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javachik - Sep 20, 2012 10:28:00 pm PDT #21003 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

I kinda think that would be bad even if I weren't being stalked and weren't famous...


omnis_audis - Sep 21, 2012 1:42:12 am PDT #21004 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Does the facebook integration into iOS6 sqick anyone else? I'm wondering how much data mining is going on. It's one thing when you are using the facebook webpage, but if it's integrated into the phone... I dunno. It doesn't sit well with me. Also a little pissy that not all features will work with the latest gen iPad. I understand my iPhone 4 is now in third place, so not all features for it. But the iPad retina?

Not all that impressed with the offerings, such that I feel the need to install it.


§ ita § - Sep 21, 2012 4:48:59 am PDT #21005 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

On the one hand it's too much, on the other too little?


Jon B. - Sep 21, 2012 9:26:25 am PDT #21006 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

What I want to know about the FB integration is, if you turn on Contact synching, if it will still overwrite the email addresses in your contacts with the Facebook emails. That was a BIG issue a few months back when FB changed everyone's primary email to whatever@facebook.com.

I have NOT enabled synching until I know for sure what it does with my existing contacts' email addresses.


Polter-Cow - Sep 21, 2012 10:09:10 am PDT #21007 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

On Android, it will show both sets of information. So if I have someone's phone number already, and it's in their Facebook too, it will be in their Contacts twice.


Zenkitty - Sep 21, 2012 10:41:36 am PDT #21008 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

And I read the other day that Virgin Mobile accounts are pretty easy to hack.

ooh, another good reason to leave Virgin.


omnis_audis - Sep 21, 2012 3:18:03 pm PDT #21009 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Yeah Jon, a great reason not to trust it. I do not want my contact list uploaded into facebook, and vice versa. I work with some celebs. I do not want them in the Facebook data mine, if at all possible.


§ ita § - Sep 21, 2012 8:11:14 pm PDT #21010 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Anyone using Springpad? Especially if you've tried Evernote, and are using it instead of or as well as?

I swear I was, but I go back and look at my usage, and I add or edit something in Evernote every week, if not every day. It's been months since I fired up Springpad, and I can't remember what my rationale was. I'm hovering over the Uninstall button, but I'm looking for use cases first--it's clearly not unpopular.


Jessica - Sep 22, 2012 3:44:01 am PDT #21011 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I swear I was, but I go back and look at my usage, and I add or edit something in Evernote every week, if not every day. It's been months since I fired up Springpad, and I can't remember what my rationale was.

This is me. I signed up for it and it seemed potentially very useful, but I never find myself actually going there.


le nubian - Sep 22, 2012 8:34:04 am PDT #21012 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I have very specific uses for Springpad:

I use it for recipes because I like its recipe layout better than Evernote. But Evernote has a really awesome receipt/shopping plugin that make it much more useful to me.

But mainly I use Springpad for movies, books that are upcoming that I want to see. It notifies me when such things show up in theaters or bookstores or on DVD.