Still mulling over the pros and cons of switching to a self-hosted blog. This is the type of thing I start obsessing over, which is dysfunctional, I know.
Looking through the default theme templates it’s clear that Habari sticks closely to the Wordpress ‘Loop’ model, while Chyrp is much more like Rails- or Django- templating. After working with the elegance that is the Tumblr theming engine, Habari looks a bit archaic in this regard.
I like the idea of having an easy to browse/search archive of your blogging history, as Heilemann shows in the demo (see previous post). Then your blog becomes more like a notebook.
It’s clear though that it ultimately comes down to whether you’re of the old-man school of blogging, author as creator, or the nu-skool rebloggers, author as curator.
