I used to get emailed whenever someone posted a comment on my site. But
that annoyed the hell out of me, and (a possibly more apposite reason)
didn’t work all the time, for reasons I never really understood. But, I
like to know when someone has posted a comment, so I can go and look.
Now, I do have the list of recent comments at the top of the front page
(I can get away with this because I’m not Jason Kottke or Wil Wheaton; I
don’t get that many comments), but I don’t actually look at my own site
that much. So, what I did was set up an RSS
feed of my comments, and then subscribe to it in my aggregator. Now,
when someone posts a comment, I get informed! And I don’t have to worry
about emails, or configuring my SMTP server
right.
Oh, and the recent comments list on the front page? That’s built by a
script which parses the recent comments feed. Everything goes around and
comes around.
Commental
I'm currently available for hire, to help you plan, architect, and build new systems, and for technical writing
and articles. You can take a look at some projects I've worked on and
some of my writing. If you'd like to talk about your upcoming project,
do get in touch.