Changelog

I like to keep a record of all the updates, improvements, and new features I make on the website. I write them in Notion they are automated here using Make.

2024-02-08
  • Updated links to have underline by default. Tweaked the style using the text-underline-offset, text-underline-thickness and text-decoration-color
2024-02-07
  • Fixed RSS description text mapping in Make
2024-01-31

New blog post: Automating a monthly link roundup: January 2024

2024-01-31
  • Fixed Reply and Kudos alignment
  • Fixed Newsletter success state
  • Fixed line heigh of prev next posts
  • Changed blog post callout cards
2024-01-28
  • Fixed bookmarks & links date to be Created Date instead of Published Date
  • Added Finsweet count items .js to the blogs page so each year category displays the # of blogs for that year.
  • Fixed pages header to use component
2024-01-27
  • Fixed Newsletter to use Webflow native forms
  • Automated new email subscribers to be added to Mailer Lite and Notion
2024-01-26
  • Updated style for inline code on blog posts
2024-01-18
  • Added affiliate link for Figma on About Me Page
2024-01-14
  • Updated Now page H1 to be Now (or Recently)
  • Fixed Tags page to show posts from all years and not just 2023
  • Added subtitle to Connect block on the Homepage
2024-01-13
  • Added the ability to add my own comments to the bookmarks/links page
  • Created individual and all tags pages
  • Linked tags in blog posts to their respective tags page
2024-01-11
  • Hide callout emoji from RSS
  • Added 2024 Blog Posts Section to the All Blogs page
  • Made image Captions on blog posts aligned left instead of center
  • Merged Reply via Email, Thread and Mastodon on the footer of blog posts
2024-01-05
  • Added native support for code blocks on blog posts, styled using highlight.js + a few custom css tweaks
2024-01-04
  • Hide media card and table of contents so they dont show up on readers
  • Fixed Changelog and Bookmarks html structure so they show properly on RSS
2023-12-28
  • Fixed a few css issues
  • Added plain text changes to changelog rss
2023-12-26
  • Improvements to Blogs
  • Added time to read with Refokus JS
  • Added tags (not actionable yet)
  • Tweaked Styles of Blog heading
  • Addded a Newsletters Block
  • Added a Author Block
  • Added Related Articles Block
  • Added Prev/Next links with FinSweet JS
2023-12-24
  • Tweaked how the Notion callouts UL and OL look so they can be used as Table of Contents or references blocks. Removed the emojis
2023-12-22
  • Fixed the urls on my Feeds pages thanks to a note from a reader
  • Added Desk Setup link to Homepage
  • Added Feedbin and Reeder cards to Feedbin blog post
2023-12-21
  • Published blog post: My subscriptions and how I track them with Notion
2023-12-20
  • Exposed changelog CMS
  • Added support for nested bullets to rich text thanks to FinSweet hack
2023-12-19
  • Cleaned up Series field for all blog post on the CMS
  • Added external link arrow icon indicator to Features on the homepage
  • Installed FontAwesomePro
  • Added a new Feature I had on www.cultofmac.com
2023-12-19
  • Published blog post: Favorites of 2023
2023-12-18
  • Added a new Series card for related blog posts
2023-12-17
  • Tweaked Styleguide text
  • Created a Lego Collection placeholder page
  • Added my Threads profile to all the placed where my contact info shows up
  • Moved the contact home section up
  • Added Uses to the main nav
2023-12-16
  • Published my Favorites of 2023 blog post
2023-12-11
  • Edited my About Page to add links to my Changelog and Styleguide, next up will be creating my own Colophon page
2023-12-11
  • Added an SEO Graph Image to my Styleguide page and tweaked the subtitle
2023-12-09
  • Added Changelog to my RSS Feeds page
2023-12-09
  • Created a Changelog page to to these changes natively on my site.
  • Created a Changelog RSS feed
  • Created Make scenario to sync entries to the new page
2023-12-07
  • Replaced my Buy me a Coffee links with Ko-fi links after reading Chris Hannah’s blog post
2023-12-07
  • Added my Ko-fi link to my About Page
2023-12-04
  • Testing out Umami for free analytics with track events. I got this from Cam Pegg
  • Added an autogenerated sitemap
  • Excluded testing pages from sitemap
  • Nested testing pages under /testing
  • Reordered Homepage Online links
  • Shortened Blog Posts footer text
2023-12-04
  • Added links for Sitemap and RSS feeds to the About this site section
2023-12-01
  • Testing out Letterboxed and Last.fm embeds with Javascript.
2023-11-30
  • Create a Shortcut that allows me to publish any changes to my website via a webhook with Make.
2023-11-30
  • Added & Setups to Uses link on homepage
  • Swapped order of Uses and Now in Homepage
  • Added Buy me a coffee to blog posts footer and about me page
2023-11-25
  • Fixed markdown on Bookmarks page
2023-11-25
2023-11-24
  • Made a few copy tweaks to the footer.
  • Inverted Blog cards to show picture first
2023-11-22
  • Removed duplicate text on about page
2023-11-22
  • Added a Reply via email that only shows up in RSS
  • Added a Reply via mastodon that only shows up if I added the corresponding Mastodon Post URL. (Workaround until I can get Webmentions working on Webflow)
2023-11-21
  • Fixed spacing below Callouts
2023-11-20
  • Finished design and implementation of Media cards for legos, products and apps that can be used in collections or embeded into blog posts
2023-11-20
  • Created a backend infrastructure that allows me to publish blog post from my ipad on Notion. Using Make automations into webflow.
2023-11-11
  • Added apps to App Defaults Post
  • Added Emojis too
  • Removed Text from Kudos, Changed Heart to thumbs up
  • Added Tracking to Feeds page links
2023-11-09
  • Updated the Feeds page text and graph image
2023-11-08
  • Added a countries and hits counter to my about page thanks to Tinylytics
  • Added a dedicated Feeds page
2023-11-06
  • Changed font weight of post in Blogs page to medium
  • Moved Side Projects Up in Homepage
  • Added β€œFree”
  • Added tracking for Side Projects
2023-09-04
  • Fixed extra space in blog post
  • Updated the iOS 17 predictions now that I have tested the betas
2023-08-28
  • Published bookmarks in queue
2023-07-10
  • Implemented visuals fixes to homepage hierarchy
2023-07-08
  • Fixed aligment of Kudos Button
2023-07-07
  • Added a new Kudos button on Blog posts thanks to Tinyanalytics
  • Fixed: Captions width
2023-06-28
  • Adjusted page-wrapper to 64px
2023-06-26
  • Tweaked CSS so CMS full width images actually expand beyond rich text container.
  • Added a β€œShow subtitle in BLOGS page toggle” for CMS
2023-06-23
  • Deleted extra space on About Me
  • Added to iOS Features
2023-06-19
  • Made visual improvements to All Blogs page and blog post cards
  • Changed the Homepage RSS copy to just RSS
  • Added a new ios 17 feature
2023-06-18
  • Posted my home office tour for 2023
  • Increased # of featured blog posts in Home Page to 7
2023-06-13
  • Added snnipet to try out tinylytics.app
2023-06-09
  • Added a picture of how I enjoy watching WWDC
  • Added item to wishlist
2023-06-08
  • Made some edits to my WWDC Favorite Features
  • Added a few items to my WWDC Wishlist
  • Added Link to my WWDC Favorite
2023-06-07
  • Published my WWDC Favorite features
2023-06-06
  • Revisited my WWDC Wishlist and added emoji to denote the status.
2023-06-01
  • Fixed Bookmarks page Make.com automation that was OFF
2023-05-30
  • Published WWDC Wishlist
2023-05-16
  • Fixed style of bullets color to match design system
  • Fixed left & right spacing for lists
  • Completed Inline Lego Card and Added to Blog Post
2023-05-15
  • Increased Rich Text H2 & H3 bottom margin to match P.
  • Posted the first week letters
2023-05-12
  • Added Thunderbolt Display Link to Uses
  • Posted Blog Post on Letters
2023-05-12
  • Published blog post: Collaborating on the Open Letters Project
2023-05-07
  • Finally fixed the bottom date on blog posts
  • Posted Thunderbolt Display posy
2023-05-01
  • Fixed NOW April link thanks to reader
2023-04-30
  • Fixed blog post Updated Date in footer
  • Published Now April
  • Fixed copy for blog subscribe footer
  • Fixed Back to all Bookmarks link
  • Deleted duplicate Bookmark
2023-04-29
  • Published blog post: Added a /uses page
2023-04-26
  • Published blog post: Shortcut: Automatically log meetings to Timery
2023-04-25
  • New: Created a new Block Style
  • Hacked the h6 in Rich Text to Display Block Style
  • Used Custom Code to add Added a native reply by email that uses the blog post name to the Subject line
  • Moved reply by email to besides the date
  • Simplified the Bklog Post Subscribe footer
2023-04-24
  • Published Shortcuts Blog Post
  • Figured it out how to add tracking to Blog Posts internal Links via Custom Code
2023-04-22
  • Added Year CMS 2023
  • Reordered Blog Post CMS Fields Structure
2023-04-19
  • Published Keyboard Blog Post
  • Simplified Blog footer sub message
  • Moved Lego Collection up in homepage
2023-04-14
  • Testing out Beam Analytcis
  • Fix
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2023-04-13
  • Made centered cms images natively go full width to expedit my publishing workflow
2023-04-11
  • Bug: Removed / from top of homepage
  • Bug: Fixed Follow RSS link in homepage
  • Truncated the blog descriptions
  • Added article links to Airpods Max and Tv
2023-04-10
  • Added affiliate link for Setapp
  • Added a last updated for blog post footer
  • Fixed weight of footer links
  • Re added email to footer after Manu’s advice
2023-04-08
  • Added affiliate links to Notion + Arc
  • Edited blog post to give credit
2023-04-07
  • Published Video Games Blog Post
2023-04-05
  • Added Buy me a Coffee Links to footer and about me page
2023-04-04
  • Added Dashboard Analytics links to the footer and the about page.
  • Added Workspaces.xyz link to Uses page.
2023-04-03
  • Made fixes to Uses page link suggested by reader
  • Replaced Webflow links with Affiliates links
  • Added more ids to elements for tracking
  • Swapped Instagram with Twitter links
  • Change page header component structure to CSS classes so I can add unique Ids for tracking
2023-04-01
  • Added a Subscribe to RSS Button to the Homepage
  • Added unique tracking to Nav, Home and Footer RSS links
2023-03-29
  • Added link to Buttondown Newsletter to Blog Posts and Blog Page
  • Added NoCodeAnalytics to test vs other services
  • Fixed text on About Me Page
2023-03-21
  • Fixed broken links on homepage
  • Fixed Blog page sort order
  • Fixed Blog Footer Copy