Kind: Replies
A reply to content typically on another site.
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Reply to Blogging for traffic not design
Andy Hawthorne criticised a new website owner for not using a popular CMS, arguing that this would necessarily impact their SEO and so invalidate the point of their website (that point being, Andy presupposes, to attract views). I dispute... almost every single part of that argument.
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Reply to Ed Catmull on Change
Matt talked about change, and mentioned the history of WordPress. I weighed-in, talking about my (positive) experience of open source in an environment of change, and contrasting it to fighting with Squiz CMS at the Bodleian!
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I replied to Steve Faulkner's 2022 post about screen readers and emoji, highlighting the underlying interpretation problem with emoji, and sharing a topical joke that Chris McCausland made on Would I Lie To You? a few years prior.
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SkiFreeeeeeee
Rob wants to play Solitaire, but I want to play SkiFree.
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If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the web, what is it that you miss?
You wanted to identify a song? Type some of the lyrics into a search engine and hope that somebody transcribed the same lyrics onto their fansite. You needed to know a fact? Better hope some guru had taken the time to share it, or it'd be time for a trip to the library.
Not having information instantly easy to find meant that you really treasured your online discoveries. You'd bookmark the best sites on whatever topics you cared about and feel no awkwardness about emailing a fellow netizen (or signing their guestbook to tell them) about a resource they might like. And then you'd check back, manually, from time to time to see what was new.
The young Web was still magical and powerful, but the effort to payoff ratio was harder, and that made you appreciate your own and other people's efforts more. -
Reply to: Mobile writing, part 2
Clayton Errington wrote:
After a first attempt at mobile blogging, I found a process that works better for my work flow.
Throughout the day, I have ideas and need to write them down. This could be a coding process, a thought to remember, the start of a blog post, and more. I love a good notes … -
Reply to The ethics of syndicating comments using WebMentions
In reply to Terence Eden, Dan says that he considers it's morally-acceptable for a personal website to take a reactive approach to the moderation of comments syndicated via WebMentions, and explains why.
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Reply to Decentralization and verification
Dan replies to Derek Kedziora's blog post, arguing that identity verification on Mastodon is, for the most part, a problem already solved.
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How to date a recording using background electrical noise
Robert Heaton shares some specifics of EMF forensics, and Dan reconsiders an idea he had years ago for a hardware spoofer.
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Reply to OpenID for WP
Dan replies to Matt's ancient repost of his original OpenID for WordPress implementation.
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Reply to An Accidentally ‘Anti-January’ January
Siobhan said:
I fell off the blogging bandwagon just as everyone else was hopping onto it.
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Siobhan Bamber
I was just thinking the same! It felt like everybody and their dog did Bloganuary last month, meanwhile I went in the opposite direction!
Historically, there's been an annual dip in my blogging around February/March … -
Reply to "I was permanently banned by Facebook"
Dan replies to fellow Automattician Donncha's post about getting banned from Facebook to share his own experience, which lead to a similar conclusion.
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Dan replies to Jeremy's note about blood donation to observe that there's an underdeveloped IndieWeb post type that might one day be useful for this kind of content.
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Reply to @ADumbGreyHam
Dan replies to Adam's tweet about Dan's dad's public transport legacy.
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Reply to: Indelible
Dan's friend Bryn gets a tattoo, and Dan shares his thoughts.