Accountability

Blog Question Challenge 2025 Jason tagged me on the Blog Question Challenge, which for me really is a challenge because I don’t even think of myself as a “blogger” at all. So. Here goes. 😅 Why did you start blogging in the first place? I started this particular blog a year ago because [Robb] kept reminding me that I needed to share my App...

Not Enough I’m extremely disappointed in Manton’s response to criticism shared this week about a member of the Micro.blog team. I think Manton had an opportunity to set the record straight here and make a positive difference, but he completely missed the mark. Maybe my principles are just different than his, but when someone declares that they’re...

Framing Federation I’ve always been intrigued by the way that words shape our thoughts, beliefs, and our understanding of the world around us. It happens all the time, and we often don’t even realize it, especially when the words that we use to describe (and think about) things have formed deeply-rooted mental images that we rely on to relate to...

Everything is a web page Prolific bloggers and webpage-makers often have a tendency toward thinking about their content in very specific ways. This is a static web page, but that is a blog post. One is like a piece of furniture, and the other might be more like a magazine. One is something you’d only ever see in a web browser, and the other will...

Making a pledge, taking a pledge I’ve been sitting with some strong negative feelings over the past few months. My usual instinct would be to ascribe these feelings to external sources, to cut lengths of metaphorical yarn and tie them to each of the things that I think are making me feel this way. But I know better: all experience is preceded by...