Initial Charge is written and produced by Mike Rockwell and focuses on Apple products, software, the web, and other geek-related topics.
Photo by Maggie Gallagher
Contact
If you have any comments, ideas, or suggestions for the site, feel free to share them. Whether it’s a technical problem, a typo, a review recommendation, or just a thought you’d like to share, you can reach out by email at desk@initialcharge.net.
Hardware Setup
Initial Charge is written and produced on an 11-inch iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard and an iPhone 15 Pro, utilizing the following apps:
- 1Password
- Apple Mail
- Brave
- Code Editor
- Jetpack Mobile
- Kiwix
- Pixelmator
- Shortcuts, with The Toolkit
- Simplenote
- Things for iPhone and iPad
- Ulysses
- Reeder, syncing with Miniflux
- Wallabag, with ReadKit
Some development and design work is accomplished on a 13-inch MacBook Air running Ubuntu 22.04 in VMWare Fusion using Brave, FileZilla, gedit, and GIMP. Screenshots of my device setups are regularly published to the Home Screens Series.
Server Software
Initial Charge is hosted by SiteGround and built on WordPress. The site uses a small number of excellent WordPress plugins, including Akismet, Jetpack, SiteGround Optimizer, Two Factor, and Webmention.
Website analytics are tracked using Jetpack’s built-in WordPress.com stats.
Syndication
The main feed, which contains all of the recently published feature articles and Linked List entries on the site, is available in the following formats:
- RSS: initialcharge.net/feed
- Mastodon: @initialcharge@libertynode.net
- Twitter: @initialcharge
If you’d rather receive new entries in your inbox, you can enter your email address in the form below:
Images from each of the site’s feature articles are also published on Pixelfed, alongside links to the associated entry.
And if you’d prefer to follow specific sections of the site, you can use the Articles-Only RSS Feed or the Linked List RSS Feed.
Web Standards
Initial Charge makes every attempt to adhere to web standards. The site’s markup is written in valid HTML 5, its layout uses valid CSS, and its syndicated feed is valid RSS.
Additionally, to help ensure safe browsing throughout the site, Initial Charge uses most of the recommended security headers — including Referrer-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, and more.
