Comments for Rob Fahrni

Comment on Facebook hates the open web by Rob Fahrni

Rob Fahrni — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:19:56 +0000

James,

I totally get that. As I was creating the post I realized how easy it is for non-techies to have a presence on the web. It’s a no brainer.

It’s a great distribution mechanism.

Comment on Facebook hates the open web by James Robertson

James Robertson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:23:02 +0000

On the other hand – I started a podcast devoted to the Skyrim game recently. There is simply no way we could have built up the listener community without Facebook. Telling me to use forum software is not an answer; no one wants to register for the umpteenth website.

Comment on Facebook hates the open web by Prasenjeet

Prasenjeet — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:21:06 +0000

Yes, they announced this a few months ago. Very irritating. See this post — it lists some of their other dodgy practices: http://dashes.com/anil/2011/11/facebook-is-gaslighting-the-web.html

Comment on No, not in America? by James Robertson

James Robertson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:29:28 +0000

I have no love of Santorum, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day. The emptying of the mental hospitals in the 70′s put a lot of people on the street who actually do fit that description. Probably not what he had in mind, but true nevertheless

Comment on They have a design team? by Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:18:59 +0000

Hmm, I think Facebook is pretty well laid out. It’s easy to navigate, contains an truck load of information, creates easy conversations, utilizes a simple photo system and so on. Compared to many websites I’ve used I think Facebook is quite nice. It understand that it’s not the minimalistic look you like, but I don’t think it’s anywhere near being a “giant disaster”. I find it easy to use considering the amount of stuff that goes on within this particular SM platform.

Comment on Learn the Basics by James Robertson

James Robertson — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:02:11 +0000

The funny thing is, standardized testing isn’t the biggest problem. A lot of school – right through high school – is inane process following. Kids need a specific size notebook (often a specific color) for each class. They have to file massive amounts of paper specifying that they’ve done this or that task. At least half of school is now stupid process; I suspect that many of us who graduated in the late 70′s and early 80′s couldn’t tolerate the modern system. What we need is fewer anal types teaching and designing teaching rules. The tests are the very, very least of our problems….

Comment on Backing up Twitter by Rob Fahrni

Rob Fahrni — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:49:52 +0000

I like the sound of it as well, how should/could we go about making it happen?

I don’t have the time to invest in it.

Comment on Backing up Twitter by Kepford

Kepford — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:23:33 +0000

Sounds like a great service that I would be happy to pay for. Who’s going to build it?

Comment on Fulton Mall Fiasco by Rob Fahrni

Rob Fahrni — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:36:27 +0000

Shannon, I completely agree with you, I think. I think Fresno should leave the Fulton Mall alone and focus on getting some fairly large employers to move downtown.

When I worked at Pelco I always thought it would’ve been really cool for Pelco to take the lead and move a group of us downtown.

I don’t know much about Ikea, but that could be good, I suppose?

A great mix of nine to five office workers, restaurants, and shopping is what’s needed. Fresno needs to find a way to make that attractive to companies. Tax breaks maybe?

Comment on Fulton Mall Fiasco by Shannon Willson

Shannon Willson — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:04:11 +0000

The problem with downtown Fresno has NOTHING to do with the Fulton Mall. This is actually the only cool thing about the area. What they need are some anchor destinations and removal of all of the parking meters. Something big would draw other businesses into downtown…maybe an IKEA…? The City leaders need to develop (or hire someone with) some imagination!!