I’m moving servers at the moment, which is one reason why it’s so quiet here. Not the only one though, working like a madman to get everything up and running the way I want it, which includes tdhedengren.com and BloggerTalks, as well as some other funky stuff. Balancing this with client work isn’t always easy, you know.

Anyway, I’m moving servers now, so expect downtime or no-updates-time at least, for the next 24 hours or so, depending on exactly when the tech people get to work.

Thanks for your patience.

Update! This is done now, looks like it’s working properly as well. Nice work, A Small Orange.

Back online. I’m psyched, finally got around to nailing down the main parts of my own little network, consisting of the blog you’re reading (which is due for relaunch, I’m mentioned this before, this is just a placeholder blog, sort of), the interview blog BloggerTalks, and upcoming productivity blog Feeling Productive. If nothing else, my downtime gave me the opportunity to stock up on some posts for the upcoming launch, and get some other network stuff done.

That’ll have to wait now, though. Got a lot of catching up to do, not to mention client work. So here we go again!

It’s awfully quiet here, isn’t it? Yep, it is, I’m busy, really busy actually. There’s a lot of things that just don’t show very well at the moment, designs and work behind the scenes. I’m really hoping to have some stuff for you guys soon, including my plans for this site. The current version was ever a placeholder, as you’ve probably gathered by now.

But that’s not what I wanted to talk to you about. I wanted to let you know that this week’s interview over at BloggerTalks is up now, and it’s a good one: Colleen Coplick on PR and Getting Famous

Colleen’s the new blogger at Buzz Networker, and she’s got a background in the PR industry, so why not talk PR with her? I did, and the interview tells a lot, to quote my The Blog Herald news post on it:

[...] Colleen shares her views on paid reviews, PR agencies sending out samples, getting famous in the social sphere, how to write a great press release, and more.

Check it out, it’s a pretty good read, I think.

I just published this week’s interview on BloggerTalks, talking to the new Blog Herald blogger, Arvind Satyanarayan about Movable Type. It includes comparing it to WordPress, talk about Six Apart Services, and more.

The interview article is titled Movable Type or WordPress - Arvind Knows What He Prefers and Why and I think you should read it.

I’ve upgraded the BloggerTalks front page to what I had in mind all along, I mentioned it in the 3.0 beta launch post. The idea was and is to have a clean straight-forward approach, focusing only on the most recent interviews. Clean and lightweight, the way I like it. More

I’m officially looking for a new host, having finally had it with A Small Orange. They have great support, and I love the control I have over my account, but at times my sites are going up and down like a yoyo. I can’t stand that, it’s a total buzzkill when it comes to blogging. I mean, here I have a great interview with Ankit over at BloggerTalks, and then the server starts coughing. That sucks. Luckily, this time the downtime wasn’t so long, they usually get everything up pretty quick, but it’s just too often for me to feel secure and confident with them.

That being said, I am indeed working on next week’s interview for BloggerTalks, and hopefully getting it out of beta (i.e. fixing some silly stuff and getting the real front page up) as well. After that, I can concentrate on Feeling Productive as well, and give this blog the TLC it deserves. After all, I can’t blame a blog for taking down servers at ASO, now can I?

Err…

I just released the beta of BloggerTalks 3.0. Stay tuned for the first interview in a little while, today if I’m lucky, otherwise tomorrow.

Update! A new interview is up: Mark Elliot Cullen: 366 Songs In One Year - check it out!

I’ll be doing one launch and one relaunch in April. The relaunch is obvious for dedicated readers, being the new BloggerTalks. It is due very soon, I’m just waiting for some content. The design is 95% complete, and I’m bughunting the code right now. I’ll probably do some last minute tweaks, but overall I’m happy with the clean, straight forward look I’ve given it.

The launch is a new site, titled Feeling Productive. It’s a blog on productivity, something I’ve got a lot to say about, as you may know by now. During the years I’ve been devising several ways to increase my productivity, and make my workflow be more fluid. I’ve made mistakes, learned things, and found solutions. Now I want to share.

So BloggerTalks is due very soon, and Feeling Productive is a bit further off, but both of them are planned for launch in April 2008.

There you have it. It’s always nice to share plans.

As said yesterday, there’s a new version of BloggerTalks around the corner. Here’s the new logo:

As you can see, I’ve reused the type from the current version, but have switched to dual colors. Blue and orange have always been the link colors of choice for BloggerTalks, and I’m going with that.

BloggerTalks is still in hiatus. I didn’t plan it being like this, after the move to my new house (which is now more or less complete, office-wise at least), but here we are, and I’ll just have to make the most of it. I do, however, prefer to tell people about what’s going on, so that’s what I’ll do.

You see, on April 1st, there’s something happening that will inflict on today’s BloggerTalks, and that isn’t a good thing. Actually, it’s bordering close to a conflict of interest, so I’ll have to rethink everything. More