I have written two long postings about my life as a blogger, as well as 16 new postings about 🇹🇠Thailand, all written with my two favorite blogging systems by Dave Winer. My original plan was to let Dave see them first, but it can sometimes take a while to get his attention.
@johnjohnston I only have skills as a writer. I don't have any of your skills with software, so I have to rely on others. In this case I'm relying on (1) the fact that Dave published both tools as open source. I think that means anyone can read the code and if they are software experts, they could fix it, if needed. (2) Andy Sylvester is the software engineer I would be relying on. I think this is a much safer position than the one we are in with Manton. If Dave were to be struck down today by lightning, we could continue to use the software he gifted to us. OTOH heaven forbid, if Manton were to be struck down by lighting, I think that could be the end of micro.blog because he has not open sourced his software and in fact, he may be the only one who really knows how it works. That is too risky for me.