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Plugin notes: Riffly video comments

Ari Salomon — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:13:51 +0000

Riffly:
It’s a module/plugin that integrates with an online service that will host video and audio comments. It lets you add video or audio to a comment or to a blog post – or any node. It uses a flash interface that looks for a mic or webcam attached to your computer.

But this plugin is pretty old and seems to not be updated. Might be another case of a company that could not deliver on the fremuim model. Anyone know of something similar?

WordPress plugin is here.
Drupal module is here.

Demo was here – but not working now so i removed the link:

http://drupal.hyrme.com/mods/node/7#comment-74

Note there are ads on the video. Not very intrusive, though.For users who get a premium account advertising is removed (up to the limit of the chosen plan) as well as additional features.

Drupal development notes: you might need to “switch to plain text editor” when leaving multimedia comments.

Drupal vs. WordPress – designers take note

Ari Salomon — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:23:16 +0000

I hope to attend this (sarcastically named) session at the upcoming Drupal camp: WordPress is better than Drupal, developers take note. Drupal is far behind WordPress in terms of number of users and that’s a cause for concern in the Drupal community. I am straddling both the Drupal and WP communities and it has been interesting to see how the two products have matured. They are both much better than they were just a couple years ago.

WordPress is much easier to set up and use than Drupal, if your web site fits the WordPress model (which you can read about below). However, Drupal is much more flexible than WordPress, so some projects will benefit from Drupal.

As a developer, i find it helpful to be mentally flexible about the overall options for how to structure a site. But also to learn what is best about both systems and push the core developers to improve the UI.

Meet me @WordCamp San Francisco

Ari Salomon — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:13:40 +0000

I’ll be attending both DrupalCon and WordCamp in the next few weeks.

WordCamp San Francisco will be held on May 1, 2010. Last year’s event was attended by over 700 people from 32 countries.

via WordCamp San Francisco.

San Francisco Microclimates

Ari Salomon — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:55:45 +0000

San Francisco Microclimates image.

Not sure where this came fmor originally but i wanto invite my upcoming DrupalConSF friends to check it out — spend some time away from downtown and visit the sunny mission!

via Projectionist: A tumblelog.