11pm, Saturday night - the TypeList export was broken. I filed a trouble ticket and two hours later Ben Trott had delivered a fixed version of the requested XML file to my inbox. (How's that for service??) Two weeks later, I've finally gotten around to moving all of the "Hello, Links" and "Hello, News" archives over to my new "low threshold links" project: randomwalks.com/dj. Even though the usual tell tale signs of a "blog" are backgrounded - permalinks, commentary, categories, comments and trackback - they're still there. Here at "Hello," the absence of sidebar links loosens up the layout a little bit. I also got to play with a bunch of Perl modules we're using at work on our new (yet to be launched) youth media distribution Web site.
I work with filmmakers and non-profit workers - people on a budget who usually can't afford computers, and when they can, don't have the luxury of time to explore all the latest and greatest technologies. That's where we Bloggers come in. Six Apart may have a tiny staff, but they (and other Blogging software companies) have an extremely loyal customer base that is constantly testing, tinkering and pushing. The result is a lot of tools and methodologies that are good enough and still improving. When my boss asks me why blogging is important, I can show her a partner's RSS feed that's easily integrated into our site, or make a wholesale change to our website with a CSS tweak.
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