Movin' out...

LTjake on 2007-04-17T22:48:38

I've decided to try vox out. Don't get me wrong, use.perl has served me well -- I'm just looking to try something new.

You can catch my postings at bricas.vox.com. I haven't decided if I'll cross-post back here or not...

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does it matter where your blog is?

markjugg on 2007-04-18T02:37:52

I'm sure it's nice, and perhaps to people who use feed readers, the location of another feed doesn't matter much.

I'm a "tech" person, but I have repeatedly tried and given up on feed readers....I just don't want another information stream to feel like I need to get "caught up" on.

I like reading the journals at use.perl because there are several of them, and there is usually something new and interesting being posted.

So, I'm in the camp that would read your stuff if it was cross-posted back here.

Enjoy the new service!

Mark

Re:does it matter where your blog is?

LTjake on 2007-04-18T11:31:03

I've decided to start cross-posting my perl-related entries. Basically, use.perl is a subject-specific place, and I don't want to be left out. :)

I do wish that I could read use.perl in a more planet-like manner, though. Of course, I could set up my own planet installation...

Thanks for your reply!

Re:does it matter where your blog is?

Aristotle on 2007-04-19T02:53:51

Add http://use.perl.org/search.pl?op=journals;content_type=atom to your feed reader – there’s your planet. There’s even an equivalent feed for all comments, but it doesn’t have the text of the comments.

And he was never seen again...

Alias on 2007-04-18T04:47:37

Unfortunately, if your posts don't appear on the use.perl recent journal entries list, I'm never going to see any of your posts.

Sigh... another community member lost to the great "out there".

Re:And he was never seen again...

scot on 2007-04-18T19:17:26

You could just mark every user as "friend" :)...I guess the moral to the story is that if certain sites want to keep their userbase then occasional site upgrades are warranted. I notice that at Vox one can enter hyperlinks with a button click and a paste; unlike some sites where you still have to hand enter html markup.

Re:And he was never seen again…

Aristotle on 2007-04-19T02:49:56

You could just mark every user as “friend” :)

http://use.perl.org/search.pl?op=journals

Me too.

stu42j on 2007-04-18T19:48:10

I also have been trying out Vox for personal blogging. It has some nifty features but I'm finding some things I don't like and may not be able to get over:

1. Bad password security
2. No post preview feels weird
3. Anonymous comments not allowed

Preview is on their todo list as is OpenId support but I get the feeling they consider no anonymous comments to be a feature.

Re:Me too.

LTjake on 2007-04-18T22:30:13

Not having a preview button bugs me too -- I'm glad they're adding it!

Re:Me too.

Aristotle on 2007-04-19T02:51:31

Anonymous comments are disallowed on use.perl as well. If they weren’t I would probably not have gotten an account here.