Comments on: Blog commons? http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:28:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Overdue Ideas http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Overdue Ideas Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:31:28 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/#comment-1130 <strong>Microsoft get Creative...</strong> Microsoft recently (quietly) announced a Creative Commons plugin for Office 2007 that enables you to add a Creative Commons license to your documents (Word, Excel and Powerpoint).... Microsoft get Creative…

Microsoft recently (quietly) announced a Creative Commons plugin for Office 2007 that enables you to add a Creative Commons license to your documents (Word, Excel and Powerpoint)….

]]> By: paul http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 paul Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:43:17 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/#comment-1108 Matt, interesting - thanks. I should perhaps raise the 'bar' slightly and go with a little more restrictive license, thereby reserving the right to refuse commercial use, for instance, of my content. I'm sure that it is unlikely that commercial use would ever be made of my musings, but I think I'm developing a more cautious streak in old age.... Paul Matt,
interesting - thanks. I should perhaps raise the ‘bar’ slightly and go with a little more restrictive license, thereby reserving the right to refuse commercial use, for instance, of my content. I’m sure that it is unlikely that commercial use would ever be made of my musings, but I think I’m developing a more cautious streak in old age….

Paul

]]> By: Matt Mower http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Matt Mower Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:59:06 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/#comment-1101 I think publishing a separate license for each post would be OTT and I would say your license should follow the 80/20 rule. After all nothing stops someone who wants an additional right from asking you, and you granting it. For example I used to repost a number of Tom Tomorrow's cartoons on my blog. His general license expressly forbids this. I wrote to him and explained that I wanted to blog some of his cartoons that I liked. He replied and said "No problem." I think publishing a separate license for each post would be OTT and I would say your license should follow the 80/20 rule. After all nothing stops someone who wants an additional right from asking you, and you granting it.

For example I used to repost a number of Tom Tomorrow’s cartoons on my blog. His general license expressly forbids this. I wrote to him and explained that I wanted to blog some of his cartoons that I liked. He replied and said “No problem.”

]]> By: paul http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 paul Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:38:58 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/#comment-1100 Chris, it is the off-line availability which is the most important aspect for me. I spend a very large part of my working life on public transport, drifting in and out of net-access. Although a little buggy, Ecto is quite sophisticated. For example, it allows me to embed images from my local iPhoto library into draft posts while off-line, and then upload these to the remote blog system when online. The local integration offers a few valuable conveniences - I use NetNewsWire as my RSS organiser and reader and can create new drafts in Ecto based on content in my RSS 'stream' with a couple of clicks. No doubt this sort of thing can be achieved with Firefox plugins or the like, but I still need the off-line access. While I have long believed that the 'use from anywhere' aspect of browser-based solutions is important - my previous 'intranet developer' career was practically built on this notion, it turns out that this is not so important now in my current working life as I carry my office, my MacBookPro, with me everywhere when I'm working. When I'm not, I have my iPhone and I'm happy then to use Wordpress's web interface. Cheers, Paul Chris,
it is the off-line availability which is the most important aspect for me. I spend a very large part of my working life on public transport, drifting in and out of net-access.
Although a little buggy, Ecto is quite sophisticated. For example, it allows me to embed images from my local iPhoto library into draft posts while off-line, and then upload these to the remote blog system when online.
The local integration offers a few valuable conveniences - I use NetNewsWire as my RSS organiser and reader and can create new drafts in Ecto based on content in my RSS ’stream’ with a couple of clicks. No doubt this sort of thing can be achieved with Firefox plugins or the like, but I still need the off-line access.
While I have long believed that the ‘use from anywhere’ aspect of browser-based solutions is important - my previous ‘intranet developer’ career was practically built on this notion, it turns out that this is not so important now in my current working life as I carry my office, my MacBookPro, with me everywhere when I’m working. When I’m not, I have my iPhone and I’m happy then to use Wordpress’s web interface.

Cheers,

Paul

]]> By: Chris Keene http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 Chris Keene Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:23:41 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/25/blog-commons/#comment-1099 Somewhat ignoring the point of your post, but I'm interested in why you prefer to use a client based app for blogging rather than the wordpress web based client? To me, the web has the advantage that I can use it from anywhere and is just as quick and powerful as an average pc/mac software. In fact I often use google docs and other web based tools rather than the client based equivalents. Does a client based app have advantages, other than being available offline? Somewhat ignoring the point of your post, but I’m interested in why you prefer to use a client based app for blogging rather than the wordpress web based client?

To me, the web has the advantage that I can use it from anywhere and is just as quick and powerful as an average pc/mac software. In fact I often use google docs and other web based tools rather than the client based equivalents.

Does a client based app have advantages, other than being available offline?

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