Saturday, December 28, 2024

I’m making some shifts in my online ecosystems for 2025.

After testing both Obsidian and Micro.blog for a year I’ve decided to go all in on Micro.blog rather than paying for both. There are some really great features here that allow cross posting (both to and from Micro.blog.)

Here’s what I’ve set up:

Blog Archive is crossposted from my Beehiiv newsletter.

Photo Blog is an Instagram alternative that cross posts to Bluesky.

Oubliette is a true microblog where I can posts links, quotes, and photos that cross posts to Bluesky.

I could have put everything in one blog and used categories, but this was the simplest way to set up a photoblog that was separate from blogging images. Each URL also has it’s own RSS feed.

I may make some changes, but it feels like I’ve taken a lot of friction out of posting and sharing. Moving into 2025 I’m creating work that is archived and lives on my own site versus creating within walled gardens like Instagram or Substack.

I’ll continue using Obsidian for my daily artist log, but not paying extra for Obsidian Publish.