The Show
CORRECTION: I started the Moveable Type blog in 2004 or 2005. Not 2007 as stated in the video (I will have a serious talk with the writing staff. Jack, I’m looking at you!)
The Post
It's a BLOG!
Before I begin, let me apologize for the lag in time since the intro and now. We are in production of a music video for Agnes Obel. She is an amazing Danish artist living in Berlin. More on the results later, but suffice it to say, it’s keeping this Good Hard Working People person very busy.
Having recently moved to Berlin from Brooklyn, I’ve felt more of a need to communicate. I’m sure it has a lot to do with the fact that my German language skills leave a bit to be desired. Lucky for me, most socializing can be done in English with both parties being able to understand one another quite well. It’s when I try to switch to German however, the conversation comes to a screeching halt.
When I first started blogging, it was 2004 or 5. Two or three years before Twitter launched and Facebook opened itself to the world. I admit, I was a late adopter of both, but I’ve been using both of them for years now. I also used Tumblr for the past few years as a place to throw up longer posts, photos and/or videos I found around the web. But recently I’ve become tired of all of the micro-blogging. Having character limits on what I want to say and how many different types of media I can include in a post has become more than frustrating. Sometimes I like to see something stick to the wall as opposed to just throwing it up there and walking away. So here I am, five or six years later, back to blogging; this time trying my hand at Word Press. With American Cookies, I am going to try to write about one single topic each time and leave the stuff I want to throw on the wall and walk away from on Facebook and Twitter; where they belong.
American Cookies Recommends
My favorite and most read blog is the Good hard Working People blog (big surprise). Okay, so I’m biased, but Luci Westphal’s blog is both prolific and dynamic. She posts about music every Monday, a weekly 1-minute video titled German New Yorker in Berlin (the true inspiration of American Cookies), book reviews and lots and lots more. She has been doing it on Blogger since 2006!
So many of my favorite news and entertainment sites are built in Word Press: Mashable, Huffington Post, NewTeeVee, TubeFilter and TechCrunch are just a few.
Please leave your recommendations in the comments for me.
The Links
Mashable’s A Brief History of 9 Popular Blogging Platforms
TopTen Reviews: Side by Side Comparison of blogging platforms (Spoiler: Word Press wins!)
Read Write Web: Traditional Blogging Platforms Still Reign Supreme
The Poll
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Perfect timing. I was in need of a joke today. Thanks, virtual Scott Solary. Oh, and thanks for the PR