December Summary
Not only is December already almost over, but with it, the year is coming to an end. Time for our recap.
As usual, we’re sticking to just reviewing December. If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to throughout the year, feel free to listen to our (German-language) podcast. In the latest episode, we talk about our year.
Sociabli
This month, we continued working on Sociabli. We’ve improved and made workflows more robust. Additionally, we’ve established more feedback channels for our users, so they can more easily identify and understand issues when something goes wrong.
Over the past weeks, it became apparent that users often mix up the syntax of their user handles. It can indeed be confusing — sometimes, only the actual username is needed, and other times, the full handle including the domain. We’ve simplified this process and, hopefully, clarified what is required and where.
Content, Content, Content
To avoid falling into a slump at the start of next year, we dedicated part of this month to preparing our content. We’ve written numerous podcast scripts, compiled lists of potential guests, and recorded episodes. This way, we can continue as usual in 2025 without having to choose between our clients and our content.
Our Blogs
We’ve also worked on our blogs, optimized code, and developed additional plugins, which will be made available to the public over the course of next year.
The most important task, however, was optimizing images and implementing lazy loading where it wasn’t already in place. This helped us streamline and speed up our sites even further:
Favorite Links
How do you introduce yourself to a new remote team? Even though many companies are pulling back from remote work, many of us still work from home or are distributed across the globe. Cassidy Williams outlines in her blog post how to successfully introduce yourself virtually.
With Sociabli, we’re at the stage where we need to promote our project. But where do you do that? Here’s a long list of directories where you can: https://uneed-directories.com
Maurice writes in his blog about why he loves stumbling upon new things in his job. This recently happened again while working on a plugin: https://maurice-renck.de/blog/2024/embedding-media
Mark wrote an interesting book review on “Everything is hard before it is easy”. Caroline von St. Ange provides tips and tricks for overcoming rigid learning strategies and outdated assumptions, making learning more engaging and practical. Read more on Mark’s blog: https://yadl.info/blog/2024/review-alles-ist-schwer-bevor-es-leicht-ist
The End
That’s it for this year. We’ll see you again in the new year. Until then, we wish you a wonderful time — here’s to a great start to the new year!