On Substack & Blogging
Manu writes about his opinions on Substack vs blogging and owning your content. I heartily agree!
Tag: blogging
Reading Old Posts
Do you ever go back and read your old posts? I do it now and again and I always discover something I forgot I wrote.
Why Have Multiple Blogs?
A few people I follow have multiple blogs that they use for various topics, but I don't really understand why.
What Would My Dream CMS Be?
When writing content, I prefer to use a CMS and I've tried a lot of them. But what would my dream CMS look like?
Building an Archive of My First Blog
My first ever blog was hosted on Blogger, and Google loves to delete shit, so I've decided to replicate that site and host it myself.
Friends from Blogging
I've been lucky enough to make a number of friends off the back of this blog (and also their blogs). This is a bit of a feel good post about how social media isn't the only way to meet new people.
How It All Connects
There's some automation on this site that posts to various places, all via RSS. Here's how it works.
Moving from Jekyll to Blot
I've been exploring Blot lately. It's great, so I've decided to move this site over to it from Jekyll.
Is Good Enough...Good Enough?
I'm going down a platform rabbit hole (again!) and I don't know what to do...
Building a Self-Hosted Microblog
I've been struggling with Micro.blog's offering for a little while, so I decided to build my own microblog.
Thoughts on Editing Posts
Should content on a personal site be edited, or should it be a snapshot in time? Here's my thoughts...
Are you making these design mistakes on your blog?
This is a list of design mistakes that I think too many blogs make. I've made some of them myself over years, so I'm speaking from experience here...
My Static Site Workflow
I've managed to come up with a static site workflow that I think is as good as WordPress. Here's the details...
Ten Years of Blogging
Ten years ago today, I started this blog. I can't believe it's been a decade already! Here's some stats from the last 10 years, as well as some lessons I've learned along the way...
Does a Blog Need to Integrate?
I'm often asked about integrating a blog with X service, does it really need to though?
My Blogging Utopia
I’ve flip-flopped between a number of blogging platforms over the years, because none are perfect. Here’s my blogging utopia…
Static Site Generators Are Easy to Use…Right?
I’ve had this post in my drafts folder for *months* now Actually, it’s ever since I realised how hard it is to manage content with Static Site Generators, and flipped back to WordPress.
Will the IndieWeb Ever Become Mainstream?
Jeremy Sarber recently asked a question in response to my AMA; whether I think the IndieWeb will ever become mainstream. Here’s my answer… This is an interesting question, thanks for asking it, Jeremy...
Hunt for Better WordPress Hosting - Update
Nearly a year ago, I wrote about my hunt for better WordPress hosting and the results weren’t great. Here’s an update…
Revisiting the Web Analytics Rabbit Hole
A little over a year ago, I removed all analytics from this site because it was sending me down a rabbit hole that I didn’t like. Here’s an update.