Comments on: The Post-Thanksgiving Grab Bag: Favtape, Kindles, Hulu and More http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/12/02/grabbag_120208/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: links for 2008-12-03 • Bare Identity http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/12/02/grabbag_120208/comment-page-1/#comment-497995 links for 2008-12-03 • Bare Identity Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:03:25 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/?p=2555#comment-497995 [...] tecosystems » The Post-Thanksgiving Grab Bag: Favtape, Kindles, Hulu and More And while bandwidth is not a zero sum equation - it would be inaccurate to say that every minute spent talking about OO.o, for example, is a minute that isn’t spent talking about, oh, OpenSolaris - neither is attention infinite. And the more products that are maintained and talked about, the more diffuse the macro message. [...] [...] tecosystems » The Post-Thanksgiving Grab Bag: Favtape, Kindles, Hulu and More And while bandwidth is not a zero sum equation – it would be inaccurate to say that every minute spent talking about OO.o, for example, is a minute that isn’t spent talking about, oh, OpenSolaris – neither is attention infinite. And the more products that are maintained and talked about, the more diffuse the macro message. [...]

]]> By: Gordon Haff http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/12/02/grabbag_120208/comment-page-1/#comment-497853 Gordon Haff Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:42:15 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/?p=2555#comment-497853 Fair comment about bandwidth. I'm a strong believer that a company can only focus on so much--or it isn't focusing. Fair comment about bandwidth. I’m a strong believer that a company can only focus on so much–or it isn’t focusing.

]]> By: Simon Phipps http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/12/02/grabbag_120208/comment-page-1/#comment-497814 Simon Phipps Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:00:04 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/?p=2555#comment-497814 The problem with iPhone pictures on Flickr is deeper than 140 characters can nuance. The EXIF data is there for data mining, but is not used by Flickr to deliver value to the person posting the picture by placing it on their map. As such it doesn't give you any value but it does cause many of my friends angst. I'd agree it's great that the iPhone is doing that location tagging. I'd just like to see Flickr decide to hide that particular piece of EXIF data by default and then offer the user the ability to place the photo on their map automagically, rather than making the default be to display it but only for the benefit of the data miner. The problem with iPhone pictures on Flickr is deeper than 140 characters can nuance. The EXIF data is there for data mining, but is not used by Flickr to deliver value to the person posting the picture by placing it on their map. As such it doesn’t give you any value but it does cause many of my friends angst.

I’d agree it’s great that the iPhone is doing that location tagging. I’d just like to see Flickr decide to hide that particular piece of EXIF data by default and then offer the user the ability to place the photo on their map automagically, rather than making the default be to display it but only for the benefit of the data miner.

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