I’ve moved all the posts from Ghost to Micro.blog. With a single outlet for all my writing now, I’ve got an archive of the posts, the likes of which would make the future newsletter issues. With each update, this place continues to be better and closer to what I need. Yay!
After a welcome phase of independence from my smartphone, I am back to fidgeting unnecessarily with the device. I keep it close to me when I shouldn’t. Notifications have started pestering me again. They hack my focus away. I know the reason, I have given up on my resolve to not hand over the control. It didn’t happen instantaneously. It happened gradually, over time. Now I feel the burning sensation like a slowly boiling frog.
There was a time when I used to go to any extends to stay away from the device. Keep it in the next room. No apps. No notifications. Never next to the bed. YouTube disabled. And on and on. Eventually, every time I picked it, a bulb lighted in my brain reminding me to not surrender.
And the pesky device conquered those defences one by one, without me realising. It started with a few apps. Then their notifications. Then a need to watch and share a YouTube video from the device. Before I realised, I was wishing good night to my phone lying in the bed.
Today, I was on my computer, the powerful personal computer which can cater to all my commands. But I reached out, as if out of habit, to the smartphone just to peek at those apps, the web versions of which I had just visited. I knew I was sick again.
My smartphone has become the most personal thing I own, but also the one I need to frequently stay away the farthest from.
Another batch of newsletters delivered, unintentionally. Updating old posts triggered emails today. Sigh! I don’t know how to apologize for spamming the inbox of the subscribers here. Old published posts should never get scheduled for delivery. Time to tweak a few things here.
A request if you are serving a newsletter. Please mention what I, as a reader, can expect when I sign up for your newsletter. It would be great if the subscribe page on your blog describes this and also links to the archive of the older posts.
With Micro.blog simplifying newsletters, many folks that I already interact with have enabled the option. If I haven’t subscribed to you, know that I am already closely following you on the platform and via RSS. I am an active community member, I hardly miss anything you say 😊
I was listening to some podcast today when at one moment the host said, “We were told no windows”. The first thought I had was what’s wrong with the Windows platform? Slowly, I realised she was talking about the literal windows. You know, those holes in your walls? No, not bugs in your firewall … whatever!
As much as I love Ghost as a blogging platform, I hate maintaining an additional platform. I needed to keep it on because it provided a wonderful way to deliver newsletters as an extension to a regular blog. Another reason I used it was the editor — it is hands-down the best web editor interface out there. But, I never draft my newsletter posts directly in the web interface anymore. I use Ulysses for all forms of writing, and I love it.
With Micro.blog supporting the email newsletters, I can again bring all my writing to a single place. That will be one less platform to manage and to pay for. So, the Slanting Nib newsletter shifts to Micro.blog now.
Today, I unintentionally delivered an email newsletter from Micro.blog to my subscribers. While importing the older posts to the new system, even a post with earlier date got scheduled for email delivery. Thankfully, it was a single post. Need to be wary now while importing.
An easy upgrade to Micro.blog premium just for email newsletters. Plus it’s in line with what I wanted. Feedback to follow. For now, the plan is to email long-form posts to the subscribers. I will move Slanting Nib posts and subscribers here. I would love if you join the group.
Every single problem proposed to be solved by blockchain hits up against three fundamental technical limitations that inescapably arise from economic or legal concerns.
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