May 22, 2006Blogging for the masses
The Movable Type system interface manages several blogs at once. After all, blogging can be pretty technical without all that writing and stuff. All of our blogs are run through a CMS called Movable Type (v3.2). This is a powerful system produced by the folks at Six Apart, who also distribute the equally popular TypePad and LiveJournal publishing platforms. But MT and its siblings aren't the only kids on the block. And as luck would have it, USC Annenberg's Online Journalism Review recently (May 18) updated its "Blog software comparison chart," which shows a rundown of the most popular systems. We chose MT based on its excellent ability to manage many blogs at once, while still remaining simple enough for someone with minimal training to use. In fact, some bloggers in our newsroom even say that it's learning curve is more shallow than our print publishing system! And the blogs aren't just for text and photos. The TimesCast is also published using MT (and a specially designed Flash video player). MT isn't entirely perfect, and it faces steep competition from open-source blogging systems such as WordPress. But for our purposes, it allows for an effective entrance into the blogosphere. |
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