Epilogue 1.5
We released a new version of Epilogue for both iOS and Android. I'm finally getting these platforms in sync. I think our bet on React Native is paying off.
This version adds a new post screen to your reading goals. As you blog about books you finished reading, Epilogue keeps track of them. At the end of the year, you can use the new post screen to compose a blog post with all the books you've read. Each book cover links to your blog post about the book.
You can see what my books post for 2022 looks like here.
This uses a new Micro.blog plug-in called Book reading goals. If you don't have the plug-in installed yet, Micro.blog will automatically install it when publishing your blog if needed. (Epilogue works with any blog that supports the Micropub API, but this feature is only for Micro.blog because of the plug-in.)
Here's a screenshot of the new screen on iOS. You can edit the text before posting.
With this feature, I've completed the transition away from Goodreads, and don't plan on using it going forward. Good luck with your reading goals in 2023!
2022-12-26
I'm often humming or whistling a song that is stuck in my head, and this morning for some reason it's one from Bungie's Myth. I think? Got lost just now down the rabbit hole of soundtracks on YouTube trying to figure out which theme and game it really was.
2022-12-27
Lighting kit for the LEGO Fiat.
I don't agree with everything in this post by M.G. Siegler (found via @rcrackley) but I do love the "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight" line. Of course, the protocol is plumbing. Like the IndieWeb specs, the protocol is implementing a philosophy, and that matters.
2022-12-28
Working a little on the next Micro.blog for Mac update. Probably will ship early January. Includes a new icon in the modern macOS style! (Thanks Brad Ellis!)
Read this post about Barnes & Noble after seeing a couple links to it. No idea if the turnaround is real, but we went to a store a couple days after Christmas and it was packed with people. They had a sale for half-off hardcovers. Don't think we saved money but we left happy.
2022-12-29
We've been doing so many little book-related features, it can be hard to keep track. I created a help page today that just lists them. Quietly building out a little corner of Micro.blog into an open, blog-based Goodreads alternative.
2022-12-29
It's been a while since we've had an in-person Micro Meetup! Join me and @jean for a coffee or beer or tacos at Lazarus Brewing on East 6th in Austin. Wednesday, January 4th. We'll be there 4pm - 6pm. ☕️🍺
2022-12-30
Tried off and on to record a screencast demo of something in Micro.blog this afternoon, but the dog kept barking or I made mistakes that would be confusing... Eventually I decided the video wasn't even that helpful and scrapped it. Should've just written a blog post.
2022-12-30
I’ve watched this YouTube video of Dani Daortiz a few times over the last week and it continues to amaze me. Incredible card magic. Rewind, watch again, think about it, rewatch. What he’s doing seems impossible.
2022-12-30
Excited for Brandon Sanderson’s secret book release tomorrow. It has been a long time since I’ve started a book with thousands of other people on the same day. Probably not since Harry Potter. 📚
2022-12-31
Happy New Year! Excited for everything planned this year. 🎉
2023-01-01
Did not finish: Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson. Decided to start 2023 by giving up on this. I want to get back to it one day because I think I'll like it after I get through the first couple books, but might need to start the series over. 📚
2023-01-01
Starting 2023 right with a rare 2/6 in Wordle:
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2023-01-01
Epilogue 1.5.1
Happy New Year! We shipped an update to Epilogue today that makes blogging about last year’s finished books more discoverable. If Micro.blog found any blog posts to include in your reading goal for 2022, it will show this at the top of the Goals tab:
Unfortunately I discovered after the calendar flipped over to 2023 that sometimes this button doesn’t show the right default new post text. I’m working on an update to fix that. (The button icon and spacing is also wonky.)
I’ve been going back and forth on how to expand the reading goals feature so that it can find more books. Currently it only works if you blogged about a book as you finished it. 2022 was a bit of an experiment, but 2023 is an opportunity for new habits. More blogging, less Goodreads.
2023-01-01
