First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
YAY!!!
Went to see Avenue Q again tonight. Definitely enjoyed it the second time around. It was interesting to compare tonight with the first time I saw it, as the performance in Melbourne was in the opening week with the Australian cast. Although the first time was really good, it was very much a copy of the American show. Tonight was so much better in that the actors were more comfortable with the characters and the puppets.
Now we just need to convince Canberra Theatre to install cocktail glass holders. :)
What are your favorite web or mobile apps? Which ones do you use everyday?
Tweetdeck for organising all my twitter stuff
How do you use the Internet to stay informed about the things that matter to you?
I think a list would be appropriate here -
- Twitter - used as a pseudo-RSS feed of various things. A lot of local social media opinion too.
- Facebook - used to
spycatch up with people I wanted to forget about once I left that school or workplace - Livejournal - the underworld of Top Gear and Dr Who fanfic..
- The Riot Act - local news and opinion
- ABC News - Australian news and TV
- Email - Genealogy mailing lists, junk mail and everything else I signed up for once upon a time
- Flickr - photography and pretty pictures
Addicted? Probably
Day five of NaBloPoMo and we get to the inevitable dull day where you've done nothing out of the ordinary, and the QOTD has let you down (How on earth would I know what Obama has done - nothing for us here in Australia!). So, here I am wondering what to write - which is the whole point of this exercise.
Lately, I've not been working and I'm having a wonderful time being a full time mum and actually having time to study for my uni exams that are coming up. The problem is, the longer that I'm not working, the harder it is to get back into what I want to do.
So the question is, how to I turn an interview into a job offer? I get positive responses from the interviewers, but get cut out by people with more experience than me. Not sure where all these other people were when I was trying to hire people in my previous job. Where do I get experience when no one is hiring and I'm not studying and the local university?
We will get there eventually...
If you could only drink one beverage for the rest of your life (not including water), which one would you choose?
Need I say more? mmmmmmmmmm.... chocolate :)
How old do you think children should be before they join social networks like Facebook and MySpace?
I think that really depends on the parents. If they are willing (and able) to understand social media and teach children about how to use these sites, then the earlier the better. The principle is no different to 'stranger danger' really. The sooner the internet and social media sites are seen as tools rather than toys and accepted as just another aspect of operating in society, the better off our children will be.
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I drove home from a meeting across town in quite a spectacular lightning storm tonight. Apart from the driving in heavy rain, this was rather nice as it had been stinking hot again today - and it's only November!
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