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Blogging like a hacker ...

posted Jun 20, 2011 4:52 AM by Osama Khan   [ updated Jun 20, 2011 6:25 AM ]
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I have been one of those people who want to blog, set it all up and then after a few posts are just not able to take it all the way. I used to get distracted with all the plugins and the updates to the various famous blogging platforms out there. They are excellent applications and really powerful at what they do but for a person like me its really hard to focus on the writing and take care of all the cosmetic issues like taking care of templates, categories, tags and plugins. I am not trying to make money from my blog and neither am I trying to be the first link on search engines. I just blog to express my ideas as writing really helps me polish them. I am honored if people subscribe to my feed, find it useful or comment and share my posts. Hackers tend to be similar people. They just keep it simple. They don't load memory+cpu intensive but only visually  appealing IDEs. Instead they prefer robustness and stability of the environment they are working in. They focus on the ease of use.

I think I have overcome the hurdle of complex setups. I shall just be posting my blog posts here with some consistency. I will just be pressing a button and write the post with its title. I have also made a small desktop app on Python which is a rich text editor but connects to Google Sites and posts my new posts for me so that I don't even have to open a browser or log into my Google Account :)

In Zen teachings it is said:

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

Best.
Osama