Set aside some time this morning to improve compatibility between Micro.blog’s bookshelves and Bookwyrm, but Bookwyrm federation seems flaky. Couldn’t follow other Mastodon accounts either from within bookwyrm.social. Took notes and will revisit later. | Continue reading
The more I watch Home Alone — especially Home Alone 2 — the more I just feel bad for the thieves. Kevin is torturing them. The kid is twisted and needs help. 🎄 | Continue reading
For replies, Mastodon only links the username (e.g. just @manton), even for users on other servers. Micro.blog always links the full username with the instance name too (e.g. @manton@manton.org). A bit conflicted. Concise but problematic for common names, or verbose but correct? | Continue reading
On the latest Core Int, @danielpunkass and I talk about the App Store settlement and then follow up again about Twitter, Micro.blog, and Mastodon. Also: not being allowed to pump your own gas. | Continue reading
The 25 Days of omg.lol calendar is so nicely done. Today’s feature is feeds, both RSS and JSON Feed. Reminds me a little of our old 12 days of microblogging series, which we’ve been thinking about updating. | Continue reading
Mastodon has a feature to move accounts from one instance to another instance. I spent some time recently exploring how this works so that we could support it in Micro.blog. I used this to consolidate my ActivityPub presence from multiple Mastodon accounts to just @manton@manton. … | Continue reading
John Gruber writing in his link to ooh.directory: Mastodon is — deservedly! — getting a lot of attention as people re-evaluate their use of Twitter. But what I’m digging more in our current moment is renewed enthusiasm for blogging, and, on the consumption side, RSS feed reading. … | Continue reading
Tripped over myself this morning when deploying a tiny change, breaking a few endpoints in Micro.blog temporarily. Sorry! Uptime has actually been really good this week. I think we’ve solved most of our performance problems with the new load. | Continue reading
Finished reading: The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn era 2 is a wrap. Really want to reread The Emperor’s Soul now. And not long until the secret project books. 📚 | Continue reading
Reading the Twitter 2.0 blog post again, I don’t think it says enough to actually be a vision for the company. Some bits sound okay (“freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach”) and some seem actively misleading (“none of our policies have changed”, just our enforcement). | Continue reading
Micro.blog has a mini Goodreads-like feature built in. Why not! I love books and this helps me blog about what I’m reading. The bookshelves account page is one of my favorite things. | Continue reading
Following Mastodon accounts from Micro.blog almost feels like I’ve re-joined Twitter. It’s great to see posts from people I haven’t kept up with in years. The main downside: too many hashtags! Maybe I built Micro.blog just to escape from hashtag overuse and now they’re back. … | Continue reading
Great to see all the posts from folks participating in Microblogvember. I’ve added a new pin for the challenge. It should be redeemed on your Micro.blog account within the next couple days if you used at least 2/3 of the words this month. | Continue reading
Soccer is not my thing but everyone else’s excitement is contagious… Watching the last few minutes of United States / Iran. ⚽️ | Continue reading
This interview with Will Smith on The Daily Show was really good. It goes just deep enough to be meaningful but still entertaining. Makes me think about not just what he did on Oscar night but also more broadly how we react to mistakes from stars or politicians, who we forgive. | Continue reading
If you’re not following the full M.b changes feed, you may not notice the tweaks we’re rolling out nearly daily. One improvement I wanted to highlight: Micro.blog now notices when someone on Mastodon moves their account to a new instance, so you’ll still see their new posts. | Continue reading
Thinking about the simple truth in this phrase from @brentsimmons: “the web heals as Twitter gets sicker” | Continue reading
Drove by the new Tesla factory in Austin yesterday while coming back from Thanksgiving… The building is absolutely massive. I guess Elon thinks if he can grow a company to this kind of infrastructure, how hard could Twitter servers be? | Continue reading
Good discussion on last week’s ATP about Mastodon, apps, ActivityPub, moderation, and many more potential issues as everyone figures out what to do post-Twitter. | Continue reading
Jamie Zawinski: Do Not Use Services That Hate The Internet. This is where I say that Micro.blog is made by people who love the web. It’s possible for app-only networks (see: Glass) to evolve to work with the web, but it’s easier to start with open, web-first platforms. | Continue reading
Great to see 2 new plug-ins recently available on Micro.blog: “Cards Theme” by @ericgregorich, which styles posts with an outline like separate cards; and “Bookshelf shortcode” by @kottkrig, for making a page that includes one or more bookshelves. | Continue reading
Released an updated Micro.blog for macOS today with a few tweaks. More consistent progress indicators, better Mastodon username highlighting when writing a new post. | Continue reading
Finished reading: The Light of All That Falls by James Islington 📚 | Continue reading
Another photo from our quick coffee stop in Opelousas. Old federal building, unused now, built in 1891. | Continue reading
Java Square Cafe, in the building for an old bank in Opelousas, LA. ☕️ | Continue reading
Another random railroad, driving over on a misty day in Louisiana. 🚂 | Continue reading
Should’ve done this last week, but just added ⚽️ to the featured emoji menu in Micro.blog on the web. | Continue reading
It was nice to mostly take a break yesterday. I know Thanksgiving is just a United States thing, but I like that it’s non-offensive to everyone… Let’s just chill and reflect on what we’re thankful for. Now back to work! Coffee at Rêve in Lafayette and rolling out M.b fixes. ☕️ | Continue reading
For the Thanksgiving edition of Core Intuition, we talked about… Twitter again! Does Elon know what he’s doing? Should I be CEO instead? Will MarsEdit 5 ship? Enjoy. 🦃 | Continue reading
Quick test from MarsEdit 5’s new quick post window, using a global keyboard shortcut. Nice! | Continue reading
I was joking about this with my family but can’t stop thinking about it… Imagine a Sprinter van, outfitted with bed, kitchen, all the usual camper van upgrades. Now paint it gray and add an Amazon Prime logo. Easy parking anywhere without questions! | Continue reading
Nice thread here with holiday movie recommendations… About time to review my top Christmas movie list and see if it needs any updates. | Continue reading
We started using Cloudfront last week and tonight I nervously signed in to Amazon, realizing I had no idea how much we were going to be charged. Answer: $0, for now. Amazon’s pricing is so confusing. One of the reasons I prefer Linode. | Continue reading
With the news that Tumblr is planning ActivityPub support, a quick reminder that you can already follow any Tumblr user from Micro.blog. Just enter someone.tumblr.com in Micro.blog’s Discover search! I use this for following a few artists and writers. | Continue reading
My morning so far… Low tire pressure light, found a nail in a tire. Dropped the car off to get the tire replaced. Coffee nearby at Turnstile, watching server log files. | Continue reading
Spirited was way better than I expected. Need to watch it again closer to Christmas and see how it holds up. | Continue reading
Love this post from @jean about everything bagels and… social media! To be fair, everything makes me think about social media at this unsettling and exciting moment. It’s a rare opportunity. Inspired by what worked before, avoiding the missteps. I like our foundation. | Continue reading
Love the owl who moved into a tree in our backyard. @traci set up a tripod and moved the Nest camera, so expect more owl photos and maybe video if we can catch him in his evening routine. | Continue reading
We’re embarrassed with the recent Micro.blog server status. I rolled out more improvements today. We’ll get it fast again. New server coming online later this week too. | Continue reading
Registered for a new test account on Micro.blog to remind myself what the onboarding flow is like. It’s not great. “Welcome to M.b, here’s a totally blank page! Good luck!” Going to tweak a few little things so new users aren’t lost. | Continue reading
I thought Elon would wait a couple more weeks — until things got boring at Twitter — before letting Trump back. @danielpunkass and I talked about this a couple days ago on @coreint. This weekend has been busy… Remaining Twitter server folks must have their hands full too! | Continue reading
On our M.b news blog you can see the daily server tweaks as we deal with new load this week. Might have a handle on it now. | Continue reading