586: Micro.blogging with Manton Reece

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4.8 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Show DescriptionManton Reece, creator of Micro.blog, stops by to talk about the history of Micro.blog, what it's written in, how it handles feeds coming in and going out, cross-posting, authentication, and the somewhat hidden features of Micro.blog: bookmarking, bookshelves, and even podcasting. Listen on Website →GuestsManton ReeceGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCreator of Micro.blog, co-host of Core Intuition. Links Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine Micro.blog Manton Reece - About Micro.blog - @manton Indie Microblogging: owning your short-form writing by Manton Reece — Kickstarter Indie Microblogging Sinatra Cross-Posting - Chris Coyier Cross-posting to Twitter, Medium, Mastodon, and more - Cross-posting - Micro.blog Help Center Letterboxd • Social film discovery. Nostr, a simple protocol for decentralizing social media that has a chance of working Welcome to Pinboard—Social bookmarking for introverts! Micro.blog for iOS Hugo Bear Blog MarsEdit 5 Core Intuition podcast Sponsors

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0:00.0	Hey there's shoppermaniacs you're listening to another episode of The Shop Talk
0:25.0	Show. I'm Dave Tiny Blog Rupert and with me is Chris, very popular, but also, you know, small blog
0:33.9	choir. Hey, Chris, how are you doing today? I only like small blogs, actually.
0:38.3	Yeah. Artisanal, seasonal, artisanal, artisanal, local small blogs. Yeah. As a matter of fact,
0:45.2	just to, just to do, I know we should get on with things, but I have a tab open. I've had a tab
0:50.2	open for two weeks. You know, there's like this alternative search engine thing called
0:54.2	Kagi, K-A-G-I. They launched this little like, it's like a throwback to stumble upon
1:01.8	from the million, it was used to be a browser extension. You just click the button and it takes
1:05.7	you to some new website. So you're just like, you know, you just get addicted to taking you to
1:10.3	new posts. They have some version of that.
1:12.3	I think they're calling it small web or something.
1:15.3	Yeah.
1:15.5	It's just a whole bunch of RSS feeds.
1:17.0	And you just click this big blue button that says next post.
1:19.1	And it takes you to a recent-ish post from these many thousands of RSS feeds on there.
1:25.2	But, you know, that word small web is right in there.
1:30.1	You know, it's saying these are just, you know, to get on the list, it has to be a independent blog from a person, you know.
1:39.8	And it's just fun.
1:40.6	It's fun to click the button.
1:41.6	Who do we have in the studio today that can help us talk about small web?
1:46.0	I bet I bet 10% of the blogs on there probably hosted on a little site called micro blog. I think that's, you just say micro blog, micro dot blog.
1:57.4	Manton Reese, is that how you say it? Yeah, thanks for having me on the show.
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