Typepad launches

Update: Now with working links... The new-ish weblogging tool Typepad came out of beta yesterday. If you're thinking about starting a website/weblog, or are wanting to change the way you publish your existing one, Typepad is well worth a look. Why? It's got power and flexibility, nearly all managed through a very nice interface, and once you've set everything up the techy stuff can be left alone. No fretting over hosting, or keeping complex software up. Best of all, its complexity is controllable by the user, which means it can appeal both to newbies and old(er) weblogging hands. I'm not sure if it will stop webloggers all being "upper middle class white males" or "teenage girls" (anyone feel an identity crisis coming on?) but it is certainly a nice way to publish stuff to the web. Using it reminds you of that initial excitement you felt about all this web publishing lark, and makes you want to go off and create something new. Which I think I will...