Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Adding FriendFeed Comments

Monday, May 26th, 2008

I've update NixonByName.com to include FriendFeed comments. FriendFeed now drives the majority of traffic to this blog, so I think it's important to send some love the other way. I enjoy using FriendFeed, and it seems that most of my online contacts are the same way inclined. They are not perfect, ...

Let The Disqussions Begin

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

I have changed the comment system of NixonByName.com over to Disqus in a bid to further "socialise" your comments. The Wordpress comment system is very good, but it's very blog-centric rather than user-centric. The downside for me is I lose a little  "control" over your comments. The upside is that ...

Welcome back to NixonByName.com

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Efficient on Flickr So it's only taken a few hours (on a Saturday night none-the-less) but the move has taken place. Nixonbyname.com has taken it's first steps out into the big world. Big thanks to Rob who not only did all the hard work, but talked me through every step of the ...

Blog Update

Friday, April 11th, 2008

I've fallen hugely behind with all my blogging recently. I put it partly down to tiredness, and partly down to laziness. One of my aims this year is to move Photografr.com over to a paid-for host. I love Wordpress.com, but I now find it a little restrictive and now need more ...

New Digg Profiles Launch

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

I'm still finding my way around, but Digg have launched their new Profiles secion, in a bid to inject more social into the news aggregation site. It is now much easier to share stories with contacts, and to see what they are digging. There is a nice little video here ...