A New Journal
Journal? Weblog? They're pretty much the same thing ... except for the people who use them.
Xanga has a number of nice features for sharing journal entries. It has a nice community of writers to share and comment on journal entries. There are also some annoying things about it.
I've just started testing a new journal service, LiveJournal. My page is referred to at the left, with a number of other links I consider interesting (at least to me), in my Custom Module.
What does LiveJournal have that Xanga lacks? Well, I can make journal entries on my Linux system, my Windows system, my Sony clié or directly on the LiveJournal site. Also, I can download a copy of the LiveJournal system to one of the systems I have hosted and run my own version, although I will more likely use Zope or something similar for that purpose.
Like Xanga, LiveJournal has both free and Premium services ... but you have to be recommended by a member to get into the free service. They won't take just anybody. They want to keep out the spammers and troublemakers. That seems to be a recent policy, based on sad experiences.
Anyway, come visit me. There isn't much there now but I'll be adding to it.
Comments (3)
Don't forget that the Custom Module disappears after the subscription runs out...it nearly slipped my mind.
Did you ever try this journal? (It is similar to Blogger.) You need to set up templates, I believe.
I received an invite code to LJ several weeks ago, but I still have not had a chance to use it.
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