Timetable

This is a special episode of Timetable featuring an interview with Vladimir Prelovac, founder of the search engine Kagi. Transcript

Very short episode as I resume recording, with a quick status update on how I’m feeling about Micro.blog and looking to the upcoming week. Transcript

A short audio essay to start the new year. People are tired, distrustful, and ready for something different. Transcript

Quick break to go camping. Background song from the 1975 live recording of Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen.

Two days after the election. Walking to the coffee shop and thinking about politics and the future of Micro.blog. Transcript

It has been another year away from the podcast. I’m back to give an update on the latest draft of Indie Microblogging, a little about my workflow for producing the ePub and PDF versions, and deploying improvements for Mastodon.

After a year away from the podcast, I talk about what I'm working on with Micro.blog, and the books 30 Days and Indie Microblogging.

The “countdown” blog post series, Tumblr support, work on 3.0.1, and looking toward Micro.blog 2.0.

Sunlit 3.0 has been approved! I talk about how and when we’re planning to release it.

Sunlit 3.0 has been submitted to Apple, but will it be approved on the first attempt? App Store uncertainty.

On the 2-year anniversary of the public launch of Micro.blog, I’m thinking about the uncertainty of launching something new.

Sign in with Apple in the iOS 13 update for Micro.blog, blog themes, and much more planned for the web this fall. Intro music from playing Sayonara Wild Hearts.

A quick recap of last night’s longer-than-expected server upgrade. I also talk about progress on the Indie Microblogging book, and Ghost import.

Today I’m getting the 3rd email newsletter ready, plus talking about server downtime and learning how to communicate mistakes, with AirPower as an example.

Rolling out video upload and hosting for Micro.blog-hosted sites, why it’s priced the way it is, and more improvements to work on.

About the new features in Micro.blog for saving post drafts and the updated Mac app.

Taking a break today to watch the Apple services-related event. Preparing new Micro.blog features to release tomorrow.

Micro.blog stickers for Kickstarter backers are arriving this week! Also: Sunlit 2.4 is approved and will be released soon.

Troubleshooting server problems.

Some of the work this week including fixing the Sunlit crashing bug, updating the Micro.blog help site, and whether I should take the servers down for an upgrade.

This is an expanded audio version of my blog post today about Facebook and Instagram.

More recent work in Micro.blog for ActivityPub and domain name improvements.

Moving this podcast over to Micro.blog hosting, and thoughts on the Mastodon support we just launched.

An update on microcasting improvements, then thoughts on how the recent articles about Alex Jones and the problems with big social networks always stop short of any solutions. Intro music from Aaron Parecki’s 100 days of music.

Upcoming improvements to podcasting and some more thoughts on Anchor after listening to episode 35 of the Supertop podcast. Also, I misspoke the IndieWeb URL on this episode. The site deaths page is here.

Following up on the Facebook API submission and last night’s Homebrew Website Club. The meetup is the first Wednesday of each month at Mozart’s Coffee.

I just sent off the Facebook pages cross-posting for Facebook to hopefully approve, plus wondering if I should try a bullet journal to get more organized.

How competition changes when you stick with something, with a few clips from the NBA Arena Tour podcast.

I start by talking about microcasts, then go into the big job this week: adapting Micro.blog for Facebook’s API changes, plus thoughts on Twitter’s upcoming API changes too.

I talk about the new performance improvement to Micro.blog posting, then take a detour into centralized podcasting hosts like Anchor and why I like Micro.blog’s business model better.

While out running a couple errands, I recorded this episode about an upcoming performance improvement to Micro.blog posting, with a follow-up on the recent new sign-up change.

To start off the week, I talk about a bug that led to many users not creating a microblog after registering an account on Micro.blog.

Colleges often have a 2-day orientation to get students and parents ready for the school year to start. Micro.blog needs something like that.

I’m back from Portland and rolling out new features for Micro.blog.

I talk about the just-released beta of Dialog, an Android app for Micro.blog, and the ability to delete accounts.

I talk about the upcoming Icro release and what to do while waiting on things like the App Store that are outside our control.

I record a microcast in the rain and talk about the new Micro.blog for Mac app and the fact that we’re a year in to Micro.blog.

I talk about the latest iOS update, why square photos are great, and responding to support email.

Wrapping up the release of Wavelength and microcast support in Micro.blog.

Anticipating a new feature for Micro.blog and rolling out some server improvements.

Quick thoughts on Apple’s education event in Chicago, their new app Schoolwork, and the process for naming new apps. (And yes, I call it Schoolroom in the podcast by accident.)

Wrapping up today’s announcements, including a new Micro Monday and Micro.blog for Mac version 1.2.

Working on a lot of things at once, and thoughts on the new Micro Monday microcast.

The microcast is back! I talk about the final steps to get Sunlit 2.0 shipped and what we hope for the release.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better & your better is your best.

Listening to Eminem, the Killers, and thinking about giving Micro.blog everything this year. Closing music cover by OZsound.

Final plans for IndieWebCamp, ordering breakfast, and punting on opening up Micro.blog.

MarsEdit 4 ships! I talk about why apps should be compatible, and the challenge in reaching a new audience.

More delays launching Micro.blog, last-minute fixes, rate limiting, and more.

Just a quick episode at the end of the week. Looking forward to next week: getting the word out about Micro.blog and IndieWebCamp.

Micro.blog now supports uploading custom profile photos. Finally!