As I mentioned in this post, I’ve essentially abandoned Twitter in favor of Mastodon (you can find me on Mastodon via the link over there –> ). Now that I’m getting more active there, I wanted a quick and easy way to post new items published here to my Mastodon account for broader distribution and visibility. My initial inspiration came from this Dr. Drang post. At the time I wasn’t thinking about anything more complex than a simple script, but as I dove into the Mastodon API and ways to...

I’ve been on Twitter for close to fifteen years. For most of that time I’ve predominantly chosen to consume rather than produce. Given the recent developments and ownership, I simply can’t participate any longer. This isn’t going to affect Twitter in the slightest, but for me it’s a major step since Twitter has been my primary source of connection to news, events, fellow technology travelers, and like-minded enthusiasts for quite a long time. It assumed an especially large role when I...