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You can  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://motion.typepad.com/">try TypePad Motion out for yourself </a>or  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://developer.typepad.com/">go get the code and API access right now.</a><br/><br/><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://www.movabletype.com/assets_c/2009/10/TypePad-thumb-200x44.jpg"><img alt="Thumbnail image for TypePad.jpg" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342im_/http://www.movabletype.com/assets_c/2009/10/TypePad-thumb-200x44-thumb-200x44.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="44" width="200"/></a></span>Since TypePad launched six years ago, Movable Type and TypePad have been sibling platforms that have developed in parallel. As of today, the opening of the TypePad Platform  means that Movable Type users and developers will be able to more easily take advantage of the new features and infrastructure improvements we're making to Typepad all the time.<br/><br/>We're excited to see the kinds of apps the community will develop using the TypePad APIs,  and we look forward to getting your feedback. Six Apart CEO Chris Alden posted about the significance of the TyepPad Platform  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://www.sixapart.com/">on the Six Apart blog today</a>. Please have a look at his post for for a sense of his vision for Six Apart and for more detail about the Platform, the Developer Program, and TypePad Motion.<br/><br/> <div><br/></div><div><br/></div> </div>  <div class="entry-tags pkg"> <h4 class="entry-tags-header">Tags:</h4> <ul class="entry-tags-list"> <li class="entry-tag" style="display : inline; list-style-type: none;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://www.movabletype.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=Movable%20Type&limit=20&IncludeBlogs=1" rel="tag">Movable Type</a></li> <li class="entry-tag" style="display : inline; list-style-type: none;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://www.movabletype.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=TypePad%20API&limit=20&IncludeBlogs=1" rel="tag">TypePad API</a></li> <li class="entry-tag" style="display : inline; list-style-type: none;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://www.movabletype.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=TypePad%20Cloud&limit=20&IncludeBlogs=1" rel="tag">TypePad Cloud</a></li> <li class="entry-tag" style="display : inline; list-style-type: none;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://www.movabletype.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=TypePad%20Platform&limit=20&IncludeBlogs=1" rel="tag">TypePad Platform</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="trackbacks" class="trackbacks"> <h2 class="trackbacks-header"><a name="trackback"></a>0 TrackBacks</h2> <div class="trackbacks-info"> <p>Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://www.movabletype.com/blog/2009/10/this-morning-we-announced-the.html">Announcing the TypePad Platform</a>.</p> <p>TrackBack URL for this entry: <span id="trackbacks-link">http://www.movabletype.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/284</span></p> </div> </div> <div id="comments" class="comments"> <h2 class="comments-header">3 Comments</h2> <div class="comments-content"> <div class="comment" id="comment-63954"> <div class="inner"> <div class="comment-content comment-odd"> <div class="ctl"></div> <div class="ctr"></div> <div class="inner"> <p>Great to see Six Apart continuing its development and enhancements of MT! We're beginning a new development project today (coincidentally) on MT that should bring completely new capabilities to association management system applications. Today's announcement reinforces our selection of MT as a strong and robust platform.</p> </div> <div class="cbl"></div> <div class="cbr"></div> </div> <div class="tip-odd"></div> <div class="comment-footer"> <div>By Anonymous</div> <div><a href="#comment-63954" title="Permalink to this comment">October 1, 2009 12:21 PM</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-63956"> <div class="inner"> <div class="comment-content comment-even comment-author"> <div class="ctl"></div> <div class="ctr"></div> <div class="inner"> <p>Great to learn this. Let us know who you are so we can be in touch. You can send a note to mtblogs at sixapart dot com if you don't want the world to know. </p> </div> <div class="cbl"></div> <div class="cbr"></div> </div> <div class="tip-author"></div> <div class="comment-footer"> <div>By Ginger Tulley</div> <div><a href="#comment-63956" title="Permalink to this comment">October 1, 2009 12:28 PM</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-63958"> <div class="inner"> <div class="comment-content comment-odd"> <div class="ctl"></div> <div class="ctr"></div> <div class="inner"> <p>Thanks for acknowledgment - not sure why first comment came through as anonymous...</p> <p>Michael LoBue<br/> lobue@lm-mgmt.com<br/> www.lm-mgmt.com</p> </div> <div class="cbl"></div> <div class="cbr"></div> </div> <div class="tip-odd"></div> <div class="comment-footer"> <div>By <a title="http://www.lm-mgmt.com" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://www.lm-mgmt.com/" rel="nofollow">Michael LoBue</a></div> <div><a href="#comment-63958" title="Permalink to this comment">October 1, 2009 2:04 PM</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comments-open" id="comments-open"> <h2 class="comments-open-header">Leave a comment</h2> <div class="comments-open-content"> <div id="comment-greeting"></div> <form method="post" action="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://www.movabletype.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi" name="comments_form" id="comments-form" onsubmit="return mtCommentOnSubmit(this)"> <input type="hidden" name="static" value="1"/> <input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="652"/> <input type="hidden" name="__lang" value="en"/> <input type="hidden" name="parent_id" value="" id="comment-parent-id"/> <input type="hidden" name="armor" value="1"/> <input type="hidden" name="preview" value=""/> <input type="hidden" name="sid" value=""/> <div id="comments-open-data"> <div id="comment-form-name"> <label for="comment-author">Name</label> <input id="comment-author" name="author" size="30" value="" onfocus="mtCommentFormOnFocus()"/> </div> <div id="comment-form-email"> <label for="comment-email">Email Address</label> <input id="comment-email" name="email" size="30" value="" onfocus="mtCommentFormOnFocus()"/> </div> <div id="comment-form-url"> <label for="comment-url">URL</label> <input id="comment-url" name="url" size="30" value="" onfocus="mtCommentFormOnFocus()"/> </div> <div id="comment-form-remember-me"> <input type="checkbox" id="comment-bake-cookie" name="bakecookie" onclick="mtRememberMeOnClick(this)" value="1" accesskey="r"/> <label for="comment-bake-cookie">Remember personal info?</label> </div> </div> <div id="comment-form-reply" style="display:none"> <input type="checkbox" id="comment-reply" name="comment_reply" value="" onclick="mtSetCommentParentID()"/> <label for="comment-reply" id="comment-reply-label"></label> </div> <div id="comments-open-text"> <label for="comment-text">Comments (You may use HTML tags for style)</label> <textarea id="comment-text" name="text" rows="15" cols="50" onfocus="mtCommentFormOnFocus()"></textarea> </div> <div id="comments-open-captcha"></div> <div id="comments-open-footer"> <input type="submit" accesskey="v" name="preview_button" id="comment-preview" value="Preview" onclick="this.form.preview.value='1';"/> <input type="submit" accesskey="s" name="post" id="comment-submit" value="Submit"/> </div> </form> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="sidebarright" class="pkg"> <div class="emailnlblog"> <h3 class="emailhead">Movable Type News</h3> <div class="emailcopy">Please email me Movable Type newsletters and special Six Apart news and offers.</div> <form method="post" action="http://web.archive.org/web/20091004210342/http://oi.vresp.com/?fid=930c2cc66e" target="vr_optin_popup" onsubmit="window.open( 'http://oi.vresp.com?fid=930c2cc66e', 'vr_optin_popup', 'scrollbars=yes,width=600,height=450' ); return true;"> <div class="emailform">Email: <input name="email_address" size="20"/></div> <div class="emailsubmitbutton"><input type="submit" value="Subscribe" align="right"/></div> </form> </div> <div id="blog-about" class="sidebar-module pkg"> <h4>About the News Blog</h4> <p>You're reading the Movable Type <a href="/web/20091004210342/http://www.movabletype.com/blog/">News Blog</a>, the official news blog about Movable Type. 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