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Now using IntenseDebate comments

Naim — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:42:14 +0000

After waffling about it for a while I finally got on board and installed the DISQUS Comment System for my blog. It’s pretty much the greatest thing ever. If you don’t have a profile, you should do it. I definitely think it’s a solid solution that really lets you comment on things the way you want. I may tweak some options here and there as it gets some usage. Feel free to use this post to test it out and claim your other comments here!

Yeah, changed my mind about DISQUS. After using it for a bit I think it’s pretty solid, but not quite there yet. Now, IntenseDebate on the other hand… Well that’s an Automattic joint.

I’ve moved over to IntenseDebate and boy, what a difference. DISQUS had the right idea but the configuration was just cumbersome and I didn’t like some aspects of it’s design as much. IntenseDebate, on the other hand, fits into WordPress like a glove (as you’d expect). I’m glad I decided to switch.

Happy belated fourth birthday, blog

Naim — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:34:25 +0000

Last month was this blog’s fourth birthday. I have of course been doing this business longer than that. Still, the evolution of my online presence I feel reflects the evolution of my personality over the years. I guess you could say I’ve sort of “stabilized” into my “adult personality” over these last four years, whatever that means.

NaimFalandino.com now live

Naim — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:18:59 +0000

I’ve been meaning to take care of this for a while now. My site is now also accessible from NaimFalandino.com. Both LNFalandino.com and the new one make sense to use since those are the two most common ways I’m identified on the net.

My long term plan is to get the blog moved over to a sub-domain and have a more free-form root where I can put up content and other various things. We’ll see how long that takes.

Not much of an update, I realize. Life has been pretty busy lately.

Updated State of the Blog Address

Naim — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:11:29 +0000

Re-themification

Naim — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:13:42 +0000

Maybe if I change the theme that’ll get me to write something a bit more substantial here. Yeah.

State of the Blog Address

Naim — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:01:38 +0000

Must… find time… to write.

WordPress 2.7

Naim — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:51:59 +0000

Ohmigawd the admin dashboard is so much better. I might start blogging more just because I like the look of this thing now.

WP Revision Control plugin

Naim — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:05:30 +0000

When WordPress 2.6 came out they added some nice functionality around post/page revisions. It’s nice to be able to keep track of your edits. But unfortunately they skimped on the options, making it so that you can’t set a limit to how many revisions it saves, if you want them at all for a certain post or page, or the ability to delete old revisions that you know are just clutter.

Problem solved with the very well done Revision Control plugin! It integrates exactly like I’d want it to. You can set global options (independently for posts and pages) as well as change specific settings for individual items. On top of that it puts a nice little delete link next to your revision list, so if you need to wipe out something you know is just junk it’s super easy.

Revisions go a long way to making WP more of a solid content management platform. It still has some big gaps that keep it from being enterprise level, but it suits my needs here just fine.

Video blogging

Naim — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:42:26 +0000

I’m finding that a lot of the stuff I want to talk about on here would be pretty painful to try and write out. No, not in the emotional sense, just time wise. I want to start doing some tutorials/examples/etc. of some of the sound design I do with Native Instruments Komplete 5 and it’ll just be a million times easier if I can record my screen and upload it to Vimeo or YouTube.

So, I’ll be tracking down a good screen recorder (maybe even a video camera too to show some of the other performance based stuff I do) and getting that together. I’m on vacation now so I’ll have a little time to start organizing this. Well at least until I go relax on the beach of Lake Michigan for the long weekend.

Should I start using OpenID here?

Naim — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:45:21 +0000

I’m thinking of getting a plug-in or hacking up some OpenID integration for comment posting on this site. On the surface it seems to really do what I want. I am so anti the idea of having a unique registration here, or even the idea of a unique “blog-centric” identity management solution. Something like OpenID sits with me really well since it’s very generic.