Small #JohnnyDecimal update: I feel like I'm using the folder structure in my Obsidian vault as my index. It's a nice foldable tree view, drag-and-drop capable, simple to add, remove and rename stuff...
Maybe I don't need an 00.00 index note / database / whatever...
I've taken a leap and have started organising all the things with a Johnny Decimal system. It's been something I've been mulling over for some time, and with the Johnny Decimal workshop coming soon and an attempt to switch to a new OS, it seems like a perfect time to get organised.
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I just thought I'd let you know, based on our Mac and Windows discussions (and various other factors). I've decided to try and "all-in" myself on Mac again. I've downloaded Raycast to try out and set up my Floorp browser with Sideberry (but still considering going back to Arc).
This is still very raw and not looking great or anything, but I'm experimenting with using the #mastodon API built into #friendica to get my #ActivityPub posts and show them on my static #eleventy website.
Because it's static, this post won't appear on it, but it should next time I rebuild.
Eventually, I want to be able to log in and reply, see my feeds, and post directly from my website. Friendica is probably overkill as a back-end, but it's what I have right now.
I'm looking into microblog.pub ( @[email protected] @microblogpub ) again. It just seems so close to where I want to end up. I want my website to also be my front-end to the #fediverse. Microblog.pub basically is that, but there's no real way to add static pages just yet.
I've been playing around with customizing templates and CSS to get the site looking similar to my current home page, and it's working well so far.
Does anyone remember forum #userbars ? They were little 300px x 19px images you would stack in your forum profile signature. Sort of avatar-adjacent. I just dug up a bunch I created years ago, and it's brought back some fond memories...
I also went searching through really old Facebook for clues. It looks like a lot of content has gone missing over the years. I'm seeing half-conversations without context and it's weird.
Ooh, I found an older one! It says this:
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on a blog. So I decided to make a new one. The others all have too much crap I don’t really want to read again.
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I found the oldest blog I can remember writing in. On its about page, it says this:
I’ve tried making blogs before, but as with most things I’ve done I made a few posts and then was done with them.
There are older ones? Where have they gone?
#TIL #Friendica auto-splits long posts into threads when posting to #bluesky. Neat.
I tried to write a post/article today about a CSS-only theme toggle I made for my website. But rather than draft it in Obsidian like usual, I wrote it directly in Friendica. Then I tried to attach an image and the whole tab locked up and I lost the lot. Very disheartening. Then I wondered why I'm posting "articles" here when I have my own website. So now I'm finding my old attempts at blogs and newsletters and translating them to Markdown so I can host them all on my website...
I just discovered that #Friendica has a #bluesky connector, and now I've got a combined feed of posts from #atproto and #ActivityPub people. And I can post to both from one interface.
Neat!
Because my OBTF was so ramble-y, I'm going to accept that and even lean into it on my index cards. Then, I'm going to really try and implement a daily review routine, where I skim my index cards at the end of the day, pull out, digitise and re-word any important notes and write myself a special tomorrow index which lists what I need to be doing tomorrow. I don't know how well it's going to work, or how well I will stick to it, but I have the stack of cards now, so here I go.
My new idea for journaling and note taking is old news to most: Index cards! I bought myself a stack of double-sided, lined index cards from Officeworks, and I plan to try and take small breaks throughout my day and just write what's going on in my head. In the past, I've been somewhat resistant to pen-and-paper journaling, because I have difficulty trusting that as a storage medium, and digitising is a pain. But this time I plan to try a different approach.
Small update on my #obtf experiment:
It didn't really go so well. I did use it a little bit, but it was less "bullet journal" and more "rambling mess".
Turns out, when I write, I like to keep writing.
But, a new approach came to mind, this time without even reading something online. And I kind of feel like if that's what my brain wants to do, then I should probably give it a red hot go...
I stumbled across a new app for emotion logging/journalling called "Mojito". You choose from a pre-defined list of emotions, shake them up (literally) and it assigns you a cocktail. Apparently mine today is "Frozen " because I'm in a bit of a slump?
So, I like what I see so far of #atproto But I'm not sure if I like #bluesky itself Does that make sense?
... I might still have to wait a few years(!) before it's really ready...
My current obsession has been thinking about #ActivityPub and owning my own space and data. I've been tossing around ideas for how to host my own identity on my own server/domain while still hosting a static site on the same domain, as well as decoupling that identity from any particular app or instance.
... And you know what? #atproto used in #bluesky seems to solve all these problems (in theory - it's still in the process of being built)
The name for Emperor Palpetine's secret plan to create force-sensitive clones he could transfer his concoiusness into if he "died"...
In #StarWars canon: Project Necromancer.
In the writers room: Project "Somehow Palpatine Returned"
Some random ideas that have popped up are sort of coalescing. Into what, I'm not sure yet. But I fell down a rabbit hole, and this article represents my climb back up. As such, I wouldn't consider this a proper, professional think piece. Just some notes, thoughts and scratchings that I decided to share.
