However.....ever had problems with copying large blocks of text into the command editor? Basically the text will come out but sometimes jumbled.
Cheers,
Dean
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Logitech G11 command editor problems
If you own a Logitech G11, G15 or G19 keyboard you know what a godsend the "G" macro keys are.
However.....ever had problems with copying large blocks of text into the command editor? Basically the text will come out but sometimes jumbled.
Make sure you tick the "Use Delays Between Characters" options, even if you only set it for 1millisecond the amount of text able to be stored on a "G" key using the command editor is huge.
Cheers,
Dean
However.....ever had problems with copying large blocks of text into the command editor? Basically the text will come out but sometimes jumbled.
Cheers,
Dean
The USA blows up Libyan TV
I just read this article;
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/world/africa/31tripoli.html?hp
Nato said Saturday that it had disabled three Libyan state television transmission dishes in Tripoli with airstrikes overnight, as the alliance took steps to remove the main instrument of Muammar Qaddafi’s propaganda from the airwaves.
This is getting freaking ridiculous why aren't democrat liberals out protesting in the streets of New York about this?
How would you feel if Russia decided to blow up the New York Times or Jon Stewarts television studio on 10th ave etc one day because Vladimir Putin woke up one morning and decided he didn't like what they were saying*.
This makes me so mad that the sovereignty of the USA is yet again spilling over into the rest of the world.
This is unacceptable for the president that ran on "Hope" and "Change".
Cheers,
Dean
(*Which would be a real shame as i thought this was one of the funniest shows this year - /dodd-frank-update/)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/world/africa/31tripoli.html?hp
Nato said Saturday that it had disabled three Libyan state television transmission dishes in Tripoli with airstrikes overnight, as the alliance took steps to remove the main instrument of Muammar Qaddafi’s propaganda from the airwaves.
This is getting freaking ridiculous why aren't democrat liberals out protesting in the streets of New York about this?
How would you feel if Russia decided to blow up the New York Times or Jon Stewarts television studio on 10th ave etc one day because Vladimir Putin woke up one morning and decided he didn't like what they were saying*.
This makes me so mad that the sovereignty of the USA is yet again spilling over into the rest of the world.
This is unacceptable for the president that ran on "Hope" and "Change".
Cheers,
Dean
(*Which would be a real shame as i thought this was one of the funniest shows this year - /dodd-frank-update/)
Friday, July 29, 2011
SavaJe
I wonder if people writing these mobile OS articles remember SavaJe?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/29/alibaba-announces-cloud-powered-aliyun-os-k-touch-w700-phone/
- We're also interested in the firm's tightly-knit cloud services, with users receiving 100GB to store their "contact information, call logs, text messages, notes and photos" -- accessible from both PCs and Aliyun-toting handsets.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/29/alibaba-announces-cloud-powered-aliyun-os-k-touch-w700-phone/
- We're also interested in the firm's tightly-knit cloud services, with users receiving 100GB to store their "contact information, call logs, text messages, notes and photos" -- accessible from both PCs and Aliyun-toting handsets.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
What went wrong with google TV.....
Great article in ZdNet today.
Logitech's Google TV debacle: What went wrong (everything)
My personal thoughts are iptv/web connected tv's are at about V0.2 of where real end users need them to be. You should expect at least another screwup or two before you start to see a real reason to buy.
i'd still prefer to buy seperate standalone devices rather than an internal to the TV bought o/s trust me on that one. The Yahoo iptv debacle has already proven that one.
Cheers,
Dean
Logitech's Google TV debacle: What went wrong (everything)
My personal thoughts are iptv/web connected tv's are at about V0.2 of where real end users need them to be. You should expect at least another screwup or two before you start to see a real reason to buy.
i'd still prefer to buy seperate standalone devices rather than an internal to the TV bought o/s trust me on that one. The Yahoo iptv debacle has already proven that one.
Cheers,
Dean
USA Supreme Court to invalidate software patents
For the USA Supreme Court to invalidate software patents would be huge - possibly equal in importance to ending segregation
- http://blogs.forbes.com/timothylee/2011/07/28/the-supreme-court-should-invalidate-software-patents/
Is it possible we can dream?
Cheers,
Dean
- http://blogs.forbes.com/timothylee/2011/07/28/the-supreme-court-should-invalidate-software-patents/
Is it possible we can dream?
Cheers,
Dean
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Who is Chim Pom - (hint they're not hipsters)
I was watching frontline last night (mainly for the story before) but then this story about these Japanese artists came on and i thought cool lets see what this is about.
Whats funny is at about 5min into it there is a scene of a girl in a hoodie and i was thinking fucking hipsters they're everywhere..... and about to change the channel.
Then they covered two of the coolest "art projects" i'd heard of recently.
Whoever came up with the idea of blowing up designer bags and ipods in Cambodia with landmines and then auctioning the framed results for fundraising is a genius.
Then the idea of "adding" a piece to an existing art work and culture jacking to make a point with the Level7 addition is a neat way to get attention fast, i love the viral idea of foretelling the future by jacking something in existence already but with hindsight.
Check out "Who is Chim Pom" and watch this video if some of these ideas resonate with you.
Cheers,
Dean
Whats funny is at about 5min into it there is a scene of a girl in a hoodie and i was thinking fucking hipsters they're everywhere..... and about to change the channel.
Then they covered two of the coolest "art projects" i'd heard of recently.
Whoever came up with the idea of blowing up designer bags and ipods in Cambodia with landmines and then auctioning the framed results for fundraising is a genius.
Then the idea of "adding" a piece to an existing art work and culture jacking to make a point with the Level7 addition is a neat way to get attention fast, i love the viral idea of foretelling the future by jacking something in existence already but with hindsight.
Check out "Who is Chim Pom" and watch this video if some of these ideas resonate with you.
Cheers,
Dean
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The state of 2D barcodes
So if some of you read my twitter feed @DeanCollins you'll know that last night i was at a pretty big 2D barcode event http://mobilemonday-ny-july-25-2011.eventbrite.com/
It was pretty well attended with about 150 of exactly the right people- agencies, customers, vendors, journalists, even a handset manufacturer.
Unfortunately it quickly resolved into a mess.....
...and i'm not sure if i helped or hindered the destruction by jumping up 10 minutes into the panel to throw out the first audience comment about how Dan Frommer - "Death-to-the-qr-code" - on the panel was full of shit for calling out QR codes being useless as it didn't work underground in subways and why wasn't he writing articles about the death of web sites because URL's dont work underground in subways. (you have to respect the guy turned up to be on the panel though....nice guy too, we chatted afterwards about his new venture SplatF).
What didn't work was the moderators insistence that they base the panel on her article about the 14 best QR practises to follow- http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066777/Top-14-Things-Marketers-Need-to-Know-About-QR-Codes - whilst Angie's article is great....it was way to basic a discussion to have with such an experienced audience....and with such high level panel members where we could have had much more advanced topics about why/were and how the industry needs to move forward.
i honestly dont know how to write this blog post; it could be summarised in a couple of different ways-
"the discussion was vigorous and varied because there is no right answer"
"the discussion was that different people had different points of view because of their real world experience working with end users and customers".
"the discussion was an example of why the end customer is confused ....because there are so many points of view".
I mean we had the brand manager from MsTag saying it was a good thing that there was only 1 tag reader available and that Ms managed end to end experiences. (he based his comment on having 200+ QR readers available in the iPhone app store was a bad thing)
btw personally I really think Microsoft missed a golden opportunity to become the "google analytics" of QR codes and could have captured a significant portion of the market if they allowed other readers to read their qr codes and other publishers to create their short urls. Microsofts MsTags analytics isnt bad but a closed system is doomed for failure.
We had Dan saying QR codes and MsTags were going to die and that NFC's were the way of the future (though Augme.com pointed out that there was no way Kellogg's could afford to attach NFC's to every cereal box for their recent QR campaign - http://www.thehotiron.com/index.php/site/comments/kelloggs_new_crunchy_nut_cereal_uses_qr_code_to_reinforce_marketing/ )
Of course there were a few "Image Recognition" is the future supporters in the crowd (you already know that image recognition sucks compared to door knobs) and once every image in the world is classified then i'll be a strong supporter...until then it is always going to be a fail.
It was dissapointing that the best use case examples of QR codes put forward by the panel were a little weak and not doing anything innovative (though I think innovation in QR codes is overrated and we should just be building more rather than needing to be different).
The discussion fell apart with people saying the reason 2d codes aren't taking off is there are too many choices, too little choices, too much control, too little control, we need a centralised ecosystem, that the current open system of QR codes is best...... i think you get the point.
What did i learn...... That Microsoft have plans to incorporate MsTags into other parts of the business, although the product manager wouldn't say (i think more because it hasn't been decided rather than he didnt want to tip off the competition) there were allusions to end users would be able to create codes across more Microsoft interfaces.....
- eg imagine writing a word doc and being able to save it on your cloud drive to pass on to other people as a MsTag (eg like passing on a tinyurl) which whilst i like the idea.... its dumb that they are doing this as a "sole provider" and there is nothing that they are offering here that couldn't have been done as a QR code vendor....the brand managers response to that was "that decision has been made and the boat sailed"....yeh maybe but a ticket on the Titanic still sucked.
I also learnt that nothing has really changed since i stopped actively working in the QR space 2 years ago.
At the end of the day my answer to everyone who asks me after reading www.Cognation.net/QR is the same, be aware of the issues of direct versus indirect codes, be aware of the differences between open QR codes and proprietary MsTags, be aware of the issues surrounding image recognition so when the CEO comes into your office next week after reading a Techcrunch article about how its the next big thing you can calmly respond, be aware of where NFC is going and when it's appropriate to use...... but at the end of the day just get out there and use QR codes for various projects and just build great campaigns that add value.
Cheers,
Dean
It was pretty well attended with about 150 of exactly the right people- agencies, customers, vendors, journalists, even a handset manufacturer.
Unfortunately it quickly resolved into a mess.....
What didn't work was the moderators insistence that they base the panel on her article about the 14 best QR practises to follow- http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066777/Top-14-Things-Marketers-Need-to-Know-About-QR-Codes - whilst Angie's article is great....it was way to basic a discussion to have with such an experienced audience....and with such high level panel members where we could have had much more advanced topics about why/were and how the industry needs to move forward.
i honestly dont know how to write this blog post; it could be summarised in a couple of different ways-
"the discussion was vigorous and varied because there is no right answer"
"the discussion was that different people had different points of view because of their real world experience working with end users and customers".
"the discussion was an example of why the end customer is confused ....because there are so many points of view".
I mean we had the brand manager from MsTag saying it was a good thing that there was only 1 tag reader available and that Ms managed end to end experiences. (he based his comment on having 200+ QR readers available in the iPhone app store was a bad thing)
btw personally I really think Microsoft missed a golden opportunity to become the "google analytics" of QR codes and could have captured a significant portion of the market if they allowed other readers to read their qr codes and other publishers to create their short urls. Microsofts MsTags analytics isnt bad but a closed system is doomed for failure.
We had Dan saying QR codes and MsTags were going to die and that NFC's were the way of the future (though Augme.com pointed out that there was no way Kellogg's could afford to attach NFC's to every cereal box for their recent QR campaign - http://www.thehotiron.com/index.php/site/comments/kelloggs_new_crunchy_nut_cereal_uses_qr_code_to_reinforce_marketing/ )
Of course there were a few "Image Recognition" is the future supporters in the crowd (you already know that image recognition sucks compared to door knobs) and once every image in the world is classified then i'll be a strong supporter...until then it is always going to be a fail.
It was dissapointing that the best use case examples of QR codes put forward by the panel were a little weak and not doing anything innovative (though I think innovation in QR codes is overrated and we should just be building more rather than needing to be different).
The discussion fell apart with people saying the reason 2d codes aren't taking off is there are too many choices, too little choices, too much control, too little control, we need a centralised ecosystem, that the current open system of QR codes is best...... i think you get the point.
What did i learn...... That Microsoft have plans to incorporate MsTags into other parts of the business, although the product manager wouldn't say (i think more because it hasn't been decided rather than he didnt want to tip off the competition) there were allusions to end users would be able to create codes across more Microsoft interfaces.....
- eg imagine writing a word doc and being able to save it on your cloud drive to pass on to other people as a MsTag (eg like passing on a tinyurl) which whilst i like the idea.... its dumb that they are doing this as a "sole provider" and there is nothing that they are offering here that couldn't have been done as a QR code vendor....the brand managers response to that was "that decision has been made and the boat sailed"....yeh maybe but a ticket on the Titanic still sucked.
I also learnt that nothing has really changed since i stopped actively working in the QR space 2 years ago.
At the end of the day my answer to everyone who asks me after reading www.Cognation.net/QR is the same, be aware of the issues of direct versus indirect codes, be aware of the differences between open QR codes and proprietary MsTags, be aware of the issues surrounding image recognition so when the CEO comes into your office next week after reading a Techcrunch article about how its the next big thing you can calmly respond, be aware of where NFC is going and when it's appropriate to use...... but at the end of the day just get out there and use QR codes for various projects and just build great campaigns that add value.
Cheers,
Dean
More facts about NY state sales tax
Btw just read article clearing up some facts about the NY state sales tax post a few months back
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/2925-California-Joins-the-Internet-Sales-Tax-Fray-Federal-Legislation-Coming
“Amazon decided to comply, kept its New York affiliates, and collects sales tax in New York, depositing the money in an escrow account, but the issue is still in the court system.”
So basically they are closing down any state except NY where this has been implemented and are waiting for the NY case to resolve itself before handing over the fees collected.
Lol I hope they win….i’ll be getting a minor windfall back considering the amount of stuff I buy from Amazon over the last few years.
BTW interesting Amazon only had 25,000 affiliates in California, I would have thought the number was higher, easy decision to kill off affiliates with the size of the CA market.
Cheers,
Dean
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/2925-California-Joins-the-Internet-Sales-Tax-Fray-Federal-Legislation-Coming
“Amazon decided to comply, kept its New York affiliates, and collects sales tax in New York, depositing the money in an escrow account, but the issue is still in the court system.”
So basically they are closing down any state except NY where this has been implemented and are waiting for the NY case to resolve itself before handing over the fees collected.
Lol I hope they win….i’ll be getting a minor windfall back considering the amount of stuff I buy from Amazon over the last few years.
BTW interesting Amazon only had 25,000 affiliates in California, I would have thought the number was higher, easy decision to kill off affiliates with the size of the CA market.
Cheers,
Dean
Sunday, July 24, 2011
the state of USA patents
basically the situation is fucked.....anyone got any thoughts?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/22/138576167/when-patents-attack
- http://audio.thisamericanlife.org/jomamashouse/ismymamashouse/441.mp3
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/22/138576167/when-patents-attack
- http://audio.thisamericanlife.org/jomamashouse/ismymamashouse/441.mp3
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