What’s on your “to-do” list to prepare for the holidays? How will you use technology to help you get everything done?
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Well, usually it really helps with planning who's going where, and keeping track of any packages I may have shipped out. It also really helps me out with the yearly letters I do up for family members. This year I needed to do up a list of names and do a draw so we knew who was going to be buying for whom. There's always plenty of the to do list when you're expecting large numbers for the holidays.Gotta start buying foods at the beginning of the month, if not earlier, or at the very least making sure there's enough in the budget for all those little things you'll need.
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Something home made, that you yourself put effort into.Each holiday season I'm one of those folks who enjoys making matching hats, mitts, and scarves for those folk whom I have no idea what to give. Regardless of whether or not they use them, I keep making them, and let them know that I care by showing the effort.
First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Have you ever returned an item to a store for a refund after having used it?
I am horrible for shoppers guilt, and subsequent returns at the stores where I shop. I probably have more than once, but when I've used it I try to only do it if it's broken.
Have you ever had a premonition? Did you heed it?
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I've had plenty of times where I feel I've done something before, like deja vu. Lots of times I'll have dreamed a certain situation, and only remember bits and pieces of it. Only enough to know that I dreamed it and that I remember dreaming. I also have this fabulous thing called intuition, LOL
As for heeding it, I guess so. When my intuition raises my red flags, or if my kids aren't comfortable (kids are great for things like that) I back out.
Have you ever returned an item to a store for a refund after having used it?
Returning things is something I don't do. Not sure why. I think a big part of it is simply that I find it to be a bother. I can make more money, and I can become smarter at buying things, but I can't make more time. And when I HAVE to return a defective product (like Guitar Hero: World Tour cause of POS instruments) I get sooo annoyed.
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
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