I’ve been introduced to two great commenting systems: Disqus and Intense Debate. Thanks to net@night for introducing this dilemma.
Essentially, these services replace a blog’s built-in commenting system with something far more interactive. Both are great Web 2.0 services, and I feel that both would encourage more interaction from the readers and visitors of this blog.
Disqus:
Intense Debate (as implemented on Feld Thoughts):
Help me choose a comment system. Disqus or Intense Debate?
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Whether you’re a YouTube content producer, or someone who likes to create videos to be distributed on social networking sites, there are some tips you must keep in mind. Failure to do so can jeopardize your ability to publish your own works in the future, and could lead to legal action.
Inside this article:
- Legally using music
- To license or not to license
- Watch your mouth
(More after the jump.)
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Make a phone call, record a message, and have it automatically transcribed for you and sent to your contacts (via e-mail), to your Twitter page or blog.
Sound futuristic? Far-fetched?
Not so. Jott does exactly that, for free.
Set up your account today with Jott, and start sending e-mails, posting to your blog, and making reminders for yourself with your voice. I started using this a few hours ago, after having learned about it from a recent episode of net@night, a TWiT podcast. Jott isn’t really for people that sit behind a keyboard and monitor all day, but rather for on-the-go use, such as with a mobile phone.
One problem is that importing contacts isn’t as seamless as possible, due to the fact that I’m using Geekie.org Apps (powered by Google) rather than the standard Gmail. I had to go through the process of exporting my contacts to a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file and uploading that to Jott.
Jott isn’t perfect. Sometimes, it can misspell words; for instance, “poll” was spelt as “pole”, a homonym. Subtle things like the D at the end of “noticed” might not be detected.
Try it out anyways; visit Jott.
If you’re a North American user (US or Canada), there’s a toll-free number that you can use once you’ve set up your account - 1-866-JOTT-123 (1-866-5688-123). Local numbers for a number of cities exist as well.
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I talked about H.264 a while ago as a great standard for distributing high-quality video. Would you be surprised to find that H.264 is also used for high-definition video conferencing?
LifeSize Communications provides interesting solutions for businesses and all sorts of organizations, from international NGO’s, to governmental agencies. The ability to communicate is important; the ability to see each other in LifeSize is a luxury, made possible by their telepresence solutions. Long-distance communication is so much more effective when everyone can see the others’ gestures, facial expressions, and body language.
Let’s talk more about the video. In October of last year, LifeSize Communications “rocked the high definition conferencing world” when they released a 720p product, allowing for high-definition telepresence on a typical broadband connection. The resolution is 1280×720, and amazingly, 30 fps. Typical (competing) video conferencing solutions are simply webcam quality; they aren’t well suited to a business environment or one in which the appearance of face-to-face communication is essential. LifeSize products lets you meet with the illusion of life-sized participants!
These are great solutions for any small business, enterprise, or organization. The best video conferencing solutions around!
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