Archive for August, 2008

AFK, Going to PAX

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

pax_logo I don’t go to many conferences.  In fact, the only one I’ve been to (since at least the Dallas Fantasy Fest back in the early ‘90s) was SXSW Interactive early this year.  However, I’ve been looking forward to PAX (or Penny Arcade Expo) for months now.  I bought my pass and plane tickets and it’s finally right around the corner!

I’m really excited.  I’m not sure if I am going to do a lot of blogging, though.  I don’t plan to bring a laptop to the conference.  However, I am going to bring my trusty Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5 with the Eye-Fi Explore SD card and spare battery.  So hopefully you will be seeing a bunch of pictures from the expo after I get back to the hotel room!

Anyway, I hope I will meet a few of you while I am there!  There is a picture of me on the contributors page in case you are in fact going and want to look out for me.  Or, if you live or will be in the downtown Seattle area any time next week, feel free to call me at 512.961.6189 or email me at phil@scribkin.com.

Announcing Reblogging on DISQUS

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Now on comments throughout DISQUS, you can find a reblog link where you can publish a quotation of the comment to your blog. This quote is cited with the original author, the blog where it originally appeared, and a link back to the original comment to give the discussion full context.

At the moment, we’re supporting publishing to Wordpress, Movable Type, TypePad, and Tumblr with more platforms to come.

So next time you see a comment that everyone really needs to read, give it a whirl. We’re excited to see more good content bubble to the surface.

Originally posted as a comment by Devin on A VC using Disqus.

Statistical Abberation

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

I’ve been on a hiatus from blogging.  Hopefully, loyal readers of Scribkin didn’t miss me too much!  The first week after my last post, I tried to stay away from all the tools I have been using to keep up with social media stuff.  Basically, what I ended up doing is checking my email a lot and going to web sites that update frequently, like news.com, CNN and Engadget.

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Taking a Week Off

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

I need to take a week to disconnect.  I’m going to be pretty quiet here and in my social media channels such as FriendFeed.  However, I did accept the offer to be on ReadBurner Weekly Live! this Wednesday so I am definitely going to be there for that!

Hope you all (or as we say in Texas, ya’ll) have a great week!