Oh how I miss the good ol days, when there weren’t gazillion different “partners” monitoring every action you take on any given website.

The number of “0-posts, no-avatar” accounts spewing hate and divisive rhetoric in Instagram comment sections has gone absolutely wild over the past year.

Weaning off social media

I think my social media use began to decline around 2020. I had more than ten social media accounts, and although I used them with varying levels of activity,…

Blogging while the world feels upside down

I’ve been around the sun enough times to have seen my fair share of strange things happen in the world.

Watched:The Conjuring: Last Rites🍿

Yeah, Meta doing what Meta does best I guess. I see zero (0) views on all of my posts on Threads (even those which have comments, likes, etc.).

Great work on the newMythos theme@Mtt! Now I want to fork it and do some tinkering, there goes the Saturday! 😂

A bit of an “apples-to-oranges” comparison, but just out of curiosity—here are the blog vs. Threads “views” from the past 30 days.

Trying things out: Pika for posts, Micro.blog for notes?

As I often find myself experimenting with various web services and platforms, here’s the latest one: Could I usePikafor these (slightly longer, ‘newsletter…

Writing into the void

Whenstarting a blog from a scratch, it certainly feels weird at first.

20 years later

It’s almost scary how fast the time goes by.

Any bloggers here from the Nordics (especially if you blog in your native language)? I’d love to check out how others approach personal blogging (and social…

Holy moly! Just rediscovered an archive of nearly 100 draft posts I once planned to finish and publish on nomadcouch.com — a blog I ran until 2012.

Oh, wait! Speaking about old domains.. this very domain actually turned 20 this year! How have I missed that.. Pop the champagne! 😃🍾

Oh cool, my Instagram “For You” feed just served me a promoted post with borderline porn. Full-nudity image carousel, nothing “artistic” about it.

How come so many people still call X ‘Twitter’? I mean, it’s been almost two years since the rebrand, and I still see ‘Follow me on Twitter’–type links several…

The Beekeeper, 2024 - ★★★

Bluesky down? Never seen that happen before (doesn’t seem to work on mobile either) 😅

I sometimes find myself cancelling my Micro.blog subscription on a whim when I start thinking about blogging on a new platform (sorry@manton! 😅).

Re-evaluate

The recent events in the US have made me seriously re-evaluate the idea of using US-based services for web hosting, social media, streaming, and all that jazz.

From phone to desktop: A social media reset

I’m trying a new approach to social media usage for the coming weeks: I’ve removed most social apps from my phone and will use them only on a desktop.

Part of me thinks, now would be a good time to drop off the social media for an extended period of time (4 years, perhaps?).

I wonder if, 10 years from now, we’ll still be playing the “my platform just got rug pulled—where do I go now?” game.

Micro.blog might just be the last benevolent social network out there, when all the dust has settled. I mean, there’s Bluesky and Mastodon for sure, but..

I wonder how medium.com’s article discovery works these days, because it feels like.. it doesn’t? Wrote a piece and published it on Friday.

Oh, this is 💯 my problem, too:Cutting backby@MacPsych

Oh how I hate those AI movie trailers that have infested YouTube with passion. Just saw another one, which I first though was a “real trailer” for an upcoming…

What a stunning Aurora Borealis week it was last week. One can never get tired of these views! 😍

If someone’s interested, I have a fewrecord.clubinvites to share. First come, first serve 😁👋

Looks like only Mastodon cross-post went through. Bluesky and Threads “didn’t get the memo”. Let’s try again 🤔

Testing micro.blog cross-posting to Mastodon, Bluesky and Threads (don’t mind this message, will delete later). 😁

I’m a bit late to the party (here on this blog), but I just want to take a moment to congratulate@davefor the incredible milestone ofblogging non-stop for the…

Switched my new finnish blog from Eleventy (& Netlify) to micro.blog just now. Surprisingly painless switch! Synergy ftw! 😁

Aaand the finnish version is live now too! -juhaliikala.fi/kahden-bl…😁

Two blogs, two languages

In my endless quest of “trying out new blogging things”, I lured myself into a new experiment for this weekend: What if I keep my existing (in english)Micro.

Got my custom micro.blog theme in good speed this weekend, aye! See it in action athttps://blog.juhaliikala.com/.

So, as we now have three main ways for subscribing to a blog/publication; email newsletter, RSS and ActivityPub (handle), which will win? Some blogs even add a…

Excited to see what@john.onolan.organd team Ghost is cooking up here:activitypub.ghost.org.

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, 2024 - ★★

Aaand back to the “real human” type of profile picture again, after rockin the cartoon avatar for a while.

New profile image, yo! 😄

I miss those early days when most people I know from blogging, web projects, online biz and related endeavours were on Twitter. Both in Finland and globally.

Soooo..Threadsjust launched their web version, cool. Unless you’re in EU region, which I am. Can’t use the app, can’t use the web.

Fighting the urge for website do-overs, Threads in EU update and getting acquainted with MarsEdit

I've been surprisingly happy in the way this site came together.

Back from the holidays, more website tinkering ensues!

Right before heading to summer holidays in June,I launched a new version of this website.

So, Elon want’s to transform Twitter into “everything app” X (handle all our shopping, banking, messaging, etc.

Made some minor(ish) design tweaks to theblogtoday. New background from Santorini trip, of course! 😄 Also, dropped the newsletter subscribe option for now.

Thank you for the shiny stickers@manton! They arrived to mailbox while we were on our summer holiday trip. Just opened the envelope yesterday. 😊

Well it was fun while it lasted. As you may have heard,Meta has blocked EU users from accessing Threads.

Threads by Instagram is not available in Europe (at least for now)? At least I don’t see it in Finnish appstore.

Curious if theApple’s upcoming Journal appwill turn our to be something that would make me keep a personal journal. Micro.

Threads, by Instagram - Could that be the name of theMeta’s answer to Twitter? It might. I’m actually more than mildly excited about this.

Papa's got a brand new blog

Well, I did it again. Started a new blog, that is.

Third time’s the charm? 😄 To get better aligned with the whole Fediverse concept, I aliased my Mastodon account (@juhaliikala@me.

Testing testing! Substack’s RSS reader seems to pick content for each post from my blog sidebar for some reason.

Been really enjoyingSilo(Apple TV+) so far. Certainly a positive surprise! 8/10 from me. 📺

I wonder if anyone have a Bluesky invite to share? Would love to try it out! 😊

Something going on with Mastodon cross-posting from micro.blog. Previous few entries never made to Mastodon for some reason.

Ah, so thelast thing I used Twitter foris now gone too. Used the search (without Twitter account) for browsing comments on some local Finnish news. So be it.

Singapore pooltime! 😍🇸🇬 It’s been 4 years since our last visit. Awesome to be back! 😊 Next up, Bali 🌴

Not sure if the micro.blog landing page has looked the way it does for a long time, but I really like it! Love the clean look and the way it highlights the…

Still wrapping my head around the “best practice” on how to use mymain Mastodon accountand this blog’s “account” (@juha@juhaliikala.com) side by side.

Posting a few nice shots from Lofoten (Norway) road trip (few years ago) to check if micro.blog CDN settings have taken effect 😄🤞🗺️

Aiempaan viestiin liittyen, omalta micro.blog seurantalistalta löytyi ainoastaan@tkoolaSuomesta. Ehkäpä meitä muitakin löytyy micro.

Does anyone run their micro.blog in some other language than English? I’m considering creating another micro.

Winter roadtrip to Iso-Syöte (Finland) 😍🗺️

For many years, it has been my December activity to go through those web/social media accounts that I don’t really use much and “cut out the fat”.

As micro.blog supports crossposting stuff from here to Mastodon, let’s try that too! Curious to learn how I’ll end up using these two side by side.

Is this thing on? I guess so 😄 In addition to micro.blog(ging), I’m now also exploring what Mastodon is all about@juhaliikala@masto.io. Come say hi! 😊👋

So, I did went the route of deactivating my Twitter account a week ago, but followingthis good advicefrom@thedragstate@aus.

Monochrome Monday shot from Times Square, New York. Would love to revisit! 📸🙌🗺️

Yeah, it’s time.Gone fishingis now in effect. Been mulling over the though way before the “latest developments”, but as the feeling has only grown stronger…

Ah, first snow is here! 😊❄️❄️❄️

Rather nice, this one! Few episodes were a bit too strange to my taste, but overall, an enjoyable watch. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #series #horror #mystery #netflix

I guess thatA Day in the Lifechallenge already passed, but will post nonetheless 😄 Gym time in Oulu, Finland, 14:20pm. Sweaty business! 😅

I find that micro.blog has the same kind of good vibe Twitter used to have in the early days.

Hi@jeffmueller! IsADN finderstill a thing? I was trying to add myself to that list, but I don’t think it worked out.

Where did that weekend go? 😄 Well, coffee to the engine and toward this weeks adventures! Started exploringConvertKiton Saturday.

Blast from the past from travel photo archives. Miss those Bali adventures! This was a cave waterfall called Tukad Cepung (if I remember correctly).

Giving a try to “Twitter for Professionals” mode in the app. Could not find software developer, maker or creator “profession” there, so ended up using…

And there goes the well started Daily (Micro) Blogger streak - Forgot to post yesterday, duh! Oh well..

A proper thunderstorm here in Oulu this evening. ⛈ 71 millimetres of rain in the past 6 hours or so.Some pics here, the article is in Finnish

My first Micro Monday shout-out goes to@amitwho’s blogamitgawande.comI just stumbled upon recently.

NoTwitter backupquite yet, so won’t be putting up the “gone fishing sign” today at least 😁 In the meantime, I might just spend some time and tune up micro.

Really wish there were a lite version of the Instagram iOS app. NO REELS, suggestions, boosted posts, ads, shopping features.. all that.

After a briefsidetracking on WordPress, I switched my blogging efforts back to micro.blog. WP was fine (it always is), but the ease of publishing via micro.

This evening I find myself seriously contemplating the idea of quitting Twitter. OR at least hanging a virtual “gone to fishing, might or might not come back”…

I’ve been mulling over the thought of building and selling a few website / blogging themes this year. Just not 100% decided on to which “platform”.

Back to micro posting! While putting bits and pieces togetheron my personal blog, I also wanted to start writing note type of (micro) posts.