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Last year after Twitter changed their streaming API so that apps like Twitterrific and Tweetbot could no longer use it, I blogged that I wanted to do everything I could to support third-party Micro.blog apps:
\n\n\n\n\nWith that in mind, Iβve mentioned before that Iβd like to offer a push notification service for developers. iOS and Android developers could upload their push notification credentials from Apple and Google. Micro.blog would store them and deliver push notifications directly to third-party apps.
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That is now a reality. Today there’s a new beta of Gluon for Micro.blog that includes push notifications. Micro.blog sends the notifications on behalf of Gluon so developer Vincent Ritter doesn’t need to run his own server.
\n\nThe other popular iOS app for Micro.blog is the open source Icro. I’ve added a comment to this Icro issue on GitHub with details on the new API. I’m looking forward to working with anyone building native apps for Micro.blog to enable push notifications for their app.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-13T08:33:46-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/13/notifications-for-thirdparty.html", "tags": ["Essays"] }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/12/solid-debate-tonight.html", "content_html": "Solid debate tonight for the Democrats. It’s great to see everyone on the same stage. Strong night for Beto too. πΊπΈ
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-12T22:05:24-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/12/solid-debate-tonight.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/12/plans-for-json.html", "title": "Plans for JSON Feed 1.1", "content_html": "I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since Brent Simmons announced JSON Feed. In the first months after the spec was released there was a lot of activity on GitHub and interest from developers. The format has proven really useful in Micro.blog, in feed readers like Feedbin or Brent’s own NetNewsWire 5, and just to make it easier to build new web tools.
\n\nWe’ve received some great feedback, and I’ve been reviewing a bunch of the issues on GitHub. There are a few things that we want to incorporate into the spec. I’ve posted a list of proposed changes over on GitHub.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-12T11:48:36-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/12/plans-for-json.html", "tags": ["Essays"] }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/11/sent-a-new.html", "content_html": "Sent a new beta of Micro.blog for iOS 13 to beta testers. I’m really excited about this release. If you want to get the TestFlight builds, you can sign up here.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-11T13:58:20-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/11/sent-a-new.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/11/xcode-crashes-when.html", "content_html": "Xcode 11 crashes when I try to run on the device with the iOS 13 beta, so this week I’ve resorted to TestFlight builds and printf-style debugging to troubleshoot Sign in with Apple. Very slow, but I didn’t want to jump to 13.1 quite yet.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-11T10:39:59-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/11/xcode-crashes-when.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/11/disappointing-loss-for.html", "content_html": "Disappointing loss for team USA against France. I was worried this might happen after watching a couple of the other close games. Single-elimination is tough. But they did qualify for the 2020 Olympics. π
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-11T09:33:26-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/11/disappointing-loss-for.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/10/ive-already-talked.html", "content_html": "I’ve already talked myself out of pre-ordering the iPhone 11 Pro this week. Looking forward to upgrading later, though. Just want to save a few bucks first and focus on these iOS 13 updates before I get distracted with a new phone.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-10T15:31:30-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/10/ive-already-talked.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/10/great-updates-to.html", "content_html": "Great updates to the Apple Watch, as usual. I really need to upgrade from my Series 0. I say that every year but it just keeps working.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-10T12:49:02-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/10/great-updates-to.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/10/nice-pricing-on.html", "content_html": "Nice pricing on Apple Arcade and TV+. But given the tiny selection of shows compared to Disney+ or Netflix, it makes sense.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-10T12:21:32-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/10/nice-pricing-on.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/10/the-apple-event.html", "content_html": "The Apple event stream just started up on YouTube… There’s something amusing about Google shouldering the financial burden of streaming Apple’s most important event of the year.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-10T11:51:12-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/10/the-apple-event.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/09/this-story-about.html", "content_html": "This story about App Store search from The New York Times is really well done. It makes me wonder about Micro.blog search ranking and whether we should work to improve it (or run ads).
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-09T14:00:32-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/09/this-story-about.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/09/watching-more-wwdc.html", "content_html": "Watching more WWDC videos to try to wrap up iOS 13 work before the Apple announcements tomorrow.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-09T13:35:41-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/09/watching-more-wwdc.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/09/theres-a-new.html", "content_html": "There’s a new Micro Monday episode out! On episode 67, I talk with Jean about some of the Micro.blog improvements I worked on over the summer.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-09T10:41:09-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/09/theres-a-new.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/07/picked-up-our.html", "content_html": "Picked up our car today. Loved everything about ordering online and the car vending machine experience.
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We’ve been rewriting some old parts of Sunlit to fix bugs and get the app ready for new features. The beta includes a few improvements that we’ll release in the next week or so before iOS 13. You can sign up on TestFlight to help test.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-06T14:40:40-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/06/weve-been-rewriting.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/06/mural-outside-brick.html", "content_html": "Mural outside Brick Oven after lunch. π
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Apple has seriously stepped up their game with the web-based beta.music.apple.com, via MacStories. Just imagine what they could do if they gave all their web services this much attention and polish.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-05T16:19:03-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/05/apple-has-seriously.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/05/animated-shorts-and.html", "title": "Animated shorts and Richard Williams", "content_html": "Richard Williams passed away a couple of weeks ago. The day after, my family and I went to see the Animation Show of Shows at the Alamo Drafthouse. It was a wonderful collection of films β beautiful to experimental, funny or thoughtful, with a variety of different mediums.
\n\nBut thinking about it now, none of the short films were really in the painstaking hand-drawn style of Richard Williams, who had incredibly high standards for what animation could be. He would embrace doing the work of drawing every frame, with few holds or shortcuts.
\n\nThe films in the show weren’t trying to do that, and that’s fine. But I hope someone again picks up the depth and quality that Richard Williams brought to the industry. I blogged about him back in 2013, and I remain inspired today.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-05T15:53:22-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/05/animated-shorts-and.html", "tags": ["Essays"] }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/05/reading-more-of.html", "content_html": "Reading more of App Launch Map Field Guide from Aleen Simms after picking it up on launch week. Great advice on helping you tell the story of your app. π
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-05T15:14:35-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/05/reading-more-of.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/04/thanks-to-davewoodx.html", "content_html": "Thanks to @DaveWoodX for the reminder that we need more people to vote for getting the Micro.blog icon added to FontAwesome. If you have a GitHub account, it takes just a few seconds to click π on this. Thanks!
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-04T14:11:00-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/04/thanks-to-davewoodx.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/04/i-might-be.html", "content_html": "I might be a bit late, but I’ll be at IndieWeb Meetup tonight, 6:30pm at Mozart’s Coffee. We usually grab a table on the deck outside. β
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-04T12:54:58-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/04/i-might-be.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/04/microblog-test-blogs.html", "title": "Micro.blog test blogs", "content_html": "Blogs hosted on Micro.blog provide a lot of flexibility with custom CSS, themes, and Hugo templates. But if you are making major changes to the design of your blog, you may not want to do that live and risk breaking anything for your site visitors.
\n\nI often test out changes on a 2nd fake blog I created on Micro.blog. It’s like an extra sandbox that I can play in to edit templates without touching my real blog, and it’s useful enough that I want everyone else to be able to do the same thing.
\n\nMicro.blog now lets you create a free test blog for your account with a URL like username-test.micro.blog. There’s a button to create the test blog under Posts β Design β Edit Custom Themes. It will appear as a free 2nd blog on your account, and you can post to it, upload files, or try out custom themes.
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Because custom themes on Micro.blog can be shared across multiple blogs, when you’re happy with any changes you’ve made in your new theme, you can assign the theme to your main blog and all those changes will be applied to both sites. I’ve also added a “duplicate” option that makes a new copy of the theme so you can edit templates in the duplicate theme on your test blog.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-04T10:27:00-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/04/microblog-test-blogs.html", "tags": ["Essays"] }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/03/mastodon-remote-follow.html", "title": "Mastodon remote follow", "content_html": "I’ve updated Micro.blog today to help Mastodon users follow people on Micro.blog. It used to be that if you clicked from Mastodon to a Micro.blog user, you just ended up their blog home page. Now it redirects to a special version of the Micro.blog profile screen which includes a follow form.
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This is very similar to Mastodon’s default remote follow form, or Aaron Parecki’s profile page. For more about how to use your own blog’s domain name as your Mastodon-compatible username, see this Micro.blog help page about ActivityPub.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-03T11:32:00-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/03/mastodon-remote-follow.html", "tags": ["Essays"] }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/02/on-the-latest.html", "content_html": "On the latest Core Int, we talk about Siri privacy and follow up on @danielpunkass’s Echo.
\n", "date_published": "2019-09-02T10:24:18-05:00", "url": "https://www.manton.org/2019/09/02/on-the-latest.html" }, { "id": "http://manton.micro.blog/2019/09/01/the-wall-outside.html", "content_html": "The wall outside Fabled Bookshop in Waco.
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