A titleless post is not a micropost. By definition, a micropost is "a very short posted message." The hyponym is tweet or toot. Microposts are generally short, but titleless posts need not be. They can ramble along for as long as the thought warrants. Calling a titleless post a micropost is like calling a subject-less email an SMS. Both lack a particular property but are inherently distinct. Microblogging requires a different mindset, one that I have yet to master. However, microblogging is still blogging—it's in the name, after all. A short post is still a blog post. The reverse, though,...

What I like about Arc Browser

I changed my default web browser to Arc from Safari a few days ago. I had a vague idea why I did that. “I have moved back to Arc again. The experiment with Safari lasted a couple of months — it’s fine and I would love to support non-Chrome browsers. But there are so many minor tweaks in Arc that once you experience, you just can’t go back.” I wanted to expand on the tweaks I enjoy that Arc brings to the default browser experience. So, here's the list below, in no specific order. 1. With no toolbars and easy...

Back to Kagi

Around three months ago, I published my thoughts on Kagi and why I decided not to pay for the service. About two months ago, I got frustrated with the free search engine of my choice—DuckDuckGo—and subscribed to the starter plan with Kagi. The experience with DuckDuckGo was frustrating. Here is my observation from a few weeks back then on DDG. “DuckDuckGo is dying a death by a thousand cuts. The search results are becoming increasingly dismal, and ads are creeping more into the list that matters. It's becoming painful to use by the day. I didn't think I would ever...

Thoughts on Scribbles Editor

Each blogging platform editor demonstrates its priorities through the functionality it provides. Some target short posts, while others want you to write longer posts. However, the Scribbles editor is confusing. The first deviation from the trend is that it doesn't support markdown. But then, neither do WordPress and other CMSs by default. So, does it target users moving away from such loaded systems? No idea. Markdown is fine, but it is not a format I have any particular attachment for. I generally use keyboard shortcuts and, hence, really do not care what happens on the screen. I liked the interface...

End of Search

I have been using Kagi as my default search for almost a month. Today, I ran out of the 100 searches that Kagi provided me to try the system. As much as I have loved my experience with Kagi, I don't think I will upgrade to the starter plan even if they have given me enough reasons to. Yet. Don't get me wrong—Kagi was a good search engine. It did its job well—listing the web pages relevant to my search and getting the hell out of the way. What I keep asking myself, though, is if that is enough for...