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It’s a way to curate a list of favorite sites to link to from your blog.
— Manton, Recommendations and blogrolls on Micro.blog
One of my favourite parts of this feature is that the recommendations lists are available on a web page. Expected yet still great implementation which favours the web.
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:
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.
Reminders has been dog-shit for me lately, so: Reminders -> Due for my non-shared tasks. Instantly better.
Terrible performance from Reminders might be because I’m using a less-powerful device, however if the tiny indie who makes Due can get it right then what are the excuses people have for Apple.
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.
A new feature for Fastmail:
Manage your incoming mail by email address. Set up your address to file or label, forward a copy, or delete mail.
Enhancements without the off-topic nonsense 👍
They don’t gotta burn the books, they just remove ‘em
— Rage Against the Machine, Bulls on Parade
Almost thirty years ago.
-> GP appointment for treatment cancelled before Christmas
-> Pain and difficulties worsen
-> Leave for re-scheduled appointment
-> Bus just doesn’t appear at all
-> GP surgery phone queue is “full”
-> Now have to re-schedule again
-> The pain and difficulties continue again
… in “Great” Britain.
I’m also super thankful that we didn’t grow by some scary massive number. Hooray for more slowly-paced, sustainable growth!
— Adam Neatnik, 2023 omg.lol Recap
One of the many ways Adam and Manton are quite similar, all within the context of a thing I believe is important:
It is very easy to say “things should be better”, however what truly matters is when you have this opinion and then do the work.
Adam and Manton are more than willing to put their money where their mouth is, at a time when it is so easy to simply mouth off.
Hire more writers.
Adam Newbold in day 2 of 25 Days of omg.lol:
But, it turns out, there is a special beauty in the process itself.
Not only is it reassuring to see him taking this approach for omg.lol itself, it is great to see advocacy for care in development. You don’t need to break things to move fast.
Well, how about being really appalling when he was fifty.
When discussing David Cameron on Have I Got News For You eight years ago, Ian Hislop spoke to a long-running and crucial flaw in our society; our inability to focus on what really matters.
The idea that people will pay to support a free product is very nice, but largely unrealistic. Most simply won’t.
— Ben Werdmuller, There’s no money in free software
An observation I wish I could tell my younger self.
I have a text file open in iA Writer, “Digital planning”. In it is a list of various random thoughts for outlining my collection of digital assets, resources, and so on. At the top I left myself a note:
TRANSFER THIS TO NOTEBOOK — NO MORE PERSONAL NOTES BEGIN DIGITALLY
This idea is compelling still, despite months of inactivity regarding the task. I believe the space between the physical notebook and the subject of the work, the digital objects, will provide the necessary separation for making good decisions towards the goal of maintaining focus and clarity of thought on a regular basis.