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# For the past week or so I've been experimenting with DuckDuckGo set as the default browser on my phone. I can't think of any time that I've had to resort to Google to find what I wanted.
Their database must have improved significantly since the last time I tried it.
@colinwalker, I've been using DuckDuckGo for a couple of years now. Once I started using their !bang, and instant-answer features I was totally hooked. Have you checked those out? Both have really influenced my day-to-day workflows for a variety of tasks.
In reply to: https://colinwalker.blog/2017/06/15/15062017-0535/#commentlist
@colinwalker I tried to use DuckDuckGo a while ago as my main search engine but became frustrated quite quickly with the amount of outdated links I was getting. I’m willing to give it another try in light of these comments though.
# The more I post and grow into this different way of blogging the more I wonder about the validity of segregating out short posts. The Today view treats everything the same so do I still need to effectively treat micro posts as second-class citizens for RSS purposes?
Just as everything gets listed on the site it all gets pushed into Micro.blog regardless, it just comes from two separate feeds right now. As I'm increasingly writing shorter posts I debate whether these should now be included in the main feed, negating the need for a second?
I'm already considering dropping the microblog link in my bottom menu and inserting a Today link instead.
With the move away from traditional long form posts (especially rejecting the use of titles) in favour of a more 'stream of consciousness' type approach does the old model no longer fit?
If the way I blog has fundamentally changed does the single feed approach still provide the best service?
But I do still worry about flooding people's RSS readers with multiple short posts if that's not originally what they signed up for. Maintaining separate feeds gives that choice, allows people to sign up for exactly what they want.
A thought in reply to: <a href=\"https://colinwalker.blog/2017/06/15/15062017-0843/\">15/06/2017, 08:43…
My feed is more all-in-one. I have a separate feed for the micro posts, although that is superfluous if people follow on <a href=\"http://micro.blog/desparoz\" rel=\"nofollow\">micro.blog.
I have to give some thought as to whether to have a separate feed for long form posts, but so far haven’t seen the need.
# Irrespective of how I post I am always reminded of how fortunate I am to be able to do so, and to do so publicly on the web.
That's something we should never forget or take for granted.
Irrespective of how I post I am always reminded of how fortunate I am to be able to do so, and to do so publicly on the web. That’s something we should never forget or take for granted.
Since raising the version of the 'Likes and Replies' plugin to 0.9.0 and calling it a release candidate I don't think I've come across any problems. It's hard to believe that the last commit logged on GitHub was 17 days ago.
Where does the time go?
There might be some tidying up I could do to the code but, on the whole, I think it's achieved exactly what I was after and reached its natural conclusion.
That's not to say there won't be future updates if I think of new functionality, find problems or want to do things differently. But, for now, I think it's safe to put down a marker and bump it to a 1.0 release.
Although the plugin is reasonably simple I've learnt some good techniques which can be applied again and again while also learning from mistakes that, hopefully, won't be repeated.
It's been fun to go through the process of documenting this publicly, with nowhere to hide, and am glad I could contribute something to those who may use it.
@colinwalker it works alright but I always end up going back to Google pretty quickly myself. Glad it's working for you though.
@colinwalker I've been using DuckDuckGo everwhere for over a year and I too don't recall the last time I had to "fall back" to Google.
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@colinwalker, I've been using DuckDuckGo for a couple of years now. Once I started using their !bang, and instant-answer features I was totally hooked. Have you checked those out? Both have really influenced my day-to-day workflows for a variety of tasks.
In reply to: https://colinwalker.blog/2017/06/15/15062017-0535/#commentlist @colinwalker I tried to use DuckDuckGo a while ago as my main search engine but became frustrated quite quickly with the amount of outdated links I was getting. I’m willing to give it another try in light of these comments though.