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Read Instagram-like app to track photographer websites by Matt Maldre (Spudart) I’m thinking about what the domain would be for my photo website. And then an idea struck me. What if someone made an...
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Listened to Micro Monday 78: Amanda Rush, aka @arush by Jean MacDonald from monday.micro.blog This week’s guest, Amanda Rush is a web developer and accessibility practitioner who loves to cook and...
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Read Eliminating the Human by David Byrne (MIT Technology Review) We are beset by—and immersed in—apps and devices that are quietly reducing the amount of meaningful interaction we have with each...
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Replied to Un podcast bien fait by Stéphane Deschamps (nota-bene.org) Quand c’est bien fait, il faut le dire aussi. Pardon the English, parce que mon français est très mal. You indicate at the bottom...
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Read Replies hosted at your own blog by Manton Reece (manton.org) When I was first developing Micro.blog, I made a choice that quick replies in the timeline should be stored separately from regular...
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Replied to a tweet (Twitter) I’m looking to add microblog and webmention support to a Wordpress site. Any plugin recommendations for doing so? I’d rather not build it as it looks like I need a Custom...
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Darwin Day & Attachment In honor of Darwin Day: An interior page on natural selection in an unopened original of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Note that the octavos in the edition...
View ArticleExploring Pine.blog
I’d noticed Pine.blog before at a previous IndieWebCamp, but not had time to delve into it very deeply. Seeing some of what Brian Schrader has been working on while following IndieWebCamp Austin...
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Read Replies on your blog with Conversation.js by Manton Reece (manton.org) During the project day at IndieWebCamp Austin last weekend, I built a new feature for Micro.blog that I’m calling...
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Read a post by Manton Reece (manton.org) IndieWebCamp Austin day 2 is winding down. I wrapped up my project to show replies on my blog posts and I’ll be demoing it to the group soon, with a blog post...
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Read Announcing Mimi Uploader for Micro.blog hosted blogs by Sam (samgrover.com) I’m very excited to announce the launch and availability of my new app, Mimi Uploader. Mimi is designed from the ground...
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Read a post by Bix (bix.blog) Manton mentioned the much-anticipated ability to show replies on your blog posts, so of course I peeked at how it worked and at least for the moment have it running here,...
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I just spent the nicest hour chatting with @macgenie about micro.blog and IndieWebby things. I finally know the story behind how she got her screen name! Maybe we can get her to spill the beans for...
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Read The master tapes by Robin Sloan (Robin Sloan) “What do I miss” is the wrong question, because the feeling isn’t an absence, but a presence. If running your own website is like operating a nuclear...
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The thing I’ve realized I’m desperately missing in micro.blog: Discover pages for stationery, pens, pencils, notebooks, and paper. ✍️📓🖋️🖊️📝✒️✏️📔 cc: @manton @rnv (#) @jeremycherfas (#)
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Read What’s Up With Micro Monday? by Jean MacDonald (micro.welltempered.net) It’s been over two years since we launched the ritual of Micro Monday. The idea was to help each other find new bloggers to...
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For Micro Monday, I’m following and recommending @jennifermjones, another in the growing list of educators and altacs on micro.blog. Do stop by and welcome her to micro.blog.
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Replied to Walled gardens in disguise by Felix Pleşoianu (Felix Rambles) At the end of June, I subscribed to micro.blog with some amount of hope. Nine weeks later, I canceled my account. Yeah, isn't...
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I’m just noticing that some tweaks to my RSS feed have gummed up my posts on micro.blog. Switching syndication methods so hopefully it doesn’t happen going forward.
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I know there’s a sub-community around pens and stationery on micro.blog. I don’t see it hiding in discovery. Is there a tagmoji for it (yet)? cc: @Burk @Manton
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I’ve been thinking about syndicating replies to micro.blog lately. Is anyone using Post Kinds Plugin or other platforms and syndicating (POSSE) to m.b. in a way they like? The way mine work, micro.blog...
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It’s annoyed me a bit since I did it, so I’ve finally gotten around to changing my username on micro.blog from @c to @chrisaldrich. This brings my identity there in line with much of the rest of my...
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Replied to a post by w4rner (Warner Writes) test w4rner, I’m replying to your personal site on micro.blog from my site on WordPress and sending you a webmention. Hopefully you’ll see the reply...
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Liked Goodbye @macgenie, hello @jean by Jean MacDonald (micro.welltempered.net) I’ve been using “macgenie” as my internet name since I first signed up for Digg (Wikipedia article) in March 2007. A...
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Bookmarked Webmention and Twitter by Manton Reece (manton.org) After the Webmention session last weekend, I was inspired to revisit a quirk of Micro.blog’s Webmention implementation. Bridgy is an...
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RSVPed Attending Micro Camp 2021 Micro Camp will feature: short talks by community members on a range of topics of interest live text chat during presentations Q&A breakout conferences afterwards...
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Reposted w4rner (@w4rner@mastodon.social) by w4rner (Mastodon) thx @chrisaldrich for “HuffDuffing” my trial microcast with @jasraj | expect me to put visual meat on bones in my Micro.camp talk...
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Had a great time chatting with @jean and @corntoole about a panoply of crafting ideas at Micro Camp. Reminds me of some projects I need to pick back up (and posting more about).
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Replied to a post by Halsted (cygnoir.net) Diamine Inkvent, Day 23: Wonderland. If by “wonderland” you mean “Tang orange drink mix.” Cygnoir, congrats on your new IndieWeb wiki template. I’m glad to...
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Replied to a tweet by Ingo Steinke (Twitter) I don't want to abandon shitter despite its toxicity and UI antipatterns without a real alternative. Mastodon has a similar UI and not much is going on...
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A semi-regular reminder that all my posts are on my website where you can follow or subscribe in a number of ways (including as a Mastodon instance!). You can also find me on micro.blog if you move...
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A great thread. Though why not use the web as your platform? Micro.blog can do the work to help you own your identity & data, and as @EthanZ suggests it will also allow you to crosspost to both...
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#FeedReaderFriday: A Suggestion for Changing our Social Media Patterns
In the recent Twitter Migration, in addition to trying out Mastodon, I’ve been seeing some people go back to blogs or platforms like Micro.blog, WordPress, Tumblr, WriteFreely (like Mastodon it’s a...
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Replied to a post by Chris Baca (@cdbaca@indieweb.social) (Indieweb.Social) One of the things I don't see often talked about in the #indieweb sphere is how "meta" it is. E.g., I enjoy reading about...
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For some arcane and historical reasons WordPress was filtering out the emoji in my my feeds which was preventing me from participating in some of the discovery portions of micro.blog using tagmoji....
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Your Twitter “Go Bag”
In all the great spy and heist movies and a number of gangster films, characters in the stories that may need to drop everything at a moments notice and disappear “in 30 seconds flat if you feel the...
View Article🎧Episode 539: Frustrated On Your Behalf | Core Intuition
Listened to Episode 539: Frustrated On Your Behalf by Manton Reece and Daniel Jalkut from Core Intuition Manton and Daniel talk about payments from the Small App Developer settlement against Apple....
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Replied to Return to Blogging by Christopher Long (cplong.org) A new year brings new calls for a return to personal blogging as an antidote to the toxic and extractive systems of social media. @cplong...
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Replied to Micro.blog Analog Tools Meetup by cygnoir (cygnoir.net) Nearly two years later, I’m reviving the idea of a Micro.blog meetup for analog tools like paper and notebooks, pens and ink,...
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