DISQUS

God bless PHP!

Nice review. Keep it up, I can't wait to see more in the future!

It was good to see you!

Alan, that's what I like about Profilactic. The first think I do every morning is read my Profilactic email that digests everything my friends have done on the web the day before. Even though I'm trying to keep up with everything as it happens, I tend to miss things here and there.

Very nice. I like it.

While I was reading this article, I was thinking about using this functionality on ICQ years ago. If I'm chatting with someone in real time, watching what is being typed in real time is actually a pretty fun and novel way to communicate.

I just got home from serving with the Peace Corps in Kenya in early 2007. While I was there, I was teaching computer skills to Kenyans in the western part of the country where Raila's major Luo supporters hail from. As soon as I heard about the sour election, I was able to connect with Peace Corps colleagues (using social networks and google talk) who were holed up in their homes while people were rioting, burning buildings and killing Kikuyus in the streets right outside their homes. Using Facebook, I was able to find out that my Kenyan friends are safe. Every morning I get online to get an update from my fellow volunteers who are in the process of evacuating and leaving the country to ride out the storm in Uganda and Tanzania.

I should add that my friends over there are able to use their cell phones to access the Internet to learn about what is happening in the country. Also, the cell telecoms are owned partially by the government so they have some control over the technology.

Anyway, thank you for bringing the plight of the Kenyan people to the tech blogosphere. It makes me hopeful when I can see that people are at least aware of the situation.

Good write-up. I think I'd have to agree with you on all points.

Woo woo woo!