Dave Winer has a new page about blogrolls. Micro.blog’s new recommendations feature supports this link tag too. I love seeing how an older idea can be dusted off and given new life for the modern social web! Lots of potential for the future too, linking blogrolls together.
“…a book is different—it is not just a material possession but the pathway to an enlightened mind…” — The Diamond Age
Fort Parker State Park.
Excited to see Apple continue to improve the EU rules. The latest big change is web distribution, so we’ll have something more like true sideloading. Seems like a reasonable approach:
"To install apps from a developer’s website, users will first need to approve the developer to install apps in Settings on their iPhone. When installing an app, a system sheet will display information that developers have submitted to Apple for review, like the app name, developer name, app description, screenshots, and system age rating."
Getting great feedback about the new recommendations feature in Micro.blog. I’ve made a couple more improvements this morning. Blogrolls were a sort of early social graph, and they’re still useful today! There’s a joy in discovering new blogs that goes beyond the blandness of large platforms.
https://www.manton.org/2024/03/11/recommendations-and-blogrolls.html
Recommendations and blogrolls on Micro.blog https://www.manton.org/2024/03/11/recommendations-and-blogrolls.html
I’m usually pretty good about catching and fixing auto-correct mistakes, but the one I always miss is when typing Hugo’s shortcode and it turns into shortcake. 🍰
Old steps and trail built by the CCC, at Lockhart State Park.
McKinney Falls State Park.
Finished reading: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Wonderful. I had been stalled in my reading and this book was just what I needed. 📚
I should take a break from blogging about politics, but I really like this Joe Biden ad. Acknowledges the “he’s too old” but turns it around to what has been accomplished, and what still needs to be done. Great work from the campaign. There’s hope. 🇺🇸
Happy anniversary to my blog, started on this day 22 years ago, during SXSW. Actually a little tempted to get back to SXSW one of these years. Tech has changed so much, platforms come and go, but blogs remain.
https://www.manton.org/2002/03/09/sxsw-interactive-started.html
We just published the latest Core Intuition all about Apple, Spotify, Epic, and the EU, including a last-minute update with Apple’s reversal.
https://coreint.org/2024/03/episode-590-a-small-sliver-of-truth/
TikTok asking its users to call their representatives seems to have backfired. From the committee chair Cathy McMorris:
"We also witnessed firsthand, in real time, how the Chinese Communist Party can weaponize platforms like TikTok to manipulate the American people."
There’s bipartisan support for forcing new ownership of the app and I think I’m cool with it.
Rollercoaster week for the App Store. Spotify ruling, Epic banned, EU getting involved, Epic now un-banned. Whew! We recorded a @coreint in the middle of it and we’re gonna try to add an update before it’s published.
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/08/epic-says-apple-will-reinstate-developer-account-clearing-path-for-epic-games-store-on-iphone/ https://micro.blog/coreint
Good idea here from Ben Werdmuller for a Fediverse VIP service:
"Fediverse VIP is a managed service that allows any brand to create individual fediverse profiles for its employees and shared ones for its publications, on its own domain, using its own brand styles, with abuse prevention and individual safety features, and with full analytics reporting."
Micro.blog Teams could fill part of this need, with multiple users each with their own subdomain or posts on a group blog. With our pricing changes, we’ve sort of buried Teams, but probably should do more to promote it.
Excited to see reactions to last night’s Biden speech. A couple minor stumbles, but he nailed the core parts of it. I also sincerely hope that everyone frustrated by Biden’s support of Israel listened with an open mind. You can feel a shift, especially with the new push for aid to Gaza by sea. 🇺🇸
That’s the State of the Union we needed. Biden fired up and ready to get back to work. 🇺🇸
Nick Heer:
"Apple’s DMA compliance report is set in Arial, in case you are still wondering how things are going. www.apple.com/legal/dma…"
Also, the “Non-Confidential” in the document title… I’m imagining the Apple internal, confidential version is basically the same but for mature audiences only because of language.
https://c.im/@nickheer/112055550405862566 https://www.apple.com/legal/dma/dma-ncs.pdf
Tips for not getting overwhelmed and distracted in this era of infinite content… Turn off all notifications, except for a small number of close friends and family. Mute all Slack channels. Hide all mobile app badges. Disable search and web suggestions on iOS. Use RSS and mark-all-as-read liberally.