I absolutely love my iPhone. I think it’s a great device, and had a lot to offer. Sure, it doesn’t do everything that you’d expect from a phone with a several hundred dollar price tag, and I’ll write more about that later, however for the most part, it is a damn awesome phone. The addition of the App Store further extended the awesomeness of the iPhone. However, thanks to the App Store, I’ve encountered my first major issue with the iPhone. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Woopra WordPress Plugin 1.3
Woopra recently released an update to their WordPress plugin. Version 1.3 isn’t available in the WordPress Plugin Repository yet, so if you want to update it, you’ll need to grab it directly from Woopra.
The new version includes the ability to visitors, see your stats right from the WP dashboard.
They keep trucking along with a very nice service, and in my opinion, Google should be worried. – While I still run both Google Analytics and Woopra, I don’t remember the last time I check stats via Google. Having the desktop application from Woopra is sweet, and being able to see stats from by WP dashboard while not at home will be even nicer.
Jaiku Now On Google Servers
Jaiku, the micro-blogging service similar to Twitter, Plurk, and the many other services out there, was purchased by Google a while back. Just got an email stating that Jaiku has now been moved and is running on the Google servers.
This should give Jaiku a major advantage over Twitter, Plurk, and the others… stability. Will it be enough? We’ll see.
If you are a Jaiku member, feel free to add me. If you aren’t on there and would like an invitation, drop me a line and I’ll throw one to ya when I get home from work this evening.
Apple iPhone Security Flaw
The iPhone is an amazing device, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have issues. The biggest issue yet (IMO) is a recently discovered flaw that can allow anyone to access pretty much any area of the phone. How you ask?
It’s simple. If the phone is locked, slide to unlock, hit the emergency call button, and then double tap the home button. This will take you to your contacts, from here you could gain access to almost any section of the phone. Have an email address for a contact? That’ll give you access to all of the email. Have any phone number listed for a contact? Of course you do, and that’ll give you access to all of the text messages. Have a person’s blog or company website linked in the contact profile? By now I’m sure you can figure where this is going.
Don’t worry too much. Apple has promised a patch to fix the issue next month. Yes, next month.
IntenseDebate vs DISQUS
Over the last few days I’ve played around with commenting services IntenseDebate and DISQUS. I’ve used both services lightly in the past to comment on various blogs. While both services are nice, for me IntenseDebate always felt a little rough around the edges. Perhaps more importantly, DISQUS appears to be more popular, which of course means more people likely to leave comments. And well, that’s what it is really all about. Reach.
One thing that has become obvious to me is that both companies are passionate about their product.
After leaving a comment on another blog that was discussing these two services, I was contacted by Michael Koenig from IntenseDebate. He gave me a heads up on a new IntenseDebate-WordPress plugin that is currently in beta. He’s also taken the time to stop by on here, and post a few comments. From what he said, it sounds like the new ID plugin is going to be pretty sweet and might actually polish off a few of those rough edges I mentioned.
On the flip side, I was contacted by Daniel Ha, CEO of DISQUS, concerning my decision to leave their service. As I’ve already mentioned, my sole reason for leaving DISQUS was the FUBAR import process that decided to take a trip around the world before importing my comments. Daniel sent a nice email, saying sorry to hear about my issue, that others experienced the same thing, and it has since been resolved.
Got to give both companies an A+ for their customer interaction!
So… the reason I left DISQUS is no longer an issue, and the things I disliked about ID may no longer be an issue. So that brings me back to a question I asked a few days ago. DISQUS or IntenseDebate. Which to use? Of course, I cannot exactly make a decision about ID until I see the new plugin.
Which service do you have experience with? Which service do you like better? Why? If you were to go with one for your site, which would you go with?
I’d really like some feedback on this! Thanks!