I’ve been grinding pretty hard and fast on a bunch of different code-related projects over the last few weeks and am beginning to see the warning signs of a case of burn out on the horizon. It’s time to slow down on development projects for a while and just focus on writing more.
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.
Bands We've Seen Together
Throughout my life, music has been the constant that grounded me. I've been fortunate to have shared the same passion with my best friend and soul mate.
Nostalgia Level Eleven
Bookmarked morphing.cloud/afterglow/
I spent countless hours fussing with my After Dark screen savers in the early Nineties. This app just unlocked a wave of Mac nostalgia I'd long since forgotten. Who else remembers?
Okay… Setup for the smaller team all-hands is complete and tech-tested. Instead of taking three days, this one only took an hour. I can probably get it down to 30 minutes for the next one - which I’ve been assured there will be many more of. Such is life when you step up. Renaisance Man… Yep. That’s me.
Taking a look at Dinkus as an alternative Markdown editor this morning. Though it will never replace Obsidian for me, I like what I’m seeing so far - and for a reasonable price.
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.