Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
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Moderation concept evangelised by Henk Van Ess (and implemented by Joost De Valk): Troll postings are only visible to the troll him/herself, not to other users. The troll thinks he/she gets the wanted attention and is not provoked into further damage.
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4 techniques to bring some sanity back to the process of homepage design. People want to cram as much content in above the mythical fold as is possible - to ensure all interests are represented on the homepage - unfortunately usability and design suffer
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Roadmap:
1 Simple profile page as OpenID identify provider for the page owner and consumer
2 Upon successful OpenID login, exchange of identity tokens, to be used for private messaging
3 Groups live on separate server at the group owner’s
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“when it comes to email which is more important? The ability to send emails to people regardless of what email service or mail client they use or the ability to import your contact list from one free email service into another when you switch service?”
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“I think that the hegemony of “free” will in the long run end up narrowing our choices rather than expanding them. Edgeio’s biggest competitor is Freegeio, and Freegeio will probably win” (on Edgeio service: automates creation of a distribution network)
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“Most introductions to jQuery focus on designers and inexperienced developers. I’m going to try to explain why jQuery should be of interest to experienced programmers as well.”
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the disable-wordpress-widgets plugin disables the built-in Wordpress Widgets and gives you back your K2 Widgets (which are more flexible and user-friendly)
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OpenID authentication proxy for Facebook: add the OpenID application in Facebook and use your Facebook credentials to log in into OpenID-enabled sites
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by combining birth date, surname and zip code, marketers can identify almost the whole population. [so] I never reveal my natural birth date unless some clear need for knowing it is conveyed to me by the site I’m visiting - Law 2. Minimal Disclosure.
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“What counts is the ACCOUNT, not the CREDENTIAL. Credentials should be seen as a cost center, and accounts as a profit center.
Some Facebook is going to figure this out and gobble up eyeballs from every nook and cranny of the internet.”
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