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Cleanup. Then, done.
– Patrick Rhone, When Things Are Done
I’d like this on a t-shirt, please and thank you.
I will be so much happier if I can ever use my previously mentioned combination of Micro.blog apps but I’m also aware that most people really don’t have time for using multiple apps for the same social network.
Our new home is going to be an interesting test of my gradual movement away from the big social networks in recent years.
I’m fine with the idea of having accounts there again. The difference this time is that I know not to rely on them for anything in particular.
Another day, another conversation on Micro.blog in which I cannot even tell for whom the latest reply is meant. Between a character limit and proper threading I am convinced this would be easier and thus more attractive to use. Especially since replies are random on the timeline.
Apps I wish I could make myself:
- Micro.blog with filters.
- So that I can have a non-photo version to pair with Sunlit.
- Micro.blog for books.
Unfortunately I am not an app developer and Micro.blog doesn’t include an “App Making for Dummies” guide.
TIL how to read binary. Thanks @neatnik!
Because I have an actual computer I’ve found it easier to work on different parts of @TIL. I now have parts of the project I work on to feel better about the parts that are frustrating in a given moment.
This is one of those things I realise that further motivates me to work.
Definitely getting an iPad again. The best way to work on design with instant access.
I mean, I’m not going to stop using paper. I’m not a monster.
There are so many websites that are hostile to older computers. Shameful behaviour from us, the collective web community.
Do you know who uses older computers? People with less money. We are discriminating against poor people.
Want a cause to care about/fund? How about that.
I’m working on a general update post about TIL. Time to be open about the exact state it is in, what I can and can’t do with it, and the likely future.
Moving has helped me to see a things more clearly than before, and now is the time for me to make decisions based on reality.
The one thing that did work with ProtonMail was DNS records for custom domains and Buttondown newsletters… unfortunately FastMail is being more difficult about this.
This is now one of those issues that is too much to handle. Thank god email subscribing is coming to Micro.blog.
Issues like this are exactly why I appreciate Micro.blog so much. Manton has repeatedly spoken about the importance of maintaining export features. It comes down to this:
Freedom of movement of data = independence online.
It should be a priority for all service providers.
Only now that I’m changing my email host from ProtonMail that I can see how they’re… like, a bad company. The many ways in which they make it difficult to leave… and putting exporting behind a paywall? Dick move.
I am nowhere near being able to afford those super MBPs… buuuut there is an iMac going for £400 not far from here. I think I could save up for that in about a year. 👀
I’m quite happy with how v1.8 of the TIL site has ended up. Feels like the small improvements have added up over the past few updates, and the larger redesigned elements are always fun to reveal. This time around the footer got the big change:
