Be proud of your blog site thing
From Happy 20th to This Blog!:
It‘s tempting to think that The Thing of my career has been NetNewsWire. And that’s kinda true. But the thing I’ve done the longest, love the most, and am most proud of is this blog.
This Brent Simmons post is going around a lot in my RSS feed. Probably because many of us feel similar – or want to.
It took me a long time to admit that my site was a blog. I disliked the word and aspired to be more like the sprawling mass of Softpanorama. Content not a mere stream of distractions. This was before Twitter, mind you.
Eventually I settled down. Time is a factor for all content.
And if I was starting today I doubt Softpanorama would be my target. Maybe CSS-Tricks.
Yeah like I could ever be that focused.
I’m proud of my blog site thing. I’ve made friends through it. I’ve lost a couple. It’s all over the place, but very much represents the changes and consistencies in who I’ve been the last couple decades.
Start your own blog site thing if you haven’t already. Have fun!
Activity Log
hackers.town: 2019-11-10 Sun 00:11
In which I declare ~/.emacs bankruptcy.
hackers.town: 2019-11-10 Sun 02:43
Laying out a new #drawing in #linea
hackers.town: 2019-11-10 Sun 11:18
Somebody in group chat posts something cute and cheeky - and a bit lewd so I’ll skip the full quote.
First response in my mind was “it is a truth universally acknowledged”
Went with an “it is known” GIF.
#helpfulhint: know your audience.
Twitter: 2019-11-10 Sun 11:24
no court would convict you, sam.
https://twitter.com/samuelpepys/status/1193536299627634690
Twitter: 2019-11-10 Sun 11:47
LIFE
in 48 characters
https://twitter.com/jenntakahashi/status/1191180586833997824
hackers.town: 2019-11-10 Sun 15:00
Handling error conditions for code to help me with a task.
die "$filename has confusing structure. I quit.";
Never mince words in your error messages.
I mean. Assuming you’re the only one who will read said error messages.
hackers.town: 2019-11-10 Sun 16:11
Eyes slowly focusing. One task done. Miles to go before I sleep? Nah I think a nap first.
hackers.town: 2019-11-10 Sun 19:41
oh look a Nextdoor digest email.
Today’s top posts» ## Public Urination
gonna be honest i have mixed feelings about being caught up on all the neighborhood news
hackers.town: 2019-11-10 Sun 23:53
Me: “Ah, time to shut things down and get ready to sleep -”
My brain: “Oh I just remembered six tests we forgot in that code that we’re making a PR for in the morning.”