links for 2005-12-17
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GTD: Procrastinator’s Version
I’m feelin’ it.
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Six Apart - Everything TypePad - Current Issues with TypePad
That’s it. I’m done with Typepad. I’ve been thinking of moving Slacker Manager to WordPress for some time and this is the last straw.
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Rogue Amoeba - Good Software With A Bad Attitude!
Interesting utilities
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Business World Survival Guide | MetaFilter
This made me laugh!
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7 opinions for links for 2005-12-17
jeff
Dec 17, 2005 at 11:23 am
re Typepad: I know what you mean. Blogs and blog hosting is a frustrating process. I’ve changed hosts, um, more times than I should have. I’m not a Typepad customer, but I’m not sure you’ll be much rewarded by switching. Even the wonderful folks at textdrive (where I currently host — well, where I’m hosting forever since I signed up with their VCII deal) have occasional, frustrating downtime.
I guess I’m saying that while you might be frustrated, they all suck. They’re all going to suck until you pay a hell of a lot more than then $20 a month (or whatever you pay). And boy howdy, them five-nines of availability are pricey.
Jeffrey
Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59 pm
You will not be sorry for switching to wordpress.
Darryl
Dec 17, 2005 at 4:56 pm
Wordpress is great. But Jeff is right. Unless you want to pay more dollars i’m not so sure you’ll be totally happy JUST by switching platforms.
Bren
Dec 17, 2005 at 5:19 pm
Yeah, I totally understand downtime and I’m comfortable with that. I’ve run various blogs using Movabletype, Wordpress, Blogger and Mambo, so I’ve got a pretty good conception of what to expect when doing my own tech vs. outsourcing it.
I signed up with Typepad because I had good experiences with Movabletype, felt that 6A really understood blogging, and I wanted the most advanced hosted blogging platform available at the time. Worked great for me for a long time, but it seems that now they suffer from the law of unintended consequences. I know they’ll get better–they have to. I’m just beginning to demand more from my platform.
This last outage, while undertandable, was just the last bit of impetus I needed to make the move I’d been considering for a long time. WP has a TON of plugins that’ll make Slacker Manager a more functional and fun blog. I’m looking forward to it…
Jeff
Dec 18, 2005 at 5:53 pm
Just to follow up: caveats aside, I agree with the switch. I left MT as a blogging platform after I couldn’t keep up with the comment spam. I tried WP (and found it to be pretty good), but found I liked Textpattern even more. I’m still a little stymied by the limitations of Textpattern, but I’m more comfortable hacking it than WP. Just a thought.
I do have a blog at wordpress.com, however, in addition. So I can hardly talk.
tima thinking outloud.
Dec 20, 2005 at 12:43 pm
Vindictapart.
Why does the blogosphere think Six Apart sucks so much? Why is the WordPress community so vocal, bordering on vindictive, when it comes to Six Apart? These are rhetorical questions that I find fascinating to look at.
tima thinking outloud.
Dec 20, 2005 at 2:15 pm
Vindictapart.
Why does the blogosphere think Six Apart sucks so much? Why is the WordPress community so vocal, bordering on vindictive, when it comes to Six Apart? These are rhetorical questions that I find fascinating to look at.