iA Writer -> Library -> “til” folder -> New Folder -> “design”

I’ve been thinking of ways to use Micro.blog’s granular URL structure for pages for quite some time.

Today I’m finally able to publish the result: New structure for the Links directory via @TIL 😎

Home Screen: August, 2021

Deleting apps from my phone and it feels so so good. 10/10 would recommend

Looking at @pratik’s photos as they go by and super jealous not only of the magnificent shots but also the offline break. 🙌

Pinch-to-zoom should be universally available on the iPad, in every single app, no matter what part of the app you are in.

Yesterday was a good day for @TIL:

• A new page.
• Big update to an existing page.
• This week’s Tip.
• The fifth issue of ICYMI.
• More Updates posted than ever, which continues today.

If you subscribe to the newsletter you’ll immediately receive that new issue of ICYMI, with more info!

And there it goes! This week’s issue of ICYMI has been sent to subscribers.

It covers the past week’s worth of activity on @TIL, with extra detail and greater context, and a little look at the week ahead. 👀

Subscribe now and you’ll immediately receive the latest issue.

I’m writing the new issue of ICYMI at the moment. Today was a little hectic, so you can catch up via the newsletter on the Subscribe page. You’ll immediately receive last week’s issue!

I wish I was doing more for Micro Camp. Even so @TIL is continuing with… renewed energy. 👀

Ok. Posts done for the day on @TIL. Time to go for a walk.

I’ve put the link to the Unofficial Micro.blog Discord back up into my blog’s menu.

If you’re making something for Micro Camp and would like a channel for talking to other folks involved, just let me know!

(@-reply on Micro.blog or email: simon@today-i-learned.net)

Reminder that your average popular tech podcaster is likely to dismiss ideas such as Micro.blog because they are mostly interested in using the social web as a tool to make money.

Some of them will be honest about this.

During my recent break I watched Laputa: Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki’s Delivery Service.

Ghibli is a dream factory.

The first iPhone without a Home button was discontinued 3 years ago.

One way to fix Safari is to stop making phablets.

Now back to Google Maps for the next couple of years. 🙃

Couple updates:

• My dramatically announced hiatus is over. Instead, I’ll be a little quiet especially during the actual moving part of the move.
• In answer to my own question, yes I am going to continue with @TIL.

… turns out things aren’t as overwhelming as I had thought. 🤦‍♂️

This hiatus is turning into a break that is less about doing less and more about deciding on exactly what to do.

It might be a part-hiatus. 🤔

The older I get, the more I prefer tennis over football. Although the video technology in both sports really has been for the worse.

What’s a good alternative to Discord and Slack?

Let’s talk about the alternatives and bring something good into focus, rather than dwell on useless negativity.

Greg’s latest post about logging off has further inspired some recent throughts of my own. I have recently strayed from my efforts to take a better hold of my time from earlier this year. Time to get back on it.

I’ve just found Practical Typography by Matthew Butterick and, uh, wow.

The past week has been… a lot (in a good way!). Unfortunately that meant @TIL took a hit to regular posting but I’m back on it now.

People who are 15 years younger than me are starting, from my POV, to look 25 years younger than me. What the fuck.

That “violence” chart on CNN is amazing.