ghost
iPadOS and Ghost
I can finally blog natively in Ghost via Safari on iPads, thanks to changes in iPadOS.
ghost
One Man & His Blog is now running on Ghost 2.0
I've just updated the Ghost CMS I use to run this blog to version 2.0 - and it's a little glimpse of the future.
livejournal
Even George RR Martin has left Livejournal
The last big user of the first platform I used has quit: Livejournal is not what it used to be.
Medium
Medium: destroyer of journalism
Ev Williams is full of a world of good intentions - but journalists who trusted Medium are paying the price.
Medium
Medium goes all in on being a social network for content
Medium is leaving custom URLS behind - and that makes it a dangerous place for publishers.
ghost
The Haunting of One Man & His Blog
One Man & His Blog is now running on Ghost - and here's why.
blog platforms
Typed, a crowdfunded blog platform, closes down today
Realmac software's blogging platform closes today, a couple of years after a successful crowdfunder.
blog platforms
Is Medium aiming to be the Facebook of long-form writing?
Stowe Boyd has some serious questions about the future of Medium [https://medium.com/@stoweboyd/is-medium-following-the-facebook-playbook-6a21b3db6e7d] : > And what about Medium? Are we better off because of Medium’s mechanisms to suggest to us what to read, or would we be better off with thousands of independent curators and publishers,
blog platforms
Medium: a post-advertising business?
Interesting summation of Medium’s current business philosphy [https://medium.com/@ev/its-about-business-model-4cb23333bc5d?source=linkShare-616a00ae793c-1502634346] from Ev Williams: > If remuneration is not part of the equation for why you publish, I can’t imagine a stand-alone web site serving you better than Medium in terms of cost, simplicity, and,
blog platforms
Crowdfunded blog platform Typed announces its forthcoming demise
Typed, the crowdfunded blog platform I wrote about [https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2015/02/typed-blog-platform-crowdfunding.html] way back when, is dying [https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/typed-com-future/13772/2]: > For the last 8+ months, Typed.com has been running at a loss. I’ve tried hard to make
blog platforms
Ghost wants to be a publishing partner for 3 journalism startups - and help them find a business model
Ghost is looking to fund new journalism initiatives.
blog platforms
The Sun runs on WordPress
Things I didn’t know [https://vip.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/bigwp-returns-to-london-next-week/]: > News UK moved thesun.co.uk to WordPress.com VIP last summer, becoming the fastest growing newspaper site in the UK, with well over 20 million monthly unique visitors, and tens of millions of page views