It’s not you, it’s me… Apr 20. 085
I’m just not in love with ‘regular’ blogging like I was before. The spark has gone and it’s not coming back. Add to that the fact that I simply don’t have the time or the inclination to blog like I used to… it’s not you, it’s me.
So it’s time to think about how to adapt this site to better reflect the time I can commit to it on an ongoing basis, perhaps integrating feeds from other areas of the web where I am more active; Facebook, Flickr, Delicious and Last.fm. Nowadays Twitter seems more and more appealing, providing a outlet for short and sweet comment on life.
For a long time I’ve been hoping to migrate this site from Textpattern to Expression Engine so this seems like the ideal opportunity to do so. I’ve had an initial tinker and it looks like I should be able to migrate all the content fairly easily. From there I’m going to have a play with the fantastically clever Expression Engine ‘FeedGrab’ plug-in by Andrew Weaver which should allow me to pull together the various strands of data associated with me from across the internet and present them in one location.
So if things get a little funky here, you know why. :)
@Matt: Yes I saw the preview. It certainly looks interesting but there’s no solid release date so don’t hold your breath! :)
Being typically contrary and having found myself with a couple of ‘spare’ days this week, I’ve just done the exact opposite and relaunched Revert to Saved.
@Craig: Great to see Revert to Saved resurrected! :)
I’m about to do the same, as soon as I’ve figured out how to pipe in my Tumblr content (and finished the new design).
I’m wondering whether to even bother importing the old content, though, or whether it might be better to keep the old version of the site and start again with a blank slate…
>>“For a long time I’ve been hoping to migrate this site from Textpattern to Expression Engine so this seems like the ideal opportunity to do so.”
Hey Nathan, I’m on the edge of doing the same thing! But I’m going to hold off until EE 2.0 is launched in the Summer (you’ve seen the preview right?)...and maybe by then I’ll also justify the cost of the Commercial Version – which is what I’ll need in order to do the things I want to do with my site. Until then, TXP stays. I upgraded it to 4.0.6. seamlessly last night…piece of cake! :)
Best of luck with whatever you decide to do with the site. I understand what you mean about the blogging too.