So, time to turn an early new year’s leaf over on the blogging front!
I have been struggling with some motivational issues as to making sure to keep updating the blog. Part of the reason for that is the tools I was using for maintaining the blog. The problem was that the tools I had and the interface to them were such that it became a bit of a chore to write new articles, upload them etc. Net result – I didn’t feel the temptation to blog much!
One of the reasons I went with Rublog (original blogging framework) is that I wanted to ensure that all my posts were appropriate version controlled – it is against my principles to have things “only” stored in a database when I am used to full version control (and various tools for seeing history of articles being stored).
Various other issues came to the fore as regards new features, comments etc. Having looked around, I realised that I had also been suffering from some code snobbery – my personal lack of enthusiasm for PHP (and preference for Ruby/Python), leading me to look askance at PHP based solutions. But tools are tools, and market share is as important in the blogging tool market as the SCM market – the more people using your tool, the greater the enthusiasm and availability of good options, addins, plugins etc.
So, the result is a conversion to WordPress. A bit of help from the redirection plugin and all the older articles should still be available!
The proof of the pudding as regards updates and the benefits of the new tool is in the eating, so watch this space for regular updates – keep me honest!!
