Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Today the first third-party Android app for Micro.blog is out in beta. This is a really big deal. Now to find where that old Android test phone is buried in my messy office.
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Trying out the Cappuccino feed reader. Looks like it has partial compatibility with JSON Feed too. (Works in some feeds, but not the Micro.blog timeline feed.)
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Testing again.
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Testing photo.
Monday, May 14, 2018
My Mondays have been a bit of a blur lately, trying to finish a bunch of things at once. Looking forward to queueing up the latest episode of Micro Monday.
Monday, May 14, 2018
Since the day I introduced Tweet Marker, people wondered if Twitter would add an official timeline sync API. They never did and clearly never will. It’s been about 7 years.
Monday, May 14, 2018
Thinking about Favstar shutting down. No doubt the first of several new casualties from Twitter’s latest rule changes. The end of the third-party Twitter era has a kind a “let the past die” feel to it.
Friday, May 11, 2018
Downtown today for a meeting and while I like getting out, there are so many little ways to get derailed and lose all productivity. It’s after lunch and just feel like I’m starting to get some stuff done. Now at Alta’s for coffee and work, overlooking the lake.
Friday, May 11, 2018
There’s an interview with me in the latest Club MacStories email newsletter. I talk a bit about the goals of Micro.blog and how people are using the platform. Also a link to Icro!
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Trying to get the costs down for WWDC and other trips this year, I’ve decided to document my estimated budget and final expenses. We’ll see how close I get.
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Just posted a new Core Intuition with a discussion about Google Duplex, App Store pricing, and Daniel’s rewrite of MarsEdit’s image handling code.
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Registered a brand new .app domain this week but not sure where to point it? Micro.blog-hosted blogs make nice product sites. 🙂 Easy setup, custom pages, and a microblog for app news.
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
One of the best things about not having an ad-supported business is it doesn’t bother us if you use an app like Icro instead of the official Micro.blog app. No need to control the timeline experience. Use whatever you like best.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Added a help page with a download link and HTML examples for using the Micro.blog logo (in SVG) for anyone who wants to link from their blog.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Doing some long-overdue maintenance on the Tweet Marker database, clearing out old sync data that is no longer needed. Fun to watch the Redis memory usage go down. (This will free up more room to scale Micro.blog on existing servers.)
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
On the latest episode of Timetable, I talk about the upcoming Icro app for Micro.blog and what to do while waiting for the App Store.
Monday, May 7, 2018
Reflecting on the 20-year anniversary of the iMac, I’m actually struck by how Mac sales haven’t increased as much as I thought they had. 4–5x, but in my head it seems like the Mac is 10x as popular.
Monday, May 7, 2018
App Store propagation delays of 24+ hours might even be worse when you’re waiting for someone else’s app to go live. Still really confused by these delays.
Monday, May 7, 2018
There’s a new Micro Monday up! Favorite line from this episode: how early blogging was like “a window into another part of the world”. (We’ve got 9 episodes now. Great way to see what the Micro.blog community is up to.)
Monday, May 7, 2018
Took some time this morning to update several of the help pages: how Micro.blog uses emoji, Mac release history, and iOS questions in the FAQ.
Friday, May 4, 2018
One month until WWDC, realized tonight that I had never booked my flights. Fixed now and lucked out with a good price.
Friday, May 4, 2018
Updated the Mac app for Micro.blog to 1.3.1, working around an issue with imported Instagram photo @-mentions. If you missed the big release, I have a blog post and video here with details.
Friday, May 4, 2018
On the latest episode of Core Int, @danielpunkass and I talk about my experience at Peers Conf, Apple frameworks, and more. Thanks for listening!
Friday, May 4, 2018
Congrats to @ccgus on the Retrobatch beta. Really powerful app for batch image processing.
Friday, May 4, 2018
For the 100th episode of Timetable, I record a podcast while a thunderstorm rolls through Austin. The new Mac app, photo blogging, and some thoughts on a year of Micro.blog.
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Micro.blog for Mac version 1.3 is now available. It features a brand new import feature for uploading an archive of Instagram photos to your blog. The best way to explain it is to show it. Here’s a video: You can download the latest version here or click “Check for Updates” in the Micro.blog for Mac app if you already have it installed. Let us know how it works for you and we’ll continue to make this better in future versions.
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Shipping a new Mac-only feature today. I know this is disappointing for Android and Windows users, but I think this year we’ll have a more complete cross-platform story. Thanks for your patience as we try to do a lot with a tiny team.
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
For anyone who downloaded their Instagram archive, how big was the .zip file? Mine was 30 MB, but I stopped posting last year and only had a few videos. Wondering if the average size is too big for anything except as a backup.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Great sketchnotes by @bsndesign from last week’s Peers Conference, including one for the talk I gave about microblogging.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Watching part of Zuckerberg’s F8 keynote. Facebook totally on the defensive. Fascinating.