Comments for Technobabbles http://technobabbl.es I try to sound like I know what I'm talking about. Don't be fooled. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:29:05 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Why I Will Not Use Seesmic, Ever by Jose F Guera http://technobabbl.es/2012/02/why-i-will-not-use-seesmic-ever/#comment-35225 Jose F Guera Mon, 21 May 2012 19:29:05 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1983#comment-35225 I for one am now having serious doubts about using Seesmic. While they have responded quickly to my inquiries I sense they are being patronizing and not totally transparent. No where have they told me or can you find SPECIFIC plans on what they will do with all the platforms currently supported by ping.fm. They should learn from Larry Ellison, CEO from Oracle. The guy may eventually dismantle the companies he buys BUT he always maintains the key functionality of what he bought and eventually merges them all into the Oracle product line. Anyway, I will check out hellotxt. Thanks for your post. I for one am now having serious doubts about using Seesmic. While they have responded quickly to my inquiries I sense they are being patronizing and not totally transparent. No where have they told me or can you find SPECIFIC plans on what they will do with all the platforms currently supported by ping.fm.
They should learn from Larry Ellison, CEO from Oracle. The guy may eventually dismantle the companies he buys BUT he always maintains the key functionality of what he bought and eventually merges them all into the Oracle product line.
Anyway, I will check out hellotxt. Thanks for your post.

]]> Comment on Why I Will Not Use Seesmic, Ever by Jose F Guera http://technobabbl.es/2012/02/why-i-will-not-use-seesmic-ever/#comment-35223 Jose F Guera Mon, 21 May 2012 19:21:16 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1983#comment-35223 I too now have serious misgivings about seesmic. I don;'t like the PATRONIZING way they have answered my questions and clearly their main issue is "we have to make money) which I have no problem with. However, they bought ping and looks like they will be dismantling the capabilities of posting to so many platforms. I am going to take a look at helloxt. There is no way I will use Seesmic if they don't provide service to the platforms I use (LinkedIn, FB, Twitter, Plaxo and Google Blogger). It's not like I am using some obscure platform to blog! I too now have serious misgivings about seesmic. I don;’t like the PATRONIZING way they have answered my questions and clearly their main issue is “we have to make money) which I have no problem with. However, they bought ping and looks like they will be dismantling the capabilities of posting to so many platforms. I am going to take a look at helloxt. There is no way I will use Seesmic if they don’t provide service to the platforms I use (LinkedIn, FB, Twitter, Plaxo and Google Blogger). It’s not like I am using some obscure platform to blog!

]]> Comment on Why I Will Not Use Seesmic, Ever by yama http://technobabbl.es/2012/02/why-i-will-not-use-seesmic-ever/#comment-32461 yama Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:14:45 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1983#comment-32461 Thanks for your post, and I appreciate you sharing your concern, as well as your passion for Ping.fm. Due to the stability and performance challenges we have in maintaining Ping.fm (which was one of the reasons why we had to put a hold on offering api keys to developers), we felt the best solution was to provide Seesmic Ping as the alternative. We'll continue to build features as we review usage for both Seesmic Ping and Ping.fm. And as we work on Seesmic Ping as a beta product, we felt it was important to set the expectations up front that, at some point, we'll want to offer Seesmic Ping as a paid service, especially when we have enough features offered (currently - Seesmic Ping offers multiple accounts and scheduled posts, which Ping.fm doesn't) as well as figure out the best pricing model for the service. We also have a developer API that's currently in private beta and working with a handful of interested developers. We're confident that, in the end, we'll be able to offer a simple yet powerful service that makes sharing easy. We're also reviewing the banner in Ping.fm and will discuss with the team, and see what we can do to improve it. Please feel free to contact me directly yama [at] seesmic to offer more feedback, and I'd be happy to hear your thoughts. Again, thanks for your post. Thanks for your post, and I appreciate you sharing your concern, as well as your passion for Ping.fm. Due to the stability and performance challenges we have in maintaining Ping.fm (which was one of the reasons why we had to put a hold on offering api keys to developers), we felt the best solution was to provide Seesmic Ping as the alternative. We’ll continue to build features as we review usage for both Seesmic Ping and Ping.fm. And as we work on Seesmic Ping as a beta product, we felt it was important to set the expectations up front that, at some point, we’ll want to offer Seesmic Ping as a paid service, especially when we have enough features offered (currently – Seesmic Ping offers multiple accounts and scheduled posts, which Ping.fm doesn’t) as well as figure out the best pricing model for the service. We also have a developer API that’s currently in private beta and working with a handful of interested developers. We’re confident that, in the end, we’ll be able to offer a simple yet powerful service that makes sharing easy. We’re also reviewing the banner in Ping.fm and will discuss with the team, and see what we can do to improve it. Please feel free to contact me directly yama [at] seesmic to offer more feedback, and I’d be happy to hear your thoughts. Again, thanks for your post.

]]> Comment on “No Evil”: My NET10 Wireless Experiences by Anna Coffee http://technobabbl.es/2010/02/no-evil-my-net10-wireless-experiences/#comment-32251 Anna Coffee Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:10:12 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1135#comment-32251 Net10 has now released just SIM cards so you don't have to have a Net10 phone. But I have a LG900g right now, had it for about 6 months, I haven't really had that many problems with Net10 just that the failed texts being charged. I mostly stay away from the web/fb app on the phone. I only use the phone for texting & sometimes calling. But my major problems are with LG, for example short battery life, and the charging port is not made strong enough. Net10 has now released just SIM cards so you don’t have to have a Net10 phone. But I have a LG900g right now, had it for about 6 months, I haven’t really had that many problems with Net10 just that the failed texts being charged. I mostly stay away from the web/fb app on the phone. I only use the phone for texting & sometimes calling. But my major problems are with LG, for example short battery life, and the charging port is not made strong enough.

]]> Comment on “No Evil”: My NET10 Wireless Experiences by kim gifford http://technobabbl.es/2010/02/no-evil-my-net10-wireless-experiences/#comment-32049 kim gifford Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:30:03 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1135#comment-32049 i have had a net lg 900for 2 or 3 yrs now and spend several thousands dollars on mins,and have always had issues with it, not to mention customer service sucks,just spent 1 and 15 mins on the phone to get hung up on.and every time you call them its a 15 min wait to speak to someone! finally a supervisor says my phone is not compatible with urls most in fact that most people use! pissed off! that they even wasted my money now! will never use another net 10 product ever in my life! they are about stealing your money ! and if you are smart you wont either! i will make this known all over the world! i have had a net lg 900for 2 or 3 yrs now and spend several thousands dollars on mins,and have always had issues with it, not to mention customer service sucks,just spent 1 and 15 mins on the phone to get hung up on.and every time you call them its a 15 min wait to speak to someone! finally a supervisor says my phone is not compatible with urls most in fact that most people use! pissed off! that they even wasted my money now! will never use another net 10 product ever in my life! they are about stealing your money ! and if you are smart you wont either! i will make this known all over the world!

]]> Comment on Finding Sources for Interviews is Hard by Melanie Broida http://technobabbl.es/2011/11/finding-sources-for-interviews-is-hard/#comment-25676 Melanie Broida Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:57:06 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1908#comment-25676 Excellent discussion! You are learning what it means to be a journalist and perhaps appreciating a little bit of what it takes to dig for reliable information. I think the experience will be well worth it in your future. Keep up the search! Success, reward, and satisfaction are all bound to be out there resulting from persistence and patience. Excellent discussion! You are learning what it means to be a journalist and perhaps appreciating a little bit of what it takes to dig for reliable information. I think the experience will be well worth it in your future. Keep up the search! Success, reward, and satisfaction are all bound to be out there resulting from persistence and patience.

]]> Comment on “No Evil”: My NET10 Wireless Experiences by Voyagerfan5761 http://technobabbl.es/2010/02/no-evil-my-net10-wireless-experiences/#comment-24209 Voyagerfan5761 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:34:09 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1135#comment-24209 I verified my number a long time ago, on (as mentioned above) an LG300G. The LG800G very well might have problems sending the touch tones to Google Voice. Poke around in the settings menus to see if you can find any references to "touch tones", "DTMF tones", or something else like that. Also post in the <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice" rel="nofollow">Google Voice Help Forums</a>. I envy you now. As of July, I have switched to Virgin Mobile and an LG Optimus V (which <a href="http://technobabbl.es/2011/06/hello-android-lg-optimus-v-review/" rel="nofollow">I reviewed a while back</a>, a review I should probably update). VM is owned by Sprint, but Sprint has chosen to disallow forwarding to services like Google Voice. GV couldn't even call the first number I was assigned; I had to request a different one that works. I kind of miss the voicemail forwarding... Good luck solving the problem! I verified my number a long time ago, on (as mentioned above) an LG300G.

The LG800G very well might have problems sending the touch tones to Google Voice. Poke around in the settings menus to see if you can find any references to “touch tones”, “DTMF tones”, or something else like that. Also post in the Google Voice Help Forums.

I envy you now. As of July, I have switched to Virgin Mobile and an LG Optimus V (which I reviewed a while back, a review I should probably update). VM is owned by Sprint, but Sprint has chosen to disallow forwarding to services like Google Voice. GV couldn’t even call the first number I was assigned; I had to request a different one that works. I kind of miss the voicemail forwarding…

Good luck solving the problem!

]]> Comment on “No Evil”: My NET10 Wireless Experiences by Angela http://technobabbl.es/2010/02/no-evil-my-net10-wireless-experiences/#comment-24204 Angela Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:54:12 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1135#comment-24204 You mentioned you use google voice, I just bought a net 10 phone for my son for his birthday. I am trying to do the google voice thing for him, as I have it on my sprint phone. I bought the new LG800G for him (a touch phone) so when google tries to verify the net 10 number the call comes through, it says enter the two digit code and I do it but it doesn't register.. it says unable to verify, try again.. How can I do this? You mentioned you use google voice, I just bought a net 10 phone for my son for his birthday. I am trying to do the google voice thing for him, as I have it on my sprint phone. I bought the new LG800G for him (a touch phone) so when google tries to verify the net 10 number the call comes through, it says enter the two digit code and I do it but it doesn’t register.. it says unable to verify, try again.. How can I do this?

]]> Comment on Hypothetical Google Voice Export Format by Blake http://technobabbl.es/2010/06/hypothetical-google-voice-export-format/#comment-24055 Blake Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:02:50 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1348#comment-24055 This is much needed. All online services should be mandated to provide export functions, in my opinion. It's the user's data after all, and in many cases it's of incredible historical and sentimental value. This is much needed. All online services should be mandated to provide export functions, in my opinion.

It’s the user’s data after all, and in many cases it’s of incredible historical and sentimental value.

]]> Comment on “No Evil”: My NET10 Wireless Experiences by Silentrancor2 http://technobabbl.es/2010/02/no-evil-my-net10-wireless-experiences/#comment-22616 Silentrancor2 Thu, 26 May 2011 14:28:27 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1135#comment-22616 This has been the best "cynical" review of Net10 that I have read. I am a cynical person myself and enjoyed the "Hey this is evil, but it's cheap so I'll give'em a break." style. This has been the best “cynical” review of Net10 that I have read. I am a cynical person myself and enjoyed the “Hey this is evil, but it’s cheap so I’ll give’em a break.” style.

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