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Re: Looking for complex organizations in Finland

josschuurmans — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:24:31 -0000

I've received feedback through various channels, including email, Facebook, Yahoo! Groups. Perhaps the most useful sources so far are:

http://www.talouselama.fi/te500/
http://profinderb2b.fonecta.com/

Thank you Marjo, Mikko, Eeva, Susanna!

Re: How do I get the Nokia Ovi Suite to sync my N97? (Help!)

josschuurmans — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:01:47 -0000

Yes, it does say "sync cancelled". I just recently updated the phone's software. Could try again of course... but I have http://www.josschuurmans.com/2009/09/how-do-i-k... bigger problems now :-(

Re: How do I get the Nokia Ovi Suite to sync my N97? (Help!)

josschuurmans — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:42:46 -0000

When I open Nokia Photos and try to sync, the same thing happens as before: no files are synchronized. I have now 52 captured items on my N97. I updated the device software today, as well as the Ovi suite on my PC. I couldn't find the path to the Windows Event log (my PC runs Microsoft Windows Vista 6.0 Suomi).

Re: Software to track work-hours?

josschuurmans — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:23:47 -0000

Thanks, @hrry ! @tkoola mentioned another time tracker worth checking: http://paymo.biz

Re: How do I get the Nokia Ovi Suite to sync my N97? (Help!)

josschuurmans — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:24:31 -0000

It's been a month and two days now, and I have NOT received a response from Nokia to the question I submitted on the Nokia Ovi website to Nokia Ovi sync support (!)

Re: The .mp3 version of my podcast conversation with Antti Tarvainen about agile software projects through public tenders in Finland

josschuurmans — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:44:49 -0000

One question is: when posting it through Posterous, will the audio get embedded in FeedBurner's RSS/podcast feed, as well?

Also: I should keep a backup of the file somewhere else - if not on TypePad - in case something bad happens to Posterous. Or, the more general point being, when published content gets more distributed around the web, it would be good to have backups and a single place where all can be found. Perhaps an aggregator of some sort?

Re: Forrester and the smell of "sponsored conversations"

josschuurmans — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:36:56 -0000

George, I see you are looking for the thin line, the gray area... Perhaps the question we, as readers, always need to ask ourselves is: to what extent is the reviewer likely being influenced by the free rides and privileges they receive from those who have an interest in the content of the review?

In fact, when we read stuff we try and make an assessment of the bias of the content creator all the time. It's totally natural. Of course transparency helps, but it doesn't necessarily fix the bias.

In my view, the most credible review would be one where such (commercial or political) interests play the smallest role.

If a blogger writes about, say, a product while disclosing that s/he has a ton of stock in the company that markets it, it helps us assess their credibility, but that credibility will still be pretty iffy. No?

I think the whole problematics around bias, transparency and credibility are really interesting, especially since we are all forced to rethink these themes due to the crisis in the traditional news industry and the advance of new forms of journalism. Plus of course the fact that it's the thin lines and gray areas where marketers find new opportunities.

Re: Bad Hair Day #7

josschuurmans — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:58:31 -0000

'Capturables from Bad Hair Day #7' (http://www.josschuurmans.com/2009/08/capturable...
"(...) Five minutes before the end of the show, Dave asks for feedback from listeners as to whether Marshall and Dave should run the show just the two of them, or if they should invite guests to the show. (...) I think the two of them are just "awesome", to borrow one of Marshall's expressions. Yet I also agree with them that once in while, it's nice to have a guest or two. Plus I'm a bit concerned that if they never had any guests, the format might wear out a bit faster. (...)"

Re: Capturables from Bad Hair Day #4

josschuurmans — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:07:09 -0000

Thx Doc, I'm aware that you are working on it through the VRM project (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/projectvrm/Main_Page). That's an initiative which would deserve much more attention. I think part of the challenge there is to lay out the issues in ways that will more easily engage laymen. Or am I off point here?

Re: Forrester and the smell of "sponsored conversations"

josschuurmans — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:52:20 -0000

Then indeed, Josh saved you $500 :-) I clicked through to your post after reading the first sentence on Josh's piece. I think it was the first link in his text. So I actually read yours before I finished reading his. Which proves that you played the attention economy game very well. Chapeau!

Re: Capturables from Bad Hair Day #6

josschuurmans — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:37:31 -0000

Thanks David, seems like a good reference by @foliovision (a bit intimidating, though).

Re: Bad Hair Day #6

josschuurmans — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:17:18 -0000

From: 'Capturables from Bad Hair Day #6'
(http://www.josschuurmans.com/2009/08/capturable... )

"(...) One application Anil dreams about in the show is of a spreadsheet which' cells are populated with formulas and live RSS feeds, so that streaming data can be analyzed in realtime.

Interesting stuff! (...)"

Re: You are SO unfollowed!

josschuurmans — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:33:20 -0000

From: 'I just decided to follow all my followers on Twitter'
(http://www.josschuurmans.com/2009/07/i-just-dec...)

[UPDATE, August 6, 2009: We can now also call this the trade-off between the visions of Robert Scoble, who just dumped 104,000 followers, and Marshall Kirkpatrick, who is "(...) a big believer in oversubscibing and then creating groups based on priority and context (...)"

I agree with Marshall; I think it's okay to dip into the river of news when the urge arises - while accepting that we can't read everything. BTW, he seems to have developed pretty sophisticated methods to be alerted when the tastiest fish swim by.

At the same time I must grant to Robert that most of us don't get the same amount of spam he does.]

Re: Sponsored Post-Kmart Holiday Shopping Dad Style

josschuurmans — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:10:08 -0000

From: Forrester and the smell of "sponsored conversations"
(http://www.josschuurmans.com/2009/08/the-nonsen... ):

"(...) Anyone can smell this rat from a distance. It stinks. Unless Kmart gave you free nose plugs on top of the $500 gift card to "review" their shopping experience...

Chris Brogan is one of those names that keep popping up in the marketing-oriented corners of the blogosphere. So I've been kind of interested in reading what insights he's bringing to the party. But with this stunt, he's basically saying:

"Hello! Over here! Yes, me. I'm pimping myself, what can I do you for?" (...)"

Re: The art of selling 2/2

josschuurmans — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:18:26 -0000

Thank you Margaret, I'm flattered. I don't mean to fish for more compliments, but I do seek to understand better what works on my blog and what doesn't. Hence, in case you would indicate in some detail what you like best and what you like least, I'd be much obliged.

Re: Gravity, Twitter Client For S60 Officially Launched

josschuurmans — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:41:20 -0000

Thanks, John! That came in handy, as you can read here: http://bit.ly/mH2VZ

Re: Bad Hair Day #5

josschuurmans — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:55:21 -0000

http://www.josschuurmans.com/2009/07/capturable... I thought it was interesting that Steve Rubel boiled down the "small and innovative" to FriendFeed, Posterous and Evernote.

Re: Bad Hair Day #3

josschuurmans — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:53:15 -0000

http://www.josschuurmans.com/2009/07/capturable...
With Marshall buying a house and not attending episode 3 of the Bad Hair Day podcast, the experience is quite different. No disrespect to the substitute guests - Andrew Baron, producer of Rocketboom and Mag.ma, and analyst Michael Gartenberg -, but it just wasn't as captivating to me as the first two shows (...) And as far as the iPhone vs. Nokia N97, I maintain that mobile blogging requires QWERTY and tactile feedback...

Re: Capturables from Bad Hair Day #2

josschuurmans — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:03:09 -0000

If I might, in all modesty, offer a consideration to @dwiner and @marshallk after listening to 2 episodes:

One of the reasons why I love to read Marshall's stuff on RWW and his personal blog is that he always explains any non-mainstream terminology he introduces. It's evidence of his quality as a journalist.

In the podcasts, when introducing notions like "tethering" and "OPML", I kind of missed those explanations or additional context. IMHO, this is one area where Marshall's approach could add significant value.

Re: Capturables from Bad Hair Day #2

josschuurmans — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:49:55 -0000

Great, thanks @marshallk! I'll catch up with episodes 3 and 4 today :-)

Re: Capturables from Bad Hair Day #1

josschuurmans — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:45:20 -0000

CORRECTION: the Twitter analysis tool Marshall was referring to is mailana.com.

And by the way, I need to look up what "tethering" is all about.

Re: Capturables from Bad Hair Day #1

josschuurmans — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:23:53 -0000

OK, I just had to look it up. Marshall and Dave talk about Google Wave starting from around 33:30 into the podcast. They talk about the Twitter tool, <WRONG>maioama.com</WRONG> , starting from around 38:00 minutes. (Correction below)

Re: What to pick for the N97 home screen?

josschuurmans — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:27:35 -0000

UPDATE: I've now set up the Nokia N97's front display content like this:

Slot 1: Time, date, profile.

Slot 2: Google Mail (IMAP), showing the latest two inbox subject lines.

Slot 3: Shortcuts I: Messaging (app), Web (app), Google Search (bookmark), Google Reader (bookmark).

Slot 4: Shortcuts II: Google Docs (task list, bookmark), Remember The Milk (task list, bookmark), Podcasting (app), Connectivity (app).

Slot 5: Favorite contacts I: Typepad, Ping.fm, Posterous, Remember The Milk.

Slot 6: Favorite contacts II: (yet to be defined).

I might have preferred to use a third shortcuts widget, but that's not available.

What I like, though, is that you can define email addresses and URLs in the contacts list, so you can in fact make shortcuts to bookmarks that way, using the 'Favorite contacts' widgets.

For example, the favorite contacts in slot number 5 all have email addresses for posting onto various services. This way, I don't need a bookmark to Typepad's "compose" page, as I'll compose my post in email.

Re: www.josschuurmans.com: First post to Posterous from my new Nokia N97

josschuurmans — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:21:12 -0000

Hi Jessica, I had that line break problem when I posted to Posterous from Google Mail, through the web interface (using Firefox on my PC).

Luckily, I don't have that problem when posting to Posterous with Google Mail (IMAP), using the email client on my Nokia N97.

I'll need to take a closer look at VoIP from the phone. Currently using Skype on my laptop and netbook.

Re: Reading and sharing; the mobile saga continues

josschuurmans — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:47:30 -0000

Thanks for this piece of javascript. Could you please explain what it does and where you suggest I'd insert it? Much obliged!