Comments for Making Hay http://franksting.net.au Pondering human behaviour through examples found in technology, product development, football and politics...while the sun shines Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:19:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Making things easier with Tweetbot and Tweetie by zuzu http://franksting.net.au/2012/02/22/making-things-easier-with-tweetbot-and-tweetie/#comment-1205 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:19:17 +0000 https://franksting.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-1205 Thanks for the help! I used to use NatsuLion then Tweetie, but since Twitter keeps releasing dumbed down versions of official app I was quite happy to get TweetBot. It has replaced official Twitter App in the coveted position on my home screen.

Ta muchly again.

]]> Comment on Five Pints 090212 by franksting http://franksting.net.au/2012/02/09/five-pints-090212/#comment-1196 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:02:34 +0000 https://franksting.wordpress.com/?p=2393#comment-1196 I can’t see how allowing devs having unfettered access to the address book means they are a headless chicken, but hey someone forgot to tell the world http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/us-government-agency-ditches-blackberry-in-favor-of-iphone/

]]> Comment on Five Pints 090212 by Marc http://franksting.net.au/2012/02/09/five-pints-090212/#comment-1195 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:44:24 +0000 https://franksting.wordpress.com/?p=2393#comment-1195 couldn’t agree more.

Wish I could say differently, but I’m of the firm opinion that Apple are dead in the water long term. If Apple was a chicken, then Steve Jobs was it’s head. Most disagree with me but I think in 5-10 years Apple will be in severe trouble again.

]]> Comment on Foursquare Was Leaking Your Data, Too Busy With Funding To Tell You – The Consumerist by Five Pints 090212 | Making Hay http://franksting.net.au/2010/07/04/foursquare-was-leaking-your-data-too-busy-with-funding-to-tell-you-the-consumerist/#comment-1194 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:02:33 +0000 http://franksting.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/foursquare-was-leaking-your-data-too-busy-with-funding-to-tell-you-the-consumerist/#comment-1194 [...] are things you never make mistakes with. One day a Social Network will come along which gets that without first taking advantage of their users. That other apps on the iPhone also access contacts data without advising users is also concerning. [...]

]]> Comment on In Love with Linotype by Mal Damkar http://franksting.net.au/2010/11/09/how-does-linotype-fit-in-with-new-technology/#comment-1192 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:07:46 +0000 http://franksting.net.au/?p=1126#comment-1192 I remember going to the printers with my father when I was really young seeing about 6 in operation massive beasts with a smelter in them; and the piles of Lines-of-type – so cool. I had so many of those type lines. It’s what made me obsessed with type.

]]> Comment on Facebook and my Rules of Customer Experience by A More Honest Path | Making Hay http://franksting.net.au/2010/05/18/facebook-rules-customer-experience/#comment-1191 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:09:40 +0000 http://franksting.wordpress.com/?p=298#comment-1191 [...] aren’t the first Social Network to make decisions which breach their users trust or break my rules of Customer Experience. And, sadly, they are unlikely to be the [...]

]]> Comment on Foursquare Was Leaking Your Data, Too Busy With Funding To Tell You – The Consumerist by A More Honest Path | Making Hay http://franksting.net.au/2010/07/04/foursquare-was-leaking-your-data-too-busy-with-funding-to-tell-you-the-consumerist/#comment-1190 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:09:38 +0000 http://franksting.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/foursquare-was-leaking-your-data-too-busy-with-funding-to-tell-you-the-consumerist/#comment-1190 [...] aren’t the first Social Network to make decisions which breach their users trust or break my rules of Customer Experience. And, sadly, they are unlikely to be the [...]

]]> Comment on Show me a successful relationship without Trust by Is your Twitter account sending Spam DMs? | Making Hay http://franksting.net.au/2010/05/26/trust/#comment-1184 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:15:57 +0000 http://franksting.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-1184 [...] website is the primary cause of a hack. Much of the relationships you build online are based upon trust, so make sure you first trust any service which wants to connect to your twitter [...]

]]> Comment on I’m bored with the agenda setting Whiny News Media by BernieTB http://franksting.net.au/2011/05/20/bored-whiny-news-media/#comment-1182 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:50:50 +0000 http://franksting.net.au/?p=1757#comment-1182 The problem is how Twitter, etc react to these stories.

Generally the criticism is little more than “shit because Abbott” or “shit because News Ltd” without any actual deconstruction of where they’ve gone wrong. Not to mention how the “cool kids” seem to swear by outlets like Crikey, New Matilda and (to a much lesser extent) the ABC even though they all are just as likely to pass off bullshit that agrees with the “popular” online ideology as News Ltd will spout drivel supporting the far-right.

IMO, *everyone* needs to take a step back from the Outrage of the Day Machine and just take a proper look at things before making comment.

Shallow, egotistical shouting matches, regardless of which side of a debate you’re on, do no one any favours.

]]> Comment on BBC self-promotion should also face the facts by billbennettnz http://franksting.net.au/2011/12/31/bbc-self-promotion-should-also-face-the-facts/#comment-1153 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:10:08 +0000 http://franksting.net.au/?p=2308#comment-1153 How interesting this post should appear on the same day the Guardian runs: Labour turns on BBC over ‘pro-coalition coverage’

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/dec/31/ed-miliband-labour-bbc-bias

Have the Tories finally achieved their goal of turning the BBC into a propaganda tool?

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