I can only really say nice things about Micro.blog and it felt like it was time to have an episode about only good stuff. Here’s Manton’s post that got me thinking about Micro.blog again this morning.

Manton Reece – Tumblr and… App.net

Micro.blog is also designed around blogs because it gives immediate value to the platform, insulating it against the network effect that drives the success or failure of most other social networks: not all your friends are there yet. Unlike ad-supported platforms, Micro.blog aligns its business model with customer needs. Subscriptions for blog hosting let us deliver the best features we can, and also help support the rest of the platform.

I think Micro.blog is a really cool product and while I don’t use it much myself, I think it’s a great solution to the unfortunate situation we’re in where we’re posting all of our thoughts to closed platforms like Twitter and Facebook.

I think the fact that it’s built on the open web is what makes me more compelling to me than other attempts at “twitter alternatives.” Like I said, I don’t use Micro.blog myself and I don’t have the app installed on my iPhone or anything, but I still follow a few users through…

…wait for it…

RSS.

Yes, that old fashioned tech lets me follow along with the people I enjoy however the heck I want and that’s something special in 2019. Keep at it, Manton!

Safwan AhmedMia (aka SuperSaf) on Twitter

There are 2 types of people in this world. Those who absolutely have to have a headphone jack and those who don’t care.

I’m in the latter group, but I think this is largely because I also own AirPods. I’d be curious to know how much, if any, correlation there is between people who aren’t bothered by missing the headphone jack and those who own AirPods.

I personally used Bluetooth headphones most of the time pre-AirPods, but I always found them a little more of a pain than wired headphones which “just worked.” Even today I find my Sony WH-1000MX3‘s to be more of a pain than I’d like when moving between devices, but this isn’t a pain I have with AirPods.

Anyway, I think a big hurdle to people being more okay with no headphone jack is to have excellent wireless options which don’t make you feel like they have any real downsides. AirPods did this better than anyone in last 2016 and a few options like the Samsung Galaxy Buds and Sony WF-1000XM3 are finally starting to get close in terms of ease-of-use. Hopefully we see more options do great, as well as prices come down to these experiences are more universally accessible.