9 posts tagged “vox”
My blog turned two over the weekend. Woo-hoo!
Cheers to all my wonderful neighbors for making Vox a great place to write, read, learn, create, share photos, exchange opinions, listen to music, exercise my mind and my demons, discover new things, and 'hang out' with a bunch of cool people.
I've caught myself grumbling a bit about a few of the recent changes to Vox, and it started me thinking, once again, about change.
It's a love-hate affair. On the whole, it seems people are resistant to change. On the other hand, as individuals we often seek out and embrace change. I think it's only imposed or involuntary change that we* dislike and struggle against.
Given the freedom to choose, we generally like to shake things up, turn over a new leaf, rearrange the furniture, get a makeover, meet people, travel to unfamiliar places, get out of a rut, remodel, change jobs, select a different blog theme, and so on. We like options and opportunities for change. Above all, though, we like control. When change is forced on us by someone else, we balk, even when we understand on an intellectual level that we'll adjust and that the change may even be for the best.
If it was mandated that I move to Hawaii and live rent-free in a lovely home by the beach, I'd probably manage to feel miffed about it, at least for a while. (Not very long.)
As for Vox, I'm confident it isn't a case of change for change's sake and that there are well thought out reasons for everything. And when I remind myself that I don't pay a cent for it, I suddenly feel much better.
*I'm not employing the royal we. I just mean people in general.
Have you ever tried to find something on your own blog (or a Vox neighbor's) and wished there was an easier way to locate it? Sure, you can search by tags, but there are times when a more expansive text search would be helpful. For example, if I was thinking of posting a quotation to my blog and wondered if I had already posted it at some time in the past (my memory isn't what it once was), I could type the following in the search box at Google:
"Time is too slow for those who wait" site:redpen.vox.com
If I wanted to know if anyone on Vox had posted that phrase before, I could change it to this:
"Time is too slow for those who wait" site:vox.com
This is also helpful if you want to find people who have a particular book (or other type of media) in their library. (I've tried using "Who Voxed this?" on a few occasions, but it seems to be limited to a particular period of time.)
Book: Anansi Boys site:vox.com
This search strategy is by no means perfect, and you'll get some repetitive and erroneous results, but I've found it helpful and hope you will, too.
Have you ever been frustrated with the appearance of HTML tables posted to your Vox blog? This issue nearly drove me around the bend because I would inevitably end up with a lot of extra, unwanted space, particularly at the top of the post above the table. (Being a perfectionist, this would not do.) Well, I figured out how to solve this problem, and the solution is surprisingly simple.
This is how I would normally code a simple table; but if this is pasted into Vox and the HTML markup is translated, the results are unattractive:
<table width="100%" border="0">
<tr>
<td>content of the first cell</td>
<td>content of the second cell</td>
</tr>
</table>
However, if you format it as follows, without any line breaks between elements, it works like a charm:
<table width="100%" border="0"><tr><td>content of the first cell</td><td>content of the second cell</td></tr></table>
I'm posting this over at Ross's new group, Hack the Planet, a place to share tips, tricks, hacks, etc. Check it out.
My blog turns one today. Time flies. I'm happy I stumbled across Vox a year ago and decided to give it a try. The sense of community is strong, and it has been easy and fun to make a home here. The largest share of the credit belongs to the many humorous, brilliant, generous, insightful, talented, opinionated, multifaceted individuals in my neighborhood. Cheers to you!
It's a bookmarklet that makes it easy to blog about things you run across on the Web
with a simple process that creates a thumbnail, description, and link within a new post.
I learned about it here.
Friends, comments, education, amusement: what's been the best thing to happen to you on Vox so far?
Vox makes it easy for me to discover and connect with interesting people - individuals who are witty, passionate, talented, generous, and expressive. I'm an introvert (even a tad reclusive), so being able to do all this 'socializing' from the comfort of home is perfect.
I like being able to easily import book and music cover images. Not all blogging sites provide this.
I decided to give Vox a try and see how it compares to other blogging tools. Stay tuned...
