Cliff

Since I started using MacOS 18+ months ago, I've really found myself playing around with and testing a lot of different apps. This has had me thinking for a few weeks now, that I wanted to start doing reviews of the apps I use so that others can see what those apps are about and if they are worth it.

So today, I decided to launch a new website, https://PureApp.reviews and I'll be doing just that. I'll be providing Honest, Curated, Pure MacOS app reviews so that others can get a non-biased review of the apps I use and enjoy, or play around with and test.

I'd be honored if you would give it a view, as it does have my first app review posted this morning, and more to come as often as possible.

Also, in the near future, since I'm using Ghost Blog as the CMS for the site, I might introduce a newsletter if that's something people are interested in. For now, I'm just going to focus on app reviews straight to the site!

#PureAppReviews #Apps #App #AppReviews #MacOS #MacApps

May 27 at 3:10pmWeb
Show threadKyle Reddoch (CybersecKyle)5d ago
@cliffwade Congrats Cliff! Looking forward to following the blog.
Show threadCliff5d ago
@cyberseckyle Thank you! I hope you and others find it useful and informative.
Show threadRonnie5d ago
@cliffwade I dig it
Show threadCliff5d ago
@Ronnie Thank you sir! I appreciate it.
Show threadAaron  5d ago
@cliffwade Congrats!! This is great. Best of luck to you, my friend. 🤘🏻
Show threadCliff5d ago

@Aaron Thank you Aaron! It's going to be a tough ride I'm sure.

I likely need to figure out member stuff and newsletter stuff. Both of which I've never done anything with in any way.

Show threadAaron  5d ago
@cliffwade It's a slooooow process, I assure you. Take it slow, enjoy the writing, build slowly on those extras. I'm pretty sure Ghost has simple hooks for the stuff you want to do. You've got this.
Show threadCliff5d ago

@Aaron Hooks??! You're speaking Greek to me! LOL

I'm so new to all of this, outside of the writing/blogging part. I feel I have so much to learn when it comes to Ghost Blog, and even more so when it comes to members and newsletters.

Show threadAaron  5d ago

@cliffwade From what I know, the newsletter and membership stuff in Ghost is pretty simple in the admin panel. My advice: just write. Don't worry about the rest for a few weeks at least. Get some stuff up there you're proud of, can link to, and simply get the ball rolling.

And I wish i'd started with Ghost with TimeMachiner. It didn't exist yet so I had to piece everything together with a zillion plugins, like one does with WordPress. It's a slog.

Show threadCliff5d ago

@Aaron Gotcha, and that's certainly what I was thinking and preparing myself for as well.

I agree with the WP stuff. I still have my WP site on my SeerOfSouls.com site, but I rarely write there it feels like. More for product reviews, which I don't do a lot of.

I was looking at Ghost to have a lightweight blog and not all the heavy needs that WP comes with as far as editing, writing, this and that. Then this idea popped in my head with regards to app reviews, and here we are.

Show threadAaron5d ago
@cliffwade Added you to my tech RSS feed. Logo looks great and I’ll check out the first article once I sit down to catch up on things.
Show threadCliff4d ago

@therealahall Oh, thank you so much! I truly do appreciate that. Glad you think the logo looks great. Graphics are still up in the air, but I'm really hoping to keep that icon/logo as close to the way it is now as possible.

Please do let me know what you think of the article. I'm up for any insight and criticism.

Show threadAaron4d ago
@cliffwade Yeah I read the Blip article. Right now AirDrop is natively filling that role for me but when they add Linux support that might get me to use it. No real feedback on the delivery or anything. I figure you’ll tweak that as you go along
Show threadCliff3d ago

@therealahall Thank you for the feedback! AirDrop certainly "just works" which is always nice when software does what it needs to do. I used AirDrop for a bit, then LocalSend, now Blip.

Yeah, the site is definitely a work in progress and will be changing as time goes by, feedback is given, ideas come to mind and so on.