Blogger Update
Oh, dear.I noticed that most of our contributors are gone today.
That can't be good.
My guess is that it has something to do with the upgrade to blogger beta that has been happening over the past few days. In order to blog on blogger, I think you need to have a google account now. More on this when it becomes more clear.
Okay: From the Help Desk
Why is Blogger switching to Google Accounts?
Google Accounts are better protected against fraud, impersonation, and abuse. In addition, by switching your Blogger account to a Google Account, it will be easier to use other Google services like AdWords, Google Groups, Google Alerts, Froogle Shopping List, Personalized Search, your Personalized Homepage, Google Answers, and many future Google services.
Everyone, please come on over. We want you back. Can't do without you.
posted by SAS @ Wednesday, December 13, 2006
14 Comments:
Hooray Ian! You've traveled through the great bog of nothingness and notcaringness to return to us.
Now, tell us how you did that?
Shoot, it was nothing. I guess you need a gmail account, which I have as of two days ago, and that's about it. It tells you what to do: put in the gmail email, reiterate your password, etc. Takes a few minutes to reconfigure something or other. The "notcaringness" was tougher. It's a thick and dark bog, with many soft spots for sneakers to get stuck in.
We live together and yet we're communicating by blog! See how fun this is, folks? Get on it!
I am also back. Although annoyed at having to link my Gmail and Blogger accounts. I didn't need the decision made for me. Appropriately, my word verification includes "ugh." Normally I like Google, but...
Having just returned from the Web 2.0 summit in SF, I can tell you that google was under enormous pressure to update blogger, which was an amazing tool out of the gate, but in recent years had slipped to the back of the technology curve.
It is, however, hugely annoying, and somewhat stupidly done, esp for The Big G. That being said, it was a pretty seamless move for me - and I even had my own blogger blog to move as well.
However, the odds of our less than Information Age savvy class making this transition smoothly, despite the best user experience engineering money can buy... well, I have my money on the "don't pass" line.
FFF/SG
ps my verification string had the word nog in it. nog.
Okay, if I can do this, then the rest of our less than IA savvy class can transition, if they can get by the apathy factor. Happy holidays!
still here, dears. FFerrisFremont, can you tell us anything about web 2.0? i'm still using the web 1.0. also, i teach a computers class. guest speaker?
Kurt is here, but he isn't in the sidebar.
Kurt! What is happening to you?
How do I get in the sidebar?
Hello. I am around.
And happy holidays to all.
But I am not in the sidebar either.
Ahhhhh.
FFerris, any ideas how to fix this?
well, in my considered opinion, this is clearly fucked up.
There may be some kind of permissions that or display options that the blog admin needs to set. That would be you, SAS. Or you could give me temporary admin rights and I could finally destroy this blog, once and for all.
/FFF
I think I got everyone back (by doing something on whim that doesn't make a whit of sense) but if I'm missing you, please tell me. You can still comment, even if you aren't listed. I mean, if you want to comment or something.
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