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Re: Television will be the first traditional media medium to fall

rifchia — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:54:21 -0000

I wouldn't use the word "fall" for the death of traditional tv. It will be best described as an evolution, similar to the case when black and white tv evolve into colored tv.

Re: WHAT SHOULD WE DUMP CABLE TV FOR? BOXEE | My Philly Network

tommyl — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:32:02 -0000

Anxious to try this. tomlandini AT gmail.com

Thanks

Re: Feldenkrais Video Demo

tommyl — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:36:24 -0000

Thanks for catching that Bob; fixed now.

Re: Go On, Distract Me with Something Interesting

tommyl — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:57:10 -0000

Good to hear from you Ryan. Notice that you can even leave video
comments here on the blog. Perfect test for that new MacBook Pro ;-).

Tom

Re: Television will be the first traditional media medium to fall

tommyl — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:52:18 -0000

I think you're on to something when you think of the distribution of episodic video and even journalism. But you have to remember that broadcast television refers more to distribution than to production. It's true that production costs have fallen, and for many smaller forms of video are practically nothing. But the quality dramatic stuff still costs a lot to make.

I think it's more a question of the future demand for this sort of programming. Probably it will still be there enough to justify the cost of producing it. But how it will be financed will undoubtedly change in some pretty fundamental ways.

But will there still be a demand for quality entertainment and information in the future? I think that's a really safe bet.

Re: Local Tweets on AIR

sarahintampa — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:01:09 -0000

that's a cool idea! but I was hoping to use the AIR app :(

Re: Local Tweets on AIR

tommyl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:21:27 -0000

Sarah,

Have you tried summize/twitter search for local tweets? Just enter a term like NEAR:<city> or <state> or <zip> and it'll return tweets from that location. You can even specify proximity - from 1 mile to 1000. And of course there's an RSS feed.

Re: Why Blog? Why I Blog.

felix — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:03:49 -0000

Thanks, there's been a bit of meta-blogging blogging happening and it got me started thinking about the what's and the wherefores. I genuinely was surprised at myself during the great dark period of this blog. :)

Re: Why Blog? Why I Blog.

tommyl — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:25:03 -0000

Bravo for blogging about what interests you - and feeling good about it. And I really like your blinding flash of the obvious: "How can you lose interest in your own interests? "

Re: Help me escape from Password Hell

tommyl — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:21:39 -0000

1Password on the Mac platform is an elegant solution that syncs across multiple computers. If you use a Mac at home and PC at work, this blog post suggests you can use Firefox to access the stored passwords. If you're on all Windows, I dunno.

Re: Bookmarklets Galore

eng1ne — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:41:00 -0000

Excellent, you found something useful! You are welcome!

Re: The Fantastic Future of FriendFeed

tommyl — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:58:59 -0000

I don't think privacy is a show stopper here, but it would be nice to have at least some choices. I was thinking more of sharing what gets processed out of the mishmash of stuff that we put up on Friendfeed, or whatever it becomes. By sharing, do I implicitly give permission to aggregate my stuff for purposes other than simply sharing? Probably. But what if I don't want that? Can I opt out, or do I just put up with (accurately targeted) ads and messages I'd rather not see?

Re: The Fantastic Future of FriendFeed

BlueCockatoo — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:31:04 -0000

Hi Tommyl. At this point everything you're sharing in FriendFeed is public anyway or at least all the services that you are hooking into are from public feeds. I hadn't thought of any issues with privacy because of that. Would you share the ones you had in mind?

Re: The Fantastic Future of FriendFeed

tommyl — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:16:46 -0000

Lots of imaginative and exciting ideas here. But it's not too early to think about the privacy implications of this sort of agent. Even if FF doesn't go in this direction, you know that some one will.

Re: Bookmarklets Galore

tommyl — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:19:07 -0000

Really a fun post to read. I had a good time trying some of the bookmarklets right from your post. Even dragged a couple up to the bookmarks bar. Thanks.

Re: The social media time crisis

tommyl — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:17:59 -0000

Most posts on my blog are longer than three paragraphs. But what I try to do is write a concise introduction so that readers can look at a few sentences and decide if they want to read on. A succinct introduction that spells out what you're addressing and how you plan to get there saves everybody a lot of time, IMO.

I do like the point you made about taking enough time to read and understand something. But here, too, a well-written introduction can help smooth the way.

Re: louisgray.com: Continuous Parallel Attention: My New Reality

tommyl — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:21:04 -0000

I still don't think there is such a thing as multitasking, despite the fact that I'm petting my cat and checking feeds as I write this. How automatically (and simultaneously) you can perform an action has to do with how well you've learned it. I'd bet you couldn't pound on the steering wheel and listen to loud music when you first learned to drive. But when you learned it, you could suddenly pay attention to all sorts of things as the scenery whizzes by. For more on this, see Sandra Blakeslee's excellent book The Body Has a Mind of It's Own.

Re: friendfeed: at last, I get it

tommyl — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:55:01 -0000

Good post. Looks like you've drunk the FF Kool Aid with good results.

You can also filter in the Everyone tab if you want to see what's getting shared on Google Reader or being posted on blogs, etc. Just click the icon on the left side of the post for the service you're interested in filtering for. That will set up a new tab with everyone for Google Reader or whichever source you've just clicked.

Tom Landini

Re: ReadAir Isn’t Ready Yet

tommyl — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:13:38 -0000

Ya, I came to the same conclusion about ReadAir. Now I'm trying out Fluid, a Mac app that lets you dedicate a browser window to a single location - like Google Reader. And since it's based on Webkit, you get all the keyboard goodies you'd find in any browser.

Maybe I'll give ReadAir another try when it updates. (And I like the look of Mac apps. YMMV.)

Re: Video service Seesmic shacks up with Disqus

tommyl — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:52:12 -0000

Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

Re: Interview: Svetlana Gladkova, Profy Vice President

KnightKnetwork — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:08:55 -0000

Invite is on the way! I've been set up with quite a few more should anyone else be curious

Re: Interview: Svetlana Gladkova, Profy Vice President

tommyl — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:24:22 -0000

Sounds like Profy is solidly behind their new effort. Could be pretty innovative and useful. Like to get an invite to try it out.

Re: What’s Mainstream Technology? Ask Joe Average, The Spouse, Grandma, and Dave Letterman

tommyl — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:23:29 -0000

I was referring more to the Wiimote-style of interacting with software and content. That's attracted a broader demographic to video games than otherwise would have been - at least to the Wii.

Re: What’s Mainstream Technology? Ask Joe Average, The Spouse, Grandma, and Dave Letterman

webomatica — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:11:21 -0000

The Wii has a web browser, right? Hmm.

Re: Twitter 101: Clarifying The Rules For Newbies

tommyl — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:39:43 -0000

Thanks for the post. Gentle introductions like this can help expand the community into places it might not otherwise go - IMO.