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Re: To the FTC that whole Trust Agent thing is nonsense

StevenHodson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:38:42 -0000

I agree that there are misuses on either side of the fence. I also believe that the guidelines being put forward should apply across all media - regardless of print, video, podcasting or blogs. If it was I would withdraw my objections without a second thought.

Re: To the FTC that whole Trust Agent thing is nonsense

StevenHodson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:08:11 -0000

The thing is Chris is that it doesn't matter if it is a "gift" or a "loaner". Under the FTC guidelines because gadget sites like Gizmodo have an on-going association with manufacturers they will have to start displaying a disclosure notice with each post. Where it gets really interesting is if that same disclosure is going to have to be applied to old posts - since as we know even year old posts can gain new life.

Re: Kindle available in over 100 countries

StevenHodson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:35:51 -0000

Oh I don't put all the blame on Amazon here. As with the iPhone I can well imagine that the telco's are more than responsible for this.

Re: Washington Post’s Twitter ruckus exposes social media bubble

rizzn — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:22:36 -0000

in all seriousness, though...
... yes, their biz models would probably be better served by being
transparent social media publishing platforms.

They're not, though, and much of the WaPo business functions on the
one-directional broadcast model, not the bi-directional communication model.
As such, they don't have the luxury in that model to not control the spin
and image of the organization in hierarchal fashion.

Remember how CNN and Sanchez became the lightning rod for the #CNNfail
situation?

Did you read how WaPo got thrashed by Jeff Nolan today on an unrelated
topic? (
http://siliconangle.net/ver2/2009/09/28/the-ala...)

The difference is that Sanchez could engage frankly and try to diffuse the
issue, where as WaPo will go the way of the record industry, turning into a
whipping boy for all their foibles.

Their choice, I suppose.

Re: Washington Post’s Twitter ruckus exposes social media bubble

StevenHodson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:18:12 -0000

funny guy :)

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

blogbloke — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:39:30 -0000

I'm going to start a series on the dumb DMs and spam that I'm getting on Twitter. Should be fun exposing them. One of the worst offenders is SocialBlaster. They are very adept at link-baiting.

Re: How be we get the story right Mr. Boyd

StevenHodson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:10:56 -0000

I have and will be working on a follow-up this afternoon

Re: Ed Bott gets all picky on Apple

StevenHodson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:41:31 -0000

Hang on :) don't apologize for posting a valid comment that is expressed in a calm and reasonable way. I appreciate that people can get a little heated - hell I'm guilty of that but that doesn't mean that blatant insulting of other commenter's is tolerated - if only here. I like it when people stir the pot but with the knowledge to back up what they are saying which you obviously can. I look forward to any comments you wish to make here ....

Re: Ed Bott gets all picky on Apple

geogray — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:31:14 -0000

Sorry, Mr. Hodson, I should have refrained from posting my comment. The public forums on pretty much all sites have degenerated to the point that intelligent conversation is a thing of the past. And when it comes to certain subjects, such as anything that might be perceived as negative toward Apple, gets reactions such as those from the person who could not spell Windows correctly...and they called me an idiot. For the record, you cannot simply 'uncheck' anything where he was suggesting since the software update does not show up in the Windows control panel. And disabling the application would defeat its purpose.
Anyway, my apologies to you for stirring the pot.

Re: Ed Bott gets all picky on Apple

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:32:18 -0000

Who let the loose screw loose in the comments ?

Re: Ed Bott gets all picky on Apple

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:24:54 -0000

hey! .. no need to get insulting. If you can't express your opinion intelligently and at least some modicum (if you know that that means anyway) of quality sarcasm then save the effort for one of your Apple message boards where they might enjoy that kind of thing.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:07:19 -0000

I wouldn't even want to try doing anything like that especially when it comes to a popular program like FeedDemon.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:06:32 -0000

not to mention that the whole crowdsourcing hype about it is just that hype unless you have very large numbers of followers. The number of times that I have put out a question or asked for help for something and that I have gotten a reply other than spam I can count on one hand.

Re: A social media application I would like to have

StevenHodson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:07:04 -0000

just out of curiosity Nick have you looked at Feedly at all? I had thought about doing a FeedDemon newspaper style like it if I can get the time to decipher how they're created (I know it's XML and CSS). As I told you on Twitter the other day I'm really looking forward to seeing where FeedDemon is headed in the next version.

Re: A social media application I would like to have

zpoley — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:39:13 -0000

yeah it's something that i run on a monitor that's a number of feet away and it's not something i look at all the time. i just check it out in between doing other things. it's probably something to be careful with, because i suppose it could make some people ill :(

Re: A social media application I would like to have

StevenHodson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:32:42 -0000

interesting idea. not sure how much I like the UI or how fast it scrolls with new data. it's not quite the "trend" idea that I talked about but I'm going to try it out for a few days.

Thanks

Re: You’re not on Twitter’s suggested user list but you are in good company:

StevenHodson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:05:21 -0000

cranky old farts can't get on it either :) .. actually the SUL has always struck me as a form of ass-kissing and has a low value IMO. While I had a number of your selections already picked there were some that I definitely glad you pointed to - Thanks Robert

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/09/find-similar-people-and-interests-with.html

StevenHodson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:14:11 -0000

<gives the email server a shake to see it is stuck> :) nm .. should always check the right mail folder <snicker>

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/09/find-similar-people-and-interests-with.html

StevenHodson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:40:34 -0000

Thanks Louis I'll play around with it tomorrow after I get back from my appointment at the hospital. Which is at 10:30 and for those that know me will know how hard it will be to make it on time - and awake :)

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/09/find-similar-people-and-interests-with.html

louismg — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:37:54 -0000

Steven, I have you covered. Just wait a few minutes and the invite will be on its way.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/09/find-similar-people-and-interests-with.html

StevenHodson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:36:19 -0000

anyone who has an extra invite could you shoot it in my direction please - thank you

Re: Tech conferences and their conflicts

StevenHodson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:29:09 -0000

Sorry Jason I meant to reply to this earlier but got sidetracked. First off thanks for taking the time to post such a great reply - I appreciate it.

I'm not sure what part of my post your first point is in reference to because I have no problem with you guys making money from the conference.

To the second point my only problem (and it's not really a "problem" per se) is that TC50 is suppose to be about the startups and DemoPit and when companies like Google and Microsoft make announcements I worry that depending on what they are announcing they could overshadow and take away attention form the starts. To be honest what I remember about this year's TC50 is Bing's Visual Search and Google's Fast Flip.

I can understand the reasoning but I just hate to see attention taken away from the whole reason for the conference in the first place - the startups.

Re: Calling out Gabe and Techmeme over favoritism and censorship

vanelsas — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:55:21 -0000

Gabe, your Techmeme always seemed to be an independent news source to me, in a world where we all know stories are played. Your response here proves me wrong. It's censorship, no matter what angle you look at it. And that's sad.

Re: No amount of social media will save ‘bad’ companies

StevenHodson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:48:37 -0000

As much as the social media gurus would love everyone to think that every company should be hopping on the bandwagon there are definitely a lot of companies that this makes no sense for but I doubt you would hear a single 'expert' tell a company that is willing to sign a hefty contract that they don't need to do this.

Re: Calling out Gabe and Techmeme over favoritism and censorship

StevenHodson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:45:55 -0000

Duncan has had a few posts on his personal blog about Techmeme
http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/05/11/techmeme-...
http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/08/02/techmeme-...