Fighting Blog Proliferation
So I'm dealing with my tendency for blog proliferation again. I thought about starting two new semi-private or private b...This is the stuff that makes me rant: Go to Alternativeto and read most of 130 blogging sites that are alts to Blogger. The market-speak flies thick and fast and tells you nothing.
This is the stuff that makes me rant: Go to Alternativeto and read most of 130 blogging sites that are alts to Blogger. The market-speak flies thick and fast and tells you nothing.
I don’t care if 30% of traffic is mobile I still prefer blog themes that have a sidebar. You can put stuff in a sidebar. No sidebar is limiting.
In case you missed it: Website Promotion Guide for Static Personal Sites
Is anyone else on Micro.blog getting a high volume of traffic from China? I am, to the blog here. Several ISP’s. I don’t know why. Mainly I ask to see if they are hitting others, the whole server or just little ol’ me.
In case you missed it: What if You Combined a Webring with a Blogroll?
In case you missed it: Website Promotion Guide for Personal Blogs
In case you missed it: I Made a New Webring for Retro Websites and Others
Testing Article Posting from Quill
Disregard this is a test posting from [Quill](https://quill.p3k.io/) to Micro.blog Browser spell check works! Yea! That ...Testing from Quill
I just visited Wordpress.com. The block editor is the default. Went all evil Web 2,0. They still have the classic editor but you have to find it. Still they have it. They did something to the Widgets shudder bad things. Everything is a Scudhunt now.
Has anyone been using Quill to long form post to Micro.blog and how is it working for you?
Over on my Wordpress blog I’m trying the plugin WP Dashboard Notes to keep reminders for myself.
Blogging Platform Follies
Say what you will, with a sniff of derision, about Wordpress.com and Blogger.com being old fashioned blogging platforms ...So I took my own advice and added a guestbook to the blog here. As an experiment if nothing else. Interestingly the first gb host I signed with said my URL was not valid. Maybe the https?
“Butterflies are self propelled flowers.”
– Robert A. Heinlein
Marketers are apex predators: From ‘carp’ to ‘copi’: Unpopular fish getting a makeover But I thought they were going to make these into cat food.
Should Blogs Have a Guestbook?
Seems like most retroweb (think Neocities) websites have a guestbook. This got me thinking about blogs and the question,...I think this might be my “old and cranky” day.
I like phones with an audio jack. Wired ear buds are simple and cheap. If I forget them I can get some in any dollar store. I don’t have to charge them or wonder if they are charged.
I hate Wordpress widgets. And I don’t think they are keen on me either.
My Retroweb Project List
My Retroweb Project List I’m working on making a proper webring again except I’m stalled for the last coupl...What the #retroweb #yesterweb #indieweb revival needs is a modern webring host. One with the tools on the backend for ringmasters to manage the webrings and minimalist ring codes. Cos when you get 200+ members in a ring management becomes a lot of work.
Dang. Long form blogging requires all this typing, spelling, grammar and shit.