Category Archives: commenting

The soundbite phenomenon

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Steve

I have enjoyed reading about presentations at the recent ALA annual conference. Of particular note for me are Owen Stephens’ extensive notes, available here. The ability for those who aren’t present at conferences to quickly catch up on essentials of … Continue reading →

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Comments missing for a long while

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Steve

I just figured out that commenting has been disabled for a long while on FML due to a weird PHP error. I just assumed that since I wasn’t posting on an active basis, noone had any desire to comment! Well, … Continue reading →

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An update about my first poll

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Steve

Mark Lindner kindly pointed out to me today that some people may not know where the poll is that I mentioned in a post a few days ago. This is because if you read this post — like most people … Continue reading →

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Poll: What motivates you to comment on a post (or not)?

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Steve

In an effort to try something new (polling) as well as to get some feedback on aspects of this blog, I loaded up the excellent WP-Polls plugin tonight and created an initial poll. The question I’m asking from now (Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Trying out a new commenting add-on

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Steve

I’ve decided to give a new commenting add-on for this blog a try. I read the following article that reviews several similar services. I’ve tried coComment but haven’t been satisfied for a number of reasons. I decided to give Disqus … Continue reading →

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Do comments work or not? [Updated]

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Steve

My friend Ashley emailed me and mentioned that comments don’t appear to be working. Is that true for others? Please let me know via a comment. Thanks. [OK, it’s been a long day but that was incredibly dumb, even for … Continue reading →

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No comment

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Steve

One of the things about blogging that I have yet to figure out is the etiquette of commenting, or more specifically, responding to comments.  This goes for comments people make on my blog entries, as well as comments that I … Continue reading →

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Enhancing the ability to comment

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Steve

I’m sure this isn’t a new or revolutionary idea, but here goes anyway: Am I the only one who thinks it isn’t as easy at it should be to jot down a comment on a posting on someone’s blog? I … Continue reading →

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Some new feature goodies

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Steve

Lots of nice improvements have been made recently in web-related software and services that I regularly use. Here is a list of the ones I can think of that are worth mentioning: coComment: This service just keeps getting better. Now … Continue reading →

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coComment, a nifty new service

Posted on March 19, 2006 by Steve

Thanks to a comment from Jay Datema (newly appointed Technology Editor for Library Journal who oversees the LJ Techblog) on my post regarding the marginalization of comments in the blogosphere, I found a nifty new service (well, new to me, … Continue reading →

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