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I’ve not blogged too much recently, so what better way to get back on the horse than with a bit of Blaugust?

If you don’t know, Blaugust Festival Of Blogging is a yearly month-long blogging community event. The only real purpose is to get people posting more in August. Originally, it was every day, but now you can choose your participation level; I usually aim for Silver, which is 15 posts, i.e. every other day. Alongside that, there’s a Discord chat I’m rubbish at participating in (as I am with every Discord chat), and usually some other fun little community activities. Each year, an OPML file containing each participant’s RSS link is provided, so you can import that into your feed reader and follow along with everyone’s posts.

This is probably ill-advised given how many other little projects I have over August, but even if it inspires me to make a few extra posts, that’s better than nothing, right?

This year, Blaugust follows the very sad passing of its founder, Belghast. I won’t pretend I knew Belghast, or even read his blog that often (since it was mainly about MMOs, which I don’t play). But it is my understanding he was a pillar of his gaming community who has also done a lot for blogging (Blaugust has been going since 2014!), and is sorely missed. I am grateful to the Blaugust mentor community for continuing this legacy by organising this year’s event.

If you’d like to join in the fun, then you will need a blog. Any platform will do. Hell, use Mastodon if you like. But if you want an easy option with a free tier, my current recommendation would be Bear Blog for its simple minimalism and built-in community features. There’s also...