Comments on: Sword and Laser – The freaking kicka$$ rock anthem! http://www.tommerritt.com/2009/03/31/sword-and-laser-the-freaking-kicka-rock-anthem/ Curious about what Tom Merritt's up to? Well here ya go. Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: burndive http://www.tommerritt.com/2009/03/31/sword-and-laser-the-freaking-kicka-rock-anthem/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 burndive Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:47:17 +0000 http://www.tommerritt.com/?p=765#comment-1411 Sweet! Thanks. Sweet! Thanks.

]]> By: Tom http://www.tommerritt.com/2009/03/31/sword-and-laser-the-freaking-kicka-rock-anthem/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 Tom Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:52:16 +0000 http://www.tommerritt.com/?p=765#comment-1410 Yeah burndive you're probably right. When I first launched this blog I put in the more restrictive login requirement to keep down the blog spam. But the Akismet plugin works so well on all my other blogs that are open, it's really not that big of a deal. So you convinced me. I'm opening the comment bay doors. Yeah burndive you’re probably right. When I first launched this blog I put in the more restrictive login requirement to keep down the blog spam. But the Akismet plugin works so well on all my other blogs that are open, it’s really not that big of a deal.

So you convinced me. I’m opening the comment bay doors.

]]> By: aldenoneil http://www.tommerritt.com/2009/03/31/sword-and-laser-the-freaking-kicka-rock-anthem/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 aldenoneil Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:38:15 +0000 http://www.tommerritt.com/?p=765#comment-1409 Oh, snap. Oh, snap.

]]> By: burndive http://www.tommerritt.com/2009/03/31/sword-and-laser-the-freaking-kicka-rock-anthem/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 burndive Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:30:42 +0000 http://www.tommerritt.com/?p=765#comment-1408 So, I was going to comment with something actually related to this post, but first I have to point out that in this modern age of the Internet (ages last a few months these days, btw) you have no excuse to have an exclusive log-in system for comments on your blog. Seriously, I have to create an account, just so I can comment on this one blog? Seriously, Tom? It would be thinkable if only I could use OpenID to log in--but no! I have to dig a confirmation e-mail out of my spam folder (first time I've had to do that in a while, but that's where it landed) and then manage an account--complete with username and password, just for your blog. Needless to say, I have cookie cutter account details, but I shouldn't have to do that, and you know that. It's great that Wordpress provides these tools to make and manage accounts, and I'm sure they're appropriate, but only for content hubs with communities built around them. Maybe you get too much comment spam, I don't know. All I know is that this was a laughable user experience (which I am currently ranting about to extract the necessary value from my account in proportion to the suffering I have hitherto endured). -- Oh, and cute song, but I could only listen to that once. I wasn't alive in the 1970s. Love the podcast though. So, I was going to comment with something actually related to this post, but first I have to point out that in this modern age of the Internet (ages last a few months these days, btw) you have no excuse to have an exclusive log-in system for comments on your blog.

Seriously, I have to create an account, just so I can comment on this one blog? Seriously, Tom?

It would be thinkable if only I could use OpenID to log in–but no! I have to dig a confirmation e-mail out of my spam folder (first time I’ve had to do that in a while, but that’s where it landed) and then manage an account–complete with username and password, just for your blog. Needless to say, I have cookie cutter account details, but I shouldn’t have to do that, and you know that.

It’s great that WordPress provides these tools to make and manage accounts, and I’m sure they’re appropriate, but only for content hubs with communities built around them.

Maybe you get too much comment spam, I don’t know. All I know is that this was a laughable user experience (which I am currently ranting about to extract the necessary value from my account in proportion to the suffering I have hitherto endured).

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Oh, and cute song, but I could only listen to that once. I wasn’t alive in the 1970s.

Love the podcast though.

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