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@damianwalsh
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Designer based in Manchester, UK
Since I called it on, I’ll go first: armpit
A few people asked me about RSS. I was surprised that anyone would want to read my writing, let alone keep tabs on it. Anyway, thanks for the confidence boost and giving me a nudge to do this—here’s a link to my posts feed:
Cory Dransfeldt 
📝 I made a music app #Development #Macos #Ios #Music #Navidrome
I've been using Navidrome to stream music for a bit now. It's lightweight, snappy, stable and does everything I need. It lets me stream my own music, mark things as favorites and track my listening habits. It's decidedly nerdy — you need to self-host it (or pay someone to manage it — I assume that's an option somewhere) and I sync new music up to it using rclone. It...
Building on lessons learned from my music collection project, I've created a digital bookshelf using Eleventy and the OpenLibrary API to organise my reading list. Many similar projects and write-ups already exist. This one just happens to be mine, and this article documents my personal approach.
https://damianwalsh.co.uk/posts/building-a-digital-bookshelf-with-eleventy/
Jason🎉 Still some things to work out, but my blog is now running on @11ty
Is switching Mastodon servers still a thing? The main feed on my current server has a lot of interesting content, BUT a lot of it doesn't intersect with my interests. I feel like I’m somehow missing interesting conversations and connections even when I search for hashtags and whatnot.
Thanks for the boost, @nux I checked out your new site and was very flattered to see you mentioned my project—it meant a lot to me. Inspiring others to follow their dreams and create something makes me very happy.
Existential crises notwithstanding, I've been working on my music collection project again, introducing a way to organise releases around life periods. Special thanks to @sphars, whose blog post about managing books data pointed me towards Node scripts—which enabled me to realise this feature.
https://damianwalsh.co.uk/posts/creating-connections-with-music-and-technology/
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