Micro Social started as a personal project to solve a simple problem β 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 control over my micro.blog experience. I wrote about some of these frustrations and ideas along the way:
Making Micro Social β How this app came to be.
There are many people out there that donβt 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 π and tracking the books I read through the year.
So in Micro Social, you will find a toggle to turn on the Books Tab. This works with the standard three bookshelves that every user has on micro.
Finished reading: Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers π
I donβt even know how this got to be a book. Pages and pages of words that say next to nothing, please donβt waste your time.
Finished reading: Digital Body Language by Erica Dhawan π
Got to admit I skipped whole sections of this book. Some useful points but over all reads like a guide on how to wrap people in cotton wool and stress yourself out doing it.
Finished reading: Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal π
Do not waste your time. The book lacks any real substance and I ended up scanning at least half of it. It comes across as someone that wanted to write a book just to say they have done it.
Finished reading: Deep Work by Cal Newport π
Can you tell Iβm finishing off all the books I left unread. Polished off the last 30% - realised all the good things are in the first half.
Finished reading: The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World by Andy Crouch π
Another very strange book. Thankfully very short as I didnβt take much away from it.
Finished reading: Radically Condensed Instructions for Being Just As You Are by J. Jennifer Matthews π
Not much of this book made sense. Not sure why I started it, nor why I finished it.
Finished reading: Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz π
Didnβt enjoy much of this book. I went in not knowing what to expect and it took a lot of effort to get to the end. Full of forgettable information for the sake of it and doesnβt really say anything.
I only bought The Sweet Spot yesterday afternoon, but I’ve read more than half of it already. π
Such a fascinating walk through of the relationship between happiness, suffering and meaning.
Helps the sun is out and I’m enjoying a relaxed day too βοΈ
Finished reading: Hooked by Nir Eyal π
Read through this again and made a lot more notes the second time around. Super interesting book, if most of it is more common knowledge now. A must read for anyone in marketing, design or just wants to understand the world better.
Finished reading: Violets are Blue by James Patterson π
That was a weird read, my least favourite of the series, but of course Iβll read the next one!
Finished reading: Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte π
Read for a second time and although I understand the ideas I still feel as if all this PKM stuff is a solution looking for a problem.
Finished reading: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday π
Skipped a lot of pages of this as it wasnβt enjoyable. Repetitive and could of very easily been a blog post.
Finished reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman π
This is one of the most life changing books I have read in a while. It has given me a new way of not just looking at my work, but also life itself.
Meaningful Highlights good luck finding a time management system that makes any room for engaging productively with your fellow citizens, with current events, or with the fate of the environment.
Finished reading: The Revenge of Analog by David Sax π
That was annoyingly too short but pretty interesting book. Worth a read but you kinda get where itβs heading from the title of the book.
Finished reading: Checklist Manifesto, The (HB) by Atul Gawande π
This is a well thought after book in some circles but I really had to force myself to read it. It was full of stories ancestors medical anecdotes that felt forced.
Finished reading: Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte π
It falls down the usual trope of telling you want they do and why you should, then giving you loads of cherry picked examples to prove their point.
There is a good system in there so itβs worth a read but you can get the point by just skimming or reading a few of his blog posts.