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The Shift From Typepad to WordPress: A Blogger’s Reboot

After 22 years on Typepad, the platform's sudden shutdown prompted a challenging migration to WordPress.com. Despite Typepad's early reliability, its decline made the shift necessary. With support from the community, the transition has rejuvenated the blog, embracing WordPress's modern tools and open-source benefits, marking a new chapter in the blog's journey.

Blog Migration is Complete

After 22 years on Typepad, the Between the Lines blog has successfully migrated to a new host following a difficult transition due to Typepad's abrupt shutdown notice. The author expresses gratitude for the support received during the move and is eager to resume sharing insights on design, engineering, and technology.

Goodbye Typepad After 22 Years – Now Working on the Blog Relaunch on WordPress

Everything should be back to normal within a week Typepad decided to only provide customers only 30 day an email notice they were shutting down. Not much time to migrate 22 years of blog posts especially with Typepads broken export…

Happy 4th Birthday Coho and 22nd for Between the Lines Blog

August 21 has always been a meaningful day for me. In 2003, it was the launch of this blog, Between the Lines. And today, in 2025, it’s also the 4th birthday of my best furry friend, Coho the Silver Labrador.…

Celebrating 21 Years of Between the Lines Blog and 3 for Coho the Labrador

Today marks a big blog milestone—21 years of "Between the Lines Blog." What started as a simple idea has grown into a fun and trusted source for those in the AEC and manufacturing design technology industry. It’s wild to look…

This Between the Lines Blog Is Guided Reading in a Textbook

I recently received a message from a person located in Panama, who was taking an English class. He wanted to know if this was really me in the textbook where they used a blog post as an example. It was…

Recent Adventures

I am still traveling and visiting with family, but soon will be back and ready and reviewing future opportunities and adventures. This Between the Lines Blog will remain my blog, as always, and be back to an active cadence, although…

Happy Holidays

Most Autodesk employees and offices will be closed starting Monday starting, December 19th, for our annual Week of Rest for the holidays. This break is actually longer than a week, but it allows our employees to spend time with their family, friends, and rest. We then come back after the New Year refreshed and ready to make an amazing 2023 for our customers.