Disqus - Latest Comments for davidsim

Re: iPhone 5: against the odds, Apple have produced another piece of magic – and the fans won't be able to resist it

davidsim — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:00:21 -0000

I think the Reuters report was more accurate. It's far from magic, entirely evolutionary rather than revolutionary, the minimum Apple needed to do to keep people buying.

Of course it will sell well; as Frank says they're fashionable.

Re: Lessons Learned from Apple iCloud Hack

davidsim — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:13:54 -0000

How do you back up documents stored in iCloud? As far as I know there's no way of doing this, short of exporting each individual document.

But seriously Apple - two factor authentication!

Re: University Offers a Master’s Degree in Social Media

davidsim — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:31:33 -0000

People who don't have a year to spend on the subject, but need to get up to speed in their workplace, might want to try a somewhat shorter (2 day) course! http://4tm-services.com/pra...

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

davidsim — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:39:24 -0000

Is anyone else reading the blog post as "we're going to make Facebook even more complicated to use".

If they're trying to compete with Twitter, they should pay attention to the simplicity of Twitter - or stay out of the area.

Re: Woolworths makes way for something new.

davidsim — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:11:39 -0000

Sadly Woolworths allowed their Market to disappear: the major supermarkets began to offer more non food. CDs and DVD sales moved online. I think they simply ran out of ideas on how to be unique.

Re: How to Blow $100,000 on Word of Mouth Advertising

davidsim — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:19:27 -0000

Thanks for using the VisitAviemore.com example, which we at 4tm-services.com helped to create. Your New Zealand example is spot on too and was a source of inspiration to us.

I promise VisitAviemore didn't cost anything like $100,000, but the feedback has been excellent. Visitors don't want to read marketing hype, they just want to get information fast. So we provide the core information on facilities, accommodation and things to do; visitors - through their blogs, YouTube videos and TripAdvisor provide their own ideas and take on what's great (and what's not) in the area.

It's been a fun project!

Re: What are social web sites?

davidsim — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:09:13 -0000

Twitter is a great place to get a message out; terrible if you're looking to follow a conversation, particularly if multiple parties are involved. I've found FriendFeed useful - I find the rooms great for quick conversations with peers, and sometimes that's all that is required, avoiding tedious navel contemplation.

Inevitably I rely on blogs, wiki's and forums for more in-depth analysis and discussion.

I see blogs as part of the social web - after all; we're all here having a discussion using Disqus which in turn will be aggregated on FriendFeed!

Thanks for the post.

Re: FriendFeed Comments WordPress Plugin

davidsim — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:30:48 -0000

Had to make a couple of hacks, as prototype seems to conflict with Mootools, used by my blog template. Not your problem!

Great work - blog now displaying comments from FriendFeed, which keeps everything together on the blog.

For example : http://4tm-services.com/200...

Thanks.