Rant
Today my TypePad filter showed 1599 spam blog comments automatically blocked. One got through and I found it, word for word, on more than forty other blogs (2 seconds with Bing & Google). It’s stuff like this that makes me have moderation even though it’s not my preference.
I joined the TypePad Meetup Group so would be aware if any meetings coincided with my, very, occasional visits to San Francisco. Through that I discovered this new San Francisco blogger meet-up. Unfortunately my next visit won’t be until November, and only for a couple of hours on the
I don’t usually repost a full blog post but the one you see below is rather important to the future of this blog! Six Apart (Typepad’s owner) are “joining forces” with “media” (advertising company) VideoEgg. Mergers can bring good or bad. I hope this means a better TypePad
Got this message today from Six Apart. I liked Vox and hoped it’s superior media embedding/library system (books, video etc) would be adopted on TypePad, but no sign of that yet. I suspect one less platform to concentrate on will help TypePad development but recent changes there, like
This banner is the view of the other side of where I live. Great area for walking, road cycling and that dam is drinking water that goes from bush, to dam, to tap without needing to travel by bottle (and for a fraction of the price). Lower Nihotupu Dam &
A view from the Waitakere Ranges of: Waitakere City, Auckland CBD, North Shore, Rangitoto (Volcanic cone) and, in the far distance, Coromandel Peninsular. I actually live 370m below this, in the foreground, so usually see this view, puffing, after cycling up the hill. The road is called "The Scenic
I was happy with this analysis, from the text of a TAMOz related post, as the first one I tried said "Dan Brown"! I write like Isaac Asimov I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! I wish I did write like Isaac. I’ve
A few days ago a post asked Are you human? Prove it! by sending an email. It was a rather unscientific way to see how web stats relate to actual readers who will take action in a 24 hour period. So what happened in the stats? * According to the site
The Question: The FeedBurner subscription count on my blog varies between 500-3500/day (?). TypePad and Google tell me several hundred to thousand/day land here via search, direct visits or social media. Stats are nice but wonder how many of those numbers are real vs “search bots”, and the like,
I thought thecadgeek had turned (90º) green and moved to Wellington but it was just Twitter Avatar confusion with Stuff Tech in New Zealand. Donnie is getting married and launching his first book in the near future. Congratulations and Best Wishes for both momentous events!
I’ve visited TypePad, why don’t you! I called in, travelling by the bicycle* as seen reflected in the front door photo (right), when visiting in San Francisco in 2009 for an Autodesk Blogger event. I went a few days early for some holiday and it was great to
When I see something which triggers the “could be a blog post” thought I grab a screenshot with Snagit. and save the image. Sometimes I use the Send > TypePad output to post direct from the Snagit Editor. Usually I tick “Post as Draft” as it could be days, weeks,
