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Re: Sidekick vs. Treo

Janet Tokerud — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 13:07:29 -0000

I owned the Color Sidekick for 9 days before trading it in for a Sony Ericsson P800 at the last minute. Still have fond memories of that GREAT keyboard. At $300, the price beats the Treo 600 or 650 by a mile. But 160x240 screen vs. the rumored and hoped for 320x320 in the Treo 650 gives the Treo a huge advantage for those who can put together an extra $200 to score the Treo 650. I also strongly prefer the proven Palm platform to the Sidekick *platform* which was supposed to open up but never has. Throw in a memory card slot and the expected Bluetooth and the 650 looks like the perfect phone/PDA. Hope they can get it on the market here in the US soon!

Re: RussellBeattie.com - Monetizing my blog...

Janet Tokerud — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:59:19 -0000

You do some really kick ass analysis. I hope you find a way to keep your blog growing. We need you and you know how to get hits and understand all this revenue generation stuff. I can see your blogging turning into some lucrative consulting and speaking gigs.

On a blog format issue. I hate wide 1-column formats because the type is really small on my iPhone. Right now when I turn horizontal, the font doesn't get bigger. That seems true on other mobile sites.

Re: Visceral interpersonal exchanges on the web - RussellBeattie.com

Janet Tokerud — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:15:35 -0000

Thanks for exploring this important topic. A couple things. I like Twitter partly because it is asynchronous which feels easier to deal with a lot of the time in my busy lifestyle. I like that when I post it has a life of its own outside a single conversational back and forth kind of like a mini-blog-post.

Re: Buddha mind

Janet Tokerud — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:44:57 -0000

Thanks for sharing this part of your life. I've read some of these books and appreciate the reminder of the principles. I was raised Christian and am ecumenical not believing that there is 1 true way but resonate most with Buddhism.

Re: 2008/05/28/bye-bye-birdie/

Janet Tokerud — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:06:34 -0000

If it is Twitter vs. FriendFeed and Twitter manages to survive, I'm going with Twitter. I'm pretty sure Twitter has 10x more users. But then, to a large extent, I'm going where the users I want to listen to and talk to are hanging out. I hope that Twitter gets its act together quickly before people move on to something else unless that something else is better than Twitter.

I get more of a real time feel with Twitter. I hate the elevation of content (like a mini-digg) on friendfeed. I don't want to keep seeing the same content come up every time someone *votes* for it. There has to be a better way. And there's definitely gaming going on. Right, you are supposed to support your friends. Thus the *best* does not necessarily rise to the top.

Re: Zoho: the office disrupters

Janet Tokerud — Sat, 26 May 2007 23:24:59 -0000

I am seeing the disruptive myself. When you think things are going to stay as they are, then Microsoft desktop apps win. When you start to buy into the mobile always connected concepts described in Communities Dominate Brands, then you see that there is a great big untapped upside that Zoho is tapping into. They are having a ton of fun. And something is working. Now you are not always connected, but in a University environment, people have lots of wi-fi plus 3G cellular like Verizon is right there. If you were in Korea, Japan or Finland right now where you do have 24/7 connectedness, you would be thinking differently.

Re: My 5 Favorite Twitter Apps

Janet Tokerud — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:50:45 -0000

I strongly prefer the Tweetie app for iPhone at $2.99. Think Tweetstack app for iPhone might have potential. Loving the new Nambu app for Macintosh. Much prefer it to Tweetdeck or Twhirl. Don't agree on twitterfon - sure it is good for what it is, but the challenge of app-making is to squeeze power into an app in such a way that it still feels simple and fun. That's what tweetie does in my opinion.

Re: Gameloft bringing more gaming to BlackBerry

Janet Tokerud — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:11:57 -0000

I am a big Macintosh fan and am looking forward to the iPhone. However, my Treo 650 broke and I just bought a BlackBerry Pearl in February, so I may be using my Pearl for a while. I really like it! The resolution of the iPhone is supposed to be 160 dots per inch. Do you know what the Pearl is? The reason I ask is game related. I was thinking that cell phones probably have enough power to run some of the old PC games like my favorite Civilization II. But with the small screen, you would probably need to make things pretty small. This is where the question *how small would be readable?* comes in. If you had a way to post questions to your blog -- maybe you do -- you might get some good content/questions. Thanks for what you are doing for BB.

Re: Tab Controls without the Tabs

Janet Tokerud — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:18:09 -0000

I've been using the tab controls as is because I like the perfectly seamless look I get and the no-hassle of getting them. I have a philosophy that I want the development changes to be dead simple and extra complexity of fake tabs bothers me. However, this is the best I've seen of giving you some of the benefits of the tab control while still allowing you to script the "tabs". Thanks for taking the time and trouble to document it so well! Anyone out there want to show me your gorgeous fake tabs that can compete with my Studio Manager product tabs using the tab controls generically? I am all ears.