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Re: David Berube » iPhone WWDC Predictions

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Re: David Berube » iPhone WWDC Predictions

photo sharing — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:45:39 -0000

I CAN NOT WAIT to see what they unveil at WWDC.
Apple never fails to impress

Re: David Berube » Sweet, I’m Rich! Thanks Mr. Nigerian General Man.

Marcus Thomas — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:16:31 -0000

Hey David,
I'm in the same boat with absurdness of these e-mails. Unfortunately though, about 3-4 years ago I had the privilege of working at a local credit union and we were almost monthly hit with these scams. I’d guesstimate that I've seen at least 8-10 customers (generally older) that came in and either attempted to verify checks and/or withdraw from their personal savings to receive payment. The common business saying of, “you have to spend money to make money” takes on a very cruel swing when you have elder woman withdrawing their life savings(many times the saving of deceased husbands) in hopes that by sending these grave diggers a couple of thousand in return they'd receive millions. One that sticks out in mind was a very smart (or so I thought) woman that came in regularly. She had an old saving booklet and she’d regularly only with draw the interest gain in her savings as her living funds. She came in one day with a letter from Australia stating she had won the Australian lottery. However she’d need to send $2000 via western union (only of course) in order to pay shipping/handling and additional fees to collect her 2 million dollar prize. I instantly knew it was a scam, however our policy required us to contact our security supervisor verify the fraudulent item and request to keep the letter for security purposes. After rather laughably verification I return to woman to share the news. Now many times they know and unfortunately many of the people would hope for a teller error that would score them easy cash. However surprisingly she was very upset. My first question was, “have you ever been to Australia? The woman answers no! Do you have family there? No! Well is there any way that you could have enter the Australia lottery (she was so upset I’d thought myself maybe she enter online)? But she answered, No! So I asked how you thought you could have won. She sadly said, “I’ve been praying to God for a miracle and I thought this was it”. My heart drop and initially my thoughts of “who are these idiots (for lack of a better word) who believe these scams; to disgust and anger towards the low-life who unfortunately prey on the underprivileged people and our hope! Well hopefully the government can try to cut-down on these scams however the responsibility lies with us to use common sense to navigate though the world(s) of scams. Regards Marcus Thomas

Re: David Berube » Simple Advertising vs Cluttered and Ugly

josiahstaggs — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:30:22 -0000

Though the first ad is cleaner i think the second ad will win out. My eye is drawn to it more. Interested to see the results.

Re: David Berube » Future of Local News

Matt Gillooly — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:16:02 -0000

Sorry, but I have to disagree. Paid subscriptions for online news content have typically failed. The exception is in financial news, because those subscribers have an incentive not to share that content freely. PT could try it, but I suspect they'd still lose money on the project.

I think there's a certain class of news that will be served well by UGC, but since that's precisely the kind of news that an abundance of people are willing to write up for free, I'm extremely skeptical of any play to make money off of it. Aggregation can be handy, but once you throw enough ads up to make money, people will take their UGC elsewhere, and we'll just keep coming back to blogs and RSS feeds. The only money is going to be in news that no one wants to/is able to work on for free.

Re: David Berube » Future of Local News

David Berube — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:20:17 -0000

Atleast let me buy an online subscription. We can agree with at least doing that, right?

I guess the bigger question is whether or not there is a play for local/hyper-local UGC that has editors. I'm sure someone is doing this to some extent, but execution is everything with this.

Re: David Berube » Future of Local News

Matt Gillooly — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:12:36 -0000

I think you're right that newspapers which don't adapt will eventually be in big trouble, but I disagree about the order in which things will happen. As long as there's a demand in Pawtucket for local news and no one else providing it, the Pawtucket Times is relatively safe. It's only after someone finds an answer to your question ("What comes next?") that the PT is in real trouble.

It's pretty clear that the old newspaper model is too bloated to keep working for long, and the fact that the newspapers haven't yet figured out what to do with themselves suggests that no single model will replace the entire news industry. Instead, the information that we've come to expect from newspapers will likely come from a variety of sources. Amateur bloggers will be sufficient for some of it, while other stories will always need professional journalism and therefore some kind of a business model. Check out http://spot.us (funded by the Knight Foundation, who also funded EveryBlock) for one example of how that might work out without the bloat of a newspaper.

The fact that we don't currently know what's next means that perhaps the PT is smart not to abandon the only model that's ever made them any money. How much money can they make off their web traffic? Probably not a ton. The future may not even have a spot for organizations that resemble the Pawtucket Times, so why not make some money selling old-fashioned papers while they still can?

Re: David Berube » Need MoFuse Wordpress Plugin Testers

Chris — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:20:27 -0000

I'd love to try it. I've never used it, but I've always meant to! Would be fun to test and see how it works.

Re: David Berube’s Blog » Polaroid Televisions Suck.

David Berube — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:48:47 -0000

Definitely do that! Print it out, let them know where they can find this post.

Tell them to look at all the comments of people who are completely miserable because they made a shitty product and do not back it up.

In 2009, not being transparent will kill your brand. Consumers today are obnoxiously educated and they can no longer create a terrible product that will last up until the warranty and then not work. People will go on the Internet and make decisions based on their behavior, much like many have done by Googling Polaroid and finding this page.

Go get'em.

Re: David Berube’s Blog » Polaroid Televisions Suck.

Regina — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:36:45 -0000

Same Problems here. I purchased a 42" LCD Polaroid television approximately 9 months ago. Unfortunately, I did not keep the receipt. A couple of weeks ago, the television just went black. You could still hear the sound but no picture at all. I purchased it at Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, Wal-Mart will not return electronics after 90 days. They gave me Polaroid's number. I contacted polaroid who stated without a receipt they could not help. They refused to do anything despite the fact that the back of the television showed a Manufacturer's date of October 2007 and Polaroid even admits that the very first television could not have been sold prior to November 23, 2007. This means that if I had purchased the TV the first day it was on the shelf, I would have owned the product for only 1 year and 2 months! I two was offered an option of allowing them to repair the product for over $400.00 and they would warrant the product for 90 days. "NO THANKS." I am so frustrated. I spent $1000.00 for a television to only get a few months of enjoyment. Your blog has really helped me to see that Polaroid does not take care of its customers. I plan to print this site and send a copy to the VP of Polaroid. If this doesn't help, I find out every company that sells polaroids and send them a copy of this site as well as my letter to the VP. I will let you know how I come out. Wish me luck!

Re: David Berube’s Blog » HOW TO: Get Push Gmail on Your iPhone 2.0 With MobileMe

John — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:24:03 -0000

All that is needed is the capability to change the MobileMe account's "Reply To" e-mail address on the iPhone (like you can with Gmail or any other manually added account). That way you can forward your corporate / other e-mail to MobileMe, get it pushed to your iPhone, and all replies look like they are comming from your corporate / other e-mail address.

Re: David Berube’s Blog » HOW TO: Get Push Gmail on Your iPhone 2.0 With MobileMe

lagreca — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:14:46 -0000

You gain push, but loose all inclusive management. Now, when you read your done reading your pushed email via your me.com account, you will have the extra step of going into your gmail account and labeling and archiving the email you just read.

Overall, I see me.com as a failure. Apple needs to take a lesson from RIM and implement push like they did, for ANY email account, not just their stupid me.com email.

Re: David Berube’s Blog » HOW TO: Get Push Gmail on Your iPhone 2.0 With MobileMe

jdantzlerw — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:43:57 -0000

I've tried doing this with my Yahoo account before and it does not seem to work. As soon as you leave the screen after turning the yahoo server off it automatically turns it back on.

Re: David Berube’s Blog » HOW TO: Get Push Gmail on Your iPhone 2.0 With MobileMe

Chris Owens — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:27:54 -0000

Nice idea, but this hinges on MobileMe pushing to your iPhone reliably. Mine doesn't so I've listed my iPhone 3G on craigslist to trade for a BlackBerry Bold. I'm sick of their lack of phone support, and their email support specialist say "we're looking into it" for days on end. It's not rocket science. RIM figured it out.

Re: David Berube’s Blog » Work Hard? or Enjoy Life?

Annette — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:30:45 -0000

Good video. I happen to be a workaholic (you noticed?). With MoFuse I'm working differently than at Bluestreak because of a couple of factors. I proved that I could work 55- 65 hours a week for years and still not get to the big payoff (an issue with Jason's premise). Also when you have other factors in your startup - namely investors staring you down- it influences how you work and what you work on. Selecting a business that gives you financial freedom (revenue) is very important. I know people working like dogs on business models or better yet, technologies looking to solve a problem with no revenue in the foreseeable future- and they are going no where.

There is little doubt in a start up you need: 1. A++ players to succeed 2. discipline to set priorities and keep them 3. a work life balance is key, and the team has to be in sync on that one.

Re: David Berube’s Blog » I’m engaged.

Jarelyn — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:33:56 -0000

Congratulations =)

Re: David Berube’s Blog » I’m engaged.

David Harper — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:15:33 -0000

Congrats Stacia and David!

Re: David Berube’s Blog » Polaroid Televisions Suck.

RogerR — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:07:58 -0000

I too have all the typical signs of the bad control board. First the sound from the speakers, and then the black screen. Mine still works if I unplug it, but I see the future. I called customer support and talked to someone who didn't seem to be aware that this is a common proble, and offered to sent "the guy" out to fix it for half the cost of the original TV, and not much less than a new cheap TV. I sent a e-mail to Jean Wasko, we'll see how that goes, but you would think Polaroid would stand behind a product that has so common a problem, and such a short product lifetime.

Re: David Berube’s Blog » I’m engaged.

StephanieInCA — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:22:33 -0000

Congratulations! Marriage, of course, is such a blessing, but an engagement is a very special time as well.

As someone who just survived her sister's excruciatingly elaborate wedding, I would like to offer a few gentle reminders about maintaining perspective as you prepare for the ceremony.

Cheers!

Re: David Berube’s Blog » Polaroid Televisions Suck.

Kevin Preston — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:38:08 -0000

I purchaced the Polaroid TLA-04641C 46" LCD TV sometime in the beginning of 2008 and around 4 months owning it a buzz started comming out of the speakers.

I could change the input or cable channels, not even using the built in tuner but there is no way to get rid of it.

Customer support was no help, I tried through an email with the result stating that their is no software or fix for my problem but I could send it back . I never tried to contact customer support through the phone and I'm sure that I could have whined more but the buzz was so low that any normal audio overshadowed it.

My searching on the web produced no fruit at the time because, I suspect, Polaroid 's televisions were basicly new at the time. Come to find out as of today, hundreds of similar complaints are out there.

I grew up with Polaroid being a household name and now I woulfn't buy a camera from them much less a television. By the way, this is just the Polaroid name and not the original company. I suspect they needed a name brand to back up their shitty venture.

The next television I by will be a Sony, I will pay the extra money for it so I don't get the same raw deal ever again. Greedy Corporate Bastards.

I have a Vizio, a name I never heard of and it's given me no problems but a little burn in, my fault, for the last 4 years. Picture is still crisp and everything works great.

NEVER AGAIN POLAROID.

Re: Everex Sucks

come on now — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:04:48 -0000

Oh the lies...

Re: David Berube’s Blog » You Never Known What Life Can Bring

bobritasue — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:59:41 -0000

errr.......bollocks

Re: David Berube’s Blog » Paying for More Twitter Followers?

David Berube — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:51:19 -0000

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Re: David Berube’s Blog » Paying for More Twitter Followers?

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Re: David Berube’s Blog » New Blog Design…Again

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