I wish you all the best for the upcoming year! May it be a good one.
It’s December, and we need a song to say so on #MusicMonday. I think this singer was a “one hit wonder”, I don’t remember any other song of hers. But she made it that this track is played on the radio every year.
It’s December, and we need a song to say so on #MusicMonday. I think this singer was a “one hit wonder”, I don’t remember any other song of hers. But she made it that this track is played on the radio every year.
I have never featured the same artist twice on #MusicMonday, but this is also the first time they sent me a “thank you” note, even recommended their latest recording and With or without you (originally by U2) is still a classic. So enjoy the Harp Twins once more!
I have never featured the same artist twice on #MusicMonday, but this is also the first time they sent me a “thank you” note, even recommended their latest recording and With or without you (originally by U2) is still a classic. So enjoy the Harp Twins once more!
Most of my Facebook friends are cautious people who are sensible of the implications of an online profile, so I can’t remember any of them having had difficulties or embarassing moments due to oversharing. They also know their way around the privacy settings and how to hide their profile or friend list from strangers (or even friends).
One thing, however, that irritates me when browsing the friend list, are the friends that use fake names or shortened forms such as Ma Ny or Lo La. Combined with a photo of their dog or a random sunset, it makes me think for a second: “Who is this person again?” Guys, this is a Facebook! A collection of pictures and names of the people I know. I think of it as a dynamic extension of my address book, in which I also prefer having full, real names (unless the person acts under a different, well-known pseudonym, but that’s a different story …).
Now you may argue that you’re doing it for privacy reasons, and I can see the noble intentions behind it, but I believe that changing one’s name is not the right strategy to protect one’s privacy. It could even invoke a false sense of security.
A fake name is not the best way to protect you from stalkers, your boss or other annoying people:
Facebook has privacy settings that allow you to hide your profile from search, both in Facebook and on external search engines. You can also limit messages to friends and new friend requests to friends of friends, or block certain people. I believe these are better methods to prevent yourself from being found and stalked than changing your name, which may also annoy your friends.
A fake name doesn’t do much to hide your identity from Facebook:
If you think your enemy is not your boss but Mark Zuckerberg, think again. Facebook’s business model is to take your demographics and the observed behavior on Facebook and attached sites, e.g. your “likes”, and serve advertisements that fit your interests so you hopefully click on them. Is your name relevant for this?! Not much. If you still think Facebook shouldn’t know your name, because it allows matching with your real world identity, think about your email address or other associated accounts. Do they contain your name? If yes, Facebook could get it if they really want it. Which also means, if you really want to build a fake identity (which I cannot endorse, of course) on Facebook, you need more than just a modified name.
A friend asked me whether I could send him an MP3 file to his iPhone. I sent the file to his email address and now he can play the file from his inbox. Not in the native music application (“iPod”) on the iPhone, mind you.
The one and only option to get music stored on an iPhone, it seems, is to sync the whole device with iTunes.
On my Samsung Galaxy SII, I have the following options:
Now these are just the options I have when I have installed and configured the device with my PC. Apart from that, I also have the following options (this is all built in, no third party apps required):
So, what is this blog post?! Is this a rant about the iPhone being a locked-down platform with no choice and Android being much better?! If you think so, this is only half true. Of course I think there should be a way to transfer a single file to an iPhone. But seeing all these options I have on my Android phone, I might get overwhelmed by the choice: How should I do it? What is the right tool for job? I can understand a non-technical person already being tired when reading the list of options.
It is Apple’s philosophy for their devices not to do everything but whatever they do they do it really well. Apple has to support only a limited set of features, compared to other vendors who compete on the feature counter - but that often means some of those features may not work perfectly.
So, does this mean I personally prefer the Apple way?! Not at all. I would never exchange my Samsung Galaxy SII for an iPhone. But you have to consider I’m a person who loves playing with technology. I can understand anyone who prefers the iOS simplicity approach.
Great that we have various mobile ecosystems and everyone can find what’s right for them. Now that’s choice! Sorry fanboys for not taking part in your battle :-)
An interesting interview with AirBnB covering the roots of the company and their international expansion to Germany. Worth watching if you like AirBnB or simply inspiring entrepreneurial stories.
(Source: gruenderszene.de)
An interesting interview with AirBnB covering the roots of the company and their international expansion to Germany. Worth watching if you like AirBnB or simply inspiring entrepreneurial stories.
(Source: gruenderszene.de)
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