We're starting to plan Micro Camp 2023! Jean just posted the dates. 🏕️
2022-12-20
We've written a help article about the differences between Micro.blog and Mastodon. Hope it helps clarify a few things! I love our support for ActivityPub, but we're trying to do something different too and don't want to lose that.
2022-12-21
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 the next week to finish, so I think the books I read for 2022 is pretty much wrapped up.
During the pandemic I started to read much more than ever before. In 2021, I read 33 books, and this year I set a goal of 40 books, hitting it last week. I'm going to stick with that goal for next year too.
I'm also going to stop using Goodreads. Our Micro.blog companion app Epilogue does everything I need and it integrates with my blog, which is where I want my book reading progress.
I wrote a Micro.blog plug-in that makes it easy to add a list of books you've finished to your blog. So here it is below! Each book cover should link to the microblog post where I blogged about finishing the book.
{{< bookgoals 2022 >}}
The next version of Epilogue will have this feature built-in. I hope to get it approved by Apple and Google in time for the new year.
At Micro.blog we love books. We don't love worrying about stats — no follower counts, no pressure! — but I've found that setting a personal reading goal helps me make time to read, and it's fun to reflect on at the end of the year.
2022-12-21
Adding this to the travel list: Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, covered in the New York Times today. The world's largest model railway. Looks amazing.
2022-12-21
Pushed another update to the beta Micro.blog iOS app (TestFlight link). Still planning to ship early-ish next year, but I use it as my default now. If it's missing anything you need, just re-install the official release from the App Store.
2022-12-22
Sad but understandable that the Trail of Lights was cancelled tonight. We had tickets for tonight because we were slow getting ourselves organized. Everything is a little mixed up this year, trying to find time for old and new traditions. 🎄
2022-12-22
In 2023, I plan to advocate more for client apps to embrace the larger IndieWeb and fediverse. Mastodon going mainstream is a great step forward, but we don't want a monoculture. A key IndieWeb principle is plurality: multiple apps with different codebases that can interoperate.
2022-12-22
The Android version of Epilogue has been lagging behind iOS, so I dusted it off this week and started a new open beta on Google Play. Still have a few tweaks to make and then will ship both Android and iOS after the holidays.
2022-12-23
For the last Core Int of the year, @danielpunkass and I talk about blogging! The latest with Twitter, Matt Mullenweg, Mastodon, Micro.blog, and why blogging is the eternal tech of the web that will always come back in style.
2022-12-23
Mastodon client Mammoth also running their own server to make sign-up less confusing. Smart idea that I wonder if others will copy.
2022-12-24
Still cold in Austin, and presumably everywhere. We burned through most of our firewood the last couple days, but thankful for no power outages or other problems in our area. 🎄
2022-12-24
Happy holidays! Hope everyone is as healthy as possible and enjoying the weekend. It has been a long year... Looking forward to some rest and thinking about 2023. 🎄
2022-12-25
Got a new game: The Great American Mail Race. Similar to Ticket to Ride so I knew we’d love it. The ink stamp to track your score is perfect.
