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sraymond replied on June 24, 2008 00:03 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
No... vegemite - at least it's an AMERICAN company that makes it!-
Roberta Wedge replied on June 23, 2008 12:09 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
MarmiteWiki! Love it or hate it! -
sraymond replied on June 23, 2008 12:04 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
OK... What about NutellaWiki?
"Nutella is also very popular in the rest of Europe, India, Malaysia, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Singapore, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico and South Africa, mostly with children and teenagers. This is less true in the United States, where the product was only available as an expensive import until the 2000s. In the United States, basketball star Kobe Bryant was a former spokesman for Nutella, having grown up in Italy. Nutella is briefly mentioned in Chloé Doutre-Roussel's "The Chocolate Connoisseur", which includes an anecdote of her mother flying into Mexico with several jars and smearing it on her face to convince a Customs Officer that it was a facial mask, and not a banned food product. In 1999 Nutella was one of the official sponsors of the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions league season. They were advertised at every game on a bill board." -
Roberta Wedge replied on June 23, 2008 08:50 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
Peanuts, yes, in some parts of West Africa and South East Asia, but I don't know anywhere outside North America where peanut butter is widely used, or in many cases even known. The choice of name for an internet company seems quite odd to me, given the increasing incidence of peanut allergies, some fatal. (Peanuts are not strictly a nut. I know that's pedantic, but when members of your family have life-threatening immune responses to certain foods, the difference matters.) Like I said, I have good feelings about pbwiki the company, but the name to me evokes a mixture of kidulthood, insular Americanism, and food toxins. -
sraymond replied on June 20, 2008 21:25 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
Roberta wrote, "But peanut butter is, after all, a parochial taste." What does that mean? I thought peanut butter was one of the most universal nut products in the world. -
Kathie James replied on June 19, 2008 17:13 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
Have you tries converting times with www.scheduleonce.com/SingleTime.aspx ? -
Roberta Wedge replied on June 19, 2008 10:01 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
Prompt replies, and remedial action taken: a good result. i suggest you might wish to feed back to GoToWebinar that there are legitimate reasons to include a hyperlink -- not to circumvent their processes, but to clarify matters and ease sign-up procedures
KrissyMo, you may have misinterpreted my phrase "globally accessible time" and I'm sorry if that wasn't crystal clear. I meant not the time itself and its convenience to as many people as possible, but strictly the display of that time. "Ten to midnight" and "11:50" and "23h50" are different -- and in different circumstances equally valid -- ways of displaying a given time. Likewise, 23:00 GMT allows everyone to convert to whatever is relevant to them.
Another step towards international understanding.... -
Chris Yeh replied on June 18, 2008 21:03 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
UTC/GMT times have been added to all future webinars. Thanks for the feedback! -
Chris Yeh replied on June 18, 2008 20:43 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
Roberta,
Unfortunately, GoToWebinar doesn't allow me to add links to their signup page, hence the lack of a hyperlink for the Time and Date converter. If you cut and paste the URL into your browser, it should work. I'll add the UTC/GMT time to future webinars. -
KrissyMo replied on June 18, 2008 17:22 to the discussion "Global collaboration? Get the time right!" in PBwiki:
Hi Roberta,
You're right, it would be much easier for our international audience if we listed our webinar time in GMT so the entire audience can translate the exact start time. I will keep that in mind for the next webinar.
I do want to point out that we chose 4:00 PDT / 23:00 GMT because it worked best for our speaker Peter Williams (the CEO of Deloitte Digital and Australia's leading IT guru) who is located in Australia.
I apologize for any inconvenience, but needed to pick a time that also worked for Australia.
Kristine -
Roberta Wedge started a conversation in PBwiki on June 18, 2008 16:54:
Global collaboration? Get the time right!Hi pbwiki people. it is only because i normally enjoy your product that I am taking the time to report this. I find it laughable that you introduce a seminar with "global" in the title and don't give a globally accessible time for it. It should *by default* be stated in UTC (or GMT if you prefer), and then, if you wish, in American regionalisms as well. How are users around the world supposed to remember who is on summer time and which state is in which zone?
And then, this is what makes the joke better, on the sign up page for the webinar (https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register...), it lamely says "To convert this time into your time zone, use the Time Zone converter:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock... "
-- and the link doesn't work! (I'm using FireFox.)
And nowhere in the email you sent me, or the sign up page, did I see anywhere to point this double error out privately, hence this public forum to vent my frustration/ amusement. I will be using this as an example with my students of how American (and other) companies THINK they are global, when really they haven't quite got there yet. Proof: if the first employee who reads this has to look up what UTC/GMT means, or ask a collegue or line manager, that to me says your company has not got a global mentality.
The last time I had any dealings with pbwiki, the employee was courteous and efficient, so I have good feelings about the company. But peanut butter is, after all, a parochial taste. -
Lane Becker replied on April 16, 2008 17:44 to the discussion "Fashion over function" in Mountain Equipment Co-Op:
ah, gotcha. well, that makes sense. i'll only buy the gear from here on in til things improve, then. thanks for the heads up! -
Roberta Wedge replied on April 16, 2008 11:26 to the discussion "Fashion over function" in Mountain Equipment Co-Op:
Ok, let's divide MEC's offerings into two categories: clothes and gear. The gear is great for the range of stock and its quality. It always has been. The clothing used to be fine, and now it isn't. I've been a MEC member since 1986, since before I heard the expression "early adopter". The range of clothing and its quality has gone downhill. I have said as much to the staff, and they are far too polite and well-trained to contradict a customer/member! But I can see in their eyes that they agree with my fundamental point.
There is an amazing range of minimally different garments, and this overstocking is at the expense of providing more basic durable essentials. I have no objections to functional gear looking good. I do object to functional gear being made of poor materials, or being squeezed off the shelves by items that can be purchased anywhere. -
Lane Becker replied on April 16, 2008 02:32 to the discussion "Fashion over function" in Mountain Equipment Co-Op:
Yeah, I bought a great pair of shoes @ MEC a little over a year ago. Admittedly, they were Nike shoes, but stilll...
Roberta, what other aspects of quality are you seeing going downhill? Is it just sizing, or is it something more persistent? -
ChromeSushi replied on April 15, 2008 20:06 to the discussion "Fashion over function" in Mountain Equipment Co-Op:
I've never found this to be the case at MEC, actually. I don't see any reason why functional gear needs to be ugly. -
Emily started following the problem "Double trouble: universities as education or business?" in PBwiki.
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Roberta Wedge started a conversation in Mountain Equipment Co-Op on April 15, 2008 19:45:
Fashion over functionI used to be a real fan of your stuff, but in recent years the quality has been sacrificed to fashion. The last time I went, in early summer, I wanted a long-sleeved shirt to keep the bugs off. There was one, but it didn't fit right. Instead, the rails were given over to an endless variety of Tshirts, of many colours and trivial differences in design. What are you going to do about this? -
Roberta Wedge replied on April 15, 2008 19:25 to the problem "Double trouble: universities as education or business?" in PBwiki:
Rachel at pbwiki (in sunny California, i'm jealous) sorted this out for me really quickly, so I thought it was only fair to re-post here and say thanks. -
Roberta Wedge marked one of Rachel Pennig's replies in PBwiki as useful. Rachel Pennig replied to the problem "Double trouble: universities as education or business?".
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Rachel Pennig replied on April 15, 2008 17:37 to the problem "Double trouble: universities as education or business?" in PBwiki:
Hi Roberta,
Can you e-mail support(at)pbwiki(dot)com so we can help you with your login issues?
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