Box of beautiful USPS stamps have arrived here for getting the Kickstarter stickers sent out. Ordered 9 different sets to add some variety, and some sheets like National Parks have 16 different stamps. They look great.
→ 2018/01/06 4:58 pm
Busy week. Finally got this week’s episode of Core Intuition out earlier today, with a discussion on the CPU security bug (before much was known), new people discovering Micro.blog, and more.
→ 2018/01/05 10:50 pm Fixed a handful of issues in the Micro.blog for Mac app. Choose “Check for Updates” to get version 1.1.1 or download it here.
→ 2018/01/04 3:55 pmDon’t worry about numbers
Rather than New Year’s resolutions, Aleen Simms has a list of liberations for 2018: things to let go of and not worry about. In particular I like this one about not looking at numbers:
Twitter followers, podcast download stats, blog post views, the scale, whatever. Life isn’t a video game. Happiness doesn’t have a numerical value attached to it.
It mirrors a philosophy we have with Micro.blog to launch without follower counts or public likes. Follower counts are not very useful for a new platform. They add anxiety and unavoidably lead to value judgements when considering whether to follow someone, instead of letting the quality of someone’s writing and photos speak for itself.
Andy Flisher posted to his microblog about how Facebook takes the opposite approach, encouraging the numbers game:
Facebook has genuinely ‘encouraged’ me to get more likes for my birthday than I did last year! 🤯 No wonder the youngsters are growing up so needy for likes and follows, not healthy 🙁
A social network doesn’t have to be like this. Micro.blog is a way to post to a web site that you control, and a place to discover and talk with other members of the community. Micro.blog is not a popularity contest.
One year ago today I launched the Kickstarter campaign for Indie Microblogging. I’ll write more about that soon, but wanted to at least mark the date. Great to see all the people committing to blogging and putting photos on their own site for the new year.
→ 2018/01/02 5:28 pm Hello 2018! Cold 24°F morning in Austin. Got some writing done on the book. A new year is a great time to reflect on what our focus should be… Lots of goals for this year.
→ 2018/01/01 10:52 am You may remember I posted about Sunlit 2.0 earlier this year. It’s taking a little longer than we hoped, but @cheesemaker and I are nearly done. Ships early 2018.
→ 2017/12/31 6:30 pm Love how much Evergreen has been improving lately. This latest post from Brent has a screenshot of multi-author feeds, like a microblog timeline.
→ 2017/12/31 2:19 pm More research today on postage, envelopes, and related supplies for sending stickers. Think I’ll go with real stamps. Just more fun to pick out a nice set.
→ 2017/12/30 10:13 pm Micro.blog for iOS version 1.3.1 is now in the App Store. Fixes sharing photos from other apps and a few other changes.
→ 2017/12/29 9:32 pm 
Added a “Posts” link to the navbar for Micro.blog-hosted sites to help unify some of the editing features. Much easier to click around in the web UI now.
→ 2017/12/29 2:12 pm Still a lot of season to go, but I like the way the western conference is shaping up. Expect the Spurs to retake the #2 spot in January. 🏀
→ 2017/12/29 9:08 am I’m happy with Apple’s new letter about battery life and performance. $29 to replace an old battery is a bargain.
→ 2017/12/28 5:16 pm I like Avenir, but I’ve never been very consistent about using the original font or Avenir Next. Experimenting with Avenir Next on iOS, but on the desktop I’m not sure… Seems too wide? Maybe just need to get used to it.
→ 2017/12/28 10:44 am I’ve been doing a lot of writing on the iPhone X. Decided to sell a couple of our older phones, including the SE. Still love that little phone, but as expected, can’t go back.
→ 2017/12/28 9:25 am Finally updated to the Ulysses subscription. Nice to have the latest version with notch-aware full-screen layout on the iPhone X.
→ 2017/12/27 8:33 pm 
Updated post editing and deleting in Micro.blog to work more consistently. New help page here describes it. Also improved a few of the built-in themes with better title support.
→ 2017/12/26 5:35 pm Good basketball yesterday. Spurs got Christmas off this year, play tonight, and seem to have a pretty favorable schedule the next few weeks. 🏀
→ 2017/12/26 1:14 pm