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Re: A Short Post on How I’m Doing… - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Thanks Sean. I remember finding this a while go. The reason why this tool is completely, for lack of a better word, "worthless" is because it only looks at the last 100 tweets (similar to twiterstats). Therefore, it only covers the last day or couple of days of my tweets. I wish there was a tool out there that could analyze my entire stream and gauge my happiness by month or week up to 3 years ago but that's not available because of the limits Twitter puts on the API."
- Adam Jackson
Re: The Illustrious McDonald’s McRib - http://unbreaded.com/2009...
"I had a McRib about 3 years ago and laid in bed the rest of the day with heart palpitations. It was tasty though."
- Adam Jackson
Re: For Sale: Canon PowerShot G10 (Slightly Used) - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"I also wanted to add that none of those photos were processed. All 100% natural from the camera. I took thousands of photos with the G10. It's a great camera!"
- Adam Jackson
Re: There’s No Such Things as an Eternal Optimist - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Thanks Navarr. I appreciate it. I just hope by telling these stories that it inspires others."
- Adam Jackson
Re: Why I’m Selling my MacBook Pro - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Cool man! Yeah, I frankly got tired of replying to everyone and trying to say within 140 characters why I'm selling it. It's not that I'm such rich asshole who can buy all of this stuff, I just have gotten the timing down pat and now exploit it. Having a new machine is pretty sweet!"
- Adam Jackson
Re: 10,000 Apps A Week - http://parislemon.com/2009...
""Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" LOL."
- Adam Jackson
Re: I was wrong about full-text feeds - http://scobleizer.com/2009...
"Hi Robert. You are certainly an advocate of web-based tech over dedicated software so comparing apps like NetNewsWire and NewsFire with Google Reader.... why do you opt to use Google Reader? I can only imagine these reasons. 1. Portability of being able to access it anywhere 2. Easy sharing features 3. Data, stats, trends and data on what your friends are reading 4. iPhone mobile web app that looks great. I just prefer dedicated software on my Mac (Mail, Tweetie, Netnewswire, Pages, Things, iCal, iTunes) but I've honestly tried Reader and can't get into it."
- Adam Jackson
Re: 10,000 Apps A Week - http://parislemon.com/2009...
"Wow. 10 THOUSAND a week? That's simply mind boggling. I'm not going to make that argument of quality over quantity but it's clear that Apple has to go from 5-25 people approving apps to probably a team (possibly outsourced) that's soaring around 150 people now or more. Wasn't there a figure that the typical person does 100 approvals per day? That's a nice round 100 people doing approvals. I'm sure the new tool that checks for private API calls is helping that process but I'm really curious what the approval percentage is. It's clear that the app store is soaring in quantity at 100 or 1,000 times that of its competitors."
- Adam Jackson
Re: Here’s What Google Thinks of Me.. - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Haha. Yeah, in summary adam is a mac fanboy."
- Adam Jackson
Re: Twitter’s new Retweet Feature: I found a flaw (finally) - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Thank you for the reply. So I've heard another person who said that as well over email so I'm not sure what the difference was. I did just doublecheck and it worked for me. Not sure what is different. Regarding the blocked list, I wanted to add that it's not an official feature that's included in Twitter's Web Interface. Meaning, I can't go to settings and see who I'm blocking. An XML or API call isn't the same cause most users can't do that. A web developer did contact me and said we should build a site that shows you who you're blocking but at t his time, normal users can't get the info easily unless they know this tip you added."
- Adam Jackson
Re: Twitter’s new ReTweet Feature: The 5 Minute Review - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Totally! That was my primary hatred toward the feature at first. The FriendFeed style when people "liked" somethign was nice. I hope Twitter makes it an option but I like this method a lot."
- Adam Jackson
Re: Twitter’s new ReTweet Feature: The 5 Minute Review - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Yeah and I added that I didn't like the UI of the retweet that showed all of the avatars of people that also retweeted but to really enhance discovery, it's a good way to discover people who also tweeted something (like minds)"
- Adam Jackson
Re: Twitter’s new ReTweet Feature: The 5 Minute Review - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Well, this is why FriendFeed is so awesome :) I've seen some internal builds of some upcoming apps some have a button for retweet (using the new API) and others have "edit and retweet" which uses the old way which will allow you to add a comment. That might be a good approach?"
- Adam Jackson
Re: Twitter’s new ReTweet Feature: The 5 Minute Review - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Completely true. I also feel the complexity of it will diminish if the user is using a 3rd party application that doesn't make things as complicated. the interface can be pretty simple I think. My review shows that it can be complicated if you look at things at the granular level but overall, it's an easy approach to a feature that was basically invented by the users. Which is also how "replies" started. and @username as a way to mention someone else. When I joined those features weren't "official""
- Adam Jackson
Re: _BT - http://bt.tumblr.com/post...
"Hey Brian. This photo truly has a thousand words that could describe it."
- Adam Jackson
Re: “Relationship Status: Single” - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Hello Carolyn. I did reply to your comment directly via email but it's worth answering it here as well. When the post was public, I immediately received more anonymous hate and some were extremely grotesque. All of the feedback received made fun of me and called me a loser and that I would be single for life and all implied that Laura was smart to dump me. With Laura's permission, I added that but it wasn't to be a zing. It was in defense of people who were finding any little thing to pick on. Naturally, I'm going to have people calling me an ass for leaving her but that's just how it goes. There's no way to please everyone. Thanks."
- Adam Jackson
Re: Announcing MashBash SXSWi 2010: Call For Sponsors - http://mashable.com/2009...
"Wow. That's a huge venue for you guys. Last year, I was at the party for about 5 minutes and had to leave. It was insane!"
- Adam Jackson
Eve (5/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
"What is not to love about this amazing lounge? First I have to say that the place pretty much mirrors most of the standard SF lounges that have a focus on amazing cocktails (eg. swig, rye, anu,…"
- Adam Jackson
Re: Spam-bashing on Twitter - A True Story - http://crashdev.blogspot.com/2009...
"Hello Chris. I see that you are the CEO at AppStore. Thank you, first of all for building the tool and for writing this blog post. I'm overseeing just a bit of Chorus' online outreach by connecting to users and building a relationship so naturally I just discovered your post. I'm the first to admit and agree that Twitter is easily "gameable" and can be used to spread something through viral methods with only a few lines of code. However, there is care and work that can be done so that we ,as an application that interfaces with Twitter, are on the right side of the fence and not the side responsible for the noise. At launch, we ask for your Twitter credentials and in the first 4 hours after launch, we were careless in how tweets were handled which caused a bit of pushback from less then 4% of users. However, we made a server side change yesterday that explicitly says how we'll be tweeting and if you want to opt-out. Today, the amount of Twitter noise from our application dropped about..."
- Adam Jackson
Security Guard at 555 California Street Threatens to Punch Photographer in the Face and Break His F****ing Camera - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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I was disappointed today to read a report by my friend Troy Holden, who works on the Caliber blog over a run in that he and another photographer had with a group of security guards at 555 California Street. I’ve known Troy for a while and we’ve been out shooting alot together. According to Troy, security guards there objected to him and a friend photographing the building based on “safety” issues. When challenged on the photography ban, according to Troy, one of the security guards asked him if he’d like to be punched in the face and threatened to break his f***ing camera. I’m very disappointed to read about this terrible reaction by these guards at 555 California Street. Photography is not a crime, nor should be taking exterior photographs of buildings and architecture. Furthermore the reaction by this guard was totally uncalled for and extremeley unprofessional. I hope that he is disciplined for his behavior in this case.
- Thomas Hawk
Time for a walk over to 555 California. It's just about lunch time now....
- Jeremy Brooks
I sure wished I lived in California ,,,
- johnpiercy
You would think they would rethink these things, knowing that not only do some of these cameras take just one shot pictures but they can take videos too.
- Santa CW™
Maybe its time to start recording video and sound while out photo-walking.
- Santa CW™
I'm considering a lanyard iPhone case so that I can just hang it around my neck and fire up video recording when I meet idiots like this.
- Jeremy Brooks
Printing out and showing someone the "photographer's rights under the law" on a card would probably help more in a confrontational situation than shooting video of them. Security guards are unlikely to be even aware of the law as it regards photography, they're just reacting to perceived encroachment and watching their asses.
- Adrian
Agreed. recording video of these incidents would help tremendously.
- Adam Jackson
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Protect yourself by knowing your rights: http://www.urban75.org/photos...
- Adrian
Adrian, if they are of this mindset then they won't care what your rights are much less what is on a card.
- Santa CW™
I have noticed that there has been a "shut down" of sorts on taking pictures especially where public places are concerned, Oddly, Burger King in my town has a notice posted on the drive up that you can not take a photo of the building within a certain parameter. As I analyzed this strange sign three things came to mind: 1) people in the shot who find themselves posted on social media...
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- Melanie Reed
Social Media has changed the playing field for a lot of things we used to take for granted
- Melanie Reed
Melanie, What makes you think that I can't just go about oh say 100 yards away from the building and still take a photo with a larger lens, which will give me the same effect as if I'm up close? Not allowing it is wrong. If this continues you won't be allowed to take pictures in Disneyland for fear of copyright infringements or worried that some mentally deranged person will fly a airplane into the Matterhorn.
- Santa CW™
CW- I'm only reporting what I saw in my own town, not making a judgment on how effective postings like this are. I am using some deductive reasoning on why such signs (and behaviors) might be popping up more often. It portends to me, taking into account some other tangential issues raised by the Internet, that there are going to be more not less of these kind of things in the offing.
- Melanie Reed
CW, I understand, but my point is that when someone tries to bully you out of your rights, the first thing they need to be made aware of is that you are in fact aware of your rights and that they are now breaking the law. You flip the script and if that doesn't work, proceed to step B... videotaping the act, confrontation, so on.
- Adrian
And as long as you bring up your technology and skill, I believe this is what many celebrities have been arguing over for quite some time, is it not? The right to privacy has become a rather strange and illogical fight. On the one hand, there are some in society who argue "what's done in Taiwan, Bangkok, or other remote location, stays in that location" On the other hand, we now have...
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- Melanie Reed
I also want to say that I am awed by the skill of photographers and I admire much of what you create (with the exception of those who create pornography). I understand that taking a picture for many its about creating art. But then on that floor, I think of painters. Most cannot paint a portrait without being asked or seeking permission. Sketching by a remote location usually was not...
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- Melanie Reed
Adrian, If you have ever been involved in one of the confrontations with a security guard, you will know that about 90% of the time the SG has no idea what the law is and doesn't care. No amount of reasoning will get them to change their mind. Many are on a power trip, they are always right and you are always wrong, in their mind.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Melanie, the problem here is that in the US you have a perfect right to take photographs of just about anything you want in a public place. So long as you are not taking photos in a place the people would reasonably expect to have privacy, such as a public rest room or a dressing area, or though a window into a private space. Yes it is good practice to ask people if you can photograph...
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- Jeff P. Henderson
on digg here: http://digg.com/odd_stu...
- Thomas Hawk
Here is a great resource which summarizes photographers rights in the US. http://www.krages.com/phorigh...
- Jeff P. Henderson
Dugg. Maybe Calibersf will be getting slammed for a second day in a row. :-)
- Jeremy Brooks
Jeff, I've been taking photos of future wireless telecom facility locations for a living for the past 15 years. I've shot thousands of locations and been there many many times, but taking these photos is my job, and part of that is to diffuse a situation in a professional manner.
- Adrian
Jeff, thank you for the explanation. So you're saying that if someone does not want to be photographed, they really have no rights if it is a public space? What should be their response? What are my choices? It seems I don't have the right anymore to refuse to be photographed.
- Melanie Reed
Melanie, I think most photographers, when asked not to take someone's photo, will honor the request so the problem for the most part is self correcting, but as I said you still can take their photo if you really want to. Most people will avoid confrontation. This is how paparazzi get away with harassing celebrities in public, the celebs have very little recourse. I am hesitant to shoot closeups of people in public, but some photographers do this on a daily basis.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Adrian, yes acting professional will usually help. I also have seen that if you are a professional doing your job, you are less likely to be harassed or thought of as some sort of threat as opposed to a couple of guys wandering around the streets shooting photos. Cops and security guards seem to have a hard time grasping the concept that people actually go out and shoot photos of buildings and inanimate objects for art's sake or just for the fun of it.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Melanie, in the U.S. at least people have no rights not to be photographed in public settings. See Nussenzweig v. DiCorcia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Thomas Hawk
Jeff, so as I understand what you have said, if I really want to protect myself from the invasion of an unwanted photograph, I must either stay away from all public places or wear some kind of protection that totally disguises myself. Strange as it may seem, lots of people consider this an invasion. They do remember a time when they could walk about freely without being harassed or the...
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- Melanie Reed
Thank you Thomas. That's good to know. Now I have a question. Would any of you like to photographed all the time in the manner that you are describing that you have made clear we have no rights. in? You are usually on the other side of the lens. How do you think you would feel? would it bother you?
- Melanie Reed
We *are* photographed constantly, all day, every day. There are surveillance cameras all over the place now. If somebody wants to photograph me in a public place, whatever. It doesn't bother me. I know that the same rights that apply to me apply to them. If I don't want to have my photo taken, I have the right to turn around, walk away, wear a hat and sunglasses. Rights are more important than our individual preferences.
- Jeremy Brooks
Malanie, I shoot photos in public places all of the time such as fairs, the beach, amusement parks etc. which contain people in them and have rarely had anyone object. Mind you I'm not shooting close ups of people, generally my photos are of a large scene that happens to contain people. I don't think this is really that big of an issue for most people. People often do notice my rather...
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- Jeff P. Henderson
Good summary Jeremy.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Jeff, that's a good point. We are very likely in the background (or possibly the subject of) lots of different photographs that we have no idea were taken. Visited any major cities tourist traps? Click click, welcome to somebody's family album.
- Jeremy Brooks
Jeremy and Jeff, with respect, I disagree. It is the right of people not to be photographed if they don't want to be. I had a social studies teacher who introduced me to a concept:"Your rights end where another's begin" Photography like many other things is an activity, but it is not a right.
- Melanie Reed
Melanie, I agree with you from a common sense and civility stand point, but according to the law you are incorrect.
- Jeff P. Henderson
As much as anyone wants to say you don't have the right to something, doesn't make it illegal. You can harass them to stop but you can't do anything short of getting a restraining order to limit their activities around you.
- Santa CW™
Decent people with cameras will respect others. The key here is to ask. If they don't do it, then you at least tried.
- Santa CW™
You can disagree, and I understand your sentiment, but in fact you are incorrect. People do NOT have the right to privacy in the United States when they are in a public location. That's the way it is. There are many things that may be irritating to us, but people have the guaranteed right to participate in those activities, and I'll say it again: Rights are more important than our individual preferences.
- Jeremy Brooks
Jeremy thank you for your response. It is isn't irritating to me at all. With respect to you, It offends my very being. You invade another when you take something that does not belong to you. My image is my own. It was given to me. Indeed, there are some Indian tribes who also consider this sacred and to take a picture is to steal a little of their soul.
- Melanie Reed
Melanie, are you offended when you walk into a shopping mall or into a bank, driving down the street? You are being photographed constantly in these locations and many others.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Melanie, then how to you handle having your photograph taken dozens of times a day? Sorry, your image is not yours exclusively; we were given eyes.
- Jeremy Brooks
Melanie, have you ever looked at the amazing photography of Robert Frank? Or Garry Winogrand? Or Lee Friedlander? Or even crazy old Bruce Gilden for that matter. Much of their work is street photography. Random and amazing art. Imagery taken of people without their permission. I think that we are richer as a society having work like this in our lives. Have you seen the videos of the...
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- Thomas Hawk
Gentlemen, the key point here is permission. I have the right to me. And you have the right to you.
- Melanie Reed
Yes, but no one asked mine or your permission to take our photos at the bank or mall. How do you account for that?
- Jeff P. Henderson
except Melanie that according the U.S. constitution as interpreted by the courts, the first amendment right to free speech trumps your right to not have your image captured. The greater good of having a free and open press/speech trumps the desire by people not to be in photographs.
- Thomas Hawk
I think this discussion is getting off track. The incident being described here has nothing to do with people being photographed, it is a building. I suspect these guards could care less if you stood there and took pictures of people all day. They just won't let you take a picture of a building.
- Kenton
The fact that this issue is over photographing an inanimate object makes it all the more ridiculous.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Jeff, that's exactly my point. We could argue all day with Melanie over people's rights vs wants, but I think if any of us was approached by Melanie and asked not to photograph her we'd all agree and not take the picture. The fact that these security guards act like this when protecting a building from having its picture taken is just ridiculous.
- Kenton
Here's the reality today: I am the guy standing in the middle of the sidewalk, wearing my orange baseball cap, taking pictures of all sorts of things, in all directions. You see ME. Everybody sees ME and where my lens is pointed. But Melanie, do you see the perverts behind/below/above you, shooting with long lenses, cell phones, minicams hidden in a baby stroller or other seemingly harmless item? The shutterbugs you can see? We aren't the ones you should be worrying about.
- Morgan Haley
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OMFG @frucci from @Gizmodo hosts a Windows 7 Launch Party. It ends WELL!
- Adam Jackson
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Re: Social Media is Ruining Everything… - http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
"Thanks Freddy for the comment."
- Adam Jackson
Re: Twitter Trends: Airline Hotlist August 2009 - http://www.briansolis.com/2009...
"Hmmmm. Well, first of all follower count is also based that both JetBlue and Southwest were and may still be on the Twitter Suggested user list which can count from 2K-5K a day in new followers on average. Second thing, those amount of tweets from the companies is very low! Assuming 1 person is on Twitter full time, that's 15-25 minutes of work. I'm doing Twitter marketing for a dozen people and can commit an hour per day per company and do about 20 tweets a day per client w/ reporting and logging of activity no problem. If I was doing full time work for southwest it would be somewhere over a hundred a day just replying to people mentioning them. Maybe even more."
- Adam Jackson
http://twitpic.com/l6a8g - LOL my mom has this picture of me on our fridge from when I was 2!
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OMFG LOL!
- Adam Jackson
Haha! But where's your iPhone?
- Eric Geller
Hah @adamjackson just deleted 1,000 follower bots. I bet if I did that it would delete 20,000.
maybe you should take the time to see whos human, then you can count on the human network when you need it.
- Cjay
How do you feel about "just deleted 1,000 follower bots"?
- Mistletoe Glen
Posted this blog post w/ stats and graphs. http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009...
- Adam Jackson
How do you feel about "Posted this blog post w/ stats and graphs"?
- Mistletoe Glen
Tweetie for Mac - http://wakoopa.com/softwar...
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I think the price is high and honestly you don't have any reason to pay for it since the ads aren't that intrusive. it's my favorite twitter app just because it's native to Mac.
- Adam Jackson
YouTube - http://wakoopa.com/softwar...
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- Adam Jackson
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FAST FAST FAST. I can play anything with VLC. It's so stable. all kinds of file formats. I think the winner here is just the fact that It can play any file I gthrow at it.
- Adam Jackson
iTunes is becoming just too beasty! It was so much simpler before. still it's the king and there's no denying it.
- Adam Jackson
NetNewsWire - http://wakoopa.com/softwar...
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Ya know. I love NNW and have for a few years now. Not happy with the new Google Reader changes but whatever. it's still a great straightforward app for RSS.
- Adam Jackson
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