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Jun. 19th, 2003 03:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisThe Mariners are not winning. This is not good. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kjaz gave me some hints for listening to the game on the radio at work. Specifically he said to bang the desk and do the happy dance when the Mariners scored. We are in the 8th and the Mariners have 0 runs. I'm holding Kjaz totally responsible for this terrible thing.
I've been musing on blogs and journals a lot lately. I keep this journal up with the fascinating details of my life and mind. I also keep up a knitting blog with daily reports on my knitting. Neither have turned out to be what I intended. In the case of this journal, that has turned out to be a great thing. But the knitting blog isn't working right.
I want to chronicle my knitting and I like the idea of a taking a photo and making an entry every day but the damn thing is DULL! I think I'm going to make it a once a week thing here with the next afghan. Maybe. I haven't finished thinking about it quite yet.
Blogging and online journals are such the rage these days. In thinking about my knitting blog, I have been doing a lot of research into blogging options and software and tools. I'm using Blogger Pro right now and it's only ok. And, frankly - and surprisingly - there is not that much out there and most of what is there is flawed fairly seriously. Interesting.
The community kind of stuff, like LJ, however, does seem to have it's shit together. There are more than a few LJ clones and they all seem to be pretty well run and easy to use from the get go.
And, outside of the tools, those who blog seem to be in desperate need of the family that LJ makes so easy to gather.
kjaz gave me some hints for listening to the game on the radio at work. Specifically he said to bang the desk and do the happy dance when the Mariners scored. We are in the 8th and the Mariners have 0 runs. I'm holding Kjaz totally responsible for this terrible thing.I've been musing on blogs and journals a lot lately. I keep this journal up with the fascinating details of my life and mind. I also keep up a knitting blog with daily reports on my knitting. Neither have turned out to be what I intended. In the case of this journal, that has turned out to be a great thing. But the knitting blog isn't working right.
I want to chronicle my knitting and I like the idea of a taking a photo and making an entry every day but the damn thing is DULL! I think I'm going to make it a once a week thing here with the next afghan. Maybe. I haven't finished thinking about it quite yet.
Blogging and online journals are such the rage these days. In thinking about my knitting blog, I have been doing a lot of research into blogging options and software and tools. I'm using Blogger Pro right now and it's only ok. And, frankly - and surprisingly - there is not that much out there and most of what is there is flawed fairly seriously. Interesting.
The community kind of stuff, like LJ, however, does seem to have it's shit together. There are more than a few LJ clones and they all seem to be pretty well run and easy to use from the get go.
And, outside of the tools, those who blog seem to be in desperate need of the family that LJ makes so easy to gather.
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Date: 2003-06-19 09:04 pm (UTC){duck and cover!}
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Date: 2003-06-20 08:30 am (UTC)Like ebay and paypal. To me, an avid ebayer, I liked that because it made it much easier to pay. But there is $$ in ebay and paypal making it much easier for them to find each other and close the gaps.
Is there money in the companies that run online blogs and journals? I haven't really thought about it, but they don't seem like they can be big sources of revenue. No ads & no big fees to use them. So not much incentive outside acedemic one-uppance would make them improve their tools to give you a smooth ride on any of them.
Anyway, I'll shut up now. Your thoughts?
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Date: 2003-06-20 08:48 am (UTC)But then, yeah. I don't understand the revenue stream at all. I use Blogger Pro which is the paid version of the free Blogger. It cost $30 (one time charge). You get more features but as much service and support (as in none).
I first looked at stuff for pay figuring I would have the better chance at finding the total package. Nope. The one that comes closest to what I want is totally free.
BUT there seems to be big competition and money in there somewhere. I don't know where but somewhere.
Last night I saw Craig of Craig's list being interviewed. Now I can't see where he's making a penny. He charges nothing. He has no advertising. Where's the coin???? But, apparently, his little Craig's list company is growing - has a dozen or so employees and is making money - maybe they pimp in white on white type????
Curiouser...