One step forward, one step back. Upgraded a server yesterday with faster hardware, which broke something else. All fixed now. | Continue reading
Rolled out a couple fixes for Micro.blog Premium email newsletters: replying to newsletters now correctly forwards the email to your Micro.blog email address, and photos are better resized for Gmail. | Continue reading
I’ve copied all the Markdown files for Indie Microblogging to this GitHub repository, for people who would prefer to submit issues or pull requests. | Continue reading
Continue to fix typos and other mistakes in the Indie Microblogging book. Going to revisit a few chapters that need more work than superficial edits. Also, a clarification on pre-orders: the e-book and print orders are just for a limited time. Probably a couple more weeks. | Continue reading
My mom found this notebook paper I had used when I was 13 years old to plan out the route to my friend Sam’s house, taking 3 buses across Austin. Why did I copyright this?! | Continue reading
Kind of feels like summer in Austin today. Good day for lunch and coffee outside for a while. ☀️ | Continue reading
We’ve updated Wavelength for iOS with a couple bug fixes. Easy way to record, edit, and publish your podcast with Micro.blog Premium. | Continue reading
Jean posted a photo of the folks who could join us in-person for Micro Camp. Not shown: me fumbling with the camera timer and trying to run into the frame. | Continue reading
Some people have noticed that Indie Microblogging wasn’t showing up in Micro.blog’s own bookshelves feature. You can now add it via this web link. Still can’t be searched in Epilogue because Google Books doesn’t have it. Need to rethink our books search. | Continue reading
Thanks again to everyone who participated in Micro Camp over the last couple of days. Great talks and it was fun to see some folks in person too in Portland! | Continue reading
Speaking of cold, here’s another photo from Salt Lake City a few days ago. Cottonwood Canyon. | Continue reading
Cold morning in Portland, walked to Extracto Coffee before we get ready to set up for Micro Camp day 2. ☕️ | Continue reading
Thinking about Micro Camp, I said to @jean yesterday: “We are so lucky.” Great community members who welcome new folks, share what they know, and what to help the platform get better. Thank you. | Continue reading
Core Intuition 504 has been posted! We talk about this week’s Apple event and publishing the draft of my book. | Continue reading
Thanks again everyone who has joined us for Micro Camp so far! The first 2 sessions are available to rewatch on Vito: State of Micro.blog with me, @jean and @vincent, and How to Self-publish a Novel with @Cheri. | Continue reading
I designed the structure of the Indie Microblogging book knowing that most people weren’t really going to read it front to back. Everyone is busy. Even people excited about the book are probably going to skim some of it or dip in to just a few chapters. That’s totally fine and wh … | Continue reading
Nice thing about how book.micro.blog works is that it’s just a Micro.blog-hosted blog, with a few tweaks to the Lanyon theme. This means while editing I can publish changes using Micro.blog or MarsEdit. | Continue reading
I posted an update to Kickstarter backers today with a video of me talking about the Indie Microblogging book and next steps. I’m including a copy of the video here, followed by a transcript. Hello Kickstarter backers. My name is Manton Reece. It has been a while, and I wanted to … | Continue reading
Published the book draft this morning and then got on a flight to Utah, slight detour before Portland for Micro Camp. Beautiful here around Salt Lake City. | Continue reading