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Jay Allen replied on January 14, 2009 04:17 to the idea "iTunes should let you choose which podcast episodes to sync" in Apple:

In case you haven't seen the option, you can mimic this quite nicely using the "Sync only checked songs" option on the main sync screen. I have a great number of podcasts that I sync only a certain number of episodes from.

Jay Allen started following the idea "Please add Twitter integration" in Mint.com.

Jay Allen replied on December 13, 2008 05:44 to the question "Why is my iPhone freezing?" in Apple:

While James' warning is spot on, freezes can happen for a number of less drastic reasons that don't require a restore. When it freezes, try the following:

• Force quit the current app by holding down the home button (round button in front) for 5-10 seconds. If the current application was the culprit, the problem will be resolved


• Sync the iPhone if you're near you're computer. I don't know why this works, but it often does.


• Power cycle the phone by holding down both the home button and the sleep button (rectangular button on top) for about 10 seconds. Once you start it back up (by holding down the sleep button for a few secs), the problem will almost certainly be fixed -- unless you've got more serious issues that require a restore. :-)

Jay Allen replied on December 13, 2008 05:26 to the question "Forwarding Contacts via iPhone" in Apple:

Perhaps one of these might help? I just bought vCardMailer, Email Contact and Send Contact to check them out. I'll come back and let you know how it went.

Jay Allen started following the question "Forwarding Contacts via iPhone" in Apple.

Jay Allen started following the question "Why is my iPhone freezing?" in Apple.

Jay Allen replied on December 13, 2008 05:23 to the question "Is there any way to lock the iphone keypad while on a call?" in Apple:

As far as cases, I swear by the Agent 18 which provides great protection against drops but doesn't cover the screen at all. The screen really doesn't need protection unless you're really really abusive/clumsy with it.

Jay Allen replied on December 13, 2008 05:19 to the idea "iPhone should rotate keyboard for email...." in Apple:

Definitely. In the meantime, check out the TouchType iPhone app which works for more than just email.

Jay Allen replied on December 13, 2008 05:14 to the question "Top 10 Iphone issues / Problems / gripes / concerns" in Apple:

Heh. Good luck with that. Tell us how it is. Me personally? The iPhone is, even with it's issues and "missing features" (i.e. things *I* want it to do), it's still the best phone I've ever had and the best one I see anywhere in the market.

I'll be keeping my iPhone for the foreseeable future even if that includes having cold, dead hands.

Jay Allen replied on December 11, 2008 02:32 to the question "why Authentication Failed (Status:401)" in Seesmic:

I'm going to guess that this is the issue: http://twitter.com/twitterapi/status/...

Jay Allen started following the question "why Authentication Failed (Status:401)" in Seesmic.

Jay Allen replied on November 25, 2008 22:40 to the idea "Ratify the Kyoto Protocol." in Barack Obama:

The United States is an embarrassment when it comes to the environment. As one of the largest and most powerful nation in the world, we need to lead in the protection of our environment and rein in the corporations which all but control our government in the form of special interest lobbyists and financial contributions.

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Jay Allen replied on November 25, 2008 22:37 to the idea "Create a system that gives Americans access to health care." in Barack Obama:

And by "access" I personally mean high-quality universally affordable health care.

Jay Allen started following the idea "Create a system that gives Americans access to health care." in Barack Obama.

Jay Allen replied on November 23, 2008 00:43 to the idea "Twitter Tracking, version 2" in Twitter:

I love every single idea and you paint a very good picture of how I feel the feature should work. The only one I can imagine being really difficult is the boolean query syntax as that could put a pretty severe load on the servers.

Well done!

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A comment on the question "How can I let someone to follow me but not vice versa?" in Twitter:

Jason, you and the Twitter team have my very heartfelt thanks. This is an awesome day. – Jay Allen, on July 30, 2008 06:50

Jay Allen replied on July 19, 2008 07:27 to the problem "home and end keys don't work for text navigation (Mac -- haven't tested Windows)" in Seesmic:

Cross-linking related problems:

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Jay Allen replied on July 19, 2008 07:26 to the problem "Mac OS X text navigation broken" in Seesmic:

Cross-linking related entries:

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