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astorg replied on August 14, 2009 00:39 to the update "Ping.fm Toolbar Forum" in Ping.fm:

It's ugly, clunky and doesn't work. Incredible that no method is provided to uninstall... Total fail on this one, I'm afraid.

Just in case someone else is wondering how to uninstall the thing on Safari: go to /Applications/Toolbars and run "uninstall" for the Ping.fm toolbar.

astorg replied on August 13, 2009 23:07 to the problem "Twitter feeds not being imported" in Tumblr:

I simply cannot believe that nearly a year later, Tumblr has still not resolved this issue...

Are they actually doing anything about it? The issue only occurs with Twitter, and only occurs with Tumblr. Crazy and maddening really, because I always want my tweets to appear in Tumblr, never want my Facebook updates (which I only want my friends to see) to appear outside of Facebook, except when I knowingly send the same status updates to Facebook as to Twitter (in which case I don't want to have to do it twice). This is impossible to achieve given Tumblr's inability to import from Twitter, which is clearly something they have no serious intention of remedying the issue.

Having said that, there is a robust workaround:

(1) use ping.fm, which posts very reliably to a whole set of social networks and also to Tumblr, to post and set up posting groups;

(2) set up as many groups as you ned combinations (I set up #F (only Facebook); #T (Twitter and Tumblr, but not Facebook); and #FT (Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr).

Always use ping.fm to post status updates and simply precede them with the appropriate hashtag (#F, #T or #FT). On the iPhone, Twitterfon pro, which is packed with features to make posting easier, can be set up to post via ping.fm.

astorg started following the question "Can I export all LaterLoop Links?" in LaterLoop.

astorg replied on July 31, 2009 10:00 to the problem "Why no privacy settings from within app?" in Crist Drive:

Good! Looking forward to it then...

astorg reported a problem in Crist Drive on July 31, 2009 06:09:

Why no privacy settings from within app?

I can't really use this because it sends updates with my exact location. If privacy levels could be set from within the application, it would be the best location updater...

astorg replied on April 11, 2009 16:05 to the problem ""Automatically Import Activity" from Youtube, Flickr, Digg, etc Not Working" in Facebook:

It's not working again... This is really irritating.

astorg started following the problem ""Automatically Import Activity" from Youtube, Flickr, Digg, etc Not Working" in Facebook.

astorg asked a question in Ping.fm on February 07, 2009 18:22:

Link shortening no longer working?

Link shortening doesn't seem to be working properly any more. On Facebook the links are deleted, and on Twitter they are shortened using tinyurl...

astorg started following the problem "Link Shortening Broken Today (might be related to ping this!)" in Ping.fm.

astorg started following the idea "Posting to multiple services simultaneously" in The Cosmic Machine.

astorg replied on December 16, 2008 11:18 to the question "when are new features expected out?" in Remember The Milk:

Would probably be useful if you mentioned what new features specifically you would like to see.

A comment on the discussion "You can't sync Notes on iPhone and Mac? and MobileMe? What??" in Apple:

I'm sorry, I was wrong about that. OneDisk docs can't be modified on the iPhone. I had never tried to do it, because I actually use Evernote (see below) when I want to sync notes. OneDisk and Evernote, by doing different things, basically meet all my document management needs on the iPhone. – astorg, on December 16, 2008 09:24

astorg replied on December 16, 2008 09:19 to the discussion "You can't sync Notes on iPhone and Mac? and MobileMe? What??" in Apple:

Evernote is pretty cool, but everything is kept online, so without GSM coverage there are no notes

Actually, that no longer true. Initially, Evernote notes were only accessible when you were online. But the current iPhone client will keep a local copy of any note you designate as a favorite, and will sync it when you next get online. I actually find this works fine.

I actually Evernote and OneDisk on my iPhone: OneDisk for documents that I need to keep on my iPhone (and occasionally send as an email attachment, which OneDisk does quite well and the iPhone Mail app doesn't) and Evenote for notes that I need to occasionally modify and sync.

astorg replied on December 14, 2008 20:37 to the discussion "You can't sync Notes on iPhone and Mac? and MobileMe? What??" in Apple:

@academic doctor: yeah, OneDisk ($5.99) will sync docs between iPhone (where a copy is saved locally for offline use) and your choice of MobileMe, Box.net or any other WebDav compatible server. It's an elegant solution and works flawlessly. Any mods made offline on iPhone will be synced whenever you run the app. This basically solves the issue as far as I am concerned.

astorg replied on December 09, 2008 22:57 to the problem "Twitter feeds not being imported" in Tumblr:

Well, I've had to give up on Tumblr. The RSS issues are a major disincentive to use the service, which is really rather sad.

astorg started following the problem "Color background change not working" in Twitter.

astorg replied on December 06, 2008 23:44 to the discussion "You can't sync Notes on iPhone and Mac? and MobileMe? What??" in Apple:

It's true that the inability to sync Notes or ToDos in the iPhone is an inexplicable and slightly irritating omission. Having said that, it is easily remedied:

(1) there are several good ToDo apps for the iPhone available; I use Remember The Milk, which syncs tasks seamlessly between clients (web browser or widget on my Mac, dedicated app on the iPhone which will work offline and sync later) and their server where the data resides;

(2) I use OneDisk (another iPhone app) for syncing files between my iPhone and my Mac; it offers a choice of MobileMe, Box.net or any WebDav-compatible server, stores and syncs a copy on the iPhone for offline use.

astorg started following the problem "Twitter not getting updated from Ping.fm" in Ping.fm.

astorg started following the idea "Native iPhone Application (instead of i.ping.fm)" in Ping.fm.

astorg started following the problem "Ping.Fm down?" in Ping.fm.