Alison's dashboard

A comment on the question "How to visit blogs seen on skribit" in Skribit:

looks like it's part of the (one off) upgrade bug. (mentioned here: http://skribit.com/blog/2008/06/22/ne...) – Alison, on June 23, 2008 23:06

A comment on the question "How to visit blogs seen on skribit" in Skribit:

check your email, Calvin- it's sent. – Alison, on June 23, 2008 17:57

Alison replied on June 22, 2008 18:24 to the question "How to visit blogs seen on skribit" in Skribit:

I just got lots of emails from skribit saying that someone had blogged a suggestion- I went to see it- landed on the skribit page- fine. Couldn't actually go see the blog article it was talking about- LAME.
Like all issues, it hurts more when it actually affects you.

Alison marked one of Calvin's replies in Skribit as useful. Calvin replied to the problem "skribit homepage titles too big".

Alison replied on June 21, 2008 12:34 to the problem "skribit homepage titles too big" in Skribit:

it's been changed- new layout looks groovy!

Alison marked one of Calvin's replies in Skribit as useful. Calvin replied to the problem "skribit homepage titles too big".

Alison shared an idea in Skribit on June 19, 2008 21:39:

future feature: to-do list sync

I use skribit as a kind of "blogging to do list" - I was adding a task to my remember the milk (rtm) to do list, and I thought:

"Wouldn't be cool if skribit could sync with my rtm account?"

I know this is probably technically complex, and I don't expect to see it overnight. I also realize that there are many to-do list apps out there, and they all might not have the same API/whatever. It just would be WAY cool if I could blog about something and have that something ticked off my blog todo list.

Alison marked one of Mizzoudavis' replies in Twitter as useful. Mizzoudavis replied to the idea "groups/channels".

Alison started following the idea "groups/channels" in Twitter.

A comment on the question "logging in to skribit widget: password field and login button focus" in Skribit:

still confusing though, which isn't good for useability – Alison, on June 19, 2008 15:08

Alison replied on June 19, 2008 14:50 to the question "logging in to skribit widget: password field and login button focus" in Skribit:

erm, I was using FF3, possibly RC2. I will try again?

Using FF3, (mac) when I hit tab to focus on the password field, the login button glowed! I could log in!

So: password field needs focus before log in button works.

Alison replied on June 19, 2008 02:08 to the question "logging in to skribit widget: password field and login button focus" in Skribit:

I don't mind if it doesn't have any text- it just looks like the default text is "password" except it's rendered as "********"

weird.

Alison marked one of wisekwai's replies in Twitter as useful. wisekwai replied to the problem "My Tweets have been eaten!".

Alison replied on June 18, 2008 13:21 to the question "Does the twitter archive ever auto-delete tweets after a certain time period?" in Twitter:

if you do this, remember that the twitter servers may have issues making your old tweets unavailable for a time. I am subscribed to my twitter rss feed (in google reader) to have a defacto backup of my data.

Perhaps tumblr might be more your style, or friendfeed. But twitter will certainly work if you want to send 140 char updates occasionally.

Alison replied on June 18, 2008 13:17 to the problem "My Tweets have been eaten!" in Twitter:

how about subscribing to your (rss) twitter feed on google reader/ other feed aggregator to keep a "back up" of your tweets.

Alison replied on June 18, 2008 13:16 to the question "I want to reply to someone I'm following" in Twitter:

Ok, there are two methods to reply to someone you are following. If they are following you, and you want to keep the message private, you can send them a direct message. to do this, tweet
d myfriend message (you replace "myfriend" with the person's username you want to send to.) (you can also use the direct message page on the twitter web interface.)

Or, if you want to give them a more public message (directed at them but also readable by others) you tweet
@myfriend message.
On the twitter website, this will make their username a link.

(in both cases replace "myfriend" and "message" to the relevant values. :) )

Alison marked one of wisekwai's replies in Twitter as useful. wisekwai replied to the question "Twitter Widget Acting up!".

Alison replied on June 18, 2008 00:19 to the question "Twitter Widget Acting up!" in Twitter:

5 instead of 1. GRR! Looking at a hacksy fix since this isn't fun. Ruining my weblayout, twitter!

Oh, and on another page I have my twitter updates, I have none or 5 instead of ten.

Alison marked one of mdy's replies in Twitter as useful. mdy replied to the problem "I really can't get the TwitterIM to work... I've tried EVERYTHING. HELP!?".

Alison asked a question in Skribit on June 16, 2008 01:48:

logging in to skribit widget: password field and login button focus

I went to suggest a topic on a blog's skribit widget, and I decided to log in. (Click login.) I typed in my user name (titanium_geek) and the password field (was empty) was filled. "oh cool" I thought. "firefox has remembered my password." However, the focus on the "login" button was greyed out. I clicked it, thought "huh?" then realized that I had to type in my password, as the asterisks looked suspiciously like "password" like length. I typed in my password, and finally was able to log in.

So, I was wondering if this could be fixed? It's very confusing.