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Jim Mitchell

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Wrangler of nerds. Herder of cats. Butcher of code. Abuser of ellipses... Chances are I probably like you. #IndiewebIsPunk Site: jimmitchell.org

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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 22h
After registering the jimmitchell.social domain name, expecting to use it for a Mastodon instance of my own, I’m suddenly procrastinating making a move. I’m not 100% sure it’s something I want to do. The firs... micro.jimmitchell.org/2026/09/29/af…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 29/09/2026
If you've been giving OutPost for Mac a spin, or have already made it part of your blogging workflow, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I've not gotten any substantial feedback on the app so far, so it must be perfect as is. 🤣 My plan is to make the current version the "real" public release unless t…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 28/09/2026
I just registered the jimmitchell.social domain name again, because, well, I’m nuts that way and will probably end up using it for a Mastodon instance again…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 26/09/2026
Okay... A bunch of rapid-fire changes to OutPost over the last couple of days. Check out the change log to see everything that's been fixed. The big news is OutPost will return a Pika feed properly. 🎉 Pika peeps, give it a go and report back. jimmitchell.dev/outpost/changes
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 25/09/2026
Here’s a check in the AI column… When asked last minute to provide an Excel spreadsheet of a complex Salesforce schema with over 500 objects and more than 8,000 fields, including the likelihood of which fields were PII related, Claude... micro.jimmitchell.org/2026/09/25/he…
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Here’s a check in the AI column… When asked last …
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 25/09/2026
For those of you that are curious, I'm working on an OutPost update to make working with blogs that only advertise the Micropub protocol (like Pika, Blot, Hugo, and Dobrado) more pleasant. Expect an update sometime this weekend -- maybe even tomorrow morning...or possibly tonight.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 24/09/2026
For the Micro.blog community, OutPost got a small update this morning: OutPost for Mac Update
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OutPost for Mac Update — Jim Mitchell
I released a small update to OutPost for Mac this morning fixing a few niggly things that have been bugging me.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 24/09/2026
OutPost for Mac Update I released a small update to OutPost for Mac this morning fixing a few niggly things that have been bugging me. jimmitchell.org/2026/09/24/outpost-…
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OutPost for Mac Update
I released a small update to OutPost for Mac this morning fixing a few niggly things that have been bugging me.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 23/09/2026
Hah! I just got an email asking me to run the tech for the next quarterly meeting this coming Monday. It would seem I have permanently added an extra area of responsibility to my job description... Fun times.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 23/09/2026
My visit to the dentist yesterday afternoon netted me a possible need for a root canal and new crown on a molar that’s been problematic for years. Exactly the news I wanted to hear this week… 🙄
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 22/09/2026
Oof. This is a crammed week of stuff. We're having new floors installed and the house is wrecked, I have a dentist appointment this afternoon, an after-hours application deployment for the day job tomorrow evening, Thursday's calendar is jam packed, and then an eye exam Friday after work. What was…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 22/09/2026
I just received a slew of budget review meeting invites from my group VP. This is one of the ickier parts of my role now.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 22/09/2026
OutPost for Mac Public Beta Available I'm pleased to announce that OutPost for Mac is publicly released today as a beta for adventurous users to try out. jimmitchell.org/2026/09/22/outpost-…
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OutPost for Mac Public Beta Available
I'm pleased to announce that OutPost for Mac is publicly released today as a beta for adventurous users to try out.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 22/09/2026
This note was saved as a draft in OutPost. Then I came back and published it after quitting and relaunching the app.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 21/09/2026
Dice, the sun king.
A black dog asleep suns himself on a grey floor
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 21/09/2026
Let's try that again... My work on OutPost is coming along really well, but just when I think I'm about ready to turn it loose for others to try, I'll get another idea for something I think the app should do. Nonetheless, here's a tease of some iOS screenshots.
The OutPost new  post viewAn OutPost note being editedThe OutPost list of posts view.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 20/09/2026
We finally took the recliner chair that I rehabbed in after heart surgery to Goodwill today. It's weird that it's not here anymore, but it was time to get back to normal and fully close that chapter of my life.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 20/09/2026
Doing some OutPost testing this afternoon, I was pleased to discover that the app works with Pika.page too, though maybe not quite as feature complete as it is for some other blogs. pika.page
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 18/09/2026
Valley Seasons come, seasons go. I'm in a bit of a slump right now. What I need is to get away from the usual day to day and do something different on my own. jimmitchell.org/2026/09/18/valley
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Valley
Seasons come, seasons go. I'm in a bit of a slump right now. What I need is to get away from the usual day to day and do something different on my own.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 13/09/2026
I spun up a site to centralize all of my Mac/iOS apps this afternoon, mostly to have a place for the necessary pages OutPost will need for iOS Test Flight and Mac beta test distribution. We should be close (I hope) to making it publicly available. The apps are working grea… jimmitchell.dev
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 13/09/2026
Hanging with the goodest boys.
A black dog laying on a grey cushion looking into the camera.A black and white dog, laying on a colorful pillow in a chair.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 08/09/2026
My wife and I decided to watch Normal over the long weekend, not knowing anything about the movie other than it starred Bob Odenkirk, who, of course, everyone loves. In hind sight, we were expecting something a little different I think. Nonetheless, we… www.rottentomatoes.com/m/normal_2025
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 08/09/2026
I’ve used Day One off and on over the years. I checked out Apple’s Journal app when it first came out, but wasn’t too impressed with that early version. However, I recently looked at it again and can actually say it might be an app worth using now given how infrequently I do journal. Maybe I can bu…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 07/09/2026
I’m working on setting up OutPost for an App Store iOS test flight release. Apple sure makes this stuff confusing…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 06/09/2026
Such good boys…
Dice and Moo Chi, smiling for the camera.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 06/09/2026
The outer bands of Hurricane Marie are rolling into SoCal. I’ve watched the humidity climb 10% in the last couple hours. We are forecasted to get rain tomorrow, which we need badly. I hope some thunderstorms come with it too. I love me some thunder and lightning…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 05/09/2026
I changed up the layout of OutPost for Mac this morning. I feel the dual sidebar layout works far better on larger screens and is more “Mac-like” in its look and feel. I might be close to having other people test it for real.
The main editor window for the OutPost Micropub editor.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 04/09/2026
↩ In reply to ljpuk.net/posts/lets-stop-buying-ne… I agree with Lee that it’s okay to skip a year — maybe even two or three — between tech upgrades. Personally, I decided a while ago that I wasn’t going to buy any new tech until it’s either no longer useable due to age, or it someh…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 02/09/2026
Teasing some screenshots of my in-progress Micropub editor app, via the very app itself. How very meta of me (no, not that meta)… cleanshot.com/share/L6x7v1W97Jq0m0L… cleanshot.com/share/jvqtJ2PL1NpqfrY… cleanshot.com/share/NvS8Rl7XJbH57Qj… Plus, I wanted to t…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 01/09/2026
We’ve worn Moo Chi and Dice out before they wore us out, but it was close.
Two Chihuahua puppies, one black, the other black and white, sleeping together on an orange blanket.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 01/09/2026
I’ve been patiently trying to get a coworker in a different working group to respond to an ask for a very long time now — too long really. I’ve been polite through all of it. Today, however, the big guns come out… I bet I get a response within a few hours.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 01/09/2026
🔖 Bookmarked www.normaltools.com Open a tool, do the thing, leave. No account, no download, and nothing between you and the answer. I somehow managed to stumble on to this site this morning. The dev related tools are pretty handy, but I especially liked the band name generator tool. I th…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 01/09/2026
Because I couldn’t wait to share them… Dice (left) and Moo Chi (right) from their Mutts in Need profile picture. They’ll be coming to their forever home today. Warning, this is going to be the first of many dog pics in my feed for a while.
Two small, alert black-and-white dogs with large upright ears sitting on a cream-colored bed and looking curiously at the camera.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 30/08/2026
Excited to say that we’ve been approved to adopt Dice and Moochie, the two cute rescued Chihuahau pups we met yesterday. Now we wait for the next steps from their foster. Hopefully they’ll be in their new home (ours) within a few days.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 29/08/2026
We went and met two of the most adorable bonded Chihuahua young pups today. We’ve started the adoption process to give them their forever home.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 29/08/2026
Tab Beniot was a great show at the Coach House last night, and is as good live as his recordings. I’m so glad we finally saw him. The last time we had tickets, we were both under the weather and decided to skip the show. Bucket list artist achieved. The opening act was The Zac Schulze Gang, a high…
Tab Beniot and his guitar onstage at the Coach House.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 28/08/2026
🔖 Bookmarked taoofmac.com/space/apps/stacks More Mac Classic Software Stacks runs classic HyperCard stacks from those bygone years of Mac. I tried to get into HyperCard in my early Mac days, but it just never seemed to click f… jimmitchell.org/2026/08/28/more-mac…
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More Mac Classic Software
Stacks runs classic HyperCard stacks from those bygone years of Mac. I tried to get into HyperCard in my early Mac days, but it just never seemed to click for me.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 28/08/2026
Speaking of my site, I think I can finally say with 99.9999% certainty that I am satisfied with the design and functionality. It’s taken six months and several hundred commits, but it’s been worth it. In it, I’ve been able to reduce posting friction, so there’s no reason not to write.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 28/08/2026
Nick Gray from slashfriends.org contacted me yesterday, proposing I add a "/friends" page to my site. Since I was working on a blogroll page anyway, which is essentially the same thing, I pivoted and updated the page accordingly. I think it's a clever idea. The whole… slashfriends.org/about
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 28/08/2026
I installed macOS Beta 27 on my personal daily driver yesterday. So far, it appears pretty stable, and looks a heck of a lot better. I did discover that Cache Out seems to have some full disk access problems, so I’ll need to work them out at some point this weekend.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 27/08/2026
Iterate Begin with one small insignificant change. Let it bake in for a while. Tweak it as often as you need to. Once it's working, call it a public release. jimmitchell.org/2026/08/27/iterate
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Iterate
Begin with one small insignificant change. Let it bake in for a while. Tweak it as often as you need to. Once it's working, call it a public release.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 26/08/2026
I’ve been grinding pretty hard and fast on a bunch of different code-related projects over the last few weeks and am beginning to see the warning signs of a case of burn out on the horizon. It’s time to slow down on development projects for a while and just focus on writing more.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 26/08/2026
Bands We've Seen Together Throughout my life, music has been the constant that grounded me. I've been fortunate to have shared the same passion with my best friend and soul mate. jimmitchell.org/2026/08/26/bands-we…
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Bands We've Seen Together
Throughout my life, music has been the constant that grounded me. I've been fortunate to have shared the same passion with my best friend and soul mate.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 26/08/2026
🔖 Bookmarked morphing.cloud/afterglow Nostalgia Level Eleven I spent countless hours fussing with my After Dark screen savers in the early Nineties. This app just unlocked a wave of Mac nostalgia I'd long since forgotten. Who el… jimmitchell.org/2026/08/25/nostalgi…
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Nostalgia Level Eleven
I spent countless hours fussing with my After Dark screen savers in the early Nineties. This app just unlocked a wave of Mac nostalgia I'd long since forgotten. Who else remembers?
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 25/08/2026
Okay… Setup for the smaller team all-hands is complete and tech-tested. Instead of taking three days, this one only took an hour. I can probably get it down to 30 minutes for the next one - which I’ve been assured there will be many more of. Such is life when you step up. Renaisance Man… Yep. That’…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 24/08/2026
Taking a look at Dinkus as an alternative Markdown editor this morning. Though it will never replace Obsidian for me, I like what I’m seeing so far - and for a reasonable price. apps.apple.com/us/app/dinkus-markdo…
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 23/08/2026
I took a few hours to add a Webmention feature to my site today, letting those who’ve written a post on their site linking back to one of mine submit the link to the post so it shows up in my Webmentions. It’s what the Indieweb is all about - interconnectedness.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 21/08/2026
Announcing the new Indieweb is Punk Manifesto… We don’t need major platforms. We have the Web, keyboards, tools, and community. Pass it on. Staple it to a pole. Photocopy it. Put it on your own site. Link to it. Wear it. Oi! indiewebispunk.net
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 21/08/2026
Teaser… I had flash of inspiration to do a thing this morning, and I’m not sure why I didn’t think to do it sooner. So, cool thing (at least I think so) coming soon. Indieweb is Punk.
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Jim Mitchell @jimmitchell.org · 21/08/2026
I spent some time working on my Micropub publishing app today, getting it to a good place for both Mac and iOS so it works with Micro.blog too. Now it’s time to dig into what it’s going to take to release it as a Test Flight version so others can try it out.
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