Disqus - Latest Comments for SPDworks

Re: Trivia: Why Does Google Name Its OS after Desserts?

SPDworks — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:28:10 -0000

it's to be key lime

Re: iOS vs. Android (2012) – A Look At the Year Ahead

SPDworks — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:27:08 -0000

brilliant.

Re: Why Twitter lists kill #followfriday dead

SPDworks — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:44:19 -0000

I've noticed lately that there's quite a few of my Tweeps that are renegotiating the whole #FollowFriday parameters, in that they aren't issuing their #FF lists necessarily on Friday. Then again...I've explained, whenever asked on Twitter "is it #FollowFriday every day?," that, indeed, around the world, at any given time, "Somewhere in the world, it IS Friday." But the concept in and of itself is a brill one in that it's easy to grasp (for most, anyway,) and it helps bring an awareness to one's truest fans on Twitter that may not otherwise see much in the light of day if you are one of those with thousands of people you're trying to keep up with. I only have about 2K, myself, so it's still possible to remember the best Tweeps. But, I agree, the amount of those following determines one's ranking on Twitter...and it is that ranking that gets a Twitter user the SEO they will want to have, even if they're not entirely sure what "SEO" means. For the most part, we all just want to be liked...and Retweeted, of course;)

Re: A little more fun with Kathy Ireland on Twitter

SPDworks — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:47:46 -0000

Aw:) Very cool:) She DOES totally ROCK, doesn't she? Never without a smile that she's always able and willing to share:) I love that she's one of my Tweeps as well. One beautiful, talented and classy lady. Thanks for posting the back and forths with her on here, Sean:)

Re: Journalist Suggsts Amazon Should Not Apologize - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat

SPDworks — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:08:33 -0000

Orwell WAS right, there IS a good reason that the books were pulled from Amazon's Kindle services to customers. If you follow the DRMA (digital rights millennium act, is, I think how that acronym goes, anyway,) you'll see that Amazon is well within their rights and most likely, within their own Terms of Service agreement they would have prolly had drawn up with their lawyers back when they WERE just selling books. This guy sorta says what I'm trying to: http://www.mediabistro.com/... assuming that link works. Check it out. And Bezos totally apologised, saying regardless as to WHY Amazon did wha tthey did, it was the WAY in which they did it that was for which he was ashamed. That's good PR on his part.

Re: Twits to Go: Top 12 Twitter Apps for Your Phone

SPDworks — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:20:47 -0000

Tiny Twitter rocks. I love the RT feature, though I end up going back and editing so that I don't lose the spaces that it takes up saying "retweet." Other than that, it's a great app, and seems to take up little space on my microSD and phone's resources:) It's a lovely addition to a phone I actually otherwise am unimpressed with.

Re: A Brief History Of Social Media

SPDworks — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:33:28 -0000

I think it's quite interesting, the way in which people that have a disability compensate to the point of brilliance for the "missing" sense or faculty:) I'm sure your friend was a wonderful person to have the chance to know:) It's also interesting to know that you were, at one time, just north of where I am now:) Technology lets us realise that it really IS a very small planet upon which we all live:)

Re: A Brief History Of Social Media

SPDworks — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:19:09 -0000

I really wish my phone handled the huge (apparently non-optimised) pics of Woz, Jobs and the Cap'n a bit better, since when I found this in my mail, I wanted to devour every link and the great stuff found there. I have, finally, but "scrolling right" just seems like a bad idea all the way 'round :P However, thanks to your awesome research, it was worth every click to get there:) You're welcome for the tweeting earlier, and thanks for the right on time response enjoyed seeing the Cap'n like Elvis, in his "younger, skinnier" period, as well as his "older, rounder" one:p Now I'm off to jump on eBay, of course;)

Re: A Brief History Of Social Media

SPDworks — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:47:16 -0000

QUOTE @maayanroman: Those CDs they doled out were a great marketing technique, it just got so diluted after a while when the number of hours reached into the hundreds.

The only thing greater than those discs were the tins they came in. It's one thing to get a free coaster each month in your mailbox, but quite a nicer thing to get a lovely new maroon cigarette case for your end table ;)

Re: A Brief History Of Social Media

SPDworks — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:42:30 -0000

AOL was a portal? No wonder I hated it (and that obnoxious little yellow guy insinuating himself on my system)

Re: A Brief History Of Social Media

SPDworks — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:40:45 -0000

Trash80 stood for TRS80 model I Level 2 computing system...I think anyway. And the TRS stood for Tandy Radio Shack...I Think. Ah #techistory (coined that word and pasting it on everything now ;) )

Re: A Brief History Of Social Media

SPDworks — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:33:19 -0000

Thanks for reminding me why I get online at all sometimes. I think I'd forgotten, until I read this, your gorgeous walk through technology's history, and how it's become the fabric of today's social media blitz in industry and one's private (or not so private,) world. I hope you'll not object to my following you now. BTW, I like your writing style:) Have a gorgeous day, Oh and one more thing...I was wondering, in your bit about the phone phreaking...did you run across anything about "Cap'n Crunch" ? Thanks again for putting this up to read:) When I tweeted this, I think I created a new word #techistory (just the one "h" in it,) and notice the hashmark. I intend for it to go viral ;)