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Edd Dumbill set one of Edd Dumbill's replies as an official response to "Can I save and reedit a proposal before submission?" in Expectnation

Edd Dumbill set one of Edd Dumbill's replies as an official response to "Should I be afraid to ask about Pricing?" in Expectnation

Edd Dumbill replied on September 23, 2009 17:28 to the question "Should I be afraid to ask about Pricing?" in Expectnation:

Hi Mike,

First, sorry for leaving this question unanswered.

The reason prices were removed was because we were going through the transition of being acquired by O'Reilly Media, and the pricing schemes were subject to review.

Secondly, we've not restored them mostly because we'd like to have a conversation with you about your needs. Sometimes a bare price doesn't really tell the story about how Expectnation can help event organizers, and it turns folk away without us having the chance for a conversation.

So, please feel free to contact Yvonne Romaine whose details are now listed on http://www.expectnation.com/public/co...

Edd Dumbill started following the idea "Support for identi.ca" in atebits.

Edd Dumbill replied on October 08, 2008 07:52 to the question "Can I save and reedit a proposal before submission?" in Expectnation:

You don't have to abandon what you've entered. You can submit the proposal, and any time until the CFP closes, you can carry on editing it to your heart's content. You'll can do this from the "Proposals" tab at https://en.oreilly.com/webexsf2009/us...

Edd Dumbill started following the idea "Friendfeed should add Get Satisfaction topics and replies!" in friendfeed.

Edd Dumbill replied on July 10, 2008 10:55 to the question "Why can't I view all of my updates?" in Twitter:

I don't quite get how pointing out a competitor is underhanded. GetSatisfaction is about helping the users, and if the vendor won't help, alternatives are a useful thing to point out.

Identi.ca could be the best thing to happen to Twitter: it (a) validates them and their pioneering of microblogging and (b) provides pressure for them to improve.

Edd Dumbill marked one of exador23's replies in Twitter as useful. exador23 replied to the question "Why can't I view all of my updates?".

Edd Dumbill replied on June 30, 2008 13:49 to the problem "Fragment # link in signup mail doesn't work too well" in Seesmic:

I deleted the mail in question, sorry. But it's simple enough to see -- the URL has the sequence foo/#blah/ -- which stops Apple Mail making the entirety of the URL into a link

Edd Dumbill shared an idea in Seesmic on June 16, 2008 14:12:

Let me hide FriendFeed items from thwirl

It'd be nice to expose Friendfeed's "Hide this" feature from within thwirl. Conversations I'm not interested in tend to keep coming back when friends comment on them. I'd like to say "hide this" early on so I don't get the noise.

Thanks for the great work, thwirl's the most usable way to access Twitter and FriendFeed.

Edd Dumbill reported a problem in Seesmic on June 10, 2008 13:28:

Fragment # link in signup mail doesn't work too well

The signup link is formatted in a way that Apple Mail doesn't fully recognise as a link.

This is because of the # followed by content with a / in it.

It might be better to make a redirect service so you can avoid putting # fragments in the signup links, the handling by email clients is erratic

Edd Dumbill set one of Edd Dumbill's replies as an official response to "Do you integrate with other web applications?" in Expectnation

Edd Dumbill replied on May 23, 2008 12:46 to the question "Do you integrate with other web applications?" in Expectnation:

Out of the box we provide data exports in formats such as CSV, and the ability through Liquid templating to fine-tune the web site and write your own custom exports. Sometimes, though, there'll be a need for closer integration.

There are many web applications which provide services such as registration or email marketing that it would be useful for Expectnation to integrate with. As our resources are not unlimited, we’re currently waiting to see where the demand lies before devoting time to this.

If you've got ideas or requirements, why not reply to this thread or start another GetSatisfaction discussion so we can talk about it?

Edd Dumbill asked a question in Expectnation on May 23, 2008 12:45:

Do you integrate with other web applications?

I'd like to use third party web apps to along with Expectnation. Is that possible?

Edd Dumbill set one of Edd Dumbill's replies as an official response to "What about security?" in Expectnation

Edd Dumbill replied on May 23, 2008 12:44 to the question "What about security?" in Expectnation:

We take your data security seriously, and make all reasonable efforts to ensure the computers hosting Expectnation are protected from attack.
Additionally, the administrative and personal data areas of Expectnation use SSL to protect private data. This is the same technology used by online banking systems.

Please note that whatever methods we employ, they will ultimately be limited by your own data security practices. There are many useful articles on good password practice.

We recognize that these days everybody has a large number of passwords to remember, which doesn’t help keep them secure, so we also support OpenID, a single sign-on solution. Providers such as MyOpenID and Verisign provide OpenID services for free.

Edd Dumbill asked a question in Expectnation on May 23, 2008 12:43:

What about security?

How does Expectnation protect my security, and that of my attendees?

Edd Dumbill set one of Edd Dumbill's replies as an official response to "What backups do you take?" in Expectnation

Edd Dumbill replied on May 23, 2008 12:41 to the question "What backups do you take?" in Expectnation:

We take a continuous live backup of your data, which can be used to bring back your account in the case of machine failure. Additionally, we store a second daily backup at a third-party location in case of a double failure. All backups not on our own machines are encrypted to protect your data security.

Edd Dumbill asked a question in Expectnation on May 23, 2008 12:41:

What backups do you take?

As Expectnation is a hosted service, you might be concerned about how well your data is backed up.