Soft relaunch
I’ve been browsing Adam Procter’s micro blog this morning which reminded me that I still have this space. The reason I’ve not been posting here is simply because at the start of the year I turned Thought Shrapnel into a newsletter and blog.
There’s still room for this space, I think. Micro.blog, which Adam uses, is great, but seems to be somewhat of a monoculture of middle-aged, white, Mac-using men.
At least here is a monoculture of me. 😉
john 10:24 am on July 9, 2018 Permalink |
Hi Doug, I love it when a feed comes alive in my reader:-)
I am enjoying micro.blog despite the monoculture (I follow a few women, linux & PC users on mb). They seem to be working hard to get more diversity. They are also thinking about avoiding unpleasantness and toxic conversations. I don’t think of micro.blog as a silo but more like a group RSS reader. Conversations take place on your own blog (which could be micro.blog hosted but mine ain’t) via indiweb tools. Micro.blog has certainly increased my appreciation & understanding of the indieweb. Worth keeping an eye on.
Doug Belshaw 8:26 pm on July 9, 2018 Permalink |
I knew you’d be on to me as soon as I posted here, John! Looking forward to keeping tabs on micro.blog. I do hope they make it less of an Apple shrine…
john 8:35 am on July 10, 2018 Permalink |
Hi Doug,
Sorry, been on this hobby horse for too long;-)
I think that micro.blog (and webmentions which are perhaps the exciting bits) might point to a way of having communities of blogs. I see mb as a model for community/rss reader/conversation starter that could be applied to other communities.
The really important bit of mb for me is:
http://johnjohnston.info/blog/category/micro/
not
http://micro.blog/johnjohnston
Adam 8:23 am on July 11, 2018 Permalink |
Thanks for browsing my site. 👍 Plenty of movement outside of the Apple Eco system coming to MB by the sounds of it. Plenty of space to grow too ✌️
Doug Belshaw 8:48 am on July 11, 2018 Permalink |
Oh good 😀