livejournal
Even George RR Martin has left Livejournal Paid Members Public
The last big user of the first platform I used has quit: Livejournal is not what it used to be.
Afternoon Tea Reading: National Newspapers Paid Members Public
Some links about our friends in the nationals that have been hanging around in my Chrome tabs for too long now: * The Independent has switched its blogs from Livejournal to WordPress [http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2010/06/08/the-independent-switches-to-wordpress/] . Makes sense. LJ always seemed like an odd fit. * The Guardian
The Independent partners with Livejournal Paid Members Public
[](https://i2.wp.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Livejournal-logo.png)Image via [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Livejournal-logo.png)*[The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/ "The Independent")*, of all
Blogs Becoming Social Networks, Says Six Apart (Europe) Paid Members Public
Paid Content’s interview with Olivier Creiche of Six Apart [http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-video-interview-olivier-creiche-vp-six-apart-selling-to-sup-and-the-end/] . Some interesting thoughts on the usage and evolution of Movable Type (and why they flogged Livejournal to the Russians):
Six Apart and Livejournal Part Ways Paid Members Public
Six Apart has flogged Livejournal [http://news.livejournal.com/104520.html], home of my very first blog, to a Russian media outfit that rejoices in the name Sup. Business Week has a good analysis of what this might mean. [http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2007/tc2007123_052837.htm] There’
Six Apart on Future Blogging Paid Members Public
I’m not a huge fan of Robert Scoble [http://scobleizer.com/2007/10/12/the-future-of-moveable-type-vox-typepad-and-live-journal/] ‘s very static video interview style (I don’t think he really takes advantage of the visual nature of the medium), but this interview with some folks from Six Apart is worth a watch,
Digital Doorstepping by the Guy Doorstepped Paid Members Public
Robin Hamman finds an interesting follow-up from one of the Virginia Tech Shootings witnesses [http://www.cybersoc.com/2007/07/virginia-tech-b.html] that he originally contacted. Well worth a read.
