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I like the "ideas pane" a lot. I have exactly the same workflow, except my "ideas pane" is just a text file in Dropbox. I work on posts there until they're big
by seldo 15y ago
I like the "ideas pane" a lot. I have exactly the same workflow, except my "ideas pane" is just a text file in Dropbox. I work on posts there until they're big enough to paste into my blog.
I'm not really interested in running my blog on someone else's platform, though (I realize I'm in the minority here).
- dcurtis 15y agoThis is exactly what I used to do. It was during my attempts to move ideas.txt into the platform interface that the dual pane system was born.
- seldo 15y agoI think I might like leaving my ideas in their raw form, though. I tend to create a bulleted, indented outline of what I'm writing before fleshing it out.
- huhtenberg 15y agoYou are not alone in that minority.
- alabut 15y ago"I have exactly the same workflow, except my "ideas pane" is just a text file in Dropbox." Interesting timing - I came up with an idea this weekend for a Dropbox-based blogging app that pushes both final and draft posts to a blog every time they're saved locally, with public access for the final posts and a private password-protected directory for the drafts. I'm pretty sure I can make it with watch folders and Jekyll (I've seen that setup floating around HN comments), although making something more advanced with a web panel and themes might make it a lot more interesting to a larger audience.
- RyanMcGreal 15y agoThe engine I wrote for my personal blog lets me save a draft (no, I didn't invent the idea). I'm not sure what the difference is between drafts and ideas.