TypePad in the works

Six Apart announced yesterday that it is going to set up a Blogger-style weblog publication site called TypePad. Six Apart’s current product, Movable Type, is a decentralized content management system, meaning that users have to install it on their own web sites for it to work. TypePad is a centralized CMS, simply requiring a username and password.

According to Ben and Mena, TypePad will be much more powerful than Blogger, sporting the features of Movable Type. The site is not yet open for user accounts but you can sign up for service notifications. This is an excellent alternative for nanopublishers who don’t have CGI or mySQL installed on their servers.

However, I’m going to stick with Movable Type for the time being.

Joi Ito announced on his weblog that his company, Neoteny, has financially backed TypePad development. Thanks Joi! Six Apart also announced that Anil Dash is its new Vice President. There’s a press release on the Six Apart site entitled “Six Apart Ltd. Announces Close of Series ‘A’ Financing” which you should read too.