Everything is now about the community when it comes to the Internet. And for a long time del.icio.us was bringing together the world of bookmarks. However, I never thought that it looked that good (yes, UI matters), I also wasn’t able to actually store some other stuff I wanted to bookmark (like code snippets - think post it here). I also tried Yahoo Bookmarks, I’ll spare you the pain of that disaster. So now I’m using Markaboo and I’m very happy, it’s missing some stuff (like multi-level tag browsing and notifications when someone comments on a link) but it’s none critical enough that now I have all my junk in there and use it on a daily basis.
So I may be blaming unfinished software for my own procrastination. But in the end, I wasn’t blogging anymore. I missed TrackBacks and Typo just didn’t have them. So I gave MoveableType a go, the install was easy, but customizations where not. It’s mostly because MT is so vast. I just want to keep it simple and do my own thing… As a final move I went back to WordPress, and it’s looking up. The import was a piece of cake and they have done a good job in the AJAXification of the application. I’m liking the move so far! You’ll be seeing more of me now (hopefully!)
So looks like ActiveState is going back to being its own company again! They issued a press release yesterday on the deal. In my opinion this is good and bad. Good because ActiveState has proven that they are a profitable venture (while benefiting the community with their patches and free kits, esp. the Perl port on Windows). Bad because now Pender Financial is going to want to strap the nitro on and squeeze nickels and dimes out of the customers to get their ROI. We’ll see what happens…
