Robert Birming
Robert Birming — Home inspector and blogger in Stockholm
Personal essays on blogging culture, creativity, and everyday life — plus themes and tools for the Bear blogging platform.
robertbirming.comEvery time we've hit the publish button, the imaginary worst-case scenarios have never become reality.
A warm, personal blog from a home inspector in Stockholm who writes about the simple joys of blogging, creativity, and everyday life. Robert is a fixture in the Bear blogging community — building themes, curating resources, and championing the idea that blogging should stay fun, unpressured, and human. His posts read like conversations with a friend who genuinely believes in the independent web.
Written by Robert Birming since 2023.
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Blogs are alive
I read the People and Blogs interview with Patrick Rhone. I love how he describes personal blogging: ...that’s exactly what a blog should be - a reflection of one’s interests and attention over time. A reflection of who one is right now and where they’ve been. Blogs are living things that should grow at the same rate we do. I totally agree, and at the same time, I’m terrible at living up to it myself. Or at least I have been in the past. I’ve deleted both posts and entire blogs that “don’t fee...
The blog gardener
Just got back from the gym. I love lifting weights. It’s like meditation to me. Running, on the other hand, I just can’t do it. No matter how many benefits I hear about. I get exhausted, and not in a good way, just by hearing the word. Now I’m sitting at a café writing this, and then I’ll do some coding. Feeling excited about bringing my ideas to life. If motivation were strategy and cleverness, my blog archive would be very thin and the Bear library wouldn’t exist. No themes, no add-ons, no fun...
Birming bulletin #2
Quite a lot has happened since the first bulletin post less than two weeks ago. I'm probably forgetting a few things, but here are the main ones. ThemesVersion 5.0 of the Bearming theme has been released. There aren't many notable changes on the surface, but plenty of improvements under the hood. I also released the Pixel Bear theme, which got a really warm response. Thank you all for your kind words. Add-onsThere's a new Bearming tokens snippet that helps add-ons look good even if you're using...
Stories hiding in plain sight
Not knowing what to write about is probably one of the most common blogging struggles. Believing you have nothing interesting to say. The reality, though, is that you most likely have quite a lot to share. There’s a forest of stories hiding behind the trees. I think interesting is one of the biggest misconceptions. What actually makes something interesting? It’s getting a glimpse of something new to you in one way or another. My daytime job is doing house inspections. If I tell a colleague about...
Our blogging struggles
As bloggers, we share a lot. The community, the creativity, the joy of writing, tinkering, and sharing our creations with the rest of the world. Another thing many of us share is the struggle we go through every now and then. The doubts, the lack of ideas, the feeling that what we create isn’t good enough. Personally, even if my mind tries to convince me otherwise, I think it all boils down to wanting too much, or expecting too much. Maybe it’s an existential thing. Expecting that blogging shoul...
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