Disqus - Friends of jacobburke

Re: iPhone + Jailbreak + Last.fm Scrobbler

brandice — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:49:38 -0000

I'm no longer jailbroken, so couldn't tell you whether it's currently worth it to jailbreak for scrobbling. I can definitely say that I miss it.

Re: Bees on the Towpath

brandice — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:57:43 -0000

Why thank you! :) I appreciate the compliment. :)

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

brandice — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:56:08 -0000

Yes, you DO make a lot of sense and you raise a lot of valid points. :) And it is definitely important to remember that my etiquette and my critique of Twitter use comes from the way I use it personally, and it's not for everyone. A lot of people use it for massive amounts of constant concise information, and I use it for more personal purpose mostly. When it comes to professional Twitter accounts though, I think it's important to consider both vantage points, which is where I think this particular account got it wrong. I'm sure that I get it wrong some of the time as well. ;)

Thanks for your musings on the topic... very interesting read!

Re: I have called out any marketing douchebags lately…

brandice — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:39:23 -0000

I tend to do a lot more of the ignore button response these days for sure, but yeah, every once in a while it's good to just get the irritation out of your system. ;) haha

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

brandice — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:23:28 -0000

I'm very open to dissenting opinions (and I certainly don't think we're reached a level that could be called quarreling), but in this case there's a very obvious bias on your part, including the fact that you yourself are often retweeted by this particular account when the retweeted msgs have nothing to do with the subject of the account, and I had correctly guessed that you're acquainted with the person who runs the account.

It's not really a dissenting opinion, it's more of a "hey, don't blog about your frustrations toward my friend, meanie" in a way that's somewhat silly, since a personal blog is for speaking about personal opinions, to which I'm entitled. I haven't heard a real disagreement with my frustration, simply that you don't think I should have publicly talked about my frustration toward your friend on my blog.

While I am quick to call out a real social media douchebag, that's certainly not what I've done with this post, because while I don't like the way the Twitter account spams its followers, I do support the cause and wish it well and plan to participate in and support it. I don't think the owner of the account is a full-on douchebag, but the person is clearly (in my opinion, which is what this blog is partly for) misusing that particular Twitter account.

And am I really supposed to take your comments as unbiased dissenting opinion when the following Twitter updates detail some of the most pointless retweets and replies from the account and they all include you or your cat?

http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/365486...
http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/341822...
http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/341811...
http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/320250...
http://twitter.com/CantonFirstFri/status/309826...

I think your cat is cute and your artwork is quirky and fun, but none of those updates are stuff that I want to read when I follow an account that is supposed to update me on one very specific monthly event. I'm sure that artists DO appreciate having anyone retweet them, but do the followers appreciate those kinds of retweets? As someone benefiting/enjoying this person's retweeting of your updates, I'm not sure you're aware of the objective answer to that question, which would be no.

Thank you very much for the well wishes, and while I do very much appreciate your standpoint and your wish to defend your friend and a project you support, I still feel that it's important to call a spade a spade, especially if the goal in calling a spade a spade is to hopefully prompt someone to do something better.

Best wishes to you as well. I'm certainly not offended and would be happy to discuss this with you sometime in person, as we will undoubtedly be at one or many of the same events at any given First Friday.

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

brandice — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:29:43 -0000

"If the behavior offends you, simply unfollow and move on. If you want to see the account be more helpful, be kind and give positive suggestions. That is a win win for all."

If you read the entire blog entry, you'll remember that I've already explained why I didn't just unfollow and move on, and I also mention that I did actually make a direct comment to the account that was simply ignored. That is the point at which I chose to reflect on this particular type of frustration on my personal blog.

The implication or perception that I handled it some other way just seems to indicate that you've chosen to take only bits and pieces from this entry and that you've only come by to defend someone who is probably your friend/colleague rather than read what I've written from an objective standpoint.

I don't disagree with last part of your last comment at all, because... well, it's basically what I did. Even this entry, written after directly commenting to the account via Twitter, is written to express frustration in a way that indicates what I would like to see from an account such as First Friday's, and one can choose to learn from that or discard it due to an emotional tie to the person who's been called out. I have little control over which of those options anyone chooses, but I do wholeheartedly stand by the process in which I came to write the entry and the contents of the entry itself.

Re: Great Cause + Bad Twitter Etiquette

brandice — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:49:11 -0000

Your initial comparison is more of an apples and oranges comparison, really. A personal Twitter account is entirely different from a Twitter account that represents a specific recurring community event. You and I barely know one another, so of course you would be more interested in anything an arts-related account would have to say. My account specifically related to my book would never contained updates about my food or random comings and goings, while my personal account is just for people who know me personally and like to see a more personal side of me (and I them).

In terms of calling someone out, I'm not even sure who's doing it (the person who runs the account), so I didn't name any names and didn't directly refer to the account that frustrated me. AND, I most certainly did make a comment via Twitter prior to posting this write-up and the posting of non-First Friday material on the First Friday account continued (I guess now I've directly eluded to the offending party, but oh well).

If I want to know everything that's going on downtown or in the arts district, I will follow ArtsInStark or various other accounts specifically for that purpose (some of which I do), but if I follow an account for an event, I want to know about that event only, and if an event account starts retweeting every darn artist in Canton, I can't follow any of those artists directly without seeing unnecessary duplicates left and right in my Twitter feed. It's unnecessary noise, AND it's not what I follow that account for (I just want fun updates on what will be happening or what is happening for First Friday, and I don't want to see the info duplicated over and over until I start skimming past First Friday updates instead of reading them).

An account that covers a specific event should be handled differently than a personal account. It should be concise, respectful of the fact that people follow that type of account to receive a specific set of alerts, and instead of retweeting other local artists, it should instead recommend that people follow THOSE accounts for that information if they *want* that information (and only once, not constantly, and only when relevant to the topic of the account).

The more noise you make with your Twitter account, the more people are likely to start tuning it out, skimming past it most of the time. When each update is concise, spaced out appropriately in terms of timing, and contains new information that is relevant, people will read each update and will appreciate that you've respected their time and intelligence.

If I didn't care about this particular community in Canton and this specific project, I wouldn't even bother to make note of this issue, but since I do hope that First Friday continues to revive the downtown Canton area, it's important to me that bad netiquette is pointed out as being detrimental to the overall goal. As someone who has worked in online media and has been around the block a bit with some of this, I'd even be happy to have a direct conversation with whoever is running the account.

Re: Brandice.net » Reevaluation of Online Services: Part 3

brandice — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:17:17 -0000

From what I know (and I'm not necesssarily as up to date on things as I used to be), Blip is still a good way to go, with at least a crosspost to YouTube. Given that YouTube is the main service that plays nice with the iPhone, I really think it's a must.

Let me know if you've got a fun video project in the works... I don't want to miss it! :)

Re: Maybe-Not

LauraDameeks — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:38:28 -0000

We have Deception Point on the shelf as well. I'll probably read it evenually.

Re: Reading: The Walking Dead Vol. 10

brandice — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:22:56 -0000

Pssssht. Not EVEN, unless you have unpublished trades or issues. I'm reading the issues now instead of waiting on trades. This is (I think) the most recent trade, but I've read all the issues after it.

Re: San Diego After Dark

edwinv — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:41:24 -0000

I expect to see something similar with the Vegas Skyline when you go there in September.

Re: Super No-Longer-Secret Project

brandice — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:50:07 -0000

Thanks!

You know, I hadn't really considered an audio version... will look into this. Thanks for planting the bug in my ear! :) If you have awesome tips on doing that, lemme know. The book itself is 48 pages long, so it's not an epic and it's less than 30 poems, but still... having an audio version would add a little something extra. :)

Re: Review: Bob Dylan Concert

brandice — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:46:35 -0000

Yep, they had a warm up band, Two Man Gentleman Band was the name, I believe. They weren't bad at all. :)

Re: The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph [1PicADay]

edwinv — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:38:30 -0000

Thanks Brandice. I probably could've spent the whole walk in this Cathedral. It didn't look like much outside, but the inside was amazing!

Re: Family Vacation: Toledo Zoo

brandice — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:04:11 -0000

Thanks, David!! :)

Re: Introduction: My name is Drew Griffin and I am a Fat Ass!

drewmgriffin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:05:53 -0000

Eric,

Thanks for the comments on our site. I appreciate them and wish you the best of luck with your progress. It sounds like you are well on your way to achieving some milestones already and hope you reach your goals. You can do it. We'd love for you to post to the site. Contact me at drewmgriffin@mac.com

Re: Photography and Changing Perspectives

brandice — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:03:06 -0000

So true! Late afternoon/early evening just seems to warm everything and give it these completely rich feel... Glad I'm not the only one who's noticed everything *that* much more now that I'm trying to capture it. :)

Re: Tobey – Golf Sequence

edwinv — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:55:59 -0000

Tobey says thank you.

Re: Schmap San Diego Guide Inclusion

edwinv — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:13:32 -0000

Thanks Sis!

Re: Schmap San Diego Guide Inclusion

edwinv — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:13:19 -0000

Thanks Brandice! Whatever happened with that Shutterbug contest and your jellyfish photo?

Re: Social Work: I’m Not a Baby-Snatcher

brandice — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:27:34 -0000

I don't think that she encourages it, simply allows it, which bothers me. I'm not sure it's an ethical issue, but it would really be against my own ethical ideals to behave that way. I feel you on the MFT misconceptions... we have some MFT interns on our unit and they deal with the same thing, although at least the patients and staff understand that in SOME manner, they are actual therapists. ;) lol

Re: Discovered two disk, space-saving Mac apps

edwinv — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:24:57 -0000

Did you get it to work? Mine has been "scanning files" for hours.

Re: Before and After – Ellen + Tobey

edwinv — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:04:06 -0000

First off, I'm a Canon guy so I'm sort've biased towards Canon. But you can't really go wrong with Nikon either. There are some really good entry level dslr like the Canon XSi(~$700) or the newer Canon T1i(~$1000). You can also go used and get the Canon 40D which is an excellent camera.

If you can do without the video which the T1i offers, then I would recommend going used and getting the 40D. Or if you have the money, get the 50D which is the newer verision. This is what I have and I love it!

Just remember, you'll probably be spending more on the lens than the camera body. Good lenses make a BIG difference in photo quality. Of course, the person behind the camera does as well. ;) Good Luck!

Oh, definitely ask others like @brandice (Canon XSi), @djsteen (Canon XTi) and @coreyharris (Nikon D60)

Re: Before and After – Ellen + Tobey

edwinv — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:12:02 -0000

He has a good eye! Maybe I should get him a nice little point & shoot for his birthday so he can take his own pictures. He knows how to use one better than mom and dad. :)

Re: Before and After – Ellen + Tobey

edwinv — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:25:15 -0000

Its really a matter of preference. Some people like pictures that don't have alot of processing while others like it. Personally, I like both.