Sad to read that Ralph Eggleston has passed away at 56. In the animation world, feels like many of the greats have lived long lives... Wish it could've been that way for him too. Huge impact, though.
2022-08-30
Our app Epilogue is the little happy place I go when I need to work on something fun and simple. But it's not wasted procrastination time... It also contributes back to the larger goal of encouraging posting to your own blog. Sneak peek at next version.
As posted to news.micro.blog, I updated our API to keep track of reading goals. This was the last feature I was still using from Goodreads. When you blog about a book you're reading, Micro.blog can automatically update your goal progress for the year. All blogs, all the time! 🙂
2022-08-30
I’ve been working upstairs lately for a change of pace. Listening to the rain today. 🌧
The beta of Epilogue 1.4 with the new reading goals feature is out for iOS. Will probably ship it to everyone later this week.
2022-08-30
Sneak peek screenshot from @vincent of the next major update to Micro.blog for iOS. We'll be starting a very early beta soon. A lot is changing for iOS, so it'll take some time to get right.
2022-08-31
Sounds like the Omicron variant booster could be available as soon as next week. I'm planning to get it. It's a little awkward that they haven't finished human trials, but I guess I trust it. It's like a bug fix update to an app you already love. 💉
2022-08-31
Epilogue 1.4 for iOS is now available on the App Store. Check out the blog post on the Epilogue microblog for screenshots of the new Goals tab.
2022-09-01
Dusting off Android Studio. Upgraded a few things. The quality of the Android build tools is like Project Builder circa 2002. Really poor experience that Apple would never settle for, and Google shouldn't either.
2022-09-01
September already? For today's episode of Core Intuition, we talk about next week's Apple event and other random topics like 5G.
2022-09-01
When I was first working on the Micro.blog prototype, I was so worried that someone would launch a similar service before me or soon after. 5 years later, turns out no… There are a lot of interesting platforms but really nothing close to the breadth of what we're trying to do.
2022-09-02
Feel like our companion app Epilogue has matured quite a bit. Started as a fun experiment, now one of my favorite little apps. I added its own page in the Help Center today so we can better keep track of version history.
2022-09-02
We’ve been playing Root more. It took about 4 play-throughs and watching multiple how-to videos to finally get the rules right. Great game. 🎲
Scheduled my updated variant booster for next week. Now extra paranoid that I'll get COVID before then. 💉
2022-09-02
Austin from the other side of Longhorn Dam.
Feeling nostalgic driving through south Austin today. 30+ years ago, walking along Riverside to Austin Books to pick up comics. Putting quarters into Donkey Kong in the lobby of an old hotel. So many memories of a lifetime ago.
2022-09-02
I checked out Irie Bean Coffee for the first time and… people smoking cigarettes on the patio? Ashtrays? Like I had stepped back in time to 1990s Austin. They don’t care about your hipster third-wave coffee shop ambience and I kind of respect that. ☕️
2022-09-02
Finished reading: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett 📚
2022-09-03
Micro.blog for Android has been updated to version 1.1! Dark mode and other improvements. 🤖
2022-09-03
I had my doubts as Rings of Power started, but they won me over by the end of the first 2 episodes. It's not how I would've made it — I'd love to see a new hand-drawn or stop-motion Lord of the Rings — but for what it is it's excellent. Some beautiful scenes… Spared no expense.
2022-09-03
Artemis launch scrubbed again. Disappointing, but we've waited decades to get back to the moon, so we can wait a little longer. Let's get this right, NASA. 🚀
2022-09-03
Went to see Bullet Train for Alamo's $3 cinema day. Really good. 🍿
2022-09-03
Watching the locations/venues session video from IndieWebCamp Berlin. I wasn't able to participate in this one, even remotely, but glad to see IndieWeb folks were able to get together.
2022-09-04
Attempting to make my iPhone less frustratingly secure, I've tweaked some of the passcode settings. Don't require attention. Added another Face ID. Let everything happen when locked that's an option. Seems better.
2022-09-04
Game 3 of Vegas/Seattle WNBA semifinals was so good today. Wish I had been watching more of these teams earlier in the season. 🏀
2022-09-05
We've updated Epilogue for Android, catching up with the features released for iOS. The old version for Android was admittedly a little broken... Should be working well now, including the new reading goals interface.
2022-09-05
