Month: July 2005

It’s been a full month since the launch of the new TTLB, and I’d like to pause for a moment and throw open a thread here to ask for your feedback on all the new goodies. I won’t quite call this a formal survey, but here’s what I’d love to hear:
1) What features do you find the most/least interesting?
2) What improvements/features would you like to see that would make TTLB a primary destination on your daily blog-surfing (if it isn’t already)? Shoot for the moon: if you can dream it, I might be able to build it, but we won’t know unless you ask.
One request: please do NOT use this as a spot for requesting assistance with your blog’s Ecosystem entry: if you have something that needs to be taken care of, e-mail me and I’ll do my best to assist as promptly as I can.

Folks:
At long last I’ve got the self-service interface for Ecosystem data up & running in a fully automated fashion.
The interface requires that you place special Ecosystem-generated tags on your weblog to specify the change that you are requesting: this guarantees that you and only you can make changes to your blog.
To request a change, go to your blog details page, and select the new ‘Request a change to this blog’ link under the summary section. An automated wizard will guide you through a series of questions about what type of change you are requesting, and ultimately will provide you the exact code that must be placed on your weblog to trigger the update.
These requests are now being processed automatically once a day in the evening prior to each night’s Ecosystem update, and no longer require my personal attention. So that means, no more waiting for me to get around to changes, which should be a very good thing for all of us…

Folks:
I’m beginning the fun/not fun process of house hunting in the Orange County, CA area, and am looking for advice on good online and offline resources available for finding properties in the area. My preferred method of operation is to review home listings online, check the neighborhood out with tools like Earth, and then and only then involve a realtor to get me access to view the home in person.
So: in particular I’m looking for sites that offer free/open access to search the CA MLS database, but would also welcome any other pointers / suggestions — especially advice on if there are other database beyond the MLS (for sale by owner?) that I should be monitoring. (And yes, if you know a good real estate agent in the area, I’m happy to hear about them).
Thanks in advance…
NZB

Happy 4th, everyone, and thanks to Ann at for use of the flag in the special logo today…
NZB