On the latest Core Int, I catch up with Daniel from the road to talk about this week’s Twitter chaos and the upcoming MarsEdit 5. | Continue reading

Definitely still some quirks in our ActivityPub implementation, which I’ll be smoothing out as we notice problems. Getting better, though! So much new activity as people bail on Twitter. I’ve waited 10 years for this and it’s still remarkable to see it happen. | Continue reading

Maybe I didn’t pick the perfect time to take a road trip and work even more remotely than usual. Elon Musk chaos, hosting connectivity problems like we’ve never seen before… Knock on wood, hope that’s the end of it for a little while. | Continue reading

Woke up to rain and the wind howling and the notices that Micro.blog had a long outage overnight. Sadly a networking issue at Linode that was mostly out of our control. Sorry for the downtime. | Continue reading

Cool new service from @vincent for embedding “shoutouts” (could be like ads or other announcement-type things) on your web site: Shoutouts.lol. Confirmed it works well with Micro.blog-hosted blogs. | Continue reading

Continuing this vanlife adventure into the northwest, I’m at Coffee Girl in Astoria catching up on email and whatnot. I haven’t been brave enough to get out the camping stove in the rain and cold, so no feasts yet, just basic groceries and some fast food. ☕️ | Continue reading

I’m in Oregon and then California for a little while, renting a van from the folks at Escape Campervans. Last night at Ainsworth State Park, falling asleep to the rain. Woke before dawn to drizzle and 41° and mild panic that they might not have hot showers. (They did.) | Continue reading

This is a little silly but I like to remind people this time of year that any microblog posts with “Halloween” or “pumpkin” get a secret Happy Halloween pin unlocked on their account. | Continue reading

Love this: Get Blogging! Concise introduction to blogging, different services, apps, reading blogs, and everything else. | Continue reading

Finished reading: An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington. There is a lot going on in this. Hope the next book in the series has a little less timeline jumping, but really good. | Continue reading

I can’t tell how much of the “Elon asks programmers to print out source code” story is exaggerated, but it made me think about when I hired @vincent without ever seeing any of his source code! Can that be right? I guess I value the final output more than the bits to get there. | Continue reading

Skimming some tweets about Jack Dorsey, there is a lot of confusion about what Bluesky is. Most people are stuck into thinking about social network silos, where you jump from platform to platform. As Facebook and Twitter stumble, the future is more distributed and IndieWeb-ified. | Continue reading

We’re doing Microblogvember again! Jean has the details. Basically, a random word in each day to help inspire a short blog post. | Continue reading

Updated the Micro.blog app for macOS to version 2.6, adding a new option in Discover for finding users, and a bug fix. If you’re already running it, choose “Check for Updates” to get the latest. | Continue reading

Of all the new TV shows out this year, Andor is at the top for me. Really good writing and characters. Even if you don’t like Star Wars or were burned out by Disney producing too many spin-offs, this one is in another league. | Continue reading

Just published a new Core Int! @danielpunkass and I talk about Elon Musk actually buying Twitter, what the immediate and long-term fallout might be, Twitter’s Bluesky project, APIs, and network effects. | Continue reading

Dark outside. Early thunderstorm rolling through Austin. Not a precursor of the work day, I hope. ⛈️ | Continue reading

Went to bed shortly after Elon fired Parag and a handful of execs, so I was wondering when I woke up if maybe all hell would’ve broken loose. But looks much the same over in Twitterland. Maybe a few weeks of calm before Trump is invited back? | Continue reading

We’re on the eve of the Elon Musk / Twitter deal closing. In his Dear Twitter Advertisers letter, Elon writes: The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated … | Continue reading

Sounds like the Elon Musk / Twitter deal is now certain. We generally don’t try to capitalize on other company’s bad news, but maybe something special tomorrow to welcome new folks to Micro.blog? Subscription sale? Just thinking out loud. | Continue reading

I missed that it has been 10 years since I stopped posting to @manton on Twitter. Still the right call. Would’ve been harder to do anything new if I hadn’t left. | Continue reading

Early voting is underway in Texas. Vote early if you can! We know it’s a long shot but glad to see Beto out there making a strong case for change. He’s run a good campaign. 🇺🇸 | Continue reading

Reading this Gizmodo take (via @dave) on Apple’s in-app purchase rules change makes me wonder if Meta has ever considered a lawsuit. Unlike Epic, Facebook might not be able to survive without an iPhone app. Apple’s power is immense. | Continue reading

Spurs fans now confused after the 3-1 start. I still want to see them make a push for the playoffs and forget about tanking. Even the worst team in the NBA doesn’t really have a good chance at landing the top pick. Too risky to throw away a season that could be so much fun. | Continue reading

Lots of price increases out there… Apple Music: going up. YouTube Premium family plan: going up. WordPress.com pricing: rollercoaster. Micro.blog: still $5/month, maybe forever! But please feel free to opt-in to an increase for yourself by clicking Plans → Premium or Family. | Continue reading

Core Int 534: Sketch layoffs, native apps vs. web apps, ideas for Sketch staying competitive with Figma, and the surprising advantage of being the underdog. | Continue reading

“It strikes me as downright tragic that this decentralized wonder of the world is now largely operating on computers owned by a handful of mega corporations.” — DHH | Continue reading

Experimenting with adding user search to Micro.blog for macOS. You can download the beta if you want to follow along. | Continue reading

This sums up my feelings about Ye acquiring Parlor: I have very little problem with fringe right-wing voices decamping to fringe right-wing networks. In fact, I’d argue it’s a near-perfect situation. Ben Werdmuller https://werd.io/2022/i-have-very-little-problem-with-fringe The o … | Continue reading

Interesting to read that a web version of Day One is progressing. What will happen sooner: Day One becomes a great web publishing tool, or Micro.blog becomes a great private journal? (Only half joking… I know how I want this to work but have to resist until we’re ready.) | Continue reading

I created a little Micro.blog plug-in called simply Meta tags to make it easier to put random tags in your blog’s HTML without needing to make a custom theme. | Continue reading

Going to be traveling a lot in the next few weeks. Think I need to plot out what I’m going to prioritize for work so that I can continue to get things done without biting off too much. Need quick wins. | Continue reading

Another really nice theme for Micro.blog from @amit: Anatole. | Continue reading

Being against the death penalty means we have to be okay with even a mass murderer getting life in person. Hurts for the parents in ways I can’t imagine, but the kids had the right call to action. For some crimes there can be no suitable justice except preventing the next one. | Continue reading

Spent the afternoon finishing a rough print layout pass for the book and submitting it to IngramSpark. I’m afraid it’s too long, but don’t want to do any more edits until I can hold a test printing in my hands. | Continue reading

Browsing photos on Micro.blog is one of my favorite things. Crazy to think that the first beta of Micro.blog years ago couldn’t even host photos! Terrible. (Although I guess the first version of Twitter couldn’t host photos either.) | Continue reading