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+# Contributing
+
+I am actively welcoming contributions to my personal blog in a few ways:
+
+## Post Ideas
+
+If there's something you'd like to hear my thoughts on (sounds crazy, but it [already happened](https://github.com/walkah/walkah.net/issues/11)), then please submit an issue and label it `idea`:
+
+https://github.com/walkah/walkah.net/issues/new
+
+You can also view my current upcoming post ideas here:
+
+https://github.com/walkah/walkah.net/labels/idea
+
+All new posts will be done as pull requests. Reviews and edits greatly appreciated:
+
+https://github.com/walkah/walkah.net/pulls
+
+## Patches welcome
+
+I'll happily accept patches for typos, edits or factual corrections. To do so, please fork and submit a [pull request](https://github.com/walkah/walkah.net/compare).
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+# walkah.net
+
+This is my personal [blog](http://walkah.net/). I am treating it as an [open source project](http://walkah.net/blog/blogging-as-an-open-source-project/). Want to help out? Check out `CONTRIBUTING.md`.
+
+## Colophon
+
+The site is built using [Octopress 3.0](http://octopress.org/) (and therefore [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/)) currently hosted on [Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/).
+
+I use [Bourbon](http://bourbon.io/) and [Neat](http://neat.bourbon.io/) (and therefore [SASS](http://sass-lang.com/)) for CSS styling. The design is my own.
+
+The [main feed](http://feeds.walkah.net/walkah) is hosted by [FeedPress](https://feed.press/), but since nobody reads RSS anymore, I use [Buffer](https://buffer.com/) to send things to social media.