In 2017, I hiked the PCT from Mexico to Canada and kept a journal.
Being a software developer, I wanted an easy way to keep a blog up to date so I cobbled something together using Jekyll, Github Pages, and a custom built iPhone app.
The iPhone app would build out the general markdown structure for the post and allow me to easily choose and add photos. Then it would send the markdown file and the images to a git client I bought for the iPhone.
This let me blog offline in the wilderness, writing several posts at a time and when I got into a town with cell service or wifi, I just had to "git push" and my blog would be automatically published.
I've been considering building it into a "real" app for the last few years but haven't gotten around to it. Thinking about doing another long hike in the next year or two, so maybe by then I'll get around to it.
In 2017, I hiked the PCT from Mexico to Canada and kept a journal.
Being a software developer, I wanted an easy way to keep a blog up to date so I cobbled something together using Jekyll, Github Pages, and a custom built iPhone app.
The iPhone app would build out the general markdown structure for the post and allow me to easily choose and add photos. Then it would send the markdown file and the images to a git client I bought for the iPhone.
This let me blog offline in the wilderness, writing several posts at a time and when I got into a town with cell service or wifi, I just had to "git push" and my blog would be automatically published.
I've been considering building it into a "real" app for the last few years but haven't gotten around to it. Thinking about doing another long hike in the next year or two, so maybe by then I'll get around to it.