Software Company Relies On Blogger

Going steadily since 1999, Blogger is not only used by random prolific writers, it’s also relied on to this day by at least one for-profit company. Case in point: modern PC game developer, SCS Software.

Jason Journals Back On Blogger

Jason Journals lives...on Blogger! Going steady since 1999 (!), it hasn't changed in years, so what caused me to leave my newfound host, Pika, and rejoin ye ol' Blogspot? Good question.

Blogging One Year With Pika

Happy March, y’all! Spring is just around the corner… Last year on March 1st, I started blogging at Pika. So how's it going after a whole year? The relatively new blog host remains rock solid and has steadily added new features and tweaks. I enjoy blogging now more than ever. Also, I don't miss managing a website.

Finishing The Year With Pika

Once in a while, you find something that just clicks; maybe it’s meant to be. That’s what Pika seems like since I started using it March 1st. I’ve really enjoyed the past nine months of blogging on Pika.

More WordPress Woes

In the past few weeks, many words have been typed about the controversy that is WordPress versus WP Engine. Up front, let me say I don't fully grasp the issues involved. But I can say it seems bad since many of the vibes I get from various articles and comments cast a grim shadow on the whole thing. It makes me glad to have left WordPress.com for the simpler and apparently more stable blog platform that is Pika.

A Post About Posting Posts

Okay, this is a little, er, meta; hear me out. With my previous post yesterday about Transformers One, I initially started to share the photo with a short blurb directly on Mastodon — you know, a social micro post thing. Simple.

Six Years Of Regular Blogging

Today happens to be a milestone for me. Six years ago today, I restarted my blogging with a main goal: consistent, steady blogging. No more going for a few months and then disappearing for a few months with a defunct blog. Since that recommitment, I’ve stayed the course for six consecutive years.

Blogging Six Months With Pika

Back on March 1st, I started blogging at Pika. Now that it's September 1st, how's it going after six months? The relatively new blog host is rock solid and has been steadily adding thoughtful additions. I enjoy blogging more than ever and don't miss managing a website.

Update To My Blogging Process

A few months have passed since the last post about my blog workflow. That means it has probably changed since then. Yup. I use more apps and steps than before, yet it's still simple. There are three stages and three apps.

A Personal Site Versus Social Media

I enjoyed reading a recent post on Kev Quirk’s blog in which he replied to a question: why bother having a personal site when social media works well enough for presence? Kev had good responses, but I wanted to add one.

Cheers For New Tagging Feature On Pika

I’ve been a happy paying customer on Pika for most of this year. The new blog host platform debuted with minimal features for wonderful simplicity, its greatest strength. Yet my most wanted feature, I think, was tags. And today it’s here! I’m excited, but also cautious, to let the tagging begin.

Apple Platforms Get Custom Makeovers

Leading up to Apple’s WWDC24, rumors suggested iPhone would get its biggest redesign ever. Unfortunately, it’s not as big a redesign as I expected. I thought it would be on par with the iOS 7 redesign, which still stands as The Big One. In fact, the iPhone X / iOS 11 redesign was no less significant than the iOS 18 one. Also, the makeover is coming to iPad.

Blogging With Pika Performance

From March 1st through June 1st, I’ve blogged on new host, Pika. That’s a whole season, a quarter of a year. So how’s it working out? Splendidly. It’s been long enough for the novelty to wear off, the honeymoon phase to settle into routine. Yet it still feels fresh. After three months, jumping onto my dashboard to draft a post keeps scratching my blogging itch.

My Blogging Workflow

Howdy, here’s a quick post on how my blog workflow works. My blogflow is simple enough to do straight from my cellular telephone. I want publishing a blog post to be as simple as posting a micropost directly in social media.

Pika Simplicity Makes Blogging A Pleasure

The more I use Pika, the more I like:

A Good Enough Meeting About Pika

Last week, I was fortunate to meet on a video call with members of the Good Enough team, the company behind blog hosting platform, Pika. They wanted to learn a little bit about some of Pika’s early bloggers and how they’re using it.

WordPress To Pika Migration

Just a bit of blog status news here. Over the next few months or so, I plan to copy my posts from WordPress to my new host, Pika. The Jason Journals archive will repopulate here as I plan for this to be my new home going forward. It’s a great blogging platform so far!

Trading WordPress Perks For Pika’s Simplicity

Early this year, I wrote about staying with WordPress, noting that much of the grass was greener there. And I wanted to hold onto certain features: subscribers, comments, readers, and the community.

Why Leave WordPress Again?

In January, I wrote about settling into WordPress instead of jumping ship. The manual HTML work, migrating my posts to Neocities, was infeasible. I just wanted to blog. WordPress was the path of least resistance. But now I’m thinking about un-settling from WordPress (again).

More Bloggy And Personal On Pika

Okay, here’s a little observation about blogging on Pika I’ve had. What is kind of hitting me about it is that, thanks to its clean and simple design (how it looks and works), it helps me blog better. Or I should say it helps me write more like a blogger and less like an editorialist or essayist. It helps me feel like I can be less formal, more personal.