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Blogged: the joy of Markdown - http://b1t.it/jXD
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@andyc Nice post, I love Markdown as well. My "blogging platform" is a Perl script that converts a directory of Markdown files into HTML :)
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@sazius Yes. If I was starting today I would probably use Jekyll/Emacs/Git/Markdown for a blog. That still holds a certain geek attraction
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@andyc I have been thinking about doing something similar, but haven't found good solution for comments (is disqus the way to go?) and ..
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@andyc .. statistics. how would you have solved that? *looking for inspiration*
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@wildcard for blog stats, Google Analytics or Piwik (open source)
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@wildcard Comments are still #problematic and maybe irrelevant. Despite misgivings, I'd still probably use Disqus.
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@andyc methinks I should at least in some cases stop thinking about building it myself ;D Thanks, will look into Piwik
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@andyc @wildcard have you looked at Livefyre for comments? Although they have no plans to support Identi.ca/StatusNet integration currently.
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I suspect the argument for 85% of major corporations' resistance to Google Docs has been removed with the addition of Pivot tables :-)
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@andyc I'd have to disagree with irrelevant, unless all I wanted was a megaphone. when I am wrong, I want ppl to be able to correct me ;)
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@wildcard Tying comments in with OStatus is definitely a way we should explore further.
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@davidmarsden didn't know of it until just now. I'd prefer something self hosted (mostly b/c I am a #paranoid #privacy loving ..
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@davidmarsden .. #datamining sceptic)
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@clacke that would be rather neat, I agree
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@wildcard I get as much feedback here as I do in non spam blog comments.
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@wildcard Whird (by @corenominal) uses Markdown and is pretty neat if embryonic. Still a 'compose' form though. What are your requirements ?
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@davidmarsden No. As I said, comments are largely irrelevant for me now. The Disqus lock-in is something I should have avoided though.
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@andyc I'd just like to have the feedback relevant to the post in close proximity to the post, lest others reading the post later miss ..
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@andyc .. out (I should ofc update the post giving credit, but full transparant history is nice)
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@andyc I'm not sure I am looking to replace, so much as build something own (mostly for fun), thus looking for inspiration about how ..
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@andyc .. others are going about it
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@wildcard Oh I see. Disqus (and some others) has a 'Reactions' section where tweets, dents and pingbacks are listed after comments.
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@wildcard What's your preferred language ? Perl presumably ?
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@andyc python or bash actually ;)
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@wildcard Django-Mingus is a Python based blog as an excellent framework. Still not 'Makefile' blogging though...
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@clacke my google-fu fails me, "makefile blogging"? where can I read more?
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@wildcard Hyde is a Python equivalent of Jekyll (love the name :-) and is Makefile blogging but in Python (not Ruby) - http://ur1.ca/47l64
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@wildcard Oh, I was just referring to http://identi.ca/notice/73759448 : Compiling static web site from source. My old blog was make + bash.
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@andyc this is spot on
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@wildcard Yes. An old article but an excellent one. Try looking for more recent posts that link to it. They can also be valuable and recent.
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@clacke I understand now, this is pretty much similar to what I want
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@andyc oh and THANKS! ;D
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@wildcard Another inspirational article from @metajack about Jekyll/Emacs may be of interest - http://ur1.ca/47l7i
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@andyc That is a great overview, had no idea this was so big. See also http://ikiwiki.info/ /cc @wildcard
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@andyc I am more of a vim-guy myself, but as I am just in the "inspiration-gathering-phase" all input is good input ^^
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@clacke I have heard of ikiwiki before, but before that I'd need to get my thumb out of my arse and learn git...
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@wildcard Yeah but there are plenty of folk out there who substituted emacs for vim with macros etc. It's more the general principles.
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@clacke which admittedly shouldn't take much as I am using mercurial on a daily basis
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@andyc indeed, I am openminded about it, if vim didn't exist, I
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@andyc ... I'd use emacs
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@andyc Now I found http://shebang.ws/fugitive-readme.html as well /cc @wildcard
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@clacke now it is decided, the next thing I am going to learn is git ;)
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@wildcard Yay, commence learning spree! :-)
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@sazius Visionary - that's what you are. A true visionary.
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@andyc I think I'll put that quote in my Perl script so it appears at the end of each page...
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@sazius My next effort, at some undetermined future point in time, will be based on Rake.
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@clacke And I just started rewriting my Perl script ... :) My old one was very ad hoc and site-specific, this one will use simple templates.
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