Tag Archives: Open Web

The Clear Six Apart Open Web

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Lloyd

One of my inspirations Simon Willison, as well as his excellent deep analysis on numerous web development issues, provides pithy links and comments in from “elsewhere” on his blog. I highly recommend subscribing to his feed.
Today, he shared this quote … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Culture, Web | Also tagged Anil Dash, datacide, Export, Six Apart, TypePad, Vender lock-in, Vox | Leave a comment

Export, the Second Feature

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Lloyd

I used to joke that the second feature to write is export. I don’t joke about it any more. Export is the 2nd feature you should implement for your software or web service.
There is nothing that says you care about … Continue reading →

Posted in Software Development, Web Development | Also tagged datacide, Export, Features, Implementation, Import, Software Applications, Software Design, Software Development, Software Products | 2 Comments

Interested in Freeing Yourself from the TypePad Trap?

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Lloyd

My co-worker Noel Jackson, tired of hearing me whine about the Six Apart TypePad Trap, has created a WordPress importer mashing together the MT formatted export file (missing permalinks) and the broken TypePad AtomPub (missing comments and trackbacks). We are … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | Also tagged Automattic, Data Portability, Export, Import, Importer, Noel Jackson, Ronald Heft Jr, Six Apart, TypePad Trap, Web Standards, WordPress, WordPress.com | Leave a comment

The TypePad Trap

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Lloyd

So during my talk “Switching to WordPress Painlessly” at WordCamp, (video coming soon!) Six Apart’s Open Platforms Tech Lead David Recordon was in the audience and rather than have a chat with me at any one of the numerous times … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | Also tagged Anil Dash, AtomPub, Christopher Alden, Data Portability, Dave Winer, David Recordon, Export, Import, Importer, Movable Type, Ronald Heft Jr, Six Apart, Switching to WordPres Painlessly, TypePad, Web Standards, WordCamp, WordCamp SF 2008, WordPress | 20 Comments

Not Invited to the Open Web

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Lloyd

Some friends have asked if WordPress and Automattic will be participating in the Open Web Foundation. It does look like a brilliant initiative, but as far as I know we weren’t invited. That’s really unfortunate, because I don’t think there … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Culture, Web | Also tagged Automattic, David Recordon, Open Source, Open Web Foundation, Six Apart, WordPress | 8 Comments