Aaron Parecki

I’ve decided to leave Micro.blog for now. I wrote up a very long post about why I’m leaving, in case you’re interested. I’ll be here to chat about it for a while, if anyone would like to.

Web app tip: Don't use a .io tld unless you want everyone deciding the tld is part of the product's name even though you never, ever use it anywhere in any branding or anything. Argh 😡

@aaronpk I think that's a fair answer if you buy that owning the content makes the community "the whole internet", but it's not. There's an awkward split between the blog content itself and the community of users interacting on micro blog. The latter will always exist separately to individual blogs and thus needs to give users (some level of) control.

Wrote a thing on my micro.blog blog about why I think micro.blog isn't the big alternative to other closed source networks like Twitter that it wants to be, in case you're interested https://micro.joshsharp.com.au/2018/09/22/12/

(Mastodon is better.)

Are there software devs successfully using Patreon to fund middleware? I'd love to find a community-oriented model for funding PotassiumES at a level where it could become a solid foundation for the wider web.

@aaronpk See you in Nürnberg! (Booking my tickets today)

How are folks organizing their favorite places/stores/restaurants/etc. on iOS? I was using third-party apps, but I switched to Maps favorites in their early days, and they were once blown away completely, so I bailed on that. Now I use Notes, but I don’t like it. Other ideas?

Any microbloggers planning to come to Swift By Northwest Dev Conference in Portland, October 18-20? @danielpunkass and @brentsimmons are speaking. I’d like to organize a little Micro Meetup for one of the breakfasts or lunches, if there is interest.

@yorrike I bought an X last year, upgrading from a 6s, purely because I hate the home button on iPhones. It was a ridiculously privileged purchase, and I wasn't happy about giving Apple the money, but I loved the switch away from the physical button.

This is to let you know that Petula Clark (who put out ‘Downtown’ in 1964) is still putting out albums, and the song ‘Cut Copy Me’ from her 2013 album ‘Lost in You’ is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjsTk8fmC4s (It sort of sounds like AIR?) (The title track is also great.)

@aaronpk I was thinking about that today too. There's not currently a section that collects the posts together, but there should be.

Looking forward to the Apple event tomorrow. No predictions, but @danielpunkass and I will record a new Core Intuition right after the event. Mention “iPhone X” (or XS or XC!) in a blog post tomorrow to unlock the Micro.blog special event pin.