Free Post comments Reactionary Mentions the Disqus Way The observant will have noticed that I’ve been using Disqus as the comment service on this blog for the last few months, and I’ve been very happy with it. The ability to manage via e-mail is a boon, and the spam blocking
Free Post blog platforms An aside on blog platforms I’m still pondering where next, technology-wise, for this blog. I’ve been watching the conversation around static versus dynamic rendering of pages that’s cropped up here and there, and I’m inclined to think I’d be happiest with static rendering of
Free Post AOL What AOL and SAY: Media have in common: a platform When the two acquisitions of the week meet: AOL’s new purchase TechCrunch talking to the new CEO of SAY:Media: Let’s be honest, that’s a great example of how talking heads video can be dull, but there is some interesting content
Free Post B2B Noted In Passing Kevin Anderson writes about the wikification of news – its move towards more collaborative models online Dave Lee notes that recent moves by The Guardian look suspiciously like creating a network of niche B2B sites – and asks if that paves the way for some paywalls.
Free Post admin Using Disqus for Blog Comments From this post onwards, I’ve replaced the commenting system on this blog with the [Disqus Comments](http://disqus.com/comments/) system. Disqus is one of the breed of external comment providers that have become popular in the last year or so, that include
Free Post Automattic Automattic acquires Intense Debate An e-mail was waiting for me when I got home, announcing that [Automattic has acquired Intense Debate](http://www.intensedebate.com/blog/2008/09/23/automattic-acquires-intensedebate/).For those not familiar with it, [Intense Debat](http://www.intensedebate.com/)e is one of those centralised