Ryan Joy - Latest Comments

Re: New glasses.

Paul Menard — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:02:56 -0000

Now you're styling!

Re: @JonLoyens on Facebook OpenGraph

Shari Haughey — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:18:35 -0000

It was very interesting presentation!

Re: Historypin - Mashup of old and current view

Jeff Underwood — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:02:10 -0000

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Re: Allotting personal time

Alex — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:48:58 -0000

I'm glad I was able to introduce you to Project52 Ryan (and by extension Kathy :). It can be hard to balance the innate info-junkie tendencies against the desire to produce. I know I struggle with it daily. But at the same time, I think the proper balance will drive both - I want to learn more about topic X and once I do, I should take the time to write about it before I move on to topic Y, both to cement it in my brain and to provide notes should that cement fail and I need to refresh my knowledge. Additionally, sharing knowledge ensures a healthy ecosystem of information from which we all benefit.

Re: Allotting personal time

Kathy Warren — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:31:02 -0000

Great post, Ryan - I'm similarly struggling with personal time management amidst the tidal wave of learning and communications opportunities at any give moment. I'm also a two-time dead-beat blogger. Thanks to you and Alex I plan to check out Project 52. Happy New Year! kw

Re: atxryan: @doogsatx I think most cars > $100k are retarded.

Mike — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:26:25 -0000

I think people who use the word retarded are misguided. You're not cool by using that word and people think you're ignorant.

Re: atxryan: Getting errors that suggest Gmail is down. Seeing others tweet the same.

Harsh Agrawal — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:50:40 -0000

Gmail down created a great trend on Twitter.. Even iGoogle was no working...Glad Its back now..Though I hope they will not come up with something like
After Twitter Google got DDOS attack

Re: Domo – Future Fest

Ryan Joy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:29:42 -0000

I was in shorts and t-shirt AND still extremely hot. I can only imaging what it was like inside that costume!

Re: Domo – Future Fest

Domo-Kunta — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:37:06 -0000

Just letting everyone know that that costume was extremely hot but it was a blast wearing it for everyone.

Re: atxryan: What was up w/ the #CNNfail today re: the #Iranelection? Watching http://bit.ly/vnedr is both sad and heartening.

Ryan Joy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:27:25 -0000

I think they should cover newsworthy events and inform their viewers. I understand what you're saying, but cater to the audience on slow news days.

Re: atxryan: What was up w/ the #CNNfail today re: the #Iranelection? Watching http://bit.ly/vnedr is both sad and heartening.

bowler — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:14:20 -0000

CNN's not that bad... they cater to their audience's demands, isn't that what they're supposed to do for the most part?

Re: Brazil Vacation 2008 – Election time

2Φ3Σ27Φ (\)λ√λ22Φ — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:54:05 -0000

I hate this tactic, I've lived in Mexico for the last 7 years and every 3 years like clockwork for 2 months straight you get these clowns blareing their jingles and scribbling political propaganda everywhere...

Re: Brazil Vacation 2008 – Election time

Chris Hutcherson — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:33:56 -0000

Have two candidates ever got the same number of votes in the past?

Re: Blood Drive Tweetup and Why Michelle is Awesome

Michelle Greer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:40 -0000

RefreshAustin has been there for me 100%. What a great group of folks. See you there ;-).

Re: Are tags user-centric or site-centric?

Becky — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:22:32 -0000

I use the content-centric approach - using tags to help find more content on that same topic.

Re: Are tags user-centric or site-centric?

Jeff Petry — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:39:17 -0000

User centric for me. Just like the offline world, I use it to get a better understanding of what people i find credible and interesting think. When we were at Forrester this week, I was reminded again that when it comes to all this new stuff, what they say is true: "focus on the relationships not the technology." When I think about how I use nearly any Web 2 technologies, its just broadens/facilitates what I was already doing offline.

Re: Are tags user-centric or site-centric?

Tim — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:36:06 -0000

I'm with Doug, but I typically frequent blogs with a small number of writers with pseudo-editorial control over what the tag cloud looks like.

I wonder if the types of sites a user visits generate a lot of that user's expectations around how tagging works.

Re: Are tags user-centric or site-centric?

Doug — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:09:56 -0000

I actually use tags in a content-centric mode, because I use them like smarter search keywords. I love Flickr for that reason, and I think it makes the tool so much more useful than Google Image Search, for instance. Of course, standard search rules apply - using multiple tags or proper nouns always works better. On the other hand, I do filter a lot of content by user, I just don't use tagging as the feature-level way to do it. For me RSS feed selection, Twitter following, etc. all work best when you consider the person who is the source, not necessarily the topic.

Re: Are tags user-centric or site-centric?

chuy — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:01:13 -0000

Tagging? Joo mean like when me and my homies hit Lowes for some cans and then lay down some logos?

Re: Are tags user-centric or site-centric?

alex — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:29:33 -0000

I use it as a zeitergist to judge what's popular especially for time based information

Re: Twitter is becoming my breaking-news source

tolar — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:40:43 -0000

oh, and i found out about this post via twitter :)

Re: When does consumer engagement become SPAM?

Michelle Greer — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:18:50 -0000

The difference is that spammers are not solving problems--they are just offering unsolicited service. As long as Twitter users do not respond to spammers, the spammers will see it as a waste of time.

Re: When does consumer engagement become SPAM?

Alex S. Jones — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:36:10 -0000

It all depends on the nature and content of the reply. If it's a genuine response from a real person, then it's much harder to call it spam in my opinion. In this case, the fact that Popeye's responded in a way that shows they actually read Alex's tweet and responded with passion. I wish I had that level of service when I go to one of their stores.

Zappos is a great example of a company that gets it. It's insane how many of their employees actively use Twitter, which includes their CEO. They're tinkering with this experiment and blazing some cool trails along the way.

The very nature of Twitter encourages open communication from people or organizations who may not know each other directly. In the examples you listed above, the companies were actually being helpful, which I think rocks, and I for one, would love to see this type of use and participation grow.

That said, spammer's have found holes, and will likely find or create more, and some companies try to use Twitter for purely promotional means. In both cases the folks behind Twitter, and those of us who use it will need to step up in varying degrees to combat the misuse.

Re: Twitter Updates for 2008-05-16

Daily Contempt — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:26:27 -0000

"Child Trader Child Exchange Network isn't about not loving childing. Its about finding a family that can love them more. "

Re: Daily delivery of an electronic newspaper

Kamran — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:21:26 -0000

Can you share with me your old version of pdfs for eibds?
Thanks.