I have been using wordpress as my blogging platform for almost two years now, and during that time I only managed to post once every few months. I don't think it's because I had nothing to write about, I think it was because there are too many barriers in between having a thought and then actually getting it posted on the site. Having to login to a specific page, use a clunky form, worry about formatting, categorization, and so on... it all throws up a huge mental stop sign.
I have had no problem posting to twitter though. I can almost always ramble out a thought at least once a day. Why? Because it is super simple. I can use an application, the mobile page, SMS, IM (maybe) or anything else (thanks to the API)... all to post a 140 characters or less. I can do that... anyone can do that. So why should my blog be any different?
So, like any other respectable alpha-geek, I built my own blogging system. It's actually more of a tumblelog lifestream thing. To keep it simple and easy, my posts are powered by email. I just email a post to a secret email address which is then parsed and inserted into the database after resizing any attached images. No need to re-invent the WYSIWYG wheel because email has been around forever, is secure, has a billion desktop and web clients, and is supported by all kinds of electronic devices.
I have the important stuff done (posting, pretty urls, rss feed) but still need to add commenting and obviously need to work on the look-n-feel. Stay tuned for more details (and maybe a stylesheet).
