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Aashay started following the idea "Pandora on Boxee!" in boxee.
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Aashay marked one of BenW's replies in boxee as useful. BenW replied to the idea "Pandora on Boxee!".
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Aashay reported a problem in boxee on December 19, 2008 04:11:
Make the Ubuntu version not crash upon exit.My Boxee consistently crashes my Intrepid Ibex (fresh install) machine when exiting. It locks up the machine entirely and does not allow any keyboard/mouse input. -
Aashay started following the problem "Wrong Location" in Tapulous.
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Aashay replied on August 20, 2008 07:24 to the problem "Wrong Location" in Tapulous:
I've had the same problem for a while. Running 2.0.1 and 1.1, and every time I get off a plane and tweet, and while I'm able to get "nearby" tweets properly after hitting refresh, my location for posting new tweets says it's the old location. However, closing Twinkle and opening it up again (hitting the home button and tapping the Twinkle icon) goes right back to the "new tweet" window, and forces it to update the Location. So I guess that's the workaround for now! :( -
Aashay asked a question in I want Sandy on July 16, 2008 23:51:
Can't use @ tags with twitter :(I just sent out the following via twitter: d s remind me to do laundry tonight at 10pm @noreply
I think Twitter picked this up as "noreply" being a Twitter user, because a few minutes later Sandy said "I got #60: Do Laundry (Wed, 7/16/2008 10:00pm)
I guess this isn't really Sandy's problem...but how are we supposed to use tags via twitter? -
A comment on the question "How does I Want Sandy make money?" in I want Sandy:
True, I guess I was just thinking ahead. – Aashay, on July 10, 2008 05:31 -
A comment on the question "How does I Want Sandy make money?" in I want Sandy:
Yeah, I'd definitely be jumping ship if I saw ads all over the website, or if Sandy got spammy with them. Subtle's the way to go! – Aashay, on July 10, 2008 05:31 -
Aashay replied on July 09, 2008 23:40 to the question "How does I Want Sandy make money?" in I want Sandy:
I actually thought about this a while ago. I think it'd be surprisingly easy for them: contextual ads.
Think about it. Most ads on the internet suck. Why? Because they're usually just noise. However, if you can target ads to people effectively, they can actually be useful. I'm not sure how everyone else uses Sandy, but I know that I wouldn't mind seeing advertisements that correspond to my @todo's sometimes. For example, if I send myself a reminder to book a flight, it wouldn't be too bad to see a small text-only ad with flight deals along with Sandy's reminder. To stick with the "virtual assistant" theme, Sandy can even say she found the deal for me!
Suppose I needed to remind myself to book a reservation at a restaurant. It'd be mighty useful if Sandy gave me a link to that restaurant (or even OpenTable) along with my reminder. That link could easily be a text ad; as long as it takes me to the restaurant's website, I don't really care what ad service I have to click through.
There are probably dozens of possibilities, and some might involve simple partnerships instead of ads, but I think that this is one web2 app that could actually benefit from a smart ad system. The key word here is "smart" though. I certainly wouldn't want to see ads for more mundane reminders (e.g. lawnmower ads for "remind me to mow the lawn" or those annoying "buy it on ebay" ads for..well pretty much anything).
Just my 2 cents...Values of N, keep up the good work! -
Aashay asked a question in I want Sandy on July 09, 2008 23:31:
Done to-do's gone forever?Maybe I didn't catch this on some documentation somewhere, but does Sandy delete done @todo's after a certain period of time? I have a good handful of @todo's that I've marked @done and when I click "show done to-dos" Sandy says she's got nothing for me. What gives? -
Aashay started following the problem "Lookups returning extra results" in I want Sandy.
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Aashay asked a question in I want Sandy on June 10, 2008 15:32:
Ampersand in TwitterWhenever I tell Sandy to "Remind me to do T&E" (time and expenses) via Twitter, she responds back "I got 'Do T'" although she does correctly pick it up as "Do T&E"...but what's up with that? -
Aashay started following the problem "Reminders are not being sent!" in I want Sandy.
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Aashay started following the problem "Reminders are not being sent!" in I want Sandy.
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Aashay reported a problem in I want Sandy on June 04, 2008 07:42:
Confusing number sequencesThe task number sequencing gets a bit confusing. One morning I'll get an email with a todo and the task will be #1, and the next morning I'll get a completely different todo and that number will be #1 too. If I tell Sandy to "update #1," which one am I actually updating? Perhaps numbers shouldn't be reused?
