This Jekyll-based blog was started January 2014, at which time a few items previously stored on Wordpress were transferred here.
The advantage of blogging with Jekyll is mainly that the files are local and can be created in a standard text editor. But there are also disadvantages that become clearer over time:
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Anything not in the Wordpress system is a bit hidden from the blogging community.
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Using Jekyll is labourious and tricky. I've found that the system is brittle, requiring fiddling from time to time, to keep up with changes in what seems to be a big toolchain. This might not be a problem for people using Ruby from day to day, but it makes me think the pain is not worth the gain.
Enter the assets directory. Create a file with a name like
yyyy-mm-dd-topic.Rmd and write an entry. It is easiest to pattern this on
existing entries. Then, type make yyyy-mm-dd-topic.md (using your date and
topic, of course). This will create some files, and at the end you'll see
a message telling you what to do next, namely to go up a directory, type make
and then git add/commit/push. Well, maybe you'll see that message. And maybe
you'll see an error message that will require you to look at the Makefile
(which is just something I hacked together) or your system. Remember to take
your heart medicine before starting to try to debug this.
Visit https://dankelley.github.io/blog/ (perhaps after waiting 10 minutes) to see if it worked.