[Yulwww] Centrally supported blogging software

[Joan Emmet]

All,
I am concerned about my lack of knowledge and expertise in the blogging 
arena.  I understand what they are, but why does someone blog?  Is blog 
both a noun and a verb?  I've been able to pass up instant messenger 
without any problems, but I am concerned that if I miss the blog 
revolution, I'll be considered a dork of the highest order.

If any of you are familiar with the concept of WHY blog, I'd sure love a 
reply on the list.  Is it possible that there are other closet blog 
neophytes out there that also want to know? (Is a support group in order?)

joan
Joan Emmet
NERL Consortium
PH: (203) 432-2897
FX: (203) 432-7231
mailto:joan.emmet at yale.edu


At 11:04 AM 5/23/2005, you wrote:
>The Academic Media & Technology Web team has begun testing 'Roller' as a 
>blogging solution for the University.  For the moment the URL is 
>http://nestor.its.yale.edu/roller, but this will change some time in May 
>to http://blogs.yale.edu.  Details regarding account configuration can be 
>found online after you log in.
>
>Timelines:
>2 May through 1 September: Pilot phase.   Service will be available for 
>testing by anyone with a Yale NetID.  After May 2, please feel free to 
>invite colleagues and friends to explore this service. Warnings:  During 
>the summer we will focus on documentation for end users.  Service will 
>continue to be subject to brief (and unannounced) outages.  During the 
>pilot phase we are asking all participants to provide feedback regarding 
>performance, interface, and documentation.
>
>1 August: Final deployment of code.  This will be the cutoff date for 
>upgrade/installation of the latest production release of the Roller 
>application code.  Next scheduled upgrade would be over Winter break.
>
>1 September: Production launch.  All students, faculty, and staff with a 
>valid NetID will be invited to use the blogs.yale.edu service.
>
>If you have feedback on roller, please send it on to the ITS Web Team. If 
>you have comments/ideas on the use of blogs in the Library - please post 
>your thoughts to yulwww. Thank you.
>
>Other questions, email me, Blog away...
>
>-kmr
>
>
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