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Testing Disqus Commenting with Plaxo

Thought it might be interesting to see just how the Disqus.com commenting system would work with my blog’s comments as well as interfacing with the Plaxo Pulse stream. If all works well, you should see the Disqus commenting system in place here, and when you go to Plaxo, you “should” be able to comment there and have that comment automatically appear back here so all comments become a part of the same thread. We’ll see!

04/22/2008 | Conversations |

What will the next 5 comments be like?

Have you ever just tried to think about what the comments your posts were going to get? I try not to write with that in mind, and at the same time, I do think about creating posts that not only elicit responses, but certain types of response.

Not sure what sort of responses, if any this conversation might get, but let’s see!

10/03/2007 | Conversations |

Is a technology ubiquitous when it drops below $10.00?

Cheap, cheap, cheapJust got this offer (amongst others) from TigerDirect.com. Does anyone else remember when DVD players were over $1000? Geesh!

09/28/2007 | Conversations |

How to improve boldlygoing.com’s theme

Over the past several months, the theme I am using here at BoldlyGoing.com has undergone a couple of major overhauls, and many, many minor ones. Working now to fine tune things. I really like the overall “feel” I have when at the site, however, I know there is ALWAYS more that can be done. What would you suggest I work on next to make the site just a byte better? Thanks for your input.

09/14/2007 | Conversations |

How do you come back from a blog layoff?

What does it take to get you back into the flow of posting again? For me, I really have to be focused, and just do it. I’ve tried to have a grand plan, but rarely does that work. How do you come back from not posting for a long period of time?

09/11/2007 | Conversations | 3 Comments

The Identity Corner » The problems with OpenID

Please be careful, very careful if you are using openID on other sites that you visit, especially ones that display cute pictures of little kittens. Thanks James

The Identity Corner » The problems with OpenID

If you have had a negative experience with the use of your openID and logging into producer sites, can you tell us about it? Looking forward to hearing about it.

09/10/2007 | Conversations |

Trying to catch up with it all…

Trying to catch up with it all!

07/30/2007 | Conversations |

Multi-Paged Posts: Yea or Nay?

With the digital ink still drying on James’ five-page post on our bgEngine, I found David Peralty at Blogging Pro supporting a recent “rant” by Lorelle VanFossen, denouncing multi-paged posts. Specifically, she ended her post with…

I have yet to come up with a single good, positive reason to break up a blog post. Have you?

Lorelle is a Wordpress rockstar, and an inspiration for me as I do my part to nurture and raise the young Boldly Going sites, and move my personal Web presence beyond “test posts.” So, it’s with a bit of unease that I disagree with her.

Lorelle sees splitting posts as interference to a reader’s thinking process, and believes that sites split posts just to get more page views. She sees splitting posts into pages as “old thinking:”

I have been frustrated for years about the dividing up of post content and articles across multiple pages. Aren’t you tired of it? It’s old thinking in a new world.

I guess my main disagreement is right there: yes, pages are old thinking. But, before pages, there were scrolls - long, one-page, draping scrolls. We moved from non-paginated print media because that was old thinking.

So, maybe the innovations in publishing are a bit circular. Or, maybe this isn’t just a black-and-white / pages-or-scrolling issue. Maybe the decision to paginate or not lies in several factors - most importantly, anticipating the audience’s preference.

Where I agree 100% with Lorelle is when pages on posts are poorly executed…

Many times, I’ve come to the “continues on next page” link and was determined to keep reading. I click the next page link and it features two sentences. Why bother forcing me to waste bandwidth to load a new page for only two sentences? Ridiculous time waster.

For me personally, I like long posts split into pages. I think in pages. The act of going to a next page, albeit a virtual one, gives my brain a pause that it has come to expect from being raised on books. Pages might be old thinking, but sometimes new thinking makes my head hurt, and makes me want to stop doing what is causing the pain (like a long, scrolling post). Where Lorelle argues pages drive readers away, I would argue long posts might do the same. Again, it’s the fickle fancies of the readers, and understanding what those are.

So, I invite one and all to enter their opinion into this, one of our first “conversations” on BG - I look forward to some good thoughts within our comments section below. Also, carry your thoughts over to Lorelle , and to Blogging Pro.

06/15/2007 | Conversations | 1 Comment

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