Can anyone recommend a blog platform that would be good for an eleven year old? We’re going on a month long trip and I’m thinking a travel blog so her teacher and classmates can read it while she’s away… but it’s got to be as frictionless as possible or she’ll never use it. iPad friendly?

@herself Scribbles?

@herself micro.blog is a pretty dead simple blogging platform to setup.

@kimonostereo oh thanks! I will take a look. I remember when it was first out but not generally available...

@herself a quick search yielded this : go.fan.school/kidblog

@joelhamill oh duh! That's so true! Hehehe.

@Archimage looks interesting! Thanks!

@herself pika.page is simple and has a very nice post compose page that might be easier than micro.blog

@herself maybe take a look at pika.page – friendly and approachable.

@herself micro.blog would be a good pick. My class of 9-11 year olds use WordPress. The mostly use it for words and pictures. We find it fine. Takes the younger ones a while to get confident.

@johnjohnston @adam @bjhess @Denny I have seen Pika but not played with it properly! So many people recommending it makes me think I need to take a look! I guess it is web based rather than with an app? I'll go investigate…

@herself It is web based, but it works quite well on mobile and you can install as a Home Screen app for maximum app-like experience. You can test it out for free!

@herself pika.page seems perfect, especially with their fun guestbook feature, where friends could send or draw a message to her. And if you’re not connecting your own domain right away, you can try it for free up to 50 blog posts.

@bjhess oh that is cool! I never thought about taking that approach… definitely looking into that 😀

@rscottjones ah!! The guestbook sounds amazing. Ok, I think we might have a winner 🥳