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Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:37:53 -0000

i have resisted that idea for years and continue to do so. if someone sends me an email, i'd like them to get a reply from me

Re: Jailbreak iPod Touch OS 3.1.2 with blackra1n

imhassan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:34:02 -0000

Read the troubleshooting guide.

Re: Dying career: traffic helicopter pilot

Scobleizer — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:50:34 -0000

Two answers to this:

1. If you are really caught in traffic it don't matter. You can use your cell phone to find a new route.
2. Most of the time I know my destination before I even get in the car, so here I key in my destination before I start driving and my Droid or iPhone talks to me, telling me how to get to my destination the fastest. Along the way I can see reports by glimpsing down.

Plus, a lot of times I'm not alone in the car. Whenever we do interviews I'm usually driving with Rocky who does the navigation. When I'm going out on the town I'm usually out with other people, or my wife, so there's someone else there to look at the maps and let me know of traffic problems.

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:50:01 -0000

still using the BB client

i want to move to gmail but we really need to move our entire firm onto
gmail and that hasn't happened yet

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:21:26 -0000

i use labels for some things but not everything

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:21:11 -0000

since i don't use a to do list and never have, that's not an issue for me

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:20:37 -0000

yup

i hated it for a long time until i got used to it

now i love it and could not do email without this feature

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:10:46 -0000

the threading mistakes happen because of similar or identical subject lines

it used to annoy me but now i love threading so much that i put up with it
gladly

threading turns dozens of emails into one

it's awesome

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:09:19 -0000

yeah, i saw that after writing this post

maybe i can lobby google to add it to labs

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:30:27 -0000

the problem with filters is they have to be created and are not dynamic

gmail knows who i reply to most actively, what mails i open first, etc

they can and should build and manage my "most important" list and make that
available to me as a filter

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:59:29 -0000

yup. that's the idea. set expectations and people will understand

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:42:20 -0000

i've never used a to do list

it's not part of my routine

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:41:52 -0000

thanks, i'll check out his post

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:41:26 -0000

exactly, its the archive and search paradigm that is game changing

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:40:46 -0000

those are good suggestions

Re: Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:40:12 -0000

it's life changing because it allows me to get through emails faster than
any email application i've ever used and i've used about a dozen to date
including pop/imap clients

Re: Jailbreak iPod Touch OS 3.1.2 with blackra1n

imhassan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:26:36 -0000

Read the troubleshooting guide.

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:10:02 -0000

get there early. apparently they are lining up for dinner on sundays.

Re: Jailbreak iPod Touch OS 3.1.2 with blackra1n

imhassan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:19:10 -0000

Maybe.

Re: Jailbreak iPod Touch OS 3.1.2 with blackra1n

imhassan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:19:00 -0000

Check out the troubleshooting guide to find out if your iPod supports a tethered or un-tethered jailbreak. Leaving on your iPod Touch wouldn't provide any issues if you have a tethered jailbreak, turning it off would require you to reconnect it to your PC, ONLY if your iPod is one of the models that supports a tethered jailbreak.

Re: Playdar

fredwilson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:29:27 -0000

yes, that's what i was thinking

Re: Twilight Saga: New Moon

daynah — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:28:54 -0000

Wow, interesting! I didn't know they were replacing Victoria. Her role is even bigger in Eclipse! Can't wait to see it! :)

Re: Keep A Close Eye on Chris Messina for the Web's Future

louismg — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:09:00 -0000

Twitter has lists now?

Re: Keep A Close Eye on Chris Messina for the Web's Future

louismg — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:08:48 -0000

Chris, happy to highlight your work. I know it didn't serve as a thorough bio, but I had notes in my blogging "to do" list responding to your "Death of the URL" article as well as that with proposed updates to microsyntax for some time. Looking at these to do items, I considered folks should just be checking out _all_ of your stuff, and so I pointed them your way.

Your comments on never working for a "big" company but working "with" them is critical. Being embedded in the Web can make many of these monolith-like companies seem very personal and accessible, and the social elements are accelerating this process. Thanks for your help.

Re: Keep A Close Eye on Chris Messina for the Web's Future

louismg — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:06:31 -0000

Mark, happy to help. I added the phrase "mortals vs. portals", so you now owe me a nickel if you use it in the future. One big shiny nickel.