@pratik What is your current cross post strategy? Are you maintaining separate accounts everywhere? I currently just use the Micro.blog Mastodon account thing.
@pratik It’s definitely an improvement with the open in thing. And yes, lots of room for more. If they continue to develop, I can see them both being useful.
@DaveyCraney This definitely eases the pain point. It’s not perfect but at least better.
For those of you that cross post to different services (Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, etc)…do replies on those services appear on your site?
My initial thoughts on these new aggregator apps like Reeder and Tapestry are:
- It’s nice to have so many sources in one place.
- But all of them have limits, meaning you’ll need other* apps anyway.
*If you ever plan on replying, creating new posts, or using native features other than merely reading.
Reeder (new) vs Tapestry (beta). Hmm.
@pratik If you send me a sketch (can be really rough) of what you’re thinking, I’ll let you know what I would’ve quoted when I did freelance as a reference for you.
@gregmoore Hmm makes sense. What other things have you made?
@gregmoore That’s really cool. I wish there was a brick and mortar place I could go around here. Maybe there’s something I don’t know about.
@gregmoore I don’t even know where to begin with that. Qualities and thickness and threads and stitching and all that. Got any photos of what you’ve done?
@gregmoore @otaviocc I have the sheath in the photo. I’ve also ordered a custom sheath with card slots and the Bellroy one to try. I’ve ordered and returned the Field Notes branded (not Bellroy one). And I’m considering one of these. Gotta find the perfect one!
@alexandra I have the M-301 (pencil) with me at my desk right now. I used the F-301 all through college. Another good option in my opinion is the F-701. I carried it for a while because it is a little more robust (without being bigger). It's the best budget all metal pen I've ever used for sure.
@otaviocc I have that cover bookmarked and I keep going back to look at it. Same for the Tactile Turn pen. I have questions! How's it holding up? Is it beg enough to keep the pen inside when closed? Fit in a back jeans pocket? Any other stuff I should know?
@alexandra Working on a pen upgrade. The Signo DX has the best refill in my opinion. I have some machined pens en route that will work with it.
I’ve been carrying a Field Notes with me every where I go. I’ve really enjoyed returning to an analog style of Notes/To-Do Lists. I also got a Stuff Sheath that fits in my back pocket (it came with a limited edition Field Notes). My favorite notebook from them is the Pitch Black Dot Grid version.
Anyone have any machined pens (Tactile Turn, Saga, Machine Era, etc) that you no longer use and would like to sell/trade?
My wife and I are entering the AirBnb market. If anyone else owns/operates one (or similar), do you have any tips?
@skoobz @ronnie There is no comparison I can find other than this blurb. And it’s misleading. The mini version DOES include map layers, sources, and notifications. It just has a few minor limits to them.
The only way to get it that I’ve found is to have an existing subscription (the free trial will work), then go to subscriptions management in iOS settings (not in the Carrot app). From there you can manage the subscription and change to the Mini plan.
Carrot Weather’s unadvertised Premium Mini plan hits the sweet spot for me ($1/mo or $7/yr).
I just pushed out updates for both Tiny Theme and Sumo Theme with some bug fixes. Nothing major, but a couple of things that needed to be worked out.
@canneddragons That’s a huge compliment. Thank you!
I’m selling a few things soon. Putting on here before I list elsewhere in case anyone is interested:
- AppleWatch Ultra
- FourSevens Mini Turbo MKIII (Midnight Blue)
- Multiple A19 Philips Hue bulbs
- Keychron K2 (Brown switches)
- Code V2B (Cherry MX blue)
Any Tapestry Beta testers have luck connecting Micro.blog yet?
@markstoneman Good find, and I just responded on the help board. I'm seeing it across just about every micro.blog site, regardless of theme. I think this one will require @manton.
@rickardlindberg Welcome to M.b! And killer theme! ;-)
I just pushed out a small update to Sumo theme to fix a bug with navigation buttons on category pages. I’ll be working on a few other things over the coming days. If you have a specific request, let me know.
@crossingthethreshold @alexandra @mandaris @pratik Thank you all for the kind words. It was primarily some medical stuff with 2 of my immediate family. But in the end, it looks like both will make full recoveries.
We had a bunch of life happen to us during the last couple weeks, so I fell a little behind on Tiny/Sumo updates. They’re a little delayed, but will still be pushed out within a few days.
@maique I took the plunge on the developer beta on my main device (yes, I know). I'm now running the 18.1 beta 2 with AI and I have virtually no issues. Perhaps a little bit lower battery life? For a while "recent" emojis weren't populated, but that's fixed. I use it all day every day and have been happy with it.
I can’t find my hotel room.
No matter what I do, I cannot update from iOS 18 Beta 4 → Beta 5. It simply won’t show. No errors, no messages. Just not available.
I made this incredibly well designed graphic to help choose a new EDC/GADA watch. I’ve narrowed it down to 12. What do you think? (Criteria: 40-42mm, sapphire preferred, automatic preferred. Will wear casual and dress-casual. ★ = would change strap.)
I’m aiming for this week to release Sumo Theme for Micro.blog. It’ll support a lot of what Tiny Theme supports (same Microhooks, for example). But the real feature is easy & detailed “skinning”. You can see my site using the default color scheme. @lucas has been playing around with it too: 1, 2, 3.
A little art museum kind of day.
I’m developing a new Micro.blog theme called Sumo (I also make Tiny Theme). If you’re the experimental type and would like to help beta test it on your site, let me know. You can see Sumo in action on my personal site. Testing will require you to install it via a github repo and manually update.
I’ve used Drafts for years for mostly short form stuff, but today I wrote a full 2,500 word lecture using it. And it was…nice!
I’ve decided to go another direction. Instead of bumping Tiny Theme to v3, I’m going to release an entirely new theme called Sumo next week.
There are still a few bugs and design tweaks to work out, but you can see it in its rough state on my blog.
Tiny Theme 3 is coming this month.