Colophon
“A colophon is a page or section (typically in a footer) of a site that describes how the site is made, with what tools, supporting what technologies, and often published on personal sites at a top level /colophon page.”
This site—when created in March 2025—was a huge deal for me. My go-to site builder has always been Squarespace since 2004. Heck, I even wrote a couple of books about Squarespace. However, for writeDRAWcode_, I started with something different— WordPress.
WordPress felt like the right solution for serious blogging, but I could never get over the fact that my brain thinks “in Squarespace terms and features.” I thought I would blog directly in WordPress, but I fell right back to my usual go-to Apple ecosystem of writing apps. I was never happy with WordPress. Too much maintenance needed for plugins and themes. So I switched this site to a new Squarespace account.
For those who are curious, below is everything I use to make this website and all my other websites.
Web Resources
Google Workspace for email, calendar, and online file storage
Cloudflare for managing and registering domain names
Squarespace for powering this website
Software & Apps
Affinity Suite is used to process any images and graphics. I even use Affinity spoftware to make the writeDRAWcode_ logo and logomark.
FYI - I stopped using Adobe Creative Suite in 2023.Fonts on writeDRAWcode.com are set to use your device's default system font, falling back to Helvetica Neue and other san-serif fonts.
Nova by Panic to write custom CSS/LESS code for styling the site beyond Squarespace’s built-in design features. I use another app, CodeKit, to compile my CSS for easy copy-n-paste into Squarespace Custom Code area.
Ulysses for writing blog posts.
I have a subscription to SetApp which gives me access to a whole suite of apps on the Mac. I like evaluating new apps to see if I can streamline my productivity or enhance my workflows.