Comments on: And so it begins… http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/ Creating one addict at a time Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:12:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Allanahk http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Allanahk Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:59:11 +0000 http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/?p=145#comment-203 Mmmm! I was thinking of moving my blog from Edublogs because of the advertising on it but I have no idea how to go about it and even if I could I wouldn't know where else to put it. I may just have to pay out some of my own money to stop the ads. There's no such thing as a free lunch I suppose. Merry Christmas Mmmm! I was thinking of moving my blog from Edublogs because of the advertising on it but I have no idea how to go about it and even if I could I wouldn’t know where else to put it. I may just have to pay out some of my own money to stop the ads. There’s no such thing as a free lunch I suppose.

Merry Christmas

]]> By: Posts about Web 2.0 as of December 17, 2008 | The Lessnau Lounge http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Posts about Web 2.0 as of December 17, 2008 | The Lessnau Lounge Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:18:16 +0000 http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/?p=145#comment-202 [...] content. Internet users had read-only access to the content. In today’s Web 2.0 users And so it begins… - sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org 12/17/2008 Closed sign One Monday morning, I went to run a [...] [...] content. Internet users had read-only access to the content. In today’s Web 2.0 users And so it begins… – sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org 12/17/2008 Closed sign One Monday morning, I went to run a [...]

]]> By: Derek's Blog » 100 top sites for the year ahead http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Derek's Blog » 100 top sites for the year ahead Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:32:44 +0000 http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/?p=145#comment-201 [...] that may not smile so favourably on free-for-use sites such as many of these are - something that Suzie has commented on on her [...] [...] that may not smile so favourably on free-for-use sites such as many of these are – something that Suzie has commented on on her [...]

]]> By: suzievesper http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-200 suzievesper Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:26:05 +0000 http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/?p=145#comment-200 Thanks for all the comments. Yes - I did think that a warning email would have been a nice gesture by RSS Mixer. I have had that kind of email from other providers so I guess I assumed it would be standard practice. I guess with many of my embeds, I don't often visit the actual site anymore so would miss seeing warning messages there. I have the bulk of my stuff in places that I consider safe eg Google (but then look at what did happen to Lively), Flickr, Wikispaces (which I consider very robust and they would send out an email if they were to pop off I am sure), Slideshare and Scribd. Most of my RSS feeds are in Google Reader - I just happened to create feed mixes directly into RSS Mixer this one time. I will know from now on not to count on email notifications! Thanks for all the comments. Yes – I did think that a warning email would have been a nice gesture by RSS Mixer. I have had that kind of email from other providers so I guess I assumed it would be standard practice. I guess with many of my embeds, I don’t often visit the actual site anymore so would miss seeing warning messages there.

I have the bulk of my stuff in places that I consider safe eg Google (but then look at what did happen to Lively), Flickr, Wikispaces (which I consider very robust and they would send out an email if they were to pop off I am sure), Slideshare and Scribd. Most of my RSS feeds are in Google Reader – I just happened to create feed mixes directly into RSS Mixer this one time. I will know from now on not to count on email notifications!

]]> By: dragonsinger http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-199 dragonsinger Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:55:18 +0000 http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/?p=145#comment-199 That's a shock for you. I guess one of the good reasons for playing around with new stuff is also having things on 'old' stuff - for example if I start playing around with a different RSS reader I don't get rid of my old reliable one. I also take snapshots of pages and information so that if the actual thing disappears on me (I've had whole websites go belly up) I at least have a snapshot of what it looks like or what was there. I am, however, shocking at backing up my blogs & wiki. (Shudder - my livejournal was started in 2003!) That’s a shock for you. I guess one of the good reasons for playing around with new stuff is also having things on ‘old’ stuff – for example if I start playing around with a different RSS reader I don’t get rid of my old reliable one.

I also take snapshots of pages and information so that if the actual thing disappears on me (I’ve had whole websites go belly up) I at least have a snapshot of what it looks like or what was there.

I am, however, shocking at backing up my blogs & wiki. (Shudder – my livejournal was started in 2003!)

]]> By: andrewch http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-198 andrewch Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:47:05 +0000 http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/?p=145#comment-198 Hi Suzie This is indeed the risk of web 2 apps. I read recently that the average web 2 application has a life span of 90 days. You have to pick them I guess and do regular back ups of your posts and other data. I look for the stable ones like: -delicious -wikispaces or wetpaint -any google product (mind you they eat other web 2 start ups like Jotspot) -ning For a while it looked like twitter was going to go the same way. Free services are great, but they do have overheads to meet and with the downturn, the advertising dollar is harder to get and marginal services will struggle. When did you last back up your wiki? blog? bookmarks? Hi Suzie

This is indeed the risk of web 2 apps. I read recently that the average web 2 application has a life span of 90 days. You have to pick them I guess and do regular back ups of your posts and other data.
I look for the stable ones like:
-delicious
-wikispaces or wetpaint
-any google product (mind you they eat other web 2 start ups like Jotspot)
-ning
For a while it looked like twitter was going to go the same way.

Free services are great, but they do have overheads to meet and with the downturn, the advertising dollar is harder to get and marginal services will struggle.

When did you last back up your wiki? blog? bookmarks?

]]> By: M Freitas http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-197 M Freitas Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:38:43 +0000 http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/?p=145#comment-197 This week I was looking through my electronic wallet - yes a program on my PC to keep track of passwords, accounts, etc. While looking thtough it I decided to "clean up". More than a 1,000 password for sites is not right. And sure enough, most of those "services" are no longer available. Beta seems to be changed from "please test our pre-production code" to "please test our business plan and perhaps even tell us how to make money out of this thing because we don't know how and our investors want their money back soon". Many of those site just redirected to spam pages full of ads. That's one of the reasons why I rather have my password file on my PC than "on the cloud". Seriously, free services don't work. People (consumers) don't want to pay for services, and "free" can't survive for long while "free"... This week I was looking through my electronic wallet – yes a program on my PC to keep track of passwords, accounts, etc.

While looking thtough it I decided to “clean up”. More than a 1,000 password for sites is not right. And sure enough, most of those “services” are no longer available.

Beta seems to be changed from “please test our pre-production code” to “please test our business plan and perhaps even tell us how to make money out of this thing because we don’t know how and our investors want their money back soon”.

Many of those site just redirected to spam pages full of ads.

That’s one of the reasons why I rather have my password file on my PC than “on the cloud”.

Seriously, free services don’t work. People (consumers) don’t want to pay for services, and “free” can’t survive for long while “free”…

]]> By: Lucy Barrow http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Lucy Barrow Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:53:58 +0000 http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/?p=145#comment-196 Hi Suzie, Sadly, I don't think this will be the last of these types of situations. I was also very sad to read the story of the school using Google Lively, which is due to cease operation on 31st December. http://digiteendreamteam.blogspot.com/2008/12/in-google-we-trusted-and-now-our.html There seems to be a little uncertainty now about "the cloud" and I know it's making me a little nervous! Even the simple situation I was faced with the other day, where I lost my "to-do's" from my iGoogle page, was enough to make me nervous! I can only imagine how others must feel who have lost a great deal more of their work. Hi Suzie,
Sadly, I don’t think this will be the last of these types of situations.
I was also very sad to read the story of the school using Google Lively, which is due to cease operation on 31st December. http://digiteendreamteam.blogspot.com/2008/12/in-google-we-trusted-and-now-our.html
There seems to be a little uncertainty now about “the cloud” and I know it’s making me a little nervous! Even the simple situation I was faced with the other day, where I lost my “to-do’s” from my iGoogle page, was enough to make me nervous! I can only imagine how others must feel who have lost a great deal more of their work.

]]> By: Craig Steed http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Craig Steed Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:50:13 +0000 http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/?p=145#comment-195 That's such a bummer Suzie and bad form that you didn't get an opportunity to do something with your feed collection prior to them pulling the plug - a bit of a warning would be nice, as would a response to your request for help. Let's hope this actually isn't a sign of the times. That’s such a bummer Suzie and bad form that you didn’t get an opportunity to do something with your feed collection prior to them pulling the plug – a bit of a warning would be nice, as would a response to your request for help. Let’s hope this actually isn’t a sign of the times.

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