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Re: Getting the most from Duplicate Alerts & Blocking

Kevin Micalizzi — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:11:27 -0000

Thanks Crystal! So with you on that. -k

Re: Throwing Stones at Glass Houses, or Privacy vs Publicy

Kevin Micalizzi — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:42:11 -0000

Well said Leslie. You know me well enough to know I'm a bit of an extrovert, but even I try to maintain some privacy in my online life. Google Glass makes me think of those spy cameras we've seen in the movies for years. If people are constantly streaming audio and video everywhere they go, it does make me wonder what little privacy we'll have left.

Re: Go west young(ish) men (& dog). Yes, we’re moving to San Francisco!

Kevin Micalizzi — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:21:21 -0000

Thanks Dave, we're gonna miss you too!

Re: Go west young(ish) men (& dog). Yes, we’re moving to San Francisco!

Kevin Micalizzi — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:38:00 -0000

Thanks Leslie! We're so nervous/excited! :)

Re: GoodReader for iPad gets updated with iOS 5 compatibility and iCloud support

Kevin Micalizzi — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:44:27 -0000

I have the updated GoodReader app and now it won't run. I shows the green screen that says "Loading...." then it crashes. I use GoodReader everyday, now I can do a thing with it.

Re: Libox for iPad Makes Accessing Your Music and Videos a Snap

Kevin Micalizzi — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:54:28 -0000

Sounds cool, but the Terms of Service require "You hereby grant to LIBOX a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to Use the Content in any media in connection with the LIBOX Services."

Am I the only one who finds those terms too broad? I'm not willing to give someone the rights to use media like our family videos without having to get my explicit permission.
-k

Re: 40 Small Businesses and the Online Tools They Can't Live Without

Kevin Micalizzi — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:36:58 -0000

This is great, thanks Ken for nominating Dimdim! I love the fact that there are always new tools to explore. Thanks for this great list Jared!

-k
Kevin Micalizzi, Community Manager
Dimdim Web Conferencing
e: kevin@dimdim.com
twitter: @dimdim

Re: FourSquare is Doomed

Kevin Micalizzi — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:16:08 -0000

Casey-

Thanks for the mention. It was great to meet your puppy that day. Honestly that was one of two times I've used Foursquare to physically meet up with someone. Another time I was in Boston and we tracked down @JeffCutler by following his checkins until we finally caught up. Ended up being a great afternoon and evening hanging out with him.

For me the benefit of Foursquare has been finding and "meeting" more people interested in social media in the local area. Services like Twitter let you set your location, but it's not a focus for most users of the service so there's little incentive to update your location all the time. Because Foursquare lets you check in at physical venues, it's easier to see when people are in your local area and see who checked in. They used to show you who had checked into a venue, but sadly seem to have removed that feature.

I agree the novelty is wearing off. The question is, will enough venues jump on the bandwagon to create more incentives to check-in when visiting? Starbucks is one of the few companies I saw do it right. They actually let each store know who was mayor of that store and posted it at the registers so the mayor could get their drink.

My guess is that specific location-based services like Foursquare will be come obsolete or they'll be merged into established social media/networking services like Yelp, Facebook, etc. So location-based info will become a part of what you share, but it's just a value add to a service you already use for other things. Automatic checkin when you're near a venue will make it easier for those less concerned about privacy, but I don't believe that alone will be enough to make a service that's just about location interesting enough to sustain in the long run.

Thanks!
-k

Re: Weekend Giveaway: A Droid X from Rebtel

Kevin Micalizzi — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:02:04 -0000

I use Rebtel and would love to win a Droid X.

Thanks!

Re: Facebook’s Stupid Adventure

Kevin Micalizzi — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:53:22 -0000

Wayne-

I'm glad you decided to write the article. I appreciate you sharing the issues and concerns. Facebook may be popular right now, but people need to better understand the privacy issues that affect them.

Thanks!
-k

Re: Facebook's Stupid Adventure

Kevin Micalizzi — Sun, 16 May 2010 22:44:59 -0000

Wayne-

Thanks for sharing this. I've been heads-down on a number of projects and lost track of what the latest "Facebook privacy" concern was -- these issues seem to be a recurring theme. Agreed that it all comes down to trust. Facebook hasn't made an effort to build that trust. They may have the momentum right now, but if history shows us anything, loyalty is a difficult thing. The fact that Facebook has helped so many connect also gives those same people a platform for letting everyone know where they're going when a more trustworthy alternative comes along.

Thanks,
-k

Re: What I want in a Social CRM (for me)

Kevin Micalizzi — Sun, 09 May 2010 11:48:55 -0000

Thanks Shannon. It's definitely important for me to see a complete history across platforms. Recent messages help with a quick context for what people are currently doing, but I often find myself digging back in time -- and people tend to switch platforms. I've had people start by sending a LinkedIn message, switch to email, then send a message via Twitter. If some of those parts of the conversation are missing, I don't always have the right context.

Offline I think is important for core contact information and may some recent notes, but not for all the historical data. -k

Re: What I want in a Social CRM (for me)

Kevin Micalizzi — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:34:54 -0000

Thanks Jim, I have an account but haven't looked at it for a while. I'll give it a try again. -k

Re: If you can't avoid it, keep to the eye of the storm

Kevin Micalizzi — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:11:23 -0000

So I take the time to blog about keeping to the eye and ever since I keep letting myself get nudged out of center. Guess I have more to work on than I had thought!

Re: Who does your incentive program benefit and is it clear?

Kevin Micalizzi — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:12:06 -0000

Agreed. The free wifi is still offered.

Re: Facebook, enforcing like-ability, inspiring confusion?

Kevin Micalizzi — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:32:33 -0000

Thanks Matt! I think it'll be interesting to see if this changes the nature of "fans" on Facebook. I still don't get why they did this. -k

Re: Make your chats natural

Kevin Micalizzi — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:23:49 -0000

@Casey Cheshire Thanks Casey, I think your tweets about automated chat bots is the primary reason I was looking at this one so closely. :-)

Re: When the world slows for an instant

Kevin Micalizzi — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:26:48 -0000

Thanks Lou!

Re: The Business Card Is Dead

Kevin Micalizzi — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:16:40 -0000

You're probably right. I've tried some of the mobile apps for sharing contact info, but haven't found any that's easy enough to not dominate the time when we should be conversing. If we reach that point, I could be converted. Right now, I'd rather engage with the person I'm talking to than interrupt the flow of conversation. You can pass over a business card without missing a word.
-k

Re: The Business Card Is Dead

Kevin Micalizzi — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:04:45 -0000

Brent-

Thanks for sharing your observations. I didn't make it to Social Media Club NH, but I've been to many others events around NH. As an tech early adopter, I have to admit I still prefer the business card. I keep a very active address book (over 2000 entries.) Most people don't share their full contact information on the social sites and sometimes an email or call is needed -- just try explaining anything complex in 140 chars on Twitter.

I have nothing against people who have decided to give up business cards, but in my experience they are still very much in the minority. I'll continue to give out my business cards to those that still want them.

Thanks!

-k

Re: Enter the Zappos Sharing Happiness $3,000 Shopping Spree Giveaway Contest

Kevin Micalizzi — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:55:20 -0000

the web makes my life better by keeping me in contact with more people than I would ever be able to touch without it. My favorite way to spread happiness is by randomly reaching out to friends, even if we haven't seen each other in 15+ years. It always makes me happy when old friends take the time to tweet/comment/message/etc me -- I try to share that happiness as much as I can.

Re: About Your Team

Kevin Micalizzi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:45:08 -0000

The PodCamp NH Twitter account is at http://twitter.com/pcnh
Team member IDs are in their bios above.
No Facebook page/event for this round. Too much to manage & chase without it. :-)

Make sure you have signed up! It should be a great weekend!
-k

Re: Pondering Interns

Kevin Micalizzi — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:21:38 -0000

Leslie-

Thanks for sharing this. I've seen you continue growing your business -- and the great response to all of your hard work. I can only imagine how difficult it has been trying to balance developing good relationships with discouraging more aggressive approaches to interning.

I appreciate your honest and candid approach on how you work. I think it's great insight for people who are looking to "be your intern" or at least develop a relationship with you. It's always worth asking, but I read it as:
it should be clear from all the great things *they are already doing* that *you* should be working with *them*.

Asking is one thing -- showing through action is entirely different.

Kudos for taking such an open approach. That's one of the reasons I love collaborating with you!

-k
Kevin Micalizzi, Community Manager
Dimdim Web Conferencing
e: kevin@dimdim.com

Re: DimDim— You won’t be hungry an hour later

Kevin Micalizzi — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:59:38 -0000

Mark-

Thanks for this great post. I'm glad we had the chance to meet at the Social Media NH BBQ (www.smbnh.org) last Friday.

Thanks.

-k
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Re: HOW TO: Back Up Your Tweets

Kevin Micalizzi — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:55:18 -0000

I use DropBox (http://getdropbox.com) to backup my files because it lets me keep a copy on my laptop and on their servers. I use http://tweetake.com/ once a month to grab all my tweets and save them off to a DropBox folder so they'll be backed up. All my Flickr photos are in my DropBox folders before they even get uploaded to Flickr, so I have a backup of everything I need except for Facebook.

-k