From Kev: > Why did you start blogging in the first place? I had a website before I had a blog, but mainly because I didn't know what a blog was. The first incarnation of a _blog_ though, that happened back in 2002-2003 I think! > What platform are you using to manage your blog and why did you choose it? Right now I'm using Webstead, a home-grown CMS. It's built using Django because it was easy to rapidly prototype in my free time. Now It's grown into quite the large system! I'm currently working towards adding async workers for things like sending webmentions. > Have you blogged on other platforms before? Yes! My first blog was powered by MoveableType. Since then I've used WordPress and many, _many_ , others. Including more than one built by myself. Fingers crossed that Webstead is the one that sticks! > How do you write your posts? For example, in a local editing tool, or in a panel/dashboard that's part of your blog? A few different ways! For longer posts I write them in an external editor first. Right now I use Obsidian for this. For notes and photos I often use PADD. For just about every other post type I go right to Webstead first. Longer articles also get published using Webstead _after_ I've done all my editing and writing locally. However, I have recently added post drafts to PADD which might mean it get's used more and more (I'm actually using it to draft this post!). > When do you feel most inspired to write? Honestly it seems like the more I write the more inspired I am to write. But I think a simpler answer would be that I am inspired to write any time I feel the need to _think_. > Do you publish immediately after writing, or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft? Most of the time I publish right away. I think maybe a skill I need to practice is letting posts simmer for longer. For instance, I'm writing this post over the course of a few days! > What's your favourite post on your blog? I'm not sure that I have a favorite post... but I think if I had to pick a favorite _type_ of post it would be my Activities. > Any future plans for your blog? Maybe a redesign, a move to another platform, or adding a new feature? I've been working _really_ hard lately on my blog and the tools I'm using to post to it. I think, at least for now, it's time that I sit down and just start writing! That's not to say I'm not working on any projects. I am! But they aren't going to be my main forcus right now.

I'm going to just start blogging things. What better place to start than with a post about the bugs I need to fix in my blog. How _meta_ , right? Actually, I'm hoping that by posting these here I'll actually fix them this week some time. ### Bugs These aren't listed in order. I'm using an un-ordered list after all! Also, it's not exhaustive either. **I noticed:** - Dark mode contrast for the cursor location in admin editor needs to be increased. We can probably just change it to white from it's current black. - The widget plugin UI needs some love. It should show the title where it currently shows what type of widget it is. - Comments / Webmentions are a bit wonky on the front-end and could use some love. **Noticed by others:** > i use your website :) and i noticed that the display of reply-to on your site looks a littler broken. also the pins on your maps do not display. From felix schwenzel at https://wirres.net/replies/i-use-your-website. ### SLA? Monday? Let's say I'll have these all fixed by Monday!

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