Ambrevar (Pierre Neidhardt) has an interesting post on why and how he uses Org mode to blog. His two main criteria are that
- He can write his blog posts in Org mode.
- He was complete control over how his blog is laid out.
It turns out that he can accomplish that using org publish. That required that he write a bit of Elisp for things like his RSS feed but he mostly used org-publish out of the box. Take a look at his post to see how he set things up and what the result looks like.
What I found most interesting about the post was his discussion of the tension between keeping a post up to date and the value of preserving the original post. At Irreal, I do that by making whatever fix is required and adding a note at the bottom of the post. Ambrevar has a different, arguably better, solution: He keeps his posts in a publicly available Git repository. That way, readers can see both the original post and any corrections/updates that he makes. This, it seems to me, offers the maximum in transparency.
If you’re a blogger or interested in becoming one, take a look at Ambrevar’s post. Whether or not you use his method, he has a nice list of goals and things you should think about when you set up your blog.