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Comment on Why Free Internet Services Suck… Or Shouldn’t Be Taken for Granted by Brad

Brad — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:36:49 +0000

Of course the irony of this article written over a year ago is that with Google’s changing privacy policy, they made this statement wrong:

“It’s not because I think Google is going to steal all of my appointment information (though I suppose they could)”

Thank you, Google, for proving my point.

Comment on Why Free Internet Services Suck… Or Shouldn’t Be Taken for Granted by Chris T

Chris T — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:05:16 +0000

This is so true and especially when storing valuable items like pictures on line. An external drive is a must! Thanks for the tips!

Comment on SOLUTION: Built in Mac iSight not working with Facebook Video Call by MA

MA — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:36:08 +0000

Thanks !!!

Comment on Sprint & iPhone 4S Release = Missed Marketing Opportunity by Mark Daniel

Mark Daniel — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:48:47 +0000

Apparently, it was a major surprise to the marketing team at Sprint, too. Working with Apple as one of their partners means that sometimes you don’t find out about upcoming releases much earlier than the public does, which means marketing departments (and the ad agencies they use!) are left scrambling at the last minute—nay, second!

Comment on Sprint & iPhone 4S Release = Missed Marketing Opportunity by Brad

Brad — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:19:03 +0000

As an update… Sprint finally rolled out their info on the iPhone today, pushing almost 48 hours late. The best part, it looks like they are offering no early upgrades for existing customers. D’oh!

Well, here’s to not owning an iPhone for at least 1.5 years… #fail.

Comment on SOLUTION: Built in Mac iSight not working with Facebook Video Call by Carol

Carol — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:10:23 +0000

Thanks, Brad. No, the issue isn’t resolved, but I think the problem is that I’m still using OS 10.4. Skype with video, e.g., requires 10.5. Jar Launcher came up when I tried to open FacebookVideoCalling. I gather Jar Launcher is connected somehow to Java. I updated my Java, to no avail.

I’m able to use iChat successfully with other Mac users, but I was rather hoping for a way to video chat with PC users, too. Sounds like I might be stuck until I’m ready to upgrade my OS?

Cheers,
Carol

Comment on SOLUTION: Built in Mac iSight not working with Facebook Video Call by Brad

Brad — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:59:09 +0000

Thanks for the question, Carol. Are you still having the issue?

You mention Jar Launcher, where did you see a prompt for that? When installing a Flash update?

Comment on SOLUTION: Built in Mac iSight not working with Facebook Video Call by Carol

Carol — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:10:20 +0000

No matter what I try, FacebookVideoCalling won’t install. Any ideas? What’s Jar Launcher? I don’t see that app on my Mac. Is that the problem? TIA

Cheers,
Carol

Comment on How Threadless display ads could go from #fail to sale by brock rumer

brock rumer — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:17:48 +0000

I’m very late to the party, but I just saw this post.

And actually, the conversion rate and the per-vist value are significantly higher for ads directed to the homepage vs. ads directed to a specific shirt.

What’s unfortunate is that our search is very lacking at the moment. However, that will be remedied very soon w/ the launch of a new catalog and search.

Comment on When 5 Facebook Likes are Better Than 5,000 by Brad

Brad — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:42:44 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Sheldon! I appreciate it! I think I should have been a little more clear and that I think the quality, in my opinion, matters a lot more to local business over quantity. I completely agree with you that businesses shouldn’t have some target number to determine if their successful or not. What matters is are you reaching the people you’re trying to and are you getting the reach externally (quantity) that you want.

Thanks, again, for the comment!

On a side note, I was able to use Sysomos while I was at Social Media Group in Toronto and really liked the platform and results. So keep up the good work there!