Comments for Figuring Stuff Out http://micmacred.wordpress.com Wed, 16 May 2007 20:38:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Weather Wimps by maddalena http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/weather-wimps/#comment-337 maddalena Wed, 16 May 2007 20:38:08 +0000 http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/weather-wimps/#comment-337 haha...i think thats pushing it, even for me and im really sensative to the cold! haha…i think thats pushing it, even for me and im really sensative to the cold!

]]> Comment on Distracted, but back by Mike http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/distracted-but-back/#comment-202 Mike Tue, 08 May 2007 03:30:48 +0000 http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/distracted-but-back/#comment-202 Hey Les, Thanks for checking in. Yeah, I definitely spend more time playing that 'game' than I probably should, and I'm glad you've fallen prey to it as well. All the best Hey Les,

Thanks for checking in. Yeah, I definitely spend more time playing that ‘game’ than I probably should, and I’m glad you’ve fallen prey to it as well.

All the best

]]> Comment on Distracted, but back by Les Moor http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/distracted-but-back/#comment-201 Les Moor Mon, 07 May 2007 23:52:25 +0000 http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/distracted-but-back/#comment-201 Hey Mike, just thought I'd check with you to see how you're doing with this game. I made a donation to the author today because I figured it was the least I could do for my hours of "enjoyment" ("addiction" might be a better term). Your sinister hope that somehow all of OCLC might become addicted hasn't happened yet; my extended family and friends is another story. Anyway all joking aside, I did want to thank you for sending this link... it's the most fun I've had in a computer game for years! Hope you're starting to feel better and that you'll be able to enjoy the summer. Take care! Les Hey Mike, just thought I’d check with you to see how you’re doing with this game. I made a donation to the author today because I figured it was the least I could do for my hours of “enjoyment” (“addiction” might be a better term). Your sinister hope that somehow all of OCLC might become addicted hasn’t happened yet; my extended family and friends is another story. Anyway all joking aside, I did want to thank you for sending this link… it’s the most fun I’ve had in a computer game for years!

Hope you’re starting to feel better and that you’ll be able to enjoy the summer. Take care!

Les

]]> Comment on Feeding the beast by Mike http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-142 Mike Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:10:09 +0000 http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-142 Hi Chris, I'm quite impressed that you guys take the time to follow blogs this closely, I can tell you that the readership on this blog is quite small so I find it encouraging that you are being this attentive to your users. Best of luck, Hi Chris,

I’m quite impressed that you guys take the time to follow blogs this closely, I can tell you that the readership on this blog is quite small so I find it encouraging that you are being this attentive to your users.

Best of luck,

]]> Comment on Feeding the beast by Chris Saad http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-141 Chris Saad Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:55:38 +0000 http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-141 Hi Mike and Sean, Sean, as Mike suggests Particls can really be used in two modes. In the first (and default) mode it does a lot of discovery for the user to get new users started quickly. But the second mode is where you can turn off 'Automatically Find information for me' and turn the interruptions level to low and it will actually only ever appear when there is an important piece of content to see (as a popup alert). The issue you mentioned about only reading from the top 6 or 7 feeds is actually a known bug that is occurring on some machines and will be fixed in the next version - as a result you should see the quality of the content and popups improve dramatically. This sort of feedback is great by the way - we really appreciate it and hope to improve the app with every build based on it. Cheers! Hi Mike and Sean,

Sean, as Mike suggests Particls can really be used in two modes. In the first (and default) mode it does a lot of discovery for the user to get new users started quickly.

But the second mode is where you can turn off ‘Automatically Find information for me’ and turn the interruptions level to low and it will actually only ever appear when there is an important piece of content to see (as a popup alert).

The issue you mentioned about only reading from the top 6 or 7 feeds is actually a known bug that is occurring on some machines and will be fixed in the next version – as a result you should see the quality of the content and popups improve dramatically.

This sort of feedback is great by the way – we really appreciate it and hope to improve the app with every build based on it.

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Feeding the beast by Mike http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-130 Mike Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:54:54 +0000 http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-130 Hey Sean, Maybe Chris Saad up there will have something to tell you, he's the contact I've been working with at particls. I do agree with you that the ticker can be mighty distracting and that the existing approaches work pretty well for me too. I think the thing that concerns me the most about it is that it really doesn't seem to provide a huge variety of information on the ticker. I have it turned off right now, but I noticed that all it really seemed to be doing for me was to roll out the last 20 posts or so sequentially from 6 or 7 of the feeds that I follow, some of which are months old, and other than the particls feed it hasn't really suggested anything new to me in the whole time I've used it. I still like the idea though, the combination of automated dscovery and the potential of a system that alerts me to things that I have a high interest in (and lets me read the rest at my leisure) has great potential. For now I'm just using the pop-ups set to only go off for the highest interest level (which seems to mean not at all right now) and have the ticker turned off. There is a lot of buzz around this app at sites I respect though, I'm not sure if I get it entirely either. Oh well, Patience. Hey Sean,

Maybe Chris Saad up there will have something to tell you, he’s the contact I’ve been working with at particls. I do agree with you that the ticker can be mighty distracting and that the existing approaches work pretty well for me too. I think the thing that concerns me the most about it is that it really doesn’t seem to provide a huge variety of information on the ticker. I have it turned off right now, but I noticed that all it really seemed to be doing for me was to roll out the last 20 posts or so sequentially from 6 or 7 of the feeds that I follow, some of which are months old, and other than the particls feed it hasn’t really suggested anything new to me in the whole time I’ve used it. I still like the idea though, the combination of automated dscovery and the potential of a system that alerts me to things that I have a high interest in (and lets me read the rest at my leisure) has great potential. For now I’m just using the pop-ups set to only go off for the highest interest level (which seems to mean not at all right now) and have the ticker turned off. There is a lot of buzz around this app at sites I respect though, I’m not sure if I get it entirely either.

Oh well, Patience.

]]> Comment on Feeding the beast by Sean http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-129 Sean Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:54:17 +0000 http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-129 Mike, I've been giving particls a shot... and I think it's brutal. maybe i haven't played with the preferences enough yet, but that damn ticker across the top of my screen is so distracting. they talk about time saved, but i think they've forgotten a variable in there, that being time lost due to distraction of moving ticker. the combination of using google alerts and organizing your feeds into folders should negate the need for this program. i'm I getting it all wrong here? Mike, I’ve been giving particls a shot… and I think it’s brutal. maybe i haven’t played with the preferences enough yet, but that damn ticker across the top of my screen is so distracting. they talk about time saved, but i think they’ve forgotten a variable in there, that being time lost due to distraction of moving ticker.

the combination of using google alerts and organizing your feeds into folders should negate the need for this program.

i’m I getting it all wrong here?

]]> Comment on Feeding the beast by Chris Saad http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-117 Chris Saad Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:02:27 +0000 http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/feeding-the-beast/#comment-117 Joost is very cool :) Joost is very cool :)

]]> Comment on About by Derek Featherstone http://micmacred.wordpress.com/about/#comment-53 Derek Featherstone Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:04:56 +0000 #comment-53 Mike! Great to find you online and to find your blog. I'm interested in reading/hearing more about your studies in Information Sciences. Let me know if you'll be back in Ottawa at any point soon - would be good to get together for a quick chat if you're interested and have some time. Cheers, Derek. Mike! Great to find you online and to find your blog. I’m interested in reading/hearing more about your studies in Information Sciences. Let me know if you’ll be back in Ottawa at any point soon – would be good to get together for a quick chat if you’re interested and have some time.

Cheers,
Derek.

]]> Comment on Selecting your Tux by What's an ISO? « Figuring Stuff Out http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/selecting-your-tux/#comment-49 What's an ISO? « Figuring Stuff Out Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:37:08 +0000 http://micmacred.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/selecting-your-tux/#comment-49 [...] by Mike on March 18th, 2007 If you’ve been looking at the distro’s that I mentioned, and have gotten to the download page, you might be asking yourself this very question. You see [...] [...] by Mike on March 18th, 2007 If you’ve been looking at the distro’s that I mentioned, and have gotten to the download page, you might be asking yourself this very question. You see [...]

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