Disqus - Latest Comments for klecu

Re: Are We Too Forgiving Of Technology?

Webomatica — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:06:25 -0000

True, that is a good difference. It's the programmers / designers on the other end that make computers difficult to use.

One observation that supports that - it seems programmers load software with far too many options. As if, the computer can do it, let's have a button or menu item for every possibility. Ends up being totally overwhelming for the end user.

I would provide examples but I'm sure everyone has experienced this...

Re: Are We Too Forgiving Of Technology?

klecu — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:04:41 -0000

I think the issue is not that we're asking people to think like computers, but to think like programmers (who in turn think like computer architects). Sure, it's great to get into a program and understand where the features are and how things work, but most people are not going to do that.

Re: Disqus API PHP Wrapper Updated

klecu — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:50:24 -0000

I looked at your wrapper class, and made a few changes. Also, will create_post work for a non-existent thread, or one without an identifier?

Re: Battle Of The Twitterologists: Microstreaming

stoweboyd — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:37:34 -0000

Right, but too geeky.

Re: Battle Of The Twitterologists: Microstreaming

klecu — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:55:26 -0000

Microstreaming doesn't seem to capture the conversational portion of Twitter and other basically unthreaded services. Activities like lifestreaming imply one way sharing (usually with comments going "upstream"). Twitter especially has a lot of conversations in the stream. Compare to Rejaw, where public messages start conversation threads, and replies don't show up on the main "stream." That, I would say, is more of a "microstream" than Twitter is.

On a rather geeky side note, perhaps we are looking at the wrong analogy. Twitter is more like a large bus network, with each user being a node that both sends and receives data.

Re: McCain Campaign asks YouTube to ignore the DMCA

duncanriley — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:57:14 -0000

I hope they do. There's nothing like experiencing it first hand to drive change in the future :-)

Re: McCain Campaign asks YouTube to ignore the DMCA

klecu — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:46:34 -0000

Nothing like politicians getting a taste of their own medicine to get changes through. The question is will anyone remember this in one month, much less 6-12?

Re: Introversion is the New Extroversion

BlueCockatoo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:37:55 -0000

Thanks for your input, klecu.

For the "norm" vs the "oddity" I meant that the act of doing the majority of our communications with others virtually will become the standard in the future. Those of us who are already accustomed to and enjoy that (who are currently oddities) will no longer be in the minority at that point because everyone else will have to adjust to that standard if they want to be successful in society and life.

I never said that there wouldn't be a need for meatspace intimacy... most introverts do have a small group of close friends and family they are intimate with and everyone needs that. But because we are also suited for meaningful relationships virtually we have a lot more options available to us as "online extroverts" than those who spend all their time and attention in meatspace.

Re: Introversion is the New Extroversion

klecu — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:34:38 -0000

I'm a little skeptical of your conclusion, and would say that virtual relationships will be *a* norm and not necessarily the norm. The need for face-to-face interactions will not be decreased at all. Intimacy is hard to build without it (believe me, I know).

But apart from that I do agree that online connections will become more common, and we may well be friends with more people online than off. Many people - the knowledge workers - will work with others over geographic separation. And yes, meatspace introverts will be more suited for this, because we don't need that face to face communication to build relationships.

Re: louisgray.com: Relax, Bloggers: Nobody Is Keeping Score, and There's No Quota.

klecu — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:46:00 -0000

Reminds me some of an article I read at http://thegrowinglife.com/2008/06/not-being-a-r... under the heading "The Fake Unreal LIfe". Don't become your own frustrating boss.

Re: louisgray.com: Can Microblogs Just Talk To Each Other?

robdiana — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:40:51 -0000

Absolutely agree with your list of steps. I tried to stay at a higher level as the several services and API needed would be several blog posts and I can only write one at a time :)

I always thought that Twitter was a public IM platform. Subscription email is another decent way to look at it. I also think people are too concerned about the problems that might be added instead of the benefits. Am I right that federation is the right way to go? Maybe, let's see if someone builds it.

Re: louisgray.com: Can Microblogs Just Talk To Each Other?

klecu — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:36:02 -0000

For subscriptions across servers, there would need to be steps like 1) authenticate requesting server (is it trusted? is it blocked?), 2) transfer list of subscriptions (who on the requesting server subscribed to whom on the supplying server), 3) verify that each author on the supplying server has not blocked the requesting server, 4) transfer posts only from the authors on the subscription list. Ideally, each server would remember what other servers "subscribe" to each author, and push that data in real time or near-real time as it is posted.

For example, if I post to laconica server 1, and someone on laconica server 2 is subscribed to me, server 1 would know that server 2 needs my posts and would push a copy to server 2, which would store/cache and display to my subscribers on that server. And as bandwidth and storage marginal costs decrease, this will become increasingly feasible.

This kind of feels to me like a subscription model email system now, where you write the message without really controlling the distribution list.

Re: The Rise of the Twittering Church-Goers

klecu — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:04:19 -0000

You already have my previous comment on there, but let me add, I justify checking email (even friendfeed sometimes) because I go to two identical services each week (working sound/video and occasionally playing guitar or singing). But I do have to check myself because it's not very reverent. I also heard - from my pastor, no less - that Mars Hill church in Seattle area has an internal site where laptop and cell phone users can see additional information related to the message. He seemed to like the idea. May have to make a social network app for churches some day for all the other gen-Y'ers. If we're gonna be distracted, might as well be distracted by something relevant to the teaching.

Re: Comment Combiner Status

klecu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:51:47 -0000

Forgot to post my comment below as a reply to yours. http://klecu.com/article/comment-combiner-statu...

Re: Comment Combiner Status

klecu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:44:28 -0000

Alister, I am actually working on a WP plugin for this FriendFeed/Disqus comment system. It's slow going because I've never worked with WP before and work and other responsibilities are swamping me. I have some ideas for a template tag (e.g. <?php ffdisqus-comments() ?>) that would give html that can be styled with CSS and/or Javascript. If you know Wordpress, I'd appreciate the help. Maybe if there's enough interest I'll set up a project on Google code or something so people can contribute. I'm happy to share what code there is.

Re: Disqus-FriendFeed Comment Combiner

klecu — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:48:08 -0000

This is a reply to test the script.

Re: Disqus-FriendFeed Comment Combiner

klecu — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:47:48 -0000

This is a test post for my combining script.

Re: Disqus Comments

klecu — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:48:50 -0000

I know, and it's gonna get better

Re: FriendFeed

klecu — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:21:23 -0000

I realize that Friendfeed's API is also very new and not fully featured yet. Hope that FriendFeed and Disqus both continue to improve their API's. Keep up the good work.

Re: Nike's Marty McFly 2015 Limited Edition Future Sneakers

danielha — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:53:39 -0000

I wish! Unfortunately, they are just regular shoes with a little BTTF
flair.

Re: Nike's Marty McFly 2015 Limited Edition Future Sneakers

klecu — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:37:01 -0000

Do they lace themselves like in the movie?

Re: Numbers + URLS

klecu — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:49:22 -0000

I don't know how your site works, but could you just change your .htaccess (or equivalent) to ignore the 'postnumber/' portion of the url? Then it will work just like it did before, but Google will get its number.

Re: louisgray.com: Why Disqus Is Winning the Web Comment Battles, and What's Next

louismg — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:54:33 -0000

I didn't play investigative reporter during dinner. Food was too good. But I did mention to him that other sites which proved themselves in the free consumer realm had big plans for enterprise solutions, which could be licensed. I wouldn't be surprised if Disqus had similar plans.

Re: louisgray.com: Why Disqus Is Winning the Web Comment Battles, and What's Next

klecu — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:11:44 -0000

As far as monetization, I wonder if Daniel and co. have considered a behind-the-firewall enterprise version. I know I'd be interested in that for my employer (a large and technically influential organization). Especially useful to the enterprise would be commenting across wikis, blogs, and other applications.

Re: I Don’t Care That Colbert Is In Hulu, It’s Still Georetarded!

klecu — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:00:01 -0000

I'm surprised it works here on Guam. NBC didn't (haven't checked since Hulu).