I Got My Mom Into Blogging?
I somehow got my mom into blogging.
I visit my parents weekly and have dinner. I was showing my mom my blog, describing the idea behind it and how I follow other people, and people can read my posts. She really digs the idea, and immediately wanted me to show her how to blog.
I sent her my blog and described RSS briefly, and sent my guide as well. She ended up using Blogger, which is owned by Google, for a user-friendly experience. She gets overwhelmed by technology easily, and using Markdown is basically like being a coder/hacker to her.
To my surprise, she already has a blog under that account, from 2011! It was a recipe blog called Nutritious Kitchen, where she posted a lot of recipes, with pictures she took as well. It was such an amazing blast from the past.
I also fiercely enjoy cooking and sharing recipes in the same way now, except that I self-host them on Tandoor, so it's cool seeing that she was compiling her own online recipe book well before I was.
I had to leave to go home while she was writing her homepage, but I sent her resources on using Blogger and my guide on getting started with blogging. I imagine I’ll have to continue helping her a bit through this, but to be fair, she’s done blogging more than I have.
If anyone has better recommendations for her, like super non-technical blogging platforms that are not overwhelming at all, reply to this post using email using the button below.