April 21, 2023

Episode 554: Get Yourself Into a Pickle

45 minutes

Manton asks Daniel about MarsEdit 5.1’s progress, particular about the forthcoming ability to post to Mastodon. They talk about some shortcomings of Mastodon’s API, and Daniel’s effort to submit a pull request that remedies one such shortcoming. Finally, they talk about Manton’s resistance to considering Mastodon a “real blogging platform”, itemize the features that prevent it from being one, and wonder about how it might evolve in the future.

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Links:

MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac blogging app.

Testing an Image Upload – Daniel’s first image upload from MarsEdit to Mastodon.

Support a “Format” Parameter – Daniel’s pull request to the Mastodon project.

Mastodon API – Getting started page from the Mastodon project.

Micro.blog – Manton’s ActivityPub-compatible blogging platform.

Can “Indie” Social Media Save Us? – Cal Newport’s 2009 post at the New Yorker.

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