links for 2008-06-09
June 9, 2008 by Jonathan · 1 Comment
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Yum!
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Some good things to keep in mind if nothing else.
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Interesting Idea.
Why It’s PayPal’s Fault, Not The Browser
April 27, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
About a week ago there was some buzz floating around about how PayPal may block Safari because it doesn’t have phishing protection built in. This has since been retracted by PayPal:
PayPal: No plans to block Safari
A representative for PayPal on Friday said the ecommerce firm is developing features to block customers from logging into PayPal when using obsolete browsers on outdated or unsupported operating systems, but has no intention of blocking Safari as a company white paper seemed to imply.
“An example of such a browser/OS combination might be, for example, Internet Explorer 4 running on Windows 98,” said spokesperson Michael Oldenburg. “In doing so, we better protect our customers from viewing a phishing site through their browser. We have absolutely no intention of blocking current versions of any browsers, including Apple’s Safari, from our website.”
(Nugget by AppleInsider)
Might I suggest that it’s not the browser’s responsibility to block security threats on particular web sites? Maybe it’s my not-liking of blaming others for your own problems but I believe that PayPal and PayPal only is responsible for their own PayPal.com site. It’s their job to keep their customers safe, not browser developers, or any other type of web application developer.
Sure, I have a little bit of a bias here. I used to be a large (in my mind) PayPal merchant, who ditched all that in favor of better customer service elsewhere. I know I’m not alone in that boat. However, I feel the same way when eBay blames Apple or denies support of the site if you’re using Safari on eBay.
(Wait a second, I may be on to something here, both PayPal and eBay are owned by eBay and both were virtually run into the ground under Meg Whitman).
To close out this ranting post, let me say that I fully support web application developers and browser developers who want to protect their own customers from the dark side of the Internet, but I don’t think the fault and responsibility should lie on their shoulders as opposed to a multi-national corporation who certainly has the tools and resources available to help themselves help the world but chooses not to.
Twitter, A Journalist’s Best Friend
April 25, 2008 by Jonathan · 2 Comments
Here’s a little nugget and inspiration I’d love to get some feedback from the masses on:
On Email Organization
April 22, 2008 by Jonathan · 1 Comment
For the last month or so I’ve been on a rampage, an email rampage. I haven’t quite hit Inbox Zero but inbox 30-40 suits me well actually. Here’s what I’ve done:
- I now have only 2 visible email addresses, Gmail and my @jonathancoffman.com mail. Those other addresses (.Mac, Yahoo!, Mizzou, and my secondary Gmail) all now get picked up by my primary Gmail account, this way I only have two inboxes to check, and hopefully by responding to those with only one address I gradually get fewer and fewer messages going to those other addys.
- Combining the last two addresses, my primary gmail and my domain email isn’t yet feasible. I can’t quite take myself down to that level yet. Because they’re used for two very different purposes (personal and professional) the use cases will remain mutually exclusive for the time being.
- The downside to still having two inboxes: two sets of gmail tags/folders. My domain email is handled by GoogleApps (which I love by the way), so for now I have two identical but disconnected sets of tags.
- Account and Login Information
- Banking
- Bills
- Blog Conversations
- Contributr
- Current Projects
- Pipeline Projects
- Coupons and Discounts
- Job Hunting
- Journalism School
- Newsletters
- Personal (family)
- Private Betas
- Product Orders
- Service Orders
- Require followup
- Servers and Hosting
- Social Media
- Travel
- URGENT
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-04-07
April 7, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Trying to tame Apple Mail, let’s see if it can behave with Gmail IMAP, it gets one more chance. #
- retweeting from @acafourek http://www.twitterlocal.net - find "local" tweets #
- Trying out FontStruct, I’m not even sure where to start! #
- Have you imported all of your various email accounts into one Gmail account? I think I can consolidate a lot #
- Yikes! bloggers beware massive heart attacks: http://tinyurl.com/4zpfw2 #
- Good Morning Twitterville, I’m gearing up for a VERY busy week of meetings, projects, then heading to Vegas for the NAB Conference. #
- There were two doves eating the grass seed I put down in the yard yesterday, does that mean I’ll have a peaceful day or week? #
- @jowyang I remember seeing that "review" when it first posted, pretty darn funny, but not for those of us with such horrible allergies! #
- @newmediajim well thank goodness you made it in time! Are you using your fancy new HDcam all the time now? #
- @mufan96 Never heard of that issue before, interesting little problem. #
- @Adpuma @akelatal Hello! (why are we waving?) #
- Reading through the PBS Corp. web site about their BoDs and financials #
- @gapingvoid I’m sure they would, do you have a portfolio online anywhere of past work? #
- @robliberal I’ve used a WordPress plugin for several months to archive Tweets to my blog and am very happy with it #
- @mcompton I only have them for web access (got satellite about a year ago I dislike MediaCom so much) #
- Just finalized my job interview plans for next week while I’m Vegas. #
- ….Yeah even Social Media guys have to do laundry sometimes… #
- @jjprojects what shiny new things do you have now? #
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-04-03
April 3, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Good Morning Twitterville! #
- Do you know of a REALLY good email program for the Mac? Apple Mail has been misbehaving lately #
- @gregbd, Adobe Connect can be finicky but I do love the service. What’d it do? #
- Just setup my next meeting with the startup incubator who’s going to assist with Contributr #
- Taking a look at Scalr, the open source Amazon EC2 management initiative #
- @smalljones DM or email me more info you have any please
# - @newmediajim I’ve heard good things about the Sony line #
- Following up on job leads and making appointments with people #
- Just ordered a pizza for delivery via txt message, crazy isn’t it? #
- @melissaha I REALLY doubt it! #
- @danielpunkass you must have caught them on a good day, good catch #
- @benstein ah dang, to yourself? #
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-03-25
March 25, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Stopped by the Apple Store, got some PowerSupport antiglare film for my iphone. LOVE IT! #
- Following up on some job leads this evening. #
- Talking to PBS Engage this morning, should be fun! #
- Writing down some cool new ideas for Contributr while I wait this morning. #
- Off the phone with the Director of PBS Engage a few minutes ago, they have some very cool and exciting things coming #
- Looking into BusySync to synchronize my iCal calendar with my Google Calendar #
- @jadam I’m not all that impressed with Amazon’s iPhone site, unless they changed it yesterday? #
- Playing with my new Flip Ultra camera, one of the most innovative products around! #
- Horseback riding and soccer practice, watching my siblings have fun #
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-03-17
March 17, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- tweaking my proposals for the Reynolds Institute for Contributr #
- @annier I’m finally watching Once! #
- @willij I’m sure they will, their current iPhone app leaves something to be desired #
- I’m writing a testing plan for Contributr #
- Shopping Amazon for a game suitable for an 8-10 year old’s gift. Any suggestions? #
- Headed to bed, I’ve got a phone interview in the morning. #
- Apple Mail won’t stop syncing gmail… thus… Gmail has locked me out of iMAP for 24 hours for ‘abuse’ #
- Good Morning Twitterville! #
- wow pea sized hail coming down outside right now, and crazy rain #
- Well, I’ll have my full NAB Las Vegas trip paid for, but I’m uncertain how much support I’ll have for Contributr while there unfortunately #
- So that’s job-chat/pre-interview #3 today, job hunting is pretty exciting this week! #
- Geez, working with RJI is such a mess! We wait three weeks for approval on things, then in one day it gets unapproved, then reapproved #
- Filling out a job application, it takes forever even in the digital age #
Upcoming Flickr Video May Be A Big Win
March 16, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the information that Flickr may be releasing a video product in the coming weeks. As a long-time Flickr user and supporter I thought I’d take a moment to chime in.
Here’s the deal, Flickr is REALLY good at images, I’ve tried lots of image hosts and none can touch Flickr, it’s just too darn intuitive. Sure I appreciate new and innovative features that other sites will on occasion release, but as complete packages go, Flickr is it.
It used to be known that Apple made really good personal computers, I mean so good that people became Apple users instead of Computer users. Then, the world started spinning backwards and Apple released the original iPod. The iPod changed everything. This is just one example of how a company who does one thing very well, can in fact do other things very well.
So my stance on the potential for Flickr video is that they may be able to do what others haven’t, create a video hosting solution that is classy, beautiful, and just work. I trust my thousands of images to Flickr , and I can see myself trusting video to them as well.
I might also add that I’m a Flickr Premium user, and you should be too. For a measly $25 a year you can store and unlimited number of images and share those images with an unlimited amount of people. It’s a great way to keep all your images safe, and easily printable for those of you who like to keep paper copies of pictures.
Here’s some of the many blog posts that are talking about Flickr Video today:
links for 2008-03-12
March 12, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
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This is a pretty cool idea, they send you an email each week with a shopping list of Kraft products and 5 meals that you can make with those common ingredients.
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