If you aren't blogging, you're doing yourself a disservice.

Re:If you aren't blogging, you're doing yourself a disservice. by Johnie on Thursday March 20, 2014 @02:18PM (#7437506)

Are there any recommendations on low overhead blogging platforms? I've been looking for something that I can turn on and start writing without a lot of setup. In addition, something that has an easy interface that I can just focus on the writing.

I've looked at Medium and it looks pretty good. Any other recommendations?

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Re:If you aren't blogging, you're doing yourself a disservice. by lauradhamilton on Thursday March 20, 2014 @03:34PM (#7438008)

I think it's valuable to own your own domain vs. being at the mercy of Medium / Tumblr etc.

Blogger has free hosting, and it's easy to use.

Another good option is Wordpress. You can get an account set up (it's basically turnkey) on a full-service hosting provider such as Mediatemple.

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Re:If you aren't blogging, you're doing yourself a disservice. by mark_l_watson on Thursday March 20, 2014 @04:28PM (#7438464)

I like using Jekyll on my own domain ../blog

I use a makefile with targets for running Jekyll, for rsync'ing everything to one of my servers, and a default target that does everything.

My workflow consists of cd'ing to .../blog/_posts, copying the last blog entry, changing the file name to be relevant to the new post, editing the file, and cd ../..; make

That might sound like a small hassle, but I like this better than other alternatives I have used like blogger and wordpress.

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Re:If you aren't blogging, you're doing yourself a disservice. by cody_bonney on Thursday March 20, 2014 @03:33PM (#7438002)

Take a look at the Ghost blogging platform. It has a few quirks, but it's very simple and fast. I've enjoyed using it for the last few months. https://ghost.org/

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Re:If you aren't blogging, you're doing yourself a disservice. by tannerc on Thursday March 20, 2014 @02:23PM (#7437545)

Tumblr. While a good majority of Tumblr blogs are teens or pre-teens, the simple setup and vast array of customization makes it worthwhile.

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