Auto posting to fediverse broke with the change of instance and I'm trying to get it working again
Since I've moved to a new mastadon instance I need to update my IFTTT webhooks to work with it
After trying quite a few headless CMSs I finally settled on Forestry - again
Can’t decide if I want to move to a new mastodon instance or host my own
All my auto posts to social media rely on IFTTT
Some progress on my Streams to social media posts
Want to add a CMS to this website to its easier to post social posts from my phone
Going back to posting tweets or short notes via my website and syndicating
Saw a tweet about how websites with RSS should have a link to it in the header to save digging into code to find it, after a tiny footer redesign I added mine
Turns out that some apps will treat your DeGoogled Android phone as a phone that has a custom ROM installed aka it has been 'jailbroken' and won't run
That's it - I have finally deleted my Gmail account. I've been using a self-hosted email address for a year now and slowly switching email addresses on websites I still use.
Started on a non tech project today. My office is a mini loft above our garage, and it has these gaps for storage that I don't need, so I'm covering them up with pallet wood planks.
Just found an image on my clients' website (added by a third party) that weighs in at, wait for it, a whopping 39.4mb 😬
I've now switched my default browser to Firefox Focus - a privacy focused browser. No cookies, ads, tracking or history.
My Facebook account has been deactivated for over a year and now I've now asked for it to be deleted.
Removing your Google account from your phone means Google Pay will stop working - derp
My estimote LTE beacons developer kit has finally arrived (made to order) - so looks like I'll be tinkering with this at this weekend 🤓
I just created my first NPM package and it was surprisingly easy to do it.
Reading an article about the native HTML disclosure element (details + summary) and was pleased to see that it works in the Instapaper app
For a privacy focused browser, I was surprised to see Google as the default search engine. 🧐
Almost ready to uninstall Google Hangouts from my phone.
It's been a week since #naconf and Laura Kalbag's talk on privacy - I've been reviewing my own privacy since then.
Really looking forward to New Adventures 2020 conference in a few weeks. Great way to start the year. Let me know if you're going.
Published version 2 of my website. Rebuilt using 11ty, Nunjucks and hosted on Netlify and using NetlifyCMS for content.
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