February 10, 2008 Filed in:
News
Well, hopefully this is the final platform change in
the neverending effort that is the web site of Steven
Ng. With a life that is as busy as it is, the blog
format really isn't working.
I think the best way to approach such an infrequently
updated web site is to keep it down to the basics and
focus on a few key areas that are of interest to me:
- Tips for Mac Switchers
- Handy Lifehacking Tips
- Music I'm Listening To
- My Movie Watchlist
- Recent Good Reads
- Handy Tech Cheatsheets
- Any Nifty Tools I've Written
- Game Reviews
- Media Serving in the Home
I've never really been able to truly recover from
leaving Blogger several years ago, being the control
freak that I am. I haven't found that any server-based
solution has really worked for me since. I've tried
GeekLog, WordPress and MediaWiki. While great tools,
they just weren't what I needed or was looking for. In
the end, most of my posts were done on my iMac, so why
not go back to the fat client?
Since I had an unused license for
RapidWeaver
from MacHeist 1, I figured I'd finally give it a shot.
Of course, I had to pay to upgrade to the latest
version, but it was well worth it. (And who says that
Heist users don't pay for upgrades, eh, Gruber?)
In all fairness, I don't think RapidWeaver will be the
only tool I'll be using for this site - it will
probably be a combination of RapidWeaver (content and
publishing),
Coda (template coding)
and
CSSEdit
(stylesheets). CSSEdit was a fortuitous acquisition
from MacHeist 2. Image editing will be done via
Pixelmator and
iStockPhoto.
If you haven't noticed a trend, I'm a big supporter of
independent software for the Macintosh. The greatest
thing about indie software for the Mac is that you get
fully functioned, polished software at a very
reasonable price.
The template is not set yet, but I hope you keep coming
back and enjoy what you see.
Cheers!
Tags: rapidweaver, macheist, cssedit, coda, pixelmator, istockphoto