See you in 2010!
First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
最初に観たころは意識しなかったけど、これ、80年代のNYなのだ。 ニューヨークの公立パフォーミングアートハイスクールの入学試験から話は始まり、高校生活を通して学生たちがパフォーマーとして、人間として成長していく姿を描く学園ミュージカル（そんなジャンルある？笑）。
主人公不在のこの映画。出てくる人たちもちゃんとNYらしく人種、生活レベルも多種多様に設定されていて（アジア人が少ないのはこの分野なので身体的に仕方がない、と思いたい、けど少しは出てくるし）、いろんな人たちのいろんなエピソードが断片的につづられ、卒業式の音楽を最後にわりと唐突に終わる。
えェェェ〜〜っっっ、あの子やあの子やあの子はど〜〜〜なったの？！ねえねえ？！し、知りたい〜〜っっ！！
と一瞬かなり消化不良に陥るけど、しばらく時間をおいて振り返ると最終的には「このすべてが中途半端で結論づいていないところがイイんだな」と思った。アメリカの良いところ、日本には絶対に無いモノが詰まっている ー ああ、こんな高校生活送りたかった〜！！って本気でうらやましくなる、そんな空気を持つ映画。
アラン・パーカーの作品が大好きで、特にこういう青春まっさかり系を撮らせたら、もうエエオッサンなのに、ど〜〜してこんなに上手いんだろうと、何度彼の作品を観ても思う。コミットメンツとか、たまらん。何度も何度も観たいと思わせる。そしてこの「Fame」もそう。
わたしは最近のNY映画も好きです。オシャレでヒップ、物質的に豊かになったNYを描いたもの。そういうわりとわかりやすい幸せの中で繰り広げられるゆがみのような物語ばかりな気がする。まあ、そういうのも面白いんだけど、あえて言わせてほしい
やっぱり現代NY映画は70〜80年代のものを超えられない。
ゼッタイむり。だと思う。
だってもう街が、人が、生活が違うから。
70〜80年代のニューヨークが持つあのroughな感触。人間がいろんな意味でギリギリで生きている、あの感じ。今はすっかりステキになってしまったが当時はそんな所歩けなかったであろうストリートの持つ暗さ。そこにいる人たちの持つエネルギー。はっきり言って全然その時代に住みたくないし、全然うらやましくない（笑 ・・・なのにやっぱりそこへ行きたいと思ってしまう。あの色や空気は、もうこのおしゃれな街にはなくなってしまった
アラン・パーカーは英国人なのにどうしてこんなにニューヨークのことをわかってるんだろう？！コミットメンツを観ても思ったけど、やっぱりこの人は少年の心を持ち続けられるおじさんなのかも。この街の人間以外の人、このフクザツな年代の若者以外がわかり得ないようなことを描いている。全てを尻切れトンボで終わらせているのも、映像や音で描き過ぎる映画ってメディアを使って、敢えて想像させる部分を残しているんだろう。そしてその策略にのせられ、彼らのその後を想像するのが、ほんとーーに楽しい。
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.
This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!
Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.
Can't wait to read your posts!
~ daisy
The Amazon Conduit will be working again on October 15, 2009. Thank you to everyone for your patience.
Have a great weekend,
daisy, Team Vox
In my last Team Vox post, I let you know that we're aware that the Amazon conduit is broken and that we're working to fix it. Many of you want to know when it's going to be fixed and I'm so sorry I haven't gotten back to you about that sooner.
Unfortunately, I don't have an exact date to give you, but rest assured, the Amazon conduit will be fixed in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, I'm about to finish my latest book and I could use a few suggestions as to what to read next, so... if you don't mind, let me know in the comments what's on your nightstand and/or what book you think I absolutely must read next.
Thanks! :)
