I just redesigned the Tinypost signup process and this is how a newly created blog on Tinypost now looks like.

@simonbc I agree with @jarrod on the clean look. Not sure what blog prompts are, though :) Quick question; what are the differences between tinypost and jottit as you’ve added blog-like user functionality to the latter?

@jarrod Thanks! Interesting idea. I think I want to keep the background (and the whole app, actually) clean for now, but I could see something like that working as an optional theme down the road.

@tylerknowsnothing Good question. Jottit is a faithful revival of the 2007 tool I built with Aaron Swartz – intentionally minimal, markdown, no sign-up required, pages you can optionally collect on a profile. Tinypost is targeted towards more traditional blogging: WYSIWYG editor, images, email subscriptions, blogroll, social links. Think of Jottit as “publish a page in seconds” and Tinypost as “run a simple blog you actually own.” They share DNA but serve different needs.