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It’s not important why, but I’ve spent most of the afternoon (having washed all the windows, sent extended replies to all the flagged messages in my inbox and hoovered the flat in an attempt to put off work for as long as possible) playing with a variety of blogging software.
What I can’t understand, having tried four, is why Blogger even gets a look in. I know it’s free, it’s easy to use and it was one of the first on the market, but the interface is so clunky and brash that it’s just… ugh.
Movable Type remains my favourite, in spite of the fiddly setup process, and Grey Matter, while I’ve not used it in a while, remains a bit of a favourite purely because of its simplicity, and the fact that it’s entirely open source.
Of the remotely hosted ones, though, TypePad is excellent. It looks great, it’s set up in a moment, it’s flexible, and it allows you to post using email, which is almost as simple as posting to MindSay using AIM.
It was all work-related. I wouldn’t do that kind of thing for fun, which being as today’s a Saturday is of course why I did so much putting off and putting off.
Still, the flat looks good as a result. There’s nothing like work for making you do a spring-clean.
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