I'm not loyal to the Blogger

For the journey to Thailand, we may set up a web log for our team to use that will provide the university with updates about things we are doing, people we are meeting, and problems we are (hopefully) solving. It is possible this web log would be linked from UCB's home page. They did a similar "dispatches from abroad" feature on their website last summer. But with the web log, it won't be static and it would be updated remotely. I wonder if the university will allow us to post without getting each entry pre-approved? We should work that out I guess. I could see the potential for abuse and some terrible scandal coming out of an unregulated web log linked to the school's homepage. Drat.

I would actually like to take it upon myself to set up this multiple user interface web log, hopefully with some sort of nice customized template, where our 10 team members will have their own login, identifying picture, perhaps a brief biography, and a section for pictures. It would be cool if readers could navigate to entries of specific individuals they have been "following", rather than having to read through one long, cluttered web log.

I haven't done anything like this before, but I already am certain I will not use Blogger. I am thinking of using the Pro version of TypePad, from Six Apart. It will cost $15 a month to set this up, but maybe I can turn in a receipt to the Chancellor when I get back for some petty cash. Or maybe I will just eat it. Either way.

Anyone have suggestions or know of examples of this kind of multiple user web log? Leave a comment if you do or point me toward it so I can get an idea of the possibilities.

THANKS!