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This blog is a place where I write stuff. You can have one too.

Want to respond to something you see here?

Great! Keep the conversation going. Post your comments anywhere on the interwebs and send me a link.

You don’t need a “comment form”.

Why should the whole conversation take place on one blog?

Here’s the thing: you don’t need a “comment form” to get your ideas online. There are a lot of options:

• Send me a note @johnstephens on Twitter. Twitter helps people stay connected and gives you a communication platform you can take anywhere.
• Tumblr is simple, streamlined, and pleasing to use.
• Posterous is blogging by eMail— you don’t even have to sign up for an account.
• If you’d like to set something up on your own server, try Chyrp or Habari. I haven’t used these in real life, but they get mad props from Rissington HQ.
• This weblog uses Textpattern, hands down the best CMS for designers. I never say “hands down” unless I really mean it. If you’d like a really classy custom blog, I know someone who can hook you up.
• There are also the infamous Wordpress and Blogger, which I have used in real life, but I can’t recommend them in good conscience.

Your assignment: Go out and make the internet more wonderful.

It’s up to you to find meaningful ways to extend the conversation— keep me posted, and I may post links to your work here.