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Re: What the heck is Angela Ahrendts doing at Apple?

Andru Edwards — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:28:09 -0000

One thing she's not doing is respecting Apple's long history in the education field, implying that students can pick up the Apple Watch in order to cheat without being caught by teachers. A joke, sure, but not one I'd ever see Tim Cook or Phil Schiller making.

Re: ‘Amageddon’: How Amazon’s culture is taking a toll on Seattle’s future

Andru Edwards — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:59:16 -0000

And we should trust PayScale's numbers over Amazon's own because...? And do you realize that you in this article are using Payscale numbers (without naming them), which uses unclear sources, and are comparing that against Amazon's direct data to make a point?

Re: ‘Amageddon’: How Amazon’s culture is taking a toll on Seattle’s future

Andru Edwards — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:26:06 -0000

"While it’s not fair to cast generalizations" is then followed immediately by the misogynist generalization, just FYI.

Re: ‘Amageddon’: How Amazon’s culture is taking a toll on Seattle’s future

Andru Edwards — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:06:15 -0000

“While the company reports 63% of its worldwide workforce is male, it’s likely closer to 75% male in the company’s Seattle technology headquarters.”

Because...you said so?

“But, as I go around town, I typically see 2:1, 3:1 and even 4:1 male to female ratios.”

And this has nothing to do with the parts of town you like to visit, which may have more males? Also, it's just your observation, so, let's not let facts get in the way of a good story, right?

Re: Reporter Claims to Have Microsoft Surface Smartwatch Details

Andru Edwards — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:51:01 -0000

Definitely lots of questions about my account - how about simply asking me for clarification, or at least doing some research on my background to see how many of my other leaks (for lack of a better term) have turned out to be true? Rather than a simply re-writing/rewording my work and including some statements about how believable it is, let's get some real journalism happening! ;)

If you have questions, feel free to email me and ask away.

Re: EATINSEATTLE: Bring In-N-Out Burger to Seattle!

Andru Edwards — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:50:16 -0000

I dunno. I'd much (much much) rather see Shake Shack open up in Seattle than I would In 'N Out.

Re: How to Share Your Tweets at Optimal Times: Followerwonk and Buffer Team Up

Andru Edwards — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:51:42 -0000

Yeah I used FollowerWont on my @gearlive Twitter account, synced it to Buffer, and it added the times to my personal @AndruEdwards account instead.

Re: How to Share Your Tweets at Optimal Times: Followerwonk and Buffer Team Up

Andru Edwards — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:57:24 -0000

I have multiple Twitter accounts in Buffer...why would FollowerWonk add the new schedule to a DIFFERENT account than the one that matches up with the Twitter account I used? Doesn't make sense.

Re: Do you live this moment, or capture it? Facing an everyday digital dilemma

Andru Edwards — Fri, 31 May 2013 18:32:11 -0000

You know what sucks though? Forgetting your digital capture device of choice, going to one of your child's special events and taking it in without the device, and the sudden realization that comes over you that you'd been ejoying all his previous special moments by watching them "through" the display of a smartphone or camera, and how much worse it is than sitting there and actually watching him.

The brain is funny. Since then I noticed when I am holding up a device to record, I am watching him through it, but what is on my mind is if the video or image is in focus, if someone is getting in my way of shooting, how is the lighting in here...so I am more concerned with the memory than something like "Oh, he looks nervous, but he is doing a great job!" or "Look how cute they all look" or something like that. You really are more "in it" when you aren't looking through a lens or viewfinder.

I never heard about the 3 picture rule, but I like it. I also have since pared down the amount I try to capture. Before I felt like I had to capture EVERYTHING OR ELSE!!! 20 years ago, people didn't have these devices. They took a few pictures (likely until the roll of film ran out) and had their memories, and also enjoyed being in the moment. :)

Re: The phone call in the coffee shop: How NOT to point out bad tech etiquette

Andru Edwards — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:18:28 -0000

You've gotta be prepared. Putting earbuds in is not giving in, it is taking are of yourself to maintain your comfort. Giving in it not addressing it with the person. For me, I don't care what others do in a public place (when it comes to annoyance level I mean, and as long as it's not illegal/harmful) - if I don't like it, I need to do something about it. In this situation, it's moving to a different table (if the place is big enough,) putting my headphones on, or talking to them about it :)

Speaking of etiquette, though, what's up with the rude commenters?

Re: How to Schedule Retweets to Share at the Perfect Time, Without Ever Flooding Your Followers

Andru Edwards — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:37:02 -0000

This is cool and all - but scheduling retweets is added before the many, many time requested ability to simply schedule tweets for specific times? Is that EVER coming?

Re: Test riding Sidecar and Lyft, the Coke and Pepsi of ride sharing

Andru Edwards — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:00:09 -0000

Yep, this is true. SideCar drivers do not see the donation amount prior to rating a rider.

Re: All together now: Introducing the Vox Product blog and Chorus

Andru Edwards — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:58:06 -0000

Do you guys plan on making Chorus available as a product? Or just internally?

Re: Introducing Ask Andru: Apple’s iMessage, explained

Andru Edwards — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:21:37 -0000

You can assist Apple in this by setting your iMessage caller ID to be your Apple ID instead of your phone number, then when you send messages from your phone, they'll be sent to iMessage users from your Apple ID.

I don't think Apple will ever move to associate iMessage with your phone number though. I believe it is due to some sort of privacy issue.

Re: New Producer Features

Andru Edwards — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:47:18 -0000

Did you get the username?

Re: New Producer Features

Andru Edwards — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:46:56 -0000

Doesn't look like Blip is monitoring these comments, just auto responders?

Re: New Producer Features

Andru Edwards — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:12:47 -0000

We have multiple Pro accounts - one of them is bleedingedge - that work?

Re: New Producer Features

Andru Edwards — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:26:50 -0000

Hold up - so if we are only able to upload one file now and you take care of the rest, what about the stuff that doesn't get taken care of? For example, we have one of the few shows that are available on TiVo. In order to get it to play on TiVo devices, we've had to upload two files to Blip over the past few years - one that you guys converted to everything else (our master file) and one that we specifically transcoded to support TiVo since none of the conversions that Blip did worked.

Do you know if this has changed, and if your HD conversion now supports TiVo devices? Admittedly, it's been probably 2 years since we last checked.

Re: Seattle Mind Camp 7- August 20th at thinkspace

Andru Edwards — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:42:31 -0000

Hi Iris,

Andru Edwards here - I run Mind Camp :)

In a nutshell, the short answer is that Mind Camp is for everyone. It isn't a tech camp, or social media camp, or anything else that pigeonholes the event. It is literally, whatever is on your mind.

We typically have about 6 things going on in a different room each hour. In one room you might have a talk about iPhone development, and in another you have Knitting 101, and in yet another you have someone brainstorming the creation of a new board game. After an hour, those sessions end and 6 news ones begin. As the event goes on, you are meeting people and learning about their passions, teaching and learning, etc.

Everyone can propose a session at Mind Camp. You will get a session form when you arrive. On it, you fill out what you want to talk about. It can be *ANYTHING*. As technical as space flight and exploration to as simple as coming up with a new strategy for Tic Tac Toe - and anything in between.

Hope that helps! If not - ask away.

Re: Apple releases iOS 5 beta 2 [updated]

Andru Edwards — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:46:31 -0000

Anyone know if you can actually update from beta 1 to beta 2, or if you have to restore?

Re: The Daily Weekly - Zibby Wilder - Meet Your Seattle Web Awards "Readers' Choice" Finalists!

Andru Edwards — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:38:43 -0000

Are you going to make the number of votes each of the five readers choice nominees received public?

Re: The Daily Weekly - Zibby Wilder - And the 2011 Seattle Web Awards Winners Are...

Andru Edwards — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:32:01 -0000

Are the readers choice nominees automatically getting invited to the party? :P

Re: Let’s Discuss Disqus | Blog & News | EllisLab.com

Andru Edwards — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:02:28 -0000

Wait, what?!? Oh snap, I think you done did it Jones...now I need to check out Disqus again. I hope this template isn't too difficult to produce! Oh and also, if there isn't a current add-on that imports XML comments...well...I'm sure you can fix that. ;)

Re: Let’s Discuss Disqus | Blog & News | EllisLab.com

Andru Edwards — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:54:18 -0000

I wanted to do this, but then realized there was no current way for the comments left in Disqus to be synced with the thousands of comments we already have. Not without some third-party add-on. What if you decide Disqus isn't for you, and you want to switch to the EE module? Your Disqus comments aren't synced into your EE database, and you lose them (as far as I understand.)

Re: http://www.gregaker.net/2010/nov/16/think_before_you_turn_it_on/

Andru Edwards — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:02:40 -0000

Nice. How can I hire you to take a look at our caching situation and make recommendations? ;)