Micro Social: Smart Replies & Mentions

One conversation on micro.blog brought this feature to life, but it took a long while to build and get right. The simple frustration of being able to reply to multiple people but do it correctly has been an issue for a while on micro.blog and Smart Mentions is

Micro Social : The Launch

Micro Social started as a personal project to solve a simple problem — I wanted a better way to use micro.blog. Something that felt more customisable, modern, and streamlined, while still staying true to the simplicity of the platform. Why Build Micro Social? Over time, I found myself wanting more

My App Store Fight

For years I have been, secretly and sometime publicly, one of this people that thought the Apple was fine. It gave developers the reach they needed to potentially get to millions of customers, and the 30% that changed for the privilege was fine. That was until this week and my

I Tried My Best

I remember the first time we spoke to a specialist about my daughter Lucie’s mobility like it was yesterday. He was unbelievingly frank for a medical professional. In a world of maybes and possibilities, he gave us truth, and I really appreciated that. He spoke to us and explained

Problematic Recommendations

I wasn’t aware of of Pika Pulse until the announcement of it shutting down recently.  It sounds like a fantastic feature, and the developers of Pika seem like excellent people. For the past week or so I’ve been thinking about recommendations due to my work on Micro Social

The Imposter

As you might already know, I’m developing an iOS app for Micro.blog. It happened quite accidentally, really. I initially created a basic app for myself, which I used for a while, gradually adding features until it became something I thought others would enjoy. Now, it’s at a

Lovely weather for a walk around London today

Micro Social: Reading And Books

There are many people out there that don’t realise just how much micro.blog can do, and one of my favourite things is to use it for is reading. It is a great resource for finding recommendations through all reading posts tagged 📚 and tracking the books I read through

Micro Social: Your Timeline

Along with ensuring you can follow a conversation with ease, one of the biggest things I wanted from Micro Social is the ability to be customisable. To be able to shape the way the timeline of posts can be consumed. To get exactly what you want at any point. Here’

Micro Social: Threading

Despite possibly picking the wrong time to work on micro.blog related things, I’m determined to push on a work in public to create something worthwhile. Anyway, my first target was threading, it’s one of my biggest frustrations on micro.blog and sometimes makes conversations challenging to follow,