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Re: Yahoo Clues, App Search & Other Products To Shut Down April 1

David — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:37:37 -0000

I've never used Yahoo Clues (to be honest, I really don't use Yahoo at all) but it looks to be a useful research app, providing some detail that other tools don't. I took a peek at it and you are right, the tool is really poorly positioned and looks to be just a celebrity trend thingy.

I wonder how much the company saves by shutting down these kinds of services? Would something like Yahoo Clues use a lot of people or server resources to keep it going?

It will be interesting to see what Yahoo looks like this time next year.

Re: Intermec PM43 – Command Language and Drivers

David — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:37:44 -0000

Thanks, Gary.
Hope things are going well!

Re: Intermec PM43 – Command Language and Drivers

David — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:02:06 -0000

Great, thanks Karl.
Next time there is a new product, the company should have you as the point man to explain some of this stuff.

Re: Winery Adopts RFID – Happy Workers – Better Products

David — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:11:42 -0000

Very cool way of combining NFC enabled ID Cards and smartphones. Shame they can't use iPhones though!

Re: Most Beautiful Barcodes Ever

David — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:27:00 -0000

No problem Bret - your work is fantastic and we are happy to share.

Re: WTO Is Not COOL With COOL

David — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:06:44 -0000

WTF is with WTO? Of course we should know where our food comes from!

Hopefully when we get proper traceability in place for these products, the consumer will be able to see exactly where the meat came from and be able to make decisions on what to buy.

Re: SEER Open Sources Everything!

David — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:17:27 -0000

Very cool - thanks so much guys!

Re: So You’re the Top 1% on Generic Social Network X. Great – Now What?

David — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:57:05 -0000

That's what I thought. I'll check back about Christmas maybe.

Re: So You’re the Top 1% on Generic Social Network X. Great – Now What?

David — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:53:26 -0000

Pretty much, yes. Did I miss anything important?
How was the vacation, by the way?

Re: So You’re the Top 1% on Generic Social Network X. Great – Now What?

David — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:22:45 -0000

Bloody hell, Mr Brown. Seems you moved your feed a while ago and since I'm the last Google Reader user standing, I've missed a lot of your updates.

The good news is that your one man crusade against Social Media BS seems to be still on track. Keep fighting, Mate - I'll be spamming LinkedIn in the meantime!

Re: The Long, Painful Journey to Better Self-Awareness

David — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:16:08 -0000

Didn't know your wife has been sick, Rand.
I hope she continues to do well!
David

Re: 4 Spreadsheet Tricks in Google Drive You May Not Know About

David — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:55:21 -0000

Very cool ideas. I had no idea these existed.
David

Re: Networking Event at the Anheuser- Busch Brewery

David — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:14:58 -0000

I was sorry to have missed this. Lots of photos over Facebook and it looked as though a great time was had.

Re: Changes to Teklynx LabelView Licensing

David — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:38:53 -0000

Thanks for clarifying this, Laura.

This is good to know as we move forward and get more of our clients updated to LabelView 10.

I'll also add this information to the original post so that any readers who are looking to use LV10 know what their options are.

Oh, I edited your post because the formatting was a little odd - didn't change any text.

Re: The Amazing Intermec Scanning Video

David — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:02:23 -0000

This is probably how they spend their time during work hours as well!

Re: Android Tablet – Unitech TB100

David — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:17:46 -0000

HI Joe, I must say I'm looking forward to getting the chance to check out some Windows 8 devices.

That Surface tablet in particular looks to be very cool.

Re: Finally, FDA Proposes UDI Ruling

David — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:12:59 -0000

The location of the PDF file for the proposed rule seemed to have been moved. I changed the link to go to the new location.

Re: Schools Add RFID Tagging to Student IDs

David — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:01:36 -0000

In what respect?

Re: Winner of WincoID Survey Drawing Is…

David — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:46:21 -0000

Yes, thanks to everyone that took part.

Kevin, your shiny new iPad will be on its way shortly.

Re: 5 Great Label Printers for Less Than $500

David — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:47:08 -0000

Hey Brian,

As the Zebra people would happily confirm, I'm not a mobile printer guy. I had to look this up.

From what I've seen, you are correct - Zebra doesn't offer label media for the MZ220. I agree with you that it is a receipt printer only.

Re: A New Push For UDI Labeling

David — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:41:38 -0000

I must say, I find it rather amusing that Congress produces a Bill for UDI 5 years ago then feels the need for yet another one to actually make the first happen.

If we really think that identification of medical devices will be a step towards better patient safety (personally, I believe this is indeed the case) then surely there should be a way to impliment it without all this legislation?

The marking technology and the barcode standards needed for UDI have been around for years - there is no reason for not moving forward with this. To be fair, many medical manufacturers have been marking their products this way for quite a while.

Re: Barcode Printer Manufacturer’s Warranty – Are You Covered?

David — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:07:26 -0000

One thing is for sure, in their efforts to reduce costs printer manufacturers are reducing the length of warranty coverage (from 3 years to 1 year in the case of Datamax, for example) and trying to move clients into buying depot repair contracts.

The warranties that still exist usually only cover "manufacturing defects" so often if a machine is returned for warranty repair, the owner ends up getting a bill. This is particularly true in the case of printheads - a rather expensive consumable item.

It is also important to recognize the time needed to return the printer to the manufacturer and wait for them to fix irt and ship it back. For printers that are needed as part of the owners process, an on-line service solution makes a lot of sense.

Re: Innovative “Use Within” Label Aids Product Safety

David — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:26:14 -0000

With that label, I could have proven that the Branston Pickle was still good to eat, even with a thick layer of mold on it.

Re: 2D Barcode Wars – Microsoft Tag

David — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:25:17 -0000

Nick, thanks for stopping by.

I agree with you that standards for printing codes and for the reader apps is a big issue with the QR community.

We are a barcode company and I've spent many happy hours verifying Datamax barcodes against the Department of Defense standards =)

I supposed that is a reason why it wouldn't be a good idea to use QR codes for critical applications, unless in a controlled environment.

Going to be really interesting to see how the various barcode formats develop and the applications they are used for.

Re: 2D Barcode Wars – Microsoft Tag

David — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:16:59 -0000

Hi Eric,

You have hit on one thing with MS Tag that is a concern to me.

I absolutely do not want MS (or anyone else for that matter) storing data about my location and what device I might happen to be using.

I certainly don't want that data being used for targeted promotions. To be fair, I'd be very happy to pay for a version of AdBlock for my mobile device to stop me from having to see any promotional material at all. Obviously with Google and Apple being the big mobile OS developers, that isn't happening any time soon =)