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Re: louisgray.com: Amazon Wish Lists of the Geeks and Bloggers In Time for Holidays

CyndyA — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:43:30 -0000

LOL. What was on it? I was moving some stuff around this morning that I'd saved for the kids, but other than that, my wish list is PAGES long since I've saved it for years.

Re: 48hrs of stats - 1st up Inquisitr

CyndyA — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:07:52 -0000

Understandable. I think Duncan's numbers on The Inquisitr still need to settle out. The first month he had a huge bump with people stopping over to see exactly what on earth he'd left TechCrunch to do. Unlike the rest of us who start at 0 and work up, that initial audience is going to skew his trends until the blog really settles in, finds it audience, and then builds from there. It's hard to look at his site the same way you look at any other simply because of who he is and where he came from.

Re: louisgray.com: Identi.ca Launches SMS Support, Sort Of.

CyndyA — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:47:14 -0000

+1 SMS is prohibitively expensive, and if this is going to stay free, you aren't EVER going to see it. I know I'm like a Debbie Downer today, but I honestly think that a lot of this stuff is embarked on with little to no actual research being done beforehand. And then everyone jumps on the bandwagon, only to find out that no, you can't duplicate Twitter in this set-up because Twitter does a lot of things that cost actual money.

Re: louisgray.com: Walking the SEO Balance Beam

CyndyA — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:20:23 -0000

Elliott, I'm not sure which way you are thinking. Is it that the search engines don't pick things up when you use a more organic approach to SEO?

Re: louisgray.com: Walking the SEO Balance Beam

CyndyA — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:18:32 -0000

Thanks, Shey! I think there's a happy medium that works to help promote a site while not offending readers. If more people shot for that happy middle ground, SEO wouldn't have the bad rap that it's gotten.

Re: louisgray.com: Walking the SEO Balance Beam

CyndyA — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:16:32 -0000

Thanks. I've just been frustrated lately by some of the heavy-handed SEO techniques that are rendering the Web unreadable. Mahalo is the most egregious example, but even 7 or 8 links in a 250-word piece are over the top when it comes to readability. I'd much rather see a "related content" link, but if I really like what I see, I'm more likely to subscribe. I'd much rather see new subscribers than hits on older content.

Re: louisgray.com: Late-Night Seesmic Desperation Yields Results

CyndyA — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:03:57 -0000

Allen, go look through the rest of her videos until you find the one of her rolling on my bed yelling "Seesmic! Seesmic! Seesmic" alternating with "Lo-wee, Lo-wee, Lo-wee!"

Re: louisgray.com: Late-Night Seesmic Desperation Yields Results

CyndyA — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:13:42 -0000

Ian, isn't it amazing? When I was the age of my second-oldest, I can remember a long-distance phone call during the holidays was an EVENT! NO ONE could talk because "Uncle Eddie from New Jersey" was on the phone. These kids think nothing of global and instantaneous communications through every possible medium.

Re: louisgray.com: Late-Night Seesmic Desperation Yields Results

CyndyA — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:12:01 -0000

Allen, we just figured since everyone thinks Louis is everyone else, we'd just cut to the chase. ;)

Re: louisgray.com: Late-Night Seesmic Desperation Yields Results

CyndyA — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:07:40 -0000

Loic, that is the LAST thing she needs!! She runs in and out asking me if she has replies on "my Seesmic??"

Re: From the Pipeline – 7.4.08

CyndyA — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:08:02 -0000

We were generally GOOD too! Last night's was definitely a learning experience with managing Talkshoe (which, btw, hates me as well), so I have some things we'll do next time to fix it up a bit. We're also going to change the date, although probably not the time (at least by much) so that Duncan isn't having to chat on the weekend.

Re: louisgray.com: The Gray Family Doubles Overnight. Welcome Matthew and Sarah!

CyndyA — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:30:51 -0000

Did you bring the scrubs home?

Re: Prove Erick at TechCrunch Wrong

CyndyA — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:42:20 -0000

Otir, you think that companies aren't going to mind employees in cube farms watching video comments on blogs? You work in a home office, but is it over-run with children? There's only so much behavior can change, and if the changed behavior is to slow me down so that I'm even more behind? It's not going to happen. It's not resistance; it's reality.

Re: Prove Erick at TechCrunch Wrong

CyndyA — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:40:08 -0000

Now that's downright scary. :)

Re: Maybe I Will Stick With My Day Job

CyndyA — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:33:00 -0000

I'm not sure I agree. I wonder sometimes if the days of paid bloggers aren't numbered. There is a clamor for free content growing louder and louder, and the advertising model of revenue can't support everything out there. If musicians have a hard time getting money because people believe that content should be free, what will happen to those of us who make money blogging?

Re: A note to grammar and spelling police – KMA!

CyndyA — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:14:57 -0000

Joe, I would agree that MOST people with Asperger's have more social skills than those like Christopher G. If you go by the stereotype of those on the spectrum, though, I think the rudeness and single-minded obsession is dead on the mark. ;)

Re: A note to grammar and spelling police – KMA!

CyndyA — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:46:37 -0000

I shudder to even think about it. I can slog through the most frightening of the critical theory stuff, but met my own personal Waterloo with Joyce.

Re: Why There Are No Good Ideas for Twitter Replacements

CyndyA — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:03:35 -0000

I think you are right, Chris. The question is, if someone builds a better Twitter, will the bellyachers switch or stay with the old and keep complaining?

Re: There’s Web 2.0 and then there’s Reality

CyndyA — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:24:09 -0000

I'm gunning for Corvida now. Think I passed her on this thread?

Re: There’s Web 2.0 and then there’s Reality

CyndyA — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:23:36 -0000

No... I think I clocked in at over 500 words. This got me going. ;)

Re: There’s Web 2.0 and then there’s Reality

CyndyA — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:23:07 -0000

Nope... it's the same here as well, although they will take a debit tied to your checking account. I think. I may have gotten the AT&T contract before we got rid of the credit cards. That's why so many people are PO'd about the iPhone... AT&T is no longer doing a pay-as-you go plan for the iPhone.

Re: There’s Web 2.0 and then there’s Reality

CyndyA — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:20:50 -0000

Steven, are they willing to roll the balance? I had something like that happen where the autopay had expired for the gas & electric and I didn't notice. They were willing to divide it into equal amounts each month and tack it on to the rest of the bill.

Re: There’s Web 2.0 and then there’s Reality

CyndyA — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:30:59 -0000

Here, here. What boggled me was that the natives DIDN'T seem to notice. By day three, I called my mother and said I needed to get home. I was walking down the street with my coffee in one hand texting with the other. (Mind you, my coffee was the free togo cup they gave me at the complimentary breakfast, and the phone was my RAZR, but still!). My MBP is a rarity here, and I hadn't even SEEN an iPhone in the wild until I got out there.

Re: Don’t blame Apple for that sucking sound around your wallet

CyndyA — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:25:38 -0000

Not even close. Check out my full post for the real cost. I currently have a $50 a month voice plan that I share with my husband. I have to upgrade to a larger plan AND the larger plan is going up in price. So there's $20 more a month in voice, plus $10 more a month for the data plan I currently have PLUS they are unbundling SMS at the same time, so factor in another $5 to $20 a month for SMS. So that's anywhere from $35 to $50 per month, and that doesn't include my husband's data plan/SMS, which is added separately on a family account. Over the two-year contract (also upped a year from previous iPhone), that's $840 MORE going into the pockets of AT&T were I to get the iPhone. Which, based on the cost, I no longer am. Sorry, Steve. You can play it any way that you want, but you agreed to the contract with AT&T, and lost the sale. I can't be the only one balking at getting the phone looking at this.

Re: Sunday Blog Review: notes, thoughts, ideas and responses.?

CyndyA — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:48:18 -0000

Julian, I'm not sure what you meant in your second paragraph.

And I guess I have a different definition of paying respect. It doesn't just do that; it earns him money and continues the roll-up. I have particularly strong feelings about it mostly because of the hierarchy that has been created in Web 2.0. Your start-up isn't anything unless they cover it, and they won't cover it unless you give them the exclusive. So who is that helping? The start-up or them?