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\nI’m experimenting with the MCP protocol for Jottit and have the basics of it working. I can now create new pages by prompting Claude on my mobile or ask it to summarise pages, make edits, etc. I’m not sure what to think of it yet, but I’m definitely intrigued…
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/22/im-experimenting-with-the-mcp.html","date_published":"2026-03-22T18:14:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 18:14","date_timestamp":1774203241,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86331966","content_html":"@jarrod yeah, that’s a good idea actually. It’s more of an app behaviour, I think, but I can see users wanting to just make the blog follow the readers’ preference.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/86331966","date_published":"2026-03-16T19:13:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 19:13","date_timestamp":1773688407,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86325675","content_html":"Customization easily becomes complexity. How much is too much? For Tinypost I landed on two settings: light or dark, plus an accent color. Enough to feel like yours. Not enough to turn into a site builder. Hopefully :) tinypost.blog
\n\n@simonbc Looks very different from yours @dave but your blogroll was actually the main inspiration when I designed one for Tinypost. I love that it’s dynamic, that it updates based on what people are writing and includes the latest post. Is it a feed reader or a blogroll? :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/86216744","date_published":"2026-03-14T21:51:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-14 21:51","date_timestamp":1773525077,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86210428","content_html":"Redesigned the blogroll on Tinypost today. Single column now, sorted by latest activity, with favicons pulled from RSS feeds. The blogroll also moved into the profile header as a row of stacked avatars linking to the full list. Much more compact than the old two-column grid. tinypost.blog
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\n@tylerknowsnothing Good question. Jottit is a faithful revival of the 2007 tool I built with Aaron Swartz – intentionally minimal, markdown, no sign-up required, pages you can optionally collect on a profile. Tinypost is targeted towards more traditional blogging: WYSIWYG editor, images, email subscriptions, blogroll, social links. Think of Jottit as “publish a page in seconds” and Tinypost as “run a simple blog you actually own.” They share DNA but serve different needs.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/86210161","date_published":"2026-03-14T19:24:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-14 19:24","date_timestamp":1773516290,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86210100","content_html":"@jarrod Thanks! Interesting idea. I think I want to keep the background (and the whole app, actually) clean for now, but I could see something like that working as an optional theme down the road.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/86210100","date_published":"2026-03-14T19:23:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-14 19:23","date_timestamp":1773516211,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86152642","content_html":"I just redesigned the Tinypost signup process and this is how a newly created blog on Tinypost now looks like.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fsimonbc.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-03-13-at-21.53.46.png\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/13/i-just-redesigned-the-tinypost.html","date_published":"2026-03-13T20:55:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-13 20:55","date_timestamp":1773435329,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86056204","content_html":"@jarrod Yeah, I definitely hear you. Subdomains signal “this is a site”, which is why I switched to @usernames, but they also feel more personal and less “platform”. I might bring back subdomains as an option down the road for users who want to make a site out of their profile page.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/86056204","date_published":"2026-03-12T15:55:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 15:55","date_timestamp":1773330918,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86055850","content_html":"@dave Me too :)
\nA network of writing tools… what do you have in mind? Jottit and Tinypost already support RSS. Tinypost supports OPML and blogrolls.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/86055850","date_published":"2026-03-12T15:51:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 15:51","date_timestamp":1773330692,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86043080","content_html":"I made another attempt at getting some attention on Hacker News yesterday, but fell flat again. 5 points and 2 comments. Moving on now and betting on organic growth from there on.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/12/i-made-another-attempt-at.html","date_published":"2026-03-12T12:28:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 12:28","date_timestamp":1773318482,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86042847","content_html":"@dave Thanks for sharing this, Dave! Means a lot coming from you.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/86042847","date_published":"2026-03-12T12:24:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 12:24","date_timestamp":1773318277,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86042797","content_html":"@jb.heydingus.net Thanks for trying Jottit and for the kind words! Love that you kicked the tires and made a page :) If you have any feedback, I’d love to hear it.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/86042797","date_published":"2026-03-12T12:23:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 12:23","date_timestamp":1773318236,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86042509","content_html":"I redesigned Jottit’s URLs. Instead of yourname.jottit.org, pages now live at jottit.org/@username/page-slug. It’s a small change but it shifts the whole feel: less “here’s a site” and more “here’s a person writing something.” My own page now lives at jottit.org/@sbc
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/12/i-redesigned-jottits-urls-instead.html","date_published":"2026-03-12T12:18:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 12:18","date_timestamp":1773317920,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85914906","content_html":"@ayjay very cool to see your jottit site from back then :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/85914906","date_published":"2026-03-10T17:54:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-10 17:54","date_timestamp":1773165270,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85914882","content_html":"@ayjay That means a lot! Would love to know what you think of the rebuild.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/85914882","date_published":"2026-03-10T17:53:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-10 17:53","date_timestamp":1773165238,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85911833","content_html":"Posted Jottit to Hacker News today. Was nervous about it. 90 minutes later: zero points. Laughing at myself. Trying again tomorrow. jottit.org
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/10/posted-jottit-to-hacker-news.html","date_published":"2026-03-10T16:48:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-10 16:48","date_timestamp":1773161337,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85840013","content_html":"Here’s what my own Jottit site looks like when signed in as editor sbc.jottit.org
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fsimonbc.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-03-09-at-17.48.42.png\")
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\nI had a small revelation about Jottit. I’d been thinking of it as a site builder. Then someone here created a post and shared it with me, and it clicked. Jottit is for putting stuff on the web. Create a page, share it. Claim it and it shows up on your profile. So I redesigned it. jottit.org
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/09/i-had-a-small-revelation.html","date_published":"2026-03-09T16:19:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-09 16:19","date_timestamp":1773073179,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85790637","content_html":"@tylerknowsnothing Thank you for sharing this! Seeing your post made me realise you were using Jottit in a way I hadn’t imagined, and it completely changed how I think about it. As a result I’ve spent the weekend redesigning Jottit.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/85790637","date_published":"2026-03-08T22:14:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-08 22:14","date_timestamp":1773008051,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85658533","content_html":"@tylerknowsnothing Good news on the edit issue: I think I found and fixed the bug. Thank you so much for reporting this!
\nDark mode is on the list :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/85658533","date_published":"2026-03-06T20:19:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-06 20:19","date_timestamp":1772828344,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85658386","content_html":"@tylerknowsnothing Thanks so much! Really glad you like the editor. If I understand you correctly, you clicked “Sign in” before creating a page? The login flow is a bit unusual: you write something, then claim it. So there’s nothing to sign into until you’ve made a page. I need to make that clearer.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/85658386","date_published":"2026-03-06T20:17:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-06 20:17","date_timestamp":1772828246,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85639197","content_html":"I wrote about loss, the old web, and why I rebuilt Jottit. simonbc.com/rebuildin…
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/06/i-wrote-about-loss-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-06T14:24:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-06 14:24","date_timestamp":1772807073,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85565703","content_html":"I’m a few days away from launching Jottit.org, a revival of the minimalist wiki tool Aaron Swartz and I built in 2007.\nIf you have a few minutes, I’d love for you to kick the tires. Looking for bug reports and first impressions. Thanks!\n@manton @dave\njottit.org
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/05/161316.html","date_published":"2026-03-05T15:13:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-05 15:13","date_timestamp":1772723596,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85639198","content_html":"I’m a few days away from launching Jottit.org, a revival of the minimalist wiki tool Aaron Swartz and I built in 2007.\nIf you have a few minutes, I’d love for you to kick the tires. Looking for bug reports and first impressions. Thanks!\n@manton @davewiner\njottit.org
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/05/im-a-few-days-away.html","date_published":"2026-03-05T15:12:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-05 15:12","date_timestamp":1772723573,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85480854","content_html":"Aaron Swartz and I built Jottit in 2007 as the simplest way to make a web page. I’ve been rebuilding it, but it drifted too far. So I split it in two! jottit.org is the original, rebuilt. tinypost.blog is a new minimalist blogging tool. simonbc.com/why-i-spl…
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/04/131449.html","date_published":"2026-03-04T12:14:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-04 12:14","date_timestamp":1772626489,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85565734","content_html":"Aaron Swartz and I built Jottit in 2007 as the simplest way to make a web page. I’ve been rebuilding it, but it drifted too far. So I split it in two! jottit.org is the original, rebuilt. tinypost.blog is a new minimalist blogging tool. simonbc.com/why-i-split-jottit-into-two-apps
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/04/aaron-swartz-and-i-built.html","date_published":"2026-03-04T12:14:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-04 12:14","date_timestamp":1772626450,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85408334","content_html":"Currently alternating between painting walls and shipping code. The walls are going slower.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/03/03/currently-alternating-between-painting-walls.html","date_published":"2026-03-03T13:12:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 13:12","date_timestamp":1772543564,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84996178","content_html":"Dave Winer’s blogroll on scripting.com works differently from the traditional model. Instead of a fixed list you update by hand, it pulls in feeds and sorts by when each blog was last updated. The most recently active blogs float to the top. This is the version I wanted to build into Jottit.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/02/25/dave-winers-blogroll-on-scriptingcom.html","date_published":"2026-02-25T13:28:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 13:28","date_timestamp":1772026131,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84996053","content_html":"New post: How blogrolls work in Jottit simonbc.com/how-blogr…
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/02/25/new-post-how-blogrolls-work.html","date_published":"2026-02-25T13:27:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 13:27","date_timestamp":1772026039,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84922307","content_html":"New on Jottit: blogrolls. Shows site avatars and latest posts, ordered by most recently active.
\nHere’s mine: simonbc.com/blogroll
\nTime to bring blogrolls back.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/84921991","date_published":"2026-02-24T13:18:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-24 13:18","date_timestamp":1771939112,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84864457","content_html":"Jottit sites now have a blogroll sidebar showing each site’s latest post and how long ago it was published. Ordered by most recently updated, so active blogs rise to the top. Inspired by @dave ’s blogroll. Also exposed as OPML for feed readers.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/02/23/jottit-sites-now-have-a.html","date_published":"2026-02-23T17:33:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 17:33","date_timestamp":1771868020,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84856933","content_html":"Had to fix a few bugs, but I’m now posting to my Jottit site from the terminal using mpcli. I’d planned to build my own Jottit CLI, but there’s no need. The true magic of open protocols.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/02/23/had-to-fix-a-few.html","date_published":"2026-02-23T15:31:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 15:31","date_timestamp":1771860689,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84856925","content_html":"Jottit now supports Micropub.
\nYou can post to your blog from any Micropub-compatible editor, including your terminal.
\nTesting it out right now with mpcli. The dream is real :)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/02/23/jottit-now-supports-micropub-you.html","date_published":"2026-02-23T15:31:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 15:31","date_timestamp":1771860678,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84729011","content_html":"I asked my wife to give Jottit a try. Turns out a newly created Jottit site looks… just terrible :) I have been doing UI testing on my own Jottit site, which has posts, a bio, an avatar, etc. set up. But without any of that, the UI doesn’t work at all. Time for a redesign.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/02/21/i-asked-my-wife-to.html","date_published":"2026-02-21T13:37:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-21 13:37","date_timestamp":1771681053,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84588635","content_html":"2 hours later: shipped it. @jottit/jot is live on npm. My first npm package. Headless ProseMirror editor that stores clean markdown, with an optional bubble menu for formatting. Integrated into Jottit and feels completely native. MIT licensed. github.com/Jottit/jo…
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/02/19/hours-later-shipped-it-jottitjot.html","date_published":"2026-02-19T14:07:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-19 14:07","date_timestamp":1771510022,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84581072","content_html":"Hey @dave I’m building Jottit (jottit.pub), a simple blogging platform, and I’m about to add a WYSIWYG editor that stores markdown. A lot like the Wordland editor. I’m curious how you built it? ProseMirror-based or something custom? Planning to open-source mine as a headless editor.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/02/19/hey-dave-im-building-jottit.html","date_published":"2026-02-19T11:57:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-19 11:57","date_timestamp":1771502244,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84580850","content_html":"Starting a fun small project: an open-source, headless WYSIWYG editor that stores markdown. I need it for Jottit. The Jottit editor has been straight markdown so far, but most people need WYSIWYG to enjoy writing. Simple ProseMirror wrapper. Making it a separate package for others to use.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonbc.micro.blog/2026/02/19/starting-a-fun-small-project.html","date_published":"2026-02-19T11:53:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-19 11:53","date_timestamp":1771501989,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84448629","content_html":"@manton Interesting. I think there could be a lot of upside to integrating reading and writing on the web like this. Seems like the two should go together. Excited to see how you build it :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/84448629","date_published":"2026-02-17T15:57:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 15:57","date_timestamp":1771343877,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84448480","content_html":"@manton I’m dreaming of a minimalist feed reader, river of news, no unread counts, runs in the browser. Pretty much what Terry is building, except that it doesn’t run in the browser. How will you reader work? Is tied to micro.blog or is it a separate app?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/84448480","date_published":"2026-02-17T15:53:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 15:53","date_timestamp":1771343627,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84428671","content_html":"@simonbc Today I’m adding RSS.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/84428671","date_published":"2026-02-17T09:02:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 09:02","date_timestamp":1771318945,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84428646","content_html":"@simonbc So I burned it down. New Jottit looks the same but makes you a blog. Flask, Postgres, Jinja, vanilla CSS/JS. No build step. Nothing fancy. Reminds me of the original Jottit I built with Aaron in 2007.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/84428646","date_published":"2026-02-17T09:02:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 09:02","date_timestamp":1771318923,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83314809","content_html":"@rom thanks for reporting this! sent you a reply through email, hope it helps :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/83314809","date_published":"2026-01-31T23:04:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-31 23:04","date_timestamp":1769900640,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83270785","content_html":"@rom Hey! There was a DNS configuration issue that may have caused some email providers to reject our claim emails. I haven’t experienced the issue myself, so I’d appreciate it if you could try claiming again and let me know if it works now. Thanks for the heads up!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/83270785","date_published":"2026-01-31T07:47:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-31 07:47","date_timestamp":1769845673,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83244331","content_html":"@manton thanks
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/83244331","date_published":"2026-01-30T21:14:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 21:14","date_timestamp":1769807652,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83240942","content_html":"@manton Just started posting here and wanted to say hi. I’m rebuilding Jottit, a simple publishing tool I originally made with Aaron Swartz back in 2007. Relaunched as open source at jottit.pub. Love what you’ve built with micro.blog. Feels like we’re working on adjacent corners of the same problem.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonbc/83240942","date_published":"2026-01-30T20:26:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Carstensen","url":"https://jottit.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1802186.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"simonbc"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 20:26","date_timestamp":1769804794,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}