The audio narration works for very short posts too. Me reading this post about Mark Zuckerberg earlier today gives the post a whole new “I’m so tired of this” feeling. https://www.manton.org/2025/01/07/this-thread-from-mark-zuckerberg.html

I added audio narration to my latest blog post. You’ll see a little “listen” play button near the top. This is a Micro.blog feature that I forget exists sometimes! There’s a help page about it. https://www.manton.org/2025/01/07/ai-prompts-vs-agents.html https://help.micro.blog/t/audio-narration/2858

AI prompts vs. agents https://www.manton.org/2025/01/07/ai-prompts-vs-agents.html

I’ve fallen quite behind in support email. I’m sorry everyone. Hope to hire someone to help in 2025. I’m going to reply to every email I received in November, December, and January and then close the rest.

Good discussion this week on the blogs — Daring Fireball, Six Colors — about the icon used in Apple Intelligence. We’ve been using a robot icon (or emoji) for anything AI-generated in Micro.blog. When Apple revealed their icon, I thought it was great, but the robot is more obvious and fun. https://daringfireball.net/2025/01/bbc_news_apple_intelligence_notification_summaries https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/01/apple-intelligence-summaries-might-get-warning-labels-thats-not-enough/

This thread from Mark Zuckerberg could’ve been written by Elon Musk. The last thing we need is X and Threads adopting the same perspective on moderation. I’ve read it through a few times and I feel worse about it each time. https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/DEhgYx4JbEG

I don’t want to dwell too long thinking about January 6th four years ago. It happened and the re-election happened. American democracy sometimes feels broken, but I think disinformation is the root problem. The fix won’t be easy. 🇺🇸

I was inspired driving back from camping today to record a new episode of Timetable. Dictated some notes while on the road, then recorded it when I got home. A sort of essay to start 2025. Super short, blink and you’ll miss the whole thing. https://timetable.manton.org/2025/01/06/episode-it-is.html

Because of the freezing weather this week, we’re bumping the IndieWeb Meetup again. It will be Wednesday, January 15th. 7pm at Radio Coffee & Beer.

I was here last year… This time getting a sticker, at Johnson City Coffee Co. A convenient place on the way to or from west Texas. ☕️

Old Tunnel State Park. Now taken over by bats, this was an old train tunnel to connect San Antonio and Fredericksburg in 1913.

Manu Moreale: Blogging: you’re doing it right:

"If you’re doing it, you’re doing it right. If you have decided to reclaim ownership of your place on the web, you’re doing it right. It doesn’t matter how you did it." https://manuelmoreale.com/blogging-you-re-doing-it-right

Glad to have a fire on a cold night at South Llano River State Park.

What would Steve Jobs do?

My last blog post title partially inspired by walking by this sign today.

The long goodbye for Tim Cook https://www.manton.org/2025/01/04/the-long-goodbye-for-tim.html

My parks page has been stuck at 20 out of 88 for over a month. Making some plans to knock off a couple more soon. 🏕️ https://www.manton.org/texas-state-parks/

“It doesn’t make any sense. That’s why I trust it.” — Rose 🍿

Good morning! Still fiddling with Micro.one, improving things, and updating the FAQ here. In some ways this launch is unlike anything we’ve done before. https://help.micro.blog/t/micro-one-vs-micro-blog/3436

Micro.one was effectively a soft-launch yesterday, haven’t officially announced it yet. I learned a few things. Making some tweaks today. Dialing back the custom themes support so that remains a unique part of Micro.blog. https://micro.one/