It has been too long since we’ve updated the emoji in Micro.blog. Via @news, added a few new ones that were in the queue, hopefully can do more this year: Added two new emoji to Discover: 🧘 for meditation and for theater. Also added ️⚧️ to LGBTQ+ in addition to ️. | Continue reading
There’s a new Core Intuition out. We talk more about last week’s WWDC, debate whether Apple is using “AI”, revisit Siri, and skim over some of the other session topics. | Continue reading
Another Brandon Sanderson book has arrived! Secret project #2: Frugal Wizard’s Handbook. Love the illustrations in the margins. I started this on e-book last month but will finish with the print version. | Continue reading
Rolled out changes to the default uploaded filenames in Micro.blog. This is the beginning of the end to the random filenames, although it still falls back on those for many situations. | Continue reading
High of 101° today in Austin. It’s gonna be one of those summers, huh? Gotta get away somewhere. | Continue reading
Despite the chaos at Twitter this year, I’m a little surprised that after paying Twitter for API access for the last couple months my app was still suspended. Just can’t trust big ad-based platforms. | Continue reading
Watched the BlackBerry movie and enjoyed it. Relevant for today too: it’s not a good idea to bet against Apple. Vision Pro is still quite different than every previous Apple product, though… Trying to perfect a niche device category vs. improving a mainstream device that people a … | Continue reading
Federico Viticci got me with the Don Draper quote for his Vision Pro story. One of my favorite scenes in television, and a quote I used in my book too. Federico goes on: I’m convinced that Vision Pro and the visionOS platform are a watershed moment in the arc of personal computin … | Continue reading
I posted a video to YouTube to demo Micro.blog’s new reading goals interface on the web. By default it’s private just for you, whether you want to read 2 books or 20. Or none! No pressure. | Continue reading
Great game. Congrats to the Nuggets. And an impressive postseason for this underestimated Heat team too. Now just 10 days until the NBA Draft. | Continue reading
Since ditching cable years ago, I feel like we’ve tried everything… Sling, PlayStation TV, Hulu + Live TV, even back to cable streaming with Spectrum TV. New favorite: YouTube TV. Only downside is no regional sports networks. Need a better over-the-air antenna for Spurs games. | Continue reading
Only just occurred to me that Apple Vision would’ve been a great product to introduce at the height of the pandemic. Now, we want to reconnect in person, not hide away behind screens. | Continue reading
I recorded a very short (12 seconds!) video on YouTube showing the new toggle in Micro.blog to quickly show just photo uploads or video or audio. It appears for Micro.blog Premium subscribers because that’s where we support video hosting and podcasting. | Continue reading
New web analytics tool from @vincent looks like a nice fit for blogs and small web sites: tinylytics. | Continue reading
I made a little video of my time in Colorado last week, from short video clips and live photos. This is also a test of potentially longer videos on Micro.blog… I cheated to upload this because the file is bigger than the current limit. | Continue reading
Went to a wedding yesterday. No masks, hopefully no COVID. 🤞 My mind kept wandering back to A Psalm for the Wild-Built… Do we need a purpose, or is it enough to be happy and appreciate how remarkable the world and people are? Feeling lucky. | Continue reading
To create this transcript, I split the episode into 15-minute chunks with Fission, because Micro.blog’s OpenAI-based transcription is limited to 15 minutes. Then uploaded the MP3s to Micro.blog and copy/pasted the resulting transcripts into BBEdit. Fixed mistakes and edited to be … | Continue reading
I listened to the latest Core Intuition again to see if my initial take on Apple Vision Pro was way off or unfair. I think it holds up. Here’s a transcript of the conversation with Daniel, lightly edited. Daniel: Hello, this is Daniel Jalkut. Manton: And this is Manton Reece. Dan … | Continue reading
On the flight back to Austin, finished reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Wonderful. Queued up the second book for later. | Continue reading
John Gruber gets to the core of the Reddit API issue with a question for the CEO: I have one simple question for him: What do you think Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz would say about this if he were still alive? That’s exactly the right perspective. Because it’s not just about bu … | Continue reading
Today I sent the following email to everyone who had Twitter cross-posting configured on their Micro.blog account. We’ve got about one month left on our commitment to support Twitter cross-posting. We can’t justify paying Twitter for API access beyond that. Tweet while you can, t … | Continue reading
Talking with @joec earlier this week about finding new coffee shops in new cities… Here’s the list for the week in Colorado: Inkwell & Brew, Novo Coffee, Aviano Coffee, Train Cars Coffee (photo), Atlas Coffees (photo), Corvus Coffee Roasters, Sonder Coffee & Tea, and Jubilee Roas … | Continue reading
Good morning, Denver. Had a quick breakfast with this view before I wrap up the trip and return the van. | Continue reading
Winding down my week in Colorado. It’s beautiful here. Just about the right amount of time, juggling work and travel. ️ | Continue reading
Sitting in my rental campervan at Cherry Creek State Park, debugging on the laptop as the rain hits. Sounds like a Texas thunderstorm. Hopefully not hail because I waived all the rental insurance. ⛈️ | Continue reading
Finished reading: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Remembered only a little of this from college astronomy. The audiobook is about 4 hours, great for a short drive today. | Continue reading
What a wild end for Apollo. The era of client APIs for ad-supported platforms is over. Developers should invest their time in open platforms where the business model is aligned with users' and developers' interests: Micro.blog (paid blog hosting) or the fediverse (often donation- … | Continue reading
After recording @coreint today, I’m settling into the opinion that Apple Vision Pro is both brilliant and a terrible mistake. On the other hand, I’m sitting in my rental campervan in Colorado watching the NBA finals on my iPad Mini and wouldn’t mind that courtside VR action. | Continue reading
Just posted a new Core Intuition with our reaction to WWDC and Apple Vision Pro. | Continue reading
Finished reading: Recursion by Blake Crouch. This book blew my mind a little. | Continue reading
After driving around in circles with detours because of road construction, finally settled in at Atlas Coffees. ☕️ | Continue reading
Jason Snell writing at Six Colors after using the Vision Pro: I am now a believer that what Apple has built is an incredible accomplishment. This is the real deal. The unanswered question is, to what end? | Continue reading
Wasn’t expecting rabbits. Seems to be a bunch around my campsite tonight at Chatfield State Park. | Continue reading
Stopped at Train Cars Coffee in Nederland on the drive to Boulder this morning. Built out of train cars. Love it. Pretty good breakfast too. | Continue reading
Panorama Point as the sun’s starting to go down, at Golden Gate Canyon State Park. | Continue reading
Early thoughts on Vision Pro: looks about as good as it can possibly be, for what Apple is trying to do. Not a product for me, and not a product that will “replace” any other device. Will be talking more about this on @coreint tomorrow. | Continue reading
This is nitpicky but I feel like Apple should’ve cut over to the headset stuff at the 1-hour mark. watchOS improvements are good but they don’t need this much keynote time today. Feels like the narrative has gone into the weeds a little. We are here for the headset news. | Continue reading
I don’t think Apple needs to obsessively avoid saying AI. “Machine learning”, “transformer-based language model”… It just sounds awkward, but I get why they do it. | Continue reading
Need a place to blog what you think about all the WWDC news this week? Don’t forget Micro.blog is a ridiculously low $1/month this summer. micro.blog/summer | Continue reading
Looking forward to WWDC, but my expectations are low for announcements that are relevant to my work right now. Doubtful there can be a version of Micro.blog for a headset. Most interested in little surprises that might pop up in new versions of iOS and macOS. | Continue reading
One of my favorite things about Colorado so far is the water. Looks and sounds like snow had melted somewhere upstream. | Continue reading
Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. All the praise for this book is justified. A masterpiece. | Continue reading
Raining off and on today, so I’ve spent more time driving and less time walking. Mickey is my traveling companion now for all road trips. | Continue reading
Forgot the Stanley Hotel was nearby, the inspiration for the hotel in The Shining. Stopped for a little while, walked around, had a beer in the restaurant. I’m sure there’s lots of history here. | Continue reading
Outside the Glacier Basin campground at Rocky Mountain National Park. | Continue reading
Cool to see people using the App.net posts archive. Here’s a post from @jsonbecker, a post from @otaviocc, and another post from @maique. I was starting to doubt preserving the archive and seeing these reminds me why it’s worth it. | Continue reading