I was offered that kind of deal last year and forgot about it. I was recently wondering if my code would still work.
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Sue - Feb 10, 2012 1:48:11 pm PST #19428 of 25501
hip deep in pie
Vortex - Feb 12, 2012 11:46:27 am PST #19429 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
So, I have decided to get off my ass and actually start the blog that I've been talking about. I've been looking around at the various platforms (WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, etc.) and they all seem pretty much the same. Does anyone have a specific recommendation or warning?
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2012 12:01:43 pm PST #19430 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you have any specific wants? Also, are you integrating into your own URL or website?
I don't know the market well enough to advise, but those are probably differentiators.
Man, the Swype recognition algorithm is better than SlideIt. What features does SlideIt have over its competitors? And how come Apple didn't patent this entry method? I thought that's what they do?
Vortex - Feb 12, 2012 12:30:02 pm PST #19431 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Nah, it will mostly be text, with possibly a pic or two of something interesting thrown in. I'm not going to use my own website (not that I have one).
le nubian - Feb 12, 2012 12:45:50 pm PST #19432 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Vortex,
it seems a few here love Wordpress, but I really liked posterous when I was keeping a blog regularly this summer.
Dana - Feb 12, 2012 12:52:51 pm PST #19433 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Can you use Wordpress without a site to use it on?
amych - Feb 12, 2012 1:26:23 pm PST #19434 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dana, you can get a free hosted blog at wordpress.com, or use the wp software on your own site.
Dana - Feb 12, 2012 1:28:36 pm PST #19435 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I didn't know they hosted. I guess they'd be stupid not to.
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2012 4:56:10 pm PST #19436 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So I'm looking to see what differentiators there are in the Android keyboard market, since Swype seems so perfect for me. Why hasn't it taken over the world? Maybe ugly code, maybe reasons that no one can divine.
SwiftKey X, which I got for 10 cents the same time I got SlideIt, couldn't be less me. Is a social keyboard. It analyses your text on FB, twitter, gmail, etc, and uses that to fuel its engine:
Our tests show that before personalization, roughly one third of next words are correctly predicted without any characters being entered and around 80% are predicted within two or fewer letters entered. This accuracy is then boosted further due to SwiftKey X’s individual user personalization features.
It's magic! If you use FB or twitter (do you readily want it to learn from your length constrained entries? I guess, if you're going to do more) or native SMS. That's a lot of strikes. Maybe it uses other apps--I can't tell because the install won't complete on my tablet.
Creepy if applicable, but nifty.
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2012 4:56:11 pm PST #19437 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Double post.