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Changes to That Virtual Boy blog + vExpert 2020


My blog has gone through a major uplift! When I first started That Virtual Boy, I hosted the blog on Google Blogger. After a few years I migrated to Wordpress because all great blogs are on Wordpress right? šŸ§ After realizing Wordpress was not the place for me, I migrated back to Blogger. But since I donā€™t use any other Google services (nopeā€¦ none) I didnā€™t like the idea of still having to directly rely on Google services. Plus.. I had ads on my blog to try and rack up a buck or two, but guess what? I hate ads! And so do you! So why go through the effort of ensuring my blog forces users to ensure their ad blocker is up to date? I just didnā€™t like it.

Focusing on content

Then I discovered Github Pages, and the ability to host blogs on github.io. One thing I noticed about any blog I had visited on Github had one thing in common: they focused entirely on the content. Most blogs had clean interfaces, no ads, and featured great content from great technologists. I decided I wanted that!

So here we are. 99% of my posts from Blogger have been migrated onto this platform. I used Jekyll to create the site, import the theme, and import my previous blog posts. Itā€™s been a very interesting learning experience, but Iā€™ve learned how powerful Jekyll is and how simple it is for managing the blog.

The timing is great, as Iā€™ve been awarded vExpert 2020 for a total of five consecutive years of vExpert status. What a great program and community to be a part of and to share resources, knowledge, and life with. Iā€™m looking forward to many more posts in 2020, and also getting to meet up with my fellow vExperts at VMworld 2020 this year (assumingā€¦ you knowā€¦ that VMworld still happensā€¦šŸ„ŗ). Hereā€™s to a great year and to all the vExperts of 2020!

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