Disqus - Latest Comments for megbear

Re: Top 50 Women in Internet Security

megbear — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:03:56 -0000

I'd recommend your own Ayelet Steintz as a great wealth of security insight. http://blog.imperva.com/aye...

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

megbear — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:41:45 -0000

what a great topic!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

megbear — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:43:27 -0000

#Data separates winners from losers.

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

megbear — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:42:44 -0000

Social metrics are hard. Learning from others can help.

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

megbear — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:41:04 -0000

Social customer care is the only option in today's digital world.

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

megbear — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:04:33 -0000

Can't wait to see @rahimthedream again at SXSWi

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

megbear — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:03:41 -0000

looking forward to Big Data content

Re: Why It’s Imperative to Teach Empathy to Boys

megbear — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:27:35 -0000

Thanks for the shout out.

Re: What Do You Think of the iPad?

megbear — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:56:17 -0000

I'm never comfortable speaking for "women" but my personal view is that I do like it b/c it works and has no setup. That is a lot about the *not* a computer.

And as far as the DVD god I'm old, I was using "DVD" to mean movies not actual disks, in the same way I still call the dated grouped music an "album" even though I actually buy it as mp3s on itunes. I just barely quit calling movies "video tapes" this technology stuff is confusing for me.. (see just works point above ;-)

Re: What Do You Think of the iPad?

megbear — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:26:17 -0000

I think DISQUS just ate my comment -- grr.

I'm pretty sure I said that I find the iPad interesting, especially when you think of it as *not* a computer. Things I think it has value for in my world
*eReader - I think they will need to work out the screen to adjust to be "digital paper" like and to have a crazy long battery life disconnected from WiFi to really compete with Kindle but that will happen I'm sure
* Portable kid-management - long trips I could not have to take a DVD player along but instead put both kids to looking at the device and/or someday gaming together.
* Would like something like this to be "tablet like" and have the ability to digitally white-board/web conference with others or just myself and upload for presentations etc
* couch device -- this has a lot of legs. I also do a lot of OnLine stuff (blog reading, email triage, twitter) while pretending to watch tv with the spouse

Re: Why Don’t People Update Software?

megbear — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:00:18 -0000

Couple reasons why I ignore updates -- biggest one is the reboot. Esp. on the mac that is playing my music in the house, I don't want to stop that to run the update (and yes I ignore the bouncing icon for a very long time too, maybe it's a girl thing and it's related to noticing the trash can is full?). In the case of applications like TweetDeck there is also a trust issue as a few of their updates have hosed me up.

Re: A Computer for Your Parents

megbear — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:59:59 -0000

I tried to get my dad a Dell and sadly it kept giving him problems. We junked it and got him a mac and he is very happy. The Genius bar is the key, it's more comfortable for him to talk to someone in person and his problems get solved without me (w00t).

Re: Inertia and Separation Anxiety Drive Design

megbear — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:50:03 -0000

I have to agree -- software is hard.

-Meg

Re: Reply-All RIFF’ed

megbear — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:56:07 -0000

I'm with you Jake. I see these are funny and as a "teaching moment" for the person who screws up but attempting to solve bad behavior with technology just backfires. It's like the discussion on whether HR should have to put "wash your hands" notes up in the bathroom. If people are not going to wash their hands a note isn't going to get them to do it.

Re: What Gadgets Did You Get over the Holidays?

megbear — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:11:35 -0000

I have two pending gadgets. 1) the wireless thingy for the Tivo -- this I have but haven't hooked up yet. It's going to allow us to use the Netflix feature 2) the Kindle book. This I have ordered but it's still backordered but I'm looking forward to it. So this is 2 gadgets from a girl who doesn't like gadgets... hmm...

Re: Poll: Do You Want Moar Content?

megbear — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:30:12 -0000

I prefer hearing what Jake (and Rich and Paul) have to say. Not so interested in reading a bunch of other stuff. I come here for your opinions.

Re: 20% of My iPhone Apps Are Worthless

megbear — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:11:56 -0000

Actually I like having these things be applications. Without that I might never think to use them. Yes, I know this gets me thrown off the "technical" island but I'm just saying I like searching the application store and finding something that says "Facebook' there for me that puts the icon on my desktop for me. Maybe the real answer is to make that "application" be very lightweight so that there isn't much extra development work to offer this convenience to me.

Re: Vi Rules!

megbear — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:57:52 -0000

:1, $ s/emacs/vi

at least I *think* I remember a useful skill or two.

You can find out all about how I learned vi here (http://talentedapps.wordpre...

;-)

Re: Why Stickers are My New Business Card

megbear — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:35:16 -0000

While I do want a sticker I don't think I want it for my laptop. Feels a bit like a bumper sticker to me which I also don't want on my car. Guess I'm not a real geek.

Re: Good Old Fashioned Vote Storm

megbear — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:22:30 -0000

Thanks for the info on voting often I'll wait for Rich to submit some more ideas and then stuff the ballot box ;-)

Re: Unconference News and Preparation

megbear — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:30:58 -0000

well you should have guessed it was a lame story. I couldn't figure out how to resize my whole photo when I setup Discus so instead I used the part of the photo that fit into the given box and my eye seemed somehow logical ;-)

I do recommend re-thinking 20, esp if people are leaning in to see...

Re: Unconference News and Preparation

megbear — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:17:15 -0000

great presentation, LOVE the style- - I'm a bit worried about font size, how big is the room? Slide:ology has all this complex math about how big you are supposed to make the font but the short version is that you should certainly stay above 24 pt for everything and edge up to 30 point for big rooms and old people attending..

Re: What’s Left to Murder-Death-Kill?

megbear — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:46:04 -0000

I find myself all the time thinking of things I've read or thought about and then not remembering *where* I got started on that thought or *who* I should credit with the point. Was it twitter? facebook? google reader? newspaper? people magazine? where to start the search for attribution is becoming a big deal for me as I seem to background process stuff and come back to it a few weeks later. Interesting thing is I tend to subscribe "voices" to people I read a lot. Jake has a voice in my head but I've never actually heard your voice so this is probably an issue. I realized that I had the wrong voice entirely for David the other day as somehow I left off the cool Brit accent.

Re: Why Flickr Rules Even if You Don’t Share Photos

megbear — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:40:26 -0000

I also love the idea of searching photos for images to make my point. I love having visuals but am not always good at thinking of "what" they are. Searching the photo libraries often give me excellent ideas I would never have thought of myself to visually represent my ideas.

Re: The Art of Estimation

megbear — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:41:31 -0000

Jake, you come close to nailing it for me with this one although I tend to see a few more layers between. One thing I find a lot is not just the estimate time but also the comprehension of "what" the estimate should include. Developers I work with are quick to think of design/code/unit test but what about UE polish? Performance testing? Integration testing? ADA compliance testing? automation? and so on. The "oh, I wasn't including that" is where the biggest risks come into the picture for me. Probably a sign of the size projects I tend to be involved with but all those "little things" can add up to be a project killer if you are not clear on the "what"