Disqus - Latest Comments for randomwire

Re: Google Unveils Google Sync For iPhone and Windows Mobile

randomwire — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:09:39 -0000

Looks great, yet another reason not to buy MobileMe

Re: Japanese Origami Masters

randomwire — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:04:25 -0000

The expert is Joseph Wu - you can find his website here - http://www.origami.as/

Re: Signal Patterns Personality Test

randomwire — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:27:05 -0000

Shortly after I first registered an option appeared on the hope page to "invite friends to sign-up". I'm not sure if this is a random thing or everyone get it.

Re: Signal Patterns Personality Test

randomwire — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:28:58 -0000

All invites sent :)

Re: Overlooking The East

randomwire — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:13:17 -0000

Hi Tim, you're more than welcome! I figured there was no point in me writing a full review when you had done such a good job already :)

Re: Relocating to Shenzhen

randomwire — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:25:55 -0000

Thanks for the tip Murphy, certainly looks pretty cool!

Re: Conceptualising The Future

randomwire — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:05:43 -0000

Another interesting project here - http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubi...

Re: Techno-fascism in a Globalised World

randomwire — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:33:09 -0000

Hi Henry, glad someone replied to this even if it is over 2 years since I posted it!

If anything it appears the technological onslaught continues to accelerate even faster than before - I'm still divided about the future implications of this as the positive and negative effects are a very mixed bag.

To be honest I don't see any way out of it, short of a catastophic failure of some sort. As part of this revolution I'm wouldn't really want that either but certainly some consideration needs to be given to the man-machine dependance.

Re: Sa Rang Chae Traditional Guest House Gyeongju, South Korea

randomwire — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:33:56 -0000

Glad you managed to find it OK :)

I completely agree with you, it was one of the nicest places I stayed in Korea, even if only for 1 night. Certainly a hidden gem.

Re: Spectacular

randomwire — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:59:32 -0000

Yeah, me too very much! I remember wanding around the Olympic site when it was still under construction. Really really wish I was back there. Here's hoping Shenzhen is as interesting!!

Re: Lonely Planet Mandarin Audio Phrasebook for the iPhone

randomwire — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:19:10 -0000

Thanks for the tip Kirstie - looks good but shame there isn't a Mandarin phrase book (yet?).

Re: Relocating to Shenzhen

randomwire — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:29:16 -0000

Thanks Jessie Stevo - yes, the visa is a nightmare which is causing me many sleepless nights at the moment!

Re: Signal Patterns Personality Test

randomwire — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:25:00 -0000

On its way Usman!

Re: Signal Patterns Personality Test

randomwire — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:13:35 -0000

Sent :)

Re: Ghost in the Shell Live Action ~ Spielberg Takes on a Challenge

randomwire — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:39:58 -0000

Candice, I think you put it perfectly. Personally I'd rather it not be made unless it was done with Japanese actors in Hong Kong (where the manga was set) without being tonned down for western audiences.

Re: Teaser

randomwire — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:24:51 -0000

Oh yes, you are probably guessing right!

Re: Lonely Planet Mandarin Audio Phrasebook for the iPhone

randomwire — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:35:54 -0000

Thanks for the tip! I will check that one also :)

Re: Signal Patterns Personality Test

randomwire — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:46:00 -0000

Hi Bella - invite should be on its way :)

Re: The View From The Top of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London

randomwire — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:23:26 -0000

Hi Maria, thanks for your comment - glad to see your back online!

Not so bad to be trapped in an office when when you have a view like this! The only thing which those of a nervous disposition might find disconcerting is the planes taking off from City Airport which appear to be flying straight towards the building as its on exactly the same trajectory. Even from the ground its somewhat scary if you're not used to it!

Re: Signal Patterns Personality Test

randomwire — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:56:12 -0000

Hi Paul - invite sent.

Re: Attached to a Captcha

randomwire — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:30:48 -0000

I can just about make a dog in the 1 (or I) if I squint really hard but I can't see any cats!

You have to wonder if they actually want people using their service or is this just a poor ploy to get people to sign up to their premium product?

P.s. I'd recommend http://filemail.com/ for sending large files.

Re: Tagaroo & Zemanta Semantic Services for Wordpress and Other Platforms

randomwire — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:42:25 -0000

Great to see that Tagaroo is actively looking to the community for it's direction.

It would be cool to integrate some of the other functionality offered by Calais such as being able to add semantic metadata. I would also love to be able to use it to create links to other relevant content elsewhere.

To my mind Tagaroo is certainly the better implemented of the pair so it will be exciting to see how it develops.

Re: Tagaroo & Zemanta Semantic Services for Wordpress and Other Platforms

randomwire — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:35:26 -0000

Hi Jeff, thanks for the tip - apologies for not spotting this before! I've updated the post to include a link to the Drupal version.

Re: Design Perspectives from East Asia

randomwire — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:04:59 -0000

Thanks for your insight - It's a bit of a shame that innovation in this area appears to be stagnant. I find it even more concerning considering the two-tear internet the Chinese government seems to be creating (http://www.randomwire.com/2005/07/12/virtually-...). If you cut off the rest of the world or make it increasingly hard to access where does the drive for innovation come from, if not internally? I also wonder if this lack of creativity has anything to do with the void created by the Cultural Revolution from which China is still emerging?

When I see sites like Sina and Sohu they remind me of the annoying pop up advert pages which used to be predominant around 2000 - pure link bait and nothing more. My reaction is to immediately close the site as if I cant find what I want in a couple of seconds then it's just wasting my time.

Interestingly we did some user research for the web application I have been involved with (UK based) and one of the areas of improvement identified was that there were too many links in the page footer (which took up about 1/3 of the page length). Upon analysis we were able to cut out 75% of them by simply making some navigational tweaks. The whole site now looks a lot cleaner and page load time was cut my a significant margin.

Re: Korean Towel Sheep Head 양머리

randomwire — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:27:38 -0000

Hi Mint, you're most welcome!