Comments for Alister Cameron // Blogologist

Comment on My Twitter account has been suspended! by Pat Testing

Pat Testing — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:33:05 +0000

This has happened to 3 people I know in the last week! None of them had any reasoning given and no response to queries!

Comment on My Twitter account has been suspended! by Shainaly

Shainaly — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:50:06 +0000

I just had my account suspended, but I have no idea how it happened. I haven’t got any e-mails from Twitter explaining either…

Comment on My prediction for 2012 and beyond: gamification of the entire social web by Len Garden

Len Garden — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:18:00 +0000

With the huge reservation that I have not read any of your posts but this one, I would say you’re stating the obvious about ambient data as it pertains to individual persons. The difference (and reason you have so much to still think out) is that most of the work you’re imagining will earn bucks will come from the predictive analysis, something that ranges from routine (path analysis of likely eateries between workplace and home) to the sublime–what kind of car or home the individual is likely to purchase. Good luck in figuring out any one part of that puzzle. Thanks for a thought-provoking post. I’ll let you know if any breakthroughs this end. One question: Any idea of a minimum number worth analyzing? E.g. min. one million before disagregation (transactions, persons, etc.) To help with the frequency of analysis.

Comment on If you don’t have passion and purpose, greater productivity won’t help you! by Framingham MA Realtor

Framingham MA Realtor — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:39:55 +0000

No doubt about it! You can’t take all the money with you that’s for sure. I think so many people get so caught up with making money they forget about actually living their life. I love having goals but it is never the end of the world if I don’t meet them.

Comment on My prediction for 2012 and beyond: gamification of the entire social web by RichieB

RichieB — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:14:55 +0000

Because China runs one massive proxy server, they are actually doing this via a company set-up and managed by an Aussie maths professor. His company crawls 180 million + websites to build a profile of people of interest for whomever is paying…

Comment on My first business card… circa 1990! by vietopps

vietopps — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:38:38 +0000

very creative. But I do not like lines of red dots

In name card

Comment on The unfair, unbearable burden of turning 18 in Australia by Michael

Michael — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:12:43 +0000

Sorry but this article is pretty retarded, sounds like it was written by a 50 year old with no clue what’s going on. Sure when you turn 18 you can do all the things you mentioned (except drive, I got my p plates shortly after turning 17), but what you’re implying is all these burdens fall on your head at the same time, which is ridiculous! It’s not like I’m going to get married and be sued as soon as i turn 18 is it? And your age has nothing to do with finishing high school or starting uni, I finished grade 12 at age 16, some people do at 17 and some are even there till they are almost 19!

All in all, you should get your facts straight before writing puff pieces to try and persuade people the drinking age should be changed.

Ps, I turn 18 in about 10 days

Comment on If your blog looks crap, it IS crap! by Centerville Real Estate

Centerville Real Estate — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:57:51 +0000

Four years later and this is still as relevant as when it was written. With only one opportunity to make a good first impression, the site better look good and have the content visiting consumers want, otherwise they will quickly move on.

Comment on Did I uncover your credit card details on the web today!? by Clicked - I am Clicked (And so can you)

Clicked - I am Clicked (And so can you) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:50:57 +0000

[...] Did I uncover your credit card info? This guy accidentally stumbled upon a database of stolen personal information and goes on to list some security measures. The password advice is really important. I’ve probably told this story before but it’s worth repeating. A billion years ago I managed an online community (not MSNBC.com) and learned that the passwords people used to log into the message board are often the same they use for their e-mail, social groups, bank accounts, porn subscriptions, etc. (I’m not sure what the legalities are about the way I learned this lesson so I’ll skip the details but suffice it to say that I was morally justified because of some threats made in the forum.) Anyway, the point is, your password may be visible to a variety of people who work behind the curtain on the sites you log into so it’s a good idea to keep a few different ones. [...]

Comment on My Twitter account has been suspended! by William Isted

William Isted — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:07:08 +0000

It wasn’t one of those email scams that make you click a survey was it?