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Fromajchatis an ajax instant messaging through ajax, that allows you to log in or type anonymously. This is currently free and and is Cool !! Check out their Blog here
edit:it was overloaded, working again now 
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Answer Clever: Win a book. 12days is still on
FromI’m changing the rules for the 12 days of christmas contest. If you forgot to get in an answer for any of the previous days, then go back and get them in. I won’t count it against ya. I figured it’s only fair for those coming in late, or if anything happened to them like me, I’m getting back into the Christmas spirit and letting everyone have a chance at it.
FYI, I haven’t been quite on track with posting one article a day, but I do plan on getting in some double days, so look out for those. I will be announcing all the winners at the end of the contest and begin collecting postal addresses so that you may be rewareded. No, I won’t be doing anything shady with them. This is all in good spirit and hopefully I’ll have gained 12 more friendships.
What are you waiting for…
Get on the ball by reading up and then posting your answers. I hope everyone has been enjoying the series thus far by not only participating in the fun questions, but also learning a thing or two along the way 
How to deal with Negative Comments
FromYou’ve written something well. Thoughtful. Innovative. Or just plain cool. But to your surprise, nobody has anything positive to say. I recently experienced a similar fiasco from a digginghowever it was indeed not the first time I’ve be flogged for an idea. It is in the nature of the web for people to flame, rant, argue, even put other people down for the mere fact that something can be considered ‘popular’.
Yahoo! and criticism
Having been on the Yahoo! development team for a little over 6 months, I’ve seen and experienced first hand what it’s like to be on the front-line of criticism. The fact of the matter is, there is no pleasing everyone. There’s always something wrong with our product. There’s always something that can be improved. And the flamers keep ranting on.
Who are these people?
Most likely these folks have never put together a real product. They just ‘talk trash’ and say what’s wrong with whatever they’re ranting about. In fact, they get a kick out of it. It makes them feel better to put something down as if they’re better than it or too cool to ‘jump on that wagon’. Their ideaology is backwards. The mere fact that something is popular, it all the sudden becomes ‘uncool’. It’s a macho thing. A personal thing. An anti-conformity issue that they were never able to get over as a kid.
What’s a blogger to do?
Simple answer: Just keep blogging. As a personal blogger, I try to engage into the conversations of not only my own articles, but my colleagues as well. It is a great way to personalize the develosphere experience. If people have constructive things to say, then by all means I take it as a positive comment. Otherwise, there are quite a few ways I can pinpoint a negative comment, and I never take those too personal.
Identifying negative responses
Personally, I think negative comments are bad. Some would call them constructive, but I have a different definition of what a negative response means. First of all, negativecomments are not that constructive at all. They come in many forms too. Open ended questionsare rarely helpful. Why did you do this? Why did you do that? This is lame
. They are in no way helpful. They don’t propose a solution. And they don’t come back.
Others think something is bad just because ‘they’ can’t use it. Fine. I’m down with that. Either tell me why or don’t leave a comment. No reason to add to a stack of comments that isn’t going to help anyone.
Soft-Spammers
Some comments I like to call the result of someone who is a soft-spammer. They stop by once, leave a response like This is dumb. I’ve seen betterthen drop a link to their website. Thanks guys. We appreciate the insight. I’ll be sure to contact you later for more professional advice.
The Community is what matters
If you’ve stuck around my website for quite some time then you’ll know that I’m all about the community. I love returning readers, commenters, and other frequent lackeys who keep in touch through email. You should too. Those are the people that are honest and constructive. They help you improve your ideas which ultimately make us better developers.
Todays question and book information
The winner of today’s contest will receive a copy of Don’t make me thinkby Steve Krug.
Flinstones or the Jetsons. Why?
Please remember to put your answers encapsulated within a <blockquote> element, and the regular discussion as normal.