moving to a new home
That's it. I've had enough of this beta blocker Blogger business. This blog has now moved to The Valley of Lost Things. Please come on over and join in.
if you're sure you put it down somewhere, this is probably where it is now
That's it. I've had enough of this beta blocker Blogger business. This blog has now moved to The Valley of Lost Things. Please come on over and join in.
Switching to the new beta version of Blogger is proving to be a rash decision. It's probably fine for new blogs starting out, but the legacy of old posts is creating all sorts of difficulties.
(I still haven't worked out how to get those drop caps to appear.)
I've posted occasionally over the last nine months or so about Web 2.0. Originally it was in connection with a research project I was undertaking at College, with the final posts on my conclusions in June, but my interest in the subject continues.
Continuing yesterday's musings about the beta version of Blogger, I find that there are definite improvements to the service. Publishing (at least so far) is much quicker, since the whole blog is no longer updated, just the most recent post. The interface is clearer and no longer has to be refreshed to avoid strange arrangements of post headings.
Following soon after the launch of Microsoft's desktop blogging tool Live Writer (PC only), a lot of web commentators such as Mark Evans have pounced on the news that Google has released a beta version of Blogger, the first major update since acquisition in 2003. Just about everyone, such as Wired, is impressed with the new features, though favourable comments are usually accompanied by the suggestion that it's about time too. On the downside, Steve Rubel found problems with the privacy settings, and the software isn't fully compatible with the Safari browser yet.
he Visual Dictionary is a collection of images of words photographed in different locations. Anyone can submit, and already there are over 3,000 images of over 2,000 words.