Bear + Micro.blog = True
A while back, I tried switching from Bear to Micro.blog. Even though I ended up going back to Bear for my everyday blogging, I kept birming.com as a Micro.blog hosted blog for shorter posts. I think it's a great combo.
I use it for sharing photos, logging books and movies, posting status updates, and other short-form content. It works really well for that, and with the $1 / month Micro.one plan, it's quite amazing how much you get.
It's also a solid platform if you want to fetch your content and display it somewhere else. With that in mind, I decided to create a separate Micro.blog Bear add-ons category. So far, these are the ones available:
- Latest post (see my footer)
- Feed (see my notes page)
- Gallery (see my photos page)
- Books (see my bookshelf)
I've also been playing around with making a postroll using the neat Micro.blog bookmarks feature, but that's still at the experiment stage right now.
If you're also using both Bear and Micro.blog, I hope you find something useful. And if you haven't tried Micro.blog yet, you might want to give it a try. It's a refreshing alternative to the usual social media platforms.
Happy blogging and microblogging.