Somebody started a discussion a while back about how blogs and communities online are not as nicely integrated and connected as they should be. Most places end up being the equivalent of the message board at the local supermarket. Things are posted, glanced at once, and then forgotten until they are completely irrelevant. There isn't much interaction or useful conversation, if any at all.
Lifehacker, that wealth of knowledge, has talked about coComment before as a way to solve some of these issues. I thought it sounded interesting, but still took more effort than I was willing to expend to even check out the site. However, today they throw in the magic words "Firefox extension", so now I have to check it out.
Basically coComment is a way to centrally track the various blogs and conversations that you have interacted with. Now, with the extension, Firefox can even let you know that there is new activity on a conversation in which you have participated. When you post on a supported blog, you can say "track this", and even tag it to create categories of conversations. All very slick.
The Firefox extension is well-written, looks nice, and just plain works. You don't use Firefox all the time and can't make use of this? Wow, how do you keep from the monsters in the closet eating you every night? Go download it and save yourself. Quick.
You don't really care about any of this, think Internet conversations are dumb, and just want things to stay as they are? Go back under your rock.
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