I’m often asked about how I create the Weekly Thing and how I’ve been doing it for over six years. People are usually curious about how I find things to write about or how I build the Weekly Thing. However, there is a critical part that is invisible to others but key to the …
Keep reading · 5 minutes: Task Management for the Weekly ThingPOAP 6801491 at Weekly Thing Forum Launch.
One of the common questions I’m asked is how I create the Weekly Thing. There are two flavors of this question. One is about finding content and writing, and the other is about the technical act of producing each issue. This article is an attempt to answer the second question …
Keep reading · 6 minutes: How I Build the Weekly ThingIn the Journal section of the Weekly Thing I include any blog posts that I’ve made for that week. To keep things easy, I’ve always just linked to the same image files that are used on my blog. That has never been ideal since those images are much larger than what you would …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Smaller Images for Weekly ThingI’ve been sending the Weekly Thing for six years. Every week I will get a few replies from people about a specific article, topic, or comment from that week. Getting those replies is great, and sometimes I’ll get multiple replies on the same thing and think it would be …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Introducing Weekly Thing ForumI love that the gang at Good Enough is playing with some things that remind me of the early days of the web. They have a thermal printer you can print to from a web page. So, I had to try it out. Barry posted my drawings and I grabbed copies for archival on my site too. 🤩
Now, what to print next!?
Weekly Thing is back from summer break. I sent issue 261 this morning!
I have been blogging for nearly 20 years and have created thousands of blog posts in that time. I’ve hosted my blog on several platforms over the year, and my writing style has evolved over those decades. I have every intention of continuing to blog for the rest of my life. And …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Blog GardeningFunny UX thing I’ve noticed with micro.blog.
I use the “Reply” feature way more on the web than the macOS app.
I suspect it is the difference between the “inline” interaction on the web opposed to a new window which macOS uses. I much prefer the web interaction. FYI @manton.
I was curating my On This Day section this morning and found this 15 year old reference to @bjhess! One of my favorite things about blogging is the long history that you can create. Thanks for the Brightkite invite Barry! 🤣
