[CGUYS] Gentle Sellout for Pre
I really like my Palm Tungsten so I'm watching the Pre rollout with interest. Looks like there were lines at the stores and the small number of available Pres sold out by noon. Unlike the crazy iPod crush, the limited availability made for a better customer experience. Reports were that store staff could take the time to make the sale right and get the customer running before they left the store. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do? command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Mobile+and +Wireless&articleId=9134058&taxonomyId=15&pageNumber=1 Also of interest is the ability of the Pre to sync with iTunes libraries. This may be giving Apple heartburn, but Apple blocking the Pre could give anti-trust regulators heartburn. Wouldn't it be nice if Apple found a way to be gracious about it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] On Demand Books [Was: Blogging for marketing & networking (was: Blogging: is it worth it?)
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Constance Warner wrote: > > And the lengths to which they go to keep their names before the publishers > and the public are truly amazing. Blogs, websites, and social media are > some of the electronic means they use to do so; and I know one author who > managed to get her book onto the New York Times bestseller list by, in part, > handing out chocolates. (The author, BTW, is Maria Snyder, and she's a > genius at publicity; her book, "Poison Study," is a terrific read. But > there are also lots of other manuscripts that are just as good that DON'T > make it into print.) > I really hope the chocolates were disconnected from the title of her book. There are other models to be published. Community is important. Lawrence Watt-Evans, an author of SF/Fantasy/Horror, who has over thirty books to his name has written books on a modified Street Performer Protocol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Performer_Protocol He wasn't getting contracts to write books in a long running and beloved series. He wanted the advance to write so he asked his fans to pay the advance and he made chapters available as he wrote them and he got enough money to finance the chapter. At the end a real book was printed by a real publisher who couldn't afford to put up the advance and the contributors who met a certain target got a physical copy. He was posting in the sci-fi groups on usenet as he was writing. The money was coming in fast enough that he never needed to wait. He is still writing in the standard advance / contract mold as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Watt-Evans * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] On Demand Books [Was: Blogging for marketing & networking (was: Blogging: is it worth it?)
On Jun 6, 2009, at 1:34 AM, Constance Warner wrote: Published--that's a little harder. Or if getting published is easy for anyone, please let me in on your secret! I know people with work a lot better than mine who languish for years without selling anything more than a short story or two; and the people who get published have put in a huge amount of effort to get that far--even if they have agents. I own several very good self-published POD books. The author created a PDF and sent that to lulu.com (there are other such companies). Lulu prints the book on demand and fills the order, splitting the revenue with the author. Lulu has a distribution service that lists these books on Amazon. Barnes and Noble, etc. http://www.lulu.com/ publish/books/?cid=us_home_nav_bk I just followed up on one of there books. I see that 2 years later the author updated the book and Peach Pit Press published it. I also see that he has gotten out of the book business and now runs a home- based consulting company in the same field as the book. I don't know whether this should be called a success or not. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3
On Jun 3, 2009, at 11:59 PM, Rev. Stewart A. Marshall wrote: I am not sure how unbiased this persons comments are but it kind of tells the story of E3. Nintendo and Sony look to be using technologies appropriate for the home. M$ looks to be taking a price is no object approach. Something that will be a big hit with Bill and his fellow millionaires. Is that not what got Sony in trouble with the PS3? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3
> Nintendo and Sony look to be using technologies appropriate for the > home. M$ looks to be taking a price is no object approach. Something > that will be a big hit with Bill and his fellow millionaires. Is that > not what got Sony in trouble with the PS3? No price has been announced, but MS has said that they want to make it very affordable. Also note that it will work with all existing hardware and thus will not require a new Xbox. We'll have to see. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will
Why am I not surprised? http://www.pcworld.com/article/166024/ microsoft_tries_to_force_you_to_use_bing.html? loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g26:r10:c0.023904:b24935762 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will
t.piwowar wrote: Why am I not surprised? http://www.pcworld.com/article/166024/microsoft_tries_to_force_you_to_use_bing.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g26:r10:c0.023904:b24935762 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * That's why I use Firefox and, hate IE with a passion. Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will
Oddly, Bing is so good I'm not sure it would even be _necessary_ to force anyone to use it. I'm really glad to see *someone* can compete head-on with Google. On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:26 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > Why am I not surprised? > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/166024/ > microsoft_tries_to_force_you_to_use_bing.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g26:r10:c0.023904:b24935762 > > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3
You have a link on suspected price? On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 1:17 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > On Jun 3, 2009, at 11:59 PM, Rev. Stewart A. Marshall wrote: > >> I am not sure how unbiased this persons comments are but it kind of tells >> the story of E3. >> > > Nintendo and Sony look to be using technologies appropriate for the home. > M$ looks to be taking a price is no object approach. Something that will be > a big hit with Bill and his fellow millionaires. Is that not what got Sony > in trouble with the PS3? > > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3
Have not seen anything on this and I guess that is what my earlier rants were about. This is all pre beta stuff. They introduced the technology and now it has to be out into games. Could make a huge difference in how games are played. Yet we have nothing to look at or see yet, except what was introduced at E3. Will it be low enough in prices so that it becomes a big consumer hit. We will not know that till the first game gets introduced and we see how much the technology will cost with this game. In the mean time the new Tiger Woods Golf 10 with a new motion sensor for the Wii is introduce this month for $59.95. It may not be as neat as Project Natal is, but it is close to within my budget. Stewart At 08:07 PM 6/6/2009, you wrote: You have a link on suspected price? On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 1:17 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > On Jun 3, 2009, at 11:59 PM, Rev. Stewart A. Marshall wrote: > >> I am not sure how unbiased this persons comments are but it kind of tells >> the story of E3. >> > > Nintendo and Sony look to be using technologies appropriate for the home. > M$ looks to be taking a price is no object approach. Something that will be > a big hit with Bill and his fellow millionaires. Is that not what got Sony > in trouble with the PS3? > > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will
> Why am I not surprised? > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/166024/microsoft_tries_to_force_you_to_u > se_bing.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g26:r10:c0.023904:b24935762 So, if this was intentional, why only IE6? What's the sense of that? I don't know what the national stats are, but IE6 is only about 15% of IE visits to my site. Why not glitch IE7 (80%)? Even better, why not glitch all the versions? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
