If you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you...

El año pasado, dimos ese gran salto con triple tirabuzón que es comprarse una casa. Tras 4 años de dar vueltas por el mundo, llegó, por f...

'Después de tomar la decisión de contratar Kagi, hago un repaso a las cosas que más me gustan del buscador.'

I always think of myself as a big proponent of Mac apps that are as Mac-like as possible, but what does “Mac-like” really mean?

The more I look around the web the more I’m convinced we should all treasure our own tiny corners of the web. My site is precious. Precious for me. …

Mai chim fan. Toothpick in Thai. It was one of the first words I made sure to learn when I came to Thailand. Partly because I knew I would have use for it...

Sentarse al fresco. Aquel ritual de los veranos en mi pueblo. Decir al fresco es decir algo por decirlo así, en el intento más de mental y de deseo que de logro porque fresco, fresco, lo que se dice fresco, allí hacía muuuuuy poquito. Era un pueblo blanco, de calles blancas anchas y casas blancas…

Hace ya unos meses, no recuerdo cuantos, pero creo que debió ser en junio o julio, me recomendaron que hiciese escritura libre como métod...

Here are some ideas for productive and enjoyable things you can do with your laptop while you are hanging out during the holidays.

Why do I blog? Because I like to write. That's my spontaneous answer. And it's true—but far from the whole truth. It became obvious when I chose to wri...

In this AMA post, Nigel asks me about the about the federated web and whether I think there's a future for it. It's an interesting question as I'm heavily involved in the federated web by running this blog, as well as Fosstodon and 500.Social.

a small life log

Social media timelines are designed to be an endless stream of, well, mostly garbage these days. Platforms are doing their absolute best (worst?) to …

¿Alguna vez os habéis descargado un EPUB que ocupaba chorrrocientos megas? El motivo es, muy probablemente, que las imágenes van en alta resolución. Como un .epub no es más que un .zip con una cierta estructura, es posible descomprimirlo, reducir el tamaño de las imágenes y volver a dejar todo …

"«Creo que será más importante que nunca que #Mastodon y #Fediverso no sean operados centralmente desde los EE. UU., a diferencia de casi todas las demás plataformas de redes sociales que existen. » — Eugen Rochko, al hilo de la victoria de Donald Trump en las elecciones del martes 5 de noviembre de 2024."

I don't like letting go of stuff because I might just need it one day.

I used to never share how I felt, not even with my closest friends. Blogging about it would have been completely unthinkable. On the outside, everything ...

I launched a Cable Network. If you’re in the Ellijay Telephone Company coverage area, you can watch it on channel 176. If you’re not, you can watch it online or on roku (or even embedded on this post!) The whole thing is a Community Centered, local first production and broadcast, powered entirely by free software. Click through to watch the stream and learn more about how and why I built it.