[Air-l] Practical bon log application advice

[Ellie Wix]

Agreed, I'd also recc LiveJournal because you can easily friend other people
and have a community to post issue/information.  I use it mainly for the
community features it offers.

-Ellie


On 10/18/06, Alex Halavais <halavais at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Quick note: it's a .org:
>
> http://www.s9y.org/
>
> But if you are new to blogging, the last thing you want to worry about
> is dealing with installs. Even if you aren't new to blogging. I have
> had a lot of success with http://wordpress.com, but livejournal and
> blogger are also reasonable choices. Again, I'd recommend against
> doing installs (or having your students install) unless you are a
> masochist. None of the systems are particularly difficult to install
> or maintain, but why do it if someone else will do it for you?
>
> Best,
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> On 10/18/06, elw at stderr.org <elw at stderr.org> wrote:
> >
> > > We will probably be able to get server space on a university computer.
> > > But I need advice on possible software/applications.  At a minimum we
> > > want our students to be able to input/upload text and images (video
> > > would be nice, too).  The interface needs to be relatively simple, as
> we
> > > will sometimes be working from cybercafés, with limited time to fuss
> > > with things.  And, of course, cost is a factor.  Any suggestions?
> >
> > "geeky street cred" these days seems to go to serendipity:
> >
> > http://www.s9y.com/
> >
> > It lacks some of the most annoying warts that affect Wordpress
> > (http://www.wordpress.org) and Movable Type
> > (http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype), the other two weblog publishing
> > systems that people are likely to recommend to you.
> >
> > Other systems, such as Drupal and Joomla! and Moodle, could be tweaked
> > into meeting your needs-- but probably significantly outstrip your need
> > for flexibility or your desire to carry out extensive configuration.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > --elijah
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