I started building Jottings because I was frustrated with how scattered my digital life had become. My notes were everywhere, my images were buried in various services, and there was no single place where I could write freely and own my own content.
One of the features that emerged from this frustration was the media library—a simple, focused tool for managing the images you upload to your microblog.
Why a Media Library Matters
When you're running a microblog, you're not just writing text. You're building a visual identity. Maybe you share photos from your travels, screenshots of interesting things you find online, or quick sketches and diagrams. These images accumulate, and without proper organization, you end up with the same problem I had: scattered, hard-to-find assets.
A good media library does something simple but important: it lets you see everything you've uploaded in one place. No hunting through posts. No trying to remember if you used that image before. Just your photos, organized and searchable.
What You Can Do With It
The media library in Jottings gives you a few key capabilities:
Browse everything at a glance. All your uploaded images appear in a clean grid view. You can scroll through your entire visual archive and quickly spot the image you're looking for. It's like having a physical photo album, but digital and searchable.
Search by filename. Remember uploading that sunset photo last month but can't find the post it's in? Search for "sunset" and it appears instantly. The search works on filenames, so naming your images thoughtfully becomes useful rather than just good practice.
See usage across your site. For each image in the library, you can see which posts it's being used in. This prevents accidentally deleting an image that's still part of your published content. It also helps you understand which visual assets are actually resonating with your readers.
Reuse images freely. Need that same landscape photo in another post? Instead of uploading it again, you can reference it from your library. This keeps your storage lean and maintains consistency across your site.
Keeping Your Digital Assets Close
One thing I'm particular about with Jottings is ownership. Your images live in a dedicated CDN tied to your account—not in some external service that could disappear or change its terms. Your media library shows you everything you own, right there on your dashboard.
This matters more than it might seem. I've watched too many people lose their digital assets when a service pivoted or shut down. By keeping your media in one place under your control, you maintain ownership of your visual history.
The Small But Important Details
When you upload an image to Jottings, a few things happen automatically behind the scenes. If you upload a very large photo, we resize it intelligently—maintaining quality while keeping it web-friendly. If you upload an animated GIF, we preserve the animation. You focus on capturing the moment; we handle the technical details.
Every image in your library shows you its file size, format, and the date it was uploaded. These small details matter when you're trying to keep your site running fast and lean.
Growing Your Visual Archive
I notice something interesting happening with people who stick with Jottings: their visual archives become part of their personal brand. Someone who regularly shares thoughtful photos of their workspace has a distinct visual language. Someone else who documents their coffee experiments with quick snapshots develops a recognizable pattern.
The media library supports this naturally. As you build your archive over months and years, it becomes a visual reflection of what matters to you. It's your digital scrapbook, organized and meaningful.
A Tool That Gets Out of Your Way
The media library isn't flashy. It doesn't have a hundred options or complicated workflows. It does one thing well: helps you keep track of the images you've uploaded and use them effectively across your site.
That's intentional. The best tools for creative work are the ones that don't distract you. You should spend your time writing and thinking, not wrestling with asset management. The media library is here when you need it, quiet when you don't.
Looking Forward
As Jottings grows, I see the media library becoming even more useful. Better search, better organization options, the ability to organize images into collections for specific projects—these are things I'm thinking about. But they'll come only if they actually solve problems for people using Jottings.
For now, the media library is here to help you manage what you've already built. It's a foundation, and like everything else in Jottings, it's built on the principle that you should own and control your content.
If you're building a microblog and you care about owning your visual assets, I'd love to have you join us. Upload some photos, build your archive, and watch your visual story unfold—all in one place that's truly yours.
Ready to start organizing your visual content? Get started with Jottings today and build your microblog the way you want it.