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Re: The Rapid Evolution of Search

ppmartin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:45:48 -0000

Great - and much "retweeted" - post, Brian. The emergence of a "mother of all search engines" combining the various categories of online search approaches you outlined may take a while. The challenge is to some extent technical, but it is to a larger extent economical, as the "owners" of the "walled gardens" you mentioned will want to protect their share of the on line advertising pie.

Re: Plaxo: Start Looking for Alternatives

ppmartin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:39:12 -0000

I think that while the convenience of Plaxo Sync justifies to pay a premium, $60 per annum is indeed a little steep, particularly when I have to pay three times that amount (for three users), as there is no "family discount".

Re: Tumultutuous Sky

ppmartin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:20:23 -0000

A minor point, if I may: there is a typo in the title (Tumultuous was typed Tumultutuous).

Re: Tumultutuous Sky

ppmartin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:23:05 -0000

Nice shot, @BBluesman Even though you wrote that the typhoon missed Taiwan, it has been reported as a rather "nasty one" leaving a trail of destruction on it's path.

Re: 720 DVDs Téléchargés En Une Seconde

ppmartin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:31:10 -0000

Avec le "HODEBI" (super streaming speeds), la loi HADOPI n'est plus vraiment d'actualité.

Re: Le top 10 des relous sur twitter

ppmartin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:47:08 -0000

Excellent, ce billet Twitt-humoristique. Ecrit il y a 7 mois, il a gardé toute sa fraîcheur ;)

Re: Twitter’s 1,928 Percent Growth and Other Notable Social Media Stats

ppmartin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:16:33 -0000

The stats would most likely show much longer connection times to Twitter if users of Seemic Desktop, TweetDeck or mobile clients were included in the numbers.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/07/tweetdeck-marks-one-year-anniversary.html

ppmartin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:28:58 -0000

@TweetDeck remains my favourite Twitter interface, and I enjoyed reading @LouisGray 's interview of it's developer @IanDosworth ;)

Re: Disqus “Social Media Reactions” Now Available To The Public?

ppmartin — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:01:49 -0000

Disqus is getting better and better. I only wish it could work on Wordpress.com blogs ;)

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/03/twitter-starts-rolling-out-popular.html

ppmartin — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:47:58 -0000

Thanks for your post about Twitter's latest rollout, "Corvida on Louisgray.com". As I use the PowerTwitter Firefox add-on (as a complement to Tweetdeck, Twhirl or Twitterberry), I had not noticed these improvements in Twitter's "raw" interface ;)

Re: Facebook Integration Arrives on TweetDeck

ppmartin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:52:10 -0000

Thanks, Adam, good to know that TweetDeck is in the process of integrating Facebook status updates in it's Twitter client. Nice "convergence" of what I consider fairly complementary social media tools.

Re: Twitter Robots Killed Me (And Why I Apologize I May Not Be Following You Anymore)

ppmartin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:28:05 -0000

I fully agree with you, Loïc.

Even with a much more modest "following", the auto-DM have also become rather annoying.

On my side, I had been using Socialtoo to auto-follow and auto-greet (but with a very short message, and with no links!) new followers for a while, but I have stopped that, "reverting to manual gears", and no more contributing to the "Twit-pollution".

Selecting by ourselves who we follow is indeed the true spirit of Twitter, and sending only "personalized" DMs are the way to go.

Re: Follow Friday. Oh My!

ppmartin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:30:17 -0000

Good concept, TGIF :)

Re: We’re Back!

ppmartin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:05:56 -0000

There still seems to be a problem as for the past last two days, SocialToo's email incorrectly reported no new followers while I had quite a few ones in reality.

Re: louisgray.com: Twickie Lets You Post All Your Twitter Replies to Your Blog

ppmartin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:56:42 -0000

Thanks, Louis, this new Blog / Twitter app from Chris Pirillo may come in handy ;)

Re: Comme un lundi 19 janvier, le plein de liens: Fusion web/télé, Youtube coupe le son, Gogle supprime Jaiku

ppmartin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:22:17 -0000

On voit que c'est un lundi... puisque - à en juger le titre de ce billet - Google a aussi supprimé un de ses "o" pour devenir "Gogle" ;)

Re: louisgray.com: DandyID's Dandy Idea: Connecting Your Diverse Online Identities

ppmartin — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:35:34 -0000

You are most welcome. Following this exchange, I just started to follow you on Twitter ;)

Re: louisgray.com: DandyID's Dandy Idea: Connecting Your Diverse Online Identities

ppmartin — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:29:17 -0000

Thanks @saraolive. I am impressed by your reactivity, at DandyId. Congratulations!

Re: louisgray.com: DandyID's Dandy Idea: Connecting Your Diverse Online Identities

ppmartin — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:44:04 -0000

Thanks for this post on DandyID. I just registered, starting with my Friendfeed ID as you suggested. DandyID missed a few obvious connections, but correctly spotted quite a few social services. The "guessed name" for Naimz needed some works (adding "/" signs within the name). Also, DandyID is missing "Ziki", and I suggested they add connectivity to this service. Thanks again, Louis.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/stickyscreen

ppmartin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:07:09 -0000

This is a very nice and elegant post it application, although I prefer the StickyNote version which is included in iGoogle, as my notes (are saved in the "cloud" and) appear regardless from which PC I access the web.

Re: Hello Gmail Tasks, Bye Bye Remember The Milk

ppmartin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:04:47 -0000

The lack of synchronization capabilities with MS Outlook or with PDAs is an issue, but Gmail Tasks nevertheless is a step in the right direction.

Re: The Great Twitter Ponzi Scheme

ppmartin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:37:34 -0000

Alan's point is valid for part of the Twitter community, the part which I try to avoid, and PurpleCar's point is valid for the other part of the Twitter community, the one I prefer.

Re: louisgray.com: The Gray Family Upgrades from Flickr to SmugMug

ppmartin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:50:32 -0000

I don't think the space-eating RAW format is suitable for internet use... yet.

I only use JPG format (for the pictures, obviously, and others for the short videos).

What I do is export the pics in JPG format from my camera to my PC.

Then I do the basic treatments (remove red eyes, crop, straighten, brighten, whatever) locally.

Then re-shrink a little more at 90% JPG compression to have smaller files.

And THEN, I upload to Flickr.

As you seem to have more "professional" needs, perhaps you would need a "Flickr super pro" account... but that doesn't exist yet.

Re: louisgray.com: The Gray Family Upgrades from Flickr to SmugMug

ppmartin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:43:58 -0000

Many thanks for the informative post, but ...

The pro account on Flickr cost less than $25/y, and most of my family and friends upgraded a long time ago.

With the pro account, you have no limit in the number of pictures, high res, many levels of albums and sub-albums, great flexibility in terms of managing private / non private / for friends and family only, you can edit the pictures, either basic (rotation, for instance) or more complex via Picnik (connects easily with Flickr).

And you have a large community.

And I don't see how a service can remain free - and free of advertising - over the long term.

So my pics will stay on Flickr for now ;)

PS: I must admit that your albums on SmugMug do look good, though...

Re: Entrepreneurs, always credit your friends helping you

ppmartin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:05:14 -0000

Sounds a fair request to me.