April 2008
36 posts
Updated popup profiles: View recent comments and... →
To bring up someone’s mini profile, you can hover your mouse cursor over his/her picture or name. The mini profiles were relatively incomplete when we released it, only serving to show other…
Augustana - Meet You There
I receive a random IM. This person doesn't seem to...
Random IM: hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Daniel Ha: hello
Random IM: =D
Random IM: i'm not quite sure i remember you
Random IM: were you from torch the bridge or whatever it was called?
Daniel Ha: you might be mistaken there
Random IM: T-T then i just plain don't remember you
Daniel Ha: that's ok. i'm not really sure who you are either
Daniel Ha: did i message you or something?
Random IM: when?
Daniel Ha: ever?
Added Gravatar support →
I just wanted to quickly point out that we added support for gravatars earlier this week. Gravatars are popular universal avatars. If you haven’t uploaded a picture on Disqus, we’ll…
“It’s a good problem to have.” →
“…but not when you’re having it.”
We were offered this advice by many different people when discussing the scaling issues we may run into when creating such a distributed web application.
The…
Connecting Conversations with Disqus and Plaxo →
We’re very excited to announce our integration with Plaxo, a step in the right direction regarding the defragmentation of comments and web discussion. But, first, some background:
A…
New admin features: max thread depth, word filters →
There were a couple small things added for blog admins (moderators) this week.
Under the Access & Moderators tab, you are now able to set words that you don’t want posted on your blog. Comments…
ReadBurner relaunches with Disqus →
ReadBurner relaunched today with a number of cool new things including integration with Google Reader and Disqus.
You can catch the details on SheGeeks and ReadWriteWeb.
At Disqus,…
Team Disqus T-shirts →
The first batch of Disqus t-shirts arrived today. We’re not sure what we’re doing with these things just yet, but for now there is one guaranteed way of obtaining one:
You are going to be…
Fall Out Boy /w John Mayer - Beat it (Michael...
New Dashboard feature: Lock threads →
As a follow-up to Monday’s dashboard upgrade, we have released the ability to Lock threads.
What is locking a thread?
Locking a thread closes comments on a particular topic. It stops people from…
Add Disqus to Plaxo Pulse and/or Add Disqus to... →
Silly title, yes, but read on.
If you use Plaxo Pulse, you can now share your Disqus comments to all of your contacts. Simple enough, right? Beautiful in its simplicity, I say.
Get to it.
This girl is awesome. I wanted a Delorean so bad when I was 16. I still do.
iPhone Social Network
Mike Arrington writes about a mobile social network being built on the iPhone SDK that he witnessed live. The article is on TechCrunch. I don’t know what to think yet. My immediate reaction? This is going to be badass. For a while, my iPhone was just this pretty phone with a great browser and a crappy keyboard. After nearly a year, I’ve come to realize how much I do with this thing....
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-8 →
danielha: @Scabr Not sure that installed correctly. Let me know if I can help: help@disqus.com
danielha: Re: App Engine, “all of the Python-built tools seem to borrow heavily from…
New commenting feature: Edit comments inline →
You can now edit your comments inline on Disqus. Now you can freely edit those typos, bad links, and regretful name-calling before anyone really notices. Keep in mind that you will only be able to…
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-7 →
danielha: @tipjoy unintentional autocorrect FTL. but it corrects my “disqus” every time now so i can’t hate
danielha: Hey all. @pkedrosky is deciding whether to use Disqus. If you like it,…
New Dashboard feature: Manage threads →
You may notice a few new things in your Disqus dashboard this morning. Check the top right of your dashboard and you’ll see a toggle to switch from managing comments to managing threads. This is…
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-6 →
danielha: who is going to Startup School and wants a Disqus tshirt? (startupschool.org / April 19th)
danielha: @andycowl yes, send us a request for that: help@disqus.com
danielha:…
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-5 →
danielha: Use Plaxo Pulse? Now you can add your Disqus feed and share your comments, thanks to @jsmarr
danielha: @peterdawson Login is a blogger/publisher option, not enforced by Disqus….
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-4 →
danielha: k sleep now. I am dead tired and must be up in 4 hours.
danielha: just spoke with @jsmarr of plaxo. cool guy, i think we’ll be working on some cool stuff with ‘em.
danielha:…
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-3 →
danielha: @andycowl Configure tab > Misc (at the bottom)
danielha: had a nice chat with the Path101 boys @ceonyc this morn. now prioritizing tasks for today while listening to Clinton talk…
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-2 →
danielha: @andycowl possible, just add your blogs separately to disqus and you can configure them separately.
danielha: @fsimmons what happened?
danielha: @andycowl Yes, you can find…
Watchnickdouglas: Akon Calls T-Pain via Anil Dash
gReader: Comment on blogs with Disqus from within... →
I personally use my mail client (Apple Mail) to read my RSS subscriptions. It’s convenient, but it’s also not the best feed reader in existence. It seems to me that most people are using Google…
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-1 →
danielha: American Airlines has a slick iPhone interface for mobile check-in
danielha: Comment from Google Reader with Disqus: http://www.sixteenseven.com/gReader/
danielha:…