Disqus - Friends of Wezz

Re: Inedible Hulk

pauljacobson — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:38:19 -0000

So ... DVD movie? Or is it worth R16 to watch on the big screen?

Re: Kentucky Fried Cruelty

pauljacobson — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:31:43 -0000

Crap, there goes my KFC enjoyment ... ! This is the kind of thing that persuaded my dad to stop eating red meat. It begs the question how other chicken places like Nandos procure their chicken and how those chickens are raised, slaughtered and prepared for our burgers?

Re: Kentucky Fried Cruelty

pauljacobson — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:22:56 -0000

You know, I guess it will depend on whether these companies are monitoring these kinds of posts and talk about where their chicken comes from and how it is raised/manufactured. I am sure there are also animal rights organisations that monitor this sort of thing too. I was involved in a law based organisation like this that looked into Woolies chicken and its claims about using free range chicken as opposed to battery chicken farming (I think Woolies does the right thing).

Re: Why it probably isn’t worth using .Mac/MobileMe

pauljacobson — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:16:21 -0000

Thanks for your feedback Mark. So you're really focussing on the shared resources and ability to check back with your assistant over a distance? Or am I missing something there?

Re: FriendFeed, Pulse, Jaiku: where the conversation is moving

pauljacobson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:57:49 -0000

There is no denying that Twitter is immensely popular and a great number of people's networks are using Twitter. What I just don't understand is why this continues to be the case with Twitter's clear faults. Virtually every set of updates includes a complaint about Twitter's instability or some other failure and yet people cling to it.

I don't buy the argument that people don't want to monitor yet another service or that everyone is using Twitter so why change? Twitter wasn't always around and probably won't always be around. People will move to a new service. Granted it is a fantastic service and provides a simple way to publish short posts and even engage each other in unthreaded and difficult to track conversations but Jaiku was there first and FriendFeed and Pulse can do pretty much the same thing. Given the incentive Twhirl would support Pulse too.

Anyway, this rant is probably more akin to me shouting into a strong wind. It isn't going to change the wind's direction and nobody will really hear me anyway. Just thought I'd get it out there anyway. At some point in the future the trend will shift away from Twitter. It is the way Web services work. It is just a question of when and where it all goes.

Re: Thoughts about video blogging

pauljacobson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:19:49 -0000

Thanks SheeBee. I don't see myself giving up text for video but I do like the opportunities that video presents. I am growing more and more partial to Seesmic given my current setup. It would be fun to do more video stuff but there is the challenge you touched on - sufficient bandwidth to make video more appealing to more people. Then again, that is another reason Seesmic is a good option. It doesn't seem to be as bandwidth intensive.

Re: Thoughts about video blogging

pauljacobson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:38:29 -0000

Hey Sue

The video takes a little while to load, oddly. At least the interface takes a few seconds to load up. Once it does that you can play the video.

Re: Thoughts about video blogging

pauljacobson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:28:42 -0000

Lol. Thanks for that one Saul! I'll work on the costume for next time.

Seriously though, I dig the format. It can be a bit dull watching myself but there is scope to work on that. I'll keep working on it.

Re: Bittersweet tales of Moo cards

pauljacobson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:27:00 -0000

Marc, my cards are just that good. Someone must be tempted to masquerade as me, as pointless as that would be ...

Re: Bowing … scraping … not to offend

pauljacobson — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:41:00 -0000

Hey Roy, maybe a harsher tone has its place too? Feeling a need for something a little edgier in the local scene lately ...

Sue, talks at 27 Dinners have been great. Not all of them, but some have been. If the standard is raised and speakers are required to really present something good, the talks about turn a social dinner thing into something easily worth the time and Primi cost.

Re: 24.com

pauljacobson — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:02:59 -0000

Hey Matt

It sounds like a fantastic opportunity and with a move to Cape Town, what more could you possibly want? Good luck with the move! I'm looking forward to more news about your work at 24.com going forward.

Re: Daniel Ha, Disqus in Seesmic du Jour 119

pauljacobson — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:43:03 -0000

Thanks for the interview. I have taken a second look and installed the commenting plugin on my WordPress blog. I installed the plugin for Tumblr a little while ago (that was a great discovery).

Re: Where is our national pride?

pauljacobson — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:56:19 -0000

Thanks for your thoughts Vincent. The more I think about this the more I see this as yet another fundamental issue the government is not addressing (for whichever reasons) and which it should address.

Re: Where is our national pride?

pauljacobson — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:56:19 -0000

Re: A 20 Minute Talk On Social Media, Consumers And Brands

pauljacobson — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:08:46 -0000

How to pitch a social media presentation {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbn..."}"title":{"value":"How to pitch a social media presentation "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/vide..."}}}

Re: Stii : Comments are now Disqus powered!

pauljacobson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:24:15 -0000

I have also been using Disqus for my comments on my blogs. The one thing I am not sure about is whether all the comments and trackbacks I receive (the legit ones of course) are being displayed. The plugin has pretty limited functionality so I am just going to hope that the comments make it through otherwise it becomes a bit pointless using Disqus.

Re: Chrome, Android, and The Cloud

pauljacobson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:40:46 -0000

I'm reserving judgment on this for now. Between Firefox and Safari I am not sure what more I could need from a browser but then Google has this knack for sneaking up on the competition and really changing the game (or not - depends on the project).

Google's web-based apps are really great and they keep getting better but from what I hear about Android, I am going to stick with Nokia. There is a lot of potential in Android but it just seems that the development process is not exactly going all out to develop something really innovative, just more of the same with new hype.

Re: Facebook Connect Wordpress Plugin Leaked

pauljacobson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:53:11 -0000

Any indication how the plugin will interface with a blog that has Disqus installed? Would it just add it on somewhere around the commenting field?

Re: Chrome, Android, and The Cloud

pauljacobson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:08:29 -0000

What will be different with memory allocation?

Re: Why I Love Working At Cerebra

pauljacobson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:58:22 -0000

I think there is actually a company that puts up screens to keep the poop generators away from the windows.

Re: Quantum Mike

pauljacobson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:35:45 -0000

The resemblance is uncanny ...

Re: Privacy settings in Facebook

pauljacobson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:32:11 -0000

Ah, I didn't realise that! Thanks for letting me know.

Re: Privacy settings in Facebook

pauljacobson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:32:11 -0000

Ah, I didn't realise that! Thanks for letting me know.

Re: MIH acquires Afrigator

pauljacobson — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:30:40 -0000

You are welcome. As for a move, I'm not sure about that just yet but I do want to start travelling to Cape Town more often! Everyone else is doing it!

Re: MIH acquires Afrigator

pauljacobson — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:30:40 -0000

You are welcome. As for a move, I'm not sure about that just yet but I do want to start travelling to Cape Town more often! Everyone else is doing it!