October 12, 2004
End of an Era
Today marks a transition in the course of mathcaddy.com.
Originally started as a way for me to connect with a few friends who were scattered around the country, it pretty much boiled down to nobody. There were a number of things I considered writing for the site, but felt that they might be too serious or too weird or something. I don't know. For whatever reason, I found the "community" blog thing increasingly difficult, especially as there was, um, nobody else posting.
It's not that I was expecting anyone else to post something... it's just that I felt like I set the site up to be and do something that it wasn't any longer.
Giving my quick-witted and maniacally creative cousin, Steve, his own hosting space and subdomain (steve.mathcaddy.com) took him off the roster of regular posters, which left me just feeling silly about calling it a community weblog.
Therefore, as of today, this site is no longer a community weblog. Eric, Steve, Dan, and everyone else who at one time contributed something, I thank you very much for sharing in this fun experiment.
Now on to other things!
Posted by Adam at October 12, 2004 05:08 PM
Thanks, Tony... I am, for sure. In fact, as soon as I can get rid of the canker sore on the side of my tongue, I have about four sessions lined up.
I recently found out that what I was doing was "podcasting" before it was called that. Unfortunately, my posts have been incompatible with podcast standards, so I'm trying to figure out how best to create a single XML feed of mathcaddy radio with enclosures. I have the enclosures working and I don't think I'm too far away now from it.
On a side note, I really botched it last night. I deleted the other authors from MovableType and when it rebuilt the site, their names have been erased from the archives. Almost every post is attributed to me! It's going to take a long time, but I'm going to figure out how to fix that. It probably means going post by post. Arr.
Posted by: Adam at October 13, 2004 07:19 AM
so I guess that I can't post anymore, other than comments?
Posted by: Eric at November 4, 2004 09:25 AM
Unfortunately, no. However... be on the lookout for a special feature coming in January or February which will allow the original post crew to participate in the main site through adding sidebar links, etc.
Are you planning on doing any more episodes of the radio show? - I hope so, it really was great listening. Best of luck with the next step...
Posted by: Tony at October 13, 2004 06:02 AM