Just for posterity, I want to note that this site published its 1,000th post today. Considering it took about 13 months to get there, and that I basically endured a forced exile for the month of July, I have to say that I’m pretty impressed with the effort. I’ve said before and it remains true that this Web log has been the most consistent journaling and writing that I have done in many, many years…maybe ever. Certainly, these last two years of blogging at various places are the most sustained public writing that I have ever done, and that alone has literally pushed me into places that I never, ever thought I would get to. It’s been a heady, very cool ride that I sincerely hope some of my students can experience at some point. Actually, I know some are, because I read their personal sites and am continually impressed with the depth of their thinking and the quality of their writing. This is such an amazing technology, and the best part is that we’re still just kicking the tires. I’m looking forward to the next 1,000…

Another entry into the free Web logging space is mo’time, which on first blush has some cool attributes. It’s quite a lot like Blogger, though I have to admit it’s been a while since I’ve posted to any of my dozen or so Blogger sites. Mo’time has the ability to turn on and off comments as well as limit them to just members of the site (which I’m not sure Blogger can do.) It’s got an easy way to update links, and the only promotional feature is a little line at the top of the page that links to the mo’time homepage. A couple of downsides are that there is no server space allotted for pictures and there doesn’t appear to be any RSS feeds from the sites. Still, it looks like it could be a nice entry point for educators wanting to get a taste of blogging. And by the way, just for the record, mo’time is not in any way shape or form connected to Apple. ;0)
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