Comments on: Eight Things I’m Supposed to Love But Don’t http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/ The Bivings Report (TBR) is a source of news, insight, research and analysis on the web-based communications industry. TBR content is posted, created and managed by internet strategists, media/communications analysts, web developers, designers and programmers, all of whom are employees of The Bivings Group. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: » 10 comments Joanna Tidball: Web consultancy and copywriting http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-140797 » 10 comments Joanna Tidball: Web consultancy and copywriting Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:38:30 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/#comment-140797 [...] Eight Things I’m Supposed to Love But Don’t at The Bivings Report [...] [...] Eight Things I’m Supposed to Love But Don’t at The Bivings Report [...]

]]> By: DC http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-3183 DC Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:35:17 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/#comment-3183 Interesting post. Here here on Rocketboom. Amanda has zero charm for me. Zefrank is definitely far better. Analytics is very powerful, but you're right, the interface is awful. I've had my head where it shouldn't have been for the past few years so I just found out about Boing Boing. I'm still in the early, passionate stage. 1 out of 5 still isn't bad compared to other sites. Here are some things I don't love but everyone else seems to: The Simpsons (funnier to talk about than to watch) Monty Python (ditto) The Lord of the Rings movies (boooring) Any of the popular videos on youtube Interesting post. Here here on Rocketboom. Amanda has zero charm for me. Zefrank is definitely far better.

Analytics is very powerful, but you’re right, the interface is awful.

I’ve had my head where it shouldn’t have been for the past few years so I just found out about Boing Boing. I’m still in the early, passionate stage. 1 out of 5 still isn’t bad compared to other sites.

Here are some things I don’t love but everyone else seems to:

The Simpsons (funnier to talk about than to watch)
Monty Python (ditto)
The Lord of the Rings movies (boooring)
Any of the popular videos on youtube

]]> By: Rita Desai http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-2962 Rita Desai Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:50:03 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/#comment-2962 Todd, I like BoingBoing (and Lost in Translation. Especially the part where Bill Murray shoots that Japanese commercial) in the same way I like the Ripley's Believe it or Not. You never know what you'll see on there. It's kind of delightful. (Have you seen this? I must have one. http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/28/robot_pencilsharpene.html)The only thing that made me hesitant about Second Life is that I only hear marketers talking about it and not any non-marketers. So, as a consumer, that makes the idea of trying it a lot less exciting. Todd, I like BoingBoing (and Lost in Translation. Especially the part where Bill Murray shoots that Japanese commercial) in the same way I like the Ripley’s Believe it or Not. You never know what you’ll see on there. It’s kind of delightful. (Have you seen this? I must have one. http://www.boingboing.net/2006.....e.html)The only thing that made me hesitant about Second Life is that I only hear marketers talking about it and not any non-marketers. So, as a consumer, that makes the idea of trying it a lot less exciting.

]]> By: J. D. Harper http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-2925 J. D. Harper Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:35:27 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/#comment-2925 I whole-heartedly agree on the RocketBoom thing. I just don't get it, I suppose.With BoingBoing, I usually find myself skimming through it in my feed reader until I see something interesting. FeedDemon has really done a lot to shorten my attention span. With BoingBoing, Engadget, and Gizmodo, I find myself scrolling through really fast, only stopping when there's an interesting-looking picture.I definitely agree on #7. What happens when you lose internet connectivity? And Web Office apps tend to be unbearably slow. I'll stick with Excel. I whole-heartedly agree on the RocketBoom thing. I just don’t get it, I suppose.With BoingBoing, I usually find myself skimming through it in my feed reader until I see something interesting. FeedDemon has really done a lot to shorten my attention span. With BoingBoing, Engadget, and Gizmodo, I find myself scrolling through really fast, only stopping when there’s an interesting-looking picture.I definitely agree on #7. What happens when you lose internet connectivity? And Web Office apps tend to be unbearably slow. I’ll stick with Excel.

]]> By: joanna http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-2920 joanna Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:38:05 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/eight-things-im-supposed-to-love-but-dont/#comment-2920 Particularly with the current plethora of web 2.0 technologies, I think you need to have some kind of process for filtering out those that aren't useful to you and selecting to use only the ones that add value to your work / personal life. It's good to try all the new tools out and understand what they offer, but just because there's a lot of hype around something doesn't mean it's necessarily going to be useful to you as an individual. Personally, Boing Boing doesn't carry enough info that's interesting to me either, although I do like Google Analytics and use it on my own blogs and other sites that I manage. I've yet to try out some of the technologies that you mention, but plan to get around to it soon. Particularly with the current plethora of web 2.0 technologies, I think you need to have some kind of process for filtering out those that aren’t useful to you and selecting to use only the ones that add value to your work / personal life. It’s good to try all the new tools out and understand what they offer, but just because there’s a lot of hype around something doesn’t mean it’s necessarily going to be useful to you as an individual. Personally, Boing Boing doesn’t carry enough info that’s interesting to me either, although I do like Google Analytics and use it on my own blogs and other sites that I manage. I’ve yet to try out some of the technologies that you mention, but plan to get around to it soon.

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