Oh Shit, It’s Blaugust
Well, that really snuck up on me. Here I was, power-puttering™ around on the computer: today is the first of August. Not only does that mark the beginning of the end of summer, but it also marks the first day of the month-long blogging challenge/community event/all-around-fun-times that is Blaugust. From the ‘Blaugust 2025 is Coming’ post by Nerd Girl, who is de-facto hosting this year:
Blaugust is a month-long event that takes place each August which focuses on blogging primarily and has started to include other forms of serialized content over the last several years. The goal is to stoke the fires of creativity and allow bloggers and other content creators to mingle in a shared community while pushing each other to post more regularly. Above all the goal of Blaugust has always been to prove to folks that they can in fact sit down every day and create something fresh and then share it with the world. Posting regularly builds a community and in this era of AI-slop content, our voices are needed even more than we ever have been at any point in the past. Our hope is to create a nurturing environment where Veteran bloggers can help those just getting started and the cross-pollination of ideas can create something truly spectacular. Your blog gives you a permanent foothold on the Internet that you own and have complete control of, and that is a really good feeling in the midst of shifting trends.
I managed to post 31 times during August last year, and it really stretched those muscles. Summer has traditionally been when I take an unintentional break from blogging and being very online, which was again the case this year. I just get so busy doing outside stuff that my computer time goes way down. But I dipped my toe back into the blogging waters the other day and had a great time. I figured Blaugust would be a good thing to take a crack at again.
By the way, if you, like me, think it’ll be nigh impossible to write and publish a post on every literal day in August, don’t worry — you can double up:
Blaugust at its heart has always been about celebrating the creation of content on a regular schedule. The original challenge was to post 31 times during the month of August which is 31 days long. This can be posting every day or doubling up on some days to make the schedule a bit easier.
As you can probably tell, I didn’t put much any thought into what this piece would be. I just realized it was August 1st, opened iA Writer, and started typing. I guess that’s really all it takes. But, off the top of my head, here a few things that perhaps I’ll write about this month:
- My recent trip to climb Gannett Peak, Wyoming’s tallest mountain
- My thoughts on Liquid Glass, Apple’s new design language/material that will soon debut in their ’26 series of Operating System updates
- How iPadOS 26’s new windowing system is great in theory, but has really hampered my usage of my iPad mini (my only iPad now) with the removal of Slide Over
- Finally completing the Adirondack 46ers challenge, and perhaps some sort of ranking of each of the mountains
- A roundup of some handy little gadgets I’ve picked up over the past few months
- Trip reports from my various outdoor pursuits
- How the Camera Control button on my iPhone 16 has drastically improved my work as a mountain guide — but has also ballooned the storage space I use on my phone and has me needing up upgrade pronto
There’s seven ideas at least. Enough to get me through the first week. And if I run out of ideas, the Blaugust community has a calendar of weekly prompts to rekindle the flame — though I tend not to go by those weekly themes.
Anyway, I encourage you — yes, you! — dear reader, to join in the fun of Blaugust. There are many free blogging sites out there if you need one, but my personal recommendation is to try Micro.blog. You can get a site (that will remain on the internet even if you stop paying) for just $1 with their Micro.one plan. It’s a great service at a great deal.
See you again tomorrow, and happy Blaugust!
This is post #1/31 for Blaugust 2025.