I just can't get over how different the movabletype blogs are from open diary. I've been writing in my diary since freshman year in high school. I'm so used to that format, I'm still adapting to this type of blogging. On OD...slang for Open Diary, things seem more simplistic to me. You have links to everything you need at your fingertips. I can look at my diary, change the style, read notes, and jump to my favorite diarists all from one page.
I don't like how on movabletype people comment (or "note" on OD) on the same page....what I mean is that on OD if you leave a comment for somebody, they comment back at YOUR diary, not on the same page you left them a comment. I'm still trying to get used to that! I always look back here for comments back to a comment I left here on MY blog, I always forget to look back at the bloggers comments to see if they responded. CoNfUsInG!
I've come to the conclusion blogs are like cities. The OD community is so different from our little SHU blogging community. I'm so used to reading about people's personal lives, and writing about my own. I'm not used to writing blog entires such as this one; informative and for the general public to gain knowledge from. Granted, OD is a DIARY...I understand that. OD has different circles to choose from and things of that nature.
The SHU blogs are very intillectual, and I'm not saying I'm stupid, but I'm just not used to writing that way. I'm used to rambling about my own personal life. I have a lot of opinions and thoughts on things discussed in class, it just seems that I'm not motivated to write about them. Maybe it all starts with one entry. Hopefully this one will kick off my inner SHU-type blogger. Hmmm?
Posted by StormyKnight at October 13, 2004 1:16 PMWhoah! Highlighting the box to see who posted it, that's actually kind of a neat effect.
I would say keep it. ;P But I guess it could get annoying after a while...
Posted by: ChrisU at October 15, 2004 9:15 AMhahah yes i know you cannot see who commented. i have to highlight it to see, haha. i tried to fix it with no luck. i knew what to do on OD right away because its very user friendly.
Posted by: storm at October 14, 2004 8:57 PMStormy, as you know oh-so-well, I also am not exactly the world's most knowledgable blogger. Reading our texts has helped, but there is still a lot to learn. I guess it is with anything though- more information will come in time. Did you know how to work everything right away on OD?
(*Storm, did you know that you can't see who wrote the comments because the text is the same color as the background? Just a head's up!)
Posted by: Vanessa at October 14, 2004 7:04 PMI'm used to commenting solely on online forums, and the ones where I was at automatically changed the color of this weird symbol next to posts that had received new comments. And of course, everyone's posts were all piled together, so it was easier to scan them.
I'll agree that I too am having problems remembering to check back on other people's weblogs that I have commented on to see if they responded.
I guess I'll check out these "Trackbacks" sometime soon.
Posted by: ChrisU at October 13, 2004 11:49 PMChange can be good, though. Milk this service for all it's worth and do what you need to make it comfortable for yourself :)
You soo have an "inner SHU blogger" just aching to get out...! You can do it.
Posted by: Karissa Kilgore at October 13, 2004 9:08 PMStormy, MoveableType has a featured called "Trackbacks" that I haven't actually introduced... you might want to look it up -- it might be similar to the commenting feature you miss from your Open Diary.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at October 13, 2004 5:02 PM