I'm always experimenting with my websites. I've owned several different domain names over the years too. I've played with standard HTML/CSS, a variety of "helper"templates, applications, CMS - Drupal, Joomla and Wordpress among others. They all have their strengths and weaknesses, depending on what you want, and are capable of doing.
During my years of experimenting and exploring, I discovered two things. I enjoy the artistic and creative side of web design, but the technical aspects drive me nuts! Trying to keep up with all the standards, techniques, tricks, and complexity of it all was simply too much for my poor right-side dominant brain.
The second thing I discovered is how much time it requires to properly maintain a website. You are not only expected to provide something visually pleasing, but you have to figure out how all the little gadgets, add-ons, plugins, scripts and code snippets are supposed to be implemented. I spent so much time on the technical muck that it detracted from my ability to actually create and share any meaningful content.
So now I think I have reached a point where I just don't care how the technology works. It is becoming reliable enough now that it should pretty much run itself with a minimum of input from me. So I researched the alternatives, looked at Blogger, experimented a bit, liked the results, and here I am!
I'll repost the few images I shared on my previous Wordpress based site, and most likely just forget about my old posts and just start fresh. It isn't as if I have ever had a following! Another change I am already enjoying is I am no longer going to concern myself with SEO, link building, the user experience, or anything else that has to do with commercialization or profit motives. I included some Google ads just to see what happens, but I refuse to include ads on every square inch of my blog. I finally figured out that I can just be here and do my thing!
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