long term for the …
: The latest Core Intuition has everything about my road trip, getting COVID, seeing U2 in Vegas, and …
: I’ve been quite happy with OpenAI as a developer. We use their API to transcribe podcasts …
: Friday bombshell, Sam Altman is gone from OpenAI: Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative …
: Amazing that we’re only a month and a half away from Steamboat Willie being in the public …
: Lillihub is a new Micro.blog web client by @heyloura! It’s got a bunch of features and a …
: Very positive review of Coyote vs. Acme over at Cartoon Brew. This is the film that was finished but …
: Good news from Bluesky that a public web interface is coming this month. They’ve had a …
: Great news that Apple will be adopting RCS, via 512 Pixels. iMessage is the biggest lock-in to Apple …
: Uncertain future for Tumblr Kudos to Matt Mullenweg for making public the internal memo about the future of Tumblr. It seems …
: Going to record a new @coreint today. It’s been a while… Traveling and getting sick …
: Some really good thoughts here from Chuck Grimmett about preserving web sites after our death. …
: Very reasonable take by Jason Snell about AI assistants. Siri needs to be completely gutted and …
: CNN’s web site is usually a mix of news headlines and dumb clickbait, but sometimes it’s …
: Finished reading: Divergent by Veronica Roth. Wasn’t planning on getting this but it was on Libby’s …
: Finished reading: Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan. Another good audiobook to finish on the road. …
: Rest stop in Arizona, near Texas Canyon.
: Finished reading: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. Listened to the audiobook version. Love …
: Silver lining to getting sick and rerouting my trip back home for speed is I got to see Joshua Tree …
: I wish Google Maps had an “avoid clever shortcuts through the middle of nowhere” option.
: For futuristic products, Humane’s AI Pin is actually a better idea than Apple’s Vision …
: I-5 between Sacramento and Los Angeles.
: A follow-up on my gripe about the digital download version of Mario Wonder. As pointed out by a …
: Going to attempt to catch up on some work today. Long story short, I got COVID this week while on …
: I’ve been traveling and now I’m sick, so of course Micro.blog goes down. Think I was too …
: Great interview on Decoder with Barack Obama. He is so knowledgable and thoughtful. Plenty to think …
: Millerton Lake. I’m still not used to how ridiculously early the sun is setting. This was a few …
: First world problem, but I made the mistake of buying the digital download of Mario Wonder instead …
: Camping at Calico Ghost Town. Didn’t get here much past 5pm and it was already dark. There are over …
: I knew I’d find a cool coffee shop around here somewhere. Bad Owl Coffee in Henderson, NV.
: A longer post about U2 in Vegas I posted a photo the night of the concert, purposefully picking something simple at the beginning in …
: U2 at the Sphere. This is from the very beginning of the show, no spoilers. Incredible concert and …
: During COVID, I thought for sure no one would ever want to go to Las Vegas again. Stuck in a …
: On this week’s Core Intuition, we react to Apple’s M3 Mac event. Are we planning on …
: James Harden this week after joining the Clippers: I’m not a system player. I am a system. …
: Finished reading: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. An ambitious book that kept …
: Back on the road. Sun coming up from Coconino National Forest.
: In between audiobooks and podcasts, had a lot of time to think on the road today. Why do we travel? …
: Wasn’t planning on stopping at Petrified Forest National Park but it was a great break from I-40. …
: What’s left of Budville Trading Company, originally opened in 1928 along Route 66.
: We have a new page highlighting Micro.blog’s support for IndieWeb building blocks. Thanks …
: Cabra Coffee, a perfect cute coffee shop to work for a little while, only a mile from where I camped …
: BNSF going by, somewhere just into New Mexico. 🚂
: First coffee stop of the road trip. J&B Coffee in Lubbock. ☕️
: Now that we’re in a new neighborhood, not sure how much candy we’ll need for trick-or-treaters. Have …
: If you’re new to Micro.blog, you might not know that there are some secret pins you can unlock …
: Looking back on this post from three years ago when I bought my Intel MacBook Pro, previous me would …
: Busy evening so I just watched the spooky Apple event replay. Feel like they got the timing right, …
: Got my car battery replaced. And in a ridiculously well-timed coincidence, just got an “our …
: Bad timing or perfect timing? Car battery died the day before a big road trip. 🗺️
: Micro.blog 2.0 for Android Even though we now share most code across iOS and Android, I wanted to keep the version numbers …
: Looks like some great session topics at IndieWebCamp Nuremberg. I wasn’t organized enough to attend …
: Back at the old house (still hasn’t sold) to mow the yard in between the rain. Mushrooms popping up.
: Spurs win in OT. That was a good one. Can’t wait to see Wembanyama in person sometime this season. 🏀
: We’ve just posted a new episode of Core Int. This week we talk about The Verge article on …
: Watching the news at lunch. I want to blog about the war in Israel but it’s too divisive and …
: Super Mario Wonder is so good. And yeah, I did end up getting a new Switch Lite to play it. 🕹️
: Strongly agree with everything in @gruber’s post about pushing for gun legislation: The …
: Biden should focus his 2024 campaign around banning assault weapons. Keep it simple, nothing else …
: Testing out SupportAgent.ai which uses AI to draft answers to support email. It is blowing my mind. …
: Spurs throw away the game in the last couple minutes but still a lot to like, despite the turnovers …
: I saw a couple Cybertrucks on the road today, in northeast Austin, presumably Tesla testing things …
: Doesn’t take much to make me happy. Walking to pick up coffee is one of those simple things. ☕️
: Pebble is shutting down This one ended a little more quickly than I expected: Our goal was to build a kinder, safer, public …
: Watching the courtroom statement and apology from former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis, on CNN video …
: David Pierce at The Verge: The poster’s guide to the internet of the future: The idea is that you, …
: Planning another road trip for next month, here to Nevada, California, and points in between, then …
: Finished reading: Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson. Hadn’t realized …
: The kids took all our Nintendo Switches to their own apartments. Seriously considering picking up a …
: Picked up Killers of the Flower Moon a few weeks ago and only now starting it. Got tickets for the …
: Happy Friday! New @coreint podcast to wind down the week. Episode 573 covers Apple’s …
: Thinking about Biden’s address to the country last night, he did something remarkable that I …
: This post from @mia@void.rehab will ring true to anyone who has actually implemented an ActivityPub …
: Matt Mullenweg on the experience of riding in a self-driving taxi: The thing is I know these …
: Honda Element: bed platform The last big upgrade for my Honda Element was to build a bed platform to use for car camping. I …
: Looks like Georgia knew what they were doing with the 19-person indictment… One by one the …
: Thought I had a good job for our robot overlords. I grabbed a list of language codes from Wikipedia, …
: Finished reading: Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan. Still enjoying this series. 📚
: Wow, great game to wrap up the WNBA finals. Liberty so close to forcing a game 5. Congrats to the …
: Didn’t take many photos while in west Texas. Here’s a random shot as I stopped for a minute driving …
: Need to remind myself when on an interview or podcast: I usually do okay the first 15 minutes, then …
: Reviewing the cross-posting chapter of my book, several things are out of date. I’m doing a …
: Seeing some variety in reactions to Marc Andreessen’s techno-optimist manifesto. I read it …
: On the last Core Intuition, I joked about a hypothetical manton.ai… But then I sort of …
: Finished reading: The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson. Listened to the whole audiobook on the drive …
: Found a great spot to work for the afternoon in the library at Sul Ross.
: Kottke.org is bringing back blog comments. Members-only, which seems like a nice solution. I think …
: It’s that time of year when my iTunes Match subscription renews and I don’t know what …
: Honda Element: weBoost Another upgrade I made to my car is to add the weBoost Drive Reach Overland antenna on top. It …
: Drove out to west Texas today. Left late, felt like I was always chasing the sun, and it was dark …
: Just published a new Core Intuition episode about ActivityPub support in WordPress.com and its …
: Watching Biden react to the chaos in the world, the narrative that he is “too old” just …
: Basketball fans who don’t usually have a way to tune-in to Spurs games: Spurs/Heat on TNT …
: The updated vaccine floored me for a couple days. I was starting to wonder if it was worth it, but …
: The Morning Show does a great job of reinventing itself each season. I wasn’t sure after the first …
: Great to see WordPress.com’s support for ActivityPub. Following WordPress blogs from Micro.blog …
: Went to the HEB on Lake Austin Boulevard today to get the updated COVID vaccine. When I was growing …
: A random shot from a few weeks ago, walking down Steck over Shoal Creek back to the Honda dealer, …
: Updated the Epilogue beta on TestFlight with a new feature for book cover management using your own …
: We don’t get a lot of disputed charges in Micro.blog. Maybe once a year. But it’s …
: It’s only preseason but great to see more of what Victor Wembanyama can do. Great first half, so …
: Threats against ActivityPub Evan Prodromou had an important post a few days ago, arguing for backwards compatibility with future …
: I’m the guest on the latest ShopTalk Show! Really enjoyed talking with Dave and Chris about …
: Wheel of Time season 2 had a few good moments, but overall it’s just too much to squeeze into 8 …
: Sad watching the coverage of war in Israel. Meanwhile in this country we don’t have a Speaker of the …
: Honda Element: rooftop box Between trying to sell our house, moving to a new place, and keeping up with actual work, I’ve …
: Just posted Core Intuition episode 571. From the show notes: Daniel and Manton discuss Apple’s …
: I’m finding so many old things as I clean out boxes from the garage. WWDC 2001 bag was a nice find. …
: Our old house hit the market today and the professional photos are kind of stunning. Looks like a …
: Spotify will include 15 hours of audiobooks as part of paid subscriptions. This sounds great to …
: It’s one of those mornings. Accidentally texted some Redis info and server logs to our realtor …
: We’ve had an hours-long outage at our hosting provider Linode, mostly affecting photos using …
: Dan Moren writes about a bizarre 12-hour iCloud meltdown on his account. Doesn’t seem like …
: Not sure I’ve ever been this busy, simultaneously moving and getting our old house ready to …
: I get that Democrats wouldn’t be thrilled to save McCarthy after… well, everything …
: Dave Winer: “Open web” is redundant I like IndieWeb because it emphasizes smaller, …
: Nice post by Remy Sharp about intercepting broken links and redirecting them to the Internet …
: This is a cool look at old icons from Rogue Amoeba. Fission probably needs an update but overall …
: Losing my mind trying to get fetch or axios or superagent or anything in React Native to not follow …
: If anyone has doubts about Threads supporting ActivityPub, listen to Mark Zuckerberg on Decoder. …
: Micro.blog 3.2.1 for iOS We’ve updated Micro.blog for iOS to version 3.2.1 with some additional improvements. One …
: A couple interesting bits in the letter about Epic Games layoffs: six months of severance pay, and …
: Our sleepy dog kept me company today during podcast recording. Lots of dog snoring, which may or may …
: Why am I watching another Republican debate? It’s chaotic, awkward… Just kind of a mess. Maybe this …
: Looking forward to macOS Sonoma, but decided to hold off with the install until next week, after …
: 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. …
: When we first added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog years ago, I used the phrase …
: Skimming through more of this interview with me that was posted yesterday, really happy with how it …
: With the writers strike ending, wonder how soon we can expect a return of SNL. No need to film …
: Fun to see this new take on a Micro.blog client from @heyloura. It’s a great example of using …
: I love reading the perspective of people who have moved from their own Mastodon server to using …
: There’s a new video interview with me up on YouTube. Thanks @numericcitizen for talking to me! …
: On the latest Core Intuition we talk about whether to order new Apple products, gripes about …
: It’s a special photo challenge for day 23: a day in the life. This is me testing my camera this …
: I’ve got a bunch of Bluesky invite codes. I’m just gonna put them in this Gist if anyone …
: I’ve been ordering a lot of little things from Amazon lately as I try to turn my car into a …
: Love what Patrick Rhone is doing with this new blog For You. From yesterday’s post: When you …
: Finished reading: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. Takes a little while to get there but love …
: Ran through my Micro.blog demo at FediForum pretty quickly because I wanted to stay under the …
: I often tune into the news while eating breakfast. Impressed with Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky on …
: I’ll be joining FediForum today. It starts in about half an hour. Mostly will lurk today, but …
: I don’t usually look at Wordle stats. I solve the puzzles for fun and to wake my brain up a …
: Today’s photo challenge word is “edge”… The retaining wall in our yard is currently being destroyed …
: The second FediForum is this Wednesday and Thursday! Two half days. I’ll be doing a quick demo of …
: Got my signed copy of Sword of Kaigen from the Kickstarter. The hardcover turned out great. 📚
: Huge downpour as I was leaving HEB. I guess my life is boring, because running through the rain with …
: We “lost” an episode of Core Intuition because of audio quality problems, so we decided …
: Thanks to Hunter Biden for taking one for the team on the gun charges. Maybe the GOP will get …
: Skipping the iPhone 15 this year, my 14 Pro is still in perfect condition. No case, no scratches. I …
: The latest @coreint podcast is out. Daniel and I react to this week’s Apple event.
: Updated to iOS 17. No problems, seems like a good upgrade. I think it fixed the web view refresh …
: I’ve just loosely been following the Pennsylvania inmate’s escape and now capture. Wild …
: iPhone 15 Pro action button is interesting. I wouldn’t mind a rethink of the volume and power …
: I enjoyed the Mother Nature video at the Apple event. Usually these videos seem overdone and …
: Took the new-to-me Honda Element in to get checked out and the cost for a bunch of random fixes is a …
: Over the weekend while I was working on my Letters from Europe page, I integrated footnotes using …
: 24 years ago, Traci and I went to Europe with a rail pass and hardly any money or plans. We worked …
: When the threads-api project was announced, it was so tempting to use it but I knew it would be too …
: The capitol and downtown buildings over yonder, reflecting in the windows. Eighth day of the …
: A couple people have read between the lines of my recent posts and wondered what is going on with my …
: App Store Connect is barely holding on today. Errors and more errors. Apparently this is the day I …
: Starting to get the new Slack redesign in one of my workspaces but not others. I’m fine with …
: Fascinating fallout happening in the JavaScript vs. TypeScript debate. In my experience, changing a …
: More good advice from Manuel Moreale: Please, for the love of all things web-related, if you decide …
: To follow up on some of the replies I’m getting about my hard drive, my philosophy is that …
: Another new Micro.blog 3.2 beta is out for TestFlight. @vincent is tweaking the tags design and …
: Apple’s sending emails about getting apps ready for the Vision Pro App Store. Folks in the …
: Can’t even calculate the number of hours and probably days I’ve lost because I cheapened …
: We’re ramping up the TestFlight betas again for Micro.blog 3.2 with bookmark tags. The UI is …
: Manuel Moreale follows up with some thoughts after interviewing me for his People and Blogs series: …
: So many things are happening right now. Car, house, work. Change starts slowly but once momentum …
: Love this new bookstore + coffee shop in Austin, First Light Books. Lots of thoughtful touches like …
: The photo challenge grid for Micro.blog is so cool right now. Lots of green for today …
: For technical folks who are interested in the plumbing of the social web, @snarfed has a great …
: Day 2 of the Micro.blog photo challenge: buildup.
: First day of the Micro.blog photo challenge: abstract.
: Found some old postcards and emails we sent from Europe in 1999 and they are absolute gold. May try …
: Nice blog post from Allen Pike about link formatting. I’d add that overthinking SEO is a good …
: After owning a house for 20+ years, submitting a rental application is a nerve-racking process. …
: Manuel Moreale has started a new People and Blogs series where he interviews people about their …
: This is how Amazon always wins… I want to pick up an organizing storage-type thing and think …
: It’s just about time for the September photo challenge! Got any ideas for prompt words to …
: The third-party Mastodon web app Phanpy has a conversation view that reminds me a lot of Tweetie on …
: Noticing the moon as a long day winds down.
: Sarah Gooding, writing at WP Tavern about Automattic’s 100-year plan: What resources will a …
: There’s a new episode of Core Intuition out. We talk about Daniel shipping a beta of MarsEdit …
: 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 …
: Still playing Wordle almost every day. Happy Wordle #800 day! 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
: The music video for Used To Be Young by Miley Cyrus really struck me. Simple. Powerful. 🎵
: Restaurants usually wrap a fork, spoon, and knife in a napkin. I got three knives instead! Someone …
: And to follow up on this, there’s a little known policy for Micro.blog hosting: when you have …
: I love this idea: WordPress.com’s 100-year plan. But at $38k, it’s too expensive for …
: Looked through my old Clipstart source code for the first time in years, to answer a rare support …
: Heck of a mugshot, Trump. It feels like an angry, fitting reflection of that line from his …
: Funny how different I drive depending on the car. In the Subaru Outback, adaptive cruise control on …
: Sunset as we drive over the Trinity River in Fort Worth.
: Made a sort of impulsive purchase of a used car: 2008 Honda Element SC, for a mini camper. Full …
: Jean just announced our next Micro.blog photo challenge! Starts September 1st.
: Glass questions at 2 years Two years ago this week, Glass launched for iPhone. I had subscribed right away because I wanted to …
: Marty and Doc waiting for the DeLorean to be constructed.
: Discovered the Snow Peak brand of camping-related products this week… Love the design. I …
: August is halfway over? Summer must be slowly winding down. Last chance to get our special Summer of …
: This year I’ve fallen behind in email again. Very sorry to Micro.blog folks who have waited …
: NBA in-season tournament dates announced. It’s a little odd to me how it’s spread out …
: Stayed up late watching the Georgia indictment details get revealed. Incredible to see the …
: I recorded a video walk-through of Epilogue today and posted it here. Shows off the basics of …
: Summer movies 🍿 It has been a great summer for movies. We’ve wrapped up seeing most of the “big” …
: Oppenheimer was great. We drove down to San Antonio to see it in 70mm IMAX. 🍿
: Packing up some old books. I’m trying not to look at everything, but every once in a while …
: Octopus tagging along with us during IKEA shopping this weekend.
: I added a tags window in the latest Mac app for Micro.blog. Makes it easy to filter your bookmarks …
: Favorite text editors update I enjoyed the conversation on the latest ATP about text editors. Lots of deservedly good praise for …
: Austin this morning from the train station. Unfortunately just a drop-off, not going anywhere …
: Whenever I create a new file in Xcode and choose Objective-C as the language, I laugh a little. Am I …
: Just posted this week’s episode of Core Intuition: Homemade Granola. Not actually about food. …
: Back to cool air after our upstairs A/C went out for a day. Something usually breaks every summer, …
: Did some testing this morning with Goodreads and it’s slow and clunky. Timeouts. Really happy …
: Spent the afternoon polishing up the next Android release of Epilogue and submitting it to Google. …
: Congrats to Casey Liss on shipping Callsheet. I’ve been using the beta. Great app for quickly …
: Great article by Christina Warren on the history of the App Store and why we’re due for some …
: Interesting news on GitHub for Mastodon search, noticed via @darnell@one.darnell.one. Full-text post …
: I’ve gotten out of the habit of posting to Threads. I like the foundation Meta has built with …
: Fixing bugs and submitting apps to App Review this morning. As a long-time Apple developer going …
: Pixelfed cross-posting in Micro.blog Today we added Pixelfed cross-posting to Micro.blog. This joins our existing set of cross-posting …
: New blog post editor for Micro.blog from @amit: Scribe. Clean, full-screen editor with styled text.
: Snapped this photo while we were making a u-turn in Dallas the other day. Took my daughters here 14 …
: I’ve driven by this tower a bunch of times on I-35 and was always curious about it. Turns out it’s …
: We added a new about page with a little more about what Micro.blog is and what our values are.
: I’m still waiting to see how DMs evolve in the fediverse before deciding what to do with …
: Interesting what @dansup@mastodon.social is up to with a new messaging app called Sup. Early video …
: Mystery boxes of records at Josey Records in Dallas, $10 each.
: Frustrated with Dropbox ever since Apple required these sync apps to move to a new official API. …
: Half Price Books flagship store in Dallas. 📚
: For folks who have been using Micro.blog bookmarks… First of all, thanks! I’m curious: do we …
: Empty apartment with built-in bookshelves, just one potential future. We’ve been thinking about …
: Finished reading: Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan. This was great. Really well paced, seems like …
: Writing some new web page text and maybe it’s early in the morning or maybe I watched too much …
: Wasn’t expecting this kind of profound wisdom from the apartment sales guy today: “The world is too …
: When the coffee shop recognizes me and remembers my regular order, it’s gonna be a good day. …
: Matilda at Zilker Hillside Theater. 🎭
: If you’ve been fascinated with the Worldcoin Orb, but not sure how to feel about it, check out …
: Over the last couple years, I’ve gone from mostly reading books on a Kindle (Paperwhite), to only on …
: Recorded another very short screencast to show the latest Micro.blog for macOS update. Less than a …
: Didn’t realize how exhausted I was toward the end of the week. Yesterday shipped new features, …
: Bookmark tags for Micro.blog Premium Today we are shipping a new feature for Micro.blog Premium subscribers: bookmark tags. This is a big …
: At this point I just laugh when Xcode tells me WebView has been deprecated since macOS 10.14. I …
: Finished reading: Dungeons & Dragons: The Druid’s Call by E. K. Johnston. I think I was …
: This time we got him! 😜 New surprise indictment: According to the court filing, Trump employees …
: This week’s episode of Core Intuition is up! We talk about X.
: Going to bump to version 3.0 for the update to Micro.blog for macOS tomorrow. I think it’s warranted …
: Listening to What Was I Made For?, by Billie Eilish. Went to see Barbie a couple days ago and still …
: Threads appears to count every character in a URL as part of the 500 characters. A little surprising …
: Micro.blog doesn’t have full search or hashtags by design, and I know it can be frustrating …
: Next step for ActivityPub Dave Winer posted a 12-minute audio recording on his blog, addressed to me but applicable to …
: Working on a new Mac feature that would be nice with SwiftUI, but we still run back to macOS 10.14 …
: Got my copy of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter in the mail today. I continue to be amazed at how …
: Interesting that for single-letter .com domains, only q, x, and z are in use. They were registered …
: I’m still a little stunned that Elon followed through on x.com, even though it was expected. …
: The second FediForum has been announced, coming up in September. I really enjoyed the discussions at …
: Occasionally I go looking for new domains and I’m always annoyed with all the new TLDs that …
: Spent a few hours yesterday trying to get Micro.blog to work better with Calckey (now Firefish). …
: Finished reading: The Ember Blade by Chris Wooding. Read the first half of this a few months ago and …
: A new episode of Core Intuition is out. We talk about Apple’s threat to withhold iMessage from …
: Dusted off the old Drobo, which hasn’t been plugged in for a year. A little surprised it still …
: Thinking about ActivityPub made me wonder what Tumblr has been working on, so I clicked around over …
: Reminder that it’s still summer, which means we’re still offering blog hosting for only …
: Major addition to bookmarks in Micro.blog is coming along really well. Likely will ship next week. …
: Power in the house went out. Summer in Texas is never a great time for this. Hopefully not long, …
: I still believe we should welcome Threads to the fediverse, but the news that ActivityPub seems far …
: As I think about how to add tags to bookmarks in Micro.blog, I’ve been drawing inspiration …
: Just posted a new episode of Core Intuition all about the Threads launch. Misunderstandings about …
: Frustrated with emails not reaching Micro.blog users, I’ve been working through steps to make …
: We finally installed a new smoke alarm that has only been sitting unopened in its box for about two …
: First thoughts on Retro: great design and for me fills a similar role as BeReal. Not a true …
: Love this post from @adactio not just because he’s using Micro.blog cross-posting (thanks!) …
: I don’t plan on using Threads indefinitely, but I am curious about the user experience, both …
: Over the last few days we rewatched Mission: Impossible 4-6, then went to see 7 tonight. Enjoyed it. …
: As the fediverse grows, new people will hear about Micro.blog and send us feedback about how we can …
: Reminded by Jeremy Keith’s post of this quote from Robin Sloan. Beautiful, true: The speed …
: Finished reading: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson. This book alone was worth …
: A new TestFlight beta is out for Micro.blog 3.1. The big changes for this release are per-post …
: We’ve known for years that our onboarding in Micro.blog is bad. It’s tough to start with …
: There are some quirky code design decisions in Micro.blog. For example, I prefer flat structures and …
: Accidentally clicked the “Post” button instead of “Bookmark” on that last …
: The wild thing about Twitter’s demise is that it’s not too late to turn the platform …
: Love what we saw from Victor Wimbanyama over the weekend. I missed some of the 4th quarter from …
: I thought it would be a fun weekend project to port a simple WordPress.com theme to Micro.blog. What …
: Working on some more flexibility this morning to give people options for blocking Threads and other …
: Evolving thoughts on web scraping. First, I figured anything goes. Later, I was hesitant to depend …
: With Threads hitting 80 million users already, a lot of folks are dismissing Bluesky. But maybe …
: Time to get serious about finding the Sorcerer’s Apprentice Mickey.
: Fighting with our Nest thermostat all week. It wants to save energy and I want to not die of …
: Finished reading: The Magician’s Daughter by H. G. Parry. 📚
: “I can’t wait to wear that Spurs jersey for a first time.” — Victor Wembanyama, ready …
: Ben Werdmuller blogs some second thoughts about Threads: But there’s a bad taste in my mouth that …
: My posting workflow this morning: I post to my blog from my Mac, it goes out via ActivityPub, RSS of …
: There’s some great stuff in this comic. This rings true: One of the most fun things about …
: Watching CNN this morning over breakfast, they said “fediverse”… So yeah, …
: Finished reading: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers. A great second book. Hope there are …
: One of the things I’m most proud of with my blog is how consistent I’ve been about the …
: Adam Mosseri on why ActivityPub I’ve been blogging short posts this week about Meta’s launch of Threads, but I think …
: Posted this week’s episode of Core Intuition. Random topics like the potential Elon vs. Mark …
: Blaine Cook on Threads bootstrapping from Instagram. I’ve seen a couple variations of this …
: Nice instructions from @Mtt on how to use Micro.blog to verify your Bluesky or Nostr domain. …
: I’ve been saying for a while that the fediverse will likely evolve to having maybe 10 …
: Manually cross-posting to Threads to play with it and learn. As soon as it federates I’ll stop …
: Really enjoyed the new Indiana Jones. Easily the third favorite after Raiders and Last Crusade. 🍿
: Meta’s Threads will obviously have ads later. Until now it hasn’t been clear what business model …
: Setting up Threads. No surprise that getting started based on Instagram identities is super easy, …
: This is not what you’d expect to hear from a Meta executive, but it’s exactly right: …
: Trains and clouds, in Louisiana.
: Finished reading: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. …
: On pretty much a daily basis I’m torn on whether to enforce real tabs everywhere even in …
: Just noticed this cool Glitch project from @AngeloStavrow to test styling Micro.blog’s …
: Very frustrated with our Micro.blog emails being flagged as spam too often lately, so today we added …
: One of those weeks where I’m a bit in over my head with bug fixes and email. Making progress.
: Realizing that Brandon Sanderson’s secret project #3 is coming out in just a few days. And it’s …
: Always feels good to release Mac software. No need to get permission from Apple. No delays when the …
: Just in case we needed another reason to re-watch Across the Spider-Verse: “I was wondering when …
: Spilled beer on my laptop yesterday. Seemed fine, but this morning the trackpad isn’t very …
: Let's welcome Meta, not block them Meta is working on a Twitter-like platform called Threads, codenamed Project 92 or P92, rumored to …
: Lady Bird Lake under the I-35 bridge.
: New episode of Core Intuition: AppKit Is Dying. We talk about visionOS, what platforms to dedicate …
: New update to Micro.blog for iOS is out with a bunch of fixes.
: Did not finish: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. I usually like books about books, but could …
: Can’t get enough of these James Cameron + Titan sub interviews. He seems to really know his …
: News media loves the suspense of an unfolding story. Can’t totally blame them for the Titanic …
: Excited for the NBA Draft tonight. Even though the #1 pick is a lock, there’s a tiny part of …
: Thunder rolling through again today. Dogs are not happy. ⛈️
: Pushed a new TestFlight build with some additional fixes. Likely will wrap this up as version 3.0.4 …
: I said on @coreint last week that visionOS might be a “zig when others zag” moment for …
: Love these eWorld photos posted by Stephen Hackett at 512 Pixels. Brings back a lot of memories. …
: I don’t have much to add to the Meta vs. the fediverse debate beyond what John Gruber has …
: Good morning, Libby fans. Experimental feature now available in Micro.blog: go to this special path …
: If you’re frustrated and typing in Terminal, the harder you pound on the keyboard, the more …
: Spent some time last night figuring out how the undocumented Libby API works. Fun. Hope they …
: Across the Spider-Verse was amazing. Love the art in these movies so much. I wish all comics …
: Hanging out at Civil Goat Coffee with my daughter. Working a bit while she reads. ☕️
: It has been too long since we’ve updated the emoji in Micro.blog. Via @news, added a few new …
: There’s a new Core Intuition out. We talk more about last week’s WWDC, debate whether …
: Another Brandon Sanderson book has arrived! Secret project #2: Frugal Wizard’s Handbook. Love …
: Rolled out changes to the default uploaded filenames in Micro.blog. This is the beginning of the end …
: High of 101° today in Austin. It’s gonna be one of those summers, huh? Gotta get away …
: Despite the chaos at Twitter this year, I’m a little surprised that after paying Twitter for …
: Watched the BlackBerry movie and enjoyed it. Relevant for today too: it’s not a good idea to …
: Federico Viticci got me with the Don Draper quote for his Vision Pro story. One of my favorite …
: I posted a video to YouTube to demo Micro.blog’s new reading goals interface on the web. By …
: Great game. Congrats to the Nuggets. And an impressive postseason for this underestimated Heat team …
: Since ditching cable years ago, I feel like we’ve tried everything… Sling, PlayStation …
: Only just occurred to me that Apple Vision would’ve been a great product to introduce at the …
: I recorded a very short (12 seconds!) video on YouTube showing the new toggle in Micro.blog to …
: New web analytics tool from @vincent looks like a nice fit for blogs and small web sites: …
: I made a little video of my time in Colorado last week, from short video clips and live photos. This …
: Went to a wedding yesterday. No masks, hopefully no COVID. 🤞 My mind kept wandering back to A Psalm …
: To create this transcript, I split the episode into 15-minute chunks with Fission, because …
: Core Intuition 560 transcript I listened to the latest Core Intuition again to see if my initial take on Apple Vision Pro was way …
: On the flight back to Austin, finished reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. …
: John Gruber gets to the core of the Reddit API issue with a question for the CEO: I have one simple …
: Email notice for Twitter users Today I sent the following email to everyone who had Twitter cross-posting configured on their …
: Talking with @joec earlier this week about finding new coffee shops in new cities… …
: Good morning, Denver. Had a quick breakfast with this view before I wrap up the trip and return the …
: Winding down my week in Colorado. It’s beautiful here. Just about the right amount of time, …
: Sitting in my rental campervan at Cherry Creek State Park, debugging on the laptop as the rain hits. …
: Finished reading: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Remembered only a …
: What a wild end for Apollo. The era of client APIs for ad-supported platforms is over. Developers …
: After recording @coreint today, I’m settling into the opinion that Apple Vision Pro is both …
: Just posted a new Core Intuition with our reaction to WWDC and Apple Vision Pro.
: Finished reading: Recursion by Blake Crouch. This book blew my mind a little. 📚
: After driving around in circles with detours because of road construction, finally settled in at …
: Jason Snell writing at Six Colors after using the Vision Pro: I am now a believer that what Apple …
: Wasn’t expecting rabbits. Seems to be a bunch around my campsite tonight at Chatfield State Park.
: Stopped at Train Cars Coffee in Nederland on the drive to Boulder this morning. Built out of train …
: Panorama Point as the sun’s starting to go down, at Golden Gate Canyon State Park.
: Early thoughts on Vision Pro: looks about as good as it can possibly be, for what Apple is trying to …
: This is nitpicky but I feel like Apple should’ve cut over to the headset stuff at the 1-hour …
: I don’t think Apple needs to obsessively avoid saying AI. “Machine learning”, …
: Need a place to blog what you think about all the WWDC news this week? Don’t forget Micro.blog …
: Looking forward to WWDC, but my expectations are low for announcements that are relevant to my work …
: Nuggets vs. Heat. Finals, game 2. 🏀
: One of my favorite things about Colorado so far is the water. Looks and sounds like snow had melted …
: Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. All the praise for this …
: Raining off and on today, so I’ve spent more time driving and less time walking. Mickey is my …
: Forgot the Stanley Hotel was nearby, the inspiration for the hotel in The Shining. Stopped for a …
: Outside the Glacier Basin campground at Rocky Mountain National Park.
: Cool to see people using the App.net posts archive. Here’s a post from @jsonbecker, a post …
: Beautiful photo from aows. When I retire, I’m just going to blog photos of train tracks.
: Thanks again to @vincent for fixing one of the servers yesterday while I was in Rocky Mountain …
: Traveling today. Got to the airport early, plenty of time to catch up on a couple things. Submitted …
: Other things I learned about video games this week while we were temporarily without a Switch: the …
: We caved and bought another Nintendo Switch. The OLED Zelda edition. So nice. 🕹️
: Ugh, this is a new pattern for me in Wordle. 712 X/6. 🙁 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
: App.net archive migrated I’ve migrated the App.net posts archive to S3, to simplify hosting the archive. I’m not …
: I like this post from Dave Rupert on lessons from old Russian small nuclear generators: I wonder if …
: Finished Ted Lasso. Overall really enjoyed it. This season almost lost its way a couple times, …
: I seem to have made a serious AWS pricing miscalculation, transferring a bunch of small files from …
: Introducing Nostr cross-posting Similar to my announcement last month about supporting Bluesky, we’re adding Nostr cross-posting to …
: Thanks everyone who sent me feedback about how you are using Micro.blog’s email newsletters. I …
: New email newsletter templates Micro.blog Premium includes an email newsletter feature, so readers of your blog can subscribe to …
: This article in Forbes has some new (to me) details on the creation of Nostr.
: Trying audiobooks in Spotify for the first time. I’d like to see some UI tweaks for books, like less …
: Launching new features tomorrow. Going to lay low this afternoon instead of deploying major changes …
: Spilled a glass of water all over my MacBook keyboard. So that’s how my morning is going. …
: Working on improvements to email newsletters in Micro.blog. I’d like to split out the editing …
: Love this from Matt Mullenweg. It’s what we believe at Micro.blog, too. …it’s not about how …
: Did my daughter come to visit this weekend to see us, or to take the Switch and Tears of the Kingdom …
: I’m testing Calckey to improve compatibility with Micro.blog. Some of the UI is quite busy and …
: Went to pay our respects to my uncle, for Memorial Day. Tomorrow would’ve been his birthday too. 🇺🇸
: Love seeing all the “Where have I been?” posts. I blogged it on a whim and it’s so much more …
: Tinkering with something in Go this morning. Always felt like it would be a good language to know …
: Where have I been A random conversation today made me curious about what countries I’ve visited in Europe. I got …
: Just watched way too many replays and commentary on the final seconds of Celtics/Heat. Another …
: Listened to a couple hours of the Texas house debating impeachment against our corrupt attorney …
: Seems unlikely that we’ll end up with a single unified social web platform. I like …
: This week Bluesky rolled out their custom timeline feeds. Pretty interesting approach. However, …
: Next steps for the community Jean and I have been talking this week about what’s next to prioritize around the Micro.blog …
: Joking aside, I really like Nostr. Something about it is very elegant. You just have to ignore 80% …
: Folks, Nostr is really easy to understand. Your username is 64 random letters and you just enable …
: Good morning! Took an early walk. Coffee now at Summer Moon and I have some server changes to …
: I’m testing cross-posting to Nostr. I’m still not really sure how to link to Nostr …
: Adding a new query to Micro.blog’s server status check to throw an error if the queue backlog …
: Upgraded Ruby last night and thought everything was stable. But no. Putting my sysadmin hat on for a …
: The new episode of Core Intuition covers last week’s Micro Camp and looking ahead to WWDC. …
: Been thinking a lot about Nostr this week. Finally realized that it resonates in a “worse is …
: I’m continuing to use ChatGPT all the time. On a whim today I asked it what the philosophy of …
: 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 …
: The more I tinker with Nostr, the more I understand the appeal for developers. It is fun. But there …
: About blocking in Micro.blog When we added muting to Micro.blog, there was a discussion about whether user blocking should be …
: Great game and series. Didn’t really feel like a sweep with the Lakers in each game until late. …
: Checking out the Kagi search engine, via Daring Fireball. I remember hearing about this but never …
: San Antonio Museum of Art, raining. Used to be the Lone Star Brewing building.
: One reason web development appeals to me is that while it can be complicated, it doesn’t have …
: Did not expect to be installing a new version of Movable Type on EC2 this morning for testing, but …
: We shipped Micro.blog 1.7 for Android, available on Google Play. This syncs up the release with the …
: Posted links for all of today’s videos on micro.camp. Thanks again to our Micro Camp …
: Great discount on MarsEdit today! From Daniel Jalkut: I usually only offer discounts of 10% or 20%, …
: We’re going live in an hour for Micro Camp day 2, featuring sessions by Chris Campbell, Anna …
: Ben Werdmuller links to a great thread by Christina Warren. I get the distrust of big social media, …
: Kind of stunned by the Heat stealing both games in Boston. I like this Celtics team (of course …
: Thanks everyone who joined us for the first day of Micro Camp. I loved talking to Om Malik and hope …
: Getting ready for Micro Camp so of course the lawn care service folks just showed up in the front …
: We’re a couple hours away from the start of Micro Camp 2023! Details at micro.camp. (By the …
: Episode 558 of Core Int is out with a discussion leading up to Micro Camp. The latest news on the …
: Retrobatch from Flying Meat has been really useful while making a slideshow for Micro Camp. I first …
: We’ll have some door prizes for Micro Camp attendees. A license to MarsEdit, gift cards for …
: Haven’t been able to finish any books lately. Probably way behind where I was for reading …
: I missed that the videos from FediForum have been posted. Here’s the video of my demo of how …
: There’s a scheduled YouTube event for the Micro Camp live stream on Friday. We’ll link …
: Took some time this week to unravel the plumbing in Micro.blog with how blogs are published and …
: Cool to see people take us up on the Summer of blogging coupon. $1/month full blog hosting! …
: Had a lot of weird dreams last night. But waking up this morning, apparently the Spurs getting the …
: Amazing. I’ve never believed in tanking and I had my expectations low, but… Spurs get the #1 pick. …
: Big announcement: we’re welcoming Om Malik for a keynote conversation to kick things off at …
: Did a quick YouTube live streaming test. Seems to work as advertised. Resubscribed to Ecamm Live …
: Ready for the NBA draft lottery tonight. Wearing my Spurs t-shirt. 🏀
: We are finalizing the Micro Camp schedule to post later today. Very excited about what we’ve …
: People are often confused about what exactly Micro.blog is. Is it a Twitter clone? Is it a WordPress …
: Special shout-out to @sod who has been working with us to update all the Micro.blog themes with …
: Haven’t done much more than skim through the Bluesky app source, but glad to see it released. …
: Making screenshots for App Store connect isn’t my favorite thing. I don’t do it often so …
: Jean posted today about how Discover in Micro.blog will be less likely to include photos that don’t …
: We watched Still with Michael J. Fox last night. Really good. 📺
: Enjoying the new Zelda so far. Although I’m mostly watching other people in the family play. 🙂 …
: For a while now, Micro.blog has been archiving copies of web pages for Micro.blog Premium users, …
: Reclaiming usernames policy I’d like to update our terms of service to add a note about reclaiming old accounts, so we …
: More about the M.b problems overnight: I made what I thought was a minor code cleanup change …
: We published a new Core Intuition. Daniel and I talk about the upcoming Micro Camp, event planning, …
: Playing with Google Bard. Impressed that it has much more recent data than ChatGPT. It knew about …
: There’s a new beta out for Micro.blog 3.0. This adds the last big missing feature: posting to …
: Wordle 692 6/6. Went from thinking I’d get it in 3 guesses to barely getting it. 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 …
: I’m excited to announce: Summer of blogging! For new folks signing up on Micro.blog, hosting …
: Two great new themes for Micro.blog are available: Outpost by @mikehaynes and Tiny by @Mtt. So happy …
: Got lost again browsing tld-list.com. So many fun new TLDs. Luckily was talked down from impulse …
: Thinking more about Heather Armstrong. I didn’t know her, but she was my age, and started her …
: From a post by @adders, remembering Heather Armstrong: Already the early days of blogging are being …
: Caught the last half of the Trump town hall. CNN was criticized for hosting this, but Kaitlan …
: I’d love to see Mastodon adopt some variation of NIP-5 so that single-user instance usernames can be …
: I’m fascinated with Nostr, but I’m having trouble getting on board with it because its …
: Thinking about fiatjaf’s Bluesky is a scam post. Some of the criticism seems fair, some feels …
: Shocked to hear that Heather Armstrong has died. See: dooce.com, Wikipedia. One of the great early …
: Can’t remember the last time I had an actual flat tire. 20 years ago? Longer? Luck ran out today. …
: Texas house getting HB 2744 out of committee is great news, even if feels like the bare minimum we …
: Really good episode of Dithering this morning on Bluesky vs. Mastodon. As convenient as it would be …
: Lonnie Walker ready when he’s called on. Love it. 🏀
: Ever since I read that Bluesky has about 1.9 million folks on the waiting list, I’ve been …
: Micro Camp 2023 is coming up soon! May 19th - 20th. We’ve posted the topics for the second …
: If you missed it earlier from @news: We are monitoring some performance problems because of …
: Posted episode 556 of Core Intuition. We talk about tipping in Apple Stores, using ChatGPT, and …
: Too many guns. After yesterday’s shooting in Allen, Greg Abbot “offered the full support …
: Easy to get caught up in the excitement about the coronation. We are so stuck in divisive partisan …
: I recorded a video on YouTube that goes through how I personally use Micro.blog for my own blog. …
: Created a new blog on my Micro.blog account today, a placeholder for something new. Found a couple …
: This year’s NBA playoffs have been great. So many close games, ignoring a couple blowouts like …
: Jack Dorsey gives $10 million to Nostr and related projects. Setting aside opinions on his …
: Wondering what the Bluesky team has in mind for private messaging, if anything. Mastodon’s DMs …
: Finished the first pass of rethinking how incoming direct messages work in Micro.blog. I still …
: Looking at this spam, I think our approach to accepting Mastodon DMs needs to change in Micro.blog. …
: Eugen Rochko and team are fighting spammers at mastodon.social: We’re aware of the spam …
: Almost done with book edits. The task of manually reformatting all the footnotes and layout for the …
: Enjoyed the first episode of White House Plumbers. Also, Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey …
: Mastodon has added support for showing styled text in the new version deployed on mastodon.social. …
: Waterfall at Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden. 🍺
: Maybe the most surprising thing to me about Bluesky’s early success is the “fun” …
: Noticed today while reviewing code that the first GitHub commit for Micro.blog was about 9 years …
: Left my headphones at home by accident. Now need to plan my whole day around which coffee shops …
: Went to see the Super Mario Bros movie this afternoon. So much fun. 🍄
: Final decision on the Twitter API Not content with banning native third-party apps, Twitter has continued to cripple their API and …
: Core Intuition episode 555! We talk all about Bluesky. (And Mastodon and Nostr and Micro.blog.)
: Today is the day that Twitter said they would shut off the old API and force upgrades to the new …
: Getting started with Bluesky XRPC I’ve done a little work now with the XRPC layer of the AT Protocol, supporting cross-posting to …
: The storm is about to hit. Waiting it out downtown instead of on the highway. ⛈️
: Listening to Dithering today about game consoles… If you have 2 consoles, you have …
: We updated the Micro Camp web site for 2023. Register for free if you’d like to join us May …
: Austin sky before thunderstorms arrive in a few hours, supposedly. ☁️
: Finished reading: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. I really enjoyed this story. First-person for …
: The renewed interest in open, social web protocols has been a long time coming. It’s like we …
: I’ve been impressed with Bluesky’s performance. It has inspired me to shave off a little …
: Continuing to tweak our Bluesky cross-posting support. Should work better with inline links in blog …
: Sometimes coding is hard, but not usually. It’s figuring out how something should work that …
: Just released a new 3.0 beta of Micro.blog for iOS. This includes a big change, borrowed from the …
: I know I’ve written about this before, but it’s worth repeating: Micro.blog is …
: I’m seeing lots of Bluesky takes that are a variation of: “Oh jeez, we just moved from …
: I’m always fascinated when our new AI bot overlords get really basic facts wrong. They know …
: Some technologies just keep coming back… Currently writing XML-RPC code, this time for …
: U2 tickets for the Sphere in Vegas going on sale later this week. Need to somehow fit this into my …
: Added a basic import in Micro.blog for folks migrating from Substack. For now, just blog posts. …
: This is not exactly a commentary on any specific platform, but you can just tell when the creators …
: 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 …
: Fox News in the, uhm, news today reminds me of last month when I was in Dallas. I worked from a …
: Mastodon to Blog Archive script Tantek Çelik blogged about Mastodon’s account migration and its post export, which is based on …
: HTML’s srcset is such a weird image attribute. Can’t help but feel there was a better …
: It’s a good day to have a good day.
: Matt Baer blogs about the future of Write.as and WriteFreely — taking features that are currently …
: It breaks my heart a little when I drive through a historic neighborhood to see old houses bulldozed …
: Trees by the trail at Lady Bird Lake.
: “Make no little plans. Make the biggest one you can think of, and spend the rest of your life …
: The bookmarks pages in Micro.blog haven’t felt quite right to me, so today I rolled out a …
: Lunch at Easy Tiger earlier today. 🥪
: If it was starting to feel like Humane’s device would be overhyped or vaporware, I’m ready to put …
: On this week’s episode of Core Intuition, we talk about the Mastodon API and upcoming new …
: One of those afternoons where I’m hopping between unrelated tasks. Currently revisiting how to …
: Updated my code for Bluesky for the recent API endpoint changes. Looking forward to enabling this …
: Tantek Çelik blogs about yesterday’s The Verge article on ActivityPub, underscoring some of …
: The Verge has a long article by David Pierce today about ActivityPub. The quote from me about domain …
: 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 …
: Accidentally clicked on a phishing email. Ugh, must not be awake yet. Stopped short of signing in …
: Got lost down the rabbit hole of W3C membership fees… Interesting scaled fee structure, in …
: There are always more ideas than time. One of the things I’ve most enjoyed about building …
: I’ve been impatient for Bluesky to ship, but this interview with The Verge has helped convince …
: One of those just try random code until it works mornings. Not proud of it. Sometimes coding is less …
: Shoutout to the guy holding a “thoughts and prayers ain’t working” sign downtown …
: This year I’ve become fascinated with my family tree. Just got back my DNA kit results. (Yes, …
: Some great NBA playoff games over the weekend. Too many injuries, though. Can’t believe Tyler …
: Happy Monday, everyone. Starting the week at Progress Coffee again. ☕️
: We pushed a new Micro.blog beta out to TestFlight, improving blog selection to move the list of …
: Didn’t get much feedback about my Substack blog post yesterday, so I started to doubt myself. …
: Another unexpected use for ChatGPT: asking it for examples of using command-line tools like rsync …
: For folks trying Micro.blog’s Twitter import, note that the tweets page is just a web page, so …
: Dave Winer writes about the Twitter API changes: Corporate platforms always fail, given enough …
: Substack Notes moderation Nilay Patel’s Decoder interview with Substack co-founder Chris Best is excellent. If …
: New episode of Core Intuition is up! On episode 553 we talk about WWDC 2023 tickets, conferences, …
: We redesigned the Micro.blog home page this year and it’s so much better. Yet I still wonder …
: I’ve been keeping an eye on our OpenAI bill since we added automatic podcast transcripts for …
: Good morning, Austin! At Progress Coffee. ☕️
: Congrats to Rogue Amoeba on the major update to Farrago. They’ve done some really nice work in …
: There’s a lot of talk about how AI can get facts wrong. That’s fair, but in my …
: More and more I find myself keeping ChatGPT open and asking it even dumb questions that Google or …
: I recorded a video on YouTube showing how Micro.blog’s new tweets archive import feature …
: Daniel Jalkut blogs about Micro.blog’s new tweets import and how it can work with MarsEdit.
: Twitter clown car strategy It’s not all about Elon Musk. Ben Thompson has made variations of this argument on Stratechery and …
: Share extension is back, and better! There’s a new beta of Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS with support …
: Substack Notes is interesting but they seem to have forgotten a valuable part of the rest of …
: Importing tweets to Micro.blog Today we launched a new feature: importing an archive of your tweets to Micro.blog. This is …
: If you’ve procrastinated downloading your tweets archive from Twitter, I would do it now. It …
: Went to see Air. Loved it. So hard to make dialog in a movie like this not sound fake, but they …
: ChatGPT continues to impress. I’ve started asking it programming questions just to save a few …
: Just posted a new Core Intuition. More on our favorite recent topics: the Twitter API shutdown and …
: Love that feeling when I realize that previous me had already written code to do exactly what I need …
: Wanted an illustration for an upcoming feature, and spent some time using DALL•E for the first time. …
: The Fediverse Report continues their great summarization of recent hot topics. On trademarks, Eugen …
: Spurs vs. Blazers… in Austin! 🏀
: Fascinating discussion on the latest The Talk Show with @gruber@mastodon.social and @danielpunkass …
: Blast from the past: video of my old iOS app Tweet Library. I forgot how much I loved this app. 📦
: More post-Twitter plans When I started building Micro.blog, I tried to limit dependencies on external platforms. The main …
: Did a first pass of rewriting all my Twitter API 1.1 code to 2.0. Halfway through I started to …
: There’s a lot going on with the S-GPT shortcut. Very clever to have trigger words in the …
: I’m sure a lot of Trump supporters are having a hard time processing what is going on with …
: Attempts to refill the bird feeders have resulted in squirrels taking over the backyard. They are …
: Interesting to compare the main headlines from feed reader home pages: Feedbin: “A nice place …
: Molly White has a good post covering Feedly’s “protests” feature. But even …
: Somewhere north of Meridian, TX. 🚂
: Deploying code to servers, on a train that has no wi-fi. Everything will be fine.
: Grabbing coffee this morning before heading back to Austin, catching up on email. Still thinking …
: Taylor Swift. Eras Tour in Arlington, TX.
: Good write-up about FediForum from The Fediverse Report. On the $40 pricing, I was a little …
: If you use Drafts, check out this new action for Micro.blog. Post drafts, publish, choose your blog, …
: The plug-in Search Space by @sod has been updated to 1.0. It’s a nice upgrade over the older …
: Taking the train up to Dallas tomorrow for a quick 24-hour trip. Initially was trying to save money …
: Posted Core Intuition 551! This episode covers the launch of Micro.blog’s new podcast …
: Wrote a help page with some more details about automatic podcast transcripts in Micro.blog, a new …
: The new Twitter API tiers are about what was expected. Disappointing. For Micro.blog, we plan to …
: Just finished a quick demo of Micro.blog at FediForum. Might’ve talked too fast. The variety …
: Introducing Micro.blog podcast transcripts We’ve launched a new feature for Micro.blog Premium customers: automatic podcast episode …
: NSDrinking tonight! 🍻 I’ll be there. I haven’t joined in a while, so will be nice to …
: It’s pretty incredible how little has changed in podcast RSS feeds in 20 years. That’s a …
: I agree with the spirit of the Podcast Standards Project but I’m concerned about the details. …
: The automatic code reloading in React Native is still kind of wild to me. I committed some changes, …
: Just pushed out another TestFlight beta of Micro.blog 3.0. This has some really nice new stuff for …
: The new Zelda looks great. Love the fuse ability featured in this gameplay video.
: I’ve been playing with Wavelength Messenger. Not to be confused with our own Micro.blog …
: My copy of Tress of the Emerald Sea arrived! Love the green ink throughout the book. 📚
: FediForum is this week! On Thursday I’ll be demoing how Micro.blog fits into the fediverse, …
: Worked a bunch this weekend trying to decommission an EC2 server (hosting App.net archives!) by …
: With yesterday’s podcast, we hit 550 episodes. Some listeners may have noticed that …
: On the latest Core Int, we talk about shifting deadlines for shipping Black Ink and the potential …
: I like this summary by @snarfed of why HTTP content negotiation is more trouble than it’s …
: Great story from the @RogueAmoeba blog about a meeting with Adam Curry, Eddie Cue, and Steve Jobs …
: We don’t use AWS for that much, but costs just about doubled last month with more CDN usage. I …
: Finished reading: The Cat who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa. Books about books. 📚
: Dunno if I’m late or early to this, but I’m playing with the OpenAI API. Impressive. The …
: Really didn’t want to be up at midnight still dealing with attacks on our servers, but here we …
: Micro.blog was acting a little sluggish so I looked at the logs and of course the servers are being …
: Great article in Texas Monthly about Community Impact, a hyper-local newspaper for neighborhoods …
: I hadn’t been following Hachette v. Internet Archive closely, so spent a few minutes listening …
: Watching some of the recent Microsoft Copilot demos and playing with Bing, I wonder what AI products …
: I really enjoyed this episode of The Talk Show with guest Jason Kottke. Their talk of 404 links …
: The new beta of Micro.blog for iOS is coming along really well. We’re at the point where I can …
: Spurs eliminated from the playoffs early this year, but you couldn’t tell by watching the 2nd …
: Listening to U2’s Songs of Surrender. I think I was expecting a kind of “Taylor’s …
: Playing with FeedLand reminds me that Micro.blog doesn’t have OPML export. The reason is …
: We’re enabling ActivityPub for everyone now, not just recent users. This is needed so that you …
: Captured a little video of the lightning on the other side of the storm back at home.
: Long day. Drove into hail somewhere before Denton, then through a thunderstorm between Waco and …
: I’ve been a software developer for about 30 years and ChatGPT is the first technology that I …
: Last day on the road as we make our way through a rainy highway 287 in the middle of nowhere.
: Finished reading: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky. A short, great read. 📚
: Did not finish: Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft. Just couldn’t get into it. Might try to …
: I was reviewing a GitHub pull request today for a potential upcoming feature and was struck by how …
: Great milestone as Kottke.org hits 25 years. Jason writes about the early days: The updates on …
: Enjoyed Colorado this week. Heading back to Texas today… Going to miss my new morning routine …
: Pikes Peak from Garden of the Gods. For “horizon”, day 14 of the Micro.blog photo challenge.
: Royal Gorge Route Railroad. Incredible views, good lunch. Makes me want to re-read From the River to …
: Shiny light at Palace Coffee in Amarillo, for day 12 of the photo challenge. Be kind. ☕️
: There’s no lesson in impermanence like spray painting your message at Cadillac Ranch only to have it …
: Posted this week’s Core Intuition, all about social networks and blogging. Bluesky, the AT …
: I can’t take Meta’s efforts at decentralization seriously while they don’t even …
: Morning at Lamppost Coffee. As close to a ritual as I have, for day 10 of the photo challenge. ☕️
: Finished reading: Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb. An extraordinary series.📚
: 21 years ago today, my first blog post. A bunch of promising social networks have come and gone in …
: What an incredible milestone for @_Davidsmith@mastodon.social: 100 million downloads of Widgetsmith. …
: Walked up to the coffee shop this morning. The side of the road everywhere still looks like this, …
: Congrats @playdate@panic.com on the Catalog release! I’m updating my Playdate now. It’s …
: Worked this morning at Cuvée Coffee. Bags of coffee beans for today’s prompt “whole” on the photo …
: New Micro.blog 3.0 beta going out to TestFlight folks now, adding username auto-complete. Still has …
: Bluesky is starting to enable custom domains. This is exactly how things should work in terms of …
: Photos still rolling in every day for our March photo challenge. It’s fun to see some Mastodon …
: Stopped at a train crossing as an Amtrak went by. Because today’s photo prompt is …
: Two new iOS app updates to start the week: Sunlit 3.4.4 fixes setting alt text, and another …
: Day 5 of the photo challenge: tile.
: Looks like Mastodon will be getting expanded support for showing styles in posts. Micro.blog already …
: In case anyone doesn’t notice the post on @news, there was an issue with loading photos from …
: I’m going to attend FediForum on March 30th (day 2) to show how Micro.blog and Mastodon work …
: I’ve been trying the Bluesky beta (still private, but they have a waitlist). I’m open to …
: Thanks @Aywren for the kind words about Micro.blog and how it connects to the fediverse and other …
: Solitude is coffee and a breakfast taco and my laptop, having the whole outside to myself for a …
: Looking up at the sky as we’re expecting bad weather tonight. Wind is starting to pick up.
: We went seriously down the genealogy rabbit hole last night, with a couple “oh wow” …
: John Gruber writing about the App Store / Twitter apps refund problem: Consider the gut punch of …
: Love seeing the photos coming in for the March photo challenge. My favorite view is this grid view …
: I’ve said before I never want to change Micro.blog’s $5 standard hosting price. The best …
: Good write-up on Six Colors about the updates to Twitterrific and Tweetbot, which let you opt out of …
: Day 1 of the Micro.blog photo challenge! Today’s word is “secure”. I noticed this keyhole covered up …
: It’s bad enough that Linode dropped their logo, but now prices are going up by 20%? I …
: Can’t believe it’s March already, at least for folks on the other side of the world. …
: Loved the first book in this world so decided to get A Day of Fallen Night on release day. Still …
: Last night, stayed up until 1am reading Assassin’s Quest. Felt like I was 17 years old instead …
: With the big character limit change behind us, I had a free morning to work on anything. This is my …
: I uploaded a very short 21-second demo video to YouTube, showing the Mac app’s updated …
: Rounding up to 300 characters In 2014, as I was starting work on Micro.blog, I blogged about the properties of a microblog post, …
: We’re doing another photo challenge in March! Post a photo each day to your blog, inspired by …
: New episode of Core Int: I’m the King of the World. We talk about @danielpunkass trying to …
: Actually made a to-do list to coordinate shipping a new feature on all platforms at once: web, …
: Spending a little time this morning improving performance to combat “hackers” making a …
: I’ve documented how Micro.blog works with the Micropub API’s syndicate-to parameter now …
: From Platformer, this rings true especially for the Twitter API free vs. paid changes that never …
: It’s really cool what @lex has been doing with his Daily Lex podcast. I hoped we’d see …
: 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 …
: Finished reading: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. So much fun. Still going to skip the movie, …
: Working on a couple new features. Some things we try to roll out across all platforms at once. Some …
: Not a lot of words, big change: Enabled spell checking as you type in new posts for desktop web …
: Still kind of jarring to see the Akamai logo when I’m using the Linode manager.
: Reading about Biden’s trip to Ukraine. Flight to Poland and then 10-hour train to Kyiv. Hoping we …
: Micro Camp 2023 will be in May. Online-only this year. Email @jean if you’ve got an idea for a …
: Rolling out some plumbing for future work. Some features are best deployed in phases… …
: I try not to complain about pricing because I know how annoying it can be when someone says $5 for …
: This new Micro.blog plug-in from @sod is so clever. Post previews using your blog template!
: Wrapping up ActivityPub improvements Another week, another round of ActivityPub-related improvements! Over the last few months …
: Finished reading the last few chapters of Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb on the flight back to Austin. …
: Coffee and breakfast and coding at Either/Or. Love this boot glass. ☕️
: Realized yesterday that a better per-post cross-posting setting is probably the most common …
: Yesterday at the Rose City Book Pub, catching up with @jean. 📚
: Hung out with a bunch of people yesterday who I mostly hadn’t met in person before, so now …
: Of course the HTTPS cert for one of our CDNs would expire while I’m on an airplane. Thanks as …
: At the beginning of each week, I make a short list of important tasks to work on. Always nice when …
: Every time I set up something in S3 or Cloudfront, I have to re-learn how it works. Users, bucket …
: Got some good replies that maybe I’m wrong about UFOs. But assuming we’re mostly alone, …
: UFO speculation is funny. Aliens aren’t going to invade with balloon-powered airships! 🎈 I …
: We pushed another TestFlight beta out for the Micro.blog rewrite. This adds post editing, which was …
: Window art at a doctor’s office.
: “I expect chaos.” — Me, writing in October just after Elon took control of Twitter. One …
: I don’t have strong opinions about football rules like I do about basketball. I think my …
: I love emoji, but I seem to have become grumpy about custom emoji (like Slack or Mastodon) because …
: Posted @coreint episode 547 with a recap of last week’s ice storm in Austin, and then a long …
: We’re caught up on Last of Us on HBO, and also started playing the game on PS4. I’ve …
: Lots of NBA news. Poeltl back to the Raptors. Will miss him, loved having him on the Spurs. Durant …
: Continuing to tweak how we handle Mastodon servers that are down. A lot of instances come and go. …
: Excited as LeBron gets closer to the all-time points record. Should happen tonight or Thursday. I …
: Setting up more Micro.blog accounts today to be ActivityPub-enabled. Folks will get an email when …
: We’re going to be doing more regular TestFlight builds of Micro.blog 3.0 as we get more …
: Several days ago, Twitter announced the API will no longer be free. Then Elon backtracked, saying …
: Ahead of the Twitter API going paid-only, I’ve been looking into how much we’re actually …
: Finished reading: The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang. Not sure I’m going to continue the series. …
: Slowly getting back to normal after a few days without power. Lights came back on last night, and it …
: Even though I’ve been personally done with Twitter for years, still sucks to see the API go …
: Driving through the neighborhood and it’s like nothing we’ve seen here… For a moment I imagined a …
: We’ve lost more tree branches today than the last ice storm. Hearing the creak and fall, or scraping …
: Woke to the sound of tree branches breaking under the weight of ice. No power. Made a fire. Sun …
: I know that 64-bit numbers are insanely large, but I still hate wasting database IDs. Bug caused …
: Would love to know more about yesterday’s mastodon.social DDoS attack. So many people use that …
: Last night, instead of actually reading, I wasted a lot of time conflicted on whether I could finish …
: Finished reading: River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay. I’m sort of left without the right words, …
: January is almost over. Micro.blog has been much more stable after the few glitches we had in …
: When we started using @news more, I was worried about adding noise to people’s timeline, so I …
: New episode of Core Intuition went up last night. Daniel reviews the redesigned Micro.blog home …
: For puzzled Mastodon users reading my posts, I keep forgetting about Mastodon ignoring blockquote …
: This is a really important point from Alan Jacobs: Mastodon has certain virtues, at least for some, …
: A little morning work and coffee at Lazarus. ☕️
: Mastodon DMs on Micro.blog One of the last missing pieces for Mastodon compatibility was improving DMs, which I rolled out …
: Last year I blogged about our roadmap to get a little distance from Apple in mobile development. The …
: Good morning! Slightly busy schedule today. New day, new possibilities.
: This is a great story from KUT on what happened with the Zilker Park train. Should’ve just …
: Ivory and Micro.blog, not yet This is going to be the most frequent of frequently asked questions. If Micro.blog supports the …
: I’m going to start the process of enabling ActivityPub support for older Micro.blog accounts …
: Rainy day in Austin. Walked up to the coffee shop anyway, trying to time my walk to when Apple …
: Still a little experimental, but I added a new plug-in for Micro.blog based on the theme in Bear …
: Finished reading: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang. Loved Babel so wanted to read this series too. …
: Posted a new episode of Core Intuition. We talk all about Twitter. The end of third-party apps, …
: Watched Emily the Criminal last night, and then Aubrey Plaza host SNL. She was great in both. 📺
: Started listening to River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay today while on the road. Love his writing. …
: In addition to the new home page, over the coming weeks we’ll be sponsoring podcasts and web …
: Some folks have noticed that we’ve rolled out a totally new Micro.blog home page (if …
: A couple shows we finished watching recently… Wednesday: really enjoyed the first season of …
: Managed to mess up links on my blog while changing something else. Some RSS and ActivityPub posts …
: Finished reading: The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu. A mix of historical fiction and fantasy. Took me …
: From @cdevroe: I believe the dopamine hit from posting to Twitter’s large audience is addictive and …
: As I posted this morning to the news blog, I’m going to upgrade one of our servers in about an …
: 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 …
: Wish I could permanently hide the 👎 button on YouTube. I’m always worried I’m going to …
: Need a break from the news. Nice to see The New York Times now allows quick online cancels, no …
: In the latest Gluon beta you can customize your profile photo with a color or emoji. Essentially …
: Not feeling well this weekend, so I’m less chatty about the confirmed Twitter third-party app …
: New Core Intuition! We talk about marketing and upcoming app plans. I also fixed a feed issue in …
: Sad that this post from the Iconfactory is needed, but the art is great.
: From @news: Updates to and from Mastodon are quite delayed this morning. We are monitoring it, and …
: While we wait to see if the Twitter API problems are the end of third-party clients or just a …
: Self-driving mixed thoughts Listening to Dithering this morning, which was a longer discussion following up on John …
: In a few years there may be a handful of very large, Medium-level Mastodon instances capable of …
: I’ll be watching as Medium runs their own Mastodon instance. I like my approach better: …
: Productive morning fixing bugs, reviewing logs, answering email. Sometimes lots of small things feel …
: Can’t shake a comment that someone liked Micro.blog but it didn’t have many features. …
: Nice summary by Colin Devroe on the return to blogging: People that hadn't written on their blog in …
: Finished reading: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb. That was excellent. 📚
: After several months, decided to cancel Kindle Unlimited. I didn’t think about how it could …
: New fiber going up in the neighborhood? Not sure who’s installing this but can’t hurt.
: This is a clever bookmarklet from @darby3 that improves Micro.blog’s post scheduling by …
: We are so spoiled with movies now, gotta be careful not to become too cynical or “everything …
: Finished reading: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. First book of the new year! …
: Great post from @jeannie about the problem with the favorite button. “It removes genuine …
: Just published our first Core Intuition episode of the year. We talk about goals and themes for the …
: Realized this week that the “versions” feature in Micro.blog isn’t …
: It was fun to meet people in person at yesterday’s Micro Meetup! @jean has a photo here.
: Hi Austin! 👋 We’re having a Micro Meetup today with @jean in town. We’ll be at Lazarus …
: New version of Micro.blog for macOS released! This adds a new modern-style macOS app icon, bug …
: Epilogue 1.5.1 Happy New Year! We shipped an update to Epilogue today that makes blogging about last year’s …
: Starting 2023 right with a rare 2/6 in Wordle: 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
: Did not finish: Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson. Decided to start 2023 by giving up on this. I …
: Happy New Year! Excited for everything planned this year. 🎉
: Excited for Brandon Sanderson’s secret book release tomorrow. It has been a long time since I’ve …
: I’ve watched this YouTube video of Dani Daortiz a few times over the last week and it continues to …
: Tried off and on to record a screencast demo of something in Micro.blog this afternoon, but the dog …
: It’s been a while since we’ve had an in-person Micro Meetup! Join me and @jean for a …
: We’ve been doing so many little book-related features, it can be hard to keep track. I created …
: Read this post about Barnes & Noble after seeing a couple links to it. No idea if the turnaround …
: Working a little on the next Micro.blog for Mac update. Probably will ship early January. Includes a …
: I don’t agree with everything in this post by M.G. Siegler (found via @rcrackley) but I do …
: Lighting kit for the LEGO Fiat.
: I’m often humming or whistling a song that is stuck in my head, and this morning for some …
: Epilogue 1.5 We released a new version of Epilogue for both iOS and Android. I’m finally getting these …
: Got a new game: The Great American Mail Race. Similar to Ticket to Ride so I knew we’d love it. The …
: Happy holidays! Hope everyone is as healthy as possible and enjoying the weekend. It has been a long …
: Still cold in Austin, and presumably everywhere. We burned through most of our firewood the last …
: Mastodon client Mammoth also running their own server to make sign-up less confusing. Smart idea …
: For the last Core Int of the year, @danielpunkass and I talk about blogging! The latest with …
: The Android version of Epilogue has been lagging behind iOS, so I dusted it off this week and …
: In 2023, I plan to advocate more for client apps to embrace the larger IndieWeb and fediverse. …
: Sad but understandable that the Trail of Lights was cancelled tonight. We had tickets for tonight …
: Pushed another update to the beta Micro.blog iOS app (TestFlight link). Still planning to ship …
: Adding this to the travel list: Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, covered in the New York Times today. …
: 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 …
: We’ve written a help article about the differences between Micro.blog and Mastodon. Hope it …
: We’re starting to plan Micro Camp 2023! Jean just posted the dates. 🏕️
: No question Elon has gone way beyond our worst predictions for Twitter, but his “decisions by …
: I agree with @benwerd to stop giving Twitter attention, but as the Micro.blog founder it’s …
: Thinking of folks bailing on Twitter, I spent a little time clicking through old tweets from when I …
: We re-watched all the Harry Potter movies over the last week or so. Thinking about putting a books …
: Twitter blocking links to Mastodon and other networks reminds me of when (10 years ago!) they also …
: Finished reading: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. I love fantasy books and I love coffee …
: For years I’ve assumed Twitter won’t last forever, but Elon has really accelerated that …
: We just published episode 541 of Core Intuition. Talking about marketing for Micro.blog, …
: Loish on AI art I haven’t been able to pin down exactly what I don’t like about AI-generated text and …
: Good post from @dave about how blog posts without titles should be handled by feed readers. It seems …
: I’m updating book.micro.blog with Elon’s impact on Twitter. Giving myself until the end …
: Looks like mastodon.technology is officially no more. As part of the shutdown, the instance was …
: Does anyone at this coffee shop not have COVID? Maybe I’m stuck in the pandemic mindset, but …
: I could write about rumored third-party iOS app stores but it would repeat what I’ve blogged …
: Jack Dorsey wrote an interesting post (not a Twitter thread!) about a potential future for social …
: Another clever Micro.blog plug-in from @sod called Bookmarks Shortcode. I’m trying this out …
: Walked to the coffee shop despite likely rain today. Can’t find an umbrella. I bought one in …
: “Everything that we make, we try to make the web a better place.” — Matt Mullenweg in an …
: Lately my job seems to be about making sure Mastodon doesn’t turn into a denial-of-service …
: I made a video to show how Micro.blog and Mastodon work together. Hopefully this helps, but …
: Tested cross-posting from Micro.blog backwards and forwards today with test accounts. Photos, no …
: Doing some database housekeeping this morning. One of our tables to keep track of Mastodon …
: I’ve been trying to walk up to the coffee shop every other day. Mostly quiet out as I headed back …
: This bit from our news blog is probably worth highlighting here too. We’ve improved …
: Still confused about the game Elon is playing with the so-called Twitter Files. I’m not seeing …
: This week’s Core Intuition is up with discussion of the MarsEdit 5 release and ChatGPT. We go long …
: Finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang. Fantasy but only just barely, it’s really an alternative …
: Just typed “blogged down” instead of “bogged down” in a message. Blogs on …
: 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 …
: Brittney Griner finally released. Paul Whelan still held. It’s not exactly a fair prisoner …
: MarsEdit 5 is out! Features new Markdown highlighting and quick micropost window. Works great with …
: Feeling pretty chill about the Georgia election. Watching the results with the least stress compared …
: Pushed out a new iOS beta of Micro.blog 3.0 with user search in Discover. Reminder for new folks …
: Got a new feature ready to ship but gonna hold it until tomorrow morning. All the pieces are …
: I’ve renamed and expanded the help page about how Micro.blog works with Mastodon. Includes …
: ChatGPT is a video game. That’s okay, I like video games too! But I’m not going to get …
: Weird dreams last night… I met with Elon Musk and we talked about curation, small developer teams, …
: Set aside some time this morning to improve compatibility between Micro.blog’s bookshelves and …
: The more I watch Home Alone — especially Home Alone 2 — the more I just feel bad for the thieves. …
: For replies, Mastodon only links the username (e.g. just @manton), even for users on other servers. …
: On the latest Core Int, @danielpunkass and I talk about the App Store settlement and then follow up …
: The 25 Days of omg.lol calendar is so nicely done. Today’s feature is feeds, both RSS and JSON …
: 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 …
: John Gruber writing in his link to ooh.directory: Mastodon is — deservedly! — getting a lot of …
: Tripped over myself this morning when deploying a tiny change, breaking a few endpoints in …
: Finished reading: The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn era 2 is a wrap. Really want to …
: Reading the Twitter 2.0 blog post again, I don’t think it says enough to actually be a vision …
: Micro.blog has a mini Goodreads-like feature built in. Why not! I love books and this helps me blog …
: Following Mastodon accounts from Micro.blog almost feels like I’ve re-joined Twitter. …
: Great to see all the posts from folks participating in Microblogvember. I’ve added a new pin …
: Soccer is not my thing but everyone else’s excitement is contagious… Watching the last few …
: This interview with Will Smith on The Daily Show was really good. It goes just deep enough to be …
: If you’re not following the full M.b changes feed, you may not notice the tweaks we’re …
: Thinking about the simple truth in this phrase from @brentsimmons: “the web heals as Twitter …
: Drove by the new Tesla factory in Austin yesterday while coming back from Thanksgiving… The …
: Trying the latest Gluon iOS beta with pinned profiles.
: Good discussion on last week’s ATP about Mastodon, apps, ActivityPub, moderation, and many …
: Jamie Zawinski: Do Not Use Services That Hate The Internet. This is where I say that Micro.blog is …
: Great to see 2 new plug-ins recently available on Micro.blog: “Cards Theme” by …
: Released an updated Micro.blog for macOS today with a few tweaks. More consistent progress …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: It was nice to mostly take a break yesterday. I know Thanksgiving is just a United States thing, but …
: Pre-turkey Ticket to Ride. 🦃
: For the Thanksgiving edition of Core Intuition, we talked about… Twitter again! Does Elon know what …
: 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 …
: Old mailboxes on Burnet Road.
: Nice thread here with holiday movie recommendations… About time to review my top Christmas …
: We started using Cloudfront last week and tonight I nervously signed in to Amazon, realizing I had …
: With the news that Tumblr is planning ActivityPub support, a quick reminder that you can already …
: My morning so far… Low tire pressure light, found a nail in a tire. Dropped the car off to get the …
: Spirited was way better than I expected. Need to watch it again closer to Christmas and see how it …
: Love this post from @jean about everything bagels and… social media! 🙂 To be fair, …
: Love the owl who moved into a tree in our backyard. @traci set up a tripod and moved the Nest …
: We’re embarrassed with the recent Micro.blog server status. I rolled out more improvements …
: Registered for a new test account on Micro.blog to remind myself what the onboarding flow is like. …
: I thought Elon would wait a couple more weeks — until things got boring at Twitter — before letting …
: On our M.b news blog you can see the daily server tweaks as we deal with new load this week. Might …
: An appropriately cold day in Austin. Coffee and server troubleshooting while the rain falls outside. …
: Much of our web traffic is now Mastodon requests as posts are shuttled back and forth from …
: Continuing to fix bugs and tweak servers. If you want the technical summary: those “503” …
: Merrick Garland seems really good at his job. If he says trust Jack Smith to make the call about …
: As traffic increases, we’re experimenting with more caching outside of Micro.blog. Nice to see …
: David Heinemeier Hansson: Whichever the outcome, the world wins. If Musk manages to fix Twitter, …
: Slowly settling into a new routine back in Austin. Walking up to Lamppost Coffee every morning. In …
: Last month we improved the ActivityPub support in Micro.blog and enabled it by default for new …
: We posted a new episode of Core Intuition today with yet more discussion of Twitter and related …
: Reminded today that Brittney Griner has been held in Russia for 9 months and has apparently now been …
: Apologies for some of the recent “503” errors in Micro.blog. We’ve made some …
: I had my doubts about a no-replies timeline, but based on feedback we added a new setting for it …
: Cold weather in Austin. Leftover gumbo. 👍
: Epic vs. Apple continues! Good write-up over at Ars Technica, with quotes from lawyers in the …
: Rewatching last night’s Artemis launch. Amazing. Nice that they have a blog too (via @512px). …
: 2 weeks on the road Last month I flew out to Portland and rented a van from Escape Campervans. The trip started because …
: New 3.0 beta for iOS is out on TestFlight.
: Halfway through November, this month’s Micro.blog challenge continues… Sad to admit …
: Interesting post by @simon@simonwillison.net that Mastodon is just blogs. Except Mastodon’s …
: Excited to jump into reading The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson, released today. Had a dream the …
: I got the test printing of my book. Now I can think about final edits. Too long, still should …
: Great post from @brentsimmons, After Twitter: The internet’s town square should never have been one …
: Had a conversation last night before the show that I can’t quite get out of my head… …
: Not Frozen, although I’d like to see that too one day… Bono: Stories of Surrender. Incredible show. …
: One of my favorite places in the world: the Walt Disney Family Museum. Checked out the Jungle Book …
: I always have to resist the temptation to compete with every platform. Micro.blog does so much but …
: NetNewsWire with an update on the feature to follow Twitter from within the app: We have no …
: Kind of a bizarre camp location tonight, had my doubts as we were approaching on the road past …
: Experimenting with some new text on our home page, for new folks who are not signed in. We’ll …
: Posted a new message to our internal Basecamp with the title “Twitter implosion …
: Finished reading: Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand 📚
: More details from @vincent on today’s 3.0 beta update. The app is coming along nicely… …
: Rolled out another change I forgot to make with this morning’s Mastodon changes: your …
: Released a new beta of Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS. It’s still early, several things aren’t …
: We do a bunch of ActivityPub work in the background, and last night the queue was over 100,000 …
: Coffee and overnight oats at Cat & Cloud. Great start to the workday. ☕️
: We improved a few things with Mastodon support this week: Added alt text for images to cross-post …
: I was hopeful for Beto until I went to early vote in Texas a couple weeks ago. No wait. No line. No …
: Keeping the news off and planning to go to bed early and check election results in the morning. I …
: ActivityPub is notoriously chatty, and all the new activity has been dragging down some of …
: New Brighton State Beach. Wi-fi at the park, 10 minutes to Verve Coffee… I may never leave.
: A few days ago at Salt Point. After camping, detoured into San Francisco for a day of being a city …
: Noticed some Micro.blog background queueing problems that could’ve significantly delayed a few …
: Election day! If you’re in the US, make a plan to vote today. I’ve been traveling and …
: Somewhere along the Oregon coast yesterday.
: On the latest Core Int, I catch up with Daniel from the road to talk about this week’s Twitter chaos …
: ⬆️ Garden House, at Shore Acres State Park.
: The van at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park.
: Definitely still some quirks in our ActivityPub implementation, which I’ll be smoothing out as …
: Maybe I didn’t pick the perfect time to take a road trip and work even more remotely than …
: My traveling buddy for this road trip.
: Woke up to rain and the wind howling and the notices that Micro.blog had a long outage overnight. …
: Found the ocean. Fort Stephens State Park.
: Cool new service from @vincent for embedding “shoutouts” (could be like ads or other …
: Continuing this vanlife adventure into the northwest, I’m at Coffee Girl in Astoria catching …
: Figured there be some kind of view between Portland and the coast. Stopped about halfway, a nice …
: Multnomah Falls early this morning. A little cold and wet outside, had the place mostly to myself.
: I’m in Oregon and then California for a little while, renting a van from the folks at Escape …
: This is a little silly but I like to remind people this time of year that any microblog posts with …
: Love this: Get Blogging! Concise introduction to blogging, different services, apps, reading blogs, …
: Finished reading: An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington. There is a lot going on in this. …
: I can’t tell how much of the “Elon asks programmers to print out source code” …
: Skimming some tweets about Jack Dorsey, there is a lot of confusion about what Bluesky is. Most …
: We’re doing Microblogvember again! Jean has the details. Basically, a random word each day to help …
: Updated the Micro.blog app for macOS to version 2.6, adding a new option in Discover for finding …
: Of all the new TV shows out this year, Andor is at the top for me. Really good writing and …
: Just published a new Core Int! @danielpunkass and I talk about Elon Musk actually buying Twitter, …
: Dark outside. Early thunderstorm rolling through Austin. Not a precursor of the work day, I hope. ⛈️
: Went to bed shortly after Elon fired Parag and a handful of execs, so I was wondering when I woke up …
: Dear Elon Musk We’re on the eve of the Elon Musk / Twitter deal closing. In his Dear Twitter Advertisers letter, …
: Sounds like the Elon Musk / Twitter deal is now certain. We generally don’t try to capitalize …
: I missed that it has been 10 years since I stopped posting to @manton on Twitter. Still the right …
: Early voting is underway in Texas. Vote early if you can! We know it’s a long shot but glad to …
: Reading this Gizmodo take (via @dave) on Apple’s in-app purchase rules change makes me wonder …
: Spurs fans now confused after the 3-1 start. I still want to see them make a push for the playoffs …
: Lots of price increases out there… Apple Music: going up. YouTube Premium family plan: going …
: End of the line in Galveston. 🚂
: Core Int 534: Sketch layoffs, native apps vs. web apps, ideas for Sketch staying competitive with …
: Do not cross the red line. 🛳️
: Good morning from somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. 🛳
: “It strikes me as downright tragic that this decentralized wonder of the world is now largely …
: Experimenting with adding user search to Micro.blog for macOS, in Discover. You can download the …
: This sums up my feelings about Ye acquiring Parler: I have very little problem with fringe …
: Interesting to read that a web version of Day One is progressing. What will happen sooner: Day One …
: I created a little Micro.blog plug-in called simply Meta tags to make it easier to put random …
: Going to be traveling a lot in the next few weeks. Think I need to plot out what I’m going to …
: Another really nice theme for Micro.blog from @amit: Anatole.
: Being against the death penalty means we have to be okay with even a mass murderer getting life in …
: Spent the afternoon finishing a rough print layout pass for the book and submitting it to …
: Browsing photos on Micro.blog is one of my favorite things. Crazy to think that the first beta of …
: Out of the house this morning for errands, a break for a little while at Epoch Coffee on Anderson …
: I believe Beto can win. Will he? No idea. As always it’s about turnout. For the first time, all of …
: Posted a new Core Intuition with thoughts on finishing up my book and @danielpunkass’s new …
: Our Nest thermostat thinks it’s sooo much smarter than me. Didn’t expect to lose control …
: Watched some of the final January 6th committee hearing at lunch and then got bogged down catching …
: Some of the Micro.blog pins are special and only appear when they’ve been unlocked. …
: Final prep for the 24-hour photo challenge. Starts at noon central time today. Easy to …
: SendGrid SMS verification codes make me laugh. Everyone uses 6 digits, but they use 7 for some …
: Finished reading: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Incredible. 📚
: Nice update to Mimi Uploader for Micro.blog: You can now write alt text for any image in Recent …
: Looking forward to tomorrow’s 24-hour photo challenge. As a community we last did this 2 years …
: U2 will probably always remain my favorite band… Old favorites stick with us forever. But …
: Continuing to fine-tune our Mastodon integration, but should be running more smoothly. My biggest …
: From this morning, coffee at Stinson’s. Looking at this photo, the text almost looks like a digital …
: Making some careless mistakes today. Wrapping up another bug fix and then going to step away from …
: Love seeing a new post from Doug Bowman pop up in my feed reader after… 8 years! My feed …
: Working through some bugs from the improved ActivityPub rollout yesterday… There are always …
: Spurs hold practice in Uvalde: The Spurs then literally lifted the community, raising toddlers on …
: Today we published a new Extra Intuition, our special podcast for Core Intuition members. This one …
: 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. …
: Recorded a new episode of Timetable this morning to give an update on a few things. Not sure why it …
: “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total …
: Tonight’s House of the Dragon had some great scenes. Favorite shows on TV right now: Central Park, …
: Playing around with Calibre today for the first time. Mostly happy with using Ulysses and exporting …
: Polishing up some big changes for a somewhat neglected part of Micro.blog, shipping tomorrow. Feels …
: I’ll be the first to admit that my book would be better if a real journalist wrote it. I …
: Finished reading: The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington. Great start to this trilogy. Hit …
: Thinking recently about how Twitter could never find the right leadership. Jack Dorsey regrets that …
: Love reading about folks on Micro.blog who are going to participate in NaNoWriNo next month. It’s a …
: We just posted a new Core Int. Daniel gives an update on MarsEdit 5 progress, we talk major vs. …
: For bloggers who don’t want to be easily found by Google, I updated the No robots plug-in …
: A bunch of people have signed up for next week’s Day in the Life photo challenge, but it would …
: Hello there. Looking right at ya. 🦌
: Straightforward advice from @benwerd: You should blog. Yes, you. It's really easy to get started. …
: Not an earth-shattering new feature, but I’ve been plugging holes in our books API and book …
: Looks like the Elon Musk / Twitter deal is back on. After so much uncertainty, to be back at this …
: Walked up to the coffee shop to work today. It’s bulky item pickup day in our neighborhood. Felt a …
: This talk by Molly White called Blockchain Solutionism is excellent, given at UT Austin last month. …
: Finished updating book.micro.blog with the latest draft improvements. I’m going to package …
: My book is about 70 short chapters, and to keep track of editing I made a spreadsheet long ago with …
: Spurs first preseason game isn’t going great, but still hoping for a fun season. Either this team is …
: Acrobat Pro subscriptions going from $25/month to $30/month. I hate to complain about subscriptions, …
: The secret to getting feature requests immediately implemented in Micro.blog is to send them to be 5 …
: I was on the road, so missed the Beto/Abbott debate. Catching up with some of the video clips and …
: Apple downgraded my iPhone trade-in from $300 back, to $75. Guess they noticed the tiny little …
: NBA pre-season starts today! Glad to see NBA League Pass cut their yearly price in half, but still …
: I often curl a URL and then pipe it to open in BBEdit. Great for looking at RSS feeds. I’ve …
: MarsEdit updated today with a preference for showing the title field, plus other fixes.
: Time for our next photo challenge! Coming up next month: A Day in the Life of Micro.blog 2022. Check …
: We posted this week’s Core Intuition, mostly about Meridian! @danielpunkass also gives me …
: Attaching multiple photos in M.b Today we’re rolling out better support for attaching multiple photos to a post in Micro.blog …
: My most productive work time may be between summer and the winter slowdown for the holidays. Getting …
: NSDrinking is tonight on Zoom, 8pm central time. Looking forward to it because it has been a while …
: Whenever I glance at our server logs, I’m annoyed that so many requests are trying to exploit …
: “Don’t you want to be alive before you die?” Reading All the Light We Cannot See. No spoilers, I’m …
: Finished reading: The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss. Not what I expected, but a …
: New feature! When adding feeds, you can now set posts to import to a blog instead of just showing up …
: Gregg Popovich: “Nobody here should go to Vegas with the thought of betting on us to win the …
: We’ve merged all the 3.0 beta changes into Micro.blog for Android too and shipped it as …
: Almost shockingly cool this morning in Austin. 60°! Took the dog for a short walk. Settling in to …
: Introducing Meridian Over the summer, Jon Hays and I started working on a new project to build a places database that can …
: If you use Obsidian, check out what @otaviocc has been doing with Micro.publish, a plug-in to …
: Over the weekend we made a bunch of little refinements to Micro.blog on the web. Here’s a …
: About to queue up the latest House of the Dragon. I’m skeptical that they are taking the star of the …
: Andor episode 3 was great. Worth the kind of slow build up to get there. Also really enjoying Rings …
: Love the small empire of social web-y tools @neatnik is building over on omg.lol. Keeping an eye on …
: MetroRail near the MLK station a couple days ago.
: Rolled out a couple improvements to the Posts page in Micro.blog on the web for phones, as well as …
: Shipped a couple updates to Epilogue for iOS in the last week. I’m using this app every day …
: New Core Intuition! We talk about @danielpunkass getting detoured into working on FastScripts, and …
: Hadestown was great. Wait for Me is a new favorite.
: Waterloo Park with the capitol mirrored in windows.
: Great new Micro.blog plug-in from @sod: Search Space! In beta, but I installed it already on my blog …
: If you’re on the Micro.blog for Android beta, check out version 1.2 which adds improvements …
: Finished reading: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. Wonderful characters. Starts kind of all over …
: My book reading has been a little random lately, bouncing between a few novels based on mood and …
: Congrats to @RogueAmoeba on 20 years. Love the old screenshot. Aqua! Drawers!
: Spotify continues their push into audio with audiobooks… I don’t love Spotify trying to …
: Introducing the Micro.blog Family plan Today we rolled out a new subscription option: Micro.blog Family, designed for up to 5 people with …
: A couple nights ago at Kelly Reeves.
: Apple has got to dial down the paste warning alert in iOS 16. It’s pretty disruptive when …
: If you’re on the Micro.blog 3.0 beta for iOS, we’ve pushed out another update with …
: Congrats to the Vegas Aces. Great WNBA playoffs this year. So happy for Becky Hammon too. We miss …
: Possible solutions to realizing my passport has expired… Set a reminder every 10 years? Travel …
: Dave Winer marks the 20th anniversary of finalizing RSS 2.0: It was low-key, I was fully expecting …
: After a day, really liking the iPhone 14 Pro. Enjoying the slightly larger screen, too, and I even …
: Mueller Lake Park. I like the reflection of the clouds in the water.
: The feeds page in Micro.blog has been bugging me for a while, so finally did a minor redesign to …
: We’ve updated our community guidelines to include a more formal policy around cleaning up …
: I like these slides from a talk by @ton about enabling more IndieWeb features in WordPress… …
: Excited for game 3 of the WNBA finals tonight. Honestly I think it’s going to be a sweep, but if it …
: I’m confused by this GOP strategy to bus or fly people to the northeast: …roughly 150 migrants in …
: Reminder that if you want to know the day to day (often boring!) updates to Micro.blog, the changes …
: If you’re noticing timeline delays, I broke something with a fix earlier… Should be …
: Figma acquired by Adobe for 💰. Figma is such a compelling product. Also a better name than Adobe XD. …
: Needless ratings I’ve noticed this trend Jason Fried blogs about too, and I’m tired of it… We …
: After working at a coffee shop downtown, took a break to read by the trail. Finished reading: Mr. …
: Audible: “Next credit arrives on Sep 13, 2022”. Checking today’s date. Reload …
: 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 …
: We are putting the final touches on the first beta of Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS. Really happy with the …
: Updating to iOS 16 on my phone. I’ve had the beta on my iPad all summer, but wasn’t …
: I will never get used to the idea that Apple has to approve beta releases of our apps.
: We posted our Apple event reactions on @coreint over the weekend. Check out episode 528 for thoughts …
: Reshuffled my Libby holds queue with new books. Also, wasn’t sure I was going to stick with …
: Happy Sunday! I rolled out a nice upgrade to the “Edit CSS” button in Micro.blog this …
: Finished reading: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett. Impressed with the way each book in the …
: Did not finish: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I started reading this when …
: I’ve gone all-in using the upcoming Micro.blog for iOS beta on my phone. It has been a great …
: Dreamt that 37signals hired me to integrate Hey and Wordle. In this dream world, 37signals had a …
: The Killers at Moody Center.
: Couldn’t sleep, so I was already up super early this morning and decided to order the iPhone …
: Forgot to clear my schedule after getting the updated COVID booster yesterday, so a little surprised …
: Even what seems constant eventually changes. Queen Elizabeth had an extraordinary life. Thinking …
: Reflecting a bit more on yesterday’s Apple event, I think I will upgrade to the iPhone 14 Pro. …
: Really clever what they’re doing with the so-called Dynamic Island on the new iPhone.
: Impressed with Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite. I don’t love that it will eventually …
: Pretty solid updates to Apple Watch. I’m not really in the market to upgrade yet, but maybe …
: Saw the subtitled version of Totoro last night at Alamo Drafthouse. Such a pure movie, suitable for …
: We’re working toward an early beta of the next Micro.blog for iOS. It’s really fun to …
: This week’s guest on Micro Monday is @vincent! These episodes are fun because it’s like …
: We’ve updated Epilogue for Android, catching up with the features released for iOS. The old …
: Game 3 of Vegas/Seattle WNBA semifinals was so good today. Wish I had been watching more of these …
: Attempting to make my iPhone less frustratingly secure, I’ve tweaked some of the passcode …
: Watching the locations/venues session video from IndieWebCamp Berlin. I wasn’t able to …
: Went to see Bullet Train for Alamo’s $3 cinema day. Really good. 🍿
: Artemis launch scrubbed again. Disappointing, but we’ve waited decades to get back to the …
: I had my doubts as Rings of Power started, but they won me over by the end of the first 2 episodes. …
: Micro.blog for Android has been updated to version 1.1! Dark mode and other improvements. 🤖
: Finished reading: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett 📚
: I checked out Irie Bean Coffee for the first time and… people smoking cigarettes on the patio? …
: Feeling nostalgic driving through south Austin today. 30+ years ago, walking along Riverside to …
: Austin from the other side of Longhorn Dam.
: Scheduled my updated variant booster for next week. Now extra paranoid that I’ll get COVID …
: We’ve been playing Root more. It took about 4 play-throughs and watching multiple how-to videos to …
: Feel like our companion app Epilogue has matured quite a bit. Started as a fun experiment, now one …
: When I was first working on the Micro.blog prototype, I was so worried that someone would launch a …
: September already? For today’s episode of Core Intuition, we talk about next week’s …
: Dusting off Android Studio. Upgraded a few things. The quality of the Android build tools is like …
: Epilogue 1.4 for iOS is now available on the App Store. Check out the blog post on the Epilogue …
: Sounds like the Omicron variant booster could be available as soon as next week. I’m planning …
: Sneak peek screenshot from @vincent of the next major update to Micro.blog for iOS. We’ll be …
: The beta of Epilogue 1.4 with the new reading goals feature is out for iOS. Will probably ship it to …
: I’ve been working upstairs lately for a change of pace. Listening to the rain today. 🌧
: As posted to news.micro.blog, I updated our API to keep track of reading goals. This was the last …
: Our app Epilogue is the little happy place I go when I need to work on something fun and simple. But …
: Sad to read that Ralph Eggleston has passed away at 56. In the animation world, feels like many of …
: New game, Root. One of the most complicated board games to get started with because every player’s …
: Deer out exploring after last night’s rain. The grass is starting to look green again.
: Skimming ⬛⬛⬛ through ⬛⬛⬛⬛ the ⬛⬛ Mar-a-Lago ⬛⬛⬛ affidavit. 🇺🇸
: Disappointed to see Moderna sue over mRNA. Maybe companies that get funding from taxpayers should …
: Finished reading: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett. Looking forward to the rest of the trilogy. …
: On this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about our busy summer, trying to …
: I’ve been using Hey for about a year, and recently was able to finish consolidating all of my …
: The icon for our app Epilogue has bugged me since I whipped it together for version 1.0. I should …
: I thought I was following Beto pretty closely, but didn’t realize he was working on a book, …
: New version of Epilogue! From @news: Epilogue 1.3 for iOS has been released in the App Store! This …
: I’m on today’s Really Simple Stories podcast with @martinfeld! This was a fun episode to …
: I continue to think that my devices are now too secure. Face ID shouldn’t freak out multiple …
: Did not finish: The Ruins by Scott Smith. Listened to the first part of this on audiobook with …
: Really strong first episode of House of the Dragon. When it was over, I was thinking “this is …
: Lunch at Fort Brewery in Fort Worth. 🍺
: Finished reading: The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss 📚
: Rolled out a change in Micro.blog on the web to manage your own posts with a more compact view. …
: Annoyed that Tumblr appears to have changed their posts export format, breaking compatibility with …
: Adding the Artemis launch window to my calendar. August 29th. We just finished watching all 3 …
: Seems like I’ve been in and out for 2 weeks, both vacation and unexpected travel. Even though …
: Raining over downtown Austin, from Mopac.
: St. Peter’s in Bordelonville, LA.
: Changed my profile photo to a shot from Disneyland last week. Cropped funny but I like it anyway. …
: UK approves Moderna variant booster. Hope we get this in the US in the fall. Many people will have …
: Forgot to link last week to @coreint because I was traveling. On episode 525, @danielpunkass and I …
: Vacation over, time to get back into the routine with work. Moved the Disneyland app off my home …
: Gas is really expensive in California. But at least we got this cool total. 12345!
: Great few days in San Diego, then drove up for a quick 24 hours at Disneyland. Dinner last night at …
: Deployed a server tweak that may improve some of the flakiness today. Now back to vacation mode with …
: Moving an old WordPress site over to Micro.blog. It’s weird that in 2022 there’s no …
: Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.
: Love the glasses at James Coffee Co. ☕️
: San Diego model train museum. So many landscapes. Some really nice bridges and little details …
: Finished reading: Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. There is a lot going on in this. So many …
: Stopped in Corsicana for a coffee and world-famous fruitcake to go. I don’t even love fruitcake, but …
: We released a new episode of @coreint today, with more discussion about Blinksale and subscription …
: We released a new beta of Epilogue for iOS. You can now tap and hold on a book cover in Discover to …
: Today’s Micro Monday episode features @aa! Just finished listening to this in the car this …
: We’ve continued to tweak the new profile popup so that it’s more usable. Faster, …
: MarsEdit 4.6 was released today with some nice improvements for Micro.blog! Automatically …
: Wrapping up another quick trip to Denton. Breakfast earlier at Avoca Coffee. ☕️
: We published a new Core Intuition today talking about @danielpunkass’s plans for MarsEdit 5, …
: Caught up on support email. I had started to lag behind again. Still really happy with the way Help …
: Good feedback on the web profile popup we rolled out yesterday. Thanks everyone! We fixed a couple …
: New web feature that @vincent has been working on, via the news blog: Hover the mouse over …
: Rolled out some bug fixes to the Mac version of Micro.blog this week. “Check for …
: This week’s special guest on Micro Monday is @val! She talks with @jean about moving to …
: Finally starting the Malazan series. I’m reading on Kindle Unlimited which includes the Audible …
: Finished reading: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 📚
: If you missed it over the weekend, I created a new plug-in that changes your home page to just be …
: Micro.blog 1.0.1 for Android We have a bug fix update today for folks on Android! @vincent actually finished this version months …
: Finished reading: My Neighbor Totoro by Tsugiko Kubo. A short book, for kids or Miyazaki fans. Adds …
: Just discovered The Wandering Inn, an epic 7-book (and counting) fantasy series that the author …
: Posted Core Intuition last night. We start with a discussion about the latest ownership change for …
: Hello, photo bloggers! I created a new plug-in that replaces your home page with a grid of photos …
: Working while the car gets an oil change and other service, outside at the dealer’s covered …
: We like huge flags in Texas.
: We’re working on a new version of Epilogue with a Discover tab, to show a grid of book covers …
: Casey Newton has a write-up about BeReal. I remain perplexed about this app. It’s fascinating, …
: I stopped posting to Instagram over 5 years ago. “My good opinion once lost is lost …
: Om Malik: Instagram’s transformation into QVC is now complete and absolute. Instagram is dead — or …
: This week’s Micro Monday podcast features special guess @fabio: We chat quite a bit on the …
: Out walking yesterday. Can’t remember if this was before, during, or after it was too hot.
: I can’t believe in 2022 I’m installing make from source. What is happening. …
: I’ve been using MySQL for what must be 20+ years now. In that time, it doesn’t seem to …
: Finished reading: From the River to the Sea by John Sedgwick 📚
: Morning coffee. Updating a README. Catching up on email. Hope everyone out there in internet land is …
: Running out of room on my laptop for big stickers, so I cut this Gowalla sticker to fit on the …
: Daniel and I are back this week talking about Twitter, Elon Musk, how the deal is so disruptive, and …
: Had fun brainstorming a new project with @cheesemaker this week. We have a domain name and other …
: I got the new print of my 30 Days book with updated layout. I could still tweak it but I’m calling …
: Haven’t been paying close attention to Medium lately. Curious if we’ll see any changes from their …
: First time back to Red Horn in a year. ☕️
: Old ranch right next to a brand new office building. This guy’s probably wondering why his space is …
: Having that moment when seeing a doctor for non-COVID symptoms but the waiting room is so crowded …
: This week on Micro Monday… It’s me again! @jean and I review some of the recent …
: Wind turbine blades going up I-35.
: George R. R. Martin blogs about Winds of Winter: What I have noticed more and more of late, …
: Reading about how few guns Japan has and even fewer deaths. Obviously a different country and …
: A cute Little Free Library at the Blue Bell factory in Brenham from a couple weeks ago.
: What would Panic do? On the latest episode of Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about the …
: Experimenting with OpenStreetMap. Added a new place that was missing. Thinking about how we could …
: I tweaked the margins and layout of my book 30 Days, submitting another print order. If it looks …
: First time at Cosmic Coffee, in south Austin after selling a car at Carvana. Great outdoor space. ☕️
: Finished reading: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd 📚
: This week’s Micro Monday features @cliffordbeshers! He talks with @jean about posting photos …
: Importing check-ins from Ohai I’ve used a few apps over the years for location check-ins. Gowalla, Foursquare, and Ohai, which was …
: Helping @cheesemaker test early game builds on Playdate. First crash. So fun to see games come to …
: Quiet morning at the start of the July 4th weekend. Took some of the downtime to wrap up an update …
: I wonder if the way Apple forces developers to agree to updated terms of service is actually legal. …
: Did not finish: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. I’ve been reading some older fantasy books …
: Finished reading: Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay. It had been years since I read any books by Kay. …
: I extracted the design I use on manton.org into a new Micro.blog theme called Alpine. It’s …
: “I am very aware that the original concept must do something worthwhile creatively or all the hard …
: After I made the Font Awesome plug-in, I recorded a video about using it, including how Micro.blog …
: 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 …
: Spurs trade Dejounte to the Hawks. Starting to wonder if they know what they’re doing. At some point …
: Upgraded a server this morning, hoping to get to the bottom of some flakiness. The load balancer …
: This hearing with Cassidy Hutchinson is extraordinary. Someone very close to Mark Meadows and the …
: I made a Micro.blog plug-in that loads Font Awesome in your blog, so it’s easier to add icons …
: There’s another new episode of Micro Monday, this week featuring @annahavron! She talks with …
: Had some fun with Micro.blog themes and created a new one for those “link in bio”-style …
: Brenham courthouse from yesterday’s short road trip. Built in 1939. Would be fun to visit all 254 …
: Interesting case about eminent domain for a high-speed train between Dallas and Houston. I …
: Published episode 519 of @coreint. We talk more about MarsEdit moving to the new web view, balancing …
: Crossing the Brazos River where San Felipe de Austin was located in the 1820s, part of Stephen F. …
: Micro.blog plug-ins can have a settings screen to change config parameters. I’ve added a new …
: A powerful statement from the dissent: The majority has overruled Roe and Casey for one and only …
: Excited to demo a new multiple-post, batch find and replace feature in Micro.blog we added this …
: When I’m frustrated about something I can’t directly control, I’ve learned that …
: Tokaido at Vigilante Gastropub & Games.
: The January 6th hearings are pretty serious stuff, so I love today’s break to lighten the mood …
: A little surprised that it took them this long to build Twitter Notes. Not a good replacement for a …
: Great behind-the-scenes post about building the “Bubble Up” feature in Hey email.
: You may have noticed that we added a new status bubble to Micro.blog on the web. Makes it easier to …
: Whipped up a little plug-in to make it easier to disable search engine indexing via robots.txt.
: As today’s January 6th hearing went on I became more and more glued to it. Can only imagine what …
: Of course I have today’s hearing on in the background while I work. Rusty Bowers is a really …
: Congrats @ccgus on 20 years of Flying Meat. I like the idea of marking anniversaries by when the …
: Micro Monday is back! Today’s podcast episode features @sod.
: Stage Manager compatibility without precedent I’ve been thinking about why Apple’s decision to restrict Stage Manager on iPad to M1-based devices …
: Got a hardcover of The Lies of Locke Lamora, which I had only read in e-book before. Want to re-read …
: We rewatched Jurassic Park 1, 2, and World over the last few days, then went to see Jurassic World …
: The story of Juneteenth is fascinating. I’ll admit that growing up in Texas, I didn’t …
: 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 …
: We posted episode 518 of Core Intuition. Hints about MarsEdit 5, more new WebKit, old frameworks, …
: Me: “Yes, do that little thing.” Traci: “Do you realize how much you quote Meet Me in St. …
: Got an email from Medium: “Your audience is growing. You have 1 new follower.” I’m …
: Made some tweaks to my check-ins site manton.coffee this week. Also imported my 2020 check-ins. …
: Great update to Mimi Uploader from @samgrover: Recent Uploads used to show only the uploads you …
: Watched the 4-part CNN series on Watergate this week. I always think I know about Watergate, but …
: Finished reading: Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas by Stephen Harrigan. Excellent. Took me a …
: Watching the hearings. We disagree on a lot, but it’s reassuring when members of the GOP do …
: We’re discussing tweaks to Micro.blog Teams to make it more useful. Nice to review our plans …
: Updated my profile photo for the first time in forever. The old shot was from a cruise we took about …
: West Oak Coffee Bar from over the weekend in Denton. ☕️
: 100° here all week. Nice article at CNN about wind and solar in Texas powering almost 40% of daily …
: I thought the Warriors/Celtics series would go to 7 games and I still think that. Gonna be tough, …
: Murals outside Aura Coffee. Protect kids not guns. ☕️
: “If you love books enough, books will love you back.” — Jo Walton
: d20 Tavern in Denton. Such a great idea. Tons of games and 20 beers on tap, so you can roll a d20 to …
: When I added compatibility with Mastodon in Micro.blog, I required custom domain names because I …
: So excited about this that I’m even linking to Twitter. Scott Lynch working on Gentlemen Bastards …
: 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 …
: This article in the New York Times about the Great Salt Lake was really eye-opening. I noticed the …
: Upgraded one of the Micro.blog servers today. Shouldn’t be super noticeable, just a little bit …
: The live The Talk Show from this year’s WWDC is up. Sorry to miss this in person, but the 4K …
: Watched the first of the January 6th hearings. It is still stunning that this day actually happened, …
: I still play Wordle every day. Posting this one because guess 4 is interesting to me… Correct …
: There’s a new episode of Core Int out with our first thoughts on WWDC 2022. What is the future …
: Micro.blog will now keep track of previous versions of a blog post when it’s saved. It will …
: Finished reading: Enchanters' End Game by David Eddings 📚
: Watched a few WWDC sessions this morning. Good stuff, but nothing I can really use right now. Think …
: Installed the iPadOS 16 beta only to discover that Stage Manager doesn’t work with the latest …
: I don’t buy that many print books anymore. Decided to splurge on this copy of Mistborn. This quick …
: Didn’t see a whole lot at WWDC that will directly impact Micro.blog, but want to test out …
: I’ve added a special Micro.blog pin if you mention “WWDC” in a microblog post …
: This is a cool Shortcut from @ezellwrites for taking text from a book and sharing it as a quote to …
: WWDC day! Unrelated but kind of related, I downgraded Apple One family plan to just iCloud+. Going …
: According to our status page, we had 100% uptime in May for blogs hosted on Micro.blog. This is the …
: Updated Micro.blog for Mac to version 2.5.1 today with a few bug fixes. Micro.blog now does a better …
: WWDC is next week. On this week’s Core Intuition, we talk about what Apple is doing leading up …
: Lunch yesterday. I usually keep a mask in my pocket wherever I go, but forgot it for some reason and …
: For the last couple weekends we’ve been updating our bathrooms. New cabinets, sink, mirrors. Our …
: Looking forward to Celtics/Warriors game 1 tonight. Love that Derrick White is in the finals! Still …
: Fixed a handful of bugs this morning, little things that no one notices and bigger things like push …
: 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 …
: Catching up on more fallout from the duplicate posts bug last week. The good news is the bug is …
: On the latest Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I remember that we’re actually programmers …
: Finished reading: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. Brilliant. I loved this. 📚
: Planning to release the next version of Micro.blog for Mac in a couple days. It adds reply editing …
: These few sentences from Nick Heer at Pixel Envy are probably the best and most concise wrap-up of …
: I was going to write a longer technical post, but instead here’s the bug summary from last …
: Folks seeing duplicate posts in the timeline, usually after editing a post quickly: I finally got to …
: Driving to the coffee shop to work this morning, noticed I had a full tank of gas and briefly …
: Fixing some issues that could add duplicate posts in the timeline that some folks have run into this …
: Congrats to @conradstoll on Grocery 3.0! The app keeps getting better. Nice review over at …
: I’ve mostly backed off political blogging, instead channeling my frustrating into work to make …
: Up early Tuesday, lots going on today… But can’t shake the feeling that it’s …
: Car battery died while I left my trunk open waiting for an IKEA pickup. Feels awkward to ask …
: If anyone wants to play along with the in-progress books support in Micro.blog for Mac, you can grab …
: I still really like Objective-C and AppKit. I can think of a lot of improvements to make, but …
: Trying to get back into the photo challenge after missing a bunch of days. Today’s word is beverage. …
: When I’m in a coding rut I find it really helpful to work on something fun and different for a …
: Much has been written about the deteriorating Music.app experience. The new UI never really clicked …
: On the latest @coreint, we talk WWDC and then react to a recent 37signals podcast about selling the …
: Bike and outliners with M.b Blogging and outlining share a long history together. Userland’s Clay Basket could create a full …
: This is cool! @sod has created a page that when clicked will take you to a random photo in the …
: We have a new public beta of Micro.blog for Android with a couple bug fixes. Here’s a link if …
: Expect I’ve unlocked my phone approaching 100,000 times since the first iPhone. Attempts to …
: For the last few weeks we’ve been reworking how Micro.blog subscriptions are upgraded. I just …
: Posted episode 513 of @coreint. We talk about whether we got accepted to the WWDC special event at …
: Safari back button shortcut Sometime recently, Safari’s back button keyboard shortcut ⌘← stopped working. I’ve …
: Last month we quietly added some better server monitoring to catch problems on hosted blogs. Happy …
: Wondering if I should be concerned that I haven’t received any truly negative feedback about …
: This is the last week to order Indie Microblogging in e-book or print editions. I know I’ve …
: Good morning! Busy day but first a little work and coffee. ☕️
: Driving through our old neighborhood, a lot has changed in the 20 years since we lived there, but …
: “A day, a week, a month, a year. Every second brings me here.” — Arcade Fire 🎶
: I submitted a request for WWDC’s in-person day, but now I’m much less interested in …
: The most surprising thing about enabling email newsletters for my blog is that I enjoy getting a …
: We posted episode 512 of Core Intuition tonight. WWDC event thoughts and more.
: Not a silhouette, but the only photo I took today that reminds me of one. Kind of the opposite.
: Nice update coming soon to Mimi Uploader, a batch photo uploader for iOS. The next version will show …
: Almost a week into the May photo challenge. I love the photos grid on the web. (Also now looks good …
: Herbs and flowers in the earth, for day 5 of the photo challenge. Happy Cinco de Mayo! This is from …
: The extra time the 1Password folks worked on version 8 seems to have paid off. I upgraded and the …
: Day 3 of the photo challenge is experimental… Didn’t have a good idea for the photo until I was …
: Photo challenge, day 2. I bought this camera last year thinking it would be worth it for the zoom, …
: Last month was difficult in ways I haven’t blogged about yet. Needed a break, so loaded up the kayak …
: On our Plans page we have $5, $10, and $20 options. I kind of want to put a “our most popular …
: Love seeing all the photos for the May photo challenge. I’m hoping to finally get the 30-day …
: Late this week but hopefully worth the wait… Core Intuition 511 about Elon Musk and Twitter! …
: The photo challenge is underway! Day 1, switch.
: Love seeing completely different themes on Micro.blog, like the design for micro.alexezell.com by …
: About a month ago, we rolled out a change that made microblog posts much faster to appear in the …
: If you’re new to Micro.blog, make sure to check out the third-party apps if the official …
: If you’re using Micro.blog bookmarks, check out this Shortcut for iOS and macOS from …
: Achievement unlocked? No idea where the key is to this old lock and the trick with leveraging the …
: It’s cool to see people reading the microblogging book. Reminder that we’re going to …
: Email response time in Help Scout for the last couple of months. Average about 14 hours. Could be …
: Morning everyone. Coffee and work outside at Cenote. ☕️
: I expect Twitter to pause anything new during this limbo period between the Twitter board accepting …
: Updated Micro.blog for macOS with a couple bug fixes today, including a fix from @otaviocc for Day …
: Lunch earlier at Torchy’s. Hadn’t been there in a while, nice to see some menu tweaks like fresh …
: We love welcoming new people to Micro.blog. Thanks for giving it a try if you’re new! Mastodon …
: Last night had a dream that was too bizarre and timely not to share… In it, I met Eugen …
: Mostly running errands this morning as the Elon Musk + Twitter news was breaking. Watched the rain …
: Hello new folks joining Micro.blog! 👋 From @kimberlyhirsh: Everybody on Twitter wants to know where …
: Still disappointed that the Spurs didn’t make the playoffs, but I guess I have to begrudgingly …
: Walking around Barton Springs for the first time in a while. Kind of shocked to see Shady Grove …
: Just realized I didn’t show the Bookshelves pin in the demo video about books on Micro.blog. I knew …
: In my demo video yesterday, I used the Scribe theme by @ChrisHannah. Looks really nice with the book …
: Raining a little this morning. Coffee at Lazarus. ☕️
: I know it’s not always clear how all of Micro.blog’s book features fit together, so I …
: When a company gets too big, they inevitably forget why they exist. Not even the greatest, …
: Needed to be in Georgetown for a band UIL concert this afternoon, so had a long lunch sitting …
: If you’re not on Micro.blog Premium, you might not know that Micro.blog has a read-later …
: The photo challenge is back! Starts May 1st.
: On this week’s Core Int, @danielpunkass and I follow up on SwiftUI button sizing, cross-platform …
: Micro.blog mobile and tablet redesign Today we launched a design update for the Micro.blog web interface. Vincent has been working on this …
: Thunderbird Coffee. Kind of cold outside this morning. ☕️
: Listening to Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road. One of my favorite live recordings, pops up on …
: Lots of work to do this morning. Trying to start the week right with coffee and breakfast tacos. ☕️
: Core Int 509: we talk about Setapp’s reaction to the war in Ukraine, how Setapp is going in …
: Now that I’m tracking all of my book reading in Micro.blog, I cleared out my “currently …
: All caught up on support email this morning, mostly updating orders for the book. Also, there should …
: Finished reading: Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings. When I started this series, I thought it was …
: Can’t believe we’re already getting peaches on the new tree. Only planted it a few weeks ago and …
: Book pre-orders email I sent the following email to anyone who was early to pre-order the book Indie Microblogging. My …
: I’ve been making small edits to book.micro.blog over the last couple of weeks. Not as much …
: My initial take on the Elon Musk buyout offer: the web is better when it is more distributed, with …
: “There will be distractions ahead” — Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, last week
: Spurs didn’t quite have enough to recover after early foul trouble and missed shots. Great run in …
: Added a new pin for the Micro.blog bookshelves feature! When you add a book to a bookshelf, …
: Walking through the capitol grounds after an appointment downtown this morning.
: We’ve updated Epilogue for Android to version 1.1 with the new React Native-based code to …
: Spurs vs. Mavs, last game of the regular season. 🏀
: On the road today, stopped at Pinewood Coffee in Waco. Nice outside courtyard space. ☕️
: Finished a bunch of work this morning, now taking some time to get into the 2nd book of The …
: Epilogue for iOS has been updated with a couple improvements and bug fixes. I’m also going to …
: We just posted a new episode of Extra Intuition, our special podcast for @coreint members: Daniel …
: When at home I’ll eat a quick lunch in front of the TV. Make lunch, turn on CNN. It’s a …
: On this week’s Core Intuition, we talk all about the WWDC announcement. Because of course we do! …
: Twitter announces more Bluesky details: Starting as a centralized platform, Twitter can take steps …
: If anyone’s curious how I made my Wordle page, I copied my puzzles from where I had shared …
: On a whim, created a web page on my blog with a grid of all my Wordle puzzles for March. Kind of a …
: Spurs over the Nuggets, one of my favorite wins of the season. They’re playing great at the right …
: Finished reading: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh 📚
: Finished reading: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 📚
: As Micro.blog hosting has improved, I’ve thought our $5/month plan compares favorably with …
: Bluebonnets around the neighborhood.
: On this week’s episode of Core Intuition, we talk about crosswords, @danielpunkass’s calendar …
: No April Fools jokes from me today, just bug fixes. Deployed a server fix for conversations in …
: Always love “going indie” posts. John Siracusa: By 2022, I had returned to thinking not …
: Congrats to @RogueAmoeba on the release of Audio Hijack 4! Really big update. Their blog post has …
: I think it was @amit who suggested something like this change at Micro Camp earlier this month, on …
: Deployed a bunch of server changes today. Some behind-the-scenes stuff that @vincent has been …
: I’ve been reading a lot of e-books and audiobooks, so wanted to pick up something new in print. Just …
: Improved several things in the Bookshelves section of Micro.blog on the web. More consistent …
: Austin has come alive in the last week with blooming red buds, mountain laurel, and bluebonnets.
: Finished reading: Magician’s Gambit by David Eddings 📚
: Realized last week that I need to actually use the email newsletter feature of Micro.blog myself so …
: We watched the Oscars live last night and were confused and then stunned by what happened with Will …
: Working on Epilogue this morning, and Android + iOS builds have my Intel MacBook fans going at full …
: Congrats to @marco on the new Overcast redesign. I’ve been using the beta and it’s a …
: Following up the new bookmarks improvements with more changes today: added Pinboard import and fixed …
: The last time I was here (Wright Bros Brew & Brew), you could park across the street because it …
: New Spurs mural on east 4th. Getting coffee around the corner at Wright Bros. ☕️
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