Writing with markdown is not quite hard. It is a text-to-HTML conversion tools for web writers. Actually, Hexo and many other static blogs have markdown support. I mark down some basic usage for reference, from Markdown Cheetsheet and the original sepc.
Hexo Blog On Openshift
This is a static blog built by Hexo, which is a simple but powerful blog framework implemented by Node.js. Actually, a hexo blog can be built with just few commands. It has markdown support, which is also a simple but powerful mark language. Hexo and other static blog framework, such as jekyll, parses posts with markdown or other render engine and generates static files (seems not only html) with beatutiful themes. The user don’t need to be an expert on web design to have a fancy indie blog. However, the most important thing for me maybe keep writting blogs.