There.
So, what’s the first thing that a nerd does before blogging again? Tinker with blogging software, of course.
Nothing, really. In fact, I managed to hack together some emacs config and rake tasks that more or less did things the way I wanted them done: easily start a new draft, publish said draft and mindlessly publish (via rsync). It worked pretty well, at least for this blog. (More big claims: I might start other blogs this year).
When I first converted this blog from Drupal to Jekyll, I remember looking at Octopress. Aside from the “Kubrik of Jekyll” theme, the thing that always bugged me was “start by cloning this repository” as instructions. I want my blogging tool to be a package I install and commands I use to manage my blog.
Apparently, back in October, I stumbled across the next generation of Octopress. I don’t even remember how. (Yes, this post has been a long time coming). A few weeks ago, the official teaser post came out and nicely summarized some of the features. Essentially, Octopress 3 does the things I want and more. Things I dig so far:
octopress new draft
and octopress publish
, etc.octopress deploy
octopress isolate
which is great when your blog (however sporadically used) dates back over a decade.Maybe nicer tools won’t make for better writing habits, but it definitely won’t hurt.
Here’s to writing more, in public, at my own domain in 2015.
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