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Re: A MODx Navigation Issue

NICCAI — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:31:52 -0000

Add to your wayfinder call &displayStart=`TRUE`
&startItemTpl=`yourtemplatename`

I think that will do what you want.

As an aside, the ebook "The (almost) Complete Guide to Creating Menus in
MODx using Wayfinder" is awesome.

[PDF]
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php?action=dlat...

Re: A MODx Navigation Issue

NICCAI — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:51:27 -0000

Sorry, you want to show the children and just their parent? Am I understanding that right?

Re: A Couple Foursquare Anecdotes

NICCAI — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:55:01 -0000

I think the value proposition for Facebook is better understood to the end
user. I don't doubt there is potential for Foursquare, because I think
they've cracked a valuable mobile segment. I'm just not sure whether the
masses can wrap their heads around it right now. "I'm here or I'm doing"
was the question twitter tried to answer, but it isn't what made it
successful - it's an animal far different than its intent. Foursquare needs
to uncover that mystery angle.

One other thing that Facebook has that Foursquare is going to have a hard
time tapping into - your past. Although Facebook lets me see what's new
with my past and present friends, foursquare's relevance is really limited
to your current friends (and probably a subset at best). It's the
difference between fishing with a rod and fishing with a net.

Re: A Couple Foursquare Anecdotes

NICCAI — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:12:03 -0000

I'm mixed. I like the overall idea, but it is failing in exactly the spot that twitter excels - "real friends" versus "web friends." On twitter, I can easily follow and enjoy anyone that has some similar interest - like tech. On four square, you really need to be friends with the person to have a "real" interest. I would love for more of my "real" friends to be on four square, but even twitter is a rarity. The problem with four square is it is not individual - I can't benefit from it as much without others (read: my real world friends) joining. Twitter is more easily digested by the individual, and it doesn't rely on a high correlation between real friends and web friends.

That said, I could see the teen segment growing easier.

Re: Subs: News Corp. Keeps Improving Value Plays

NICCAI — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:54:22 -0000

What Murdoch has done with the WSJ is impressive, but I'm underwhelmed by
MySpace. I'm also increasingly getting my first-touch news via more
distributed sources like Twitter.

Re: Subs: News Corp. Keeps Improving Value Plays

NICCAI — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:52:46 -0000

Aren't you skeptical of Murdoch's charging plan for online news? As a techie, I think it will be a MASSIVE mistake if done incorrectly.

Re: NYC's BigApps Challenge

NICCAI — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:40:45 -0000

Very cool. Vancouver has a mandate to open data also. Would have been cool if this was "open" to others outside of the United States.

Re: We Need Marketing VPs

NICCAI — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:08:55 -0000

Sign that the economic down turn is bottoming?

Re: More Flavor on A Recent Pick Value Plays

NICCAI — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:57:26 -0000

Thanks for the insight.

Re: More Flavor on A Recent Pick Value Plays

NICCAI — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:49:24 -0000

Is any point a good point to buy in right now? Do you see a better entry coming? Thanks

Re: Maintainable CSS using IE specific CSS selectors

NICCAI — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:00:00 -0000

Hopefully, it will make your life easier. For complex applications and sites (even simple ones for that matter), it has eased the burden significantly.

Re: Building A Real Mobile Web

NICCAI — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:57:32 -0000

There's a side of me that actually thinks Apple wants the FCC to get involved. They WANT their device untethered from carrier restrictions, but were smart enough to recognize the need for carrier buy-in to get the device to market. Ultimately, I can see Apple turning the mobile industry on its ear like it did the music industry. I don't think it is only legacy technology that dies hard, but also legacy business models. Like the iPhone or not, Apple has been one of the few companies that has been able to force the hand of entrenchment.

Re: jQuery Visualize Plugin: Accessible Charts & Graphs from Table Elements using HTML 5 Canvas - NICCAI

NICCAI — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:14:19 -0000

My contact details are here:
http://niccai.com/

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

NICCAI — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:45:34 -0000

Never really clued into FF having that - guess cause they still have the
search box.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

NICCAI — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:02:55 -0000

Completely. You don't know how many times I've entered search terms in
Safari's address bar at home. :D

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

NICCAI — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:40:39 -0000

When on a PC, I use Chrome almost exclusively for browsing. FF is used for development. On my Mac, I tend to still surf using Safari. The one thing I absolutely love about Chrome is the all in one search/address bar. Drives me nuts in other browsers when I don't have this. You can get early access to the official Chromium for Mac here:

http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-ch...

Re: The Death of the Gatekeeper

NICCAI — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:55:38 -0000

Agreed. Borders is more of what I mean. The border relationship between
Canada and the US is completely backwards compared to the EU.

Re: Maintainable CSS using IE specific CSS selectors

NICCAI — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:14:51 -0000

Sorry I missed this. Did you sort out your issue?

Re: The "Watch Later" Project

NICCAI — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:11:29 -0000

One thing I'll add. I'd be leery of putting too much emphasis on Boxee. I think Boxee is a superb solution, and I think support for it is key to support the geekery. However, you need something much more tangible for the mainstream. Ultimately, I think you need to think less about using your app on other devices, and more about how you can get the data stream malleable enough to be consumed on other devices. I think you need to focus as much on the api around this as you do on the app itself. We have already become journalists and broadcasters, and the next likely step is to become the networks of tomorrow. AVC could easily be as noteworthy as NBC.

Re: The "Watch Later" Project

NICCAI — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:59:42 -0000

Yeah, I think sharing is a key part of this equation (I've been batting this idea around too for a long time). I like the idea of being able to watch other channels besides your own. I also think you need tagging support, so you can browse for videos saved by others. Also, trending videos and things like most mentioned on twitter. If you could do across your "friends" list, it would be even more powerful. It needs to be 100% streaming also, otherwise I think you enter a litigation quagmire.

Re: Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox Live as Microsoft beefs up other entertainment on Xbox 360

NICCAI — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:57:13 -0000

What about letting some of the information flow out of Xbox....as opposed to in.

Re: Cloud Based Messaging

NICCAI — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:47:52 -0000

Or just use Fluid.

http://fluidapp.com/

Re: Email Fail

NICCAI — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:07:55 -0000

You might be interested in this article then:

Achieving Email Bliss with IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail

Re: The Power Of Passed Links

NICCAI — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:30:25 -0000

Are you missing value by not considering other trusted sources as passed links? What about your blog? Most links I "follow" come from trusted sources via twitter, email, rss, or the respective site associated with my trusted source. Also, how do you validate the passed links from Twitter? Do you consider all url shortening services and assume it is twitter? Just wondering how you factor in the myriad of clients and sites using their api.

Re: What We Can Learn From MacHeist

NICCAI — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:30:44 -0000

Finally, someone that gets it. I bought the bundle for the first time this time around, because there were a couple of apps I was looking at. Would I have bought them otherwise? Maybe. Hard to know. But for the others, they have my interest and they now are installed on my machine. These "other apps" and even some of the bigger ones have an incredible inroads to gaining word of mouth reconginition. At the very least, they gain familiarity for a time when a problem arises and a solution is needed. MacHeist may devalue the true value of an app, but they provide an incredible service - marketing done at its best. It's not often you get the chance at a guaranteed return on investment - in this case, on your advertising dollar.