Disqus - Latest Comments for prattm

Re: Proper cloth

prattm — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:12:02 -0000

I want one :-)

Re: Dear @ev and @biz: You've killed Twitter's incredibly useful and powerful "Cocktail Party Effect"

baratunde — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:40:17 -0000

agree 100% michael.

i tweeted something much shorter last night.

if people don't like m tweets, don't follow me on twitter. that's how it
works!

Re: Twitter’s Most Moronic Change: Removing @ Reply Settings

prattm — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:24:17 -0000

This one is so obvious, I feel I can't add anything to all the wonderful comments you have received so I will say this:

Clearly this is a MONSTER topic on Twitter (see #fixreplies) so let's turn it into an experiment on how effective Twitter can be as a force of change (or perhaps how bullheaded @ev and @biz can be in their new celebrity)

Who wants to make odds on when it gets fixed?

On a side note: (not data supported) I would think that (for now) the majority of Twitter traffic emanates from the US. So why on earth would Twitter take down the service at noon pacific time for 1 hr as opposed to, say 3am?

Re: Dear @ev and @biz: You've killed Twitter's incredibly useful and powerful "Cocktail Party Effect"

prattm — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:16:02 -0000

Baratunde - Excellent points. But id @acasalena is worried about turning off his followers with his reply behavior then, perhaps, he should look at his own behavior. The beauty of Twitter is in the purely democratic effect that his followers can simply unfollow if they are annoyed by his behavior. Does he believe that if he removes all the @'s then they will all of a sudden consider the remainder of his tweets as "value added" ?

ps I hope they implement all of you suggestions!

Re: Frog Cocktail Ring in the Moment, the New York Times Blog

prattm — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:08:55 -0000

Congrats on the really nice mention. You hit the big time!

Re: To the dude who just emailed me asking if I'd sell him culturekitchen.com

prattm — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:15:02 -0000

well...I liked the sarcasm intellectual anger of Candide...but mostly just love our candor....Hell No! Now come to the @aaronstrout TweetUp next Thu, would ya? http://aaronstroutnyc.eventbrite.com/

Re: To the dude who just emailed me asking if I'd sell him culturekitchen.com

liza — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:51:59 -0000

why thank you and damn you! Love the literary reference but damn you because it's been so long I feel I have to read it again. Doesn't he have a saga with Amazons at some point in the story? AUGH! See, now I have to Google it :D

Re: To the dude who just emailed me asking if I'd sell him culturekitchen.com

prattm — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:27:40 -0000

Voltaire's Candide at it's finest :-)

Re: Experiences Presentation

prattm — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:07:39 -0000

Food for thought is the best way to put this. I particularly like the fact that you gave no answers, only prompts. There are calls to action but not orders. Like. This thinking must be applied. Sadly, it will go on ignored by many. of course, therein lies the opportunity for the rest of us...or as I like to say, everything is arbitrage at some point in its life cycle

Re: Twitter Replies Morph Into “Mentions”

prattm — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:21:12 -0000

I too am searching for my user nirvana. I am trying Tweetdeck but it's lack of customization challenges my love of it's other features. That and the fact that it has massive memory creep is problematic. I personally need auto refreshing (love your frequency idea) and the ability to view various filtered streams. I used to use Twitterific but it was limiting. Twhirl is just plain garsh. You're clearly not a noob but I wonder how you stay so active via the web interface? Aren't you constantly hitting browser refresh?

Re: Twitter Replies Morph Into “Mentions”

facebook-615051954 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:13:57 -0000

I actually use the web interface and i'm not a Newbie (but i'm not sure what your standards for Newbs are). I'm very visual and like the web interface. I personally can not stand the user interface for Tweetdeck. It may work well for some, but I can not get past the visual aspect of it. I DO have to stare it. I've been using search.twitter.com to search for @db, but now i'll use @db tab because i follow people with locked updates, and their updates do not show up in the public timeline.

Truly a step in the right direction as you say above.

As far as refreshing, I see Twitter adding a on/off switch for stream flow management. Either you can experience your stream in a constant flow or as you refresh it. Eventually I see a speed setting from 'slow' to 'normal' coming into play.

Re: Twitter Replies Morph Into “Mentions”

prattm — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:46:08 -0000

That's great and it is a step in the right direction. What % of people even use the Twitter.com interface? Newbies? Logic would dictate that they move off the second they have their A Ha moment and realize it's a lot easier to get a client than hit refresh all the time.

Re: Bird Necklace

@LucidAnna — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:26:03 -0000

Thank you, dear!!!

Re: Bird Necklace

prattm — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:04:26 -0000

The new comments section looks great!

Re: Facebook Connect does not show User's identity...

prattm — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:18:40 -0000

Also having this problem

http://mikepratt.tv/2009/02/how-i-use-twitter/#...

thx for your help

Re: An appeal to Affiliate Manager programs

prattm — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:08:15 -0000

We are enabled for Linkbuilder but it is a mess! It fails to generate the proper code half the time. Often kicks you out of the merchant's site and the problems of link management and reporting still remain. I suspect that, given it doesn't appeal to LinkShare's primary audience and only those of us who build links one at a time, that's the reason. Just a guess.

Re: An appeal to Affiliate Manager programs

prattm — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:06:08 -0000

Thanks, Rebekah. I will def check out Skimlinks as well. It's all about making it easy for the person creating content as their primary objective, not just slapping up sites with links. I know you guys appreciate that at SheFinds

Re: The Firehose Is Out of Control

prattm — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:28:18 -0000

As indicated by the recent tectonic shift by Facebook in their user experience, the 2.00 world is, once again, evolving. Give thanks to Twitter (or whomever you want) for highlighting the need/benefits of "engagement" but the conversational aspect to information production and consumption is being integrated at full speed into our worlds. Not only will tools need to evolve to help with the firehose dilemma but they will also need to evolve to help integrate the lengthier, more deliberate and produced content (blog posts & stories) with the short, spur of the moments comment and Twitter - type content.

Re: An appeal to Affiliate Manager programs

prattm — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:02:57 -0000

Thanks, Evan - I was browsing my Linkshare account just yesterday and must have missed the "deep linking interface" part. Of course, Linkshare's own web design team isn't huge on usability :-). I will check out PopShops and give you a shout.

Re: An appeal to Affiliate Manager programs

rdeichert — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:14:59 -0000

Great point Mike - I'll let the product manager know.

Re: An appeal to Affiliate Manager programs

prattm — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:11:04 -0000

Rob - Great heads up. buy.at looks very promising, if only for their approach. I do wish, however, that they'd say who their 300 programs are (instead of a sampling) because, in keeping with our methodology, we are product driven, not program driven so we have to have merchants that carry products we care about. Now I am forced to join just to see who the merchants are. If they aren't appropriate, I joined for no reason.

Re: this is a Second test post

prattm — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:47:24 -0000

Great tips! I am learning more every day. Thanks.

Re: this is a Second test post

prattm — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:43:15 -0000

Aaron - I'd be lying if I told you I was unaffected by the tug of wanting a high follower count, who doesn't? Like you, I got into Twitter fairly early and honed my process when @scobleizer only had 1000! It was easy then to do it one at a time and I just stuck with it.

Thank you for your kind words and feedback. Enjoy SXSW. I'm there next year, I swear!

Re: this is a Second test post

prattm — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:21:51 -0000

I have to stop myself from sending snarky sarcastic messages to those who send canned and cheesy auto-DM's. It's maddening.

Re: Comment count not showing up after moving Wordpress install

prattm — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:11:07 -0000

Giannii - I am experiencing the same comment count problem with a WP 2.7 instal. always zero. You said the issue was fixed in your comment above....does that mean it was a DISQUS sever side problem? Where should I be looking? I have several other blogs with comment counts and DISQUS showing just fine so I am not sure what is causing a problem on the new one (http://mikepratt.tv) Thank You.