Simon Willison: Use AI as an accelerant
Simon Willison, from a clip I created of an episode of Around the Prompt: I love AI as an accelerant of personal productivity improvement. I plan on writing an update to my…
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One year at NerdPress
I look back at my first year at NerdPress, what we've accomplished so far, and that I'm very excited for what's next.
Diversions #7: Additional progress
A summary of some travel, the addition, the new laptop, and ActivityPub trials.
I’ll read it too
Manuel Moreale helps remove a new blogger's fear of having no readers by committing to be the first. Count me in too.
Re: Bluesky
We now live in a time where many smaller social networks exist, some of them will likely exist for decades to come, and most of them may never reach hundreds of millions…
Please publish more (on your website)
Jeff Triplett urges us to publish more from our own domains. I agree. But it isn't easy.
Using static websites as personal archives
Over coffee this morning, browsing my unreads in NetNewsWire, I stumbled on Simon Willison's mention of Alex Chan's "Using static websites as tiny archives" post. And then I saw Jeremy Keith also…
Arun Venkatesan on their blogging philosophy
Independence, Creativity, Connection.
Three key takeaways from FinCon 2024
A few NerdPress team members sponsored/exhibited at FinCon 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia this past week and I thought I'd distill the numerous conversations I had with attendees, speakers, and sponsors into three…
Thoughts on Automattic vs. WP Engine
In this post, I’m sharing my personal thoughts on the Automattic vs. WP Engine trademark dispute. These views are my own and may not reflect those of my employer or anyone else…
“You should go to conferences” – Sophie Koonin
Sophie Koonin recommends attending conferences for personal and professional growth. I agree.
Diversions #6: The Grapes of September
In Diversions #6 I write about making grape jelly, canning projects, a trip to Virginia, and share some links.
My next computing setup
The idea of trying to paint the full picture of my computing needs exhausts me for some unknown reason. Even this short post has been a chore. But I thought it important…
Diversions #5: Kayaking Psychonauts
Kayaking in July 2024 Few experiences have the serenity of kayaking on a lake. Especially in the evening at sunset. If you haven't kayaked, I highly recommend it. For years I kayaked…
Tracy Durnell on weeknotes
Tracy Durnell, who is very good at weekenotes: I don’t track anything that could make me feel actually bad about myself. I might be a little embarrassed if I don’t write as…
My appearance on The Food Blogger Pro Podcast Episode 437
As I mentioned last week on Mastodon, I was invited, along with NerdPress CEO Andrew Wilder, on The Food Blogger Pro Podcast. Me, Bjork Ostrom, and Andrew Wilder Here is the episode:…
Diversions #4: Tree branches and LLMs
Diversions is the central hub for news about the membership, behind-the-scenes details of my personal projects, as well as a wide variety of links to people, places, and things that inspire me….
Craig Mod on shooting film
Craig Mod in Ridgeline Transmission 189 Tōkaidō on Film — People: One of my many todos post-walk has been to dig through the film I shot while walking the Tōkaidō in May….
Hiding container elements based on the state of the Modified Date block in WordPress using CSS
On my single post template I like to show the date the post was most recently modified to make it clear that it had been edited since it was first published. I…
Manuel Moreale on “The Browser Company”
Manuel Moreale: It’s called The Browser Company but what they make is a wrapper around the Chromium web browser. So the browser company is making everything but the actual browser. Can you…
Diversions #3: Gardening, Remodeling a camper, Designing an addition
Diversions is the central hub for news about the membership, behind-the-scenes details of my personal projects, as well as a wide variety of links to people, places, and things that inspire me….
Yes, Safari on iPad should be the real Safari
M.G. Siegler, writing on his newish blog Spyglass: the Safari browser on iPad has always behaved more like the Safari browser on iOS versus the version built for Macs. Just yesterday I…
Molly White on building the web we want
Molly White: Nothing about the web has changed that prevents us from going back. If anything, it's become a lot easier. We can return. Better, yet: we can restore the things we…
A conversation with Keith Taylor – Photographer and Printmaker
Keith Taylor is a photographer and printmaker with over 40 years of experience in the darkroom. His personal work includes multiple darkroom mediums including gelatin silver, platinum palladium, and his passion polymer…
Diversions #2: From Chicago to Assateague
Diversions is the central hub for news about the membership, behind-the-scenes details of my personal projects, as well as a wide variety of links to people, places, and things that inspire me. Below…
Favorite Toots now available on the WordPress plugin directory
Back in early February I submitted the Favorite Toots WordPress plugin I had been toying with on my own website to the WordPress plugin directory. Starting today, it is available publicly there…
An interview with Manton Reece for 2024
I interviewed Manton Reece about his journey with Micro.blog in 2018 and again in 2019. They've been fun to look back on as the service matures, grows, and changes. I'm a big…
Quoting Elliot Jay Stocks on how writing a newsletter feels different
Elliot Jay Stocks: When I first decided to start a newsletter, I’d assumed it’d be just like publishing a blog, but with a different delivery method — but I was completely wrong….
Switcheroo – An open source Little Arc for Safari
This post details a macOS app that recreates features from Little Arc in Safari. The post and source code were available for members only until April 3rd, 2024 and are now public….
Voice Memos #1: Reframing our thinking about follows, views, likes, etc.
In this voice memo I chat a little bit about how I've tried to think about my follow count, my blog's statistics, likes, and other metrics. As the internet begins to divide…