Quiet Friday night putting together tomorrows issue of the Weekly Thing. 👨💻
Blogging
I’ve been throwing a bunch of content at Blot and have been very impressed. Speed is okay even with 10,000 posts. There is a lot more capability in Blot than I thought! 🧐
Maybe Blot?
There is a bit of a trend on micro.blog to use Blot for longer form blog hosting. I’ve not dug in too deeply largely because it seemed to put Dropbox in the middle of everything, and my initial impression was that it would be a bit too simplistic. Blot has added git support as an …
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I’ve had a hard time finding a blog platform that I really enjoy. I tired a long time ago of the WordPress ecosystem. It is a big and vibrant space, but it’s too clunky and now the new Gutenberg changes are causing a huge uproar. A couple of years ago I moved all my content into …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Macro Blog?Early Christmas today – Weekly Thing pen! 👍🏻
I am “fixing” my Twitter import into micro.blog and needed to get rid of hundreds of those tweets, now imported as posts.
Pro Tip: You can use MarsEdit and set the number of posts to get to “9,999” and select any number of posts to delete in bulk.
I’m finding myself frustrated with pure static hosting. It adds too much friction to publishing. I’m intrigued by Statamic as a ‘best of both worlds’ option. If people have experience with it, I’d love to hear those.
Another great Five Things on Friday #266 from James Whatley – one of my favorite newsletters. 👏
Why MailChimp for Weekly Thing
I’ve now completed the migration and automation of the Weekly Thing using MailChimp, and I’m very happy with how it has all worked out. Newsletters are experiencing a renaissance, so let me share why I moved from TinyLetter to MailChimp. Be aware that TinyLetter was purchased by …
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