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Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Theodosia - Jul 11, 2007 1:32:55 am PDT #2150 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

At last, something that the iPhone can't do!

Not that I'm jealous or anything. And I did get to play with one at the Apple Store last week and was filled with technolust such as I've not felt in a long long time. But I shall be strong, and unemployed to boot.

If I buy an iPhone, will the wonderfulness get me a job?


hippocampus - Jul 11, 2007 4:29:59 am PDT #2151 of 25496
not your mom's socks.

oh hivemind with the 1s and 0s... I am looking for a good (affordable-to-cheap/free) way to brainstorm and plan online with a farflung (and somewhat high-maintenance) group. Asynchronous is preferred. I've been given an extra project - develop a 3-year strategic plan with 50+ community members from around the country. Lots of ideas will be generated. But no new staff to take the extra work. Whee. Still, online planning is much preferred over 7:30pm town-hall meetings every three weeks. I would be so grateful for the help.

am iphone jealous. even with the whitefont oversight.


Theodosia - Jul 11, 2007 4:41:07 am PDT #2152 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

FWIW, I understand GTalk has added conferencing -- you'd all be on the same IM chat, if typed conversation is what you like. For cheap voice, I dunno.


§ ita § - Jul 11, 2007 5:03:41 am PDT #2153 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

There was a piece of online software being used in the revision of the cheesebutt page, but I can't remember offhand what it was.


le nubian - Jul 11, 2007 5:14:07 am PDT #2154 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Sox,

have you tried Campfire? I have heard a lot of good things about it.

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amych - Jul 11, 2007 5:15:48 am PDT #2155 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Campfire is excellent; I've also heard good things of Zoho Project (haven't used it, but I like a lot of their other tools.)


hippocampus - Jul 11, 2007 5:37:14 am PDT #2156 of 25496
not your mom's socks.

Thank you ita, le nubian & amych! I'm checking them out now. you all rock. If I had iphones, I would share.


Rob - Jul 11, 2007 5:39:32 am PDT #2157 of 25496

Has anyone had the touch wheel on their iPod fail?

Resetting the iPod might help. Try moving the lock switch to locked, then back to unlocked, then holding down menu and the center button for five seconds or so. The screen will flash and then the iPod will spend a while rebooting.


Sue - Jul 11, 2007 7:31:15 am PDT #2158 of 25496
hip deep in pie

Resetting the iPod might help. Try moving the lock switch to locked, then back to unlocked, then holding down menu and the center button for five seconds or so. The screen will flash and then the iPod will spend a while rebooting.

I tried to reboot last night, but the sweet spot where the click wheel works for play/pause is so small I couldn't get it to work. It was making the iPod play music at high speed, though. I tried again just now, and the iPod shut down as if it was going to reboot, and I held it down for at least 10 seconds, but as soon as I lifted my fingers from the buttons, it would just pop back on where it was playing before.

It's now frozen in the on position and still won't reboot. I think I may have to wait for the battery to run down and try again.


esse - Jul 11, 2007 7:43:17 am PDT #2159 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Sox, the Google suite of applications has the conferencing feature, as well as real-time editing of Google Docs and Google Spreadsheet. There's another online application that does something similar to Google Docs but is a bit more developed--I'll have to remember the name. That is, if you want your docs to be edited in real-time online.