Should I start a blogroll?
Dave Winer: I'm thinking of restarting my blogroll. Remember those! I've been thinking about that too. I have a list already created of what blogs I would add to it. But I…
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Social Thoughts
Me, in 2011: I believe the blog format is ready for disruption. Perhaps there doesn’t need to be “the next” WordPress, Tumblr, or Blogger for this to happen. Maybe all we really…
Intro to Micro.blog
Noah Read: Micro.blog is a social timeline, similar to Twitter, where you can post short snippets of text with links and photos, and converse with others. The biggest difference from most other…
The drawbacks of scheduling posts
Scheduling posts to my blog has a few drawbacks but I think the most annoying one is that the topics I write about could be out-of-date pretty quickly or the topic could…
JSON Feed WordPress plugin
Manton Reece just released the JSON Feed WordPress plugin into the WordPress directory. Making it mad easy to install and support the new spec. WP Admin → Plugins → Add New, then…
JSON Feed
Manton Reece and Brent Simmons have created a new specification for creating feeds using JSON. They write: We — Manton Reece and Brent Simmons — have noticed that JSON has become the developers’ choice…
Supporting WebMentions
Jeremy Cherfas, in response to a recent post of mine: Not exactly sure what Colin Devroe means when he says he's "just going to publish her on my blog". I guess that…
Twan van Elk quits social media
Twan van Elk, in response to my recent post: This week I am deactivating several social media accounts and focusing more on my blogging. He followed through too. I loved this bit…
My old blog is back
You may have noticed a slight uptick in my publishing. That's because I am, once again, coming back to my blog as the central place that I publish. Except this time I…
Tim Bray on blogging in 2017
Tim Bray: On a blog, I can write about blogging and whimsically toss in self-indulgent pictures of May’s budding azaleas. OK, Tim. I see your azaleas and raise you these springtails. Tim's…
No-pressure blogging
Manton Reece: I love that blogs can scale from the trivial to the important. The microblog post about what you had for breakfast. The half-baked rant about something you’re passionate about. And…
Scranton’s first Homebrew Website Club
Next Wednesday I'll be hosting the first Scranton-based Homebrew Website Club at Condron Media's headquarters on Penn Avenue. There are other locations HWC will be happening on that day too. If you have…
How I create my weekly link posts
With my What I saw this week series of posts hitting #29 this week I thought I'd take a second to share how these posts do on my site, how I create…
App.net shutting down
Dalton Caldwell: We envisioned a pool of differentiated, fast-growing third-party applications would sustain the numbers needed to make the business work. Our initial developer adoption exceeded expectations, but that initial excitement didn’t ultimately translate into a big…
A visual history of Waking Ideas
Danny shows off a visual history of his personal site. As we change, so too our personal web sites.
Fix the internet
Vicky Boykis: We are a LONG, long ways away from the destruction of the internet as a giant billboard. It takes time to turn a huge skyscraper into an gutted shell of…
Stop worrying, hit publish
Jen Simmons, on her blog: So I have nothing much to say in this post. Or more honestly, I have so freaking much to say, I don't know where to start. So…
NEPA BlogCon 2016
I often wonder what it would be like to be a first-time attendee at a conference like NEPA BlogCon. Even with the speakers attempting to keep things easy-to-understand I'm sure the flood…
E9: Follow up, Blog comments, and personal blogging
Danny and I enjoyed listening to ourselves talk so much that we did it again this week. Our conversation is mainly about blog comments and personal blogging. Riveting stuff. Listen to all…
E8: Tesla, Twitter, Blogging
Extra special, and most likely reoccurring, guest Danny Nicolas (@djloche) and I have a conversation about Tesla, Twitter, Blogging and a bunch of other things. https://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e8.mp3 Download MP3
Eleven and six and twenty
Thanks to Jeremy for remarking how he forgot his blog's 15th anniversary (congrats Jeremy!) it reminded me to check and, well, I missed my blog's anniversary by nearly the same number of days as…
A few updates to my site
Late last week and over the weekend I've made a few subtle updates to my site. I saw that this weekend was Indie Web Camp in Brighton and while I can't travel a…
Remy’s decade of blogging
Remy Sharp recently celebrated 10 years of blogging. What is he most happy with? More importantly, every single URL on my blog that's ever been published still works, and even better than…
Three microphones
I began posting to my own site in earnest on March 6th of this year. I wrote: So, starting tonight that is what I’m going to try again to do with a…
I agree with Seth, read more blogs
Seth Godin, on his blog: Other than writing a daily blog (a practice that's free, and priceless), reading more blogs is one of the best ways to become smarter, more effective and…
Stop tracking referral spam with Google Analytics
Nice tip from Scott Buscemi on the Luminary Web Strategies blog: Have you ever logged into Google Analytics and noticed a huge, unexpected spike in traffic to your site? Maybe your last…
Everyone should write (or, blog?)
Deanna Mascle wrote on her blog on why all teachers should write. In it she says this about why students should write in every class every day: Reflective writing at the beginning…
Owning my words and photos and audio bits
Jeremy Keith wrote on his blog about owning his words, or, being willing to publish his words (snarky or otherwise) on his own site under his own name. I recommend you read…
Your blog doesn’t need to make money
Sarah Pressler, on her blog: But the thing is you can just write for the sake of sharing your thoughts with the world at large. Or mostly, just for the sake of…
Fits and starts and homesteading
I annoy myself. I want to post content to my own personal site and not through closed social networks — because I want to keep control of everything I create forever. But…