So…Where Have I Been?

Just Finished An App For My Readers Among Other Things…..

This is taken from an actual pic of my phone. This is the real thang ya’ll.

I held off on writing this one. Why?

As I told one of my subscribers who reached out to me as I was recovering from the most debilitating pain I ever experienced, “I do not want to freak out my readers.” This was not just a cold or flu. Colds and flus grants its victims escape in the form of sleep. This was the kind of jaw dropping pain that turns you into a prisoner physically and mentally. Oh boy here we go drifting into TMI territory here. Suffice it to say that I discovered the pain relieving properties of ice packs and that combined with a couple of back to back doctors visits have put me down the path to recovery. I feel like I owe my readers somewhat of an explanation. It’s time to start publishing again.

Don’t think for one second I’ve just been sitting next to my crutches staring into space. Ok, I lied. For the most part that’s exactly what I’ve been doing because that’s just about all I could do. Yet, even as I stared into space I thought about you. Yes you reading this. All of you. From the reader who restacked my work far and wide and showed up in the comments or simply left a heart to the reader who felt compelled to support this media operation with funds even though they might’ve been stretched thin.

That was my motivation to determine to come back stronger with tools at my disposal to back it up. If I couldn’t publish in my condition I could work on systems on the backend of this publication to help organize and schedule these pieces as well as processes to surface not just breaking news but news that has either been ignored or suppressed. So at least my sick days weren’t time wasted.

Remember that chat where I floated the idea of an app that would feature suppressed content? I forged ahead with it and I’ve got a working prototype that also will feature 3 minute reads of every posted article in the publication. Maybe I’m being just a little modest by calling it a prototype. I’ve tested and revised it dozens of times to fix bugs and other imperfections. It’s in the Apple Store but I have not made it public yet.

It would be ill advised to pull that trigger until its been beta tested by someone other than myself.. That’s where you come in. If you are a paying subscriber and you want to help contribute by helping shape the design of an app that will become an essential tool in shining the light unto the darkness of the news media space, then express your interest in the comments below.

In the meantime, I’m going to keep testing my backend system by putting it through real world applications. This article is the first test case of whether this is a more efficient workflow.

Normal operations shall resume this week. Trust me I’m eager to get back into the indie media space and try to make sense of a world on edge and falling apart at the seams.

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