Comments on IcoBlog: Standardizing Software Updates

Ah thanks for the clarification Bryan. I'm honestl...

2008-06-18T04:13:00.000-04:00

Ah thanks for the clarification Bryan. I'm honestly much more of a PC user than an Apple user, and I assumed that Apple's updater app was a system level process that any app could use.

Thinking a little more about it it wouldn't be too hard for any platform to use the XML format that I've suggested above.

FYI: The Apple Software Update utility you show re...

2008-06-18T00:33:00.000-04:00

FYI: The Apple Software Update utility you show really only shows updates posted by Apple itself and not other 3rd party software. On OS X, it is still common practice for 3rd party software to "phone home" with each invocation (or some interval) of the software to check for that individual softwares update status. I don't think there's anything in Cocoa or the Mac OS that allows you to tie your updates to the system updater. That updater is akin to the Windows Updater that Microsoft supplies in XP and Vista.

Seems like you're a bit off-topic here Jack, but I...

2008-05-26T13:30:00.000-04:00

Seems like you're a bit off-topic here Jack, but I'll reply anyway.

You really need bi-directional links between a site and a supporting blog. Link both websites through a prominent navigational item. You can also add in your latest blog posts on your website as a sidebar, this is something that we'll be doing with Iconico as soon as we have enough posts. You can also post links to relevent items in your blog sidebar and target affiliate pages in blog posts. As long as it's good relevent content then your site visitors will follow the links.

What do you suppose is the best way to integrate t...

2008-05-26T13:22:00.000-04:00

What do you suppose is the best way to integrate the blog with one's personal affiliate site, trading out links to products on the affiliate site?

Or offering a branded edition of the blog? The blog so far has been very helpful.

Thanks, JackKlak

I don't know Debian very well, but I think a very ...

2008-05-23T04:18:00.000-04:00

I don't know Debian very well, but I think a very basic opt-in system would be super useful!

Hey Nico, You're right. This is something I'd love...

2008-05-22T22:23:00.000-04:00

Hey Nico, You're right. This is something I'd love to see, even if only from a usability standpoint. It seems like every windows box has 25 separate update services. We need something akin to debian's apt-get system.