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Re: Trying out disqus.com (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:22:38 -0000

Let me know what you think of this way of doing comments.

Re: Trying out disqus.com (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:33:12 -0000

Yes, it's the same comment system that Fred Wilson uses.

Re: Google's phone should be good (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:51:06 -0000

Do you think this would have happened now if their plan wasn't to undermine Facebook? Why not wait until its fully baked? I think it was more a press and financial event than it was a technical one. Any bank or fund that was thinking of backing Facebook was given a good reason to think again.

Re: Feedback for disqus (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:54:29 -0000

I don't use a "major system" -- and I think that's a cop-out answer (if that's their answer).

A list of RSS feeds probably would be sufficient, where each feed captures the comments in response to one post. Of course the RSS isn't capturing hierarchy, maybe a blend of OPML 2.0 and RSS would be the right choice (someone once asked for a use-case for including OPML bits in other formats, this would be one example).

Re: Feedback for disqus (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:55:35 -0000

OTOH not sure the hierarchy is that useful. I'd prefer a flat, reverse-chronologic list of comments. I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out if I've read all the comments. (In fact I'm sure I haven't.)

Re: Feedback for disqus (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:58:53 -0000

I just changed the default sort order to "Newest" and like this much better. Thought about flattening the list, but decided to give this a try first.

Re: Russell Beattie asks Obvious Question 2.0 (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:22:24 -0000

That's more or less what I said. Did you read my post before writing this response??

Re: Feedback for disqus (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:59:55 -0000

I was going to do some of this work, but decided to wait for XML and some examples.

I think a combination of OPML and RSS is going to be pretty interesting.

I suggest looking at the Twitter API as a role model for the XML.

Re: Feedback for disqus (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:25:16 -0000

Daniel, this guy is a troll. If you feel you must respond to him, do it offline. Thanks.

Re: Feedback for disqus (Scripting News)

dave — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:44:38 -0000

Daniel, first, thanks for the quick turnaround. Some feedback...

1. Everyone is going to agree with this -- get the email addresses out of there, now. It should be totally against your religion to publish email addresses under any circumstances. Please look elsewhere for places where you expose them. We understand why you need them, but you can't publish them.

2. I think this functionality belongs under your API, not integration settings. That's where I'm going to look for it, and I want the same parameterization features, so I can control what you''re going to return.

3. You should be using RSS 2.0 (some people will say Atom, you probably should support that too). Most of the information about a comment is the same info as RSS already provides for at the item level. And I'd like the date to be in the same format as a RSS pubDate, since I already have well-debugged code for parsing that kind of date.

This is a good first step and thanks again.

Re: I'm not happy with Leopard (Scripting News)

dave — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:55:04 -0000

Seth, I can't tell you what to do -- but if I were you, I'd wait.

Maybe what I'm seeing here has something to do with my network, or electricity, or gamma rays, not sure. Let's hear what other people say.

Re: I'm not happy with Leopard (Scripting News)

dave — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:32:06 -0000

Check out the comments here...

http://scripting.wordpress....

Dave

Re: Why Google launched OpenSocial (Scripting News)

dave — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:10:35 -0000

Thanks. This is exactly the kind of contribution I'm looking for in the comments.

Re: Disqus progress (Scripting News)

dave — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:35:16 -0000

It still has a way to go before it's the equal of Wordpress.

Re: Why Google launched OpenSocial (Scripting News)

dave — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:58:33 -0000

bjimba, of course, that's much appreciated.

If you liked that, check this one out...

http://www.scripting.com/20...

Goes into more detail on the same idea.

Re: Why I delete comments (Scripting News)

dave — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:28:06 -0000

They can stink up their own space.

Re: Movies I'd like? (Scripting News)

dave — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:07:35 -0000

I actually have Lives of Others here now (I haven't watched it yet).

I love everything with Geena Davis in it. I'll take a look at Heros now.

Re: Why most conferences suck (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:42:46 -0000

Thanks Mark. That needed to be said.

Re: Why most conferences suck (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:11:21 -0000

Seth that's interesting. These days I usually do have one or two good conversations, but a number of years ago, when I was a nobody, and no one cared what I thought, I had the same general experience you did. Most people looking at me with disdain, because I didn't have anything they wanted. I couldn't give them money or press coverage. It was very much a pecking order thing, and I was at or near the bottom of the ladder.

These days I have a different experience because (I guess) I do have something some people want -- the ability to promote their ideas. But I've learned that this isn't friendship, and I nowadays I actually prefer to be anonymous at the conferences I go to, so I can learn something. The ones I get something out of are the ones that are so far out of my field that just watching how people interact differently gets me some value. For example, I went to two conferences in Boston this year like that: The NPR conference and Wikimania. Not very many people from tech at either of these, therefore it was a different experience. However most people had heard of me.

I'm going to LeWeb3 which will have *all* the usual suspects. I do this because I enjoy Loic's company, and I think it will be interesting to see people I know in Europe and it's been a long time since I've been to Paris, so... It should be a reasonably fun trip. :-)

Re: Why most conferences suck (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:13:46 -0000

Actually the term "unconference" has come to mean something different from the format I liked, which was fairly structured around a discussion leader who was like an editor.

You're right about me being in a different place. I'm really not trying to get anywhere. I'm pretty satisfied with where I am. Not a bad feeling, btw. Not much yearning for something better. I've more or less got what I wanted, and want.

Re: Why most conferences suck (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:18:38 -0000

BTW, I don't think even the BloggerCon style unconference is any kind of a panacea. I stopped doing them because the idea had plateaued (is that a word?). People have to be committed to getting stuff done if it's going to work.

At first the joy of finding out that everyone has something to say is overwhelming, that was the first two BCs for me. But after that, it wasn't that big a thrill, then it mattered more what they had to say.

I'm trying something new at LeWeb3, with Loic's blessings, a way to bring the world into the event, I think there's a pretty good chance it'll work and provide people with a fresh and interesting experience. I hope to learn a lot from it. (And of course report the results here.)

Re: Why most conferences suck (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:21:55 -0000

Agreed. And in order for it to work it has to feel natural.

Re: When the time is right... (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:36:58 -0000

They don't have to embrace the vision, at least not in one big gulp.

If they ever talk about better "targeting of messages" they're doing it whether they know it or not. My cable provider is always selling that in their own advertising, that they can reach very specific "consumers" -- it's only a matter of time before they're so specific that they actually say my name in the commercial. I hope to live to see that day. (Of course direct mail got there a long time ago.)

Re: Movies I'd like? (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:38:33 -0000

I've seen and enjoyed both movies.

My mother however made me feel guilty for liking Life is Beautiful because it made the Nazis look kind of okay. She didn't think a comedy should take place in a concentration camp. She has a point, imho.

Re: Movies I'd like? (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:39:10 -0000

I've seen Memento and Miller's Crossing.

I liked both.