I’ve been seeing people doing posts based on Kev Quirks the Blog Questions Challenge, and I thought I’d join in and give my answers for the fun of it.

Why did you start blogging in the first place?⌗

I started keeping a “Daily Diary” on GeoCities somewhere around the mid ’90s. I keep coming back to what we now call blogging every so often, and I’ve had this domain since 2010. It started as a bit of fun to keep a log of things I got up to, and I’ve had phases of doing straight up tutorials and posts about software I’ve made. But it’s always been about me, I might have a bit of an ego.

What platform are you using to manage your blog, and why did you choose it?⌗

Currently, I’m using Hugo to build my site, but I’m hoping to write my own SSG if I can get around to it.

Have you blogged on other platforms before?⌗

When I started I wrote everything as static HTML in a text editor, then there was FrontPage, Dreamweaver MX back to Notepad++ to build my own CMS in PHP. I used WordPress for the long time, but every time I had to move server I would have to start over again. Usually because the DB export would fail, or I didn’t get a chance to make a back-up.

How do you write your posts? For example, in a local editing tool, or in a panel/dashboard that’s part of your blog?⌗

Currently, I use VS-Code with the Front Matter plug-in, but I’m probably going to move to using Obsidian or some other Markdown editor. I’ve heard good things about Apostrophe.

When do you feel most inspired to write?⌗

I spend a lot of time reading RSS feeds of other bloggers, and news outlets, but I just seem to end up writing whatever is on my mind at the time I feel like writing.

Do you publish immediately after writing, or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft?⌗

I publish as soon as I’m done correcting the spelling. If I leave it too long I tend to forget about it, and then I delete any drafts that have sat around for too long, or I use them as a starting point for a new post.

What’s your favourite post on your blog?⌗

I don’t have one, probably because I don’t think anyone actually reads them. So I don’t get attached to what I write in that way.

Any future plans for your blog? Maybe a redesign, a move to another platform, or adding a new feature?⌗

There’s the SSG that I swear I’ll finish someday, that’ll require a redesign. As for features, I would like to integrate with more of the IndieWeb if I can. For the most part I’m still trying to figure out what I want to write about.

At some point I want to write an importer to bring in all the posts I backed up from the various walled gardens I quit (Twitter, Instagram, Farcebook).