JamesAZ — Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:22:36 +0000

Best tool hands down: MovableType. I've used it for over a dozen commercial and personal sites, and I love it more every day.

oce222 — Wed, 09 Apr 2003 22:12:08 +0000

Actually, try phpweblog.com

It is quite cool... I've been messing around with it lately...

Megan — Tue, 25 Mar 2003 14:13:24 +0000

The good thing is that most of these systems import data from other blogging tools, so it's easy to change from one to another (supposedly...). I think I might just set something up at blogger.com since I still haven't gotten my hosting situation sorted out (need time to wait on the phone!)

oce222 — Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:13:57 +0000

I heard some decent things about blogger.com ... it's already been mentioned but apparently it's decent

dragonsjaw — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:18:56 +0000

I have been thinking about this a lot, I am going to start a blog in the next month or so.
(btw- I will use Movable Type, if the install thing is too much for the non-geek me, I will pay the $20 and let Ben/Mina or some one else do it for me

I only read a handful of blogs regularly. One person often hides an entry and you need to email for password. One person also has blocked certain ip's from accessing to keep out people they know will come and be offended.

My personal take on all this is that I want a blog where I can say what I want, if someone doesn't like it they can leave.

And I believe you can add htaccess to keep out google, etc so it won't get indexed.

It's your place to be you, if you write when angry perhaps waiting an hour or two and rereading will prevent doing something you may be sorry for.

dragonsjaw

disaster-master — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:53:57 +0000

HERE is a post on a forum titled "libel law, blogs, and ethics" that has several offlinks on this topic.

Suzanne — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:22:46 +0000

http://www.dooce.com/mtarchives/02_26_2002.html

Suzanne — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:03:53 +0000

Unless you're a lot more of a crank in real life than you are at TWF, I'd say you're doing fine...

dooce.com got fired for what she wrote online about her coworkers. Most of it was very nasty stuff.

There have been cases here and there. diveintomark.org had a similiar issue (check his archives for "there are four lights") and ended up changing jobs, I believe.

I tend to think of blogging as publication -- would I write this to be published in the Globe and Mail? Would I write this in a letter to my grandma? Lately it's also been -- would I read this to my child?

Clearly some things you're going to want to say anyway, like "war is stupid! wage peace you ninnies!", and then in that case, be prepared for people to get pissed off. But usually, as I said in the other thread, this can be an opportunity to open a dialogue, not just engage in a flame war. Despite some popular idiots in Bloggerville who like to start blog wars every few weeks.

Megan — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:49:39 +0000

Say what you think and mean what you say - that's good advice. Obviously there's going to be some self-censorship involved, but I can't hide stuff just for fear that someone might hold it against me. Really, I don't want to have to worry about people like that (mum thinks I should though...)

Busy — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:44:53 +0000

from the general thread and this one:

I think be yourself, it would get you into trouble with someone whether you say it or print it, sadly we can't please everyone all the time. But this is your page for you (and other interested parties) From the other threadThere's a line here between genuine interest and stalking or other vindictive motives. That's what I'm worried about. I only wanted a peek
A blog is a journal, I bet if your mum ever read your private journal when you were a teen she'd freak. I remember my ex girlfreind gave me hers to read, sure it was interesting but I never read it all as 1/ I didn't know half the people mentioned, 2/ women don't make any sense at the best of times 3/ it was the past and just her way of venting most of the time, we all do it, she just wrote hers down.
I have a few friends with blogs and browsed some, but all seem to vent the bad stuff, sadly the good stuff never gets enough limelight.
The other thing is if you are constant (everyday or so) the threads/topics will get buried quite quickly.
Just say what you think, and mean what you say.
the other option is to do it in binary