Friday, February 17, 2006

Why I chose "radio.weblogs.com" as my first weblog's site I've only sent the link to this weblog to a couple of people so far. One of them wrote back and [among other things] asked, "Why did you choose the Radio site? Do you know somebody else who uses it, and/or are there features you find especially valuable?" I thought I'd answer here, so if anybody else asks, I can point them to this post. No, I don't know [or, rather, know that I know] anyone else who uses it. Features that I [expect to] find valuable? Yes ... not exactly features of the site, but rather features of the software. Unlike most blogging setups, with this one you download (and, after a 30-day free trial, pay for) a software package onto your own computer. You compose your posts there, and then upload them -- which is easy to do with this package -- and a copy is kept on your own computer, so (for example) it's easy to repost some, or all, of the material to another site later. There's more to it than that; a lot of it is stuff which appeals to the software geek in me. It's a package you can grow into; manage multiple weblogs and/or other websites with; and -- by graduating to a similar, but more expensive, package from the same company -- manage your own site with multiple blogs, forums ... just about any interactive Web feature you can name. The not-so-expensive package that I'm using now is called Radio Userland. It costs $40 a year. For more information: http://radio.userland.com/. 3:18:55 PM    comment [] The Trouble with Blogging ... is that it's too easy. Make that way too easy. You are too tempted to throw something up (so to speak) on the Internet without thinking about it carefully. Will I escape this temptation? Time will tell .... 12:12:51 PM    comment [] Where Else to Find Me I also have a home page -- not a blog -- at The Well: http://www.well.com/user/edelsont/. 11:52:17 AM    comment [] The Tao of blogging (pt 1) If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? 11:03:53 AM    comment []

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