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Comment on Audible DRM issue by Bill Higgins

Bill Higgins — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:27:45 +0000

Leigh: I would suggest the following:

1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac via the cable
2. In iTunes, click on the iPhone icon on the left-nav
3. In the main area in iTunes, click on the “Books” tab
4. Ensure that your settings are configured to sync books (I just sync all ebooks)

Comment on Audible DRM issue by Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:06:30 +0000

I have a related problem. I bought (mostly for free) ebooks that I downloaded into my iPhone. I synced them into iTunes on my MacbookPro. Now they are in the laptop but have disappeared from the iPhone (since a software upgrade.) Why? And how can I get them back? Thanks for any help.

Comment on fun with telemarketers by Jimmy Aring

Jimmy Aring — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:46:42 +0000

Hi Bill
it’s the old adage, ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.’ They’re irritating me so I return the gesture. As with you. I also reply to them with bogus responses. Humour is the way to minimise the annoyance of their intrusive calls. At the same time it puts me in control which it is how it should be for me in my own home. I don’t have to take their calls but when I do it is to have fun. I have a blog site with some of the pranks that I use, on these telepests, made public. I hope you find them of use.

http://prankingtelemarketers87ways.wordpress.com
Cheers Jimmy

Comment on the Jobs DNA by Josh Staiger

Josh Staiger — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:44:24 +0000

Another example: it’s possible for large organizations to do amazing things.

Comment on RESTy long-ops by Heikki Toivonen

Heikki Toivonen — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:01:20 +0000

I did almost the same in a previous company. The create response was the standard 201 Created with Location header. The client then polled on the location where 202 status meant the resource was still being built and finally 200 status when it was done.

Comment on the Uncanny Valley of user interface design by Dean Grizzaffi

Dean Grizzaffi — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:40:54 +0000

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Comment on bleeding edge blues by Patrick Mueller

Patrick Mueller — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:34:08 +0000

My son couldn’t wait to get Lion on his 2 month old MacBook Pro. Wouldn’t listen to his old man. Of course, wasn’t much on it so not much to migrate or cause migration issues, and as noted above, didn’t seem to be any obvious Lion/MacBook issues.

My wife let me know that she couldn’t stand using the old Windows box about a month ago, which meant: upgrade that f*cker to an iMac. Wasn’t pleased to hear about the video issues, but figured, well, that’ll get fixed soon enough. By the time the iMac arrived, 10.7.1 was already available (the day before). Perfect timing.

My MacBook Pro: still running Snow Leopard. 5 months to go.

Comment on the Uncanny Valley of user interface design by Mobile Web App Considerations | Fabwire

Mobile Web App Considerations | Fabwire — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:31:56 +0000

[...] & behavior consideration: the Uncanny Valley of user interface design. Don’t try to make the mobile site look like a native app bc users will have expectations [...]

Comment on Audible DRM issue by Derrick

Derrick — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:17:23 +0000

Hey this looks like a great solution to my incredibly annoying issue. However I have no idea what it all means. Can someone help me in non-computer speak? Thanks

Derrick

Comment on RESTy long-ops by Hendy Irawan

Hendy Irawan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:05:37 +0000

For those who prefer XMPP-y long ops, with true multiple asynchronous updates (no need for polling) with any payload, check out:

http://xws4j.sourceforge.net/

It’s based on XEP-0244 IO Data standard.

As for client support in web browsers, with WebSockets anything is possible