Notices by Ellane W (ellane@pkm.social), page 2

The idea of personal websites we control has a strong appeal, but it just struck me:

All those itty bitty scattered sites are like gorgeous little shops tucked away in winding alleys that are easy to miss. You have to know where they are before you can visit.

Platforms (Medium, Substack) are like malls; you have one place to go, and it's easy to wander around and see something new.

Each has its pros and cons.

I'm still in favour of the former.

#blogging #SmallWeb

I love it when companies reward you for sharing their software, when it's something you love.

Someone just tried out Workflowy with my referral link, and now I get 100 more nodes a month on the free plan! Yay! It cost neither of us anything, and is a win-win all round.

Thanks, Workflowy.

Here's the link: https://workflowy.com/invite/9ca7b765.lnx

I just timed myself exporting everything in Workflowy into a dated Markdown file into the Archive folder of my Obsidian vault: literally 5 seconds.

Thanks, Raindrop.io for the thoughtful, respectful #AI implementation.

“You get your own private AI categorization model based on your data, which is never used for training. We use an open-source model on our servers, ensuring your data never leaves. No public APIs are used (such as OpenAI, ChatGPT, Google, etc).

You can turn it off entirely in app settings”

@liztai Best language learning advice: find yourself a speaking partner. A native Mandarin speaker who wants to improve their English/Hokkien. Speak with them for an hour each week over Zoom, half an hour in each language.

I’ve been doing this for more than a year to improve my French, and am delighted with my progress!

@liztai What you need then is a fan in a country that can get Prime to do a synchronised live stream over Zoom! Pop it on the big screen in a floating window, and glance at it when you need the subtitles. I’m only half kidding here.

Macs are awesome, Setapp is awesome, AI sucks—sometimes. Other times AI is awesome too, like MurmurType for language learning.

@joannaholman, thanks for the quote about AI and meal replacement shakes! I added it at the last minute, just before this piece was due to be published.

Medium (includes Friend link) https://miscellaneplans.medium.com/ill-be-saying-no-to-setapp-s-new-ai-subscription-tiers-8753158a5012
Blog https://www.blog.plaintextpaperless.com/p/setapp-ai-subscription-for-power-users-not-me

#AI #Mac #LanguageLearning

My posts here are set to auto delete, because when I was a newbie someone said it's a good idea for privacy etc.

I just thought, though, when I die these unrehearsed words and messy thoughts will all disappear and no one will know if I was ever really here. And I kind of want to be remembered, if I'm to be honest!

There's another option : bookmark the posts you want to remain, and mark that option in the delete settings.

#fediverse #mastodon #privacy #death #SocialMedia

@liztai I get it. Seems to me that people who boycott Substack had also better not be buying clothing produced in a sweatshop, or diamonds/coffee/chocolate that isn't fair trade. The list goes on.

Fact is, it's *hard* if not impossible to find that kind of purity!

I also get that many people are doing what they can, and not letting the vastness of the problem stop them from doing *something*. The extreme virtue signalling isn't helping, I agree.

I'm one week in to using One Big Text File #OBTF. It's a different kind of simple to the one-file-per-idea system I've been using (and haven't yet given up).

Personal experiment: Can OBTF be a worthy companion to my paper Bullet Journal? So far that's a firm yes, but one week isn't long enough to know for sure.

Looking forward to observing any friction in what's meant to be a frictionless approach.

#BulletJournal #bujo #PlainTextExperiment

From: @mikegrindle
https://indieweb.social/@mikegrindle/111886036108359427

Thought I'd spend this afternoon completing the swap from Substack to Ghost, and now I'm rethinking everything.

Is Wordpress.com a good option for a complete non-techie?

The awesome thing about Substack was the free-ness of it. No bills to cover, just a web presence that people could contribute to if they felt like it.

I'm totally overthinking things, wondering if switching to a paid platform will turn me into a ball of anxiety over the $ needed to keep it online.

IT HAS BEGUN

I've signed up for a 14-day free trial with Ghost Pro, and am exporting my posts from Substack as we speak. Fingers crossed all goes well!

Ghost (hosted) seems to tick the most important boxes for my level of knowledge, and lack of desire for spending time on the back end side of things.

@mlevison Thanks! It's going well so far. I still have some work to do, but I imagine that the next newsletter will be the last one sent from Substack.

@buttondown That’s good news, thanks! I’d missed it. Is there a similar search for readers?

People using Buttondown for blogging: is there a search box I'm missing? How can I find a specific post amongst an archive of hundreds, to send to someone asking about the topic? @buttondown

#blogging

(1 of 2) I like it seeing what people highlight in my #Medium stories (wish this could be a feature of independent blogs, too). It’s cool to be reminded of things I’d forgotten I’d written, that someone else has found worth remembering.

“Having an incomplete, imperfect system is something to be proud of. Buffeted by life, it will change shape over time until it fits you perfectly.”

This was from a piece I wrote about combining Johnny Decimal with PARA. Links below. @johnnydecimal

(2 of 2) In 2022 I let go of creating the perfect productivity system, and embraced the buffet, patchwork approach. Franken-tivity?

Medium (includes Friend link) https://medium.com/p/68c8c5c3dcc9
Blog https://www.blog.plaintextpaperless.com/p/using-johnny-decimal-with-obsidian

#PKM #productivity

One concern I have with @buttondown is with it being run by one person. One trustworthy person from all that I can see, but one person nonetheless. Justin, can you confirm that there's something and someone(s) in place should you be unable to continue running the service?

#blogging #newsletter #indieweb

@liztai @justin I feel very appreciative to finally have enough paid subscribers to cover that fee. TBH my attitude to Substack is similar to yours. I’m leaving more for long term stability and independence’s sake than any moral stance.

@liztai @justin Along with everything you’ve mentioned, they’re just another closed shop. I don’t need any more of those, Medium fills my quota!

I’ve started the ball rolling to make the shift to Buttondown. It’s going well so far.

@liztai Yep, it’s kind of flimsy, and will be in the recycling bin on Tuesday night. There are 12 priests, one per month, with the dates of each month on two lines, added as an afterthought at the bottom of the page.