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On this day ten years ago, I returned to the blog after a two-and-a-half-year break and set myself on the path that would ultimately lead to where I am today.

It was a true landmark moment.

I hadn't been happy with what I was doing, so stepped away to explore other things.

A year with the #write365 project on Google+ left me burnt out and it took another year to feel ready to return, but on new terms. It was a fresh start with a minimal theme ¹ and all older posts moved to an archive.

I slipped back into some old (bad) habits. It took another year for me to really adjust, allow myself to be more casual and imperfect.

Stumbling (in the dark) across the Kickstarter for micro.blog was like a lightbulb turning on, showing me where I could take things. Ironically, it looked a lot like when I started back in 2003.

It just goes to show that change doesn't always equal progress.

Today I learned that swiping on a touchscreen does not count as "page activation". Certain browser APIs are gated behind this, vibrate() being one of them.

I had wanted to add haptics to swipe navigation but it only works if you tap the screen first. 😞

Kev Quirk writes that, as of now with v2.2.0, Pure Blog is feature complete and he will likely refuse all new feature requests.

It does everything I want it to do, so it's time to actually use it.

There I so many times I've said this to myself, then I see something someone else has done, or have an idea, and want to implement it.

Even with something that's 'feature complete' there are bound to be instances when change makes sense. The web itself is a fluid platform and wider integration becomes a moving target.

Still, all too often, I've said that tweaking the site has been a substitute for actually using it, so I fully support Kev on his decision.