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Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/03/how-to-blog-live-events-and-publish.html

w.d.watson aka megalar — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:58:56 -0000

Thanks for this post Louis. As a blogger who has been away for a while and is looking for tools to get back into the swing of things I need all the help and advice I can get.

Re: [XILED] » Blog Archive » My Favorite DDL Sites

w.d.watson aka megalar — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:56:45 -0000

My list of favorite Download sites.

Re: Plan B (Scripting News)

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:58:46 -0000

First off, I must say that I think Twitter is far from dead. Certainly not a ghost town. I follow about 180 people and receive ~80 tweets an hour. That being said, I do agree that it should decentralize. Many people have an Idea for a XMPP based system where people would register with Twitter (to avoid name collision) and then subscribe to the nodes they want. The Twitter public timeline would then be handled by rss. This would take the strain off of Twitter and put it where it belongs, the heavy users. I think this is the only way the service can continue to function.

Re: louisgray.com: Disqus' Downtime Reminds Us of Woes for Data In the Cloud

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:36:27 -0000

Ah memes. I love 'em. I must admit though that the meme of the day, worries over data stored in the cloud, is getting on my nerves. The cloud has always been here. All these services that people are referring to as the cloud are only one small part of the cloud. The cloud is built into the design of the web. Almost all websites are hosted by one company or another. By using services like Disqus we are merely storing different parts in different places. This is not a new idea. This is not a bad idea.

Re: louisgray.com: RSSMeme is the Authority on Google Reader Sharing Notes

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:40:27 -0000

I use the "Note in Google Reader" bookmarklet as my primary means on sharing. I may not always add a note but I love the functionality of this little bookmarklet. One reason I do add notes is a method of saving my comments. I like to have backups and alternatives. This way even when Disqus is having trouble, I have a method of archiving my contributions to any sites content. I plan on starting a weekly recap of my aggregated web activity as a regular feature on my blog, so I need this data. Also, from a blogging standpoint, I think sharing these things in as many places as possible is a good networking habit.

Re: Money Should Never Motivate You

w.d.watson aka megalar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:52:23 -0000

I think what many people are overlooking is that the author is successful, because she followed her passions. Even if you have responsibilities (like me) you won't find real success until you follow your passions. You might find financial stability but you won't be happy. As a result, you and the people you love will suffer for it. I hold down a regular job (that I hate) but recently have really started doing what I love (writing) and I'm happier for it. It should be noted that I make a little money from it, and that gives me some extra satisfaction. You can be happier too, all you have to do is devote some time to your passions. Who knows, in time your passion may supplant your j.o.b., or it may just make you a little extra cash. Either way you will be happier, that in turn will make you a better person, friend, parent, or whatever label it is that ties you to your loved ones.

Re: Who The Heck Is Clicking On Blog Ads?

w.d.watson aka megalar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:27:57 -0000

Well, I wouldn't go that far. I do it because I'd like to encourage that behavior. I have a blog of my own after all. :D So you can't really call me noble.

Re: Who The Heck Is Clicking On Blog Ads?

w.d.watson aka megalar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:21:19 -0000

In addition to that, I'm one of those rare uses that tries to go bookmark it on as many sites as I can. Dugg it, posted to del.icio.us, stumbled, diigo, FriendFeed, and posted it to magnolia. If Twitter was up I'd have sent a tweet about it.

Re: Who The Heck Is Clicking On Blog Ads?

w.d.watson aka megalar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:06:09 -0000

Damn, being a new Disqus user, I always forget that it has threaded comments. I should have put that under jcieplinski's comment. Bad megalar.

Re: Who The Heck Is Clicking On Blog Ads?

w.d.watson aka megalar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:03:29 -0000

It is true in my case. Once I decided I liked your article, I went and found the ads and clicked on them. I do this on every site that has a post I like without fail. Interesting content should be rewarded.

Re: Effectively Establishing Your Web Identity

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:24:50 -0000

Rather than splitting things between two blogs you could use some combination of tags and css to split your blog into two panes. That would give it the look of a newspaper page.

Re: Disqus

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:41:01 -0000

I've been having memetracking trouble lately (too much going on) so I wasn't even aware of the plugin . Fear not though, I'm gonna check it out.

Re: Disqus

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:38:25 -0000

I'm currently going through the Disqus blog and joining sites that integrate with Disqus, i.e. Plaxo.

Re: Updated popup profiles: View recent comments and Twitter status

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:23:54 -0000

I think the best option here is to put a settings link on the mini-profiles to disable them on a per user basis. Something similar to what I saw yesterday on one of those annoying web snapshot things. It had the option to disable the boxes for one link or all links, this page or all pages, just for today or permanently. You could give them a register link in the settings (that opens in a new window please) and tell them that if they didn't want to register with Disqus that the settings would be cleared when their cookies were deleted. That *should* satisfy everyone and bring more users to Disqus.

Re: Disqus

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:07:41 -0000

Threaded comments rock btw. And I really like how this gives people a chance to rate comments.

Re: Disqus

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sat, 31 May 2008 10:59:38 -0000

well isn't that interesting. There's my Avatar. One issue down.

Re: Disqus

w.d.watson aka megalar — Sat, 31 May 2008 10:58:17 -0000

Two issues so far:
1)This article shows twice in my community page on Disqus. Once with the pretty URL:http://megalar.890m.com/blo... and once with the postid:http://megalar.890m.com/blo.... I don't know if this is a problem with Disqus or with my site.
2)My avatar doesn't show up. I don't know if this is a problem with the pic or what. Disqus is supposed to have Gravatar support but I use the same image on Gravatar. :/ Perhaps Someone who knows more than me can clear this up.