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Re: Missed out on Google I/O tickets? We have 15 registration codes to give away

Trond Kjetil — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:48:54 -0000

First, let me thank you for the opportunity. Here is a quick list of things that would improve the TNW experience for me personally.

Your rightmost sidebar is what I’d first would want to change. As it is now, it steals too much of my attention, forcing me to skim the articles rather than actually reading them. Compared to the actual content, it is large and colorful, constantly battling for my attention. I do understand that you need the money from advertisement, and thus want to keep people engaged on TNW, but don’t let the reading experience suffer because of it. After all, we are here for your writing, not your ads. The reading experience on your tablet page is by comparison much better. Keep the content in center, first and foremost, and put the related articles widget somewhere else. I’m much more likely to want to navigate to the next article after I’m done reading, than I am while I’m reading.

The fixed top bar is annoying for the same reason, something that can be fixed by making it collapsible. I’m not sure I want to recommend the article before I’m done reading it.

Secondly, I often come here to read more about stories that already have been broken, not for actual breaking news. I would really like you to write more opinion pieces and features on the technologies you write about, instead of just the seven sentence long paragraph that I could read anywhere else on the web. Long form writing is a dying craft on the Internet, unfortunately.

Lastly I must say that I really liked and miss the Daily Dose podcast. They provided me with a bite sized tidbit of news that I could consume as went about other activities.

Re: Google Is Sending Out Rewards To Users Who Found All The Pokémon In The April Fools Map Hunt [Update]

Trond Kjetil — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:16:35 -0000

I too got all. Haven't been contacted yet. Non-US.

Re: Apple iPod Event Slated For Mid-September?

Trond Kjetil — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:12:47 -0000

Again:
Apple. Did. Not. Invent. Video. Calling. It has been around for years (soon to be decades). It has not caught on for various reasons.

I, for one, like to call in my underwear. I like to be able to answer a call without caring how my hair is, the length of the boogers running out of my nose, or if I'm on the toilet or in a porn shop.

There might however be a slight chance that Apple will popularize it, and it will be used.

Re: In the Trunk: The Tiny Doxie Scanner (plus a giveaway)

Trond Kjetil — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:56:15 -0000

This scanner being portable, I would take it back home to my parents and scan all memorabilia from backpacker trips I've done in the past.

Also, scan my girlfriend's mindboggingly huge pile of scraps collected from magazines.

All in all, this scanner would absolutely get a good home in my apartment ;)

Re: In the Trunk: The Tiny Doxie Scanner (plus a giveaway)

Trond Kjetil — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:56:15 -0000

This scanner being portable, I would take it back home to my parents and scan all memorabilia from backpacker trips I've done in the past.

Also, scan my girlfriend's mindboggingly huge pile of scraps collected from magazines.

All in all, this scanner would absolutely get a good home in my apartment ;)

Re: Something new arrives on July 14th. Come celebrate with us!

Trond Kjetil — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:21:15 -0000

The EverNoteBook. A tablet computer similar to the abandoned Microsoft Courier project, based on Android.

Re: Something new arrives on July 14th. Come celebrate with us!

Trond Kjetil — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:21:15 -0000

The EverNoteBook. A tablet computer similar to the abandoned Microsoft Courier project, based on Android.

Re: Seventh.Ink Blog Launch Party w/Prizes!

Trond Kjetil — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:47:22 -0000

Lastly, I subscribed to the feed for this blog through Google Reader,
Also, silly me forgot to give the direct link to the tweet I did; http://twitter.com/kartoffe...

Re: Seventh.Ink Blog Launch Party w/Prizes!

Trond Kjetil — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:45:22 -0000

Also have been a fan on Facebook for a while.

Re: Seventh.Ink Blog Launch Party w/Prizes!

Trond Kjetil — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:44:45 -0000

Have been a subscriber of the newsletter for a while ;)

Re: Seventh.Ink Blog Launch Party w/Prizes!

Trond Kjetil — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:43:51 -0000

Tweeted with @kartoffelmos

Re: Confirmed: Michael Jackson composed the music for Sonic The Hedgehog 3

Trond Kjetil — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:23:54 -0000

Brad Buxer said: "And if he is not credited for composing the music, it’s because he was not happy with the result sound coming out of the console. At the time, game consoles did not allow an optimal sound reproduction, and Michael found it frustrating. He did not want to be associated with a product that devalued his music…"

Might not have been the only reason. Remember that he is uncredited in the Simpsons episode he starred in. He also wrote "Do The Bartman" for The Simpsons, also (initially) uncredited.

Re: Twitter Giveaway Contest: Westin Travel Blanket

Trond Kjetil — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:51:25 -0000

Just tweeted from @kartoffelmos :)

Re: Twitter Giveaway Contest: Westin Travel Blanket

Trond Kjetil — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:51:25 -0000

Just tweeted from @kartoffelmos :)

Re: How To Easily Download YouTube High Definition Videos

Trond Kjetil — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:58:23 -0000

While it may be more powerful, it does not provide neither AVI nor MP4 downloads (from what I can see on the website), and thus needs to be converted before being playable on a different device than a computer. Which needs another piece of software, reduces quality and wastes time.

Re: Linux on a Netbook? Intel thinks its all about the User Interface

Trond Kjetil — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:52:16 -0000

Between this, Easy Peasy and Jolicloud, I think netbooks with Linux has actually got a fair chance of retaining market share. What is needed is proper marketing, more spesifically proper positioning. I think the Linux Pundit blog put it best "Up from phones, not down from notebooks": http://linuxpundit.wordpres...

Re: We have stickers! If you’re planning a meetup,... | Tumblr Staff

Trond Kjetil — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:19:20 -0000

While I do not have a meetup planned, and as there is no meetup that I'm even remotely able to attend, I'm asking here if there's a possibility to get a sticker anyway:P
I'll even set you up with an international reply cupon:D

Re: Tuneage

Trond Kjetil — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:55:38 -0000

I, on the other hand, is not really into this kind of electronic music. But this strange composition really got ot me.
Thanks, guys!

Re: Hello world!

Trond Kjetil — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:00:09 -0000

mjau

Re: Hello world!

Trond Kjetil — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:03:06 -0000

dette er en test

Re: Why’d You Have To Go And Make Things So Complicated?

Trond Kjetil — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:45:31 -0000

Most people unfortunately do not care who owns their data. Facebook is 'just another profile'. They do not care that it's not _their_ friend list, but Facebooks list of their friend. Sad, but true. Not to say that Data Portability and Friend Connect and the likes does not matter, I believe they do. If only to the handful of us that care. Maybe peoples view will change in the future. Maybe they will care about what really is _their_ data, not Facebooks.

Re: Adobe launches Photoshop Express update with Flickr support

Trond Kjetil — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:45:33 -0000

Am I the only one experiencing muliple (and by multiple, I mean 10-20) warnings that even though there's supposed to be an encrypted connection (https) data will be sent to a third party? In this case it is api.photoshop.com. It's probably nothing, but it still makes me cautious about giving it access to my Flickr account.

And why does it have to be so hard typing my email-adress for login? For some reason, it refuses to recognize the '@' (I can access it through use of copy-paste).

Re: Why We Need Web Apps on the Desktop

Trond Kjetil — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:43:15 -0000

somehow i feel that by using web based apps i'm stepping back to the days before tab based browsing. think about it, isn't 5 web apps spread amidst 20 "regular" web pages a lot like the cluttered start bar of the internet explorer? only with less security (winamp crashes - aw, shucks, but in the case of a browser crash, strong similarity to an os-crash).

Re: Fav.or.it: RSS Reader with Integrated Commenting Launches Public Beta

Trond Kjetil — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:08:17 -0000

Is there a poosibility that I could recieve an invite to this? Looks pretty awesome, I have in fact greatly missed the ability to post comments though my RSS-reader (using Google's atm). Googles sharing system never did it for me either, maybe this one does?