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Re: Fancy Vertical Bike Racks for Long-Term Parking

rorowe — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:34:35 -0000

The various structures look cool, definitely useful. If the cycling/commuting community would take ownership to keep it clean, report maintenance issues, etc, they could work. Any word on price for these things, though? That would be the killer (at least in the beginning).

Re: Shawn Blog, ralphabetsoup: This is genious! Actually, it...

rorowe — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:54:07 -0000

Elvis was known for eating something similar to that all the time. (The only difference, is that he drizzled honey over the entire "sandwich".) People have nicknamed it "The Elvis".

Re: Today is my 1 year anniversary of going solo

rorowe — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:26:50 -0000

Congratulations on Year One, Whitney! In a "cubicle farm" job, you have a mandatory performance review once a year (that most people dread doing). You, as an independent, did your own year-end performance review because you *wanted to*.
These are the things that make you awesome (and successful)!

Re: Photo of the day: Cigarette vending machine

rorowe — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:25 -0000

I was surprised the other day when my younger brother (27) and I walked to the local bar for lunch. PA has no-smoking laws in place now as well, so when my brother went over to buy cigarettes from the vending machine, I thought it was kind of silly.
The bartender explained that enough people still buy them (and smoke outside) to make it worth keeping the machine there.
(and yes, it still uses pull knobs and bills/change)

Re: Photo of the day: Accommodating large parties

rorowe — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:55:01 -0000

That's impressive! I've had waiters/waitresses sort the check out for us, but the actual bill ends up looking completely different (which makes it difficult to use as an business expense).
Bravo!

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

rorowe — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:27:51 -0000

I have to ask: What was so hard to understand about the 3 options for seeing replies that they had to get rid of it?

Re: Miramax Offers Two Free Passes to Prevent Piracy via Twitter

rorowe — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:51:00 -0000

I agree, this can only be a one time (or very rare) response (the free tickets, not the initial reply), but it's a great showing by Miramax.
Taking a cue from education (and dog training), always reward the positive behaviors instead of punishing the negative ones.

Re: Shawn Blog - I’m in love ;-)

rorowe — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:06:55 -0000

This is awesome. I love driving, and miss podcasting. Combining the two just sounds like fun.

Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Cellist of the Schoolyard

rorowe — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:53 -0000

As a cellist (literally!), this post hits home. With the science of music, neuroscience, memory (and the proof that it's all related), being the "conductor" in the classroom, regardless of subject, is the only way to let the students add life to the music (lesson/material/etc).

Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Do you want your washing machine to tweet you?

rorowe — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:58:10 -0000

I had this idea when I was in college (not with Twitter, but a simple text message). All too often, students left wash in the dryers, fell aleep, went to class, etc. Then, I was forced to remove their clothes, to use the dryers for my own laundry. A simple sms reminder that their laundry was done would've been great!

Re: On moderating and deleting FriendFeed threads

rorowe — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:48:37 -0000

Agreed. If you don't want to share it, don't. I *will* moderate for extreme language, but that's something that FriendFeed should be watching out for as well.
Just a thought.

Re: Twitter fires ‘Sandy’, messes up big

rorowe — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:32:08 -0000

And you think Facebook wouldn't have done the same thing if their purchase of Twitter had gone through?
Companies think about *their* goals more often than the goals of their userbase.
You're absolutely right, in that it was a terrible move on their part. I just think it's less of a surprise (well, the 2 weeks thing sucks) than people are making it.

Re: It’s time to change consulting

rorowe — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:30:08 -0000

Awesome. If you haven't already, ready Clay Shirky's "Here Comes Everybody". It discusses early on, how "professional" positions become everyday skills (think scribes from 14th/15th centuries)

Re: Blog Action Day 2008: Social media wages war on poverty

rorowe — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:21:52 -0000

Great post, man. Cecily and I both did our part as well. (mine's here: http://rorowe.blogspot.com/2008/10/put-it-to-go...)

Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: News Travels Fast: Meteor the Size of a Smart Car to Hit Earth in Two Hours

rorowe — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:49:22 -0000

I LOVE Newsmap as well! (it's one of my start pages).
This meteor will be amazing to watch. Hope it's impact is "gentle"...

Re: Social media U? Not here.

rorowe — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:41:56 -0000

I've always wondered whether it should be "taught", or just "encouraged". If the professors set an example, students could learn how to use social media to their benefit (i.e. no drunken pictures of themselves, etc).

Re: Following vs. Following

rorowe — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:21:47 -0000

I follow the 80/20 rule, where 20% of my followers are people I'm paying close attention to. The others either post less frequently (or not at all), or the posts are interesting, but not necessary...
*shrugs*

Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Google Adsense Nonsense

rorowe — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:19:58 -0000

There is a whitelist page (https://www.google.com/adsense/publisher-whitel...) where you can select specific sites that are displayed on your sites. I just recently put AdSense on my 3 blogs, and remembered seeing it.
It would be nice to select/deselect categories of ads that can be showed.

Re: drew olanoff dot com.

rorowe — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:33:58 -0000

Brilliant review of the commercial. I didn't read into it that much, but it makes sense. I just thought it was a "Seinfeld episode" about Windows.

Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Would you pay for twitter? (aka Are the Free Rides Over?)

rorowe — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:16:39 -0000

Something to consider: Most of the "free rides" have advertising already all over them. All of Google's services are free, but you see AdSense ads everywhere you look. If you're not using an education-purposed WikiSpace, it has advertisements. Even Twitter, is already putting little taglines on the ends of shorter Twitter SMS messages. I figured it was only a matter of time before they started selling that space.
Honestly, I think if Twitter wanted to toss in a "sponsored advertisement" Tweet for every 25, 50, 100, whatever on my timeline, I think I'd be perfectly fine with that.

Re: Central PA Social Media Share

rorowe — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:13:28 -0000

Is it wrong to just post my Friendfeed (thanks, btw for getting me hooked on that).
Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/rorowe
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rorowe
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=615347033
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/77246071%40N00/
Tumblr: http://rorowe.tumblr.com/
blog: http://cellowireless.blogspot.com

Re: FriendFeed FTW

rorowe — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:33:35 -0000

Alright...giving it a shot. I like that everything is "feedable". Except...where's plurk?
Anyway, "rorowe" on FriendFeed. And as soon as I figure it out, I'll get in the CentralPA room.

Re: Twitter dying? Twishful thinking

rorowe — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:13:52 -0000

With ya, 100%. I started using Twitter over a year ago. When Jaiku was bought by Google, I thought, "Maybe this is better." but even with Google's Corporate backing, it's still lacking. Pownce, same thing. Better in some ways, worse in others. Now, even Plurk is begging for attention, but as you said, it all comes down to the network. Proof to your point, I haven't even touched FriendFeed, yet continue to use Twitter and Facebook daily despite any downtimes or lost features.

Re: Would I want to be Robert Scoble?

rorowe — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:40:45 -0000

Coming from another Twitterer near Harrisburg, I agree with you. I got into blogging when I was a freshman in college (I've deleted and restarted a number of times since then, but never "quit"). As a teacher/orchestra director, I get to see "the future" and for most of the students I come in contact with, *I* am their source of upcoming technology. No longer do we have the "geeks" watching TechTV (G4), reading SlashDot, etc. My favorite question, which only comes because students are friended to me in Facebook is, "What's Twitter?" To answer them, I pull out my cellphone (prohibited during school hours, btw), and show them. :-)
I'd rather evangelize locally, though, than have to be an internationally known voice of what's new.