Comments on: Planet ADCE: Latest Posts on Apple Digital Campus Exchange Weblogs

By: Matt Pasiewicz

Matt Pasiewicz — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Did you consider using something like ECTO or MarsEdit to allow you to post to multiple blogs concurrently?

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for reminding me about FoF… it fits the bill for something I was going to toss into Blogdigger. But still WT######F is Apple thinking with having blog reading behind a password? It is antithetical and I am weighing blogging it in their onw blog.

And yes, Matt, I ecto to both MovableType and WordPress sites; w/o ecto, my blogging would be about half the volume (and twice the calories).

By: Matt Pasiewicz

Matt Pasiewicz — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Somehow I totally misread the posting above … bet your were wondering why the heck is he mentioning ecto??? Clearly not enough coffee yet.

I don’t quite get the whole password protected blog thing either … it is one thing to protect against comment spam, but another to password protect the whole blog viewing exeperience. Maybe they have some vision for a gated community that isn’t clear yet, but they’re definately assembling quite a list of names.

By: D'Arcy

D'Arcy — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

The password thing really bothers me too… I have posted on my ADCE blog about it, perhaps more subtly than I should have

http://edcommunity.apple.com/adc/tools/?p=10

I’ve also been in touch with Peter and friends to see if we can open up access. If it’s going to remain a walled garden, I’ve got better things to do with my unavailable spare time

By: Josie Fraser

Josie Fraser — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Cheers for this D’Arcy. The Apple site is a pain - I get asked the ‘one time only’ password everytime I try and drop in. I’m sticking to staying outside & just reading the feeds.

I hope they’re giving you something for your efforts, even if it’s only a discount on ipod socks.

By: D'Arcy

D'Arcy — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Josie, once you’ve logged in (once), just subscribe to the RSS feeds for the blogs you’re interested in. The blogs themselves aren’t restricted, just the pointers to them. Figure that one out. I’m sure nobody else would ever create another link to the blogs… Security through obscurity?

By: Cole Camplese

Cole Camplese — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

D … still bothering me as well. I keep pushing, but I can’t seem to get an answer to the password thing. Just doesn’t make any sense at all. I was actually getting set to install the WP aggreator blog at my site for the ADCE … I like to read the stuff, but I don’t have the time to bounce around the site … I can subcribe to each one, but I shouldn’t *have* to do that. At any rate, I’ll be talking with Peter and John this week and will push once again. Thanks–> C