manton
manton

21 years ago today, my first blog post. A bunch of promising social networks have come and gone in that time. Often feels like very little is permanent, so make sure to have your own space on the web.

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johnbrayton
johnbrayton

@manton Your blog is old enough to drink! More seriously, I notice that there are no huge time gaps in your archive. Your consistency is impressive.

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pratik
pratik

@manton Wow! Quite a milestone. But at the same time, you have been blogging only one year more than I have? And you already have built a (successful) blogging platform!

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cdevroe
cdevroe

@manton 👏👏

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moonmehta
moonmehta

@manton @pratik Wonder if building a blogging platform counts as having blogged as many times as the number of users you enable? Counting quality too, of course.

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fahrni
fahrni

@manton Congratulations! I hadn’t thought about it but my blog just passed the 22 year mark. It’s spread out over two domains but I count them as one.

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rnv
rnv

@manton Congrats! I blew right past my 20th last week, and I just banged together a quick post to commemorate. Especially neat was that my first post was on 03/03/03. I don't remember if I planned that or not.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@manton Congrats Manton. A wonderful achievement 👏👏

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numericcitizen
numericcitizen

@manton Wow, that is a long time...

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pratik
pratik

@moonmehta Now you are just making me feel more insignificant 🙃 @manton

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lmika
lmika

@manton An incredible achievement. Congratulations. 🍻

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bjhess
bjhess

@manton Excellent. It seems most first blog posts have a similar flavor. lol bjhess.com/blog/2004...

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manton
manton

@bjhess Haha, very similar. I laugh whenever I re-read my old post.

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cleverdevil
cleverdevil

@manton you beat me by a few months! My first post - cleverdevil.io/archive/2...

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pratik
pratik

@cleverdevil so do you still “rarely have an internet connection” and when you do, it is “very very briefly”? ☺️

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cleverdevil
cleverdevil

@pratik haha it was a different time 😅

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manton
manton

@cleverdevil Movable Type! Good times.

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pimoore
pimoore

@manton Incredible achievement, Manton, congrats! No doubt watching the shift and change was the kindling that lit the idea of Micro.blog.

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crossingthethreshold
crossingthethreshold

@manton Congratulations on the milestone.

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cygnoir
cygnoir

@manton Congrats, Manton! 🎉 What a wonderful milestone. I'm excited to celebrate my 25th this May.

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manton
manton

@cygnoir Wow, congrats!

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juha
juha

@manton That's a while ago! I recall writing my first post back in 2004. Warm memories from those early days of blogging :)

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renevanbelzen
renevanbelzen

@manton Your podcasting prowess is equally great, May 29 this year will be 15 years of the coreint podcast. So many tech podcasts have come and gone (on permanent hiatus) in the meanwhile.

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manton
manton

@renevanbelzen @danielpunkass Thanks! I didn't realize we were coming up on 15 years for Core Int... We'll have to celebrate.

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cygnoir
cygnoir

@manton Thank you for the congrats, and for creating Micro.blog. I’m so happy that Micro.blog has been a part of my website’s long history. ☺️

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