Brian's dashboard

Brian reported a problem in Contxts on June 12, 2009 00:58:

Location of the Feedback rectangle is odd

The black Feedbacl rectangle on the left side overlaps some areas of the UI. Moving it to the right side should prevent it from hiding anything necessary to use :)

Granted I'm using a 1440x900 screen most of the time. However, i imagine it is an annoyance more so on smaller screens as well.

Brian replied on November 20, 2008 20:46 to the problem "SocialThing is OFF?" in Socialthing:

Joe, I too have this concern.

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Brian replied on August 03, 2008 09:03 to the question "How can I get it so I can access my iCal stuff online?" in Apple:

I think there are still problems with .Mac/MobileMe. Those should be ironed out soon, I would hope.

Free:
In the mean time you could use GCal as your main calendar and then have iCal subscribe to it.

Costs:
You could use BusySync (busymac.com) to keep iCals synced. You can do LAN syncing or you could use a GCal as a "hub" calendar that both iCals write to and pull from.

Brian replied on August 03, 2008 09:00 to the question "More invites please!" in Socialthing:

i have a rash of invites. Let me know if you need any.

Brian replied on August 03, 2008 08:56 to the question "backing up blackberry on MAC" in Research In Motion:

I believe Mark/Space's The Missing Sync (http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_...) can do this. It has been a long time since I used it, though.

I've resorted to having a Windows partition and use BOot Camp to boot into WIndows XP and use the Blackberry Desktop Manager software

Brian replied on August 03, 2008 08:50 to the idea "we need to ping Loopt status" in Ping.fm:

+1 :)

Brian replied on July 26, 2008 01:06 to the question "Blackberry App for SocialThing" in Socialthing:

Timeline?

Brian replied on July 26, 2008 01:04 to the discussion "Try out Loopt on your Blackberry!" in Loopt:

There is not a way to link my facebook to loopt in the blackberry app for the Curve 8310 on AT&T. Must this be done within facebook per the earlier link? At least that I have found.

Setup and use seemed very straightforward, however I was a little concerned about the invite friends thing so i've decided to wait for my friends to invite me.

Are there plans to link Loopt on the Blackberry to my Twitter? I haven't found a non-kludgy way yet and I really don't see any usefulness for AIM linkage as I'm not a heavy AIM user. Blackberrys and Twitter go together (to keep with Get Satisfaction's cupcake fetish) like cupcakes and icing. :)

Brian replied on June 19, 2008 03:52 to the question "Filtrbox on the go" in Filtrbox, Inc:

Hey Tom,

I think a simple, get-it-working solution would be a stripped down, almost bare HTML version. Not permanently, but just as a sort of quick solution.

And I know that there is so much spare time to do that. ;) However, would be a quick way to start figuring out what mobile may look like. Literally and figuratively.

Brian replied on June 19, 2008 03:48 to the discussion "In The Works (Planned Enhancements)" in GroupList:

In regards to Customize Columns would that include the ability to rename the existing and/or add new ones? Would it auto-detect if it is an URL or email address? That seems like a small thing but would stay consistent with how the email and website columns currently work.

Brian replied on May 19, 2008 17:09 to the problem "single sign-on for feedback!" in Brightkite:

Brady,

Actually GS has a way to sort of do single sign on. If I remember correctly GS has a way to make it so when a person creates an account on Brightkite, it also creates a GS account. I believe the kids at Filtrbox were implementing it.

Brian replied on April 25, 2008 17:38 to the question "Need help connecting wii to wireless router" in Nintendo:

I agree with wii boy. Depending on the brand of router (linksys, d-link, apple airport, etc) and its age, you might have turn the router off and then back on. I notice my linksys required that a few times.

Brian replied on April 25, 2008 17:35 to the question "Are there any big differences between the XBox 360 & Wii versions of Guitar Hero III?" in Activision:

I agree with purchasing the XBox 360 version. The Wii version's disc shipped with only mono sound. Not even stereo? For a music game? Not such a good idea. Nintendo was offering replacement discs (adds stereo sound) however I am not sure how to go about ordering this.

Brian replied on April 17, 2008 23:17 to the question "mobile versions and fluid supported?" in Socialthing:

Have you tried using the iPhone/iPod Touch version for the Fluid app? Ross made an excellent video tutorial of how to set that up. You can see it here: http://vimeo.com/805366

Brian replied on April 17, 2008 22:03 to the question "uploading results in auto tagging... why?" in Flickr:

if you are uploading from any type of mobile device you've setup to work with Flickr there are settings that have tags associated with it.

For Example:
If you are emailing these photos to your special Flickr upload email address, chances are you might have tags associated with that. To see if this is the case, do the following:

Log in to Flickr.
Click the down arrow next to You.
Click on Your Account.
Click the Email tab.
Look for Your Flickr upload email.
To the right click Edit.
Here you will be able to change the tags that are auto-assigned to any pictures uploaded to Flickr via the email upload.

Hope this helps.

Brian replied on April 15, 2008 02:14 to the question "how do we go about getting more invites?" in Socialthing:

Hi Phil,

Its usually just a request here or in email (beta@socialthing.com). I'll make sure that we get you some more invites.

Brian replied on April 15, 2008 02:11 to the idea "Flickr VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" in Socialthing:

I am curious to see how that works with their API. I imagine it would not be much different than from how they handle pictures.

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Brian replied on April 02, 2008 21:08 to the discussion "Congrats to Matt and Socialthing's presence on 3/10/08 Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont." in Socialthing:

Thanks Ross! :)

And thank you again for making that screencast of how to use the iPhone version as a desktop app in Mac OS X