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Re: Cineplex Timeplay: Second Screen Comes to the Movies

Jeremy Taco Patterson — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:50:04 -0000

You gonna include a plane ticket??? If so, count me in!

Re: Which Blue Mic to Get? Yeti or Snowball?

Tris Hussey — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:24:50 -0000

Yes, be at least 10 feet away, gain cranked all the way down and have GarageBand also dynamically adjust the mic input.

Re: Which Blue Mic to Get? Yeti or Snowball?

Rachael — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:01:38 -0000

hey did you ever figure out opera settings? i had the same issue, either w/ operatic recordings or full chest voice belting out, the yeti just totally putters out w/ this, suggestions?

Re: Blogging With Your iPad: A Basic How-To

Degan Walters — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:08:01 -0000

Thanks for this. I've been trying hard to make the switch but it hasn't quite caught on yet.

Re: California Sounding the Death Knell of the Printed Textbook?

jonjennings — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:34:27 -0000

Ooooh - very interesting.

"50 open-source digital textbooks"... on the face of it, that means they'll be available to everyone. I'd like to think that might lead to other school boards, states, countries etc thinking "hmmmm... why don't WE use their freely available textbooks" and maybe the thing could quickly snowball.

On the flip-side, I foresee the almost criminally money-grubbing post-secondary textbook industry getting even more evil as they attempt to prolong the life of a dying business model (cf the 'old school' music production/distribution industry)

But yes, given the number of intelligent and cautious adults who break/damage/lose the expensive & delicate electronics that they've had to work hard for, I'm not sure I rate the chances of an average kid making it through a single school year with any current tablet.

Re: Linksys RE1000 Range Extender: Works as advertised and rather well at that

Peggy Weaver — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:33:48 -0000

Problem: RE1000 Extender linked to old Cisco Modem. Installed a new Time Warner Ubee modem/router on Friday and tried to re-install RE1000 to new modem.

Message says I'm connected to 2 networks. How to change back to factory default on Extender so that I can re-install to for new modem/router?

Re: Linksys RE1000 Range Extender: Works as advertised and rather well at that

Brutus — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:40:10 -0000

Agree with you, its crap!!!

Re: Linksys RE1000 Range Extender: Works as advertised and rather well at that

guestman — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:07:14 -0000

The only pet peeve i have about this is that you can't just run the install on a wired desktop. You have to run it from a wireless laptop or netbook or buy a wireless adapter for your clunky (although probably better) desktop. Now I'm installing the firmware for this thing on an old hp laptop. NOT GOOD. Otherwise, as advertised, setup was the worst, but performance is the best.

Re: Getting fired up about WP 3.4

Dee Johnson — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:24:38 -0000

Loved your book "Create your own blog". I read it twice. I have an online business and was excited to start my own WordPress blog. I got it mostly set up and finished the about page. When I went back to home I got a blank page. Then I went to support to type in the problem and got a blank page again. I went online to try to contact WordPress and it always takes me back to the Support page which goes blank when I try to type in the problem window.

Online I saw many others with the same complaint which never got resolved. I emptied my cache and cookies and reset my Safari with no luck.

I AM SERIOUSLY BUMMED. I bought my own domain name and paid extra to have it converted. I even opened a dummy account to see if I could get to WordPress Support from there, but another blank page.

This experience makes your book worthless to those of us who are experiencing the same problem. Do you have any WordPress geek buddies I can e-mail?

Re: The Next Logical Step: iMacPadBook

Ivan Pope — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:33:20 -0000

"The cost might be an OS that is more akin to iOS than OS X"
The Mac OS is getting rather tired. It's a pity they haven't put as much effort into that as into the hardware (and screens?) etc. If they do morph the iOS onto the desktop (laptop?) platforms that's the death of the Mac as far as I'm concerned. The iOS does nothing really, it doesn't exist. Even now, when I use the Windows machine upstairs I rather enjoy the fast big time OS which just seems easier to get around in. Many things just work better. iOS is a death knell.

Re: My must have WordPress plugins

KennyTheMap — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:53:06 -0000

My recent experience of WP e-commerce would have me swap it in your list for Woo Commerce. In terms of response to queries and issues these two are chalk and cheese. I now understand why WP e-commerce rates only 3 stars despite huge downloads.

I paid $195 for priority support from WP e-commerce and got no response to a simple question after 1+ biz days. Then installing their plugin commandeered 2 of my static pages. I couldn't report that because they operate a token system for priority support i.e. my previous query had to be answered before I could submit my issue. Uninstal worked fortunately.

Checked around more and Woo Commerce seemed to be a good fit. Sent same simple query and got an answer next day without having paid anything. Documentation looks good and best of all I can try out the product in their demo environment. I'm buying today.

Re: Which Blue Mic to Get? Yeti or Snowball?

N_thu — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:52:48 -0000

Superb analysis, thank you. Invaluable in making a decision on which mic to buy, very noticable difference between the two mics.

Re: Google Buying QuickOffice is the Death Knell for Microsoft

Jarda — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:56:30 -0000

I don't expect QuickOffice (whatever is the spreadsheeet named there) to match the levels of Excel, but I would be very pleasantly surprised if I don't run into fundamental limitations within first 5 minutes of work.
I was forced to buy Excel last month. As much as one might hate the fact Excel still plays its own league.

Re: Teaching WordPress and not installing WordPress

High School Web Design — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:29:35 -0000

Hi Tris,

No, you are not crazy at all. We came to the same conclusion.

When it comes to teaching students with no prior WordPress experience, it's too distracting and messy to try to explain and demonstrate the self-hosted version.

As you point out, Wordpress.com has all the basic, day-to-day features of running a blog and it's ridiculously easy to set up for an absolute beginner.

We are a group of web designers and high school teachers who created a 12-week XHTML/CSS curriculum pack for high school teachers to use.

After hearing from so many teachers that they would like to teach WordPress, we decided to create a 6-week Introduction to WordPress course, which focuses on WordPress.com exclusively.

The curriculum pack for this course is nearing completion and should be available sometime in June 2012. If feedback is positive, we will go on to create the 6-week followup course, which will get into the self-hosting process and all its glory (and headaches).

If you don't mind the plug, here is a link that further describes the curriculum we are creating:

http://highschoolwebdesign....

Cheers,

Michael
High School Web Design

Re: Updating Editions—What did I miss the first time?

Tris Hussey — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:19:19 -0000

For a second edition (one is NOT in the works any time soon, btw) we'll work on the figures. Since this book has been so successful I think we'll be able to have better images in the future.

Re: Updating Editions—What did I miss the first time?

Tris Hussey — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:17:52 -0000

Hi Jim, I've put off working on a 2nd ed of Using WordPress to focus on writing a book on how to create WordPress themes...so that should help you (in a few months).

Re: Updating Editions—What did I miss the first time?

Jim deJonge — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:15:18 -0000

As for how deeply to delve into customizing themes: Funny, I just got done going through that section again at the computer. Everything worked well for me, except that the multi-color theme now already supports menus, so there was nothing to do. The process for adding menu support seems easy enough, though - just two lines of code.

Delving deeper into customizing themes seems like opening up a can of worms because it would require knowing HTML/CSS/PHP.

The paragraph about how creating a new page with no text cues WP to fill it in with blog posts was a little confusing. When I read that, I thought to myself, "Really? That seems weird... but ok. Good to know." Makes me wonder what other WP weirdness is out there!

I did not try installing Thematic/Street, though it was an informative read.

Overall, I felt like the theme chapter did a good job of setting me up to explore the topic of customization further. It didn't give me the nuts and bolts, because that would have been out of scope, but at least now I know where the nuts and bolts are.

Re: Updating Editions—What did I miss the first time?

Jim deJonge — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:45:48 -0000

I second jbossart's observation that the figures were hard to read. I read the print version, and even with a magnifying glass it was difficult to see them. Other than that, your book was a good intro to WP. I've even set up LAMP and ftp service on a home computer to serve as a WP sandbox.

Re: LinkedIn and Slideshare sitting in a tree and we get a-u-t-h-o-r-i-t-y

health tourism company — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:02:03 -0000

This is really good and awesome. I think Linkedin is the best network among all social media platforms.

Re: David Armano is still inspired by blogging

Ezra Nanes — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:36:07 -0000

Nice post Tris! You got me inspired. As I finish up grad school (MBA) and seek relevance and impact in the world of new everything I have been pondering over the place of a blog in my life. I used to write one with my wife, Mieke, called "liefstyle" on blogspot, but life and a baby shut that one down. Well, anyway, thank you for the post, and hope to return the favor one day!

Re: The iPad as a laptop replacement is a step forward

Tris Hussey — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:39:10 -0000

Bingo. A battery that lasts as long as you need to get the job done? Heck I can teach all day using my iPad for my slides & not run out of juice. Yes, you have to learn to dim/lock the screen to save power, but how hard is that really?

Re: The iPad as a laptop replacement is a step forward

Tris Hussey — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:37:57 -0000

Exactly. The iPad isn't a replacement for a big computer on your desk, it's a replacement for trying to lug a portable version of the big computer on your desk around! Of course a MacBook Air is pretty awesome.

Re: The iPad as a laptop replacement is a step forward

Anabelle — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:54:12 -0000

I couldn't stop using my desktop--27 inch iMac. I like the screen real estate and how I can have writing and research side to side. I could live without my macbook air, but I do love me some iPad on the go. With the stylus, it's even replaced a paper notebook.

Re: The iPad as a laptop replacement is a step forward

Jeremy Lim — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:15:40 -0000

You know, I'm working really hard on switching over. Have an iPad 2. Even bought it a keyboard so I don't ruin my wrists / neck. Quite solid, but I do get irritated when I can't work at my regular frantic pace, at which point, I'm forced to wander over to the computer. While that might sound bad, it's probably a good thing. Separation. Like you said, single-mindedness when it comes to getting stuff done.
On the go though? My gosh. iPad! - hands down! Not only is it light - it lasts FOREVER and EVER.

Re: Inked!

Tris Hussey — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:45:27 -0000

I think they just charged shop minimum. It look like 40 mins.