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This is why I switched from Disqus to Intense Debate
Friday at 10:09 pm - Link
... Or one of the reasons, at least. There's Mahdi's comment to one of the articles on Lighter Footstep -- pulled in from Friendfeed. Falls right into the waterfall with all the other comments. The FF icon is the only giveaway. I've replied on the site. I could have set my comment to echo as a tweet. - Chris Baskind
I probably won't switch, but I'm going to definitely try it on other blogs that are still using the vanilla comments - Shey
So if ppl comment on your blog on FF it will post it to your blog? - Mathew Ballard
Also, can you migrate comments from Disqus to Intense Debate? - Mathew Ballard
It was a tough call, Shey. I love Disqus (and prefer its appearance). They have a great team, and i know they'll continue to grow and add features. - Chris Baskind via IM
Matthew: Yes, if you comment on a Lighter Footstep article at FF, it will find its way to the site. I don't have to touch it -- the import is automatic. I believe it only works on blog article I post to my stream, since Intense Debate is watching my account. But since I feed my sites to FF, that usually happens. As for importation, if you set Disqus to synch with WordPress, deactivating the plugin won't trash the comments. Intense Debate will then synch everything. You can switch back if you don't like the results. - Chris Baskind via IM
Cool. I may give it a try. It would be great to be able to have all the comments about my blog post (the little I get) to be all in one place to see anytime in the future. - Mathew Ballard
This was my primary reason for switching, besides general weirdness with Disqus (which was possibly my fault, iono). I have not seen the FriendFeed import actually work, though :( - ♫ Rahsheen™
Make sure you have your account enabled. The radio button is unintuitively hidden in your profile. - Chris Baskind via IM
The Friendfeed integration and 2way display of inlne comments is killer. One the reasons I switche as well. - Tony
There's a specific reason why Disqus doesn't handle FF comments in this manner, but it looks adequate enough for the short term. We realized this shortly ago and will be addressing it. Intensedebate does this better than we do at the moment. Thanks guys - Daniel @ Disqus - Daniel Ha
You can't remove Disqus from a Blogger blog without starting all over again with the template (another big minus for Disqus). If I could, I would have given Intense Debate a try. - Svartling
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En av de bästa artiklarna jag på senare tid har läst om twitter - ivanandersson
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Intel VP says netbook are "fine for an hour"
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"Intel's never made a secret of the fact that it developed the now-ubiquitous Atom chipset primarily for mobile devices and low-powered netbooks for at emerging markets, so it's not totally surprising to hear Intel sales VP Stu Pann say the company doesn't see netbooks as potentially cannibalizing sales of its existing processors -- but we are a bit intrigued by his seeming dismissal of netbooks as everyday machines." - Jeff P. Henderson via Bookmarklet
We all know darn well that Intel is back pedaling here! The Atom powered Netbooks have been very successful and Intel can see the writing on the wall. They think they are loosing sales of higher powered (read higher priced) processors to Netbook sales. Intel needs to realize that many people are not replacing a higher cost laptop with a Netbook, but inf act buyng them as a 2nd or 3rd PC as I did. - Jeff P. Henderson
Many of these Netbooks I find useless, I can almost do more with some of the cellphones out there now. So I have my main computer and then my cellphone instead of a netbook or another computer. Much better, and they have some better batteries as well :) - Brendon Wadey
Brendon, which one do you own? I have a Lenovo S10 with a 10" display and find it very easy to use. - Jeff P. Henderson
I have used many blackberrys in the past, but I am about to buy the new HTC Touch Diamond, a very awesome smartphone. You should check it out. - Brendon Wadey
And if you mean't a netbook, i forget my old one, have not used it in quite some time. - Brendon Wadey
Yep, I meant Netbook. I tried out 7" & 9" Netbooks and found them almost useless, because I could not read the screen. It is amazing how much difference an inch or two makes on a display. I think 10" is the sweet spot for usability and portability. - Jeff P. Henderson
That is so true and I am 20 years old and I find a 7" or 9" or even bigger sometimes hard to read things on or even look at, but maybe thats just me. - Brendon Wadey
Well actually it's different, if I know it's a "Computer" I expect there to be a large display and fast and tons of uses. If i know its a "phone" then it's different, I expect different things - Brendon Wadey
The Netbook is a new product category. It is intended to be in that dead spot between full laptop and smart phone. There are compromises with any product category. People just need to understand what the constraints are to this new category and decide if it fits their needs. - Jeff P. Henderson
I agree with Jeff the netbook appears to be in that space between the Blackberry/iPhone which may not be enough for what you may need to do and a full laptop which is may be more then you need to accomplish what you need. Not everyone needs or wants a computer with a bunch of bells and whistles. Remember not everyone who needs a computer is a geek. They may only need it for their job, comunicate with friends and relatives and shopping. We're all not gamer, graphic designer and coders. - Paul
The timing on these netbook smears is just right for the holiday season. Get people thinking that the netbook sucks, show poor numbers, scrap the whole line, back to higher profit margins. - Bjorn Stromberg
@Paul, couldn't agree more. I heard similar arguments against the iMac, but if all you use it for is email, web surfing and perhaps your personal finances, why buy anything more powerful? My X40 fills the gap between the iPhone and my desktop perfectly, when I need it (which is less often nowadays). - John
10" netbooks are good but when it comes to the sweet spot of ergonomics and portability, I think, Dell Inspiron Mini 12 is the sweetest spot of all. You should see it, it's a beauty - despite the fact that its keyboard has some flaws. - Burak 'cyrus' Bayburtlu
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michael arrington posted an entry on TechCrunch
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I find the 10" screen on my Lenovo S10 to be very usable. Yes the 600 vertical pixels is a little restrictive, solution for browsing use Firefox and hit F11 to use all of the screen real estate. The 85% keyboard takes a little while to get used to also but not that big a deal. (I used to touch type on a Psion 3a!) I do not think the S10 is at all underpowered for general web and office app use. It is powerful enough to play 720P video without dropping frames and can even run Lightroom! The slight compromises one must adjust to with a netbook are a small price to pay for light weight and portability. Yes there are compromises, but I think they are worth it. - Jeff P. Henderson
I also might point out that in my case my netbbook is by no means my primary computer. It is my 3rd machine, behind my Quad core desktop with a 24" wide screen monitor and my Dell Laptop with a 15.4" wide screen display. I use my netbook primarily for reading my RSS feeds, email and browsing Friendfeed. - Jeff P. Henderson
I have to disagree with most parts of this post. You should check out the Asus N10 series (the kind i have). The 10.2" screen is much better than my Toshiba 15.4" screen. It runs HD movies smoothly and plays Call Of Duty 5 amazingly. It even runs Crisis very well. With wireless n technology plus Bluetooth and Express Card, together with HDMI port, 3 x USB hubs and Linux Express Gate system combined with the XP Pro...this is the ultimate machine. OH... and it has a full sized keyboard. - Nir Ben Yona via twhirl
The 10 inch machines generally have 92% keyboards, which are way better than the smaller ones. I still think the screens are too small for effective browsing, however. And even the Atom 1.7 just doesn't work that well when you ask it to do anything hard. - michael arrington
I was thinking of getting one once win7 comes out. I can't go back to XP and Ubuntu isn't for me. Obviously Vista is not an option. - Ajai
They'd solve a lot of problems if they increased the DPI of the screens, like iPhone does. - Aaron deMello
Speaking about browsing the net, I surf for hours with my N10 without any problems. As for spreadsheet working, I tend to prefer the 15.4-inch display. - Nir Ben Yona
Good enough for whom and what purpose? Good enough for me, and selling like hotcakes - Jeff McNeill via twhirl
all netbooks have wifi, it isn't a netbook otherwise. there were a few with vista, but the market has settled on xp as well as 10 inch screens. makes no sense to review aa 7 inch, again they're being phased out. battery life is what makes these machines a breakthrough. - Dave Winer
and where is the techcrunch tablet? - Gregory Lent
good question, I'm not sure, sounded like a good idea awhile ago, but I don't think they've updated on their progress. - Mohomed=genieyclo
"In other words, the iPhone or iPod Touch, with a tiny 3.5 inch screen, has a vastly better browsing experience than any Netbook (it’s faster too)." - Mike Reynolds
Take the iPhone/touch OS, triple the size of the screen and you have an answer people will really be interested in. - Bob Blunk
I've been using a Dell mini 9 for a month now, and it has become my principle machine. My work site is a 45,000 sq ft healthcare facility, and I quickly got used to carrying 2 lbs vs. 6 lbs. - Dean Barnett
Obviously the caveat on the TC piece is YMMV and you should append a "for me" at the end of his title. I love netbooks, I have two and use both of them in different ways, where my MacBook Pro would not work. I'm also excited about what they will do with them. And the prices keep coming down, the one I bought for $600 in July now costs a little over $400. - Dave Winer
The best thing about it (I keep thinking of best things) is there's no one to tell me what software I can put on the computer. That's the one reason iPhone Just Isn't Good Enough. - Dave Winer
Netbooks will be good enough in tough economic times. And that will transform them into being good enough. - Cliff Gerrish
I just like the idea of 'TC Web Tablet' but I don't like the way it's promoted - by throwing BS to netbook concept, this is what Michael's doing - or seems like doing. Netbooks below 10" are not ergonomic and might be 'good for an hour'. But: Asus Eee PC 1000h or any similar netbook with 92% keyboard and 10 inch screen is just adequate for young people who need computing on the go. And what I believe: Dell Inspiron Mini 12 is the future of netbooks. - Burak 'cyrus' Bayburtlu
1000h is the benchmark.12 inches is too much. - Dave Winer
Netbooks will advance cloud computing for many, force it mainstream, and then bigger and better machines will follow. A netbook will be my next computing purchase, I think. - Karoli
@Michael "And even the Atom 1.7 just doesn't work that well when you ask it to do anything hard." What apps are you trying to run? - Jeff P. Henderson
Netbooks are succeeding because it's a great combination of portability, battery life, and cost. It addresses the issues the UMPC's lacked: a keyboard and lower cost. It was also born from the introduction of the OLPC, which addressed its performance issues, the ability to run Windows, while retaining great battery life. For mobile warriors, such as students, this is fantastic and most people don't need a speedy processor to browse the web or use cloud based applications. - Rodfather
And I'm wondering what the 7" eee-skype will look like / do. - Alex von Halem
I’m a little sad that Palm’s timing with the Foleo last year was such that the tech press declared it DOA, and pretty disappointed they listened to the press rather than letting the market determine whether it was a worthwhile device. It would have been nice to see them in this segment, offering an alternative to the shrink-a-Dell Win XP solution.I wonder if we’ll look back at 2007 as the year Palm died, deciding to try to hold off iPhone, RIM, and Android rather than innovate and be the first to offer something in a new space (ala the Palm Pilot). - Ken Sheppardson
Hmm, anyone tried out the "RedFly" Windows Mobile "extender"/secondary display thing from Celio? - Tyson Key
The thing that makes all of the small form factor devices, including Android and Symbian devices, inconvenient, is, in the end, battery life. It's not the OS at all. - Mr. Gunn
Reading this on eee 901, just worked on blog article, showed a vacation video to family. This is the only computer I carried with me on vacation. Summary, netbooks are perfectly functional...just depends on what you need/are trying to accomplish. Isn't that the case with all computers? - Sean Brady
i'm with Sean, i use my eee 901 for about 3 month with a 3G connection everywhere i go. It's fast enough for skype, seesmic, youtube and multi browser sessions. No crashes at all. I love that little thing and the screen is much bigger than on my HTC mobile phone. - Mathias H.
I have an Aspire One and LOVE IT. It has started to take on more more of my work, almost to the point where it feels like I use my desktop PC just to sync my iPod. I agree with Mr. Winer - there needs to be a "for me" on the end of this post title. I love my netbook. - Shawn Farner
The Dell Mini is an awesome travel companion. It bluetooth tethers to my phone so I have a great 3g connection anywhere I go. If I need to do the hard stuff I remote desktop into my quad core at home otherwise it is great for the "on the go" stuff my phone cant do well on it's own. - Soulhuntre
Clearly a netbook is not going to be enough for the times you need really high power activity - but most of us never need it, even though we think we do. The current netbooks have specs that would have been premium specs in 05 even 06, and frankly most of our work hasn't changed. But browsing, email, writing, showing things. I had a 9" lifebook in 2000 and I loved it to bits - used it to take notes, demo things, browse, edit code, connect to servers, and also play older games. I know people with photoshop on an eee for first processing and quickly being able to show images, and with the ram it works. The screen size can be limiting, but you can plug it in another screen when in an office. - Joelle Nebbe
There is a certain "snobbism" in having the highest spec you can get, one that is exploited by marketing and makes us all have machines that are way overpowered for what we do with them. We do use the power by leaving everything open all the time, and it also allows apps to be really ridiculous in their use of resources or startup time. On my 9" lifebook in 2002 I had 256Mb of ram and windows xp and managed to run an IDE, browsers, text processor, ssh clients, older games, photo management etc. - Joelle Nebbe
Spending your career at a tiny screen destroys your eyes. The smaller the screen the bigger your glasses will be. - Phil Boiarski
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“FriendFeed vs Google Reader, which one is a better place to find useful information?”
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FriendFeed pwns Google Reader anyday, especially since Google Reader comes thru it! - Mohomed=genieyclo
I use this link to get the best of both worlds http://friendfeed.com/public?s... - Matteo
FriendFeed... - Ahmed Naguib
Use both. Reader brings in my content and FF brings me conversation. - Mike L
Feedly. - Svartling
I use FF for the constant stream of social media much like twitter, if something passes by I don't worry about it. Whereas Google Reader saves up to 1000 posts for each blog. - Caleb Kramer
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"As director of an advertising agency that manages social media campaigns, I was recently brainstorming recipes for social media success. Every formula I came up with included personality. In Social Media, Personality is Key You can be controversial, funny, or intellectually stimulating. "Bland" loses. "Unique" wins. Ask Yourself... * Do you have a personality or personal brand? * How well developed is it? * How well are you conveying it with social media? Although your avatar, pictures and banners make a difference, social media is primarily a written format. Maki is a great example of strong branding via images. But he's also a good writer. If he were a horrible writer, it wouldn't work. Eighty years of data from direct marketing and copywriting has taught us words are more powerful than images. Writers can tell you that learning to write well is about knowing yourself, defining yourself, even branding yourself. Personality, in written form, includes things like: * Y" - Mathew A. Koeneker via Bookmarklet
I'm so burnt out on social media as a topic :/ They're message boards. I can't believe billions of dollars are spent trying to figure out message boards which have been around since the basic dawn of the web. Nice article though!! - Patricia
Pretty much, Patricia... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
I was chatting with someone on Twiiter about it. It is almost like the primer for how to be a human. ;-) - Mathew A. Koeneker
Yes Mathew, are you sure they were? I'm waiting for http://www.google.com/search?q... online chat bots to get good enough to fool us into a followback. Look out... if you hate spam you'll REALLY hate spambots that pass the Turing test. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T... - Richard Walker
I hadn't realized that bots had gotten that good. But I am pretty sure that Liz is a flesh and blood human. :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker
As you may know by now my personality shys away from any sort of controversy & sarcasm. PS Fuck the police!!! - sofarsoshawn
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“Was away from FF for 1 month+, but as I re-joined yesterday I immediately fell back into the same habit of looking at it all the time :) This was the first place I checked this morning!”
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“Some time ago I removed my own account here. That was a really dumb thing to do and I don't know what I was thinking. Think I was just overwhelmed by 'real life', moving and so on. Now that we're all settled in, in the new place, I realize that I really missed FF. Signed up again with same user-name”
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welcome back! - Matt Musgrave
Thank you :) ...slowly trying to find my way back. Imagine how much stuff I must have missed -- was away for a whole month. - Rebkin
yeah, great you've come back :) - Zee.
Glad you're back. The more the merrier... - Robert Worstell
I was just wondering where you go. - Svartling
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Testade lite Holländska - Svenska och det blev hyfsat bra. Lite bättre än Google Translate faktiskt. - Rutger Blom
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Ok, so what's he up to there? - Glen Campbell
Yahoo is at a low and will rebound eventually :D - Mike Chelen
@Glen, just buying low and buying influence. - Louis Gray
i'd buy if i had the spare cash - yahoo and a few others. But i'd have to sell other stuff at a loss... - Joelle Nebbe
You don't think there's anything more, um, strategic up his sleeve? - Glen Campbell
Thanks for sharing the info. I appreciate it, being a newbie to social networking. - Loren Fogelman
That's a strong show of support! That's around 67 million, which is cheap compared to what he paid for his other shares. It's still a lot of money to throw down on wishful thinking! - Michael Fidler
It looks like he's not doubling down, but rather 1.1xing down. Maybe I'll 1.1x my Yahoo sharez (from zero to....let's see....that would be zero. i feel so rich.) - j1m
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PeopleBrowsr is a simple visual dashboard that adds more power to Twitter, your other online identities and those of your friends. - Morton Fox
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That would be a nice option too, responded posts. - Andrew Trinh
Agreed, I posted something similar last night. - Amani
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