Disqus - Latest Comments for AfroWhitey

Re: Google Reader's Magic Finds Personalized Highlights In Feeds

louismg — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:59:14 -0000

I wouldn't try to replace Google Reader with any other service. It seems short-sighted at this point.

Re: Google Reader's Magic Finds Personalized Highlights In Feeds

AfroWhitey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:45:07 -0000

Re: Google Reader's Magic Finds Personalized Highlights In Feeds

AfroWhitey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:58:39 -0000

To be fair, Jesse's feeds are about 40% relevant. I guess you could call that "blood relevant."

Re: Google Reader's Magic Finds Personalized Highlights In Feeds

jessestay — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:37:05 -0000

Luke and I were never relevant to each other ;-) Only related. It's a good thing - I think we would have killed each other growing up if we weren't related. ;-)

Re: Google Reader's Magic Finds Personalized Highlights In Feeds

AfroWhitey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:29:15 -0000

Cool feature, gives validity to the "Likes" feature, but I prefer to read things in the order Reader fetches them. I always "sort by oldest" and trudge through the feeds until they're all read. I'm stubborn that way. Course, I also only follow people (on Reader) I know and whose shares I'm interested in, and I only subscribe to feeds whose content is at least 80% relevant to me (unless I'm related to them... cough, Jesse, cough, cough...).

Maybe I'm missing out on some valuable feeds that way, but I'm pretty satisfied with it. It's like my own, personal, semi-interactive newspaper. I don't understand all the "big" bloggers who try to use Twitter, FriendFeed, or even Facebook to replace it. I guess they're trying to use these services much differently than I do.

Re: Review: What Doesn’t Kill You by DrChocolate

AfroWhitey — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:27:12 -0000

I need to add this one to the queue.

Re: Google Voice Update

AfroWhitey — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:12:15 -0000

Thanks Brandon! I was so excited, I had to share it with the world.

Re: I Heart Google

AfroWhitey — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:11:15 -0000

I wrote this back when GOOG 411 had just come out. In New York City, it kept
finding businesses that were no longer open and phone numbers that were
disconnected. Admittedly, I haven't tried it since, but they've integrated
it with Google Voice, so I may start using it more. Text is just so easy.

Re: What is this Google Reader Anyway?

AfroWhitey — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:09:14 -0000

Yeah, I've heard their mobile apps are great. Someday I'll have a phone that
can run them.

Re: Favorite iPod-Ripping Applications

AfroWhitey — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:52:19 -0000

Oh my! Happy to help. What happened?

Re: The Mighty AfroWhitey Will Save Your Life

AfroWhitey — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:42:11 -0000

Have you tried any out yourself? Do they really work? Do you have a link?

Re: Favorite iPod-Ripping Applications

AfroWhitey — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:49:24 -0000

Is it worth the $30 price tag? What makes it so great? You gotta sell it, man!

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Computers

AfroWhitey — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:29:31 -0000

Sorry for the delay, I ran out of time before going out of town and didn't have internet for the past week. Here's a couple programs that may help: http://www.afrowhitey.com/articles/favorite-ipo...

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Computers

facebook-688290058 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:16:01 -0000

Much appreciated Luke :)

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Computers

AfroWhitey — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:26:03 -0000

Happy to help! That's too bad about your computer, but it is a common issue. Lots of people have asked me how to get their music off of the iPod. There are a bunch of programs out there that manage this for you and I'll try to find the best ones for a post early next week.

Re: Organize Your Cables … Or Die?

AfroWhitey — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:53:22 -0000

We may see consumer friendly models sooner than you think. They have already developed charging pads that allow you to simply place your electronics on a pad to recharge. There is one called WIldCharge that seems to be leading the pack. The main problem devices like this have however, is that no standard has been developed that battery makers have to abide by to be compatible with these devices.

So the technology is there, but it is up to battery makers and the charging pad companies to come to some sort of agreement about the best way to make this mainstream. Until then, you'll have to stick often bulky adapters on your gadgets to get them to work.

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Computers

AfroWhitey — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:40:55 -0000

Following the instructions in this post would actually download all the music in your library onto your work hard drive. You have two options to solve your dilemma. First, you could create a separate library on your home computer for the songs you want at work, and copy only those files over. Second, you could try an iTunes streaming program. I haven't actually tried any, but Lifehacker just reviewed one called PulpTunes and laid out the process. Here's the post:

http://lifehacker.com/5274777/pulptunes-offers-...

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Computers

AfroWhitey — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:39:15 -0000

Thanks, Russell! Trying it out now.

Re: Universal Media Group Just Doesn’t Get It

AfroWhitey — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:56:24 -0000

If it's YouTube being greedy, and not the major record labels, why did the labels come after YouTube so hard claiming copyright infringement? My point with this article was to show that Universal (and the other major labels, i.e. Sony, EMI, Warner) don't understand the concept of social media. YouTube is a social site. It's a place to share videos with as many people as you can. Putting limits on how you can share those videos defeats the purpose of the site.

Yes, I agree that YouTube/Google doesn't care about exposure for artists. And yes, when it comes down to it, YouTube is a site made to generate profit. My point was that Universal should care about exposure for their artists. YouTube wanted Universal's videos because they generate lots of pageviews, and pageviews == ad revenue. However, as described by John's source (above), Universal wanted such a large piece of that revenue, that YouTube had to require that embedding be disabled. It was the only way to both pay off the labels and still be a successful company.

When it comes down to it, I agree with you, both parties are being greedy. They're both businesses trying to turn a profit and business, by its very nature, is greedy. All I'm trying to say is that Universal should relax a little in this case, because while they may not be happy that someone is earning ad revenue off of their property, they can take comfort in the fact that millions of people are being exposed to their artists, which brings them more money in the long run. I'm not naive, I don't expect anything to change, but if Universal, or any other major record label understood social media a little better, they would be doing a lot more to work with these sites. The Beggar's group gets it, why can't the big guys?

Re: How to Use ITunes With Multiple Users

sn9500 — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:34:04 -0000

Thanks Luke, I look forward to it.

Cheers :)

Re: How to Use ITunes With Multiple Users

AfroWhitey — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:55:11 -0000

True, but then you risk having duplicate files all over your computer. This is just one work around to a complicated problem.

Re: How to Use ITunes With Multiple Users

AfroWhitey — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:54:18 -0000

I was actually planning on covering that very scenario in a future post, so stay tuned!

Re: How to Use ITunes With Multiple Users

AfroWhitey — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:58:15 -0000

Great question! Common problem, here's the answer: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420

Re: How to Survive the DTV Switch

AfroWhitey — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:08:46 -0000

Thanks Dan! Glad I could help!

Re: Welcome!

AfroWhitey — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:07:49 -0000

Ooh, good one! I've got a few different ways. Post to come. Thanks for reading!