February 2008 Archives

Six Apart Europe's General Manager, Olivier Creiche, will be speaking in a panel about the social aspects of the web at Plugg '08 in Brussels on 19 March.The one-day conference promises to be an interesting one, featuring speakers and participants from diverse backgrounds from all over Europe. Its aim is to raise the bar on the European Web 2.0 community and to provide a platform for emerging technology on the continent.Backed by global heavyweights such as Mashable, TechCrunch and Microsoft, as well as important local players like Platinum Sponsors Arakfund...

CNet's Webware 100 Awards is now accepting votes!Movable Type, TypePad (Webware 100 2007 Winner) and Vox (Webware 100 2007 Winner) have all made it through to the final round of the annual competition that bestows honors on the best and brightest in Web 2.0. All three products are nominees in the Publishing & Photography category.Voting is open until 31 March and winners will be announced 21 April, one day prior to the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. For those lucky enough to be going to San Francisco for the...

The French are known the world over for their legendary sense of style, inspiring fashionistas and wannabes alike. But who serves as their inspiration?Bloggers, that's who.Today, leading French daily Le Figaro came out with a 14-page report on the importance of blogs in the world of la mode. No longer is the important role of trendsetting reserved to mainstream media and industry insiders; the popularity and accessibility of blogs (according to a figure attributed to Forrester Research in the article, 20% of the French population read a blog at least...

Following our last post about our favorite design blogs, the Movable Type Design Assistant has been made available as a way to show people how easy and flexible Movable Type is when designing a blog....

It comes as no surprise to us that a lot of design and lifestyle bloggers choose to create their blogs on Movable Type or TypePad. Besides being easy to set up (not everyone has a technical background) and economical (great for starving artist types), both are flexible, customisable and well-suited to embedding multimedia elements. Here are a some examples of great-looking blogs created by Movable Type and TypePad users:A virtual archive of beautiful things that make this Big Apple-based Swiss designer look.An award-winning group blog dedicated to all things design,...

Yesterday (Valentine's Day), we got word of a great new site: Movable Love. Created by a Movable Type fan, it is described as "a showcase of interesting and beautiful sites powered by Movable Type"....

According to today's Wikio blog ranking, 4 out of the Top 10 blogs are on Movable Type. Daring Fireball, Boing Boing, The Huffington Post and ReadWriteWeb, we salute you....

Interest in the US presidential elections is not limited to American citizens; recently launched blogs on major mainstream French and German media sites are dedicated to the real-life political drama unfolding Stateside.See USA 2008, a TypePad blog created by high-circulation free paper 20 Minutes, for a French perspective on US current affairs; or Washington Watcher, a Movable Type blog created by German public-access television channel ZDF, for a uniquely German point of view....

For a stunning example of how to use Movable Type to full effect, look no further than UK ecoblog Do The Green Thing. With its vibrant design, clever use of rich media and strong feel-good message, it is a real standout among the new crop of green blogs sprouting all over the Internet....

The Irish Medical Times has launched an MT site dedicated to all things medical including a blog filled with intriguing posts like “Toothfairy sighting at Mayo General Hospital” (which is not as outlandish as it may appear).Created in 1967, the weekly broadsheet is published by Reed Elsevier Plc and is Ireland's first and most widely-read medical journal....