First day of the return of @TIL 🎉

Now in the new house, with a computer that is so very good, and a much better environment overall… this is a much more substantial return, thankfully, finally.

If you’re taking part in the October Photo Challenge, you’ll like the latest Tip. 👀

A Beta Way to Help @TIL

There is now a beta program for Today I Learned! You can take part via the new newsletter, and receive the welcome message when you sign up.

  • Get access to pre-release material. 🎉
  • Contribute to making TIL better. đŸ¤¯
  • Support an indie. 😎

👉 Sign up 👈



Aaaannnnd… we’re back 😎

I’m looking at these screenshots of the new Safari UI on Daring Fireball, and am reminded of when I recently used my wife’s M1 MBP. Now I am using my own MBP, it is 10 years old, and I’m using High Sierra… seriously, @gruber, my Safari is better which is just ridiculous.

The new @challenges feed is great. 👍

Earlier today I announced the return of Today I Learned. This Monday @TIL will be back, including the immediate return of regular post types, updates, and… new things. 😎

A preview issue of ICYMI is currently available if you subscribe to Post Haste. This will soon disappear!

đŸ“Ŗ Today I Learned will return Monday, 4th October

  • Regular posts đŸ’Ē
  • Updated pages ℹī¸
  • Post Haste đŸ“Ē
  • … and more 👀

A special preview edition of ICYMI is available. You can check out Post Haste on the Subscribe page or subscribe, and receive the Preview, using the form below.

The new auto-https for Micro.blog is ridiculous. Practically instant.

Related: swoods.net is back 🎉

Want to read: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande 📚

30.9.21 👀

Brand new part of @TIL is prepared and ready to go 😎

I have been stunned by the outpouring of support from the Micro.blog community, having asked for donations to help my family survive the next month.

I will say more but for now: thank you all so much, you’re amazing. ❤ī¸

Donations remain open; I’ll now stop posting reminders.

A last message about my request for donations:

Yesterday I posted a Plea For Help. My wife and I are struggling to make ends meet and in the past 24 hours the response has been amazing. I struggle to find the words to express my gratitude. 🙏

(Final timezone bump)

Yesterday I posted my Plea For Help.

My wife and I are currently struggling to make ends meet and we are eternally grateful for any and all help during this difficult time. 🙏

(Timezone bump)

Earlier on I posted my Plea For Help.

My wife and I are currently struggling to make ends meet and we are eternally grateful for any and all help during this difficult time. 🙏

A Plea for Help

Earlier today I put out a short post to ask for help.

Unfortunately my wife and I have discovered that we will be short of money to cover all of our bills this month, and it is making what is an otherwise life-changing event into an all-too familiar ball of stress, anxiety, and frankly, shame.

With that in mind I’m going to step outside of my usual tight-lipped approach and provide a preview of the direct benefit to donating towards my efforts with Today I Learned.

Here are the things your donation can help me make:

  • Guides: The existing Guides will be updated, and more importantly a whole new batch will be published over a short period of time. This will relaunch Guides as a regular post type, including special editions in which related Guides are published over the space of a week.
  • Return to regular posting. Everything from before the break – Tips, Updates, Introducing, Lookup, the recently launched Linked posts, and ICYMI: the weekly catch-up edition of the newsletter – plus the return of The Macro Report.
  • The rest of the special edition of The Macro Report.
  • Reactivation of the Twitter account, with which I’ll make it easier for people outside of Micro.blog to see just how awesome our community is.
  • Further design improvements to the site and Post Haste (the newsletter).
  • Brand new regular post types, starting with a micro-guide that is entirely image-based.
  • A new edition of Post Haste, built around staying updated with urgent Micro.blog events.

… and more. My plans reach well into the future, with everything built on a steady and sustainable timeline. On the Support page I state that I won’t make promises, so this feels even more uncomfortable to write.

However, I hope that highlights just how urgent my current needs have become. You wouldn’t just be helping my family, you would also be securing the path to Today I Learned 2.0. 🙏

Today I Learned donations

I hate to ask, since TIL is currently on a break, but now would be an awesome time for you to send some help my way: Today I Learned donations

More info: Today I Learned Support

This move is tough on our wallet and we just need some help to get through the next month. 🙏

Until I can afford to renew my custom domain, my blog is still available at the Micro.blog domain: simonmumbles.micro.blog

Also, until I’ve updated the blog with better links I’m available via email: simon@today-i-learned.net

The latest iteration of the Sunlit beta is slick. Quick question for @cheesemaker and @manton: are feature requests better via;

  • the feedback button in Testflight;
  • GitHub;
  • Help forum;
  • email;
  • or on the timeline?

I’ve managed to fit in little bits of work for @TIL here and there during the move. I probably won’t get anything else done for a few days but there is one thing I can share, even though it is a WIP:

The donations for TIL, via Buy Me A Coffee now includes membership options.