24 posts tagged “mobile”
Really, I swear. I think we need some time apart. Just a bit to figure out what we really want. It's just not working out like I thought. Maybe I had unreasonable expectations. But sometimes, in the middle of the night, you can't even get your own Rich Text Editing to work right. How do you think that makes me feel?
I did the MT thing before, years ago. It was wild and rough, comment spam up the whazoo. I wanted out, something quiet, stable, reliable. I thought that was you, but maybe I was wrong.
I miss being.. free. I have so much freedom with my other webapps. I can update my task list on Remember the Milk so many different ways, I can't even decide which one to stick and use: IM, Twitter, a Dashboard widget, Google Calendar, mobile and more. I thought we'd be something like that. Fun, and exciting, and right on the edge. One of those relationships.
You have a reasonably nice Flickr interface. It would have been nice to have more access to Flickr functions like friends' photos, and groups, but they say every relationship needs compromise, right? But even the YouTube interface is lacking; is the search box searching names, or tags, or what? Books is just as bad and you're the one profiting from our libraries and reviews!
The more I write this, the more used I feel.
I thought we'd get to design our own templates together eventually, not just some cheap headers and a used bit of borders and backgrounds. You only let me add my own sidebar content so recently, almost a guilty concession on your part. You think I don't notice these things?
Where's the slick mobile interface? MT has an iPhone interface. Every other major blog service offers up to complete control of design through CSS. I know you're trying to save me and yourself, a la MySpace, but really. C'mon. Adding commercially branded templates doesn't cut it. Domain pointing. Spam control. More sidebar control with widgets, or something similar. Ability to run my own ads, since you're also profiting from ads on my blog. APIs, so we can have third-party tools for blogging and editing. Even Blogger offers all this.
And if you think you'll be swamped without enough profit, I'd be happy to pay $25/year for a decent product, just as I do with Flickr, Recipezaar, Remember the Milk and other sites that don't shortchange their user base.
I just don't understand you. You have access to all sorts of cool, sweet tech. We've been together for over a year now, and I just don't see enough changes. I'm sooo ready to walk out that door.
Even then - I have all this content on here now. Can I get my stuff back?
So I'm here at OSCON and already having fun. It's amazing how much I've learned in the past couple of years. The conversations are interesting, the people are nicer, the topics are familiar and fascinating - it's a whole new experience. :-)
The spouse-unit and I stopped by the Kwik-E Mart on the way home. There was a line out front, which was pretty funny. :-)
On my way back from the farmers market, I saw that the Transformers movie is playing and they have a few of the Autobots out front. Pretty neat. :-)
Not doing nearly as well today as I was yesterday, but oh well. Visibility's going now, too. The spouse-unit and I are trying to plan another trip to Mammoth in a month - wanna come? :-)
It's really windy tonight. I hope our house doesn't blow away like in the Wizard of Oz.
Asked the nice immigration lady about cabs to euston. She recommended a coach straight to brimingham, cheaper and only two hours. So I'm at the station waiting now, with my leopard print luggage.
Which gets me lots of stares, btw! I guess it just doesn't match. They must expect someone like mom, really. *sigh* I'm just not glam enough!
Wow. What a day. Have I mentioned earlier that I hate flying these days? I hate TSA, and I hate most airlines (Virgin Atlantic being the sole exception).
Woohoo! I think the window seat next to me might be empty. If I would be so lucky...
I think I brought too much yarn. I also brought my swift, ball winder, two dozen hooks, a couple of pairs of needles and a few other odds and ends. I also packed a couple of bottles of dessert wine for my aunt and I'm just praying that they don't break.
I gave up on my loverly little Samsonite. The upside is that I definitely have room for my swift now and will prolly need to pad out this much-larger suitcase with more yarn.
In order to travel as lightly through security as possible without being nekked, I've opted to pack all my knitting in my checked luggage. I'm only taking two balls of sock yarn and a fingering-weight shawl project on the plane with me, all crochet.
Ugh. Only half packed. Still need to work out power, adaptors, work stuff, house stuff.
Ugh. I fly out in 3 days and I'm so not packed yet. I have this small little Samsonite hand luggage thing and there's just no way I'm going to fit clothes, presents, stash yarn and knit/crochet projects all in there together. Oh, and I have my Crumpler backpack, but with the camera, laptop, and cables, I'll only have room for one, maybe two balls of sock yarn. Hmmph.
