A summary of the tools available for self publishing in 2015 and what I use for this site.
All posts in publishing
Gumroad has published a guide for self publishing. Who isn’t interested in self publishing in 2015? If you publish your own writing of any sort online, there’s a good chance that you’ve entertained the idea of putting out a book. This guide from the Gumroad team covers formats, then the tools that you can use to produce your book. Sadly, the list is a little lacking. Many writing apps today, such as Ulysses [https://chrisbowler.com/journal/ulysses], do a nice job of preparing your content for…
Joshua Platt shares his own thoughts on owning [https://chrisbowler.com/journal/blogging] your own content. He agrees with my sentiments, but adds that this type of thing can also lead to more tinkering than actual writing. That's an excellent point. I've tended to stick to a cycle of a refresh of my site every 2 years. I deviate occasionally, but the desire to tinker with the design occurs far more frequently than that. But I force myself to leave things as they are when that happens. I admi…
The folks at Buffer posted an in-depth guide on how to use Medium to your advantage. If your goal is to get focus on your product or service, there are some great tips included in this resource. As I mentioned [https://chrisbowler.com/journal/blogging] recently, owning your content is the best step for a writer (I'd include designers and developers as well). After all, your personal website is your résumé [https://medium.com/who-what-why/why-i-didn-t-look-at-your-resume-2a8ed1f4a5bb] in 2015.…
My family travelled out of town for 2 weeks in February. I had the pleasure of working for the entire time from the great cowork space at the Kamloops Innovation Center [http://kamloopsinnovation.ca]. A small incubator space, the KIC is filled with small startups and agencies. The director asked if I was open for giving a presentation, a short talk telling my story. I was happy to oblige. My talk focused mostly on how we all have a story tell, whether you're selling a product or a service. But…
I’ve been fascinated with the changes to Medium of late; they’re doing some great work that makes it an attractive platform (for reading and writing). But it’s not attractive enough to give up the control of my content [https://chrisbowler.com/journal/ownership]. Matthew Butterick sums up the points more excellently than I have to date. There are some fantastic pull quotes in his article! Source [http://practicaltypography.com/billionaires-typewriter.html]…
Day One's ability to Publish entries is now publicly available.
With the additions of services like 500px [http://500px.com/], many have predicted the demise of Flickr [http://www.flickr.com]. Yet it is still here. And it has received more attention in terms of development and design in the last couple of years than the five previous. I'd suggest that the Yahoo leadership has some sort of vision for the service and community … finally! The recent new redesign of the service, as well as a great iOS app, has people reconsidering it once again. I've never used…