The Future of Chapbook
Jotting down some quick thoughts between work meetings, here.
I’m thinking about next steps for Chapbook. It is still running on Herokugarden, as the instructions to port to the new platform were not successful. I may try again after this upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 (super, super beta) because I believe it’s primarily a security certificate issue.
Following that, I think I’ve made up my mind that I will remove OpenID authentication and go to traditional user accounts. Even with the marvelousness that is Clickpass, my analytics show that basically no one follows through with the completion of the process. This is a known issue: OpenID is great for uber-nerds, but not for actual humans. Or, for that matter, even some uber-nerds.
Beyond that, I may actually try to write more often there in lieu of blogging. I don’t have enough blogging time and energy to do this and my work blog, and there’s often channel conflict that results in less blogging in either place as I’m paralyzed by indecision. Also, I think that if I want to be known for something personally, not professionally, I’d rather it be for my poetry than my blogging. Most of my thoughts can also be compacted enough for Twitter.
If you have specific reasons why you disagree with anything above, please chime in. If you have specific thoughts or desires re: Chapbook, let me know. Also, if you would have used it, but for OpenID, please definitely let me know.
Note to Gary: I will take very good care of our accounts and make sure they link up to the existing content! I promise!
