Comments on: My Newsfeed http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/ Neil on Web technology, business, design, and development... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Neil http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-1172 Neil Sun, 18 May 2008 07:04:38 +0000 http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-1172 I'm still have absolutely zero skills in the WP plugin department, so that's not on the cards right now. But there are some plugins out there already. They don't use Tumblr, but they can access most of the top sites & their APIs and will cover most of the Tumblr functionality. I’m still have absolutely zero skills in the WP plugin department, so that’s not on the cards right now. But there are some plugins out there already. They don’t use Tumblr, but they can access most of the top sites & their APIs and will cover most of the Tumblr functionality.

]]> By: Qrystal http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-1171 Qrystal Sat, 17 May 2008 16:22:25 +0000 http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-1171 Wow, this is exactly what I was wanting to do, to incorporate my "stream of consciousness" into my personal blog. Now, to start hoping you release it as a WP plugin before I find time to implement it myself, because you're probably more skilled at this sort of thing than I am! :) Wow, this is exactly what I was wanting to do, to incorporate my “stream of consciousness” into my personal blog.

Now, to start hoping you release it as a WP plugin before I find time to implement it myself, because you’re probably more skilled at this sort of thing than I am! :)

]]> By: Blogs in Magazines | DotNeil.com http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-781 Blogs in Magazines | DotNeil.com Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:21:25 +0000 http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-781 [...] my last post, My Newsfeed, the comments touched on the problems that cryptic icons and TLA’s can bring in technology [...] […] my last post, My Newsfeed, the comments touched on the problems that cryptic icons and TLA’s can bring in technology […]

]]> By: Neil Cauldwell http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-775 Neil Cauldwell Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:11:26 +0000 http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-775 Thanks Matt. Do you mean for the WP theme, or the Tumblr feed styling? If it's the former - I've tried auctioning-off a WP theme for charity, and it turned out to be a bit of a nightmare! If it's the later, I'd probably need to partner with a more experienced coder so that they could handle all the GPL licensing etc. For CSS folks (or anyone with the Firebug plugin for Firefox), it should be easy enough to snoop round my stylesheet and to work out exactly what's going on. My WP theme is built from scratch, so making universal CSS styles to fit with other peoples sites could be tricky. Some nice chap started a 'Tumblr Skins' feed on Tumblr and posted my design up first. If you're interested in integrating a Tumblr/Newsfeed, it might be worth subscribing to; http://skins.tumblr.com/ Thanks Matt. Do you mean for the WP theme, or the Tumblr feed styling?

If it’s the former - I’ve tried auctioning-off a WP theme for charity, and it turned out to be a bit of a nightmare!

If it’s the later, I’d probably need to partner with a more experienced coder so that they could handle all the GPL licensing etc. For CSS folks (or anyone with the Firebug plugin for Firefox), it should be easy enough to snoop round my stylesheet and to work out exactly what’s going on. My WP theme is built from scratch, so making universal CSS styles to fit with other peoples sites could be tricky.

Some nice chap started a ‘Tumblr Skins’ feed on Tumblr and posted my design up first. If you’re interested in integrating a Tumblr/Newsfeed, it might be worth subscribing to;

http://skins.tumblr.com/

]]> By: Matt Brian http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-774 Matt Brian Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:15:39 +0000 http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-774 I like your design Neil, it's very easy on the eye. Have you thought about releasing a plugin? I like your design Neil, it’s very easy on the eye.

Have you thought about releasing a plugin?

]]> By: Neil Cauldwell http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-771 Neil Cauldwell Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:25:03 +0000 http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-771 TLA's?! That's a three-letter-acronym for three-letter-acronyms; I love it! Why haven't I heard it before?! It's easy to say with hindsight, but I'm suprised it took so long for social networks (or Facebook) to see the benefits in aggregating the latest activities of a user's network in a convenient place. Geocities, Friendster, and MySpace missed a great opportunity. Check out - http://site.gravatar.com/ - it would be great to get more people using universally accepted avatars. You could probably use it on the Trovus site. TLA’s?! That’s a three-letter-acronym for three-letter-acronyms; I love it! Why haven’t I heard it before?!

It’s easy to say with hindsight, but I’m suprised it took so long for social networks (or Facebook) to see the benefits in aggregating the latest activities of a user’s network in a convenient place. Geocities, Friendster, and MySpace missed a great opportunity.

Check out - http://site.gravatar.com/ - it would be great to get more people using universally accepted avatars. You could probably use it on the Trovus site.

]]> By: Caspar Craven http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-768 Caspar Craven Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:58:48 +0000 http://dotneil.com/2008/01/my-newsfeed/#comment-768 Neil - thanks for the insights - its good to see some simple names and explanations of things which inevitably in web world get wrapped up in TLA's (three letter acronyms!) - RSS is great but takes some explaining and usually people need to see it first before it sinks in - saying newsfeeds and facebook is a great way to anchor what is actually quite a simple concept. Neil - thanks for the insights - its good to see some simple names and explanations of things which inevitably in web world get wrapped up in TLA’s (three letter acronyms!) - RSS is great but takes some explaining and usually people need to see it first before it sinks in - saying newsfeeds and facebook is a great way to anchor what is actually quite a simple concept.

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