For a long time, WordPress has been my go to for blogging. It’s my recommendation for client builds, my personal preference for blogging, and the only reason I tolerate the existence of Blogger (no offense Googs). And I have been content, through four wobbly high school years, a roller coaster of a post-sec ed, a shit start to being a grownup, even through my brief stint over at Tumblr. Hell, I even ran with Drupal for a while. But in the end WordPress was my man, is my man.
To say that this has changed would be a lie, but to say that I am still as content as could be would also just be a half-truth. As one who seeks out visually minimal elements anywhere, Squarespace has been on my radar for years. A humble beginning, if you could call a $20k investment from the paternal humble, has lead to a premium service with a drool worthy backend and handsomely bare front end. Home to a few of my favourite internet places including fellow Canuck Andrew Kim of Minimally Minimal, spatial genuis of Synthtica (Canuck again), and the serenity of trish + co (oh the gorgeousness), Squarespace has been sizing up to be my jump to premium blogging for quite a while.
While I have not yet made any official decisions on the switch (ie. let lose the hosting minion on my credit card), I know that a jump is inevitable. I am a curious soul and am really not known for being content with one thing for an extended period of time. I like change, I crave change, and as loyal as I am, I do like to get around. Also, a paid service would probably make me actually sit down and pound out all the words I need to on a regular basis. Because money.
Oh, and Joomla you say? I say what Joomla?
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