Getting Started - This Dot Life

Why you not blogging?

Not blogging yet? Around 1.5 years back, I wrote a post about what i call Slumdog Blogging, and I think you should read it. I learned a few things during my blogging journey and reading around which I would like to share today. Choose your seat and stick to it. I started blogging in late 2011 on URL: jsinh.in. At the time of starting I never thought of other things I might like to do with the domain. In few years I decided to put out a page or two where I can meta-link to well-known sites where I can be found. This was with the intention to give "More information" links to people who are interested in what I do or I don't. This would be about me and more direct, blogging content and articles is about what I write or wrote and shared with » Read more

Jsinh 12 January 2015

Welcome to Ghost

You're live! Nice. We've put together a little post to introduce you to the Ghost editor and get you started. You can manage your content by signing in to the admin area at <your blog URL>/ghost/. When you arrive, you can select this post from a list on the left and see a preview of it on the right. Click the little pencil icon at the top of the preview to edit this post and read the next section! Getting Started Ghost uses something called Markdown for writing. Essentially, it's a shorthand way to manage your post formatting as you write! Writing in Markdown is really easy. In the left hand panel of Ghost, you simply write as you normally would. Where appropriate, you can use shortcuts to style your content. For example, a list: Item number one Item number two A nested item A final item » Read more

Jsinh 05 May 2014