Alison Kinderfather

"Waaaay too nerdy for me. I read today's article about the spiral in the sky over Norway but I could have found that on MSN.com. While I could read the words, I could not understand the sentences for most of these articles. But thanks for the exposure." - Alison Kinderfather

"Signed up with delicious, imported my bookmarks from Firefox, set my RSS feed to public domain (good or bad-I might need direction here) and shared my bookmarks with Twitter." - Alison Kinderfather

"Well, this puts delicious in a different light. As I said in an earlier post about music sites, and this author says too, if the developers do not continue with the care and feeding of a site, it will die. Is BMay saying Pinboard charges? I looked into that - yes - $5.95 but for what time frame? They did not say unless you continue into their site. Sorry, I don't have enough important sites to be worried about my data being 'safe' and therefore be willing to pay. Back to delicious until I need a more robust application." - Alison Kinderfather

"Yes, actually having used the delicious app might have helped me to understand this article. Now is the time to get it set up. I think I will appreciate the web based access as I have found it hard to replicate all the bookmarks from my work browser into my laptop at home." - Alison Kinderfather

"So is it good to say "this software is open and you are free to make evolutionary changes" or are these hacks proof that the original developers are not addressing the needs of the user, who then has to modify the product himself? Is this an example of the developers not updating, losing interest in the project? Sid.vicio.us is a good name but didn't I see 'delirious' on the 2005 comparison chart? Was that an attempt to pull users away via communication error?" - Alison Kinderfather

"I am currently using Pandora but tried TheRadio.com and found it slow to load and not very smooth with the sound. Got some halting and skips but I don't think it was my equipment. The site does say it's a Beta Edition - doesn't that mean this version is still in development? I like web based music also since I don't listen to a lot of music (I'm a newsfreak and worry I might miss something!) and certainly don't buy music like I used to with vinyl. I think these types of sites have really opened up the music scene for new artists and has given them their own distribution mode. Has it helped established (or dead) artists with the piracy issue? Are these sites paying royalties?" - Alison Kinderfather

"Email for me too. I don't know anyone (outside of this class) who has told me to send them links any other way or said they use a bookmarking service. I don't use one now but I never used an RSS feed before this class either. I'll keep an open mind as I continue to read." - Alison Kinderfather

"There are a lot more sites than I ever knew about and, since this is from 2005, there are probably even more now! I will start with delicious and digg as those are the ones I see the most of when clicking around the net." - Alison Kinderfather

"Excellent explanation of social bookmarking. I have a sister-in-law who teaches middle school math and, since she was basically the example, I am going to send this to her so she understands the value. I was wondering why it could be called "social" when they were "my" bookmarks. I will continue to investigate the options further." - Alison Kinderfather

"There are too many choices here for a service that I just don't use. It must be very easy to write these programs and, if everyone is pulling from YouTube, the artists can't be assured of payment can they? PS: I'm not worried about YouTube going away but, with so many of these apps available, the cream will rise and get the dollars while the others will not be supported or updated until they die." - Alison Kinderfather

"WashU's most recent post on CollegeACB.com was 12/3 - last Thursday, so this is for real. I cannot understand the need to post to this kind of site. Just too much else going on in life to take the time to spread gossip. I may want to KNOW what's going on but I doubt I would send along items. I suppose that young people today are used to texting and reading about everything else in their world, this is just another way to communicate what would have been phoned or whispered around in another time." - Alison Kinderfather

"As harmless as any other porn site and just as addicting if you let it be. The pictures on this article show the girls dressed but I would guess that, over time, she might reveal more. Who is doing the programming of these girls? More guys? Are they trying to get the viewers to feel loved or trying to get them to do embarrassing things like a hypnotist? We already have sites where real girls will do your bidding and others that will tell you what to do, slave. Why is it any creepier when it's a cartoon? "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn this way." - Jessica Rabbit." - Alison Kinderfather

"Great - I started reading this article over an hour ago. Saw the application for Pandora and decided to add it to my site. Clicked it and..... it''s like I'm in a fugue state and lost time! Listening to my music, finding new music, checking out my FB site, my friends FB sites and their music..... where have I been? It's almost time for the FL/AL game! Thanks for pushing me into another addiction....." - Alison Kinderfather

"Wow-don't sugar coat it pal. I had heard of Lala but did not know what it did. Does 'locally owned" mean on your computer? So moving it to their application would free up space on your HD? Otherwise, I don't see why you would move your music from one site to another just to listen on their application. After reading this.... I won't bother trying to find out." - Alison Kinderfather

"Comment posting on "Your Guide to the Web Part 1" disabled. Just as well...late night now that I got lost in all the music options. It's better than karaoke - just call out any song or artist and I'll play it - and find you five more just like it! Go ahead, try me!" - Alison Kinderfather

"There are a lot of iPhone users but a $10 app? Is that enough to keep Pandora going?" - Alison Kinderfather

"One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the twentieth century - Jack The Ripper, 1888. That was worth the double click. While listening, users are offered the ability to buy the songs or albums at various online retailers. - Pandora's pay model. I've used Pandora and appreciate the insight into others performing the music I like - my first station was Leonard Cohen after hearing 'I'm Your Man.' But they really seemed to have lots of rules." - Alison Kinderfather