Just read a similar article, but by someone in healthcare who has been implementing tablets for 7 years: "iPad Fatigue: Choose Your Mobile Strategy Wisely"
Honestly I think the best criticism of the iPad is that it is a terrible device to write on (since it doesn't support a REAL stylus, those 3rd party crayon ones don't count) which kind of makes no sense for a TABLET.
Back in 2006 a democratic candidate ran a similar ad, using a 24 second clip of Fox News anchor Chris Wallace to attack her opponent by showing Wallace questioned his ethics. Fox sued the candidate in 2011, but eventually gave up: http://www.firedupmissouri.com/content/fox-backs-down
Although the "by invite only" strategy worked for gmail, I think this is what has ultimately killed (or at least maimed) Wave. Too many people tried it out, were pretty excited, but then realized they couldn't talk to anyone they knew, and getting an invite to the people they knew was only by the unpredictable grace of Google. This time the invite-only strategy was a buzzkill. This is probably a case of Catch 22 though because if they had launched it with open access to all it probably would have been slashdotted.
At this point, opening it up to everyone is probably a sign that most people have given up on it and Google recognizes that it won't cause much of a murmur on the servers since few will sign-up. One of the real sticking points for me is that you cannot permanently delete a wave. Sure it goes in the trash, but there is no way to empty the trash. Google should at least give us the illusion of privacy by at least making it appear like we can delete content tied to us!
Excellent comment. I've tried as many SWF converters as I can find on Google, and they are all a mess when trying to output anything but the most basic SWF to video. Most just play back the SWF and then try and run a screen recording process.
However, it might be interesting to upload a SWF to Youtube and see what happens- last time I checked they rejected it outright. I don't know if that has changed though.
Agreed! I thought that Google's commercial showed a plausible series of interactions with a customer and how his/her life could be improved because of them. Lots of other companies could learn from that model.
Yeah - and they also stopped giving us the monthly coupon that was good for a free movie OR A FREE GAME RENTAL. That was a really nice part of the deal since it costs $7 or $8 to rent a game. Sure, now you can return a movie-in-an-envelope for a game discount, but it only discounts the game down to $5. Losing that really disappointed my kids (ok, I admit it, I was also bummed).
So after the limit imposed on monthly rentals and the loss of the game coupon I reconsidered NetFlix, but I found that Blockbuster was still marginally a better deal, so reluctantly I'm still with them. It looks like they are gradually making the deal worse until they match Netflix. Too bad.
A problem with retail clinics is that being around sick people often gets you sick. If you go to the grocery store and there is a retail clinic attached, wouldn't there be a greater chance of getting sick from people with the flu and other contagious diseases that are there to be treated?
He starts out with "Not only is it written in mumps, on top of that, it uses the "VA Fileman", which is a DBMS written in mumps... it's hard enough to find a Mumps programmer, pile on top of that a mumps programmer that knows fileman, talk to your bank for a loan, believe it or not - a VA Fileman / Mumps programmer will cost more than a tank of gas in a Hummer."
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Just read a similar article, but by someone in healthcare who has been implementing tablets for 7 years: "iPad Fatigue: Choose Your Mobile Strategy Wisely"
Found here: http://histalk2.com/2012/02/15/readers-write-21512/
Honestly I think the best criticism of the iPad is that it is a terrible device to write on (since it doesn't support a REAL stylus, those 3rd party crayon ones don't count) which kind of makes no sense for a TABLET.
Back in 2006 a democratic candidate ran a similar ad, using a 24 second clip of Fox News anchor Chris Wallace to attack her opponent by showing Wallace questioned his ethics. Fox sued the candidate in 2011, but eventually gave up: http://www.firedupmissouri.com/content/fox-backs-down
Nice arguments but this isn't unprecedented. FOX gave up on a very similar case: http://www.firedupmissouri.com/content/fox-backs-down.
A fun (not fast, but pretty memorable) way to learn these is to watch the TV show CTRL: http://www.hulu.com/ctrl
"...will be will be something like Google's rumored digital music locker..." Try "is now."
or nail polish!
Isn't that what Facebook Groups are for? You can limit who can be in a FB group.
Although the "by invite only" strategy worked for gmail, I think this is what has ultimately killed (or at least maimed) Wave. Too many people tried it out, were pretty excited, but then realized they couldn't talk to anyone they knew, and getting an invite to the people they knew was only by the unpredictable grace of Google. This time the invite-only strategy was a buzzkill. This is probably a case of Catch 22 though because if they had launched it with open access to all it probably would have been slashdotted.
At this point, opening it up to everyone is probably a sign that most people have given up on it and Google recognizes that it won't cause much of a murmur on the servers since few will sign-up. One of the real sticking points for me is that you cannot permanently delete a wave. Sure it goes in the trash, but there is no way to empty the trash. Google should at least give us the illusion of privacy by at least making it appear like we can delete content tied to us!
Excellent comment. I've tried as many SWF converters as I can find on Google, and they are all a mess when trying to output anything but the most basic SWF to video. Most just play back the SWF and then try and run a screen recording process. However, it might be interesting to upload a SWF to Youtube and see what happens- last time I checked they rejected it outright. I don't know if that has changed though.
Isn't that pretty standard now?
Agreed! I thought that Google's commercial showed a plausible series of interactions with a customer and how his/her life could be improved because of them. Lots of other companies could learn from that model.
...United Nuclear (a US company) are still selling them.
And 1000 or so Slashdotters just found what to give their loved one for Valentine's Day.
Anyone who uses the word "beseech" in an e-mail (like the one sent to Jobs) deserves a response of 11 words or less.
I couldn't get the word 'scientology' out of my head when watching this
I was thinking "Amway"
I was thinking "Tupperware"
So, now that the FDA will be regulating cigarettes, how long will it take for them to figure out they are worse for your health than Zicam?
The "anyone is replaceable" mentality is, IMO, one of the most organizationally destructive in America.
AMEN TO THAT! Well said.
Since you said he is a young teenager, you might try the MIT Media Lab's Scratch project: http://scratch.mit.edu/
From the article, "WikiLeaks will remain a place where people from around the world can safely reveal the truth."
So as a Mormon I get a warm feeling when I see WikiLeaks equating the church handbook of instructions with truth!
You can already make videos private on YouTube: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=57958
Yeah - and they also stopped giving us the monthly coupon that was good for a free movie OR A FREE GAME RENTAL. That was a really nice part of the deal since it costs $7 or $8 to rent a game. Sure, now you can return a movie-in-an-envelope for a game discount, but it only discounts the game down to $5. Losing that really disappointed my kids (ok, I admit it, I was also bummed).
So after the limit imposed on monthly rentals and the loss of the game coupon I reconsidered NetFlix, but I found that Blockbuster was still marginally a better deal, so reluctantly I'm still with them. It looks like they are gradually making the deal worse until they match Netflix. Too bad.
Does this make anyone else remember the .002 cents debacle where Verizon insisted that .002 cents was equivalent to .002 dollars. See http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/ for the saga, or http://media.putfile.com/Verizon-Bad-Math for the original phone call recording.
And he might even make that back since the bidding is already up to $660 on eBay!
Now I have no reason left to walk into a Goodwill store. And what is next, public libraries no longer being able to check out CDs?
A problem with retail clinics is that being around sick people often gets you sick. If you go to the grocery store and there is a retail clinic attached, wouldn't there be a greater chance of getting sick from people with the flu and other contagious diseases that are there to be treated?
But from what I understand, MUMPS has fallen behind the times and programmers are hard to come by, at least according to this programmer:
http://www.emrupdate.com/forums/post/13072.aspx
He starts out with "Not only is it written in mumps, on top of that, it uses the "VA Fileman", which is a DBMS written in mumps... it's hard enough to find a Mumps programmer, pile on top of that a mumps programmer that knows fileman, talk to your bank for a loan, believe it or not - a VA Fileman / Mumps programmer will cost more than a tank of gas in a Hummer."
The whole thread on VistA is here: http://www.emrupdate.com/forums/post/13072.aspx