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thatmapguycraig.bsky.social
Founder, Engineer, History nerd Solo building @past.maps: maps for historical research 3x founder & ex-Facebooker 📍Seattle
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What kinds of apps/extensions/sites are people using to x-post nowadays to places like Threads, X, Bsky, etc? Trying to become more active here and x-posting feels like the right first step not interested in fancy automation, scheduling, etc. I'm just a dude trying to be real on the internet

submitted 58 days ago • 3 comments

Hiya! I have been building a startup in public over on Threads for the past year but recently have had some folks ask me to start sharing here too. Who wants to hear about the ups-and-downs of building a GIS mapping company as a solo bootstrapped founder?

submitted 111 days ago • 2 comments

Hold my beer - pastmaps.com I've been working on this for over a year now and literally have been pitching it as "Google Maps for the past". I have over 185K+ historical maps available across all of the US as far back as the 1870s (+ satellite imagery and LiDAR data)

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Hello again 👋. I'm Craig and I'm solo bootstrapping a company built around historical map assets Big news today is hitting 2000 organic uniques from Google! Up and to the right 🎉

submitted 537 days ago • 1 comment

everyone signing up for threads

submitted 615 days ago • 20 comments

Yea so I find myself preferring bluesky over threads massively in these first early days. Impressive since my Instagram graph is pretty built out with real friend connections from my days working at FB Feels more real over here

submitted 615 days ago • 0 comments

Tweet Skeet Zuckerbeet It's the circle of life

submitted 616 days ago • 0 comments

Zuck just dropped Threads early. My prediction given the first 10 minutes: it's boomer Twitter Already feeling better about bluesky's slow graph building approach. Feels like it'll be more authentic in the long run

submitted 616 days ago • 0 comments

on that HARO grind today. ugh, backlink building is just such a slog and yes, I know most folks just buy backlinks nowadays but I'm not about that noise, just feels icky

submitted 616 days ago • 0 comments

had to dodge 5-10 drunk drivers AND A FUCKIN MATTRESS coming home over the bay bridge last night why are people like this

submitted 616 days ago • 0 comments

Well looks like he's a few days late but he's not asleep at the wheel at all Threads.net Interestingly enough, the unrelated threads.com is owned and run by a team of old-hat ex-facebookers I know

submitted 617 days ago • 0 comments

Been struggling with getting my programmatic SEO pages fully indexed by Google, giving https://tagparrot.com a try after hearing success stories from other indie makers hitting this same problem 🤞

submitted 618 days ago • 1 comment

Actual Progress xkcd.com/2797

submitted 618 days ago • 9 comments

Obligatory cat tax as a new user 👋

submitted 619 days ago • 1 comment

Slow growth social media is something I haven't experienced since the early 2000s - feels good

submitted 619 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 620 days ago • 4 comments

Things are going a bit wacky on Bsky's backend at the moment but I have a few stats from before the shit hit the fan. Post rate today went from a normal of ~2.4/sec -> ~5/sec (2x) Like rate today went from a normal of ~9/sec -> ~16/sec (1.8x) We also see a ~doubling in hourly active posters too.

submitted 620 days ago • 2 comments

Honestly if I was Zuck I'd be launching the Facebook Twitter clone literally right now regardless of bugs With a massive megaphone on the top of the Facebook and Instagram feeds What an opportunity to throw it in Elon's face

submitted 620 days ago • 0 comments

Big update this week: SEO investments are starting to pay off! Still small numbers, but increasingly interesting after I published the first round of location hub pages last month This is on 1K indexed pages, with another 225K on deck that I'm artificially holding back (not a typo)

submitted 620 days ago • 0 comments

Moving over from Twitter today, follow if you want updates on my journey solo building Pastmaps as a bootstrapped startup Pastmaps was born out of my love for history and the data it provides is critical for industries like environmental consulting and surveying #buildinpublic

submitted 620 days ago • 0 comments

Ok, I guess you got me

submitted 620 days ago • 0 comments