UCalgaryBlogs update
The UCalgaryBlogs.ca publishing platform has really only been active for the last month, with real faculty and students using it. In that month, it’s already seen more activity, in terms of blog posts written, than weblogs.ucalgary.ca has seen in over 3.5 years of activity.
1600 posts.
In one month.
30 days.
And it really hasn’t been launched very publicly on campus yet. I can’t wait to see what people do with this stuff…
I’ve got a pretty strong feeling that people are taking to the WordPress Multiuser platform in ways that they never did with Drupal. That’s definitely not a shot at Drupal – just a statement of how the power of an individual-focused publishing platform resonates with individuals.
Great stuff to see! Wonderful when things just happen … but, at the end of the day we know there are lots of factors that contribute to success. I think we are working in a time where technology is driving new users to use — in other words the technology is inviting and we happen to be able to provide it to people. I know on my campus we aren’t fighting as hard for adoption. People are showing up … I knew there was a reason we were building stuff! Big congrats!