Disqus Splits in Two to Compete in Real-Time Realm
by rahsheen
Disqus and JS-Kit both recently made major updates to their commenting systems, bringing them into the world of realtime. Not only can you see new comments show up immediately, but both also aggregate comments from across the social web. So, what’s the difference between the two? Why would you choose either?
Disqus has actually split into [...]
Tech Week in Review: BlogTalkRadio, Disqus, Flock, eSocialWeb, Chrome
by rahsheen
BlogtalkRadio’s New Chat Interface
Just got an email from BlogTalkRadio talking about their fancy new chat. One important new feature is the ability to save the chat log once the broadcast is done. Other additions incude:
Private chat with individual room members
Pre-defined messages (to remind users to register, post the call-in number, frequently used links, etc.)
Video integration [...]
Tech Week In Review: Mentions, Search, Chat, Social Media Comments
by rahsheen
Twitter Mentions
Twitter has finally fixed their replies feature. Up until now, you could only receive a reply from someone if they started off their tweet with your name. I would get “@rahsheen you so totally rock!”, but if someone said “@abenton @markusrobinson Blackweb 2.0 is awesome, especially @rahsheen” I would never know. Now, Twitter Mentions [...]
OurDoings: Capture the Story Your Photos Tell
by rahsheen
It doesn’t matter if you’re trying to promote your music, your business, or just want to build a following, adding photos is always a good thing.
With OurDoings, your photos are automatically sorted by the date you took them. No need for you to try and get all technical with the tags and such. Just upload [...]
Backtype Brings Your Comments Back to Life
by rahsheen
A service getting a lot of attention lately is Backtype. Some people think of Backtype as a competitor to blog commenting systems like Disqus and Intense Debate, but this is just not the case. Daniel at Disqus made it pretty clear:
Backtype is a different service altogether. We know the Backtype guys well and think they [...]
