Missed the latest Analog Tools meetup, which appears to have been a lot of fun.
This is why, ironically, I need to keep working on properly establishing my planning, scheduling, and note-keeping system. Progress is steady, alongside improvements to the new place so I can’t wait for the next meetup.
testing for Annie
Notes are private by default, end-to-end encrypted across all platforms, with a special companion app named Strata for iOS. (Android coming soon.)
— Manton, Introducing notes in Micro.blog
Off to a flying start with this launch 👏
Some links:
Given the excellent launch of the new Notes feature for MB, with the companion Strata app for iOS (Android soon), I think it’s a good time to take a look at Vincent’s latest post about the ways to support his work.
Vincent asked:
I am still very much of the same opinion that replacing “insert popular social network here” with something more open which behaves and looks very similar… isn’t the way. Maybe just me. Thoughts?
To me, it seems a lot of problems arise for people when they’ve confused their personal issues with systemic social structures.
tbh a lot of the hand-wringing I’ve seen from people tends to not only be inaccurate but 99% of the time just basic projecting with approximately 0 effort applied to introspection from the individual.
And I mean for all social networks. From the moment I started using the web more than 20 years ago.
Could we do better as a group? Yes, of course — this is always true, and the point of existing if we’re being honest about it. However the web changed the entire definition of that idea (“as a group”) and we’re still in the earliest stages of that process; it honestly feels like a lot of the criticism or disillusionment is way too harsh for such an early stage.
(edit: the critique I have for “hand-wringing” I also apply to myself — I am never happy when I fall into this trap and work on removing it from my life as much as I can; our new home already helps)
Getting all sorts of important tasks complete with this cosy lofi mix providing the perfect ambience. 🎶
petition to clone @jean
I’ve come to realise the main drive of what I’m doing with @TIL — beyond the mission statement — and for which I need to begin full advocacy:
People. Not technicalities.
I’m going to relentlessly maintain that focus in the work, and the message.
(h/t @JohnPhilpin and his People First initiative)
When shared outside of Glass, your friends, family, or followers will see your photos laid out in the gorgeous Glass Grid with all the details.
— The Glass team, A Look at Series
That’s pretty damned good.
Firefox now supports creating and using passkeys stored in the iCloud Keychain on macOS.
Per the awesome new feature for MB, I am immediately using this for TIL. Will be included in the next Orchid update along with another recent addition to the platform.
I love it when an idea I am going to implement becomes much easier thanks to improvements made by Manton and co.
The brand new One Page feature for Micro.blog is pretty fucking sweet.
Added an OPML export option for who you’re following, under Posts → “…” → Export. Finally! This is slightly incomplete because Micro.blog attempts to exclude feeds that look semi-private. We’ll continue to improve this. There is also a fediverse CSV export under Account → View Fediverse Details.
🙌
I’ll soon be checking the different platforms for their export capabilities, as part of research for TIL. It’ll be interesting to see which platform, if any, has a comprehensive offering of this feature.
A new feature on Micro.blog inspired a discussion over what I think of as the ongoing friction caused by the dual nature of the platform as a paid blogging host, with free(ish) social network attached.
My reply got longer than I like to see in my own timeline so here we go…
The reason I would prefer to use a different label is that it helps me maintain a sense of place, to be aware of the context. To me:
(Edit: actually, this makes sense now that I’ve written it out. Conversation works because that’s where the link goes. My question now is: why is there a link to the timeline mixed in with my blog posts?
Maybe this would be easier to understand if Conversation.js was better equipped as a commenting system.)
This tripped me up because it appears to be an ongoing issue; I regularly see lots of people struggle with these ideas and there is no apparent proof of intent from the design side of things — what’s the idea, why was it done that way, will it change over time, how much does feedback matter in these decisions, etc —and I wonder if these choices add to the uncertainty and difficulty? I’m probably over-thinking it.
Need to make a note of Charlie Monroe’s upcoming video player so that I have some chance of remembering. I’m going to buy this thing without trying it; that’s how good I find Downie and Permute to be.
ICYMI: The Analogue Tools Meet-up is due to take place tomorrow. Follow Halsted’s instructions if you’re interested! 🖋️📝
One of my decisions about becoming a software developer was whether to put my effort into native Apple development or not. With the company’s latest childish outburst, I feel less inclined to do so.
Twenty-seven years later and “the Crazy Ones”, as a notion in this company is dead.
TIL that Punkt. have made a smart phone, which runs on an operating system called Apostrophy. According to CrackBerry the system is based on GrapheneOS, which is built using the part of Android that is independent from Google’s control of data.
It’s interesting. I still have my eye on the MP02.
The latest @effinbirds looked directly into my soul.
It’s great to more Micro.blog community groups starting up.
As well as the Analogue Tools Meet-up I think it would be fun to have;
Regarding the case for .bar, @leonp asks:
… but how do you get everyone using it?
For everyone: Keep talking about it.
For the people who like to move between hosts: Demand support of it.
For the people who find themselves in a position to elevate it: Take that opportunity when it arises.
Riffing on @numericcitizen’s recent post about Micro.blog taglines:
Micro.blog: Write. And share.
I just played CGP Grey’s One-in-a-Million Game. Super fun!
The pinned profiles feature of Gluon is so good that it should be part of the official Micro.blog platform ASAP. I want it on the Mac, web, phone… everywhere.
Also: provide a reminder to folks that they can put @news and @help in there. Include those in a bundle with Manton and Jean.