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Re: Reading lyrics on stage? Hmmmmmm.

Bryce — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 09:47:38 -0000

Good advice, and I generally agree but — something to think about... "if you're only doing a 3 song set at a coffee house, pulling out a lyric or chord cheat sheet shouldn't happen" … seems overly judgmental, no?

I (and an estimated 4.4% of the adult population, though that is likely a low estimate) have ADHD and attendant working memory impairment. For those NOT afflicted, I know it's hard to believe, but I struggle to get through 3 verses and a chorus — lyrics and chords — for even a single song. Yes, even ones I/we all know by heart.

One could argue that maybe performing is just not in the cards for me (and, believe me, my condition has kept me from even attempting it for most of my life) but I'd also say that — if all it takes for me to push past my limitations and enjoy performing on stage is the "shame" of a discrete iPad visible somewhere, then I'll take that reputational hit.

Re: Twist! Will Smith and Jaden Smith Are The Only People Left 'After Earth' — TRAILER

Bryce — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:04:13 -0000

The twist: this all took place 30,000 years ago.

Re: How to use Firebug on your iPad and iPhone

Bryce — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:00:50 -0000

Thanks for the tip, but when I view this page on iPhone it seems to apply some mobile-optimized Tumblr theme, that prohibits me from viewing the textarea to copy the javascript.

Re: Woman watches her house getting burglarized via web video camera

Bryce — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:18:47 -0000

I hope my dogs would do exactly this if confronted by strangers during the daytime (and home alone): run and hide. So +10 for the dogs! (And hugs to that ballsy cat.)

Seriously, do you want your dogs confronting them, only to be harmed?

Re: The Cake is a Lie: Reputation, Facebook Apps, and "Consent" User Interfaces

Bryce — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:22:44 -0000

Well, of course, Richard. Nothing is absolutely proof against malicious attack. If nothing else, an approach like this would raise the bar for executing such an attack, and delay some of the instant-win gratification of doing so. I would assume that an application that earns reputation with an approach like this should -still- be subject to the same security constraints as an untrusted app, and should still have the same methods available for recourse (report abuse functionality, etc.) as for a completely untrusted app.

It would be a design improvement to allow users to go back at any time and change their response to the cake question.

Re: Fast-Food Velocity

Bryce — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:44:40 -0000

Whoah! 307 new Subway locations in 2010. I added the graph above.

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Bryce — Sun, 23 May 2010 08:40:32 -0000

And clean my hookah-pipe while you're at it! Nude!

Re: http://deliberatepixel.tumblr.com/post/560845359

Bryce — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:50:46 -0000

Hmm... http://www.desertcolossus.c...

Re: http://thestrake.com/post/556441386

Bryce — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:24:58 -0000

Hey awesome — we just recently Wii'd up — send me your code ... friending.. mii... thingy to connect.

Re: http://thestrake.com/post/508583227

Bryce — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:12:16 -0000

What, no silhouette of a cat?

Re: Electronic Versions of BWRS On Sale Now

Bryce — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:59:47 -0000

Hi Nicolo - the version on the wiki currently lags behind the production, for-sale version of the book. The retail version, in all its formats, has had greater editing and review, and updated illustrations. The content of the wiki version is largely complete, though. Thanks for asking.

Re: Coming to SxSW: Production Copies of Building Web Reputation Systems!

Bryce — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:40:19 -0000

Just to clarify — neither Randy nor I will be in Austin for SxSW (that I know of—perhaps Randy will change his mind?) But there should be O'Reilly (and I believe some Yahoo! Press folks) manning the booth to help you find BWRS.

Re: Companion Wiki

Bryce — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:40:27 -0000

Hi Dan -- I didn't want to let your (very good) question hang out here for too long unanswered. Unfortunately, Randy and I have been extremely busy in the weeks leading into final production of the book. So may I defer answering for now? This topic actually would make a good blog entry, so I'll put a draft entry into our publishing queue as a reminder. Thanks for reading and contributing!

Re: Belatedly, Flickr User Model v3 in High-res

Bryce — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:02:05 -0000

Hi Ivan — nope, neither Flickr's "Explore" (Gallery) nor email made it in. You can see higher-res versions here:
http://www.flickr.com/photo...
http://www.flickr.com/photo...

Thanks for dropping by!

Re: Waking a Sleeping Chowhound: Another Star-Ratings Misstep?

Bryce — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:24:13 -0000

Another suggestion (and a way that Chowhound -could- benefit from stealing a Yelp feature.) It sounds as if users on the site really value 'discovering' great out-of-the-way establishments and dishes. Why not reward that with some kind of 'pioneer' designation (Yelp gives out 'first to review' badges to users.)

Also, it occurs to me that -- perhaps the primary reputable entity on Chowhound is NOT the venue, rather it should be the menu-item? This would help with the 'one great item' problem quoted above.

Great article Randy!

Re: Anil Dash, tear down that wall. (Scripting News)

Bryce — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:19:09 -0000

Anil, I have a generally-high opinion of you already (and Dave as well) but this response just amplified that impression ten-fold. Well said.

Re: 5-Star Failure?

Bryce — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:24:07 -0000

No Dan, I think this observation is -directly- on topic, and speaks to the motivations of the people doing the rating. I think you're right — tying publicly-expressed opinions to a person's core identity on your site (as expressed through their user profile) can be a powerful influencing factor on the quality of feedback that they give. A little more on reputation as identity here: http://buildingreputation.c...

I do worry somewhat that it can also be an inhibiting factor (eg. folks may shy away from controversial, or off-color, topics because they don't want them to appear as part of their official record. So some user choice is always good — perhaps give them a preference to -not- share rating & review activity, or allow them on a per-instance basis to opt out of re-sharing that one particular item. I'm not sure, but I think we discuss those options somewhere in the book.

thanks for you comment!

Re: A Sneak-Peek at Reputation Concepts

Bryce — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:17:47 -0000

Hi Chris — yes, the next expansions will be on the Rep System side of the diagram. I'll be trying to think of a clever way to tie the system's metaphors back over to their real-world counterparts. And more color (and a better layout) are most definitely called for. Thanks for your feedback, and keep an eye on this space! I hope to be doing a second version soon.

Re: The Cake is a Lie: Reputation, Facebook Apps, and "Consent" User Interfaces

Bryce — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:30:26 -0000

Well, now I simply MUST hear about that pattern Chip! Care to dish?

Re: 5-Star Failure?

Bryce — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:11:29 -0000

Woops! Thanks, fixed it. :-)

Re: authors:maptest [Building Web Reputation Systems]

Bryce — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:09:32 -0000

So that third map is smaller tiles. 128x128. I tried to find a place in the code to specify tile size but was stymied. Any thoughts?

Re: I Killed This Dog

Bryce — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:59:42 -0000

Thanks Perry, for your kind words. :-) We too have our own 'special project' dog (Kirby, a 12+ year old German Shepherd) that we found on the street almost 4 years ago. He's enriched our lives in ways we never would've imagined. I'm still sorry that we couldn't help this poor pit, but I too hope her story might inspire some. Thanks again.

Re: chapter12 [Building Web 2.0 Reputation Systems]

Bryce — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:41:56 -0000

This is a great idea. I had a Lit. professor in my undergrad days at Bowling Green State University (Michael Mott, now retired) who had a great feedback mechanism for student papers. Down the right-side of the paper, he would trace an 'attention line' with a fat-edged marker, indicating how well the writing was holding his interest as a reader. The stronger the writing, the bolder and more sure the line. Rough patches would get shivery, broken lines. It was very effective and communicated a lot (of course, supplemented with his notes and observations.)

I've often thought, if there were some way to reproduce that online it would make a fantastic content quality input mechanism... ;-)

Re: First Mover Effects

Bryce — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:26:19 -0000

Hi Csaba -- that approach may help ameliorate some aspects of first-mover advantage, but my response is two-fold: first, question whether you truly need leaderboards or not (is the activity your community engaged in competitive by nature? If not, then why apply the trappings of competition to it?)

And, secondly, first-mover effects will still apply—to some degree—to monthly leaderboards. It depends on the inputs that feed into the system. Even though you're 'resetting' the board count each month, the factors that favor early winners in the community might still be in effect and--month after month--those folks will continue to enjoy an unfair advantage.

Let's assume, for example, that you weigh the number of "Favorites" for something as a component of some quality-based reputation for that item. (Favorites is good, because it indicates quality and not just simple activity.) HOWEVER... the number of people that might favorite an item is directly related to the number of people that might SEE an item. Posters who have been successful in building a following (the first-movers) will have a lot more eyeballs on their contributions, a lot more opportunity to have that content seen and favorited. Resetting the counts each month does very little to change the first-mover equation.

Re: chapter3 [Building Web 2.0 Reputation Systems]

Bryce — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:50:44 -0000

Welcome Csaba! Would love to hear more about your site as it launches. Please do come back and share..