Comments on: Movable Type Barriers to Adoption http://www.darrylramm.com/2007/02/01/movable-type-barriers-to-adoption/ musings on technology, marketing and personal interests Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:33:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Anil http://www.darrylramm.com/2007/02/01/movable-type-barriers-to-adoption/#comment-5 Anil Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:05:26 +0000 http://www.darrylramm.com/2007/02/01/movable-type-barriers-to-adoption/#comment-5 Hi, I work at Six Apart, and with the MT team, and I agree with almost everything you've said here -- the barriers to getting started with MT are just too high, still. However, the one question I had for you was about your statement, "And no, VOX or anything else that Six Apart has, is not an answer." Are you saying Vox isn't a good answer for a personal blog? Because I think it's one of the few cases where a single product in a category is clearly head and shoulders better than everything else out there. Any feedback you can offer there? Hi, I work at Six Apart, and with the MT team, and I agree with almost everything you’ve said here — the barriers to getting started with MT are just too high, still.

However, the one question I had for you was about your statement, “And no, VOX or anything else that Six Apart has, is not an answer.” Are you saying Vox isn’t a good answer for a personal blog? Because I think it’s one of the few cases where a single product in a category is clearly head and shoulders better than everything else out there. Any feedback you can offer there?

]]> By: darryl http://www.darrylramm.com/2007/02/01/movable-type-barriers-to-adoption/#comment-6 darryl Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:40:35 +0000 http://www.darrylramm.com/2007/02/01/movable-type-barriers-to-adoption/#comment-6 I should have been clearer. I am talking about non-service based solutions and was not comparing VOX to any other blogging service. For individual blogs the blog service space is clearly important. I was referring to software for people who want to maintain their own blogs. The point I was trying to make about VOX, was having VOX does not excuse (is not an aswer to) Six Apart trying to make Movable Type really easily available. I've sat in many marketing meetings where people would go over adding just one little information collection point, just one more login, just one more "do you want this bundle...", just one more... users are really finniky, all these little things hurt their experience. None of this is about features, quality, capabilities, reputation etc. It is just about being careful to not put barriers in the way to adoption. I should have been clearer. I am talking about non-service based solutions and was not comparing VOX to any other blogging service. For individual blogs the blog service space is clearly important. I was referring to software for people who want to maintain their own blogs. The point I was trying to make about VOX, was having VOX does not excuse (is not an aswer to) Six Apart trying to make Movable Type really easily available.

I’ve sat in many marketing meetings where people would go over adding just one little information collection point, just one more login, just one more “do you want this bundle…”, just one more… users are really finniky, all these little things hurt their experience.

None of this is about features, quality, capabilities, reputation etc. It is just about being careful to not put barriers in the way to adoption.

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