New, Smaller Living Space

[genesis77]

Well, my journal drought is over. Something about livejournal just didn't feel right to me. Mike recommended WordPress, but again, it's not quite what I've wanted.

So I've taken a few hours I probably should have been sleeping and made myself a wiki. I tried using other people's software, but it was time to make my own - I call it MikiWiki. As

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[ubiq31]

Let's get it posting to LJ somehow, maybe if you post something to an LJ category?

I don't know how LJ's API works but everyone checks LJ and not non-LJ blogs. It's annoying but I guess the "Friends" feature makes it brainless (mmm, brrrrrains) to see who's writing what without having to physically check 20 separate blogs that aren't collected in one space.

Me, I still hate LJ ;) I'm all for something that interfaces with it and makes it look like I'm complying when I'm not, really.

Too much clicking?

[genesis77]

Yes, LJ's friends feature does make it brainless...

LJ's strength is getting to see all your friend's blogs in one place. I was hoping to exploit that by posting excerpts from my wiki to entice them to come take a look.

And I think I'm going to stick with it for a while. Make a small post, and if anyone is interested they can see my full rambings on MikiWiki.

But like you said, people may not read what isn't right in the LJ friends page. Some people just aren't obsessed with reading the entire internet the way I am...

Re: Too much clicking?

[ubiq31]

Having run my own blog before and also now in parallel with LJ, I can tell you that people don't care about the blog itself so much as they keep up with what's convenient. I've posted stuff on WP that's not on LJ and only the LJ stuff ever gets read. Some people will follow through (like me, I went all over your Wiki once I got there) ;) but most won't. LJ is like...a "Friend's Digest"; people will even check up on non-'RL friends' just because it's so easy to expect a digest of all recent posts without doing anything. "Travelling" around the web to look at blogs...people seem not to want to do that. Me, I do, and I hate catering to LJ-only types...but there'll come a time where they'll regret limiting themselves ;)

Re: Too much clicking?

[genesis77]

Are you threatening to take revenge on those with the audacity to read your LJ posts without making it back to your blog?

I have plans to make my wiki more "digestable". First, I plan on highlighting text that has changed since the last time you've looked at a page. Also, I'm planning on adding a subscription feature so you can subscribe to a number of pages or categories and recieve a digest of changes to those pages.

[mokey4]

Mike- I've read most of your Mikiwiki or Wikimiki or whatever blog, if that makes you happy. Your place sounds.. cozy. It's certainly bigger than my place, but you've got more people.

[genesis77]

Wait, wait! I wasn't the one threatening to take revenge on those who don't read the non-LJ part. Or was it implied???? bwahahahahaha!

:) Oh, I mean, yes it does make me happy. Thanks!

I grew up with lots of living space, and huge yards and such. I never imagined I could like a place as small as this apartment. But I'm starting to really like the feeling of "cozy".

So, what makes you so sure your apartment is smaller than mine?

[ubiq31]

Sorry for rampaging all over the Wiki, BTW ;) I saw it, I love wikis and I just went gangbusters.

[genesis77]

Rampage away! That's what wiki's for. To be honest, I'm glad not to be the only person rampaging there. It's disconcerting when I see that I was the last person to edit like the last 50 things.