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Re: The Kingston Daily Freeman Blogs: Life, I wrote.: How to make a slideshow with Pinterest and Instagram images with Storify

liamalexander — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:56:35 -0000

Hopefully my post was a helpful contribution. I find it annoying that the Storify slideshow doesn’t update as new pins are added (as I mentioned). I found that even re-entering the RSS feed into Storify did not include more recent pins. Also, Storify seems to be very quiet; does anyone actually use it?

Regards, Liam

http://www.liamalexander.co...

Re: The Kingston Daily Freeman Blogs: Life, I wrote.: How to make a slideshow with Pinterest and Instagram images with Storify

liamalexander — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:22:21 -0000

I found using the Pinterest RSS to add content to Storify much quicker:

http://www.liamalexander.co...

but the slideshow doesn't update! I have a feeling that Storify will go the way of many other promising startups...

Re: Sliced - Revelstoke, Lake Louise, Panorama, Moonlight Basin to Offer Guests Satski: GPS Trail Map for Mobiles - Sliced Ecommerce

liamalexander — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:00:24 -0000

Thanks for the tip! I'll add Satski to the links section :-)

Re: Mad Men: Public Relations - Review

liamalexander — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:07:43 -0000

Mad Men is a highly sophisticated and stylish show. If you don't understand it and don't like it, don't watch it. Are you carrying out a vendetta against a fictitious character? @Don_Draper won't be losing any sleep.

Re: Mad Men: Public Relations - Review

liamalexander — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:05:32 -0000

Thank you for a very informative and well written article. Very comprehensive.

Re: The Truth about Unfollowing on Twitter

liamalexander — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:49:49 -0000

I'm very honoured to be partly the inspiration for that chapter! ;-)

I'm still getting 404 error when I click your links from email. I have a feeling the problem might be your permalink structure. I initially followed this link:

http://garinkilpatrick.com/...

I shortened it to:

http://garinkilpatrick.com/...

and still got the 404 error page.

I had to access:

http://garinkilpatrick.com/...

to find your post. I hope that helps!

Re: The Truth about Unfollowing on Twitter

liamalexander — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:08:31 -0000

Interestingly, the link I got in my email to this comment thread gave me a 404 error! I use disqus on one of my sites too; hope it's not causing me to miss anything. You're right; lists are a very useful tool but I have a feeling they are misunderstood by many. Perhaps that might be a topic for a future eBook! Very glad we re-established our friendship.

Re: The Truth about Unfollowing on Twitter

liamalexander — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:44:19 -0000

Changes to Twitter's TOS have had quite an effect on many automated services. I used to use tweepular.com, you could bulk follow/unfollow by the thousand, maybe enough to get your twitter account shut down for abuse. This site is now defunct. Using this site accidentally cost me almost a thousand legitimate followers so I'm not missing it much.

I still use twitter karma and find it a useful way to reciprocate follows in bulk. Some people will tell you automation has no place in social media; that it should be entirely about social connections, however, it's usefulness as a marketing tool can't be ignored. I've also found that following indiscriminately is counter productive; you end up with a twitter stream that has little meaning and you can't easily interact with it.

As with most things, finding some kind of balance is the key. Using automation tools sparingly and judiciously can make using social media effective and a rewarding experience. Thanks for an informative and interesting post.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:57:10 -0000

No, not everyone else's opinion; just yours.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:52:16 -0000

Seriously? When you consider what came before them it is very profound. If it isn't, why did almost everyone on earth go completely bersek over them? The lyrics weren't really the profound element. Yeah, yeah yeah.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:35:10 -0000

That fab four weren't that fab? It's truly depressing to think people can actually come out with utter drivel such as this. The inanity of this statement is very characteristic of this post and most of the comments it has attracted. I give up!

Next you'll be saying Elvis was on drugs!

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:56:03 -0000

I've always had the same misgivings about rugby myself; very close physical contact combined with a level of violence always seemed a bit kinky to me. They could always make the outfits sexier, but AFL has that base covered.

I do like vegemite, but on toast, not in my beer. Beer cheaper than bottled water? I don't think I'd be complaining about that.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:51:15 -0000

I thought their fame rested on 'Ferry Across the Mersey', which must be one of the most unremarkable songs of all time.

The guy from REO Speedwagon has been getting a good run on the golden oldie ads here. He actually looks less of a dork after having aged a few decades. The music remains dorky as ever of course.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:30:04 -0000

I'm not sure exactly who Jimmy Page played for; I just read an article stating that he was the most used session musician in the 60s.

Those guys all seem to end up on late night TV infomercials flogging the golden oldies collection. I'm not quite sure what Gerry and the Pacemakers claim to fame ever was, apart from coming from Liverpool around the time the Beatles got big.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:24:14 -0000

The male bonding was hard not to notice; what does that say about most men?

Guinness to me tastes like liquid vegemite. I like dark beer but that is a bit too dark. We have plenty of Irish pubs here and I have tried other Irish beers which are very nice. Problem is, beer is so expensive now. Even the local stuff is getting kind of steep.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:40:52 -0000

I bought a Muddy Waters CD in Woolworths 20 years ago for $2.00 I also got Howling Wolf, Elmore James and several others for the same price. The recordings are kind of scratchy but it just adds to the feeling of authenticity. I like them all but Muddy Waters resonated with me more than the others.

Jimmy Page features as a session guitarist on over 60% of British 60s recordings. I watched that movie 'The Song Remains the Same' for a while not so long ago. It made me understand why people call him 'old fumble fingers'. He may have been great in the studio but on stage he was awful.

Gerry and the Pacemakers are still around? I guess you have to admire their persistance. then again...

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:32:20 -0000

It is a spectacular video, and plenty of 'male bonding' going on there; hmmm. Still, would take a lot more than that to make me want to drink Guinness.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:28:14 -0000

As I invented those characters I reserve the right to use them in whatever context I please. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:06:57 -0000

I know for a fact that Clapton and his contemporaries listened to ppl like Muddy Waters, J L Hooker, Robert Johnson etc. a great deal and were profoundly influenced by them. Clapton's phrasing and sense of melody has always had an effect on me, but it's hard to argue about how something does or doesn't make you feel.

I think it's very interesting that the 60s British rock movement; the Beatles, the Stones, Clapton, Jimmy Page etc. etc. reinterpreted earlier American black music and turned it into something new and resurgent; then successfully sold it back to the Americans. I think all the artists who were part of that movement have a place in history, perhaps with the exception of Gerry and the Pacemakers.

Clouds have been in my coffee for sometime; I think I might be getting cataracts :-(

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:56:01 -0000

I invented Mrs Brown in a completely different message to the guy telling limericks in the pub, so how could I have been comparing the two?

I don't think I have seen that Guinness commercial; Australia is always culturally at least 5 years behind the rest of the world, even when it concerns beer.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:35:54 -0000

I never actually impuned the good name of poor, much maligned Mrs Brown. I merely suggested that you might extend your lack of reverence for Clapton to Mozart.

A beautifully crafted limerick which can perfectly capture the human condition would of course be a great improvement on all those Shakepearean epics, and you could fit it into a 30 second beer commercial.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:26:26 -0000

Furthermore: Mozart was a genius, and although Clapton is undeniable brilliant I'd hardly put him in the same league (noone is). However; the distinction you draw here doesn't quite hold water. Both Mozart and Clapton were/are incredibly talented musicians and composers of music. There was also (according to recent research) a good deal of improvisation in the music of Mozart's time than modern interpretations would lead us to believe. Also, Clapton plays the blues as very few whites can, like no one else really. The blues is an intensely emotional form and you really have to feel it to understand it. When Clapton plays, he's actually composing his melody as he plays at, as did Mozart at least some of the time.

*Reverence smeverence; my meaning was clear enough.

I know the Carly Simon song; I do see clouds in my coffee. Didn't the Stones write a song about a guy who was incredible clever, talented and handsome? I'm sure they wrote that one with me in mind.

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:14:28 -0000

Mrs Brown from the co-op and her Hammond organ might well be more than a match for stuffy old Amadeus. While you're at it, tell Shakespeare that he can keep his iambic pentameter. There's a block down at the local who tells a really good limerick...

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:25:19 -0000

If ppl like Eric Clapton are "too excellent" and you'd rather hear "music played by other humans", what would you say to Mozart? Sorry Wolfgang, you're just too good. I'd rather hear that sonata played by Mrs Brown from the co op.

That is not the only definition of 'deference'; what about: "respectful or courteous regard"

I'd be interested to know which Stones song was written for me; probably not one of the 2 or 3 good ones I imagine ;-)

Re: You say legends, I say leg ends

liamalexander — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:41:29 -0000

Moi? Whatever do you mean by that? But seriously, I think it would be difficult to find two or three bad Stones songs.

As far as I'm concerned, everyone has their own tastes, each to her/his own etc. etc. HOWEVER certain artists are undeniably important because they had such far reaching impact on huge numbers of people in their time. They accordingly deserve a little deference.