It’s that magical time of year: the leaves have fallen from the trees, you realize how many companies have your email address, you...

It’s that magical time of year: the leaves have fallen from the trees, you realize how many companies have your email address, you spend all day tapping Unsubscribe links. 😌🍂

🎵 Hozier’s Work Song is both a sweet, slow love chant and also a terrifying premonition of undeath—it’s all there in the...

🎵 Hozier’s Work Song is both a sweet, slow love chant and also a terrifying premonition of undeath—it’s all there in the chorus. 🧟

Hey, IndieWeb. It’s been a minute. As they say.

Hey, IndieWeb. It’s been a minute.

As they say.

When you pull out your phone like that, like a reflex What is it you’re hoping to see?

When you pull out your phone like that, like a reflex

What is it you’re hoping to see?

Man, I never really got into Nick Cave, but I love The Red Hand Files.

Man, I never really got into Nick Cave, but I love The Red Hand Files.

The trick to eating an ice cream cone is, you’ve gotta be a little undignified.

The trick to eating an ice cream cone is, you’ve gotta be a little undignified.

I just heard the climax of Jurassic Park described as “Teus Rex Machina” and I’m so happy right now.

I just heard the climax of Jurassic Park described as “Teus Rex Machina” and I’m so happy right now.

Weird coincidences on the timeline. 👀🤔😁 @antonyjohnston@mastodon.social @cheribaker@writing.exchange

Weird coincidences on the timeline. 👀🤔😁 @antonyjohnston@mastodon.social @cheribaker@writing.exchange

When I play with blogging software, and find myself pondering taxonomies (tags and categories) real hard… I can’t help...

When I play with blogging software, and find myself pondering taxonomies (tags and categories) real hard…

I can’t help wondering if I’m misdirecting my energy to categorizing the work instead of making the work. 🧠

Sometimes, when you’re walking home from a grocery run in the last of the daylight, you’ve just got to put on Lana del...

Sometimes, when you’re walking home from a grocery run in the last of the daylight, you’ve just got to put on Lana del Rey’s Born To Die (The Paradise Edition) album and imagine your life is a grim, glamorous soap opera. 🖤🎶

Hat tip to @patrickrhone and whomever else I saw mention Highlighted the other day — this is a very cool app for taking digital notes on...

Hat tip to @patrickrhone and whomever else I saw mention Highlighted the other day — this is a very cool app for taking digital notes on physical books, it’s made an indie dev, and I can definitely see cool ways to fit this into my workflow.

Thanks, fellow book nerds! ❤️🛠️🤓📚

“Yeah, it’s efficient, but where are the unhinged Hunter S. Thompsons of the world?” is a good question for creators to keep in mind....

“Yeah, it’s efficient, but where are the unhinged Hunter S. Thompsons of the world?”

is a good question for creators to keep in mind. 🔖💬

By David Perell

Bless this URL shortener. 😂❤️ spacekaren.sucks

Bless this URL shortener. 😂❤️ spacekaren.sucks

Life still counts if you don’t record it

When I see posts about how folks have been blogging for 20 years, or have a decade’s worth of hard copy journals lined up on a shelf–

One thing I always need to remind myself is, your life still counted even if you didn’t record it.

That’s not to detract from others’ achievements, or the value they get from blogging or journaling. It’s to assuage my own guilt and envy that I haven’t produced such artifacts of my own existence.

On the small scale, this is one reason I got rid of my Apple Watch: because I didn’t like the itchy feeling that even my exercise, the very steps I take, don’t “count”, aren’t real in some way, unless they’re recorded somewhere.

That isn’t true. Recorded life is great… but it still happened to you, regardless.

Another thing for which Micro.blog is giving me a renewed appreciation: my Keyboard Maestro shortcut for quickly turning a site’s...

Another thing for which Micro.blog is giving me a renewed appreciation: my Keyboard Maestro shortcut for quickly turning a site’s title and URL into a Markdown link! ⌨️🤓

My favourite thing about ooh.directory thus far is it cheerfully categorizes blogs like the essential kottke.org - home of fine hypertext...

My favourite thing about ooh.directory thus far is it cheerfully categorizes blogs like the essential kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products as “Uncategorizable”. ❤️

Using Micro.blog more makes me realize that ww.danj.ca is badly in need of an update. 😅

Using Micro.blog more makes me realize that ww.danj.ca is badly in need of an update. 😅

Mmmm, I forgot Micro.blog has Quotebacks built in. Delicious! 😋

Mmmm, I forgot Micro.blog has Quotebacks built in. Delicious! 😋

Here’s @numericcitizen with a good point about exit plans — not just for twit but for anything we use. Exit Plans are Important —...

Here’s @numericcitizen with a good point about exit plans — not just for twit but for anything we use.

Exit Plans are Important — Learning the Hard Way With Twitter numericcitizen.micro.blog

Ok, doing this: I set up @danj@feed.danj.ca as my Mastodon proxy name, and now I can follow peeps on Mastodon from Micro.blog! Next...

Ok, doing this: I set up @danj@feed.danj.ca as my Mastodon proxy name, and now I can follow peeps on Mastodon from Micro.blog!

Next question: If I put that “proxy” name in my twitter bio, will those Mastodon friend-finders locate me? 🤔

Respect for a recipe site that has a button up top letting me jump down to the recipe, because they need the 8,750 word story about...

Respect for a recipe site that has a button up top letting me jump down to the recipe, because they need the 8,750 word story about cauliflower soup for SEO, but understand that I just want to know how many tablespoons of cumin go in. 😏👨🏼‍🍳🍲

This seems like as good a time as any to get back into micro.blog…

This seems like as good a time as any to get back into micro.blog…

📚 Can’t put down The Fionavar Tapestry—I’m almost done. Had never read Guy Gavriel Kay before; he’s great. And Canadian! 🇨🇦...

📚 Can’t put down The Fionavar Tapestry—I’m almost done. Had never read Guy Gavriel Kay before; he’s great. And Canadian! 🇨🇦

Noticed how negative many of my recent posts on here are. I’d like to turn that around. I mean, this ain’t twitter, after all.

Noticed how negative many of my recent posts on here are. I’d like to turn that around.

I mean, this ain’t twitter, after all.

After not reading it in months, it was a happy coincidence to be reminded of Daring Fireball’s existence today. I can’t really...

After not reading it in months, it was a happy coincidence to be reminded of Daring Fireball’s existence today.

I can’t really stand the sheer quantity of depressing shit in the world, but at least this particular bit of depressing shit has a nice upside. ✌🏼

Fix It in Post

The real art happens in the edit.

Pressure

‘Cause it’s in him and it’s got to come out.

Faces

No one’s gonna make you make the choices they made, except you.

(Trigger warning: brief mention of suicide.)

But What Could I Possibly Say?

Don’t overthink it.

Telepathy

I’m bored.

Pandemic at the Disco

Dealing with it.