Services That I Use

December 22, 2022

I am responding to @AHermitForHire@pagan.plus question online about which services do I use as well as why.

Blogging Software

I use WordPress.com for Darnell.tv & that is my main blog which is for lengthier, formal thoughts about technology, science & politics
Darnell.day is powered by WriteFreely & hosted upon Write.as servers
I also use Tumblr for two blog. Darnell Clayton (yes, I blog under my name) is my personal site & Darnell.co is my other, happier personal website.
My African blog, Darnell.Africa is hosted by Medium & journeys my path from being ignorant about my ancestry to being enlightened about it (plus some news from the continent mixed in)

I use Vimeo to host my videos as it’s far less expensive than hosting upon a domain. Plus, I can create subdomains & list videos there (for example see.Darnell.day)
I also use SoundCloud to host my audio files.

I am a fan of solo hosting (as you probably can tell) & I run my own Mastodon instance at Darnell.One
I also run a solo Pixelfed instance at Darnell.app
I am also on Counter.Social too, although it’s defederated
I use Matrix via Element’s servers, which powers my Matrix connection

I am familiar with Nextcloud & I will probably use it in the future to handle videos uploaded from a pending doorbell camera
I use Google Drive for my main cloud storage
I use iCloud to backup everything on my iPhone & iPad

🕺🏾 Follow my adventures upon:
👉🏾 @darnell@one.darnell.one 🐘 (Mastodon)
👉🏾 @darnell@darnell.moe 🦁 (Misskey)
👉🏾 @darnell@darnell.ooo 📸 (Pixelfed)

🦹🏾‍♂️ WordPress Workarounds:
👉🏾 @darnell@darnell.tv 👨🏾‍💻 (TeleVerse)
👉🏾 @darnell@darnell.africa 🌍 (Africa)
👉🏾 @darnell@darnell.co 🧘🏾‍♂️ (Creative Outlet)