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Re: iPhone + Jailbreak + Last.fm Scrobbler

brandice — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:49:38 -0000

I'm no longer jailbroken, so couldn't tell you whether it's currently worth it to jailbreak for scrobbling. I can definitely say that I miss it.

Re: Bees on the Towpath

brandice — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:57:43 -0000

Why thank you! :) I appreciate the compliment. :)

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

brandice — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:56:08 -0000

Yes, you DO make a lot of sense and you raise a lot of valid points. :) And it is definitely important to remember that my etiquette and my critique of Twitter use comes from the way I use it personally, and it's not for everyone. A lot of people use it for massive amounts of constant concise information, and I use it for more personal purpose mostly. When it comes to professional Twitter accounts though, I think it's important to consider both vantage points, which is where I think this particular account got it wrong. I'm sure that I get it wrong some of the time as well. ;)

Thanks for your musings on the topic... very interesting read!

Re: I have called out any marketing douchebags lately…

brandice — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:39:23 -0000

I tend to do a lot more of the ignore button response these days for sure, but yeah, every once in a while it's good to just get the irritation out of your system. ;) haha

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

bztat — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:36:31 -0000

Your assumptions may or may not be correct about me. But as I said, I have no need to pursue it further. The last word is yours, my friend. Please, lets do chat sometime.

Peace!

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

brandice — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:23:28 -0000

I'm very open to dissenting opinions (and I certainly don't think we're reached a level that could be called quarreling), but in this case there's a very obvious bias on your part, including the fact that you yourself are often retweeted by this particular account when the retweeted msgs have nothing to do with the subject of the account, and I had correctly guessed that you're acquainted with the person who runs the account.

It's not really a dissenting opinion, it's more of a "hey, don't blog about your frustrations toward my friend, meanie" in a way that's somewhat silly, since a personal blog is for speaking about personal opinions, to which I'm entitled. I haven't heard a real disagreement with my frustration, simply that you don't think I should have publicly talked about my frustration toward your friend on my blog.

While I am quick to call out a real social media douchebag, that's certainly not what I've done with this post, because while I don't like the way the Twitter account spams its followers, I do support the cause and wish it well and plan to participate in and support it. I don't think the owner of the account is a full-on douchebag, but the person is clearly (in my opinion, which is what this blog is partly for) misusing that particular Twitter account.

And am I really supposed to take your comments as unbiased dissenting opinion when the following Twitter updates detail some of the most pointless retweets and replies from the account and they all include you or your cat?

http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/365486...
http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/341822...
http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/341811...
http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/320250...
http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/309826...

I think your cat is cute and your artwork is quirky and fun, but none of those updates are stuff that I want to read when I follow an account that is supposed to update me on one very specific monthly event. I'm sure that artists DO appreciate having anyone retweet them, but do the followers appreciate those kinds of retweets? As someone benefiting/enjoying this person's retweeting of your updates, I'm not sure you're aware of the objective answer to that question, which would be no.

Thank you very much for the well wishes, and while I do very much appreciate your standpoint and your wish to defend your friend and a project you support, I still feel that it's important to call a spade a spade, especially if the goal in calling a spade a spade is to hopefully prompt someone to do something better.

Best wishes to you as well. I'm certainly not offended and would be happy to discuss this with you sometime in person, as we will undoubtedly be at one or many of the same events at any given First Friday.

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

BZTAT — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:49:35 -0000

Look, I have no need to quarrel. I just felt it was harsh to go to the extent of writing a blog about a twitterer and accuse them of "bad Twitter etiquette" simply because they did not feel obligated to change when you sent your original tweet. I do know the person behind the account, and I also know that others appreciate having their tweets retweeted by that person.

I am sorry if I offended you by commenting. I presumed that someone who openly calls others "douche bags" on their blog was open to dissenting opinions. But no matter. I have no need to pursue it further.

Best wishes and good luck on the sales of your book.

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

brandice — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:29:43 -0000

"If the behavior offends you, simply unfollow and move on. If you want to see the account be more helpful, be kind and give positive suggestions. That is a win win for all."

If you read the entire blog entry, you'll remember that I've already explained why I didn't just unfollow and move on, and I also mention that I did actually make a direct comment to the account that was simply ignored. That is the point at which I chose to reflect on this particular type of frustration on my personal blog.

The implication or perception that I handled it some other way just seems to indicate that you've chosen to take only bits and pieces from this entry and that you've only come by to defend someone who is probably your friend/colleague rather than read what I've written from an objective standpoint.

I don't disagree with last part of your last comment at all, because... well, it's basically what I did. Even this entry, written after directly commenting to the account via Twitter, is written to express frustration in a way that indicates what I would like to see from an account such as First Friday's, and one can choose to learn from that or discard it due to an emotional tie to the person who's been called out. I have little control over which of those options anyone chooses, but I do wholeheartedly stand by the process in which I came to write the entry and the contents of the entry itself.

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

BZTAT — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:13:52 -0000

I mean no disrespect. I simply feel that there are different perceptions, and certainly more effective ways to deal with these sorts of issues. Although there are zillions of folks who profess to be online medial experts, the book is not written on Twitter. Many folks are trying to feel their way through it. They may make mistakes along the way. They may do things in ways that the experts disagree with. But give them credit for trying.

I have had an unusually positive experience with Twitter. I have had people who are thousands of miles across the globe help me learn the ins and outs of it, and give me support and guidance along the way. I have paid the favors forward to others. I am no expert, but that seems like good "netiquette" to me.

If the behavior offends you, simply unfollow and move on. If you want to see the account be more helpful, be kind and give positive suggestions. That is a win win for all.

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

brandice — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:49:11 -0000

Your initial comparison is more of an apples and oranges comparison, really. A personal Twitter account is entirely different from a Twitter account that represents a specific recurring community event. You and I barely know one another, so of course you would be more interested in anything an arts-related account would have to say. My account specifically related to my book would never contained updates about my food or random comings and goings, while my personal account is just for people who know me personally and like to see a more personal side of me (and I them).

In terms of calling someone out, I'm not even sure who's doing it (the person who runs the account), so I didn't name any names and didn't directly refer to the account that frustrated me. AND, I most certainly did make a comment via Twitter prior to posting this write-up and the posting of non-First Friday material on the First Friday account continued (I guess now I've directly eluded to the offending party, but oh well).

If I want to know everything that's going on downtown or in the arts district, I will follow ArtsInStark or various other accounts specifically for that purpose (some of which I do), but if I follow an account for an event, I want to know about that event only, and if an event account starts retweeting every darn artist in Canton, I can't follow any of those artists directly without seeing unnecessary duplicates left and right in my Twitter feed. It's unnecessary noise, AND it's not what I follow that account for (I just want fun updates on what will be happening or what is happening for First Friday, and I don't want to see the info duplicated over and over until I start skimming past First Friday updates instead of reading them).

An account that covers a specific event should be handled differently than a personal account. It should be concise, respectful of the fact that people follow that type of account to receive a specific set of alerts, and instead of retweeting other local artists, it should instead recommend that people follow THOSE accounts for that information if they *want* that information (and only once, not constantly, and only when relevant to the topic of the account).

The more noise you make with your Twitter account, the more people are likely to start tuning it out, skimming past it most of the time. When each update is concise, spaced out appropriately in terms of timing, and contains new information that is relevant, people will read each update and will appreciate that you've respected their time and intelligence.

If I didn't care about this particular community in Canton and this specific project, I wouldn't even bother to make note of this issue, but since I do hope that First Friday continues to revive the downtown Canton area, it's important to me that bad netiquette is pointed out as being detrimental to the overall goal. As someone who has worked in online media and has been around the block a bit with some of this, I'd even be happy to have a direct conversation with whoever is running the account.

Re: Brandice.net » Reevaluation of Online Services: Part 3

brandice — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:17:17 -0000

From what I know (and I'm not necesssarily as up to date on things as I used to be), Blip is still a good way to go, with at least a crosspost to YouTube. Given that YouTube is the main service that plays nice with the iPhone, I really think it's a must.

Let me know if you've got a fun video project in the works... I don't want to miss it! :)

Re: Reading: The Walking Dead Vol. 10

brandice — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:22:56 -0000

Pssssht. Not EVEN, unless you have unpublished trades or issues. I'm reading the issues now instead of waiting on trades. This is (I think) the most recent trade, but I've read all the issues after it.

Re: Super No-Longer-Secret Project

djsteen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:31:54 -0000

I'm sure you know about the Scott Siglers and Evo Terras of the world. The podiobooked their novels, built fan bases, and then published the physical book.

Seeing as yours is short, I reckon you could release about fifty 2-3 minute episodes for a year (one a week?). Or you could release them daily for a few months.

Free publicity for the book. Well, your time isn't free, but you know what I mean.

You could also put the audio version on Audible; people could listen to the free weekly(?) episodes on the site, OR download the whole thing for $5-$15 on Audible?

Gosh, you could even get relevant sponsors like Audible or Lulu to sponsor the audio content.

I'll e-mail ya more. :)

Re: Super No-Longer-Secret Project

brandice — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:50:07 -0000

Thanks!

You know, I hadn't really considered an audio version... will look into this. Thanks for planting the bug in my ear! :) If you have awesome tips on doing that, lemme know. The book itself is 48 pages long, so it's not an epic and it's less than 30 poems, but still... having an audio version would add a little something extra. :)

Re: New Podcast Project: Your Number One Podcast

FirstClown — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:55:24 -0000

LOL. The monthly filming wasn't a nightmare, the weekly editting was. You
certainly weren't the problem.

Re: New Podcast Project: Your Number One Podcast

brandice — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:13:34 -0000

"I still have nightmares of doing a weekly, video podcast and how much work that was."

Nightmares? Gotta say, that stings a bit. I thought we had a lot of fun.

I wish you well on this new endeavor. Hope it goes well for you.

Re: Review: Bob Dylan Concert

brandice — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:46:35 -0000

Yep, they had a warm up band, Two Man Gentleman Band was the name, I believe. They weren't bad at all. :)

Re: The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph [1PicADay]

edwinv — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:38:30 -0000

Thanks Brandice. I probably could've spent the whole walk in this Cathedral. It didn't look like much outside, but the inside was amazing!

Re: Worldwide Photo Walk 2009 – San Jose

brandice — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:33:57 -0000

Man, I really want to do this next year!!

Re: The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph [1PicADay]

brandice — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:33:28 -0000

Great shot! :)

Re: Family Vacation: Toledo Zoo

davidmichaels — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:11:19 -0000

You're very welcome!! :)

Re: Family Vacation: Toledo Zoo

brandice — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:04:11 -0000

Thanks, David!! :)

Re: I Heart Gorillas

brandice — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:16:03 -0000

I loooooooooove primates, especially gorillas. Love these shots. :)

Re: Photography and Changing Perspectives

brandice — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:03:06 -0000

So true! Late afternoon/early evening just seems to warm everything and give it these completely rich feel... Glad I'm not the only one who's noticed everything *that* much more now that I'm trying to capture it. :)

Re: Schmap San Diego Guide Inclusion

edwinv — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:13:19 -0000

Thanks Brandice! Whatever happened with that Shutterbug contest and your jellyfish photo?