microblog

Initial thoughts on micro.blog and why you need a domain

Domains and owning your content This page is currently hosted on micro.blog under a custom domain. Hosting things on your own domain is the absolutely most important part of owning and controlling your content and web presence. If you have one thing you take away from this post, that is it. (Assuming you want your content to stay around). You need a domain. Luckily there is a wide range of top domains available nowadays, for a wide range of prices, so you should be able to find something you like.

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Why I am leaving twitter after 10 years for a (micro)blog

I am a long time twitter user, but things have changed a lot on twitter since I joined in 2009. For a long time, I didn’t notice much of the changes, mainly because I’ve been using 3rd party clients since the start, and life in them has not changed much in the 11 years since I got on. But after various levels of activity on twitter, I recently tried posting more actively, and writing more thought out tweets than where I will have lunch.

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