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Feb. 5th, 2009
So here's a quick rundown after trying out Blog It, PixelPipe, and Ping.fm.
PING.FM - simplest interface on web and iPhone webpage (no native iPhone app, however). Very simple typed @ codes to route messages to specific services. Terrible formatting in LiveJournal. No mobile photo upload, but available on desktop web client. Verdict: great for status updates, but haven't quite gotten the hang of using it for longer content. At the end of the day, Facebook and Twitter already play nice together, so for me, Ping.fm isn't very useful.
PIXELPIPE - great account-customization options for posting pictures to all services. Status and blog updates and available on desktop web app, but not in iPhone client (only via photo uploads).Nice, but slightly glitchy iPhone app; I have mistakely posted duplicates, or four or five photos in a row, completely unintentionally. Verdict: good for multiple photo uploads, but not photo-less status updates. At the end of the day, Flickr and LJ and Facebook already play nice together, so Pixelpipe is a bit of overkill.
BLOG IT - basically just an LJ client within Facebook, no other cross-posting abilities, no mobile app. Accepts HTML, but offers no formatting tools. Verdict: fairly useless, I'm better off using a LiveJournal client and Facebook Notes importing.
PING.FM - simplest interface on web and iPhone webpage (no native iPhone app, however). Very simple typed @ codes to route messages to specific services. Terrible formatting in LiveJournal. No mobile photo upload, but available on desktop web client. Verdict: great for status updates, but haven't quite gotten the hang of using it for longer content. At the end of the day, Facebook and Twitter already play nice together, so for me, Ping.fm isn't very useful.
PIXELPIPE - great account-customization options for posting pictures to all services. Status and blog updates and available on desktop web app, but not in iPhone client (only via photo uploads).Nice, but slightly glitchy iPhone app; I have mistakely posted duplicates, or four or five photos in a row, completely unintentionally. Verdict: good for multiple photo uploads, but not photo-less status updates. At the end of the day, Flickr and LJ and Facebook already play nice together, so Pixelpipe is a bit of overkill.
BLOG IT - basically just an LJ client within Facebook, no other cross-posting abilities, no mobile app. Accepts HTML, but offers no formatting tools. Verdict: fairly useless, I'm better off using a LiveJournal client and Facebook Notes importing.
A really great essay regarding the passing of Lux Interior."It's better to remember Lux Interior for The Thing that he built with such dirty and beautiful precision: a creature from the black lagoon of American lust and fear and psychosis."(EDIT: this is from Jeff Gordinier's blog, which is well worth subscribing to and reading, FYI.)
SMALL WORLD REDUX
Feb. 5th, 2009 11:08 am
It's A Small World reopens today, with some highly controversial new additions.Disney says it hopes adding what it calls "new magic" to the 43-year-old attraction will attract even more riders and create new traditions for young families who don't identify with "Small World" as strongly as previous generations.I'm hesitant, but I'll save judgement until I see it in person.