Working on the site a little…

by Jonathan Coffman on May 25, 2009 · 6 comments

in Blog

First off, thank you for sticking with me. I’ve really done a fantastic job of ignoring my blog for the last several months. In the mean time, I’ve been spending most of my time over on Twitter where I’ve amassed a nice little following.

In the meantime, there has been a lot of thinking going on in the background as I try to decide where to take my personal site — and brand — next. A lof factors are going into this but I decided in summary:

  • Drupal was too ambitious for my personal site, I really like the system and remain a big fan, but I don’t have the time to devote to making it work exactly how I want here.
  • WordPress lets me get up and moving quickly, it’s also typically the first CMS to get plugins developed for new social networking sites and services, this makes sure that I can try things out quickly and efficiently.
  • On a daily basis I wrestle with form vs function, and for my personal site — as in much of my work — I want this to work for you and me. If it doesn’t function well, there might as well not even be a pretty design on top.

Stay tuned, there’s much more to come here. (I’ll update this post or post again when most of the changes are in place)

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  • http://matthewhurst.com MattHurst

    this comment system is really nice. what's the plug-in you're using?

  • http://www.jonathancoffman.com Jonathan Coffman

    It's Disqus, one of my favorites at the moment. They make it really easy to
    moderate and have lots of extra functionality if you want. Ping @gianii and
    he can hook you up with more info.

  • http://bit.ly/matthurst Matthew Hurst

    this comment system is really nice. what's the plug-in you're using?

  • http://www.jonathancoffman.com Jonathan Coffman

    It's Disqus, one of my favorites at the moment. They make it really easy to
    moderate and have lots of extra functionality if you want. Ping @gianii and
    he can hook you up with more info.

  • http://matthewhurst.com MattHurst

    Thanks for the tip. I tried installing this same comment system on my wordpress blog. It was really seamless, and it even helped me set up a facebook connect account for my blog. Thank you!

  • http://bit.ly/matthurst Matthew Hurst

    Thanks for the tip. I tried installing this same comment system on my wordpress blog. It was really seamless, and it even helped me set up a facebook connect account for my blog. Thank you!

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