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Re: revista

nilsgeylen — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:49:33 -0000

Themeshaper.com, Theseus Wordpress theme...

Re: PoP!

nilsgeylen — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:31:43 -0000

That the same video as was on YouTube? Because now it seems that's gone.

Oh well, I fully intend to watch the film. Something tells me I shouldn't but will eventually. I suppose that's what Grant-Barrymore can do to you.

Re: revista

nilsgeylen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:13:56 -0000

That would make sense. It doesn't seem as clean and clipped as the northern, TV or movie dialects you hear; it's much more drawn and 'dirty'. Not that my Italian is that great, I just have somewhat of an ear for that based on what I do know. So yeah, your mom's friend is probably right.

Oh, we could check this of course, but after all: this is the internet - who checks anything :)

Re: revista

nilsgeylen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:22:32 -0000

Yeah, independent director there. Not his song, but I like both: the song and the video. Cool huh?

Re: Exile

nilsgeylen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:10:34 -0000

Heh, I seem to like the third type best as well.

You know, you should write that post of course. Obviously, I know these are generalisations, but they're fun and there always is some truth about them.

Re: Pink

nilsgeylen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:48:45 -0000

Yeah, it is really, really pink eh? Thanks for dropping by.

Re: Pink

nilsgeylen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:21:27 -0000

Thx, got it from here. 4th in the list - though the others look great too.

Re: Are we in the cloud yet?

nilsgeylen — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:37:29 -0000

Ah, yeah, somehow I can't seem to remember why we were all so excited over IMAP coming to Gmail back then. I remember I must have checked my Gmail page every 15 minutes to see if the feature had been rolled out for my account yet. I suppose POP is indeed better when it comes to a web based service - one that you don't run yourself that is.

And yup, I wasn't sure whether to do it (go pink) but I just changed some colours for now, and that of course does the trick a bit already. Still have to do a post about it and perhaps see if I can create some themed header later. You joining in this year? I remember it was such a cool big thing back when we were in 9rules. These days that just seems like a lame place to hang out...

Re: Are we in the cloud yet?

nilsgeylen — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:06:57 -0000

I wasn't so much concerned with identity theft, not at first at least, because to me it seems our data is more locked in with these services than anything else. Of course, if one of these companies does go evil, there's no telling what'll happen to our data, and that is worrying.

So, what's that downloading you're doing? You're actually physically getting your mails off of the Google servers? Is that a standard option or some plugin/hack you needed?

Re: Dotcomslashblog

nilsgeylen — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:52:12 -0000

Exactly, and the fact that the threading is linked to your Disqus account also helps in tracking and subscribing to comments that you made on separate comment and threads and even different blogs.

I think ;)

At least I know what you were saying.

Re: Dotcomslashblog

nilsgeylen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:06:26 -0000

Hi Tom, how kind of you. I hope I won't disappoint. Self-hosted means I have my own domain, and have installed the blogging software myself on a bit of server space I rent and pay for myself. A blog on Blogger or Wordpress.com is free, but hosted on the servers of those companies. It means you are limited in making modifications etc. Self-hosted also means that when things break, it's probably my fault and I have to fix it. That's not so nice.

Blogs will certainly be around, but their form will no doubt change - I'm convinced of that. But now it seems as if I want to get out of making that bet, so okay, deal: I say blogs are gone within two years ;)

Disqus is a service that makes for better commenting. One of the things you can see is the indenting and the threads: people can now reply to comments and track those responses more easily. All comments on this blog can also be found at http://dotcomslashblog.disqus.com/ and if you're registered (that's what the second button is for) you can track all the Disqus comments you made on other blogs that use the service (which is what the third button is for). Do read up on http://disqus.com if you like.

In any case, again, thanks for your comment and I hope this explains some. Cheers!

Re: Dotcomslashblog

nilsgeylen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:08:55 -0000

Yeah, All Along the Watchtower, Smaran, Koregaonpark, Smaran.in... If anyone knows about multiple identities/online presences it must be you indeed ;)

Re: Dotcomslashblog

nilsgeylen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:05:05 -0000

Indeed, Napfisk was an old nick. I switched to my real name and identity a while ago. Then came No Dependencies, NDNL and now this.

Yay for more posts. And more comments :)

Re: Dotcomslashblog

nilsgeylen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:03:38 -0000

Thank you, yes, self-hosting is the way. I'm preparing a post as we speak how self-hosting fits into cloud computing btw. So, yes, expect more posts soon. No stress. No stress dammit!

Re: Dotcomslashblog

nilsgeylen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:02:03 -0000

Hey Adem, thanks for popping round. Yeah, lots of things happened along the way. I hope I won't disappoint you and try to share interesting stuff with you. Do comment, I see the new Disqus commenting system is doing its job well already.

Re: Owning my name in Google

nilsgeylen — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:51:14 -0000

I never realized why exactly Twitter was so high up and it didn't occur to me that tweets count as content updates.

I suppose that's cool though, since I update there more than on my site.

It's all the same to me. I can be found, if someone wants me, so I'm not sitting waiting for the phone to ring. And, to be honest, I've been using Twitter or Friendfeed themselves as primary search a long time. If I need to find someone or something, it's there that I look first. Good to see Google catch on to that.

Re: SocialWebTV, Feedly, FriendFeed, Webjam and more…

nilsgeylen — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:37:16 -0000

From doing just screencasts at work I know how hard it is to talk and think at the same time and still sound coherent. You do a great job. One big disadvantage about video posts is that they're rather static. Maybe you can add some screenshots in between, or - ideally - use screencasting with PIP.

The big advantage of video, of course, is that you don't have to write, and I don't have to read, so keep it up.

(Oh, and I should've responded with video, but I don't have the gear handy here, so sorry)

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

nilsgeylen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:08:27 -0000

That's a good point. And that, as I noted earlier (elsewhere, I forget) is in how we present our content. We should rethink that as well probably. More tags, relationships, subject themes? Less dates and streams?

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

nilsgeylen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:51:03 -0000

Cool, that works for me ;)

No one should *feel* they need to perform beyond their capacity or goals; that is true.

Actually, perhaps there is more to this than meets the eye: the navel-gazing of the industry, the hooray atmosphere, the rat race, indeed. Have the social networks, in that respect, failed? Instead of enhancing conversation (about art, politics, news) they have mercilessly focused on themselves (twittering about Twitter and all that) and anyone not in the loop is having a very hard time getting heard.

I often wonder (and am toying around with doing a poll or some investigation) whether there are alternative Twitter or Friendfeed networks; people discussing other subjects that we never get to see (fashion, undertakers united, doggie wranglers, whatever). It would involve spending some time on Twittervision, I guess, and analyzing the conversation about alternative subjects...

What do you think?

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

nilsgeylen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:28:56 -0000

Sorry, but I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here. It's perfectly clear that some people are closer to the inner circle than others in the current online media and tech business (it's like that with all media, with every profession even) and that sometimes people are chasing an illusion thinking they're part of that.

But the great thing about the internet and esp. the social networks is that everyone can in fact participate and voice their opinion. So what of it when someone works admin all day, but is still in the know and wants to blog about it?

Aren't you being a tad protectionist here, or are you really sharing some TLC saying: "Come come, hush hush, I know you can't keep up but it's okay, it wasn't for you in the first place"?

Sorry if this sounds harsh or anything, it's an honest question as to what your motivation here is, or perhaps: what happened or what you witnessed that prompted this?

Cheers

Re: My thirty eight editors on Friendfeed.

nilsgeylen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:50:26 -0000

Great idea and good post. I had a couple thoughts about this, but decided on doing an experiment of my own. Instead of just commenting here, I've written a post myself, which I'll smear out across Twitter, Friendfeed, etc. In addition to Disqus and the lot, I'm anxious to see where the conversation will bloom, what'll get picked up.

Read my response here — oh, and I'm long past stats and ego surfing, so it's not a way of luring people to the old blog ;)

Re: Cleaning up my Google reader with the help of Toluu.

nilsgeylen — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:03:58 -0000

How exactly did you do this then? Re-importing feeds is easy, whether you use your OPML file directly, or go by way of Toluu. Or did you only re-subscribe to your favourite feeds and feeds that Toluu suggested to you? In any case, I know a thing or two about Google Reader vexations; love-hate eh? ;)

Re: Social Media Roundup: Toluu, FriendFeed, and Twhirl Updates

nilsgeylen — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:44:25 -0000

Not sure Friendfeed needed more services, or Twhirl needed more features — they're complicated enough as it is.

Unlike Toluu, which I particularly like now that it got revamped some.

Re: Will Social Networks Burst Like The Dot Com Boom?

nilsgeylen — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:25:24 -0000

I think we'll see a couple fading away. Others will merge or change their focus. Some may go vertical and cater to specific crowds again. Maybe we'll even see the rise of highly localized networks, thus limiting the information overload. But we haven't seen the end of it. Social networking changed the way we work, play and interact. It's not just going to burst.

I think.