The Campmobile

The Campmobile has moved. Not this one  but thecampmobile.com. It’s one more step in the migration away from Apple’s MobileMe.

Years ago, thecampmobile.com — or what I had as a website — was hosted on a shared server. Funny, I can not even recall what the domain name was. While a plethora of hosting options are available, I will stay with WordPress.com for the time being. It served me well in the Route 230 blog. Perhaps I will start writing in notes longer than 140 characters again.

Sharing for this blog as of this moment (unlike Route 230) is straight through WordPress. I’ve been using dlvr.it. WordPress allows direct sharing to Facebook & LinkedIn as well, although if I recall correctly, I have Twitter feeding those other places. Perhaps a direct feed to each is better?

And no, I am not moving away from Apple products; just moving onto the iCloud. The cloud has been good to me. I am a big user of Dropbox, occasionally user of SugarSync, and a big fan of Google Docs for collaborations personal and professional.

As I move away from MobileMe, I will try to wrangle my activity on Flickr.

Q: Should I change my primary Flickr account from “dickparis to “campmobile”? I had lost the Yahoo ID “campmobile” long ago due to lack of use. Now, I have it again and now, of course, it is Flickr is part of Yahoo. I’ve been able to use campmobile as a moniker in all manner of places on the internet — helpful with such a common name as I have.

A: Done. I had either done something about this previously or was mistaken in the restrictions on my account name. I can not change my screen name in Flickr to “Richard Anderson” but my account is already under “campmobile”. The Dick Paris moniker is confusing though so I am now “Richard @ The Campmobile”.