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My Micro.blog Timeline Summarization Workflow
By popular request, here’s the documentation for my n8n workflow. This documentation was created with Claude AI using Claude Skills and was slightly tweaked to remove any sensitive data. The diagram was manually added.
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From My RSS Feeds To Day One
Recent readings about n8n and with the help of Claude AI, I finally found a way to replace IFTTT for archiving my RSS feeds content: it won’t be by using an n8n automation but a simple feature that was sitting right in front of my eyes on Micro.blog: cross-posting. The trick is simple: each of my RSS feed is added to the Sources panel in Micro.blog, from there, I configure cross-post the RSS feed article to other places like Day One journal using email-to-dayone. Voilà. I’ll be closing my IFTTT account later today after so many years of service. The only rather big downside: Micro.blog doesn’t copy images from the source into Day One while IFTTT could. 🫤
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Using AI For Writing is Lazy? Think Again
Some believe that using AI for writing articles is lazy, not creative, and that you don’t earn the credit for doing it. I disagree. Or, it depends. Here’s a personal experiment.
This week, I shared an article about digital sovereignty with my professional network on LinkedIn. Even if I used ChatGPT to write the article, I spent days on it, or, more specifically, I spent days creating and testing different prompts. The article was written in French, then later translated into English and shared on my blog (see “On Digital Sovereignty and Strategic Realism”).
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Screenflow + Screen Studio
Screen Studio enhances the YouTube video recording workflow with ease of use but has limitations that necessitate the continued use of ScreenFlow for final assembly, resulting in increased rendering time and disk space usage. Continue reading →
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I made a little update to my reading workflow, especially the part for newsletter. Look in the table on this page and sort by date to locate the most recent update.
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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. I was using Zavala until the release of Mindnote Next, but this might change. Mindnote is a superbly designed mind-mapping application that also supports the creation of outlines, which are more beautiful than those created in Zavala. One of Zavala’s strengths is that it is free but also easily exports a document into Craft via a simple drag-and-drop. I will see how it goes in 2025.
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Combining Craft And Things 3 For My Writing Projects
This article is about how I’m using Craft and Things 3, which is behind any short or long article I share online. Here is what happens when I get a new post idea.
- In Things 3, Create an entry and set priority and desired or expected date of publication if known.
- In Craft, I create a new document, set the title and then copy the document’s deeplink to the clipboard.
- Still within Craft, I move the newly created document to the appropriate folder.
- Still within Craft, I update my private creator dashboard document optionally.
- Back to Things 3, and I paste the deeplink into the note field. It’s handy to jump from Things 3 to Craft with a single tap.
At this point, I can start my research, writing and editing of my article or blog post in Craft. Now, here is what happens after publishing my article:
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On Sharing My Writings — What Goes Where
I recently got a few comments and questions from some followers on Micro.blog about my use of Scribbles versus Micro.blog blog hosting services. One guy couldn’t figure out why I was using Scribbles to write very short posts using a one-word title while I was using Micro.blog for longer posts, most of them without a title. I replied with a short answer, but I think I should elaborate for those who have been following me for some time or for those who just got here.
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On Sharing My Writings — What Goes Where
A user explains their blogging strategy, utilizing three different platforms for various types of content. Continue reading →
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The Date of Publication is a Must - Updated 2024-03-15
Have you ever searched the web for an article where you couldn’t see when it was published? It happens to me quite often. I don’t understand why such important information isn’t communicated to the readers.
In a fast-moving numeric world, the publishing date helps the reader gauge the content’s relevancy. I set the publication date on all my websites because it adds context to the content. When I created Numeric Citizen I/O, I used a post slug format that includes the publication date. The path to the webpage is shown in search results, which makes searching the web a more useful experience. Below are examples of URLs to my websites.
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If you want a peak at my current reading notes management workflow, you might find this video interesting (Craft, Bear 2, Omnivore, Readwise).
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How Do I Read and Process an Article
Let’s say I stumble on an article I wish to read and process. I’ll follow the following steps, covering the collection and archival stages.
- Save the article in Omnivore1,2.
- Set tags in Omnivore.
- Read the article, highlight text as needed and write comments if required.
- Summarize the article using Raycast AI. I have a Keyboard Maestro macro for that.
- Copy and paste the summary into the Omnivore notebook accompanying the article.
- Archive the article in Omnivore.
- Export the Readwise highlights (done automatically from Omnivore syncing).
- Import the created markdown files into Bear.
- Adjust tags if required.
I realize this workflow is essentially for the Mac. Nothing like this can be done on the iPad without a major tweak or two.
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My Reading Workflow Explained
A comprehensive examination of an individual’s reading workflow reveals their strategies for managing reading sources, incorporating various applications, and optimizing knowledge retention for enhanced creativity. Continue reading →
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From an Idea to a Blog Post
The blog post outlines the author’s information processing workflow for creating content, emphasizing the importance of both the process and the tools used. Continue reading →
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A Peek At My Photo Processing Workflow
The blog post discusses updates to the author’s content creation workflow, highlighting new tools and services in photography while noting the abandonment of others over the past two years. Continue reading →
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On Migrating WordPress Content to Ghost
Moving content from one platform to another isn’t easy. And it shouldn’t be that way.
The problem: I want to migrate a few dozens of posts from my Numeric Citizen Blog to my other website, Numeric Citizen Introspection, hosted on Ghost. Easy, right? Think again. The Ghost migrator plugin doesn’t support posts selection; it’s an all or nothing tool. How can I migrate a subset of my posts in that context? By assigning a specific category to each post, I can use the WordPress export tool to export these posts. Next, those posts can then be imported into an empty WordPress instance. From there, I could use the Ghost Migrator plugin. The issue is that I don’t have an empty WordPress instance sitting idle. Using WordPress.com, I cannot install the plugin in a free instance (it’s part of a Business plan, which I subscribe to for my main blog). The solution, was to use my Synology NAS to install an empty WordPress instance locally and proceed from there. Let’s see what the workflow looks like.
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My Blogger Workflow as of 2021-12
My previous blogger workflow update was in March 2021. Quite many things have happened since then. It’s time for another update. Buckle up because this is a big one, and enjoy the ride!
What’s in
For 2021, I was expecting a year without many changes to my blogger workflow, and yet, I was in for quite a few surprises.
- Probably some of the most important additions this year are Toggl, Timery, and Focused Work to track my time while creating content (consider bookmarking and reading “Why and How I’m Tracking Time With Toggl” if you want to know all the details.) Tracking my time does take some time, but I like the results.
- Hello Ghost (again)! I started experimenting with Ghost during the 14-day trial period, during which all features were available for testing. I started building automation with the Zapier integration. After the trial period ended, the integration with Zapier stopped working for some reason. I quickly found out that many features like custom themes, custom integrations, and commenting support are only available with certain subscription tiers. Commenting on each blog post isn’t available by default unless I’m on the Creator tier and customize one of the provided themes. To use Commento, I needed an API key, as well as a custom theme and a custom integration. And moreover, a custom version of Casper with some script invocation was added to enable Commento integration. Forking such a built-in theme requires staying in sync with the official theme, as Ghost updates them from time to time to benefit from all Ghost’s additions. Finally, I visited Google Search Console to add my Ghost website for better SEO management and optimizations. I became a subscriber at the entry-level tier for $9 per month, but I quickly realized that the $25 was the one I needed (consider bookmarking and reading “Moving From Substack to Ghost–My Experience” for more details.)
- iPadOS 15 introduced support for Safari extensions. Working on the iPad now feels less and less a compromise, as Grammarly support and many other extensions are now available. For people depending on the iPad, it is a much-welcomed addition. Unexpectedly, in 2021, my workflow shifted towards the MacBook Air (read “Coming Out of a Rabbit Hole and Buying Two MacBook Air”).
- Pocket made a comeback in addition to Readwise (consider bookmarking and read “Instapaper vs Pocket — Which Read Later Service Is Better for Me”). Pocket is well-known and doesn’t need much introduction. According to Readwise website: “Readwise makes it easy to revisit and learn from your ebook & article highlights.” Resurfacing previously highlighted text snippets is fun and helps build a lasting memory of past readings. I added Readwise as a source to my weekly newsletter built using Mailbrew.
- Using the Readwise sharing feature to repost quotes on Twitter is handy. I don’t use it too often, though.
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Using the iPad for Editing Blot Posts With a Git Client
Editing new content from the iPad for this blog poses some challenges.
I started writing this post using my iPad, Working Copy and Textastic1. The file was initially created within Working Copy’s sandbox, but I fetched content from the Blot Git repo to store the most recent changes locally on my iPad.
As with every app on the iPad, Working Copy runs within its sandbox. When cloning the Blot repo locally, files were placed in the application’s sandbox, which is inaccessible outside the iPad2. Ulysses uses external folders, so I can point it to my iCloud Drive, where I stored the cloned repo with Nova. Only Textastic can edit files with Working Copy’s sandbox.
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