ios

I’m not going to pretend for a moment that building a personal website is easier than posting to a platform that someone else has already built. I know that updating content for a static site generator in a git repository from the command line introduces a whole lot of friction (and jargon) to the blogging/publishing process, when I could easily post elsewhere with a mobile app from the comfort of my couch or while commuting on a tram. But there are enough development and automation tools available for iOS that I can use my iPad or phone as a portable development lab. Here’s how I write and publish away from a computer. ...

This page was last updated on 3 September 2021. Facts, interpretation, or opinion may have changed since then. Since my last post, the number of Victorian Covid-19 exposure sites (🗄️ Version archived on 2021-09-02) has climbed to over 1000. It isn’t healthy for me to park myself on that page and constantly refresh it, or to constantly watch Twitter for case updates and press conferences. I’ve built a couple more small tools to send me alerts when they’re relevant, so I don’t need to have those browser tabs of doom open all the time. (That doesn’t mean I don’t sometimes spend hours on Twitter anyway, but at least I know I can tear myself away without missing important alerts.) Building tools to tune the cacophony of information has also done a little to focus and calm my mind in this distressing period. ...