Underscores, Optimization & Arms Races A dozen years ago, the web started to reshape itself around major companies like Google. We can understand the genesis of today’s algorithmic arms race against...
Sippey, Superstar! One of the most satisfying and fun things I’ve ever seen in my job was the sight of my friend and coworker Michael Sippey onstage with Steve Jobs and the App...
Meet up at PodCamp? Are you in New York for the PodCamp NYC conference ? Well, I’ll be there representing Six Apart and if you’re podcasting with Movable Type, TypePad, LiveJourn...
Best Day Ever: Chris Anderson I nominate Chris Anderson for best day ever. A hit book on its first day out ( my review got a nice nod ), a featured blog on TypePad (and you get a co...
Interview with Niall Just a quick note, Niall Kennedy has posted the conversation he and I had on Friday on his blog. It’s available as both text and an MP3/podcast if you don’t...
It's Good To Have Friends What was that about how people are emotional about the social software they use? Today was a pretty rough day, with a long painful downtime for TypePad, and I...
Experimenting With AdSense Just because I like to try new things out, I threw Google’s AdSense for Feeds on my Atom feed that lots of you are subscribed to. I’ll probably take it off,...
Being an Expert A few weeks ago, I had the chance to learn some knife skills from an expert. Not “I’ll cut you” knife skills, but the kind of skils that only expert chefs or c...
Hello Friends I quite enjoyed using Google Maps to find TypePad members near New York City . Or, you know, dog lovers near Peoria ....
Still chugging along I’m still in the process of doing some reworking of my blog here, but if you’re interested in a lot of the blog-tech-related posts I put up on my Daily Links o...
How I am using Movable Type In answer to Mena’s question regarding Movable Type, asking " How are you using the tool? ", I thought I’d explain a little bit about my personal set...
The Trott takes CNN We’ve got a pretty good sense of humor at Six Apart, but I knew that Ben and Mena were understandably a bit nervous before their appearance on CNN Headline Ne...
Stupid Rain We’ve moved this afternoon’s Six Apart/Movable Type/TypePad gathering to Push Cafe , on Third Avenue at 23rd Street. See you there!...
recently updated list I just added one of TypePad’s coolest new features to this site, which is a list of Recently Updated TypePad sites, over there on the sidebar. Should be a ni...
photo albums rock I never cease being amazed at the sheer beauty of some of the Photo Albums TypePad users are creating. Here’s one of the best yet ....
TypePad's up. And with that, our little system came to life. Good luck, TypePad. 🙂 (I can’t remember the last time something in my career actually gave me butterflies.)...
downtime Just a note for those who’ve emailed, I’m travelling this week and busy with other work stuff, so the Daily Links will continue to be light or nonexistent, and...
typepad beta graphic Another minor milestone for me is the new TypePad beta badges that are popping up. It’s really exciting to see people connecting with each other through the...
off the record Officially, of course, I can’t condone people being TypePad snobs . But off the record, well… I can’t blame ’em. 🙂...
another great TypePad site Colleen ‘s site is just beautiful. I love seeing the elegant results people make with the template builder....
No Beta For You Okay, seriously folks, you know I love you, but I do not have an in for getting you on the TypePad beta. It’s out of my hands. What I will tell you is that...
Zempt 0.3 Looks like Bill and Adam did an amazing job with the new beta of Zempt. I put in my TypePad URL, user name, and password, and now I’m posting through the app....
opening the kimono Another one of our milestones whizzes by. As of today, TypePad websites are visible to the public. I can’t wait to see what everyone thinks....
more info on typepad soon we’re going to be sending out some more info on typepad soon– keep your eyes peeled!...
another cool TypePad site this is a really neat typepad site i just found about the purple line on the DC metro . nice use of the photo albums for maps that relate to the material....
new users are in! The first group of TypePad beta testers are in and using the system, and it’s so exciting to watch them start their sites. I can’t wait to see what they think....
magazine I was testing importing, so I brought over my magazine from my regular site, and I think it looks pretty neat. It even saved the trackbacks....
nadir nadir nadir I have the worst weblog in the entire history of TypePad. No funny “Andy Rooney with swear words” essays. No “here’s how it’s gonna be, and let me tell you why...