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Re: Streaming services cannot capture glory of Neil Young music, says Neil Young

Mark — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:27:40 -0000

It is not Spotify that is causing artists to not get much money from streaming: https://www.techdirt.com/ar...

Re: I’m done with merchgirl.

Mark — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:46:15 -0000

Keep the budding one and go with either just Tiara or make up something else. What's wrong with Merch girl tho?

Re: In the name of MY children.

Mark — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:31:30 -0000

I have some nit-picks with the examples and expressions, but very agreeable to the overall idea.

Re: McAfee’s Hypothesis (plus contest results!)

Mark — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:30:45 -0000

I really agree with the idea that the most powerful person in a collaboration dictates how that collaboration takes place. It's also a keen observation that tools which approach collaboration, but don't quite get there (usually to do with output) do not fall under this hypothesis.

Email is a scourge, but we cannot work without it. It is most certainly the 'dashboard' of today. I would love to take email away and replace it with tools much more suited to individual jobs, but as yet there are no simple ways to bring the really suitable tools into a single place.

As the tools mature along with the current crop of 20-something geeks, I think we'll see some progress on that front. Where would business be without the geeks?

Re: Collaborative Documents

Mark — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:53:15 -0000

Thanks for the comment, I didn't know about Buzzword. The main differences are:
-Single document editing is performed online, and is stored externally.
-Online document sharing involves storing a document (pdf, doc, etc...) online (possibly externally) and editing involves using a desktop app such as OpenOffice.org or MS Office.

Re: Do library goers have time for Library 2.0?

Mark — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:33:55 -0000

Everyone can do with more time. It's precious. Anything that is implemented in the library (and anywhere else, for that matter), should enable people to get things done faster, or replace other things. Adding tasks to an already tight schedule is not the way to go.

Thanks for the comment!

Re: Languishing in Obscurity

Mark — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:30:42 -0000

Thanks! It's one of my pet peeves that there are so many really good open source apps out there, but many are passed over for commercial offerings, just because they're free or 'didn't work when I tried it in 2002' or aren't completely polished.

Re: QUT Library and Enterprise 2.0

Mark — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:27:03 -0000

That's very true. Whether a company wants to or not, employees will take what they do in their own time and apply it to their work. It would be much easier to manage and promote if all these things wee centrally managed by the company, rather than ad-hoc by each employee.

Good point!

Re: Ways I promote my blogs

Mark — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:51:04 -0000

Yeah, I'm finding this more and more is the most difficult issue. It would be easy to start using all sorts of blog-to-twitter, facebook, etc tools. But I don't want to start overwhelming all my usually personal streams of info with blog post notifications. It might take a lot longer, but I think the best way is to just have great content, and make sure you set up the blog to be easily findable.

Now I just need more content....

Re: Ways I promote my blogs

Mark — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:20:42 -0000

Glad the tips were useful for some people :)

This has made me think that I could also do a post about the various services that are becoming popular. The ones that sort of sit in the background, and make exploring, commenting and surfing much easier.

Re: From presentations to conversations

Mark — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:17:48 -0000

I really like this idea: that a presentation can be more than just a lecture, it can also be a conversation involving sharing knowledge. This is my favourite style, and good on you for, from what I can see, doing it really well!

There are some problems, as you've pointed out. It can be hard to get people to engage (university students are particularly notorious!), and you need to really know how to keep things on track.

I'm not a public speaker myself, but I do like to get involved in presentations, rather than just be a sponge. I also think that an audience collectively has just as much if not more to share with the presenter.

Thanks for the insights. Hope you're not too perplexed by the random QUT students commenting!

Re: My take on blogging

Mark — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:41:04 -0000

Making your email publicly available is never a good idea. There is always going to be the risk of spam, no matter what you do to try to stop it. I do agree that it can be a bit more personal, but these days email is hardly the popular method of sharing info - too many cool web apps to use!

Re: Some useful web apps

Mark — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:27:06 -0000

No worries. I've found Whirlpool to be quite useful too. I like to recommend it to people looking for an ISP or phone provider. Just grab a phone number from near by (a shop or gym or something), and use that in the search to find the best provider.

Re: See San Francisco or be in Brisbane?

Mark — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:36:43 -0000

Wow, that's a pretty heavy one. My first thought would be to go and experience it for a few months, but the visas and money issues might get in the way of that. I'd certainly suggest that you should continue with the Aust PR (I may be biased :).

Maybe the thing to do is come back to Aust, find some work, get some money. Do that for 6 months, then see if you're willing and able to go to San Francisco.

My knowledge of places in the US is limited to the names I know from TV shows, so I'm no help in that regard.

Re: Enterprise 2.0 at QUT

Mark — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:28:39 -0000

Here's the Wikipedia entry for Enterprise 2.0. Maybe we could make it a project to update and clean it up?

Re: First Look: Firefox 3.7′s New Design

Mark — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:47:14 -0000

Why are there still two text input boxes? Two are not needed.

The menu bars seem to be slowly disappearing....

Re: anotherbyte.net: Foreign Exchange Cat

Mark — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:13:30 -0000

Exchange can be fun, too! hmm... probably need to style the blockquotes.

Re: Our Interview Day with the Cast of NBC’s CHUCK – Part 2: Adam Baldwin Special

Mark — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:23:55 -0000

Thanks for the interviews, some interesting stuff. Please fix the formatting, tho - it's hard to read with all the 'â€™' (eg. heâ€™s, weâ€™ll).

Re: My Feng Shui'd Life

Mark — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:06:35 -0000

Lunch! Is that lunch? For me? Thanks so much... the others just keep eating all the food before me.

Re: Identity in the Browser

Mark — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:08:17 -0000

Very nice idea. I still have some concerns about storing important info "in the cloud". Could there be the option to only use local login data?

Also, why stop at only login info that has already been filled in? Why couldn't Mozilla detect login/signup forms, generate secure passwords, use a default email address, and simply store that? If using the cloud storage, the whole thing would involve only choosing to click a "Sign up using Weave" button, and we wouldn't even have to know the password.

This all does rest on the security of Weave and Firefox, of course.

Re: #TeaTUB High Tea - RSVP's

Mark — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:46:20 -0000

Sounds good, now just gotta get out of studying mode to figure out what might pass for smart dress. :)

Re: Lunch Bag Art - A collaboration with my daughter.

Mark — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:19:44 -0000

Nice Panda :)

That's quite impressive. I hope you get the bags back!

What do you use to paint? Looks like normal paint...

Re: Definatalie - Defiantly

Mark — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:45:48 -0000

I'm quite interested in this stuff...

Good suggestion for how to show actually new tumblrs. I read Chris Anderson's "the Long Tail", and it stuck me that most of the systems currently in use simply re-inforce the top items.

Rankings like "tranding topics", "fastest movers", "biggest changes" - focussing on differences rather than absolute numbers - are probably one way to show newly popular stuff, rather than consistantly popular stuff.

Re: Convert Signed Out Links to Your Signed In History

Mark — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:12:32 -0000

Nice functionality :) When will you have OpenID?

Re: Voices

Mark — Mon, 26 May 2008 08:52:13 -0000

Hi Allison

It's great to see an actress (or actor) take the time to write a such wonderfully reflective and insightful blog. Something I'd like to be able to do, but can't seem to find the time or the will.

Good to see you're approaching the (possible) end of Smallville positively; you've done really well on the show, kept going for a very long time. Your character is great, everything I'd imagine in a sidekick, superhero-helper, and especially friend.

Life isn't mapped out, and if it was easy, it'd be boring. Thanks for showing us how it's done.
Cheers (from Australia, where it's autumn moving into winter!)
Mark