Lovely, very lovely.
It looks so usable.
I've been irritated by lack of features in Tumblr; whilst you don't those features, it does look like you have a cleaner approach for content-creating.
Reminds me slightly of Trello.
Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
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Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#12I like the "ideas pane" a lot. I have exactly the same workflow, except my "ideas pane" is just a text file in Dropbox. I work on posts there until they're big enough to paste into my blog. I'm not really interested in running my blog on someone else's platform, though (I realize I'm in the minority here).
You are not alone in that minority.
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#13Drafts in Wordpress work quite well for this purpose. I just click "New Post", write in some temporary title and a short description in the body, then click "Save Draft". Viewing drafts is easy too. I find formatting to be the biggest annoyance in blogging, but I bet there's a markdown WP plugin for that which I should use. Actually I do like this, but not for the "ideas" feature. I like it for the simplicity and hip…
I think this is exactly the problem that lead to how he designed the ideas pane. This make me realized this is exactly why I don't blog, too. If I save my ideas as draft, it mentally force me to think I will have to publish it at one point. It's more of a subconscious thing.
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#14The animation of the left sidebar on each page is really annoying.
Aside from that, it looks really clean!
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#15If the domain name is invite only, is there any chance that the code will be open source so other people can run their own version of svbtle?
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#16I think this system is well thought out. It has a beautiful, minimal design that actually let's you focus on the reading, once you're done playing with the kudos button.
The only criticism I have is that it relies on sites like Hacker News and Reddit or email/twitter for discussion. Blog posts may be full of errors, but readers (and maybe authors) may never find out, due to the relatively inaccessible discussion/feedback system.
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#17This is great. I've had something like this (probably even simpler) in my mind for a while, but never get around to making it.
Dustin, I just emailed you with a name suggestion.
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#18Am I correct in assuming the post text editor was all custom built? If not, can anyone link to a solution that is as clean as that? I love the idea of just typing on the page versus typing into a special box with a hundred buttons along the top
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#19If the domain name is invite only, is there any chance that the code will be open source so other people can run their own version of svbtle?
I'd be interested in running my own single-user version, but I'm sure there'll be a clone by the weekend (if there isn't I'll probably hack one up at my next opportunity).
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#20"This is the blogging platform for creative, intelligent, and witty people. Membership by invitation only."
Am I the only person that laughed out loud at this?