So this is interesting, I was on The Verge last week, as part of the wider discussion on EmDash, I posted a blog post on my thoughts on EmDash, which was cited a bit. I should add – there’s some paywalling on The Verge, so if you can’t see it, sorry.
I remember when the story broke on April Fools Day (seriously), and by the morning of the second I saw a lot of takes on LinkedIn that – considering it was my mum’s milestone birthday – were a bit depressing. I took a step away, wrote something the Monday after, publishing on the Tuesday, with very little social media output, lead to actual decent traction, without the walled garden on LinkedIn (I’m this close to sodding it off now). A few days later I was contacted by the writer with a few more questions and clarifications, and boom, mainstream media coverage.
Moral of the story? Write the best stuff on your own blog, folks. WordPress can always help with that 😉.
Also, through it I discovered the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer plugin, which pushes your blog posts to the Internet Archive (something I’ve installed on the site now – so it’d be interesting to see how it works). Very cool. And there’s probably dead links all over this blog. Will report back.
As always, it was good to speak with Nathan and Michelle, and good to meet MarcBenzakein too!
I was in the third edition of the Dealgorithmed email, an email dedicated to the fun side of the web.
It’s not available online, so in my interview I shared a website I love (Cloudhiker), content I’m loving at the moment (Evercade) and waxed lyrical about some of the early Jackbox games from the early 00’s I wish came back – Acrophobia (which was a backronym generator for multiplayers) and Cosmic Consensus which only exists in this screenshot…
…but it was excellent. Imagine a Family Fortune style board game, where you could advance one, two or three squares depending if you picked the most/second/third most popular answer.
Anyway, hello if you came from that newsletter! I hope you enjoy your stay here, sign the Guestbook. 🙂
Away from things I discussed I also discussed the upcoming WordPress 6.9 release, building WordPress blocks with AI (and the security implications that provides) and changes to the Plugin ecosystem.
This is a short post as I have updated where I am active on social media.
I have removed Twitter. From both a moralistic standpoint and a traffic standpoint I get zero value from the network. The account is still live but I have replaced it to a link to this post as the pinned post. I may just use it to retweet or spam my blog posts or when I go live on Twitch, but I’m unlikely to dedicate any more time on it.
In it’s place is Bluesky. I am really enjoying the conversation there and the connections. I have seemed to find myself into WordPress, SEO and (surprisingly) Game Dev lists so I get a lot of value here for the moment. Hopefully it continues. The plan is to setup accounts to Dwi’n Rhys and Retro Garden there. It’s verification method is pretty good and clever. Much more than paying a Space Karen for it.
I am still active on Mastodon. I like the conversations there and enjoy the slightly smaller but more techy group of folks there. So will pop in there still as it is cosy and has better conversations.
Threads I am not enjoying. It’s experience seems to be similar to the “I’m Helping!” Ralph Wiggum GIF that doesn’t seem to exist on the other networks. Seriously: I had an issue with something I felt when it came to DNS servers, Chris replied pretty quickly, the problem was solved (thank you Chris), but yet the answers kept coming. I think I was getting answers after my super slow nameserver was done propagating.
Threads experience (2024, Colourised)
Plus my mum’s on there.
But I’ll still post there, and I’m using Openvibe I am able to update all three, it’s ace.
I am also keen on adding more itch.io followers. I am making more games and want to connect with more Indie developers. So if you have an account on there, please consider giving me a follow, particularly if you like retro or retro styled games. Thank you.
For long form stuff I am here and I am still on the same theme. Until the Social Media block allows you to add custom networks or I don’t have to hard code half the networks I am on, I can’t see things changing.
Anyway: that is basically it. Where are you active?
