(2009-10-06) Typepad Motion

TypePadMotion is a new MicroBlogging platform that can be used to create Community sites. As a member of a Motion site you can post content such as messages, photos and video and participate in discussions around that content... I'm also excited that we have released the Motion code as Open Source. As a developer you can create your own community site with an unlimited amount of customization. Motion is a Django application with a few underlying Python libraries that interact with TypePad as a datastore (via the TypePad API). Motion also supports OpenID login and the OAuth authentication open protocol. Since Motion is build on the TypePad API, you can also use the underlying libraries to create some other unique kind of publishing site built on TypePad.

This leverages the new TypePad Platform, where any developer, blogger, publisher, or corporation can use the TypePad "cloud" through our open APIs.