Comments on: got a blog? http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:45:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Scott S. Floyd http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/#comment-193880 Scott S. Floyd Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:26:01 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2526#comment-193880 Life really is good. Isn't it? Life really is good. Isn’t it?

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/#comment-193878 dnorman Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:57:52 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2526#comment-193878 @scott luckily you don't need to <a href="http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/got-blog/4142178" rel="nofollow">design the shirt</a> :-) @scott luckily you don’t need to design the shirt :-)

]]> By: Scott S. Floyd http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/#comment-193877 Scott S. Floyd Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:54:52 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2526#comment-193877 I'm thinking "got blog?" would make a great shirt or even business card to hand out. Basic white with black letters and the URL to get one. Gonna use that with our WPMU roll out to students after Christmas. Thanks for the idea above. Really cool. I’m thinking “got blog?” would make a great shirt or even business card to hand out. Basic white with black letters and the URL to get one. Gonna use that with our WPMU roll out to students after Christmas. Thanks for the idea above. Really cool.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/#comment-193876 dnorman Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:48:00 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2526#comment-193876 Technically, there is no difference. I'd MUCH rather just send people to WordPress.com or edublogs.org or any other hosted service. BUT, those are hosted in the States, meaning their servers are subject to Patriot Act and DMCA. Both of which are incompatible with the privacy policies of Canadian education institutions. So, failing a Canadian-hosted service like wordpress.ca or edublogs.ca, we get to host our own on campus. Which really isn't that bad - I'm using a server provided by IT, and the only cost (aside from my time) has been the WPMU-Dev-Premium subscription, which was so completely worth the money. I'd written some more detailed and hopefully coherent thoughts on the issue here http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/08/09/on-campus-blogging-at-the-university-of-calgary/ Basically, I'd LOVE to use an external service, but privacy policy gets in the way, as well as some other less critical issues. Technically, there is no difference. I’d MUCH rather just send people to WordPress.com or edublogs.org or any other hosted service. BUT, those are hosted in the States, meaning their servers are subject to Patriot Act and DMCA. Both of which are incompatible with the privacy policies of Canadian education institutions. So, failing a Canadian-hosted service like wordpress.ca or edublogs.ca, we get to host our own on campus. Which really isn’t that bad – I’m using a server provided by IT, and the only cost (aside from my time) has been the WPMU-Dev-Premium subscription, which was so completely worth the money.

I’d written some more detailed and hopefully coherent thoughts on the issue here
http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/08/09/on-campus-blogging-at-the-university-of-calgary/

Basically, I’d LOVE to use an external service, but privacy policy gets in the way, as well as some other less critical issues.

]]> By: Teddy http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/#comment-193875 Teddy Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:23:09 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2526#comment-193875 Just curious, D'arcy... what's the benefit of your platform over blogger/wordpress/moveable type - the other free websites? Just the fact that you host locally, or is there more? There must be more to go through all this effort. Just curious, D’arcy… what’s the benefit of your platform over blogger/wordpress/moveable type – the other free websites? Just the fact that you host locally, or is there more? There must be more to go through all this effort.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/#comment-193874 dnorman Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:59:32 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2526#comment-193874 man, have you got me pegged. I'm _ALL_ about the monetizing. kaCHING! rolling in the edublogger mad cash, baybee! man, have you got me pegged. I’m _ALL_ about the monetizing. kaCHING! rolling in the edublogger mad cash, baybee!

]]> By: James Farmer http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/#comment-193870 James Farmer Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:46:19 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2526#comment-193870 Heh, no worries, glad you're finding it useful. You can start monetizing the blogs now too ;) Heh, no worries, glad you’re finding it useful.

You can start monetizing the blogs now too ;)

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/#comment-193869 dnorman Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:09:00 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2526#comment-193869 heh. not likely - Edublogs is waaaaay bigger than anything I'd get going just on campus. Every single person in the campus community could set up a blog, and you'd still have several times more people :-) And I REALLY need to get off my butt and finish hacking on the front page of ucalgaryblogs.ca so it's not so blatantly aping the edublogs theme. I really didn't mean to leave it unhacked for so long! heh. not likely – Edublogs is waaaaay bigger than anything I’d get going just on campus. Every single person in the campus community could set up a blog, and you’d still have several times more people :-)

And I REALLY need to get off my butt and finish hacking on the front page of ucalgaryblogs.ca so it’s not so blatantly aping the edublogs theme. I really didn’t mean to leave it unhacked for so long!

]]> By: James Farmer http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/got-a-blog/#comment-193868 James Farmer Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:48:20 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2526#comment-193868 Dude, I feel a whiff of competition coming on ;) Dude, I feel a whiff of competition coming on ;)

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