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Posted just now about writer’s checklists – so let’s post about the developer’s checklists here too! As a developer, I maintained a checklist of troubleshooting tips. I would have conversations like this: Me: Any thoughts on what I could do… Read more: Developer’s checklists - Writer’s checklists
Some of the best writing tips I learned were from a summer class I took as a teenager. I’m still adding to my writer’s checklists, decades later. However, I have mostly kept these checklists in my head. Whenever I realize… Read more: Writer’s checklists - Job seekers beware of scams
Beware of the scams targeting job seekers. I’d say “it’s a new low” for scammers to target people who are looking for work, but no, unfortunately… the scammers seem to reside at those depths. Scammers who aren’t who they claim… Read more: Job seekers beware of scams - Did I chat with an AI?
I try to avoid posting about AI, but today I found myself wondering: did I just chat with an AI? Trying to decide which of several products to purchase online, I used the company’s website chatbot, which transferred me to… Read more: Did I chat with an AI? - Three books about storytelling
I’ve been listening to books on storytelling recently, including three I recommend highly. Book 1: How to Tell a Story First: How to Tell a Story is by the team from the Moth Radio Hour. Seek that show out, if… Read more: Three books about storytelling
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How does Leaf cross-post these blog posts?
Glad you asked, Leaf! (Yeah, these instructions are for my reference, haha)
- I start by posting here on my site.
- I use Blog2Social to repost to BlueSky and Medium. Not 100% perfect, but it gets the job done. I clean up Medium, adding a link back to the original.
- Blog2Social doesn’t support Substack. You can import posts to Substack via RSS feed.
- I set the number of posts on my feed to however need to be imported. So, one, if I’m on the ball.
- On the Dashboard, I go to the Settings page for my Substack (lower left, not the account Settings upper right).
- I choose Import/Export, then Import Posts
- I enter: https://www.beyondwritingcode.com/feed
- I confirm that it’s importing the right number of posts, and I confirm that I own the posts.
- Then I clean up the posts. The import process adds the links back to the originals for me.
- Finally, I use Kit to email the post to newsletter subscribers who have opted to receive blog posts by email.
Whew! It’s a bit tedious, but it works. Kind of 🙂