Ended yesterday in Pixelmator; started today in Pixelmator. Work on @TIL continues…
Ended yesterday in Pixelmator; started today in Pixelmator. Work on @TIL continues…
It feels good to be back:
It has been both a lot of fun and a relief to work on TIL again. The feeling I get from connecting to more of the open web, at the cost of the closed web, is… comfort, I think?
Tomorrow, belatedly, a new post on @TIL… 😮💨
For those who are concerned about Micro.blog’s involvement with Meta, you can now post any questions and concerns on the Help forum since the team is looking for greater, public contributions to features that impact community.
The “Personal Journals” sub-category in Apple Podcasts has been made more prominent by Apple, which is a nice accidental update for Micro.blog; this sub-category is the default choice for Micro.blog podcasts.
So. We’re in Cornwall.
It is amazing; even though we’ve only been here together on two occasions, both within the past fourteen months, there is no doubt that Claire and I want little more than to settle in this particular place. The West Country is, truly, exactly where we belong.
And it’s weird, partly because one of the reasons we’re here is so that Claire can attend part one of an interview — we’re both nervous and I have full faith that she will give them no reason other than to offer her the position — and because it is the first time we have ever deliberately taken time out for a break. This is our first holiday together. It’s a short break but when you have not taken one in almost twenty years it feels so very long in the very best way imaginable.
Now, given time away, it has provided me with the chance to prioritise a number of thoughts, ideas, and possibilities that I have been holding back… or rather, I have provided myself with that chance. Isn’t it weird how easy it is to forget that the time we spend is often of our own making?
On top of the many updates due for @TIL, and the shared stories with Claire, I now realise I need to more seriously create space for my long-form blogging. It’s likely that I’ll publish the many thoughts and ideas freed to roam by the break, in an effort to “work-in-public” as I have in the past; a glance at my archives proves that I was once much more open and I can’t deny that many parts of daily life were much better during those times, specifically as relates to my wellbeing and consequent effect on everything around me.
… now that was a ridiculously long sentence.
I’m not sure if future posts will be much like this. I intend to be concise when discussing my ideas and thoughts, although maybe that has also changed recently during my long-form drought? I don’t know…
Adjusted for inflation, the original Mac cost $7000. I think Ben Thompson is correct insofar as the Vision line of products is intended to largely replace the Mac, eventually.
HEIC support in Safari is an interesting development.
Sad but unsurprising to see that Instagram came down hard on Ryan Barrett’s Atom app.
It’s past time that I stop giving these silos any thoughts at all with regard to improvements via the open ethos of the web.
Listening to 3005, by Childish Gambino 🎶
Given the latest of desperate scrambles from a “free” platform, I guess the question now is WhyC.
Yesterday I learned about Sydney Smith, due to use of the following quote:
It is the greatest of all mistakes, to do nothing because you can only do little…
Now I want to read whatever remains of his work.
I thought the Discourse chat worked very well for Micro Camp.
I wonder if anybody else thinks they would be a good space for further off-timeline chat?
If I remember correctly I think @pratik floated the idea of it being an (un)official Micro.blog messaging service, which is interesting.
Most of us use language like an awkward and crude tool to gesture vaguely at the inexpressible within.
— Jeremy, Towards Better Postcards
Had a fun, short chat with @jean, @jsonbecker, and @check during Jean’s first “office hours”. One of the things we talked about was feature requests and community involvement, and as a result I’m going to share a couple of links to my blog:
A new Rothfuss novella being announced for later this year is phenomenal news. :D
Enjoying the photography chat at @camp. Interesting discussion about how much we “take photos” or we “create photos”, what we do and don’t carry with us, and more!
Micro Camp time!
TIL a brilliant new word.
Since the accessibility-focused update to Discover has now been made, there is no better time for folks using iOS to try out Mimi Uploader by Sam Grover.
@samgrover is constantly improving the app and I can think of no greater endorsement than the fact that our very own @maique relies on it. 📷
Photos are a different story. A single photo with no text can convey a lot that others might appreciate… if they can see the photo.
— Jean MacDonald, ALT descriptions and Micro.blog’s Discover timeline
A very good first step for assertive improvements to accessibility on Micro.blog.