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In my apartment we are lucky enough to have a big countertop, open on three sides, creating a nice flat project surface for even sprawling projects. However, we also have a lot of projects that compete for this space! Producer Amy is often working on increasingly complex sew...

Good feedback from folks on whether and how to adopt macOS Tahoe menu item icons. After experimenting, menus seem to look better with icons in most places so that major sections of menu items are aligned together. I’ll ship this in a few days.

Sometimes I post not because I have something to get out of my system, but because I have something I want to share. This is one of those occasions. First, Cody has a new pop-up newsletter going called “Trespassing Through Montana”. I’m a big fan of what he does, and I also ...

One of the pages I use most on my website is the page that lists the titles of all of my blog posts. I made this page for two reasons: (i) for quick reference to all of my recent posts beyond those on my home page, and (ii) so that I can search the page by post title. I often...

A microwave isn’t going to take your job; a chef who knows how to use a microwave is going to take your job.

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I did a podcast interview yesterday with Nathan Wrigley at WP Tavern. I had a great time, and learned a lot. It's interesting that while I am not a member of the WordPress community, there is a big intersection between that community and one I do belong to -- the web. WordPr...

I’m noticing some new faces and some returning customers. Means a lot to me. From Pedro:

I went elsewhere for a while. I tried other services, they are fine. But they don’t come close to what Micro.blog offer.

For rail fans in the London area, Museum Open Depot days:

Discover rare road and rail vehicles spanning over 100 years, signs, ceramic tiles, original posters, ephemera, ticket machines, and more.

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Matt Mullenweg blogging on the recently-announced RSL spec for describing how content is licensed for AI:

I have a lot of scars from the web standards wars, so I’m hesitant to dive back in, but this is from a lot of the early Web 2.0 people, as TechCrunch writes about.

This is the 107th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Jack Baty and his blog, baty.net To follow this series subscribe to the newsletter. A new interview will land in your inbox every ...

It’s always fun to see someone pushing the limits of the web experience, as I reminisced about Flash and Dreamweaver the other day. The new website for Posthog is a delightful rabbit hole to explore, akin to a Meow Wolf, with meticulous care and craft applied to every corner of the product in a way … Continue reading PostHog →

When I studied economics, one of the concepts that struck me the most was the concept of externalities. This International Monetary Fund post explains it well. In short, externalities are costs or benefits of an economic activity that affect third parties who did not choose to incur them, leading to a divergence between private and … Continue reading Account for Externalities →

It’s been a busy (and tragic) week but one of the more interesting things to launch was the Really Simple Licensing standard. I have a lot of scars from the web standards wars, so I’m hesitant to dive back in, but this is from a lot of the early Web 2.0 people, as TechCrunch writes … Continue reading Really Simple Licensing →

This post by Nathan Witkin on the case against social media is long but very good. I’m going to have to go through this again in detail.

OpenAI and Microsoft have finally reached an agreement. OpenAI’s Bret Taylor also has a blog post on it, a $50 million grant for other nonprofits, and the OpenAI nonprofit + public benefit structure:

This structure reaffirms that our core mission remains ensuring AGI benefits all of humanity. Our PBC charter and governance will establish that safety decisions must always be guided by this mission.

Great article from New_ Public on indie blogs and websites:

The focus isn’t on personal branding, growth or monetization, or “content” creation, but on freedom from those things. Instead of polished, 10-second snippets optimized for mass-appeal, engagement, and profit, these are largely slow-cooked projects made just for fun.

Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain, has a few new features. Below is a summary of the features now available to all users. Also, I have started a Discord server for the project in which I can both answer questions and will potentially share some stories of the behind-th...

I’ve never had a coherent answer when asked how big Micro.blog is, so I sometimes stumble and misspeak. The total number of users is inflated with inactive users and spam accounts. Active users are different for weekly, monthly, longer. I care most about paid subscriptions and whether we’re growing.

♫ Lucky by Radiohead

Played this in the car driving around Kent with Jon at the weekend, and now pleasantly stuck in my head.