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Re: A Very Successful Application of Social Media Tools

refinch — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:18:54 -0000

I'm glad you found it useful. I simply have to get back to posting to this blog regularly. The "road warrior" excuse is getting thin.

Re: Microsoft Apologizes for Photoshop Trainwreck

refinch — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:57:04 -0000

Clearly, Microsoft should have bought and used a different photo. It's not like Corbis doesn't have any images representative of what Poles might expect to see in an advertisement.

However, the criticism of Microsoft is clearly an application of American political correctness upon the the people of Poland. By extension,it comes across to me as prejudiced against the Poles to some extent. Either that, or we have a whole bunch of folks who are totally ignorant about the way the world works.

The Polish people are proud of their ethnic identity, as they have been for generations upon generations. Good for them! Some Americans are among infinitesimal minority, mostly Westerners, in the world today who condemn that sort of historical truth in the name of political correctness. So, they browbeat Microsoft into making an apology for an "offense" that does not exist. Absurd. Imposing their opinion in situations like this makes it clear that they are the ones with problems about race; they don't like it that Poland isn't "diverse," as if "diversity" is some sort of de facto good and we should all look down upon nations that are not trying to achieve his ideal They hate anything that is traditional or that goes against the grain of the insipid utopian scenes that populate their noggins.

Somewhere, George Orwell is laughing his ass off.

Re: Twitter Sign In Comes to Disqus: Try It Now on Mashable!

refinch — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:26:15 -0000

Disqus keeps getting better and better.

Re: The 7 Ways to Approach Twitter

refinch — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:40:11 -0000

I suppose this may fit into the "fictional character" category, but what about inanimate objects on Twitter? For instance, where I live we recently started publicizing details about a local flooding issue using our drainage well (@rainywell) as a Twitter character (linked to a Squidoo page) to spread news, make (hopefully) pithy comments and generally have some fun admist a tough situation.

Re: Stumblers Upon, I Have a Social Media Challenge for You!

refinch — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:55:59 -0000

Rich,

Sorry I haven't gotten back to you. Tropical Storm Fay really did a number on our home and we're still in the midst of repairs. I'm hoping to be back at this blog regularly in about two more weeks.

Re: Stumblers Upon, I Have a Social Media Challenge for You!

refinch — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:58:12 -0000

Thanks Rich,

We're preparing for Tropical Storm Fay, but I'll come back and reply better to your good thoughts once it stops raining.

Re: Stumblers Upon, I Have a Social Media Challenge for You!

refinch — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:38 -0000

To carry on the sports analogy, you're at the "two minute warning." There's still time to try new plays and implement new strategies before the game, your career, is over.

Re: Stumblers Upon, I Have a Social Media Challenge for You!

refinch — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:20:08 -0000

Thanks. I also wrote some introductory stuff about Twitter.
http://whatsnextnow.net/2008/08/why-twitter-thr...

Re: Communications Mode Shift: The Age of Permasation?

refinch — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:51:51 -0000

There is going to be so much "stuff" out there that you might access, it's going to be very important for people like you to look to people like me for guidance regarding which of the new stuff is the right new stuff for you to use.

Re: Disqus 2.0 WordPress plugin broken?

refinch — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:59:12 -0000

Sweet!

Re: Pardon the Dust

refinch — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:51:48 -0000

Disqus came out with a new version. This is a test to see how it works.

Re: Dell Netbook Announcement

refinch — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:48:38 -0000

Thanks. I figured as much. My girl's only five, but very computer literate. Still, I won't let her near my desktop computer. I have my laptop for a couple of business trips a month, but I'd be in a mess if she broke it the day before I had to leave for one. This seems inexpensive enough for me to take a chance.

Re: Dell Netbook Announcement

refinch — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:12:55 -0000

Looks like what I might need to get my daughter off my laptop.

Re: Pardon the Dust

refinch — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:17:07 -0000

Yes, it does work well, as does the Disqus email reply function if this actually shows up as a reply to that first comment!

Re: mediabistro.com: FishbowlNY

refinch — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:03:29 -0000

It's amazing how well one thumbnail image can sum up a thought. I hadn't thought about it before, but in a very real sense bloggers are the new Buggles.