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Documenting My Numeric Life With Dayone
Automating the documentation of online content through integrations with tools like Dayone and IFTTT can help preserve your digital life for future access. Continue reading →
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The Write.freely Ecosystem Explained
The text discusses the author’s experience with the Write.as platform, an open-source writing tool and part of the WriteFreely ecosystem, emphasizing its focus on anonymous and censorship-free expression. Continue reading →
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Some Updates to My Blogging Setup
Following my departure from Twitter, as well documented here, it was time for me to make some changes to my blogging setup. First, as for my domain numericcitizen.me, I moved my DNS setup off WordPress.com to GoDaddy, so that everything is in one place. Plus, I have more control on GoDaddy than on WordPress.com. This change was required so I could add a subdomain, blog.numericcitizen.me and point it to Micro.blog, numericcitizen. Continue reading →
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A Month After Migrating Off Blot.im — Observations
It’s now been a month since this website was migrated off Blot.im. The question you might ask: is the website getting as much traffic as it did before? The answer is no, a lot less traffic. According to this post, I got about 90 unique visitors daily during the 20 months with Blot.im. Now, under Craft, I’m getting less than 20. It’s hard to say why. Is the lack of RSS feed the reason? Continue reading →
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My Content Creator Workflow as of 2022-12
The blogger has updated and streamlined their content creator workflow, incorporating new tools like Cleanshot Cloud and Write.as while discontinuing others like Vimeo and Reminders for better efficiency. Continue reading →
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Instapaper vs Pocket — Which Read Later Service is Better for Me
As much as I love Craft, its current version is unsuitable as a read-later solution. I do keep a list of bookmarks within Craft, but the article’s content is not fetched and saved into Craft, something Notion is able to do. This list is kept for other purposes, like helping me build my newsletter and other long-form articles. I need a better reading solution. Reading is something that requires the least distraction possible. Continue reading →
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Interesting Fact About My Twitter Usage
I spent a few moments this week analyzing Twitter’s influence on my blog’s visitors analytics using Plausible. Why? Because. Plausible · numericcitizen.me Plausible · numericcitizen.micro.blog Numbers show that cross-posting on Twitter brings about 10-15% traffic to my blogs. It is much lower than I initially thought. Closing my account would minimally affect my exposure. These numbers show that I should care too much about Twitter’s future. I should look confidently beyond Twitter as a content creator. 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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Saving Plausible Analytics for Blot.im
A screenshot from the Plausible Analytics dashboard shows analytics data for Numeric Citizen I/O before its shutdown, highlighting the author’s ability to track website performance through their Craft Business Plan subscription. Continue reading →
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This Blog Is Transitioning to Craft-Based Hosting Soon
The blog will transition to Craft hosting to simplify workflows and reduce costs, while also ceasing support for RSS feeds. Continue reading →
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Making YouTubes Videos - Observations & Notes
Since June 2022, the creator has produced 18 YouTube videos, utilizing various tools to enhance their workflow and engagement while reflecting on the lessons learned throughout the process. Continue reading →
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I’m Ready to Move This Website to Craft
In recent days, I’ve been working on a proof-of-concept to replicate Numeric Citizen I/O website currently hosted on Blot.im into Craft. I’m happy to report that the main portion of my work is completed. You can have a look at the end results here (Craft link). Now, the only missing part is the support of custom domains and notifications. The former will help mask the Craft URL behind a more user-friendly URL. 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? Continue reading →
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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. Continue reading →
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Moving From Substack to Ghost — My Experience
Digital nomads. The flavour of the day. Looking for a better digital experience? Every reason is good to move from one place to another in the digital world. It’s about having some fun. I recently came across this blog post from Greg Morris where he writes: “I look at blog designs like Birchtree.me* and think to myself “I want a blog like that” and then go out and try to build one. Continue reading →
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Migrating My Content From HEY World to Substack
Yesterday, I put an end to my HEY World experiment. After making the call, I wanted to keep my content and migrate it to Substack. So, I tried the Substack RSS feed import feature, but it wasn’t working. As shown in the following screenshot, the error wasn’t explicit enough to pinpoint the cause of the problem. I had 23 posts to import, which was not a big deal, but I preferred not to move my content manually. Continue reading →
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Bye Bye Universe — It Was a Nice Ride
Nearly a year ago, I introduced my Numeric Citizen Visual Space, a website made with Universe, a website creation application running on iPhone, iPad and macOS. This space never really took off and never attracted traffic, probably because of its lack of a social network dimension. In retrospect, this was an experiment more than anything else. Universe is a special application where websites are built using a visual block metaphor. There is nothing like it. Continue reading →
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Getting Ready for Google's May 2021 Algorithm Update
Getting ready for the upcoming Google May 2021 algorithm update. See how I improved my Page Insights score by more than 225%. In May, Google will tweak its ranking algorithm again by including new experience metrics into the equation. Those changes were first announced back in May 2020. According to a recent post on Yoast’s blog: In May 2021, Google will add Core Web Vitals as ranking factors in its algorithm. Continue reading →
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The Value of Using Links and References
Let’s put aside « link posts » (like this one) for a minute or two, the time required to read this article. Recently, I noticed that links in published content vary a lot from one author to another. Some bloggers or writers use many links, while others barely include any. I thought that was fascinating, and I started thinking about my link usage. For example, M.G. Siegler, a well-known writer on Medium, uses links in his writing. Continue reading →
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Which App or Service is Best?
Recently, I had a chance to read and participate in two different discussions about which app, feature or service is better for a specific task or use case. In the first case, someone was asking about Ulysses handling of Markdown links. The question triggered a really enlightening discussion about how Ulysses, and many more writing apps for that matter, was good or not at certain things like Markdown handling in general1. Continue reading →
