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AdamD replied on October 04, 2008 22:02 to the idea "Approve Listen Request & Listen Back" in Shizzow:

Awww... but not the Ajax buttons.

AdamD replied on August 11, 2008 22:43 to the idea "Change login "name" to "email address"" in Shizzow:

I like that I can enter it either way. I prefer the name field, too, especially with the label.

And I wouldn't blame it user error (that would make it my fault!). Let's blame it on the iPhone, which makes it so easy to misspell stuff the exact same way over and over.

AdamD replied on August 11, 2008 21:01 to the idea "Change login "name" to "email address"" in Shizzow:

Then I must have had my password wrong several times..

AdamD shared an idea in Shizzow on August 11, 2008 19:14:

Redirect Shizow.com

It's a dev version now, but that's going to be a common misspelling. Redirect it now, before you get people using your dev version (which could cause its own set of strange bug-tracking problems).

Also, it's too late to get shazow.com, but shazzow.com is available!

AdamD shared an idea in Shizzow on August 11, 2008 19:11:

Change login "name" to "email address"

When I went to login on my iPhone, I was confused that Shizzow didn't let me in. Finally, I realized that it wanted me to login with my email address. Unfortunately, the form said "name," which seemed like I should use my username.

AdamD replied on August 11, 2008 19:06 to the idea "Special-case "home" place?" in Shizzow:

There should be a private option, because this issue goes beyond just my home. If I go see a friend, I don't want to give away their address, either.

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AdamD started following the idea "I would like to shout via SMS" in Shizzow.

AdamD replied on August 11, 2008 18:51 to the idea "Approve Listen Request & Listen Back" in Shizzow:

I'd add to make Ajaxy buttons for quick listening. As it is, when I have lots of people in a list, I have to click "listen," then click back, remember who I just listened to, and click "listen" on the next name. I can't even make it easier by opening the listen link in a new window, because it uses JS.

AdamD replied on August 11, 2008 18:47 to the problem ""Add a Place" not working in FireFox 3 on OS X" in Shizzow:

Hmm... it worked for me...

AdamD reported a problem in Secondbrain on July 10, 2008 23:58:

Tags in del.icio.us with for: prefix are not treated as private

My tags were imported from del.icio.us including a full accounting of those with the for: prefix. On del.icio.us, those tags are not made public, as it shows what I shared with whom.

This gets at a worry I have about the way SecondBrain is approaching the lifestream. Rather than selecting from publicly available feeds, you are requiring a login for many of the tools. This opens users up for privacy violations, even accidental ones like this issue I'm bringing up.

AdamD replied on March 20, 2008 16:49 to the question "Is anyone else's Macbook losing plastic around the edge of the keyboard?" in Apple:

Yes! You are within a year. I recommend you bring it to your nearest Apple store. I had mine fixed and the problem hasn't returned.

AdamD asked a question in Apple on February 05, 2008 19:50:

Where can I complain to Apple about upgrading the iPhone just a few weeks after MacWorld?

I waited until after MacWorld to buy an iPhone so that I could get something new if they announced it. Instead, they waited three weeks AFTER MacWorld and announced increased storage (2x the amount for only $100 more).

I'd like to let Apple know that this bugs me, but it's virtually impossible to find a general customer service contact form/email for them.

AdamD replied on December 11, 2007 17:18 to the question "Bringing access to my detached studio" in Comcast:

I'm in Portland, Oregon.

It did seem strange. The fact that the first tech seemed open to it made me consider just making another appointment and since it appears to depend on the tech. Then, the first tech might have said it was easy because he didn't have to do it.

AdamD asked a question in Comcast on December 11, 2007 08:34:

Bringing access to my detached studio

I just moved into a beautiful new home--our first purchase. It has a detached studio where I set up my home office.

When the Comcast tech came to connect me in the main house, I asked about the studio. "You'll have to have someone come out to do it, but they'll go from the box at the side of the house, up, and over to the studio. It will be a new connection fee--just $29."

When tech number two came, he had a different tune. He told me Comcast could not go through the air to my separate structure. I had two options:
1) Add a new account and connect my studio directly from the street.
2) Dig a trench and cable the studio myself, then they would activate it.

That's it. So now I'm using Wi-Fi to get access in my studio, but it's way slow. I really would like to get it properly connected, but neither of those options are very good.

So, which is the Comcast techs is right? If it's the second one, is there any advice they can give me on cabling the studio myself? Burying a cable in the ground seems straightforward enough, but how much do I need to leave on each end? Do I need to physically connect to the side of the house myself, or will tech number three do that?

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AdamD replied on November 01, 2007 18:32 to the question "Is anyone else's Macbook losing plastic around the edge of the keyboard?" in Apple:

They took care of it at the store in a couple of hours. They'll tell you they need it for longer, but it goes very fast if they have an extra case in stock.

AdamD replied on October 31, 2007 20:24 to the problem "My White Macbook's palm rests are dirty. They're not discolored--just dirty. I've tried different cleaning solutions, none seemed to have worked. Any suggestions?" in Apple:

MCME is what the Apple Store itself uses. I brought mine in because I thought it *was* discolored (like the problem with the old iBooks and first gen Macbooks) and Apple just used the magic eraser.

AdamD replied on October 31, 2007 20:22 to the question "Is anyone else's Macbook losing plastic around the edge of the keyboard?" in Apple:

Apple does indeed replace it. That's what I did to mine, but I had to wait until it was pretty bad. When I took it in at first, they said since it was only the width of the nubbin at the top of the screen that it was as bad as it would get. Then they replaced it.

Mine is a second gen (released November 2006), by the way.

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