"My goal is to make it as easy to blog as it is to tweet and I think I'm getting close ... " This was exactly my intention when I first built the custom layer on top of WordPress which, ultimately, became (b)log-In. I wanted everything as simple as possible and to remove the need for a back-end. Designing it 'mobile first' was a big driver for how things turned out; I knew that if it was streamlined enough to use on my phone then I was going in the right direction.
The Week #91
by
James
- Cherry blossoms are blooming everywhere. Though it's my favorite time of year, I can't remember the last time I went (ever?) to a proper hanami (picnic under the blossoms...with booze!). I had an opportunity once when I was exchange student, but it happened to coincide with the famous fertility festival in Kawasaki...and a college student can't not go and see the spectacle of large male genitalia being paraded around the street...especially as it wasn't well documented online at the time. I've got a great photo of me in front of a pink one as tall as I am...but I'm not quite sure I want to post that here...yet.
- We signed a contract to get some solar panels and a battery installed on the house. After thinking and talking with different companies since October, I'm happy to have settled on a system / installer. We still don't know when the installation date is going to be, but it's a step in getting off gas. My wife has also expressed interest in maybe going all electric, so moving off gas for our cooktop and water heater...which I love...and consider another week.
- It rained last Tuesday and I got to use my cycling poncho. This was my 3rd time using and I'm getting the hang of it. The trick is, instead of putting the thumb loops around your thumbs, as the name suggests, you put them on your handlebars. I'm almost looking forward to cycling in the rain more.
- My grandma sent me a package with a bunch of photos of my grandpa (who passed almost 2 years ago), my mom when she was younger, my uncles...it's great. She also gave me permission in the card to toss anything I don't want, which is sweet and I love the explicit permission...not that I will.
- I started using my double-edge razor again when shaving. Yumi got it for me 6+ years ago with a nice brush for putting on shaving cream etc...I used it not as much as I should have and fell back into the 5+ blade razor trap. Recently, each time I went to buy new razors I'd get annoyed at the price.
Shaving is just a faff, even in the best of times. This time around with me DE razor I'm skipping the brush for shaving creams and just using the regular gel type I was using before. My hope is that if I lower the faff around using my DE razor I can continue using it and in the end throw away much less plastic, save a bunch of cash, and use nicer things (that I already own!). - I had a realization about why I post to Twitter more than my blog. Part of it is the reach of twitter vs my blog (probably for the better, that one). The other part is the simple form is 1 tap away on the home page.
My goal is to make it as easy to blog as it is to tweet and I think I'm getting close with my "mobile blogging" page. It has a few different defaults that make it closer to twitter than a blog, too. Posts are defaulted as published and visible to everyone instead of draft, and you can only post statuses – no articles or bookmarks with this interface.Mobile blogging with Tanzawa
Important though is the trip dropdown, which will allow me to travel blog in real time, which has been a long term goal / vision for my blog.
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