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Re: The best kept secret of Customer Service

Colin Ross — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:58:55 -0000

I know that all my interactions with everyone at Buffer have been great - everyone seems to have an intimate knowledge of the app and can resolve any problem or misunderstanding very quickly.

I almost look forward to having a problem! As a result, the least I can do is leave some complimentary feedback.

It's a virtuous circle of happiness. Long may it continue!

Re: The best kept secret of Customer Service

Colin Ross — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:28:22 -0000

You're very welcome. I made a resolution this year to try and reach out more to the services I use and provide feedback. So here I am.

Re: Introducing Buffer for Google+: The Easiest Way to Post to Your Google+ Business Page

Colin Ross — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 06:20:28 -0000

Hi there Eric,

I think this may have been a timezone issue - I've moved your G+ schedule to be on Toronto time like your other accounts. Hopefully this should fix up the early posting issues!

Thanks for the kind words - great to see some Google+ pages getting some love :)

Colin

Re: Introducing Buffer for Google+: The Easiest Way to Post to Your Google+ Business Page

Colin Ross — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 06:26:50 -0000

Yup, this is indeed using a Google+ API - some other services do have access to this API, but is not available publicly yet. Buffer is indeed fortunate to be able to have access at this time.

Colin

Re: Introducing Buffer for LinkedIn Company Pages: The Easiest Way to Keep Your LinkedIn Page up to Date

Colin Ross — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:21:07 -0000

Heya Gaëlle!

Do you have admin permissions for your Company Pages? We require that you have that level of permission to be able to post.

Colin

Re: How To Stay Focused on Your Goals When ‘Yak-Shaving’ Takes Over

Colin Ross — Thu, 22 May 2014 05:12:43 -0000

Thanks so much for commenting, Agnes! It is always great to learn from yaks and yet, uncannily, it seems that something else will always crop up!

The biggest challenge I have is forgetting whereabouts in the chain I am as I start to 'unwind' after things being to work. It's that "what was I trying to do in the first place" moment!

That said, I'd love to hear what sort of preparations you take :)

Re: Why Full-time Programming is a Part-Time Job

Colin Ross — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:42:13 -0000

Haha, yup, it's a good one! :)

Re: Why Full-time Programming is a Part-Time Job

Colin Ross — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:43:06 -0000

That's a great idea. I'm more of a cat person however, and Mr Perkins isn't too keen on walks at the best of times, let alone when I decide! :)

Re: Why Full-time Programming is a Part-Time Job

Colin Ross — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:43:51 -0000

Sounds great! I'd love to hear how that works for you. It's definitely a breath of fresh air (literally and metaphorically) to step away from the keyboard from time to time.

Re: Why Full-time Programming is a Part-Time Job

Colin Ross — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:44:53 -0000

Sounds perfect Chris! It's all too easy to just sit there all day, and I know I can be guilty of it too :) Getting into the habit of moving about and moving location is a great way of making the transitions more natural.

Re: How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals: The Story of Fighting Alligators and Building Bikesheds

Colin Ross — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:47:31 -0000

You've cracked me up there, Bruno! :) Distractions which disguise themselves as getting productive are the worth as you can totally fool yourself into thinking you are getting things done when in reality you have gone off on a tangent :)

Re: How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals: The Story of Fighting Alligators and Building Bikesheds

Colin Ross — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:48:58 -0000

So true Agnes :) Part of the problem is that my side-project is also meant to be fun! And it is fun to be distracted by all these bits and pieces in the short term. In the longer term, it's not quite so much fun when you realise that things aren't progressing as you would like though. As with most things, it's a balance :)