It’s interesting to see how angry some people get when others say “I don’t want a smartphone and don’t like what they’re doing to us.”
It’s interesting to see how angry some people get when others say “I don’t want a smartphone and don’t like what they’re doing to us.”
Journalling has immediately become a relief valve. I need to try longer form writing and maybe even longer term planning (yearly planners, etc).
Anything before January of 2020 feels like it’s literally from another world.
For the past four days I have marked the beginning and end of my day by writing in my journal. This is the first time I have ever done so.
Five days ago Patrick Rhone wrote about Journal Day, on The Cramped. I did not partake on that day, however I know I will next year. π
Work for @TIL 2.0 continues and I am looking forward to talking about it closer to the release date. This includes details about my delayed progress (hint: it’s been a summer).
Meanwhile, I have updated the Funding page with links, information, and improved language.
It’s good to see Matter announce their pricing plans. A subscription makes sense.
I’ve yet to decide whether I’ll pay (when I can afford to do so) but even with barely any use I have been impressed by the mere existence of a Firefox extension. That bodes well.
Grant Wahl died? Fuck…
Time to get the house sorted for festive decorations and the like…
A Micro.blog festive get-together… π€ Like Micro Camp but just the free-form chatty bits. Perhaps somebody already has this planned?
Internet Drama π₯±
I’m watching and listening to Terry Grier and Page Weber talk. Their conversation has me thinking about how much better I feel about what very online people call “The Old Way”.
Yes, I want my phone to be a phone.
Yes, I want my computer to be a computer.
That’s enough.
I’ve stopped using Maps apps. I started by gradually relying on them less and now I no longer feel concerned about not having instant access to them. Rather, I feel much more confident about asking for help, using signs, etc. Feels good.
I’ve come to realise the reason I have been ambivalent about the potential of a “timeline sync” feature on Micro.blog is that I have long lost any and all desire to allow a timeline to dictate how I spend my time. I do not need to completely read everything; this isn’t work.
Just discovered Nero’s Notes and now I’m really in trouble. Further down the rabbit hole I go… π
I see Getty have ruined Unsplash.
The no free lunch idea holds firm.
Failed to start my journalling this morning. Going to spend time with the journal this evening… typical that I’d start at the end of a day π
The word relief looks odd. I never think I’ve spelled it correctly.
Nice one, Tim π
I love the website for Sandwich.
Festive coffee and tea order made :)
Lost On You, by LP, might be my favourite song of the past year…
I’ve just started using the new Pinned Profiles feature in @gluon and it is another great example of why it is the best full Micro.blog app.
… or rebelled against the increasingly unattainable aesthetic standards and unsustainable lifestyles exhibited on social media.
Source: Oxford Word of the Year 2022
Perfect choice.
I now have my Instagram feed in my web reader, thanks to Instagram Atom, by Ryan Barrett. Much better.
(h/t @johnjohnston, whose opinion I share entirely)
Filled in the first page of my Theme System journal just now, preparing to start tomorrow morning.
It took me 3 years to do that, however I am now excited to test my theory that I should have been journalling all along… literally for the past 20+ years, let alone 3.