Comments on: The blogging toolkit

By: Mike K

Mike K — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:34:54 +0000

I have several TypePad blogs, and the reason I actually pay for blogging software is simple: I’ve done the self-admin route before and I spent a ton of time futzing with layout, design, code, etc.

With all the time I’ve saved I posted 942 stories. Content is what this is really about, right?

Sure it costs about $12 per month, but it lets me focus on writing, not playing sysadmin.

- Mike
HackingNetflix.com

By: phil

phil — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:13:21 +0000

Thanks for the link up Darren.

I am sorry for the windows bent of the tools. I should have declared that as the operating system that I use :)

Some people are doing their own lists – so as more people publish their lists or pop it in the comments – I will repost and this time have categories of windows, mac, and linux

Cheers

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:27:36 +0000

This is a great post from the geeky info site! Good find, Darren, and thanks for sharing!

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Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:04:15 +0000

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By: Hendry

Hendry — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:55:55 +0000

I think w.bloggar is a tool I can’t live without when it comes to blogging.

Much like blogjet but supports more blog platforms and best of all is free.

By: pcunix

pcunix — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:25:33 +0000

linux blogger:

Several of my sites are Linux based, one is BSD, but I do mostly use a Mac for my desktop box. But that doesn’t matter: when I’m, working on the sites, I’m logged in at the command line on the site. So yes, I’m a Linux blogger too.

But that’s why I mentioned vi and grep. Now, really, Perl is driving most everything, but I write the perl, so that’s why I still say that vi and grep are my main tools.

As to 99% of the blogosphere disappearing if you had to use vi, maybe so, but I have many thousands of articles, write at least 30 posts weekly, and it only takes me an hour or so per day.. I don’t feel hampered.. but then again, you probably have no real idea what someone skilled with vi (or emacs) can do – aside from raw typing speed, I can probably do more complex thiings far more quickly than you can with any fancy tool.

By: larrydag

larrydag — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:12:25 +0000

Kevin,

I am a linux blogger myself. You can look on my site for some useful linux tools and tips. There are more geared towards new linux users.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:02:41 +0000

“vi
grep”

LOL. The blogoshpere would shrink by about 99% if the rest of us had to use the command line. You should have a link for http://home.arachne.cz/ on your site.

By: Kevin Humphrey

Kevin Humphrey — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:26:06 +0000

Whenever I see posts or lists like this one on blogger toolkits, it’s always all Mac and Windows users. Surely there are some pro-bloggers other than myself who work in Linux? Anybody?

By: pcunix

pcunix — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:10:30 +0000

vi
grep

:-)

Well, those are MY tools..

By: larrydag

larrydag — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:33:39 +0000

Great list of tools on the GeekyInfo website. Its a great idea to list tools that people use to run their blogs. I can really learn a lot from those of you with successful blogs.