First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.
This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!
Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.
Can't wait to read your posts!
~ daisy
I suppose I should have posted this early in the summer, when Kasey Kasem finally (!) retired, but then again there were a great great many things I never got around to posting here. But hey, considering that radio stations are currently playing old "American Top 40" shows from the 70s and 80s, it is clear the format hasn't gone out of style.
Gotta say, I loved that show when I was in Middle School, when KK was on top of his game and the Top 40 still mattered in pop culture. Always thought it would have been great to hear an ATF of my own picks, and can even hear Kasey Kasem reading the lead in to some of them.
So, to take us to the top of the hour, and off to another blog, here is my own All-time Top 40. Take it away Kasey!
40. Talk to You Later ... The Tubes
39. Convoy ... C.B. McCall
38. Texarkana ... R.E.M.
37. Baker Street ... Gerry Rafferty
36. Total Eclipse of the Heart ... Bonnie Tyler
35. The Pink Panther Theme ... Henry Mancini
34. The Battle of Evermore ... Led Zeppelin
33. Head Like A Hole ... Nine Inch Nails
32. Hold Me Now ... The Thompson Twins
31. The Dreaming ... Kate Bush
30. Snapshot The Art Of Noise
29. Barracuda ... Heart
28. Heaven & Hell Vangelis
27. What A Fool Believes ... The Doobie Brothers
26. Just Like U Said It Would B ... Sinéad O'Connor
25. I Before E Except After C ... Yaz
24. Word Up! ... Cameo
23. Jump ... Aztec Camera
22. I Must Be Dreamin' ... Cheap Trick
21. I Did It Just The Same ... Eurythmics
20. I Wanna Be Sedated ... The Ramones
19. The Right Profile ... The Clash
18. Sexual Healing ... Marvin Gaye
17. Beautiful Girl ... Peter Droge & the Sinners
16. I Ran ... A Flock Of Seagulls
15. Heart Of Glass ... Blondie
14. Watermark ... Enya
13. Cannonball ... The Breeders
12. Bohemian Rhapsody ... Queen
11. Dance Along the Edge ... Concrete Blonde
10. Once in a Lifetime ... Talking Heads
9. There She Goes ... The La's
8. September ... Earth Wind & Fire
7. More Than This ... Roxy Music
6. No New Tale To Tell ... Love & Rockets
5. Fat Bottomed Girls ... Queen
4. No Myth ... Michael Penn
3. Solace ... Scott Joplin
2. Mercyfuck ... Mary Prankster
(Can you just imagine Kasey Kasem reading the intro to THAT tune? Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Finally, before we get to #1, let me just say -- yes, I know this is a cheat, as it is actually 3 songs occupying the top slot. However, on the album, all 3 fold into each other and are meant to be played together, so we are therefore considering them one long tune. So here it is, your Jape All-time #1 hit, from The Cars!
1. Double Life/Shoo Be Do/Candy-O ... The Cars
The Amazon Conduit will be working again on October 15, 2009. Thank you to everyone for your patience.
Have a great weekend,
daisy, Team Vox
... in addition to Woodstock and the Moon Walk (and the cancellation of Star Trek, which paved the way to modern fandom), you also had the epic meeting of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson at GenCon II, that paved the way for modern gaming. Oh yeah, and I started kindergarten.
UPDATE: Wow, also the beginning of Monty Pyhton's Flying Circus AND Sesame Street.
So essentially, my entire conscious life started 40 years ago. Woot.
In my last Team Vox post, I let you know that we're aware that the Amazon conduit is broken and that we're working to fix it. Many of you want to know when it's going to be fixed and I'm so sorry I haven't gotten back to you about that sooner.
Unfortunately, I don't have an exact date to give you, but rest assured, the Amazon conduit will be fixed in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, I'm about to finish my latest book and I could use a few suggestions as to what to read next, so... if you don't mind, let me know in the comments what's on your nightstand and/or what book you think I absolutely must read next.
Thanks! :)
