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My new interests - the Fediverse, Mastodon and the creative IndieWeb community keep me entertained. My days are filled with .NET and other Microsoft technologies.
Discussions and photos of my dog may slip into a post now and then.

Getting the most out of Mastodon Profiles - Featured Hashtags

Featured hashtags are a powerful tool when searching for specific content. What are Featured Hashtags? Let’s get some official definitions out of the way first, then we’ll discuss in more detail. ...

Feb 20, 2023 mastodon

Mastodon Apps - The Next Generation

The Mastodon app dev community keeps growing. The next generation is already on their way! 🎉🎉 Mastodon: The Next Generation This is a bit Apple heavy because I do not own any Android devices. Repl...

Feb 18, 2023 mastodon

Spoutible - Initial Thoughts

This post has been updated to include new information regarding the Bot Sentinel feature that was announced on March 1, 2023 via Twitter. Instead of pointing out all of the cracks we know exis...

Feb 8, 2023 social-media

Contributing to Open Source - The Mastodon Ice Cubes App

Open source contributions aren’t always code. The creator of the Mastodon client Ice Cubes put out a call for a custom notification sound and just happened to see it on a rainy weekend morning, so ...

Feb 7, 2023 opensource

SharePoint Administration - Maintain your sanity

I inherited a SharePoint site that needed some TLC. While we have utilized SharePoint and I was familiar with the basic concepts, I never delved too deep into the specifics. This site was already ...

Feb 5, 2023 SharePoint

Ice Cubes Refills - A (very) simple apple shortcut

Have you ever taken the long way home? This is one of those journeys. It was a fun journey. But an unnecessarily long one. This shortcut solves a simple problem - a lazy person’s desire to do less...

Jan 30, 2023 productivity

Webmentions, the journey continues

I’m continuing my quest to pass all the Webmention Rocks! tests and receive my badge of IndieWeb honor. In a nutshell, the IndieWeb is about owning your content. Making your site the central reposi...

Jan 26, 2023 fediverse

SharePoint maintenance - the power of powershell

Sometimes weekend plans aren’t quite what you expect. I thought I would be settling into some 80s tunes on my walkman while working on my IndieWeb hobby projects. Instead, I spent much of my weeke...

Jan 22, 2023 SharePoint

The thrills and chills of a first time open-source contributor

I have loved watching the experimentation and creativity coming from Mastodon app creators. Native apps, web apps. Experimental concepts presented to the community to discuss. I ended up being qu...

Jan 19, 2023 opensource

Testing Webmentions

My first attempt worked, but I noticed that my avatar wasn’t included in the webmention. Adding just a couple of webmentions to this post after making a change to my h-card. Reference this post f...

Jan 19, 2023 fediverse

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