My first blog post – Welcome back to the internet :)

The internet is for connecting with people. WriteFreely helps to reach them no matter where they live online.

Everyone can read this blog without creating yet another account online. It is available via browser, email or RSS, on e-readers, and on federated platforms like Mastodon (well okay, I deactivated federation since I just want a blog).

Focus on writing

WriteFreely and Write.as are a pared-down blogging platform — a distraction-free place to write, and a clean space for anyone to read.

Instead of content management, the focus is on writing. You'll see our editor screen first, every time you open the app. You can write in Markdown or switch to our friendly Rich Text editor. Your work is automatically saved to your browser as you write.

Stay independent

With WriteFreely, this Blog is a home for my writing, outside of walled gardens and locked-down platforms.

I on my own keep control of this web presence. There is no tracking, cookies or similar :). Keep the internet open!

Learn more about WriteFreely and Write.as

WriteFreely is an open source platform for building a writing space on the web. Write.as is part of Musing Studio, a suite of simple tools for creating and sharing on the open web. You can also gather writing submissions with Submit.as, share photos with Snap.as, and socialize with Remark.as.

Read about the company behind Write.as and their principles, and subscribe to their blog.

ToDo

  1. Learn formatting with markdown according to https://writefreely.org/docs/latest/writer/writing

  2. Change theme to dark one according to https://writefreely.org/docs/latest/writer/css — well, I just keep it bright and simple for now…

  3. Read the Documentation of WriteFreely :) https://writefreely.org/docs/latest/writer

  4. Hopefully there I will learn how to default open my blog and not the login page... Et Voilà, changing the default landing page in config.ini works :)

  5. Update the about and privacy pages — also done :)