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Comment on Goodbye, Spotify by Richard Bean

Richard Bean — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:23:54 +0000

I’m renewing my free Spotify for another month (thus making it not free) – mostly for the mobile service. It’s so nice to be able to listen to all that music in my car and such. Do you know an alternative?

Comment on Kindle Touch Review by Spencer Bean on Facebook

Spencer Bean on Facebook — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:48:26 +0000

Here’s the Amazon page about it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000718231

If you’re a library card holder in Utah, you can see if your library is on here and search from there: https://secure7.libraryreserve.com/pioneerutah.lib.overdrive.com/99683B8F-A461-435F-96F1-9F62D61F55BC/10/545/en/SignIn.htm?URL=MyAccount%2ehtm

Comment on Kindle Touch Review by Nicole Hale on Facebook

Nicole Hale on Facebook — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:19:45 +0000

I recieved the kindle fire for Christmas and love it. Whick librarys do the ebook thing? I will definately need to sign up for that!

Comment on Vibram FiveFingers Shoes by Amber M. Barley on Facebook

Amber M. Barley on Facebook — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:53:48 +0000

Hey, you need to come over and see the project my husbands been working on. He’s been trying to make his own barefoot shoe and has been barefoot running in them for about six months or so. For the same reason you didn’t buy the FiveFingers til they were half off, he’s been trying to find an alternative. Let me know if you’re interested. He’ll talk your ear off and show you everything he’s been doing, he loves it.

Comment on The New Hot 5 by Will Kimball

Will Kimball — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:58:38 +0000

Nice job on the New Hot 5 website, Spencer! Clear, easy to navigate, and looks great!

Comment on Why I already love Spotify by Matthew Martin

Matthew Martin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:22:23 +0000

I am so excited to try this out, once I can hustle an invite. Don’t happen to have one, do you? Looks like a great service, even the free model.

Comment on First Look at Google+ by Danaan Clarke

Danaan Clarke — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:59:53 +0000

I’m jealous! The hangout feature sounds great, but how was the lag and video quality? Is it cool because its new, or because its practical?

Comment on Why I Would Buy a Kindle by Trevor

Trevor — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:03:50 +0000

Well said. I would never buy a Kindle though because I have to play angry birds in between every chapter of whatever book I’m reading.

Comment on I’m Done Buying Discs by James

James — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:42:11 +0000

We have transitioned to primarily online streaming, but there are still some movies that we want to buy. There are some movies that aren’t commonly available and for streaming and movies tend to come and go online. I think this will get better with time but it will be many years before this is not an issue (if ever).

The other side that so far is keeping us buying disks is for when network connectivity is an issue. Sure we have it at home, but not throughout the home (for lack of computers).

I fully welcome purchasing downloads but until they get rid of the DRM limitations it is too restrictive for me. The music industry has taken years to get to this point and there are still challenges with it.

The other side that may limit progress is if more ISP’s start charging for bandwidth. Movies take a lot. I doubt this will be a significant issue, but it certainly is a challenge.

All in all I think the world is heading the same direction as you, but widespread adoption will still take a number of years.

Comment on Engaging documentation by James

James — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:02:36 +0000

I agree, too often there is too much red tape and worry about maintaining professionalism. It makes it so dry that no one even reads short announcement emails. Add a little spice, add a little life.