Julia Evans
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New microblog with TILs
The author created a new section on their site called "TIL" (Today I Learned) to save interesting tools and facts they post on social media. The goal is to have a place to store these tidbits without having to write a full blog post. The author often posts "cool things" on Mastodon and Bluesky but didn't have a place to keep track of them. This new section is inspired by Simon Willison's TIL blog, but the author's posts are much shorter. The author made a new folder for the TIL section, added custom styling, and set up a separate RSS feed. The TIL section is mostly for the author's own use, as a way to keep track of useful links and tools. The author has been using the section for a couple of weeks and has found it to be working well. The author is a fan of the "POSSE" (post on your own site, syndicate elsewhere) idea but finds it easier to identify specific categories of content they want to keep on their own site. The author has email lists and RSS feeds for their blog posts and comics, and may add a summary of TIL posts to their mailing list. The author prefers to keep some content ephemeral, such as polls and jokes, and only archives specific categories of content.