Upgraded my blog to use the post kind 3.1.0 plugin, had a few problems, 3.1.0 problems · Issue #228 · dshanske/indieweb-post-kinds back with 3.0.9.
I’ve listened to the odd episode of Timothy Ferriss’s podcast as it is often recommended. I’ve never particularly enjoyed them. This post by Heather Havrilesky There Are Too Many Gurus in America explains why. Thanks to @vasta for the link.
Saturday morning ritual. Reading Rachel Roddy, @racheleats column while coffee makes. Then on to catching up with micro.blog.
Reply to: Spread unintelligibly thin
I wonder if the problem is part of the solution? As I slowly explore the IndieWeb ideas and tools I find that quite a few don’t do exactly what I want. So I slow down. Think. Tweak. Often delete a draft.
For example, I am starting to understand Indigenous, I’ve Micropub posts set to be drafts. I don’t like the way my theme presents these posts. I remove the auto generated excerpt, tweak the title and perhaps the quote. This helps me think the post through. It becomes a little less knee-jerk.
I’ve a long way to go. I get distracted, meander, I click and like, but I think the IndieWeb is making me a happier blogger.
A side benefit of going IndieWeb and posting everything to my own site first instead of to social silos like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinboard, Reading.am, Pocket, Mastodon, etc.: It’s pretty easy to rack up big consecutive day posting streaks in WordPress. Toaster notification on my computer...
Liked: https://boffosocko.com/2018/10/11/wordpress-posting-streak/
5 years ago I doubt any of us could have envisioned the world as it stands today. The
Liked: 5 years on and struggling with my silence.
Shelia’s post is brave & heartfelt.
A quick tutorial Go to Brid.gy Click on WordPress.com Authorize the account Copy the code Add a text or html widget to your side bar Next Step Add an h-card. An h-card is the website equivalent to a business card. You can design it anyway way you want. Add an html/text widget to your sidebar
Liked: Adding Bridgy to WordPress.com
Bridgy brings comments from twitter, flickr, instagram etc back to your blog.
After 2 days of wind and rain the skies cleared today. Beautiful evening in Victoria Park.
Glaswegian parakeets in the dusk.