by Andy DeSoto on August 12, 2008
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the age of DISQUS, it was the age of Tumblr.
Over the past two days, two highly-regarded and much-loved Internet services released updates: Top-notch global commenting system DISQUS and microblogging/aggregation tool Tumblr. Unfortunately, in the world of incremental updates, all is not created equal, as these two very different releases have demonstrated. While DISQUS released a brand new update chock full of features users have been begging for for weeks, Tumblr provided its loyal fanbase with something bigger.
What’s new with DISQUS
As Inquisitr mastermind Duncan Riley quips, “The last excuse for you not to try Disqus has just been hit on the head.” It’s true, too. The bevy of new features included in 2.0 includes:
- true import and export of comments
- synchronization between DISQUS and WordPress
- faster speed and more accessible interface
- a new “comment blog” concept
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by Andy DeSoto on July 16, 2008
Hey readers. I recently upgraded to the brand new WordPress 2.6 and am now noticing a few issues popping up with my content and design; namely, an a-circumflex character is showing up all throughout the posts and metadata and all of my custom fields seem to have disappeared.
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by Andy DeSoto on June 4, 2008
Every once in a while, I feel a bit aimless, and as we transition into June, I’m beginning to think this is one of these times. Without the structure of daily classes, things start slowing down a little bit and what I’d call ‘productive’ right now is hardly what I would have called productive in the middle of November.
So, in order to get back on track, I’ve tried to figure out what I can accomplish to make things a bit more worthwhile while I’m on break. At first, the question I asked myself was, “What should I be doing right now? What do I need to get done?” The resulting to-do list was embarassingly sparse, full of useless action items such as “reply to e-mails.” It didn’t take me too long to realize I was asking myself the wrong question.
What I decided to ask myself instead was: What will make me happier? Taking a step back and asking a question with a broader reach has helped me narrow down some goals for myself that are bound to be more rewarding. As I thought about what would improve upon this great month or so I’ve already had here at home, three things immediately jumped to mind.
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