Movable Type, the software that runs this blog, [hits its 10th birthday today](http://www.movabletype.org/2011/10/status_of_movable_type_development.html). Blimey.
Makes me feel a little guilty for having spent the day futzing around with WordPress…
Adam is a lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 25. He lectures on audience strategy and engagement at City, University of London.
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John Gruber mused [http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/09/05/wordpress-attack]
:
> I have to wonder when WordPress users will start switching to some other
platform.
There’s a reason it’s not happening. They can’t. There are no good alternatives
for a less technical user who wants to self-host.
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/servererror-3592.html]
I started this daft writing project with ideas of fighting complacency. It’s too
easy to slip into habits in your blogging, to just keep doing what you did
before, without any serious attempt to keep pushing yourself forwards.