Reboot
Well, let's reboot this blog. I haven't posted much because I haven't felt like I had something worth saying, but you know what, bloviating has the same root word as blogging. So, I shall bloguiate.
I have tried other blogging platforms, Posterous, WordPress, Tumblr, etc. Yet the only one I still feel comfortable with is Blogger.com. Even with the changes that Google made, it feels easy, intuitive, and I don't need to get annoyed. I don't feel, like with Tumblr, that I need to make my contents special or photography-related. I don't feel, like with Posterous, that I need to have friends and families to post to. I don't feel, like with WordPress, that I have to remember to press "Enter" one time to get a new paragraph or that I have to deal with various buttons either confusing me or giving me choices that leave me paralyzed.
With WordPress, I get a button like Save as Draft that is more prominent than Publish, making me feel like I should somehow censor myself. In contrast, Blogger puts Publish in orange, and the rest in tasteful background gray.
I did, however, feel that Blogger was for a time getting complicated in trying to copy other platforms, offering features like labels and tagging (what's an obvious way to tell the difference?). I know the difference between labels, tags, categories, and folders, but I don't want to deal with them when I'm writing. I may geek out, but when I'm writing, I prefer not to be fiddling with the styles, organizations, and classifications.
Like I pointed out before on Abraham Williams' Google+, Google should be the Netflix of text. It should figure out how to parse the contents and offer suggested categories. I believe it already does so with the Internet, so why can't it do so with people posting on Google+ as well? Like Netflix's 5-star rating system, Google can use each individual's +1 to filter out what people aren't interested in.
Naturally, there is worry about privacy, but I think it could be implemented like advertising in emails.
I have tried other blogging platforms, Posterous, WordPress, Tumblr, etc. Yet the only one I still feel comfortable with is Blogger.com. Even with the changes that Google made, it feels easy, intuitive, and I don't need to get annoyed. I don't feel, like with Tumblr, that I need to make my contents special or photography-related. I don't feel, like with Posterous, that I need to have friends and families to post to. I don't feel, like with WordPress, that I have to remember to press "Enter" one time to get a new paragraph or that I have to deal with various buttons either confusing me or giving me choices that leave me paralyzed.
With WordPress, I get a button like Save as Draft that is more prominent than Publish, making me feel like I should somehow censor myself. In contrast, Blogger puts Publish in orange, and the rest in tasteful background gray.
I did, however, feel that Blogger was for a time getting complicated in trying to copy other platforms, offering features like labels and tagging (what's an obvious way to tell the difference?). I know the difference between labels, tags, categories, and folders, but I don't want to deal with them when I'm writing. I may geek out, but when I'm writing, I prefer not to be fiddling with the styles, organizations, and classifications.
Like I pointed out before on Abraham Williams' Google+, Google should be the Netflix of text. It should figure out how to parse the contents and offer suggested categories. I believe it already does so with the Internet, so why can't it do so with people posting on Google+ as well? Like Netflix's 5-star rating system, Google can use each individual's +1 to filter out what people aren't interested in.
Naturally, there is worry about privacy, but I think it could be implemented like advertising in emails.
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posted by Alan at December 12, 2011
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