This article is using a polling technique, I suggest everyone check out Pusher[1] or the open source equivalent Slanger[2] that use websockets to allow you to p

This article is using a polling technique, I suggest everyone check out Pusher[1] or the open source equivalent Slanger[2] that use websockets to allow you to push these updates from your server. [1] http://www.pusher.com/ http://www.pusher.com/ [2] https://github.com/stevegraham/slanger https://github.com/stevegraham/slanger (ps: not affiliated with either of those, they're just awesome pieces of technology that I see as the future of the web)