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  • I don’t have many subscribers to my Ghost-hosted website. I always find it sad when someone unsubscribes the very same day I send out a new edition of my newsletter. If I had hundreds of thousands of subscribers, I wouldn’t notice.

    What did I do wrong? Was the content not worth reading? These are the questions that come to my mind every time.

    I shouldn’t pay attention to that. 😔

    → 9:13 PM, Jan 27
  • Sometimes I’m reminded that I wish I had picked out “Digital Citizen” instead of “Numeric Citizen” as my “nom de plume”. In English, Digital has a better significance than Numeric. Am I correct? 🧐

    → 6:06 PM, Jan 24
  • Thanks for Paying Attention

    There’s this question that keeps popping up in my mind all the time since I’m being more active on Micro.blog. Why am I getting way more interactions with others on Micro.blog compared to Twitter? What am I doing differently? I write about the same subjects, albeit maybe more frequently. I think I have a few possible explanations.

    First, Twitter is full of bots. Twitter is a dumpster. I suspect many people or organizations are simply cross-posting stuff on Twitter without real human beings behind the content. I did exactly that myself via Buffer for a few years. Optimizing exposure by scheduling posts at the “right” time was the idea. A bot worked for me.

    Second, and this is probably the most probable reason: algorithmic timeline. The Twitter engine is tuned to generate higher engagement. The more you engage, the higher the probability that your content will appear on people’s timelines. If you’re well-known, again, the higher the likelihood that you will make it to the timeline of others.

    I’m not well-known. I didn’t engage that much with others. Both made me a near-nobody on Twitter. So I didn’t get exposure, hence the lack of engagement with my content.

    Third, there is just too much noise on Twitter to get noticed. My content competes against the rest of the Twittosphere. My context was noise for others, hence the lack of feedback, comments, and interactions.

    Here on Micro.blog? Night and day. I’m not a star, far from it. But I get a sense that some people are paying attention.

    Thanks for that anyway. 🤗

    → 10:05 PM, Jan 20
  • So, I started the cleanup of numericcitizen.me. Each day, on WordPress.com, I look at my past posts and select the ones that won’t make the cut. Most of them are simply deleted. However, some posts get exported in markdown files before being deleted. Those exported posts, in turn, are imported in Craft for archival purposes. It’s a tedious process.

    Before moving to Ghost, I want to bring the most valuable content. But, what is valuable content, actually? I realize that I have put a lot of time and effort into writing in the past several years. Some posts are short and very time or context-specific. Today, they no longer sport any value except for giving a glimpse of what was. Then what? Nothing. It’s probably more of a value to me than to my readers. I probably should be writing in a personal journal instead, right?

    Anyhow, it’s time to move on. I know what I want numericcitizen.me to become. But, in its current form and content, it’s off. There is too much noise, I want it to be more focused. Deleted old, insignificant posts will help, but at the cost of time and losing some of my memories.

    → 6:06 PM, Jan 20
  • I was searching for something in one of my past posts here on Micro.blog, using the built-in search option. Searching is swift. Looking at the search results, It's funny to see all the different writing strategies I used over time. I count four of them that I name like this: the newbie, the teaser, the titled and the balanced.

    The newbie strategy was to write and don't pay too much attention. It was in my early days here on Micro.blog. Then came the teaser strategy era. Taking advantage of Micro.blog cross-posting feature, all my posts had to be cross-posted on Twitter and made sure to systematically add hashtags to the post's title to get attention. People on Twitter using hashtags for search could potentially hit my posts. That was total nonsense. Then, the "titled strategy" came in where all my posts would get a title. Readers would then need to expand my post to read the content. Lastly, the current strategy, the best IMO, is to use the title for longer posts only. Otherwise, I leave the title field empty, hoping readers will hit the link to read the rest of the post.

    Maybe I should have set the title for this one. 🤔

    → 9:26 PM, Jan 19
  • Interesting (and sadly valid point) from Om Malik:

    Regardless of age, the big elephant in the room is that we are certified addicts to attention.

    It doesn’t matter whether it is Twitter, Instagram, or Mastodon. Everyone is playing to an audience. The social Internet is a performance theater praying at the altar of attention. Journalists need attention to be relevant, and experts need to signal their expertise. And others want to be influencers. For now, Twitter, Instagram, and their ilk give the biggest bang for the blast. It is why those vocal and active about Mastodon are still posting away on Musk’s Twitter.

    If we didn’t care for attention, we wouldn’t be doing anything at all. We wouldn’t broadcast.

    We care. I certainly care that you care about my content, my words, and my thoughts.

    Instead, we would socialize privately in communication with friends and peers.

    Even in this social scenario, we are broadcasting and expecting that people are listening. This is how we are programmed. This is why social networks, and the web in general, are so addictive.

    Source: Why internet silos win – On my Om

    → 6:58 PM, Jan 19
  • Did you know I’m writing a newsletter named “Friday Notes” on Ghost? It’s free and probably more personal than what I’m writing here. Here’s the link. I also publish a monthly newsletter called “Numeric Citizen Introspection”, but that one takes longer to produce, so It’s not exactly on a monthly basis. Here’s the link. Of course, if RSS is your thing, both are available too. Shameless plug /end.

    → 7:39 AM, Jan 16
  • Up until now, the Mastodon ecosystem felt like some sort of black magic to me. Today I spent a few minutes explaining to my wife what Mastodon is. As someone who already knows about Twitter and its subtleties, she got it pretty quickly. I couldn’t have done it a few weeks ago, but now, I could. I always thought that when you can explain something to someone, it is probably because you know enough about the subject. I think my explanation made sense to her, and for me! It was only then that the magic and the profound nature of the social and decentralized network became so clear to me. It was an enlightening moment, for sure. Better late than never. I instantly felt convinced that my awakening to the open web and Mastodon, a form of open web instantiation, would be a game-changer for me.

    → 6:24 PM, Jan 15
  • This is a fucking blog, and it’s wonderful. It’s perfect. It allows you to share your words, in your own voice, with no corporate fuckery to fuck it up for you.

    Source: Start a Fucking Blog

    I’m still fucking laughing!

    → 11:05 AM, Jan 15
  • I don’t know what’s wrong with me. When posting content on Micro.blog, sometimes I’ll do it directly from the Micro.blog website, sometimes from the “native” Micro.blog client on the Mac, sometimes using MarsEdit, sometimes using Ulysses. What the hell? Why can't I settle on one way of doing things as simple as posting on Micro.blog? The pattern seems to be that the longer the post is expected, the more sophisticated the tool I select. Sometimes I’ll start on the web, then copy and paste in MarsEdit (rarely on Ulysses).

    This blog post was first started on the web, then copy & pasted in MarsEdit. 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

    → 9:53 AM, Jan 14
  • Things Logbook 2023 01 14 08 24 56 2x

    Thought of the Saturday morning: I like the principle of logging my digital life activities, especially my actions leading to content publishing. The Logbook in Things 3 and Dayone and IFTTT greatly help here. [Rewind](https://www.rewind.ai) would be fantastic on the Mac, but it is way too expensive. 

    PS. What you are seeing in the screenshot is my actual logbook in Things 3. 

    → 8:28 AM, Jan 14
  • I still can’t believe how different the interaction I get here, on Micro.blog, compared to what I used to (not) get on Twitter. It is night and day, literally. I’m blown away 🤯 by the quality of responses I got to some of my posts and the discussion that this sometimes triggers. I do get in touch with people here that I never thought was possible on Twitter, even thought we were following each other over there, thanks to Mastodon and Micro.blog “talking to each other.” I’m so appreciative of this digital community. 😃

    → 2:59 PM, Jan 12
  • Dear @manton, please consider adding share sheet support on MB client on iOS so we can easily create link posts. What should be included: source link, options for quoting text and a comment. Thanks. 👋🏻🙏🏻

    → 12:41 PM, Jan 10
  • I recently wondered if I should put a title to a Microblog post or not (see my post). I finally came up with an easy decision process.

    Most of the time, my post won’t include a title. Much longer and feature posts will get a title. I don’t expect many of them here, though.

    Can you imagine that at some point in the past, I included #hashtag in the title because MB would cross-post my content to Twitter, hoping to get traction from those on Twitter searching with #hashtag? It was a bad idea in retrospect.

    This post had no title. 🤣

    → 4:01 PM, Jan 8
  • This is my current content creator workflow and tools. I recognize that it is more focused on the tools but not the flow between them could be better explained.

    → 10:32 AM, Jan 8
  • I wish I had prepared a year in review post. Not this year. Maybe next year.

    → 9:20 AM, Dec 31
  • As we get closer and closer to 2023, with announcements surrounding Mastodon ecosystem, the latest being the creation of an instance by the creators of Mammoth, a Mastodon client, my challenge will be to not succumb and get my own account. I want to focus in 2023, that’s why it is a challenge. That said, creating an instance to ease the adoption of Mastodon with a simple setup and sign up procedure is clever.

    → 8:14 AM, Dec 31
  • I always wonder if I should put a title to my posts. Short post = no title. Longer post = with title? Long post without a title gives a preview of the post content which is good for readers to see what the post is all about? Decision decision decision.

    → 9:09 AM, Dec 30
  • More is Indeed Better on Micro.blog

    I receive more user feedback or interactions in a day here on Micro.blog than in an entire month on Twitter. On top of that, the quality is 100x higher too.

    Think about that for a second.

    Thank you guys!

    → 3:58 PM, Dec 22
  • Sometimes I wish I had started blogging fifteen or twenty years ago. It would be so cool to have this long stretch of writing at my disposal and reflect back at what I wrote. I guess I’ll do just that in ten or fifteen years from now… 🤷🏻‍♂️

    → 2:04 PM, Dec 22
  • Starting from now: I no longer cross-post my original Micro.blog posts to Twitter. Curious to see how bad it will be for my visitors analytics.

    → 12:43 PM, Dec 22
  • Musing About Writing Needs And This War

    Earlier this year, back in May I think, I started a subscription to Write.as. Why? I was curious about this platform for writers and there was a special for a five-year subscription. So, why not! Then I started to write about my reactions to the war in Ukraine. I wrote maybe a dozen of posts on this subject. I had to let go my feelings. Then I stopped. But I still follow the news about this senseless war. I’m still in state of mixed feelings ranging from feeling helpless, frustrated, desperate, raging, etc.

    Now, I don’t know what to do. Should I continue writing on Write.as or move my written frustrations elsewhere? Here? I don’t know. Enabling posts import to my timeline from the Write.as RSS feed might be a good solution.

    Tell me what you think about dilemma.

    → 12:36 PM, Dec 22
  • Write.as: Are You Fediverse Friendly?

    Write.as and Fediverse support (or lack of):

    Write.as doesn't render the URLs of both the toot and the PeerTube video. The HTML embedding code does work, but the rendered video is not responsive and doesn't blend well with the page on mobile.
    My guess is that we will see changes to Write.as to make it more Fediverse friendly.
    → 8:57 PM, Dec 21
  • I love the idea of Ooh.directory, blog directory and most supporting RSS feeds. I submitted mine. Will see if they accept it.

    → 8:13 AM, Dec 14
  • Following Mastodon Users From Micro.blog

    [@anildash@mastodon.cloud](https://micro.blog/anildash@mastodon.cloud) I've been improving our ActivityPub support in Micro.blog. Just posted a video earlier today that you might find interesting: www.youtube.com/watch

    Manton Reece https://micro.blog/manton/14888307
    Thanks to this video, I understand that I can follow Mastodon users right from Micro.blog.
    → 9:03 PM, Dec 12
  • Another Day, Another Rabbit Hole

    Well, I almost forgot about it. Today I received my invite to start testing Post.news; another potential exit door from Twitter.

    From what I’m seeing, there is already quite a few people in there and I like the posting experience so far. It’s way easier to setup than anything Mastodon-related. Yeah, I know, it’s not the “federated” & “open web” et al., but hey, it’s not Elon Musk’s Twitter!

    → 3:08 PM, Dec 11
  • Upgraded to MarsEdit 5.0...

    Because native software is cool. Because indie developers are cool. Because it supports Micro.blog but not Twitter. Because it is cheap. Because it’s a small company. Because their new Micropost (markdown) editor is nice, perfect for posting on Micro.blog. It is frictionless. Micropost & micro.blog, any coincidence? Mmmm.

    Anyways… it’s a great update that I’m currently testing. Returning to normal programming.

    Written from the couch, on my M1 MacBook Air.

    → 9:53 PM, Dec 7
  • So, if you want to push your career and your life in a new direction then take care of your blog. Because it all adds up. Source: Take Care of Your Blog

    Yep, it all adds up pretty quickly and moves your life in the direction of your own choosing.

    → 8:00 AM, Sep 20
  • My Photo Publishing Flow for Italy

    Following my post earlier this week, I finally found my publishing workflow for my vacation in Italy. From time to time, I’ll write a story on my Photo Legend Series. Glass will be for regular publishing of my best shots of the day. I’ll use Craft to build a photo diary, it’s part of another project. I’ll share the link when I’m ready. Finally, Micro.blog will receive posts from my blog and Glass via the RSS cross-posting feature. What I think will be my best photos of the vacation will go to Unsplash and Smugmug when I return from vacation and after post-processing them in Lightroom. Unsplash will only get a few of them, while the full set will go to my Smugmug page.

    → 6:31 AM, Aug 13
  • On Ghost Explorer

    This could be the best thing to come to Ghost in a long time: Ghost Explorer. And there is more coming next week, apparently 🤔. For someone who left Substack for Ghost more than a year ago, this is something that I was missing on Ghost. Now, it is much easier to get discovered. I guess. It remains to be seen if this will change the bottom line for me, though.

    → 5:58 AM, Aug 12
  • About This Reading Enabling Device

    For many reasons that I’m aware of, I forgot that the iPad is the best device for reading and collecting information tidbits that are fueling my content creation workflow. The iPad enables me to effortlessly annotate and store content into Craft using a Shortcut. In fact, unsurprisingly, the iPad actually is a devide that invites reading sessions into my morning routine. I should use my iPad more often; I’ll probably read more consequently.

    → 6:39 AM, Aug 3
  • Only 84 posts this year

    Woah, I just paid a visit to my stats for Micro.blog. This year, I’ve got only 84 posts published; the lowest since 2019. It’s a bit sad because I like the platform, its values and the community. It’s not the first time I have lamented the lack of time elasticity. I have too many projects and fall into many rabbit holes. At the very least, I could tweak my routine to visit and post once a week. Vacations are a month away, but this could be the occasion to spend more time here.

    → 7:53 AM, Jul 23
  • That Rabbit Hole that is named YouTube Videos Production

    I felt in a rabbit hole with these YouTube videos production. Either it’s because Craft is such a great application to talk about, or I’m just discovering the subtleties of the video medium, and I like it a lot. Or it could be both. Either way, I have much less time to write and publish here or on other publishing platforms.

    If you aren’t aware yet, I recently started a YouTube channel about Craft. I’ll definitively write an article on my metablog about my adventure. I’m learning a lot.

    → 11:11 AM, Jul 2
  • As much as I like #Ghost as a hosting service for my monthly and weekly newsletters, the lack of community, commenting, and recommendations by other readers make me wonder if I made the right move when I left #Substack.

    → 1:10 PM, Jun 24
  • The Power of Instant Publishing

    I’m currently working on a proof-of-concept to migrate one of my website to Craft using the application’s SharePage feature. The beauty of this solution is the simple fact that the content of the documents are always readily available on the web. Once the root document has been shared, there’s nothing more to do on my part. It’s the most frictionless experience to date. I find this powerful and satisfying.

    → 9:39 AM, May 18
  • Wondering About Returning to Podcasting

    Now that I’m finally having my dedicated room in the house for working, I’m wondering about returning to podcasting (I used to have a podcast, in French) or even testing the YouTuber world (even though I wrote in the past that I’ll never be a YouTuber). Why is that?

    First, a dedicated room is mandatory to be able to record without being disrupted too much. Second, sound quality would probably be much better than recording in an open space. Third, I could create a better background because my room is decorated to my personal tastes.

    But is this enough to convince myself to seriously consider getting back to audio or video content creation? I have all the tools: a great MacBook Air, a Mac mini, an Apple Studio Display, a good microphone, a NAS for archiving purposes, etc. Yet, I’m not really good at audio or video production, and it’s very time-consuming for me. I would certainly learn a lot while working hard at this. Moreover, should I do this in my native language which is French or do it in English, which I’m not perfectly fluent with? Maybe I could try to do it together with other podcasters (I know a few of them). Too many questions, not many answers.

    Photo credit: Will Francis on Unsplash.

    → 9:39 AM, Apr 23
  • Taking a break of many things

    If you are wondering what’s up with me, I’m on vacation for a week. I’m not only taking a break from work, my office, but also from blogging. Expect a return to normal programming next week.

    Written on my iPad, somewhere on a sandy beach in Mexico 😃😛

    → 11:29 AM, Apr 12
  • I wrote this some time ago (thanks to Surprise Me!). It was when I started using HEY World to publish posts. It didn’t last long. And I’m quite happy with this decision. Happy to be here. Happy to be there instead.

    → 7:55 PM, Mar 13
  • My Oldest Post

    Going back in time on previously published content can be the source of a few smiles. My oldest post on my main blog is about Micro.blog. Here is an excerpt:

    This morning I found out the existence of a blogging platform called Micro.blog. Something very special. Very lean. Very light. Without ads. Leaner than WordPress. Yet capable. Close to Twitter but with less clutter.

    It’s funny. It’s not about introducing my blog or something like “hello” world.

    → 6:00 PM, Feb 13
  • Please, don’t think that because I’m now subscribing to write.as that I’m leaving Micro.blog. It couldn’t be farther than the truth. You’re pretty much stuck with me here, for as long as I can see! ☺️

    → 1:07 PM, Feb 11
  • On December 18th of 2019, Here’s what I wrote on Micro.blog:

    Now that I’m closing my account here on micro.blog I’m starting to get more interactions 🤷🏻‍♂️.

    The responses I got were so enlightening, I changed my mind. What a great community. 😀

    → 8:06 PM, Feb 1
  • It’s the Time of the Month to Start Crafting the Next Edition of My Monthly Newsletter

    Well, it’s the time of the month where I start to work on the next edition of my monthly newsletter (it’s free BTW). I spend about ten to fifteen hours each month to put this together using my past readings and discoveries, Craft and Ulysses. Each time, it’s a pleasure to create. I think I should put together an article about the workflow I use to create each newsletter. Would you find this interesting?

    → 9:15 AM, Jan 23
  • An idea. The iPad. A Brainstorming Session. Another Article in the Works.

    I love the iPad. Apple’s Notes.app in dark mode is 😍. You’re currently seeing a brainstorm of ideas for an upcoming blog post in early 2022. The subject? Can you tell just by looking at my notes? Hint: It’s a meta blog post. Another hint: https://numericcitizen.io.

    Yes, I know, my handwriting sucks. 🤦🏻‍♂️😔😉

    → 5:53 PM, Dec 19
  • Currently Working On — A Teaser

    Four articles to be published soon

    Directly from Craft, a peek at four articles that I’m currently working on, almost ready for publication! 👀👨🏻‍💻

    I dare you to meet me in my Digital Garden! 🏡

    → 7:19 AM, Dec 15
  • A New Home, Same Purposes

    I’m done putting the final touches to my new home, a place where I continue sharing my newsletter and publish new posts under the Friday Notes and Photo Legend Series. Instead of using Substack, I’m now on Ghost(Pro). And I love it! I hope you stay with me in this transition.

    Considering bookmarking this link: https://numericcitizen-introspection.blog or adding it to your favourite RSS reader: https://numericcitizen-introspection.blog/rss/.

    → 7:46 AM, Nov 17
  • Like the Dislike — Put the Decision in Creator’s Hands

    Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash

    So, YouTube will remove the dislike button soon from its platform. In one of his recent video, the popular YouTuber, Marques Brownlee, expresses his dissatisfaction about Google’s decision. His view echos mine. I’m not a big consumer of YouTube content, but when I do spend time there, I want to spend it on good quality content. The like / dislike ratio is an important indicator for me, and I suspect it is for many people.

    We heard during the experiment that some of you have used the public dislike count to help decide whether or not to watch a video. We know that you might not agree with this decision, but we believe that this is the right thing to do for the platform.

    I think the content creators should play a bigger role in all this: let them decide. The same way a blogger can turn off the comment section at the end of each blog post, people’s reactions on each video could be turned off by the author’s decision. In fact, I would argue that the ultimate decision to allow likes and dislikes should be held by the content creators. Simple as that. Make it an opt-in or opt-out default, but put the decision in creator’s hands. I would go as far as saying that the counters could stay private to the author if he or she decides so.

    To me, one of the best rewarding indicator is the one that shows how far users are watching videos. They may agree or disagree, but as soon as they watch most of it, anything else is irrelevant.

    I wonder if this decision by YouTube better serves their interests. I mean, without any ratio indicator, users have no choice but to start to play the video to decide if it is worth the time. This simple change makes people spend more time on the platform. Or is it the other way around and users will instead look at the comments to get a better idea of the video quality? I doubt it, as reading takes too much time to decide. People are busy, their attention span is short, a quick glance at the like dislike ratio is the way to go.

    Once the decision to let people react to a video is made, then the platform could finally make it available only if the user watch “most of” the video. That no rocket science. There are probably other tricks that could be played to better control what’s going on in user’s reactions. But at this stage, it seems closer to be only implementation details.

    As for the creator’s mental health issue, again, I would argue that if they tend to rely too much on the likes to feel rewarded, they could turn off the option. That’s something that could help others in dealing with this.

    Glass, a photo sharing service, didn’t provide a like button from day one and doesn’t plan to add one. Is it good? Well, it depends. One thing is clear, from the comments I’m seeing posted by others, I have to ask myself: what is the difference between getting dozens of “I love it” or hitting the “like” button? Not much.

    Photo credit: Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash

    → 1:55 PM, Nov 13
  • Here is my Sunday so far… how is yours going?

    → 1:33 PM, Nov 7
  • Got Things Done This Week

    I’m feeling pretty happy again this week-end as I managed to do everything that I was sitting in my blogger’s to do list (which is setup every Sunday in Craft). What you’re seeing in my summary newsletter here is only part of my content creator story.

    → 11:36 AM, Nov 6
  • I’ve been experimenting with something in recent weeks. Each Sunday, I open Craft and switch to the calendar view and create my todo list for the upcoming week. I love this. It it because I’m checking off most of the items on the list? Probably. Here’s last week plan.

    Not bad. Now, let’s prepare the upcoming week. 🧐🧑🏻‍💻

    → 1:38 PM, Oct 30
  • Hey guys! I’m still around! Been busy on Twitter recently, using Typefully. I’m still in love with Micro.blog even though I’m publishing less from here. I’m reading my timeline from time to time and I’m happy to report that it’s still a vibrant community. Keep it up!

    → 9:17 AM, Oct 23
  • Am I missing Notion? @notionhq @craftsdocsapp

    Been thinking about Notion recently. Before using Craft, I was a fan of Notion. I spent a few moments today on Notion to make some cleanup. I think I’m still a fan. Craft feels better for me as a writer tool. Yet, Notion is features rich. They keep improving it. I don’t know if they do it at a faster pace than Craft. They are certainly more mature. The team behind Craft being smaller, they don’t have the same resources. Many features are missing. But there is something to it that is missing in Notion. Craft being native on the Mac (it’s a Catalyst app), it makes a big difference. Anyway, I’ll keep an eye on Notion. Who knows if I’ll come back.

    → 3:32 PM, Oct 9
  • Dear @Viticci, I’m Not a Professional Reviewer, So What?

    Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

    This podcast episode from MacStories featuring Viticci triggered quite a few reactions. Why? Because of these two sentences in the first moments of the episode talking about the iPad mini:

    “You wouldn’t want to read/or watch a review by someone who is not a professional reviewer. It wouldn’t be enjoyable.”

    Yep. Viticci said that. In “The value of a non-reviewer’s perspective” from Mere Civilian:

    ”I agree, a review from a person who does not write for a living may not be enjoyable. However, I strongly disagree with the first sentence. “

    What? Really? Then, I read this reaction from Lee Peterson on his blog:

    ”MacStories posts some great stuff but not everyone wants to read long articles, some like smaller easy to digest articles from independent writers, I like to think I do that here. I get to the point and try to respect my audiences time, does that make my opinion invalid or not enjoyable?”

    And here is my response. Viticci comments make him look full of himself. Period. I’m happy for him if he can live from writing reviews. I would rather read review from real end-users because the point is to get comments and observations from real use case scenarios. Sure, I like reviews from Marques Brownlee because he has well-balanced and critical point of views on a lot of stuff. It also touches the subject of what makes someone a blogger or a writer. If you write constantly, then you are a writer. Are you Shakespeare? Probably not. There is a starting point for everyone. Some will fall along the road, others will thrive. I tend to think of reviews by professionnel reviewers as synthetic reviews, where there is a lot of speed and feed talk. At some point, we want to go beyond that and have comments coming from experience. So, sure, I’d like to read comments from pilots about the real usefulness of the iPad mini. They are the one who can make a judgment on the subject.

    Last year I wrote “I’m not an audiophile, but here are my thoughts on Apple’s AirPods Max” which is not of “review” but a collection of observations. I concluded with this:

    ”So, do I like the sound quality of my AirPods Max? Yes. Do they sound better than my Bose QC25? Yes. By a wide margin compared with the price difference with my Bose Q25? No. But, hey, they are wireless, convenient, comfier, have transparency mode, spatial audio and they fit within Apple’s walled garden.”

    Is there any value in this? I think so. Should Viticci care? Certainly not. I do have genuine thoughts and opinions, and this is my ultimate right to share them with the world for exactly what they are: thoughts and observations. Nothing more, nothing less.

    Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

    → 5:56 AM, Sep 30
  • A typical month on Substack

    Five publications each month. Four Friday notes posts, one monthly newsletter. Some new subscribers. No comments. A lot of fun at writing and publishing these posts. I’m writing for myself. I don’t feel the pressure of regular writing schedules. It’s easier than I thought. The more I do it, easier it becomes. Substack is a slowly evolving publishing platform. I wish it was a bit more like Twitter’s Revue. Anyways. https://numericcitizen.substack.com.

    → 6:16 AM, Sep 2
  • I spend between 4 to 5 hours each month to put together my Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter.

    → 2:37 PM, Aug 29
  • Decided to put everything I read online through @Pocket. Highlights are synced to my @Readwiseio account, and I share a lot of them with comments on my Pocket page here. Feel free to follow me there.

    → 7:03 AM, Aug 24
  • I’m trying something new, again. I’m testing Revue, by Twitter. What I found is quite interesting, from a Substack user perspective. You can read all about it here, on Revue. Tell me what’s your impressions.

    → 9:33 AM, Aug 21
  • Feeling honored

    It doesn’t happen too often but when it does, I feel very proud about it. One of my blog post about the story of 1Password 8 going Electron  on https://numericcitizen.me received a backlink from Michael Tsai (look for “JF Martin” and you’ll see the excerpt).

    Mr. Tsai does a tremendous work with his link posts in general. I can imagine how much work he puts into this each day.I would love to have a peek at his blogger workflow.

    → 6:55 PM, Aug 18
  • Doing all the things I love

    Photo by karl chor on Unsplash

    After an emotional week-end, long in coming, today I’m doing all the things I love the most: doing computer stuff — writing in a coffee shop — feeling like a real blogger — doing some photo processing — walking — biking. I know time will fly.

    Life is good. Those days are so rare. I’m enjoying every single minutes of it. Work resumes tomorrow.

    Photo by karl chor on Unsplash

    → 1:40 PM, Aug 16
  • I Love This Machine

    It is light, fast and an absolute design gem. Small, but not too small. It runs a powerful operating system. It’s highly portable. It is venerable. It is a rare “species”. There is something really special about it. Furthermore, it has a real keyboard that I can trust. Battery life is good. It is out of the way. It’s the perfect device for writing and blogging.

    It’s a 2013 11” MacBook Air.

    I’ll explain in the coming week or so.

    → 6:05 AM, Aug 3
  • It’s always saddening me a bit when, on the day of a new issue of my newsletter is being published, a few people decide to unscubscribe. I know, I cannot please everyone, people are busy, etc. And yet… 😒 oh well. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    → 11:06 AM, Jul 30
  • I’m mostly done with the latest issue of my Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter. It’s been a year since I started this free monthly newsletter and I still love it. While waiting for the next issue tomorrow, why not give a look at the previous one here. Subscribe, it’s free!

    → 6:22 AM, Jul 28
  • I wish I could have used « Digital Citizen » instead of « Numeric Citizen ». Oh well. It’s a branding issue, nothing serious.

    → 8:40 PM, Jul 26
  • A few thoughts on cleaning up my Twitter accounts following list

    Since last year, I’ve been making a major cleanup of my Twitter account. I came from following more than 2000 people down to less than 300… and my goal is to drop below 100. I’m slowly getting there. Here are a few take outs from this major cleanup of my accounts following list.

    First, there are a lot of stale accounts on Twitter, which tends to artificially increase “followship”. It looks like people stopped tweeting a while ago — they left the building. Second, a bunch of accounts were iPhone developers that I started following during my indie developer era, back in 2009-2013. My interests have since then shifted to writing and blogging. I no longer need to get in touch with the developers community. Third, and this coud be the most troubling take out: Twitter has become less and less useful in my numeric life. Articles readings happens more and more though RSS feeds and Mailbrew. So, what’s left for me from Twitter? Getting reactions from people during specials events, related to Apple’s announcements. That’s pretty much it.

    → 1:00 PM, Jul 10
  • I’ve been experimenting with time tracking. I’ve been doing it as an experiment at first, but now it’s part of my workflow. I’m using Toggl and Timery. Ask me anything.

    → 6:35 AM, Jul 9
  • I’m starting a new trend: open writing.

    If you’ve been paying attention in recent months, did you know that you can have a peek at my upcoming blog posts that I’m working on? Thanks to Craft, You can peak at a selection of drafts, ideas, reference lists, etc. I give a name to this: open writing. Think of this as being this observer looking at a painter while he or she is painting a new artwork.👨🏻‍💻

    What would be super cool is if someone interacted with this by posting comments… which is something Craft makes possible.

    → 9:17 AM, Jul 2
  • I’ll never consider moving my newsletter from Subtack to go to Facebook. Over my dead body. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: Bulletin Is “Directly for Journalists and Individual Writers” – The Hollywood Reporter

    → 5:01 PM, Jun 30
  • Problem of the day: my read later list is spread among Safari Reading List, Apple’s Reminders, Pocket, Craft and since iPadOS 15, QuickNotes😳. What is the problem with me? 🤦🏻‍♂️

    I have to do something about this, once and for all.

    → 8:30 AM, Jun 30
  • Finally on vacation for two weeks. Been a long time. For the second summer in a row, we rented a chalet which happens to be real nice. But there is one thing: internet access is flaky at best. Good time to disconnect and spend more time writing I guess. 😌

    → 2:05 PM, Jun 20
  • Micro.blog > Twitter Blue.

    I like how Micro.blog stacks up against Twitter’s subscription. $5: Micro.blog hosting, photos, use your own domain name, categories, bookmarks, themes, CSS, plug-ins, bookshelves, standalone pages, native apps, open APIs. $3: undo tweet, thread viewer, free Twitter features.

    Manton Reece https://www.manton.org/2021/06/03/i-like-how.html

    Indeed.

    → 11:19 AM, Jun 3
  • Better reading experience of Twitter Threads, via Twitter Blue, will encourage people to write more threads on Twitter instead of publishing a blog post. I’m not sure that I like the trend here.

    → 10:45 AM, Jun 3
  • Current status: publishing.

    → 8:27 AM, May 29
  • Current status: writing. Who knew. 👀

    → 6:05 AM, May 29
  • About those digital attention seekers ... GTFO (#socialnetworks)

    I hate it when people subscribe to my stuff, to my blog, my newsletters, or whatever, just to grab my attention and wish that I’ll follow them back. That is not the way I operate or think. I’m looking for real content, enlightenment, creativity, singularity. I rarely follow back someone unless they meet what I’m looking for online. Just saying.

    → 4:40 PM, May 28
  • Here is a free pro-tip for content creators (#writing #author #protip #tip)

    An easy way to differentiate yourself from the crowd is to persevere with your journey of publishing your stuff out there. There are countless authors who started something only to stop after a while. Be the one who continue and keep it going. Regularity and continuity are key factors to build your online presence. I guarantee you that people will come and stick around if you meet these goals.

    → 4:24 PM, May 28
  • Importing HEY World Posts to Substack? @SubstackInc

    Nope. Better chance next time. No easy way to ask for help either. Tried different variations of the RSS feed URL. Nope, doesn’t work. There is no option to expert from within HEY either. As you can see, looking for some easy way out of HEY World. 👨🏻‍💻

    → 10:48 AM, May 15
  • HEY World was a fad. Using the dice feature to pop up a random HEY World website shows that the vast majority of users didn’t keep updating their feed. What could explain this lack of durable enthusiasm?

    → 8:02 AM, May 15
  • My Go-To Internet Destination for Reading: Mailbrew Website

    I recently noted that I’m spending much more time on Mailbrew website for my newsletters reading rather than in HEY Feed. Why is that? Well, I think there are a few sticky features in Mailbrew that helps me better process information tidbits. First, the reading experience is great. The “Read” button next to a URL will bring a nicely formatted version of an article from a URL. Second, A “save” button is handily available for me to use if I want to keep a piece of information for later use. My collection of saved items is growing by the day. There’s also the Save to Mailbrew bookmarklet that comes handy. The website on the iPad is also a joyful experience.

    Mailbrew update schedule is pretty fast and brings many small improvements on a constant flow. Now, if only there was a highlighting feature it would make Mailbrew reading experience a perfect fit for my workflow.

    By the way, thanks to Mailbrew, you can get a weekly summary of all my publications here.

    → 7:17 AM, May 15
  • That could prove to be quite useful! Link posts are always a pain to prepare. Thanks to @cdevroe 🙏🏻 Source: Introducing the Micro.blog Posting Bookmarklet – Colin Devroe

    → 11:38 AM, May 5
  • Friday musing

    TGIF! 🙏🏻 It’s a rainy Friday here. Friday is a slow and strange day for me as a blogger and content creator. I should go more often on Flipboard. In a way, Ello makes me think of Micro.blog. It’s been a long time since my publishing pipeline has been that low. I’m catching up, I guess. My Micro.blog feed is quieter than usual; is the Ulysses effect already fading? I’m not a good podcasts listener. I won’t get my four-pack AirTag today. I didn’t order the Apple TV 4K with updated remote; don’t know when I will. That’s a great question.

    → 6:21 AM, Apr 30
  • About My Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter

    My next newsletter issue is nearly done. On Substack, I’m not a big name in the blogger sphere or a journalist dropping from places like the New York Times. Yet, I enjoy putting together this monthly newsletter, and I generally like the end results. Subscribers are staying and keep increasing over time. It’s a good sign, I guess. Are you one of them? https://numericcitizen.substack.com

    → 7:07 AM, Apr 27
  • It’s that simple: choice. That’s all we are asking, us, humans. Thinking otherwise is wrong doing. Simple. as. that. Thanks to Apple for letting me, decide, have a choice, not to be part of being a product, just be a human. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihw_AlRNno

    → 1:54 PM, Apr 26
  • HEY World slowly fading... but... (#thoughts #blogging)

    From time to time, I use the « HEY World Shuffle » URL to trigger the display of a randomly chosen HEY World user website. It’s funny as I never know what discovery I’ll make. I see a lot of users who made their first try of the service in its early days by sending random thoughts. The vast majority of users didn’t bother to continue but a few did, and there are a few gems to discover. I’m slowly building a list of HEY World bloggers, like a blog roll, by subscribing through RSS feeds. It is fun. That being said, the question is: was HEY World a fad? The jury is still out on that one. Yet, I see a lot of potential growth in features for this service. Will the owners care to make them happen?

    → 6:36 AM, Apr 18
  • Still relevant.

    numericcitizen.me/2021/04/0…

    → 6:36 PM, Apr 16
  • I should read this every day. Thanks to @gr36.

    → 6:29 AM, Apr 7
  • This is a test with the most recent update to a little-know utility: Linky. I love it. 👍🏻

    Substack vs Buttondown — Who’s Better? — My Observations - Numeric Citizen Blog numericcitizen.me/2021/03/2…

    → 1:06 PM, Mar 28
  • Want to know what Craft is capable of as a website publishing tool? Take a look. Move around the site, you’ll get a better idea of its navigation structure and feature. I love this app.

    → 7:02 AM, Mar 17
  • HEY World, it's now official! (#hey #heyworld #blogging)

    They flipped the switch to ON. HEY World is LIVE! I’m so glad, curious and already excited to use this other channel to share my written content with the world. I’m already thinking about my first post on this new platform. Furthermore, I think this addition brings even more value to an already useful service, on which I depend every single day. Recently, I asked: How many websites can a blogger have? Well, as soon as a newcomer doesn’t add too much friction when publishing content, it’s ok to have many. HEY World seems to be such a service. Count me in.

    → 2:49 PM, Mar 4
  • After spending so many hours trying to understand the requirements to set up my online presence to support the IndieWeb movement… I’m close to just giving up. I fail to get the whole picture and none of the sites that I look at has a complete explanation that corresponds to my use case. Gosh. I’ll put this aside for a while and eventually come back to this. Maybe.

    → 7:19 AM, Mar 2
  • I often read the word “Quill” in here but never really paid too much attention, until now. Quill allows for posting content to your blog from a simple web page. You knew that, already, right? Not me. Sorry for the interruption, normal programming to return in 3, 2, 1. Thank you.

    → 8:25 PM, Mar 1
  • Quick Poll on Writing During the Pandemic (#blogger #writer #poll)

    Today, I would like to do a quick poll among my blogger / writer friends here on Micro.blog. How did the pandemic influence your writing habits? Do you write more? Less? What could be the reasons behind the change of habit?

    To help you out and start the thread, I’ll answer to my own poll. The pandemic brought me closer to be what we call “a writer”. I write a lot more. I do put more efforts into each piece. I use more tools to help me. My research goes deeper. I have many pieces in the works, all the time. I spend around 5-10 hours for writing each week.

    Now, why do I write more? Because there is less noise in my life in general, thanks to the restrictions (no travels, curfew, work from home: no commute). This “silence” created a pool of free time. My creativity took over. So, I write. And I love it.

    Tell me your story? Let’s discuss.

    → 7:24 AM, Feb 28
  • This is what I call a VERY productive Saturday.: three articles published (on Medium, on Numeric Citizen I/O, and on my Numeric Citizen Blog) and a monthly newsletter went out! 😎 Time for a break. 🏃Oh, and thank you for reading my stuff! 🙏🏻

    → 10:12 AM, Feb 27
  • I Tested HEY World! (#hey #heyworld)

    Today, I tested HEY World. This is my non-review. It could have worked great, but it’s not ready yet. One could say “Nice try, buddy”.

    I love their response to my test message. One thing stands out from their response, though:

    “For now, HEY World is just an experiment. …

    “Assuming there’s demand, we’ll begin opening it up for more people soon. And then, hopefully, for all HEY for You customers. Personal blogs will finally be as easy as sending an email.”

    It seems to me that they are on the fence. They already have their tag line. They keep the door wide open. Could it be closer than we think or want to say it?

    Now, what I’d like to see is how many emails like mine they get each day and what are they saying?

    If they actually turn the switch on, count me in. I’ll find a use of it. For sure.

    → 6:58 PM, Feb 25
  • Ghost’s Killer Feature (#ghost #blogging)

    After reading “Ghost on the iPad, a Review” from Tablet Habit, I tried to remember my experience when I tried the service myself. It wasn’t a good one for the thing I wanted to do with it: create a photography-oriented blog.

    In recent days, it seems that the “Ghost” name is gaining traction in the blogging arena. I have to wonder if Ghost is better at this than what I experienced for photography. I don’t think I’ll try it again, but I think they do have one killer feature that other platforms don’t have: the combination of a blogging platform and a newsletter publishing tool. They really look to be well integrated.

    One could argue that the difference between blogging or sending a newsletter is small (Think of HEY, World). I could easily agree. But sometimes, the actual implementation of the integration between those two features can make a real difference.

    I’m currently using Substack for my monthly newsletter (Numeric Citizen Introspection Newsletter) and WordPress as well as Micro.blog more my blogging needs. Sometimes, I do wish there would be less friction when I’m publishing my work. A single platform doing all of this in a basic manner would be certainly very enticing.

    → 6:36 PM, Feb 25
  • How many websites can a blogger have? (#blogger #blogging #bloggerlife)

    How many websites a blogger can have? Good question. I do have (too?) many, each filling their own niche. On that subject, something caught my attention yesterday in the public announcement of HEY’s experiment: “Hello, World!”. Jason Fried explaining why he never had a blog:

    “It was primarily because setting up a personal blog was just too much of a hassle. It felt formal, it required yet another tool, yet another place to write, yet another platform to pay for just one feature. I had to pick a template, I had to think up a name, I had to make the relationship official.”

    Sure, setting up a blog can be a hassle. For me, it is some kind of challenge and an exercise in creativity. This brings me to something I want to share with you. I’ve been working on something new in the last few days. I’m very excited about it. I started a “metablog”. Yes, another place to publish content. What is it? Well, it is a blog about blogging.

    Let’s see what Wikipedia has to say about the word “meta”:

    Any subject can be said to have a metatheory, a theoretical consideration of its properties, such as its foundations, methods, form and utility, on a higher level of abstraction. In linguistics, a grammar is considered as being expressed in a metalanguage, language operating on a higher level to describe properties of the plain language (and not itself).

    Why do I feel the need to create yet another numeric space? Well, I believe in focused channels in general. I wanted a dedicated space for writing about being a blogger, using tools and services to put things together and out to the world. In other words, it is more about the “how” than anything else. I believe people like to get a look behind the curtain. I certainly do. So, I created this space where I’ll post my updates to my blogger workflow, in more detail.

    So, there you have it: Numeric Citizen I/O. You’ll be able to comment on each individual post (I’m using Commento, a privacy-friendly commenting service.). I dearly encourage you to engage in discussion, ask questions or leave your comments. Thanks for visiting!

    → 7:02 AM, Feb 25
  • Indeed.

    Writing is fun.

    Mike Rockwell https://mike.rockwell.mx/asides/999
    → 8:35 PM, Feb 24
  • Hey, World (#hey #newsletters)

    Each day, it seems there is always something new happening in the world of newsletters. When it’s not someone famous who joins Substack, a company out of nowhere offers a brilliant idea built around supporting newsletters in one way or the other. I’m thinking of Hey in particular.

    “Email is the internet’s oldest instant self-publishing platform. Except you have to define a small audience every time you write. But what if you didn’t? What if you could just email the web to reach the world? Introducing the HEY World experiment” - Jason Fried from HEY

    Yesterday, the company behind the popular HEY email client tentatively announced a new service for their customers. The idea behind is to allow any HEY users to create newsletters and publish them just by sending them to world@hey.com. The service would then post these newsletters on the web, complete with the author’s name. A simple static page, no tracking, no nothing more. I call this: simply brilliant.

    The service is not currently available, only in some form of alpha-stage for internal use only. They announced it to read the room and see if there is some interest in something like this that could become some soft of hyper-distributed publishing platform.

    I’m personally interested in this kind of service simply because it removes friction in the publishing process. What could be simpler than just writing the newsletter like we do with emails and then hit “send”!? Simply brilliant. For the reader, they can subscribe by email or by using the available RSS feed.

    You can read the announcement here. I like the simplicity of this implementation. Very clean. Very lean. I’m in love. Too bad this isn’t available — yet.

    → 5:43 PM, Feb 23
  • Are we digital nomads? (#blogging #internet)

    In the last few months, on Twitter and on Micro.blog, I’ve been witnessing something that takes the shape of a small phenomenon: people are moving from one place to another in the digital space. Many are writing about their experience of moving from one hosting site to another. Some are leaving WordPress to return to Ghost. Others are proudly putting together their hosting solutions. The same happens in the newsletters hosting space: people are leaving Mailchimp to go to Substack or Revue. People are looking to get better return on their investment both in time and money. Others are simply trying to optimize their blogging workflow. There is a myriad of reasons why people decide to leave a place for another one.

    I find these numeric movements quite fascinating. Are you one of those guys?

    → 4:33 PM, Feb 21
  • Learning Blot.im the hard way (#blot #selfhosting)

    So I started another experiment involving Blot.im. For those who don’t know Blot.im, it is a static web site generator that seems popular among the crowd here. On paper, the process of publishing is very simple: you drag and drop files on a specific folder on your computer and they get instantly published on the web. Sound great, right? That’s what I thought.

    My goal with Blot.im is to do some “meta blogging”; a place where I could write about the tools, services and my blogger workflow. So I registered a new domain with GoDaddy: numericcitizen.io. Then, I opened my Blot.im account and stated experimenting. The initial setup is pretty simple. And then challenges pretty quickly started to emerge.

    First, I wanted my new domain to point my Blot.im domain. Tried to follow the Blot.im instructions to make it work but all attempts failed. GoDaddy doesn’t support ALIAS DNS records as Blot.im ask me to create. I asked for help from Blot.im support. Still a work in progress.

    Second, I chose to use Git as the “client” to push content on the service because I don’t want to use Dropbox, a service I despise. By using Git, I need a Git client on my Mac. I’m tentatively settled on Nova. So far so good. After cloning the Git repo from Blot.im to my local machine, I can then use Ulysses to write my posts and push them with Nova. The workflow is very geeky: create .MD file in Ulysses, “commit” within Nova then hit “push” to publish. Not as seamless as I would like. But here another issue: inserting images with a Markdown file is not as easy as it seems. Again, trying to figure out instructions on Blot.im site doesn’t work. The other thing is that if you drop an image within a folder, it will trigger Blot.im to create its own blog post, something that I don’t want. Not cool. Again, I’m asking support to help me here with this supposedly trivial task.

    Third, I would like to use Github as the source of truth. Setting up a new repo is simple and cloning it to my local machine too. But, now, how do I make Blot.im to use the Github repo as the source of content? Again, trying to figure out Blot.im instructions but failing to make it work. Still trying to figure that out.

    Fourth, tweaking the visual appearance is not as easy as I would have liked. There is a theme editor and I still need to be pretty knowledgeable in HTML and CSS. I did fork one of the theme to make it mine and started to do some tweak but it is a painful trial-and-error process.

    All in all, I’m far from positive about Blot.im right now. I spent way too much time on these issues. I’m not sure where this is all going. If you are using Blot.im, please, do me a favour and chime in!

    → 8:13 AM, Feb 21
  • Testing, testing, 1.2.3. (#webmention #indieweb #openweb)

    I’m still new to the Indieweb world. Today, I’m learning about webmentions. I like the idea of linking reactions back to the origin. So, after enabling a plugin on my main blog, I’m trying to link back to one of my recent post and see what happens. One day, I wrote “The Journey is the Reward”. I don’t post personal things very often. Thanks for your feedback.

    → 8:28 AM, Feb 20
  • Love and hate (#microblog)

    I’m in love with Micro.blog. It’s simple, not too busy. Based on open web standards. But today, I’m a bit frustrated with the bad sad of being too simple. My most important grievance is the lack of design flexibility. Built-in themes are too basics and unappealing. You have to be a HTML and CSS expert to try to figure out how to make simple tweaks. This frustration is behind my recent desire to look elsewhere for hosting the whole thing. I’m willing to invest quite a bit of my time to gin control of the appearance of my online presence. I’m patient. The guys behind Micro.blog are working on the next features and I hope they will address some of my complaints.

    → 7:09 AM, Feb 19
  • Looking behind the scene. (#blogging #Hugo #html #git #github)

    It all started with the idea of tweaking my micro.blog visual theme. I don’t like it, but this is the best that I could find from the included themes. After reading for a while and seeing people writing about their blogger workflow, I found out that Micro.blog is using Hugo, a static website generator. Then I started to learn about Hugo by searching for introduction videos on YouTube. Then, I learned about Hugo themes and how they are constructed, and at the center of how a website is displayed. Since static websites need a place to be stored, GIT and Github came into the picture. So, I started to read about GIT and Github. Git and Hugo both can be installed on my Mac mini to locally create content and generate a microblog from that. It a great experimentation place to learn and dig a bit deeper. Github is also a place to find new Hugo-based visual themes. Then I learned that I can import one of those themes on my machine so can change the visual appearance of my local Hugo microblog. Then, came the idea of publishing this content on the web, on Github, for free. To close the loop, services are available to take Github content and generate a static website, again using Hugo, behind a domain name of my choice. Then came the question: why do I need Microblog then? I could own the whole widget! It’s not that simple.

    All this because I’m not satisfied with my current Micro.blog visual appearance. The next step is to dig within Micro.blog custom templates and see how I can update them. I’ll have to refresh my memory about HTML and learn a bit of CSS. The latter seems a bit an arid subject. Oh well.

    → 7:22 AM, Feb 18
  • Dear Micro.blog, where do you plan to go next? (#microblogging #microblog)

    Thought of the day for @manton and @jean: there is something that could be improved regarding micro.blog: opening up the evolution and improvement roadmap of the platform. I do appreciate when a service do put out their roadmaps so the community get a better look at where things will be going in the future. Mailbrew, Plausible and Craft are very vocal about their future plans, you just have to find the place where they talk about it.

    So, where is Micro.blog heading? In particular, how do you plan to expand on themes support and customizability? Why the web editor doesn’t allow support for Grammarly? Do you plan an opt-in option to see how many followers a user have? Those are just a few questions that I have regarding Micro.blog future plans. Thanks in advance.

    → 7:17 AM, Feb 17
  • Hey @jack! Let’s start a discussion.😊 I’m looking at your sites, your work and the tools and services you use. I’m very curious about how it all fit together. I’m curious about this Hugo thing, Github as a storage service and content editors and how they all talk to each other. Maybe others would be interested to discuss their options and workflow too. Chime in!

    Let’s start like this: I started to look closely at Hugo and now I do have a better idea of this engine. What is less clear is this. Suppose I’m running an instance of Hugo on my M1-based Mac mini. Where does Github fit? Why I would use it?

    → 7:47 AM, Feb 16
  • Writing, like so many creative acts, is hard. Sitting there, staring, mad at yourself, mad at the material because it doesn’t seem good enough and you don’t seem good enough. (Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy)

    Greg Morris https://gr36.com/5152-2/
    I know this feeling really really well.
    → 1:08 PM, Feb 9
  • Giving without asking in return (#bloggerlife #blogging #writing)

    Greg Morris recently on his blog about trying hard as a blogger to make something out of all this:

    “I asked, I’m giving, and I am still blogging — now more than ever.”

    Strangely, pure coincidence I guess, I wrote this last week-end “The journey is the Reward” in which I said:

    “It doesn’t really matter if nobody comes and reads my stuff here or there. What matters is the process and the thinking that took place behind my writing. It’s all the small moments where I had to pause, think, read, learn and write. It’s about feeling creative. Alive. The rest is just another tiny drop in the numeric ocean. A few will taste it, and most won’t. That’s the life of a blogger and a writer in a sea of abundance. So, I’ll keep doing it, no matter what.”

    The journey is really the reward for me.

    → 5:55 PM, Feb 8
  • Desktop vs Laptop vs Mobile vs Tablet (#blog #bloggerlife #analytics)

    Here is something absolutely fascinating and surprising to me. According to my main blog’s visitors statistics, thanks to my recent switch to Plausible, over the last thirty days, the distribution of devices type used to visit my blog puts the tablet far behind the desktop, the laptop and the smartphone. One would think the tablet form factor to be much more popular.

    The iPad is massively popular. I’m still in love with this form factor after all these years. These numbers doesn’t jive.

    → 9:29 PM, Feb 4
  • Our secret? Optimizing workflows (#blogger #writer #tools)

    I like to see other people talk about their own writing or blogging workflows. Here’s an interesting tidbit from Greg Morris about using Apple’s Shortcut to publish to WordPress:

    “Shortcuts is a really robust way to publish to WordPress and not have to use the WordPress app or third-party app.”

    Apple’s Shortcuts are also an important part of my blogger workflow. Since I’m using Ulysses, which supports publishing directly to WordPress, I don’t need a shortcut for that. But for many other small things, it is a valuable tool in my arsenal. Shortcuts are an interesting technology within the iOS and iPadOS ecosystem.

    → 1:24 PM, Feb 1
  • Being robbed, again (#stealing #robbing)

    Someone stoled my most recent article. I hate when this happens. I guess my article was good enough for this guy to bother.

    This morning, I got a pingback on WordPress for an article being published elsewhere as shown below.

    Someone copied my latest article “The Ultimate Twitter Tips and Tricks for Mastering Your Twitter Experience”. By doing so, he forgot to remove one of the URL pointing back to another previously published article, “My Review of Mailbrew: a Powerful and Time-Saving Internet Information Aggregator”, I was notified via a pingback. I paid a visit to the “publisher” and sure enough, 90% of my article was reproduced. The guy removed the screenshots but left the captions (weird). The title was modified too. The conclusion was removed. Here is what I wrote to the “published”:

    I also posted the same thing on the comment section but comments being moderate, I don’t think the guy will republish them. I will see what happens. This is the second time this happens to me.

    Meanwhile, The Startup magazine on Medium accepted my article submission. More than 750K followers can see it from the magazine homepage. 😃

    → 7:22 AM, Jan 26
  • That one was hard (#blogging #writing #article)

    I just published one of my most difficult to write article in a long time. It is about transforming your Twitter experience to make it more focused, enjoyable, tailored to your personal interests. I’ve been working on it for the last few months. Along the way of writing this long piece, my Twitter experience was profoundly changed. I’m pretty happy with the end results. If you’re on Twitter, consider giving a look to this guide. Hope you’ll like it.

    “The Ultimate Twitter Tips and Tricks for Mastering Your Twitter Experience”

    → 9:48 AM, Jan 24
  • Dear bloggers, let’s not forget about the link posts (#blogging #writing)

    In “A Love Letter to the Link Post”, CJ Chilvers lament the lost of link posts from the blogosphere. Link posts marked the debut of so many websites raison d’être back in the nineties:

    “At that time, they weren’t even called blogs. You’d simply update the front page of your website every day with a few interesting links you discovered since the day before.”

    I love link posts. I follow many bloggers just to have a peek at their discoveries and comments about them. A big portion of my monthly Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter is built around sharing a curated content of links that I find interesting. They generally fit within the boundaries of my deep interests. Link posts within newsletters = 🥰

    In summary := Link posts > comments on a social network.

    → 7:02 AM, Jan 21
  • Optimizing my blogger workflow (#writing #tools #workflow)

    This is a test with (redacted) currently in alpha, which introduces support for posting to Micro.blog. I’m a big user of (redacted). This new feature alone could significantly enhance and simplified my blogger workflow. I’ve been waiting for this feature for a long time. When the update is ready, on iPad or the Mac, it means that I’ll be able to start the initial writing in Craft, then export to (redacted) using the TextBundle format, finish the editing in (redacted), then publish to Micro.blog. On the Mac, the same sequence applies, rendering MarsEdit unnecessary. How cool is that? Optimizing my workflow is very satisfying. 😎👨🏻‍💻

    _This is a first post with (redacted), things could break. _

    → 9:41 PM, Jan 12
  • About My Friday Notes on @Medium (#writing #blogging #medium)

    Siora photography kY6HbkiauSc unsplashToday, I decided to remove my Friday Notes stories from Medium paywall. In other words, you can read them without paying a penny to Medium. They can be found here, in my Numeric Citizen Tidbits Newsletter. Please, if you like ‘em, give ‘em some hands claps! Thanks.

    → 12:21 PM, Jan 7
  • Wordpress.com: six years already (@wordpress #blogger #bloggerlife)

    Six years anniversary on Wordpress.com WordPress ExactMetrics

    I got this notification in the Wordpress.app this morning. Six years already. Over the years, I became a paying subcriber of their Business plan. Automattic offers great support when you need it. But in the least year or so, I noticed a change in the way they do business with us, paying members. There are a lot of reminders about additional services available to us. which aren’t free, by the way. They keep advertising their ExactMetrics service that I don’t need with tricks that I don’t appreciate as shown in the second screen shot above. Recently, they started to advertise WordPress courses on the main admin page on WordPress.com. I really don’t like the trend. And this story by Alan Ralph doesn’t help either.

    → 1:31 PM, Jan 5
  • Don't forget about RSS feeds (#blogger #rss)

    RSS Feed

    Paolo Amoroso writes on his blog:

    Back in the early days of blogging, the tech press bashed RSS out of existence as it was supposedly too complex for ordinary users. To the point new bloggers don't even know what RSS is, some recent blogging platforms don't support RSS, and the blogs of new startups sometimes don't provide RSS feeds.

    It’s a shame in a world where open standards are on the way out. RSS feeds are another important part of Podcasts, another open standard where big tech would like to monetize, i.e. make it proprietary.

    Amoroso continues:

    The readers who subscribe to your RSS feed always see all of your posts. No matter what Google, Facebook, or Twitter decide.

    A long time ago I decided my blogs feeds would push the complete content of the articles. As I don’t have ads on my blogs, I don’t really care if the readers consume the content from the RSS feed only. RSS feeds are conduits who escape any algorithm-based feeds. It’s the most direct connexion between a blogger and their readers.

    For the best part, Amaroso nails it:

    They are the readers you want. The superfans who share your work. They may be bloggers themselves and link to your posts from theirs, or enable other opportunities such as guest blogging or podcast interviews. Those few RSS subscribers are much more engaged and valuable than the many who don’t even click links on social media.

    If you know how to use RSS, you’re my best friend, you are more then welcome.

    You can find my main blog feed here. For my micro blog, the feed is here. Hope you enjoy.

    → 2:26 PM, Jan 4
  • A new kind of goal for me - writer engagement (#writing #blogger #bloggerlife)

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    Writing is an important part of my life. It’s all about feeling creative, thinking, taking a pause of everything else. As a blogger, I like when people stop by and take the time to read my blog articles and then response with a comment. It doesn’t happen as often as I would like. I would say, one percent of my visitors will do it.

    For 2021, I decided to set a new goal for myself: stopping by, taking the time to drop a meaningful comment on a blog post or an article from someone else. I call this goal writer engagement. Some platforms are easier to interact with than others. I like both Medium and Substack for this. Responding to an article or a newsletter is just a few clicks away.

    So, today, I dropped two comments. One comment to a post from MG Siegler about writing more often on medium. The other comment about a way to consider the iPhone 12 Pro Max as a tool for photography, from a too technical point of view.

    So, will you drop a comment today? Feel free to engage too and maybe start a conversation, why not!

    → 12:12 PM, Jan 4
  • Why I didn’t write a personal year in review for 2020 (#blogger #bloggerlife #writing)

    Journaling space for my future year in review for 2021

    The year 2020 came to an end without me posting my personal year in review. You might wonder why. I read many reviews in the last few days. Most of them are delightful to read as they contain gems about personal lessons learned, personal discoveries, etc. To write those reviews, you have to be prepared for that particular intention to write about it later. Without notes, it’s nearly impossible and takes too much time to prepare. It also would be too easy to miss essential tidbits.

    What about 2021? Good news, for 2021, I want to be ready. Now it’s the best time to get organized. All year long, I’ll be using the excellent notes taking application called Craft. I already started to put things down. The picture at the top of this post is a glimpse at my journaling space structure, where personal notes will be confined all year long. I’ll use a monthly section for each domain or theme I want to touch on in this future year in review. I’ll see where it goes.

    → 8:52 AM, Jan 4
  • Pinboard, Pocket, Raindrop, Instapaper, Notion? Which tools is best for you? (#blogger #bloggertools #writers)

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    Alan Ralph on Why I Use Pinboard As My Reading List

    I’ve mentioned before that I use Pinboard for bookmarking webpages of interest so that I can refer to them later. I realize this might seem like an odd choice, given that there are more obvious candidates such as Pocket or Instapaper, so I’ve decided to summarize my reasoning

    I could add other apps and services like Raindrop (which I tried) or even Notion (which I love) as places to save bookmarks. It’s tempting to use more focused tools to fill a very specific part of a workflow. At the end of the day, it’s a matter of preference or workflow optimization (you can read about my recent workflow update).

    → 8:21 AM, Jan 4
  • The Substack "clique"? (#substack #writers #newsletters)

    My current newsletter subscribers count

    Is Substack the Media Future We Want?

    “on Substack, the most successful newsletters are almost always written by people who have already cultivated an audience at traditional publications or built up a following elsewhere.”

    and

    Substack is a natural fit for the influencer, the pundit, the personality, and the political contrarian.

    Starting from scratch on Substack is quite a challenge. From the graph shown above, this is the curve of my subscribers count. It plateaued. The new reader feature coupled with the discovery tab didn’t move the needle at all. We have to wonder if Substack is just a clique in disguise.

    You can read my past newsletters by visiting my Substack page. Be sure to subscribe, it’s free!

    → 9:46 AM, Dec 31
  • Thinking of closing my Google Analytics account − who knew (#googleanalytics #privacy @mailbrew @plausiblehq)

    Micro.blog stats on Google Analytics

    Mailbrew shared a blog post about the services they use internally for their needs. As a die hard fan of Mailbrew (see my profile here), it’s interesting to see what SaaS they use for their internal use. Especially interesting to me, Plausible, a privacy-friendly analytics. I’m currently using Google Analytics which is free but, you know, it’s Google and it’s too complex for my needs. On the eve of a new year, it would be a nice time to start fresh in that regards. I’m currently testing the service as I write this! I never thought closing my Google analytics account could be a thing. Every new year is the occasion to do things differently, don’t you think?

    → 1:58 PM, Dec 29
  • Tempted by Vimeo, again. (#vimeo #YouTube #experiment)

    My Main Vimeo page

    I have too many projects on my plate to complete and experiments that I want to try. Today, I’m thinking about subscribing to Vimeo, again. I used to have an active account where I would publish photo processing session recordings with voice over. These sessions are still available by the way (one example here). I stopped doing those because they were time consuming to create and publish.

    Subscribing to Vimeo’s first paying tier is not cheap. I know what you’re thinking, why not use YouTube which is free!? First, I don’t like YouTube and the business model behind it. I don’t like to depend on Google for my stuff. Vimeo is better in my opinion as a video content platform, for what I want to do. I prefer their embedded video player compared to YouTube’s. I don’t want ads on my feed and on my content. For all these reasons, Vimeo > YouTube.

    My Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/numericcitizen

    Now you know. 😎

    → 9:55 AM, Dec 22
  • What do you use as a shortcut menu utility on macOS? (#apple #macOS)

    instant bar Mac App Store page

    I’m currently writing a piece about the tools and services I use to help me be more efficient in my blogger workflow. Currently looking at Shortcut Bar - Instant Access on the Mac App Store. I had this utility in my list that I never bought but the features are exactly what I would like to get. Is there any alternatives to this utility? It’s a bit on the expansive side and is not yet updated for M1 Macs and Big Sur look and feel.

    → 10:59 AM, Dec 21
  • A few thoughts on Twitter's Space feature (#twitter #experience #audio)

    Experiencing Twitter Space

    Today, unexpectedly and for the first timr, I had a chance to experience Twitter’s Space. It’s a virtual room of twitter users who can speak to each other. When there is an open space, a small icon appear at the top of your timeline among twitter fleets. Tapping on it allows you to enter the space. By default your mic is disabled. You have to request permission first in order to be able to speak. There is a speaker who controls people’s requests to speak. People who are listener can react using emojis. It’s pretty interesting, much more interesting than audio tweets in fact.

    I spent maybe ten minutes chatting with the space owner about things like COVID-19, confinement in Christmas time and how to use Twitter space. Others in the room were just listeners. It was pretty cool. I can see myself using this instead of doing a podcast for example. It’s easier to setup up, doesn’t require a distribution platform to maintain. I could setup a space to talk about Apple, photography, privacy or climate change. Can’t wait to try it out with my followers, once the feature officially rollout.

    → 2:26 PM, Dec 19
  • The unexpected good side effect of COVID19 on me as a blogger (#writing #blogging #blog)

    Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash

    Who knew COVID-19 would have a very positive side effect on me. It started on March 13th of 2020, and it’s still going on nearly uninterrupted. What is it? I have more time than ever to focus on my writing and publishing activities. Why?

    As I’m working from home from mi-March of this year, I no longer have to commute. I save countless hours per week just because of this. On top of that, consider many activities on the weekend that no longer can take place because of the on-and-off restrictions in place.

    I never wrote or published as much stuff in the last nine months as in the last year or so. I have a lot of projects in my head, small and more significant. I did spend quite a lot as I no longer travelling on software, services, work-from-home equipment. I also have more time for reading than before, it makes a difference.

    COVID-19 is transformative at the society level but also a personal level. There are things that I don’t want to return when COVID-19 is no longer among us. Time is a precious resource, once you have it, you don’t want to mess with it.

    → 1:14 PM, Dec 14
  • Too bad @AppleNews, this could have been fun 😔 (#applenews #blogger #bloggerlife #writer)

    Now it’s official, Apple is no longer accepting blogs on their news platform, Apple News. I got my rejection mail today (read about my original submission). I understand Apple News as being a… news platform, yet I think Apple is missing an opportunity here. Why? One word: Substack. Another word: Medium. Apple could have done to the written space what they did for the audio world with podcasts. Apple could have created a special place on Apple News for individual writers, not only bloggers per se. This would have been a message of inclusion, diversity and openess. Instead, Apple is again sending a message about begin a walled garden, exclusion, elitism. Too bad.

    → 9:12 AM, Dec 12
  • Where are you all? 🤔 👀 (#blogger #bloggerlife)

    Fridays are always slow, it seems. Are people simply taking time off social networks, blogs, etc.? Maybe. In any case, I want to send a “have a nice week-end” to my dear readers and followers. 👈🏻 I do have a lot on my plate for this week-end: writing, writing, writing. And some time off too.

    Photo credit: Jonas Jacobsson / Unsplash.

    → 3:56 PM, Dec 11
  • How Synology NAS can improve my blogger workflow (#synology #nas #storage #blogger #tools)

    As an IT guy, looking at what Synology has in store for 2021 makes me pretty excited. I wrote about that yesterday but I took a deeper look at what is coming in DSM 7.0, their NAS operating system. I didn’t pay too much attention to their photo management software that comes with a Synology NAS, but that might change. In my blogger workflow, there is something I can optimize is the use of a photo management to store all my screen shots, stock photos, visual assets, etc. Synology Photos could be the tool I was looking for for a long time. I don’t want to use Apple’s Photos application as I don’t really like to see screenshots intermixed with family pictures. If Synology Photos is as solid as it looks, if their mobile application is much improved to their current version, I’ll certainly give it a serious try. On top of that, this photo feature also enable remote access to the photo library. Very interesting.

    I’ve been shopping around for a home NAS for a long time and only made the plunge this year. After much thinking and reading, I settled on Synology because I saw a mature company offering mature products with a solid reputation. Again, DSM 7.0 brings a lot of new features and improvements which makes me feel happy about my choice of going with them. Can’t wait to try what’s new.

    → 7:40 AM, Dec 8
  • The modern business card? (#blogger #writer)

    Over the last two years, I expanded my online presence. Maybe a bit too much; it’s hard to keep up. I came across something interesting recently: Linktr.ee. According to their website, the purpose of the service is to “Connect audiences to all of your content with just one link”. It’s exactly a case of “you don’t know you need it until you see it!”. Building the mini-website is quick and easy. There are enough layout options to make your page look like your own. I opted for the paying tier which enables more design choices and better analytics. Hope you like it and pay a visit to learn the breath of my online presence. I think of it as some form of a modern business card.

    I started to replace my links to the following one which makes things simpler in places like my Twitter profile page. Check it out: https://linktr.ee/numericcitizen

    → 3:05 PM, Dec 6
  • Podcasting (#podcasting #blogging #writer #blogger)

    My podcast adventure was too short (The Numeric Citizen Podcast). I prefer written words over audio. I prefer photography over video. There is something about moving content that I find difficult to grasp, as a creator. I’m may be too old for podcasts creation or YouTube, I don’t know. I loved creating those episodes (in French), though, using Ferrite.

    → 8:04 PM, Nov 16
  • What's wrong with Medium's stats…? (@medium #writing #bloggerlife) 🤔

    What’s wrong with Medium’s “reading time" stat? Here, this story “Thoughts on ‘One More Thing’ - The Ultimate Mac Transition”, got 34 views so far, 12 reads, 2 two responses, 4 fans, 53 claps but the total reading time is 50 seconds? What’s wrong with that? 12 reads x 11 min estimated reading time = 132 minutes. Someone wrote: “very informative talk”! Did this guy really read my story or he is trying to get some attention? 🤨

    → 7:16 AM, Nov 15
  • Hourra, Ulysses ! (#macosbigsur #writingtools #blogger @ulyssesapp)

    My go to app for blogging, Ulysses, is now ready for macOS Big Sur. Yeah! I’m doing my part, as I’m going to order this M1-based Mac mini today so I can run Big Sur on its own machine and experience the future now. And that icon is lovely, not too iOS-ified, enough Big Sur-ified to feel at home! Ulysses 21, Pt. 2 - Ulysses Blog

    → 7:00 AM, Nov 12
  • Measuring my success (#blogger #writer #newsletter)

    As a blogger and a content-creator, how can I measure my success? Well, it’s not an easy one to answer. Each blogger could have its own way at looking at this. Personally, I could pay attention to my blogs visitors statistics, but there is one thing that I keep an eye on these days. I recently started publishing a free monthly newsletter on Substack. The membership is increasing, but what I'm looking for is easy: following a new issue of my newsletter, how many are unsubscribing? None, so far. To me, it’s some form of success.Substack newsletter banner

    → 4:22 PM, Oct 30
  • Basic Apple Guy but gorgeous! (#apple #blog #discovery @basicappleguy)

    Thanks to an article from John Gruber’s website, Daring Fireball, I discovered a new Apple-centric blog yesterday: Basic Apple Guy. After spending a few minutes on it exploring the content, I kind of fell in love with it and and started to wish it was mine. I’m impressed by the simplicity and the content quality. RSS feed already added to my collection.

    → 10:22 AM, Oct 27
  • I kind of like what I’m seeing (#myblog #blogger #bloggerlife)

    This is my Micro.blog.

    Using the popular Newsify RSS feed reader, I used my own feeds to see how it would look through it. I was pleasantly surprised by the end results. It’s been a while since I found the best way for me to post on Micro.blog. All posts have a title, hashtags, a picture and use at least 280 characters so the boundary where a title becomes available. Without it, Micro.blog cross-posts the whole text on Twitter which I don’t want to happen; I prefer a summary titled.

    → 8:43 PM, Oct 26
  • A follow up to @mattbirchler on why opting for Newsletters instead of a blog? (#blogger #blogging #writing #substack)

    In a recent blog post, the well known blogger and content creator, Matt Birchler, wants to understand why so many people are opting for emails (newsletters) over the web. I want to give my perspective on each of his questions.

    What about writing in a newsletter is more enjoyable than writing for a blog?

    My Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter is a monthly one. I start writing the next issue at the beginning of each month. I hit “Publish and send” at the very end of each month. It gives me four weeks to nurture its content. When the end of the month approaches, the newsletter content is mostly complete and I like how it evolved from the beginning. It is a satisfying process. Then, I take a pause and look forward to start the next one. I like the regular beat of all this process. I wouldn’t do a weekly newsletter, though, as it requires much more time to do.

    Are newsletter audiences more engaged than blog subscribers?

    I’m not sure about this one in general. For me, it is too early to tell. My gut feeling is that people are more or less engaged the same way as they are with blogs. I’d like to be wrong, though, and have people engage more with newsletters.

    As a reader, do you prefer reading in your email app to an RSS app (or just the web in general)?

    I use Substack to build and send my newsletters. Each of them are also available via an RSS feed. Depending of the client used, the reading experience can be enjoyable on both type of clients. Personally, I do subscribe to Hey and reading newsletters with their client is really nice and provides a nice clipping feature which is very handy.

    Do you not miss things like link posts and “going viral” which are much harder, if impossible to do with emails?

    Link posts can be done in newsletters and they won’t go viral for sure. But, I’m not really looking for this kind of fame to be honest.

    Is it easier to get people to sign up for a paid subscription compared to the web?

    I’m still building this stuff and my newsletter is free for now. I get new subscribers regularly but not as much as I would like. I guess I still have to get the word out and be more “famous”.

    → 2:07 PM, Oct 17
  • Secured. (@medium, #blogger, #blog)

    A word about my other home: Medium, which I love. Following their latest update, they now offers publishers to secure their own domain name as well as allows better customization of publisher’s profiles. This is mine).

    Im still pondering how I’ll make use of Medium’s new love for bloggers.

    → 6:27 AM, Oct 15
  • I’ve been robbed by... @duggu24 (#bloggerlife #blogger)

    For the first time in my numeric life (at least, from what I’m aware of), one of my article has been robbed by another guy. After discovering it, I asked for immediate removal but without success. So, today, I’m calling him out.

    The robbed article is the one about upgrading from an Apple Watch Series 4 to Series 6 published on my main blog on October 3 of 2020 and on Medium. You can see the stolen article there. This article was then pushed on this fake Twitter account with 1628 followers. This Twitter account is apparently owned or operated by this guy, the thieve who is following four people and has only one follower (poor guy).

    This hosting website seems to enjoy quite a bit of traffic. Good for him. All his articles is stolen stuff without any mention of the source. He must be proud of himself, I wonder if his parents are, though?

    The main take out: I’m must be a good writer after all so people are starting to notice and copy my stuff.

    → 7:19 AM, Oct 14
  • On newsletters rising popularity #blogger #blogging #writing #writers

    The rising popularity of paid newsletters is good news for many reasons. First, it’s a signal that people are willing to pay for great content without ads all around it. Second, some people value the direct relationship feeling with the writer compared to a traditional website. Third, the popularity of independent writing is rising which is giving back control to the writers.

    In a recent article by Nick Heer on Pixel Envy, the author writes:

    Yet, despite all of these clear advantages, I still find it difficult to think of my email inbox as somewhere I will go to find something enjoyable to read.

    I find newsletters a wonderful medium that cut the noise from social networks. The reading experience can further be improved with a great email client like Basecamp’s Hey which provides a specific reading mode for newsletters call The Feed. You can read my review of this email client here.

    Read more comments from Mr. Heer in his blog post. I started a newsletter a few weeks ago. For now and the foreseeable future, it will be free. I have to prove myself that I can meet the deadline every month with quality content. I’ll see how it goes.

    Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

    → 3:48 PM, Oct 12
  • On Ulysses Latest Release for iPadOS 14

    Using the latest release of Ulysses for iPadOS 14, it is a joy to write on the iPad. Now, what am I writing, you might ask? More than 1700 words to express my current view of iOS 14 widgets: where are we, what’s left and where it could be going. It was supposed to be a 5 min reads… now I’m at more than 7 min. Oh well. Should be out in the coming days on my main blog at https://numericcitizen.me

    → 7:15 AM, Oct 6
  • I’m currently testing the beta of the upcoming reimagined Medium mobile app and I love it 🥰. For once, a redesigned experience is not synonymous of going backward. More on this soon.

    → 8:50 AM, Oct 3
  • My Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter is out! Check it out, it’s free! Lots of stuff about Apple, photography, privacy and climate change! #newsletter #apple #photography #privacy #climatechange

    → 6:13 AM, Oct 1
  • The second edition of my Numeric Citizen Introspection Newsletter is on the launchpad!

    My upcoming (and free BTW) Numeric Citizen Introspection Newsletter for September is done. I’m just waiting for September to conclude before hitting the send button. Crafting newsletters like this is so fun. Meanwhile, why not give a look at the first edition?

    → 6:33 AM, Sep 30
  • Micro.blog 2.0 - Testing, 1-2-3, Testing...

    I really like what I’m seeing here on macOS. Only request is the default view of a New Post window should show the Title and Categories by default. On the web, the improvements are massive. I’m surprised the Bookmarking feature is available in a new Premium tier only. I want this feature but not the others (podcasting, richer media support). I’ll give it a try while it is free and I’ll see. On iOS and iPadOS, the workflow of selecting a photo from the library is still broken, otherwise, I love the changes. There seems to be speed improvements too. In other words, it is snappier!

    All in all, I like where Micro.blog is going with these updates.

    Testing an embedded bookmark here.

    For the Micro.blog 2.0 launch week, we’ve enabled the new bookmark archiving and highlights feature for everyone to try out. You can upgrade to Micro.blog Premium at any time and also get podcast and video hosting.

    Read: www.manton.org

    Manton Reece https://www.manton.org/2020/09/29/for-the-microblog.html
    → 4:51 PM, Sep 29
  • Thought of the day for bloggers and written content creators

    Competing against Google’s YouTube, Facebook, Instagram et al. In order to grab users attention is impossible, even with great content to a certain degree. Coupled with the general trend towards more visual content instead of written words, It’s hard to build things like newletters or even simple blog with a reasonable readership. I guess this is the numeric world we must accept to live in. Your thoughts?

    numericcitizen.substack.com

    → 11:26 AM, Sep 13
  • While I’m already preparing for released of the second Numeric Citizen Introspection Newsletter, slated for the first week of October, I’m pleased with the visitors and subscribers numbers. Thanks to you all! #newsletter #blogger numericcitizen.substack.com

    → 10:44 AM, Sep 7
  • Dear Flipboard users, did you know that I publish my stuff there too? flipboard.com

    Numeric Citizen

    → 9:58 AM, Sep 6
  • When you get the hang of it, Notion is very powerful and can be what you want it to be.

    twitter.com/mattbirch…

    → 9:38 AM, Sep 6
  • Just in case you missed it, I started a newsletter touching subjects like Apple, photography, privacy protection and climate change. You could be surprised to see how often these are interrelated. It’s free. #newsletter #blog numericcitizen.substack.com

    → 6:46 AM, Sep 6
  • There you have it. #newsletter #blog #writing #blogger Hoping for a long series.

    https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/numeric-citizens-introspection-newsletter

    → 7:23 AM, Sep 5
  • And we’re ready for launch, tomorrow! All systems are ready! Weather is a go too! Don’t miss the officiel launch of my newsletter and subscribe NOW! It’s exciting! #newsletter #writing #blogging #blog #apple #photography #privacy #climatechange numericcitizen.substack.com

    → 6:17 AM, Sep 4
  • It came to my mind that preparing and sending my first newsletter is like putting a message in a bottle and dropping it in the sea. #writing #writer #blogging #blog Picture from Javardh from Unsplash. numericcitizen.substack.com

    → 12:04 PM, Sep 3
  • I’m close to finishing up my first newsletter on Substack. I’m quite happy of the end results for a first try. Can’t wait to share to my subscribers this week-end! It’s time to get in the train, ladies and gentlemen! numericcitizen.substack.com

    → 6:03 AM, Sep 3
  • Finding my newsletter purposes. #blogging #blog #newsletter #writing

    https://numericcitizen.substack.com/

    → 7:18 AM, Sep 2
  • I’m building something new. Again. Can’t wait to share the final results and the start of something new. Why not give a look at the beginnings. #newsletter #blogging #blogger numericcitizen.substack.com

    → 6:15 AM, Sep 1
  • A few words about my online presence and how it is related to finding my upcoming newsletter niche. #blogging #blog #writing #newsletter

    https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/my-online-presence

    → 8:13 PM, Aug 31
  • Thought of the day: I think that blogs and newsletters are more than ever critical conduits for crafted content in a world of AI-generated feeds. #writing #newsletters #blogging #blog

    → 7:31 AM, Aug 31
  • Substack is getting competition from Medium. And I like it. #blogging #blogger #writing #tools #platforms #newsletters

    https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/competition-from-medium

    → 7:28 AM, Aug 31
  • Not bad. Or is it? medium.com/numeric-c…

    → 9:14 PM, Aug 30
  • I’m already feeling the pressure. 😰

    https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/already-feeling-the-pressure

    → 6:46 PM, Aug 30
  • Reflecting on the purpose of my new experiment with Substack.

    https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/a-newsletter-about-what

    → 9:53 AM, Aug 30
  • Quick comparison of writing platforms based on my experience of putting something online. You might be surprise!

    Here is an interesting observation based on my experience with four popular writing platforms: WordPress, Micro.blog, Medium and Substack. If I could place the efforts of putting an article online on a scale for each of them, this is what it would look like: from high to low.

    WordPress (10) > Medium (7) > Substack (4) > Micro.blog (1).

    Your results may vary.

    → 11:35 AM, Aug 29
  • I wish we could see more collaborative work among bloggers, just like in the podcasts sphere. Why is it not common or is it? #blogging #blogger #bloggerlife #writing #collaboration

    → 9:38 AM, Aug 24
  • I love Telegram. I’m not a big user of it but when I do, I find it well executed and feature rich. You can follow my publications here: t.me/numericci… www.macrumors.com

    Telegram Messaging App Gains End-to-End Encrypted Video Calling

    → 8:19 AM, Aug 17
  • You thoughts on Substack as a publishing platform for bloggers? #blog #blogging #blogger Substack

    → 12:11 PM, Aug 14
  • Reflecting on my Twitter presence. Increasing my Twitter followers count is so hard. Even being retweeted to 38K Twitter users won’t move the needle. People come but leave. Is Twitter still a thing? I wonder. #blogger #blogging

    → 5:45 PM, Aug 10
  • I wish I could schedule a post on Micro.blog.

    → 5:14 PM, Aug 3
  • I love the new plug-ins for Micro.blog, but does it put itself on the same path as WordPress? 🤔

    → 8:32 AM, Jul 17
  • I told you that @mailbrew + HEY was a killer combination. Clips. 👊🏻😎👨🏻‍💻

    → 8:03 PM, Jun 25
  • Thanks to a good samaritan, I’m now on HEY! So far so good. Strait forward onboarding. Very approahable in general. Enabled 2FA and email forwarding. Stay tuned for a more complete review sometime in the near future. 😎👨🏻‍💻

    → 8:22 PM, Jun 17
  • I think hey.com could work wonderfully with Mailbrew… If only I had an Invite for Hey…

    → 9:20 PM, Jun 16
  • So, what’s up with Automattic and Tumblr? 🤨🤔🧐

    Question of the day: what’s up with Automattic and Tumblr? 🤨🤔🧐 This question came up to my mind this morning as I reblogged a post from someone I follow on Wordpress. The reblog action was popularized by Tumblr if I’m not mistaken. Since Automattic bought Tumblr for a few pennies, I was just wondering.

    → 9:30 AM, Jun 13
  • In case you missed it: it’s still a good idea to read my review of Universe, a website creation service. The more I use it, the more I love it! #blogger #blog #photography numericcitizen.me

    → 1:33 PM, May 24
  • Questions regarding RSS feeds analytics. How do you track how many people are subscribing to your RSS feeds (hosted on WordPress)? #blogger #bloggerlife

    → 3:48 PM, May 22
  • Friendly reminder of my Mailbrew public profile. Feel free to subscribe to my newsletter. app.mailbrew.com/apple_obs…

    → 10:05 AM, May 22
  • Oh, another nice update. Stay tuned on why.

    → 8:12 PM, May 19
  • Happy to learn that my last article got selected for distribution on Medium. Great way to get compensated for my work. 😊😎

    link.medium.com/kZjWOeSmz…

    → 2:49 PM, May 17
  • Don’t know why but my websites trafic is way down today, is everybody outside taking advantage of eased confinement rules all around the world? 🤔🧐🤨🤷🏻‍♂️

    Whatever the reason, stay safe.

    → 11:47 AM, May 17
  • Ethical question: I produce a weekly newsletter with my content powered by Mailchimp. I want to move to Mailbrew and so informed my subscribers to make the switch. But my subscribers are not updating. Is it ok to make the switch for them?

    → 8:14 AM, May 17
  • I’m testing something really intriguing, different, unexpected. Built #onuniverse. the-perfect-imperfections-series.onuniverse.com

    → 7:02 AM, May 17
  • Can’t wait to try, oops, to test this! We Want YOU to Test Ulysses 20 - Ulysses Blog

    → 8:13 PM, May 16
  • When publishing a new article on Medium, the wait to see if it will be selected for wider distribution is unbearable. It feels like Russian roulette.

    → 2:35 PM, May 16
  • Seeing people go is always sad. Micro.blog for me is helping me strike a balance between lightweight blogging and more heavy duty stuff on my main blog with WordPress. Unmooring from Micro.blog – Alan Ralph

    → 6:45 AM, May 15
  • Never being satisfied with the look of something. I just switched to a new visual theme on my Micro.blog. I think it’s better now. Your thoughts?

    → 4:45 PM, May 9
  • Noto - A Wonderful app

    Please, help me find a use case for this wonderfully designed note taking application. As an avid user of Notion, I don't see much use for Noto, but is looks so great!

    Noto · Noto:

    → 3:09 PM, May 9
  • Day #4 of my Ghost experiment

    Ghost.org has been under attack in the last few days, prompting them to force a password reset. It leaves a sour taste. I'm currently writing down my thoughts and findings. Expect a blog post in the coming days. Spoiler alert: it's not good.

    → 6:16 AM, May 8
  • Another great looking application that I would use if I wasn’t using Notion. twitter.com

    → 7:44 AM, May 7
  • This little utility looks great. Simple design. Very focused use case: bookmarking websites. But for me, Notion is filling this need. Abyss Saves URLs for Later from iPhone, iPad and Mac • Beautiful Pixels

    → 9:30 PM, May 6
  • Day #3 of my Ghost experiment. I already know that I won't go ahead with this. The lack of iOS native app is a deal breaker. No free tier. Simple to setup but Micro.blog is too. I applaud the open source nature of Ghost though. But I think it is not for me.

    → 6:02 AM, May 6
  • My Ghost experiment is to try to find a better solution to replace this. So far, I don't see the plus value of switching, even if Ghost general experience is positive.

    → 6:19 AM, May 5
  • Day #2 of my Ghost experiment. Where is the Media library? How can I re-use a previously uploaded picture in a new blog post? Another thought: the quality of the service's visual themes library contributes to its attractiveness. I found a very simple yet beautiful theme. 😎

    → 5:52 AM, May 5
  • Each time I see an update to the Tumblr.app poping up in the App Store, I wonder if this is the update many were waiting for since the acquisition of Tumblr by Automattic… #tumblr #automattic #wordpress

    → 11:56 AM, May 4
  • Day #1 of my Ghost experiment. Simple CMS. Well designed. A bit desoriented at first, coming from WordPress. No iOS / iPadOS app. Not good.  macOS app not really native. Relies on Zapier for basic cross-posting stuff. 

    → 6:40 AM, May 4
  • Just finished consolidating all my blogger workflow updates on a single page. You can find it here: [numericcitizen.me/about/how...](https://numericcitizen.me/about/how-is-it-done/)

    → 9:29 AM, May 3
  • Contemplating Ghost as an alternative to what I’m currently using and … this critical vulnerability impacting all of their services is not very a good first contact.

    [status.ghost.org](https://status.ghost.org)

    → 7:39 AM, May 3
  • My blogger workflow just got updated. [numericcitizen.me/2020/05/0...](https://numericcitizen.me/2020/05/02/my-updated-blogger-workflow-as-of-2020-05/)

    → 7:21 PM, May 2
  • Let's try this again!

    Well, cross-posting from MB to WP with IFTTT is a no go. Now, testing a much cleaner solution, a WP plugin which allow a better control over what is imported and how it is inserted into WP. I’m currently testing the whole process as I write this. Posts are inserted in Draft mode so I can release them as I wish. 

    If it works as expected, I’ll be able to keep my main blog in sync with very specific content that I put here with minimal efforts.

    → 4:05 PM, Apr 30
  • Well, cross-posting from Micro.blog to WordPress via IFTTT doesn’t work. IFTTT is having issues creating the post as draft. I don’t know why. On top of that, I’m afraid of creating a loop as my posts on WordPress are automatically cross-posted to Micro.blog. 😅

    (xpost)

    → 9:28 AM, Apr 30
  • Starting a small experiment

    Up until now, I didn’t want to have my posts on **Micro.blog** to show up on my main blog on **WordPress**. But since I’m posting ten times more here than on my main blog, I have a feeling my readers are missing a lot. So, starting today, I’s starting a small experiment. Some of my posts here will be cross-posted to my main blog with the help of IFTTT. I’ll see where this goes.

    I’m sill undecided on the cross-post format: full content replication or just linked-post.

    (xpost)

    → 7:56 AM, Apr 30
  • One quick question: is it possible to cross-post from Micro.blog to my WordPress blog?

    [Update: I think I have to use IFTTT, something that I already use a lot. ]

    → 7:34 AM, Apr 30
  • Still far from fully recovered from Google's search algorithm changes of last November

    Last day of April. Time to look back at this month's stats. It was a great month for  my main blog visitors but still far away of full recovery of the big Google search crash of last November. I wonder if I will every recover from it, despite all my efforts to write fewer but longer and higher quality posts. On a brighter side, I’m faring much much better on Medium. (xpost)April, 2020 Stats

    → 6:10 AM, Apr 30
  • A great summary of Ulysses version 19 release by MacStories. As a blogger, I’m loving Ulysses more and more. 😃 Ulysses 19 Brings iPad Cursor Support, External Folders, Material Sheets, and More - MacStories

    → 4:52 PM, Apr 28
  • I’m getting good numbers on @Medium as an indie writer. But as much as I like it so far, I’m not sure they always do a great job of selecting which theme or channel a story is being pushed over. Do they look at the categories the author selects?

    → 4:28 PM, Apr 27
  • The satisfying moment where you hit “Publish” after so many hours of hard work.😊

    Hoping you like my review of Notion.

    → 12:59 PM, Apr 19
  • In the following image, how do you call this graph style and what application can generate them? Very curious about this.

    Unknown graph style
    → 1:53 PM, Apr 18
  • Pretty happy with the near final draft of my review of Notion. More than 1900 words to explain how this service is helping me be better at blogging. Stay tuned.

    → 8:58 AM, Apr 18
  • Testing MarsEdit 4.4a2… just having the categories shown on the right of my post being edited is enough to be an instant buy for me. Even in alpha.

    → 4:00 PM, Apr 17
  • If emails are still a thing for you, well, why not subscribe to my Newsletter! 😁Sent once a week, every Saturday, at 8AM, just in time start your week-end. You bring the coffee. #blogger #blogging app.mailbrew.com/apple_obs…

    → 12:22 PM, Apr 14
  • As a blogger, making money is not one of my goal, but when I do make some money, it feels really great and encouraging. The following story published on my blog and on Medium is having a lot of traction. I mean, a lot. link.medium.com/E1ERVC1tE…

    → 8:15 AM, Apr 13
  • Testing SquareSpace. 👀

    → 7:34 PM, Apr 11
  • In case you missed it: My review of Mailbrew: numericcitizen.me

    → 12:12 PM, Apr 9
  • Exactly my feelings with my own blog. 🤷🏻‍♂️#blogger #blogging #blog aows.co

    Never be satisfied with your work

    → 8:56 PM, Apr 6
  • Fun to read past post… knowing a complete re-write is coming up. Very soon. numericcitizen.me

    → 7:12 PM, Apr 6
  • Working hard to publish a full review of Mailbrew. Can’t wait to share this to the world.

    → 1:10 PM, Apr 5
  • I'm always looking to cut the noise. Here is something new.

    I’m trying something new. It is always a good idea to cut the noise when looking at the news these days. To help me achieve that, I subscribed to 1 year of @mailbrew service. Here is the fruit of this new beginning. app.mailbrew.com/apple_obs…

    → 6:15 AM, Apr 2
  • Finally got an article submission accepted by Medium after the last try. Three previous submissions didn’t get approved. #medium #blogger #bloggerlife

    → 11:18 AM, Mar 23
  • My latest blog post was a big effort for me. Notion was at the center of my work all along. I perfected my use of this platform and should be more efficient for my next blog post. #blogger #bloggerlife #bloggertools

    → 11:10 AM, Mar 23
  • Blogger’s joy: the satisfying moment when you hit “Publish”. #blogger #bloggerlife numericcitizen.me/2020/03/1…

    → 11:33 AM, Mar 15
  • Install poll for bloggers: is the COVID-19 crisis modified your publishing habit? Answer by following link to CrowdSignal poll. Thanks. #covid19 #blogger #bloggerlife poll.fm/10520620

    → 3:26 PM, Mar 14
  • If you see this blog post, it is because I’m now using Drafts to publish to my Micro.blog. And this is cool. Just wish Ulysses could do the same.

    → 1:12 PM, Mar 7
  • I’m working on something new. Again. 😎 📷 #photographer #creativity numericcitizen.me/series/th…

    → 7:45 AM, Mar 7
  • Just discovered that within WordPress, with Automattic at least, there is a free library of very high quality, royalty-free stock images available at my fingertips. Very cool. I love Unsplash but these are very good too. I’m an happy camper.

    → 4:09 PM, Mar 6
  • The more I experiment with Notion, the more I find it interesting, powerful and useful. This thing can be a personal CMS for any blogger. I should write a blog post about this.

    → 7:35 AM, Feb 27
  • Thought of the day: for bloggers, it is taboo thing to do to share the blog visitors statistics on social media. #blogger #bloggerlife #blogging

    → 6:13 PM, Feb 26
  • On bookmarking apps and services

    Bookmarking apps and services like Pinboard are great but they offer limited features… (I was a user of Pocket before). For me, I decided to use more versatile tools like Notion.io instead. More complete, deeper learning curve but way more than bookmarking service. (I was evaluating Raindrop.io but stopped because of lack of support of multitasking on iPadOS. I wrote the developer about it. Still didn’t get a response). alanralph.co.uk/3721-2/

    → 4:39 PM, Feb 26
  • Another tool that I’m learning to fully take advantage for my blogger workflow: Linky. Wow. More to come in my next update to my blogger workflow.

    → 11:38 AM, Feb 25
  • I almost forgot that I have a Podcast (in french). My last recording goes back to last summer. I didn’t mention it on my blogger workflow. Too insignificant I guess.

    → 4:11 PM, Feb 21
  • Looking to add Google Analytics Widget to my iPad Home Screen - help

    Asking my dear network of friends: I’d like to be able to put a widget of Google analytics on my iPad home screen. Do you know of any iOS apps that can do this? I’ll pay for it if the design is up to my taste. Something along the line of this one (which is no longer being maintained). Thanks. 🙏🏻 apps.apple.com/ca/app/ga…

    → 7:35 AM, Feb 21
  • Because I’m a freak of visitors statistics in general, I just enabled Google Analytics for this micro.blog. Just another way to see if I get any attention (I’m not attention freak though!). 😊

    → 6:48 PM, Feb 20
  • Why, oh why? If I was blogging for fame, I would close all this shit right away! So, why am I doing all this? That’s the question that’s lingering in my head this morning. I guess this is a typital thing to ask myself, dear blogger. #blogger #bloggerlife #blogging

    → 7:34 AM, Feb 18
  • He made my day. #blogger #blogging #bloggerlife #blog twitter.com/mattbirch…

    → 9:42 AM, Feb 16
  • On Medium as a platform for bloggers

    For those wonder about using Medium as a publishing platform. Here is a summary for my last four publications. See the difference when a story gets approved? The last three stories were not approved for publication behind their paywall. Not cool. It is a hit or miss and so you don’t want to build too much confidence in the platform to help build any form of sustainable revenue, even small.

    → 9:12 AM, Feb 16
  • Where is the date of publication?

    Here is something that I notice quite often while browsing the web: the lack of a publish date on articles, blog posts, etc. While living in the age of fast content consumption, where content relevance is depleting fast, it seems important, more than ever, to put a publishing date. I know we can sometimes infer the date from the URL but to me it isn’t the right way to do it.

    A content creators, If we suspect content we publish will age well, let’s put a publishing date on it! If we do think this is ephemeral stuff, a publishing date helps put some context for the content. Makes sense?

    → 8:37 AM, Feb 15
  • Remember Flipboard? Who is using this app / service these days? Is it a ghost town?

    → 3:38 PM, Feb 9
  • I’m putting the last efforts on something special that I’ll be sharing really soon. I’m kind of proud of the end results. So, if you are a blogger or want to start a new blog, you should pay attention to this space. 👨🏻‍💻☝🏻#blogger #blogging #writers.

    → 3:09 PM, Feb 9
  • To all content creators: RSS feeds as facilitators, use them!

    My goal as a blogger is to get people read my stuff. RSS feeds are a way to help users access my content. Trying to be protective is counterproductive for me. The idea is to remove friction to the users. If they want to read via Reeder for example, why not! On that note, If a website doesn’t provide an RSS feed, which is sad, I’m let interested to stay in touch. Just sayin. Is RSS Just Giving Your Site Away for Free?

    → 9:07 AM, Feb 8
  • Question to people here on Micro.blog: what are the choices of themes? Are the ones (nine or so) the only one available? Asking for a friend of mine. 😊

    → 7:29 PM, Feb 6
  • Here is an insider note, from a blogger. Each and every single morning, I spend about 45-60 minutes doing things related to my blog: writing, reading, researching, bookmarking, designing, thinking. Every single day. It’s a passion I guess. #blogger #bloggerlife #writing 👨🏻‍💻😎

    → 7:33 AM, Feb 6
  • Do many things, so,little time

    Here is one of my problems: I don’t have enough time in a day to write about all the things I’d like to post here and on my main blog. So many things I would like to write about. One such thing is about my blogger workflow (what tools do I use and why, what platforms, etc.). 🤷🏻‍♂️

    → 12:43 PM, Feb 4
  • Learning new things about micro.blog everyday.

    Just found out why for longer posts (> 280 characters) a title field shows up while editing my blog post. Nice touch. One thing though, I’d like to have the post categories always shown instead of having to hit the ellipsis button each time. Consider this a feature request. 🙋🏻‍♂️

    → 7:25 AM, Feb 4
  • After so many months here on micro.blog, I think I found my reason to be here. Never too late to get it! My main blog being for long posts, micro.blog for link posts and random thoughts. Make sense? I feel better now. #blogger #blogging

    → 7:42 PM, Feb 3
  • This weekend I did all the things that I love do most. Being with my family. Writing. Blogging. Doing photo stuff.

    → 6:00 PM, Feb 2
  • From time to time, I go to my blog and see how it looks. I ask myself if it meets my goals as a blogger sharing about his passions. Today, I did it. And I’m quite proud of my work. ☺️ #blogger #bloggerslife #blogging #writing numericcitizen.me

    → 10:54 AM, Feb 1
  • Not knowing how many followers I’ve got on Micro.blog is killing me. May be I’m talking to an empty room.

    → 7:22 AM, Jan 29
  • Never skip a beat @ Numeric Citizen Blog, sign up for the mailing list: eepurl.com/gjlTqr

    → 11:21 AM, Mar 12
  • Micro.blog profile details are minimalist. We don’t know how many followers we’ve got, who follows who, etc…. in the age of maximum connections between people, this seems a bit strange at first…

    → 8:03 PM, Feb 13
  • One small critic I would say about Micro.blog is the general speed… I find it to be quite slow at time on iOS and on the web… especially when browsing pictures… anyone have the same feeling ?

    → 8:48 AM, Feb 9
  • Categories?

    Just discovered post categories on Micro.blog. I created them and assigned them to each of my posts. I don’t know if this will be reflected on the web site though.

    → 8:09 AM, Feb 9
  • Oh my, ambiance on Micro.blog is so much different than on Twitter… I feel being in a quiet living room… drinking, listening to music and listening to conversations… #feelinggood

    → 7:13 PM, Feb 2
  • I don’t know how many people are following me on Micro.blog… but to them, I want to say that my presence here is real, not only a cross posting from my main blog @ ‪numericcitizen.me‬ ☝🏻🙂

    → 10:12 AM, Jan 26
  • Now a proud paying member of Micro Blog. Trying to be part of this endavour.

    → 9:18 AM, Jan 20
  • Micro.blog is probably the only social media where people welcome you when you start blogging… 😊

    → 9:46 PM, Oct 13
  • I used to be active on @Medium. medium.com/@jfmartin… Stopped publishing there because of what Medium became… trying to monetize us instead of rewarding us. Hope this won’t happen here on Micro.blog.

    → 3:57 PM, Oct 13
  • Testing the native Micro.blog macOS client. Very simple. Very clean. Can add a picture. Here is one from me. I don’ really like to show picture of me but hey, this is for testing purposes.

    → 9:36 AM, Oct 13
  • I don’t know how I din’t know about Micro.blog for so long… where was it? Why so few people are talking about it ? Could this be the platform that Twitter or Tumblr should have become over the years ? Could this become my new numeric home ? I have ten days to find out.

    → 9:10 AM, Oct 13
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