Tag Archive for ‘Online Publishing’

I write from my iPhone all the time. Almost everything I publish here starts as a draft on my iPhone.

Most of my link entries are written entirely from my iPhone. My longer articles are generally written on my iPad, but I will occasionally write from my Framework 13 as well.

In terms of my iPhone writing workflow, I run a shortcut that creates a new markdown file in iA Writer — either a blank template if I’m writing a feature article or with the title, link, and optional quote if I’m writing a link entry.

Once I’m in iA Writer, I write out my thoughts, add any other relevant links, update the title, file name, URL slug, and tags.

When it’s ready to publish, I send it to another shortcut using the Share Sheet that will schedule it to publish here on Initial Charge.

➝ Source: brennan.day

Matias Ventura:

7.0 introduces a fully revitalized dashboard with a chic, modern new color scheme, and clean finishes throughout.

Polished with smooth transitions that seamlessly shift as you move between screens, you’ll feel like you’re effortlessly gliding through the dashboard.

Just one click of the new Command Palette shortcut, a ⌘K or Ctrl+K icon in the upper admin bar, lets you access your favorite tools from anywhere in the dashboard.

I’ve always kept my WordPress install quite small — minimizing the number of plugins I need. So WordPress has always felt fast enough for me. But the dashboard updates included in WordPress 7.0 has everything feeling even snappier.

➝ Source: wordpress.org

From the project’s readme:

MAZANOKE is a simple image optimizer that runs in your browser, works offline, and keeps your images private without ever leaving your device.

I’ve been looking for a good way to optimize images on iPhone and iPad for years and never found anything I liked. This looks like a great candidate for the job. I’ve installed it on my Umbrel and I look forward to putting it through its paces.

➝ Source: github.com

A neat service that tracks articles published on independent weblogs. It has an upvoting system and a commenting system, similar to Reddit.

What’s even better, though, is the collection of RSS feeds that the service offers that you can use to follow along in the RSS app of your choice.

(Via Jeremy.)

➝ Source: bubbles.town

From the service’s homepage:

Create and manage your blogroll. Import from OPML, share publicly, embed on your site, and discover what others are reading.

A cool project from Chris Hannah. You can read the announcement he’s published on his site. I especially like the discovery features, which you can use to find new weblogs to follow.

➝ Source: miniroll.app

Jeremy P:

A few months ago I added a widget to this website that lets anyone quickly and anonymously message me. I had very little idea how that would actually go at the time, but since then it’s become my favorite feature I’ve added here.

I’ve pretty much always had some contact info posted here and get occasional messages through email and such. But the message widget is just sitting there and takes seconds to use. I’ve already gotten way more messages through it then I’ve ever gotten through all my other contact methods.

This is such a cool idea. I have links to reply by email or through ActivityPub at the bottom of each long-form article on Initial Charge, but they don’t get much use.

Something like this seems rad, but I’d like a field for entering a reply email. That way, if a message resulted in me publishing something, I could reference them for attribution or reach out to if I had questions about their message.

➝ Source: moddedbear.com

From the plugin description on WordPress.org:

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer is a WordPress plugin designed to combat link rot—the gradual decay of web links as pages are moved, changed, or taken down. It automatically scans your post content—on save and across existing posts—to detect outbound links. For each one, it checks the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine for an archived version and creates a snapshot if one isn’t available.

When a linked page disappears, the plugin helps preserve your user experience by redirecting visitors to a reliable archived version. It also works proactively by archiving your own posts every time they’re updated, creating a consistent backup of your content’s history.

I haven’t had a chance to give this plugin a try yet, but I have a feeling it will become a permanent part of my setup.

I will occasionally look through Initial Charge’s archives and inevitably find dead links. It would be great if those could be automatically replaced with links to archive’s of the associated page rather than being hit with a dead end after clicking an old link.

➝ Source: wordpress.org

Lewin Day:

As it turns out, the www prefix largely came about due to prevailing trends on the early Internet. It had become typical to separate out different services on a domain by using subdomains. For example, a company might have FTP access on http://ftp.company.com, while the SMTP server would be accessed via the smpt.company.com subdomain. In turn, when it came to establish a server to run a World Wide Web page, network administrators followed existing convention. Thus, they would put the WWW server on the www. subdomain, creating http://www.company.com.

An interesting bit of Internet history.

➝ Source: hackaday.com