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Behind the Scenes of the “On Apple Failures" Writing Project
I’ve long wanted to write an article like this one. However, as Apple continued to add to its list of failures, poor Apple, I kept pushing back the deadline. This summer, however, the timing was right. Here’s what I did differently this time. A few months ago, I started gathering a list of Apple’s failures in a Craft document. I wanted to cover the period from when Tim Cook took over as Apple’s leader, following Steve Jobs’ passing, up until now. Continue reading →
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I have always been torn between creating text-only quotes and image-based quotes. Text-only quotes are easier to resurface and index, while image-based quotes are more visually appealing. You’re preference?
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Eternal Debate for Online Creators
The decision to remove duplicates and outdated posts from a blog highlights the ongoing debate between preserving past content as a reflection of identity and eliminating irrelevant material to enhance focus. Continue reading →
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Now on Chillidog Hosting
The website Who Is Numeric Citizen migrated from Cloudflare to Chillidog Hosting to support PHP for its CMS, simplifying the publishing workflow. Continue reading →
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Getting Ready for Elements CMS
I’m getting ready to use the upcoming Elements CMS feature when it becomes stable enough for production use. Today, I pushed out a big update to “Who Is Numeric Citizen?” website where I decided to split the Highlights section into four as I’m expecting them to grow over time. As for the CMS feature, it will require a change of my hosting solution. The website is currently hosted on Cloudflare as a worker-based app. Continue reading →
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Now on Ghost 6!
My main website, numericcitizen.me, is now officially using Ghost 6 which was released today. It was a short and painless process to upgrade. While Ghost.org will grandfather current plans, I discovered a price increase for my subscription tier (Creator), going from $25/month to $29/month. It seems that under my current plan, I can get all the juiced up analytics, which is nice. Yet, Ghost.org is a pricey service for a blogger like me. Continue reading →
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My Official Response To Those Sketchy Offers
Because I’m getting email inquiries many times a week for SEO improvement offers, link insertion, ads, etc. I decided to create my official response for these sketchy offers. I hope they understand the message, provided that they read it, of course, which I highly doubt. It’s probably a lost cause. Continue reading →
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An Update On My Craft to Micro.blog Migration
I finally completed the replication of content from the Craft-hosted website to Micro.blog-hosted website. I initiated this migration to reduce my dependency on Craft to host such content. Numeric Citizen I/O still points to Craft-hosted website (https://world.numericcitizen.io/meta), but 95% of the content is now available on Micro.blog via meta.numericcitizen.me. Am I leaving Craft behind, not anytime soon, but I’m certainly continuing to consolidate my online presence under more open platforms. Continue reading →
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I’m an Open Blogger
Open blogging involves sharing personal insights and workflows, utilizing open-source tools, and creating a digital garden to reflect the blogger’s values and experiences. Continue reading →
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The Future of Writing? Testing ChatGPT Canvas for a Specific Use Case
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Canvas, launched in October 2024, offers a more interactive and user-friendly writing experience, which was tested in an article about Apple’s data protection and privacy features. Continue reading →
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Blogging about Blogging — Eight Questions Answered
This blog post idea was triggered by a similar post on from HeyDingus blog. Consider this a complement to my written interview on People & Blogs. Why did you start blogging in the first place? It was back in 2009 when I decided to share my journey of learning to develop applications for the iPhone and the App Store. I wanted to write about this because it has been instrumental in aiding me in retaining information and organizing my thoughts in my mind. Continue reading →
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My Content Creator Workflow & Digital Tools — Edition 2024-12
It’s been quite a long time since my previous content creator workflow update, more than a year actually, back in November 2023. With 2024 coming to an end, it’s time for a detailed update. First, consider the following overall diagram, then continue reading. Outlining purposes: Zavala, a free open-source outliner, is nearly perfect for outlining YouTube video production. I don’t do detailed scripting before recording videos, but I like to create the outline. Continue reading →
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I spent some time this morning to visit my documented tool set on my metablog to make some updates.
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This morning, I added a guestbook to my blog. Please, if you’ve been reading my blog for a while or if you just came by, take a moment to sign it! 🙏🏻
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I spent some time this morning to update my content creator toolset mini website. It was long overdue.
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❗Short announcement: I made some changes to my megafeed hosted on FeedPress by adding Blips RSS feed and this metablog RSS feed. If you want to get everything I share via a single RSS feed, this is what you need to subscribe to in your favourite browser. All updates to my digital presence are posted on this changelog page. Now, returning to normal programming. 📺
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No More Photo Duplicates Hopefully
I decided to disable cross-posting from my Glass feed to Bluesky and Pixelfed. This should fix the photo duplicates on your Micro.blog timeline each time I post a new image on Glass. Sorry for the inconvenience. The problem was simple: Let’s say I share an image on Glass, Micro.blog picks it up and cross post to Bluesky and Pixelfed. Micro.blog then detects a new photo from my Pixelfed feed and cross posts that to my Micro. Continue reading →
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Each week, I use this template in Things 3 to help me out with my planning. Each Sunday, I duplicate the whole project and rename it accordingly. I love Things 3[^1]. [^1] I tried to do this in Apple Reminders but I prefer Things 3 experience.