Hey, I’m Jim Mitchell. Wrangler of nerds, herder of cats, and butcher of code, though not always in that order. This is my place on the web to explore technology, design, and simple living through the lens of someone who uses ellipses like punctuation should be optional... Indieweb is punk.
I took a few hours to add a Webmention feature to my site today, letting those who’ve written a post on their site linking back to one of mine submit the link to the post so it shows up in my Webmentions.
It’s what the Indieweb is all about - interconnectedness.
The Indieweb is Punk Manifesto.
We don’t need major platforms. We have the Web, keyboards, tools, and community. Pass it on. Staple it to a pole. Photocopy it. Put it on your own site. Link to it. Wear it. Stick it to your laptop. Oi!
Teaser… I had flash of inspiration to do a thing this morning, and I’m not sure why I didn’t think to do it sooner. So, a cool thing (at least I think so) is coming soon.
Indieweb is Punk.
I spent some time working on my Micropub publishing app today, getting it to a good place for both Mac and iOS. It works with Micro.blog too.
Now it’s time to dig into what it’s going to take to release it as a Test Flight version so others can try it out.
I love when I’m browsing a random indieweb site and something about the design appeals to me, and then I realize they’re on Micro.blog and using my mnml theme. It’s cool to randomly see it in the wild every now and then.
I did such a fantastic job of running the tech for the last company all-hands meeting that I’ve got another mothership executive reaching out to do the same for him next week. I think I’m going to have to add “Renaissance Man” to my resumé skills section the next time I update it — which will be never.
WTH is this? I can tell you it's not from the same Apple I once knew and loved.
It’s been a minute since I last mentioned this, but you can get your very own Indieweb is Punk t-shirt here… If you’re a punk too, that is.
I added a related posts feature to my site this morning for entries that have a title. I really like how it turned out. The next enhancement is to add featured images for titled posts. Once that’s done, I think Clodd CMS is pretty close to feature complete.
Every morning it’s the same struggle when I wake: Workout, or work on my blog? Which do you think won today (and usually wins every morning)?
