Comments on: Cocommenting On The Rise Or? http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/ Alan Levine's blog space for barking about instructional technology Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Amy Gahran http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5240 Amy Gahran Thu, 11 May 2006 00:49:49 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5240 Alan -- Just FYI, I ended up having to uninstall the CoComments Firefox extension today. It bugged out my browser. More info: http://contentious.com/archives/2006/05/10/why-i-had-to-uninstall-the-cocomment-extension Thanks, - Amy Gahran RightConversation.com Contentious.com IReporter.org Editor, Poynter's E-Media Tidbits Alan — Just FYI, I ended up having to uninstall the CoComments Firefox extension today. It bugged out my browser.

More info: http://contentious.com/archives/2006/05/10/why-i-had-to-uninstall-the-cocomment-extension

Thanks,

- Amy Gahran

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]]> By: Ben http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5210 Ben Tue, 09 May 2006 23:45:16 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5210 Thanks for the intro to CoComments, Alan. I just installed the plugin and will be giving it a try over the nextt few weeks. Of course, like you I don't forsee having large crowds of conversations yet, but that can all change :) Thanks for the intro to CoComments, Alan. I just installed the plugin and will be giving it a try over the nextt few weeks. Of course, like you I don’t forsee having large crowds of conversations yet, but that can all change :)

]]> By: Easton Ellsworth http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5108 Easton Ellsworth Sun, 07 May 2006 01:26:54 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5108 It rang as soon as I entered the room again! :) It rang as soon as I entered the room again! :)

]]> By: Alan http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5104 Alan Sun, 07 May 2006 00:17:42 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5104 Amy and Easton are full bore co-commenters, so I'll give tagging a go. What the heck? And this will be the test to see how quickly the bell rings for Easton, and if Pavlov pulls his string ;-) Amy and Easton are full bore co-commenters, so I’ll give tagging a go. What the heck?

And this will be the test to see how quickly the bell rings for Easton, and if Pavlov pulls his string ;-)

]]> By: Weblog Zonder Haast http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5096 Weblog Zonder Haast Sat, 06 May 2006 17:17:38 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5096 <strong>coComment Firefox Extension...</strong> Supertip van Alan Levine: coComment (een tool om je reacties op andere blogs te 'tracken&apos werkt nu eindelijk ook via een Firefox Extension. Je hoeft dus zelf niet meer telkens er aan te denken om op de coComment bookmarklet te klikken, je reac... coComment Firefox Extension…

Supertip van Alan Levine: coComment (een tool om je reacties op andere blogs te 'tracken&apos werkt nu eindelijk ook via een Firefox Extension. Je hoeft dus zelf niet meer telkens er aan te denken om op de coComment bookmarklet te klikken, je reac…

]]> By: Easton Ellsworth http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5091 Easton Ellsworth Sat, 06 May 2006 15:40:01 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5091 Alan, I am a huge fan of coComment (I'm regularly on its "People" page as a prolific commenter) and I'm glad you've written about it. One reason you might want to tag your comments with a tag or two is not only to help you remember what you've commented about later, but also so that other people can visit your coComment page and see what kind of a commenter you are - that is, what you like to comment about. At BusinessBlogWire I've put up all three coComment boxes and I am trying to encourage as many people as I can to try it out. It's made me more productive, more caring (because I realize that anyone can now snoop on my commenting so I really have to make thoughtful comments), and more generous in adding to conversations around the Web. The Firefox extension is reall the reason I fell head over heels in love with coComment. Before that, I was goingg throught the same things you were in terms of forgetting to use the bookmarklet or having problems with the greasemonkey script. I agree that coComment is definitely not yet at that magical Tipping Point where more seem to be using it than not, but I really hope that arrives soon, either through coComment or another similar service. The real genius of the extension is thsi: If you have coComment and respond to my comment here, I will know about it within a few minutes without having to do anything on my own - the extension notifies me automatically. So not only does your coComments page become almost like a blog of its own, but it enables chat-room-like behavior at blog posts if the participants have the extension. Just wait till coComment makes it easy to track all comments made on your blog REGARDLESS of who is using coComment on it or not - they are very close to doing this. Keep a close eye on them! Alan, I am a huge fan of coComment (I’m regularly on its “People” page as a prolific commenter) and I’m glad you’ve written about it. One reason you might want to tag your comments with a tag or two is not only to help you remember what you’ve commented about later, but also so that other people can visit your coComment page and see what kind of a commenter you are - that is, what you like to comment about.

At BusinessBlogWire I’ve put up all three coComment boxes and I am trying to encourage as many people as I can to try it out. It’s made me more productive, more caring (because I realize that anyone can now snoop on my commenting so I really have to make thoughtful comments), and more generous in adding to conversations around the Web.

The Firefox extension is reall the reason I fell head over heels in love with coComment. Before that, I was goingg throught the same things you were in terms of forgetting to use the bookmarklet or having problems with the greasemonkey script.

I agree that coComment is definitely not yet at that magical Tipping Point where more seem to be using it than not, but I really hope that arrives soon, either through coComment or another similar service.

The real genius of the extension is thsi: If you have coComment and respond to my comment here, I will know about it within a few minutes without having to do anything on my own - the extension notifies me automatically. So not only does your coComments page become almost like a blog of its own, but it enables chat-room-like behavior at blog posts if the participants have the extension.

Just wait till coComment makes it easy to track all comments made on your blog REGARDLESS of who is using coComment on it or not - they are very close to doing this. Keep a close eye on them!

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5068 Amy Gahran Sat, 06 May 2006 00:24:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5068 Glad I gave you a useful tip, Alan. You wrote: "And 'tag!' you’re it, you can now 'tag' your co-comments (I have not even wrapped my head around how/why I might do that:)" Actually, I like that feature for a few reasons: 1) I participate in an awful lot of conversations online. It helps to sort them out by topic or theme. 2) I've been using del.icio.us to provide links to articles I've commented on as sidebar content to my blogs Contentious.com and RightConversation.com. This is because del.icio.us allows you to generate feeds based on tags or tag combinations. CoComment offers a sidebar box that feeds in your latest comments -- I've already implemented that on Contentious. And I guess people like it, because they've been clicking on it. Now if only CoComments presented your list of tags as a pick-list, so I wouldn't have to type all my tags every time... and if only they'd offer tag-specific comment feeds... Ah, patience, patience.... :-) - Amy Gahran Glad I gave you a useful tip, Alan.

You wrote: “And ‘tag!’ you’re it, you can now ‘tag’ your co-comments (I have not even wrapped my head around how/why I might do that:)”

Actually, I like that feature for a few reasons:

1) I participate in an awful lot of conversations online. It helps to sort them out by topic or theme.

2) I’ve been using del.icio.us to provide links to articles I’ve commented on as sidebar content to my blogs Contentious.com and RightConversation.com. This is because del.icio.us allows you to generate feeds based on tags or tag combinations. CoComment offers a sidebar box that feeds in your latest comments — I’ve already implemented that on Contentious. And I guess people like it, because they’ve been clicking on it.

Now if only CoComments presented your list of tags as a pick-list, so I wouldn’t have to type all my tags every time… and if only they’d offer tag-specific comment feeds…

Ah, patience, patience…. :-)

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: nicolasD http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5065 nicolasD Fri, 05 May 2006 23:35:06 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5065 Alan, great description of coComment, thanks for it! And as we often say, don't hesitate to share your ideas with us on how to improve the service for you as a reader, a commenter, ablog owner and your community. Alan, great description of coComment, thanks for it!
And as we often say, don’t hesitate to share your ideas with us on how to improve the service for you as a reader, a commenter, ablog owner and your community.

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5063 D'Arcy Norman Fri, 05 May 2006 22:53:11 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/05/cocommenting-on-the-rise-or/#comment-5063 You beat me to it. I installed the extension last night, and it's working great! Seems to be much more reliable than the Greasemonkey script. You beat me to it. I installed the extension last night, and it’s working great! Seems to be much more reliable than the Greasemonkey script.

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