Since I haven't been typing much this week, I haven't gotten around to posting about things like TypePad going live on Monday. What is TypePad? It's a new hosted blogging service from the folks who brought up Movable Type. They seem to be offering a really nice service at a reasonable price. They have three pricing levels, $4.95/month, $8.95/month, and $14.95/month. When you compare what you get for features for this it's quite reasonable. For instance, at the top two levels you also get photo blog support (that supports using cell phone cams). Overall it looks like a very complete package. I actually think they need to consider making a photoblog option.
If I wasn't the control freak I was I'd probably think about using them, but as of now I can't live without things like threaded comments and my mail notification plugin. But I'd definitely suggest that friends interested in blogging without having to deal with installing Movable Type give it a looksee. Now hopefully some of these features will also filter down to Movable Type too.
