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 😎

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.

Couple updates:

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

Ta-ra!

A quick update to say that I’m putting Today I Learned on hiatus as of this post. The aforementioned unfinished work will either be published when I return with the project, or will end up in the “what-if” pile.

I’m both excited about what’s to come but also nervous for @TIL. Unfortunately at some point voluntarily-run projects just get out-run by the real world. Oh well, I guess…

Hopefully I’ll be back before I expect but if not, thanks again everybody. It’s been wonderful to see that there are parts of the internet where some people are willing to support some of those lofty ideals from The Before Times.

Perhaps we’ll meet again. :)

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.

Quick update for @TIL:

Per this announcement, all posts, updates, newsletter issues, and anything else are on hold until the 8th.

Between the weather and an appointment on Friday, this is a good week for a break. I look forward to resuming the gradual reactivation on Tuesday!

Quick reminder regarding @TIL:

  • Today I Learned is back! 🎉
  • Regular post types are returning gradually. 🧑‍💻
  • Pages are being updated on a regular basis. 💪
  • The newsletter is up and running. 😎

… and everyday I am happily working on more. 👀

I was hoping that my next post on @til would be exactly this: Today I Learned will soon return to full activity.

Feels good to be in a much better place, overall, so that I can get back to this part of my life. 💪

Computer Tolerances

I have been without a PC for a number or days now, having actively removed PC activity from my daily routines weeks ago. Essentially, my phone and my watch are my only computers.

As a result, I have learned that I never had a tolerance for lengthy reading on a small screen in the first place let alone having not developed such a thing ever since owning my first smartphone.

This is the first time in over a decade that I have not used a PC on a daily basis, and whilst I yearn for a tool with which to work on @til the fact remains that this process has cleared my mind of an unhealthy reliance on the web as my only source for information and, well, just about everything else.

I am looking forward to the continued rediscovering of the good habits from my pre-online life and developing a much better balance of my time and energy in the future, should I ever own a PC again.

(Note: either way, iOS remains an unreliable tool for lengthy writing and I doubt that will ever change for me, for a whole host of reasons)

Today is a very good day to be listening to Zoë Keating, whose music is always a welcome campanion whether I’m working on some physical chores, admin tasks, or @til. 🎶

Quick update for @til:

  • Have mostly caught up with the Update posts. They’re now back on a good schedule.
  • History page is fully updated.
  • Will soon post the back-dated editions of The Macro Report.
  • Other regular post types will soon return.
  • Working on something new!

I just wrote the @til Update post for the teacher-specific hosting subscription and it felt pretty damn good. Even better: updating the History page for it.

I wonder if, here on Micro.blog, there are people who would like to share their Spotify playlists? 🤔

I could make a @til account, save the playlists, and then link to that page as a directory of sorts. Then, maybe the page could be shared on TIL, Micro.blog, Twitter, etc. 🎶

Today I am grateful for the powers of recovery to which I owe my body more thanks than I can possibly give. Sometimes a short rest and some healthy food is all you need.

I’m looking forward to making big steps with @til and major house-tidying chores.

Today feels like a good day for @til to return. 😎

Working on @til makes me happy. Missed my own deadline (for returning to full activity) but still excited about the various things I’m lining up for imminent release.

This always makes me feel better. So very grateful to have found Micro.blog and everybody therein. 😊

I’ve stopped manually creating excerpts of my personal posts for Micro.blog. It’s too much hassle.

I’ll continue to do it for @til, however.