This evening I spent an hour subbing one piece of copy for The Linc’s website. Not because it was spectacularly bad, but because the HTML formatting was just horrendous.
The solution basically involved me having to go through and strip all the existing HTML code from the article and replace it with stuff that actually made [...]
The very short answer is that I’m convinced that it is the best blogging platform for the vast majority of people. That’s why I use it here, on my own site.
The longer, more detailed answer is that it does everything I need it to do.
Static pages are achieved by linking to a post. Ending posts [...]
I’ve changed over to using Tumblr as my sole blogging platform. I prefer its simplicity and didn’t want to run my own blogging software anymore.
I’ve combined the two blogs I was using, the notebook and the front page. The only difference between them was that Wordpress became a place for long, thought-out posts, but the [...]
Recently I bought TextExpander from SmileOnMyMac, and it’s a really great piece of software. It allows you to type certain abbreviations, which it then expands into a full word or phrase.
For example, when I type “unilin” it automatically expands to “University of Lincoln”. I also have triggers set up for things like my email addresses [...]
Stop thinking of your blog as “THE BLOG” (dun dun dun). Just think of it as “the place where I put stuff online.” If you get into the habit then there’s less resistance or reluctance to do it. It stops being such a big thing.
The suggestion: get a Tumblr blog.
This idea kind of came out [...]
