Comments for Hello World! from Chad Kluck http://chadleighkluck.net Technology tips, tricks, and info from Chad for friends, family, small orgs, and anyone else who cares Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How about a new phone? I’d take an Android or Windows Phone 7 by Bobby Massage http://chadleighkluck.net/2010/12/how-about-a-new-phone/#comment-12 Bobby Massage Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:29:04 +0000 http://chadleighkluck.net/?p=373#comment-12 Hey Chad, good article. I do have a data plan, but I'm in the exact same boat for wanting a newer Android or Windows Phone 7. For Android, I desire the cleanest Android experience as possible, like the Nexus One and Nexus S. Things like MotoBlur and HTC Sense, I see no use for. Windows Phone 7 seems to be an exciting new entry into the smart phone space, and I would dig getting my hands on one. If I could find someone to subside my predilection for cheap/free hardware, I would be all set . Best. -B Hey Chad, good article.

I do have a data plan, but I’m in the exact same boat for wanting a newer Android or Windows Phone 7.

For Android, I desire the cleanest Android experience as possible, like the Nexus One and Nexus S. Things like MotoBlur and HTC Sense, I see no use for.

Windows Phone 7 seems to be an exciting new entry into the smart phone space, and I would dig getting my hands on one.

If I could find someone to subside my predilection for cheap/free hardware, I would be all set .

Best. -B

]]> Comment on Mobile App or Mobile Site? by QR Codes – My restful vacation led to a work-related inquiry | Hello World! http://chadleighkluck.net/2010/06/mobile-app-or-mobile-site/#comment-8 QR Codes – My restful vacation led to a work-related inquiry | Hello World! Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:19:12 +0000 http://chadleighkluck.net/?p=224#comment-8 [...] careful readers may note that I mentioned use of an App, even after I discouraged creating apps for your site in a previous post. I’ve come under (friendly) prodding from one reader about whether apps [...] [...] careful readers may note that I mentioned use of an App, even after I discouraged creating apps for your site in a previous post. I’ve come under (friendly) prodding from one reader about whether apps [...]

]]> Comment on Mobile App or Mobile Site? by ChadKluck http://chadleighkluck.net/2010/06/mobile-app-or-mobile-site/#comment-7 ChadKluck Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:53:11 +0000 http://chadleighkluck.net/?p=224#comment-7 Yes, Eric, you are quite on track and there are many angles. Jeff Jarvis really gets at the "closed-ness" of the app world, which I didn't want to dive into too much as I'm just scratching the surface and trying to quell the belief that "so-and-so has an app, therefore we need to make one too." What I took away from the conversation on the TWiG podcast was that if you deliver content solely by an app, you are limiting your discover-ability by search engines. (Jeff uses the concept of submitting restaurant reviews.) Content on the Web is open to be indexed by a search engine. Content held hostage by an app is not indexable. Possibly useful if you wish to have a subscription service, but still, you can still have a mobile web login page which does the same thing. Imagine if the reviews or user submitted content you see on Google were only available to those with iPhone apps? Now, if your app made user contributed content easier to SUBMIT via the mobile device (if for some reason you couldn't acheive the same using a mobile HTML web page--multiple image upload on a device that doesn't support Flash) then yes, you may want an app for productivity's sake. And yes, your podcast example is quite right. The popularity of apps is quite new (though they have been around since before the iPhone) and with new things (like buzz words) everyone wants to jump on and call themselves an app. We have a podcast. No, you don't, you just have 3 audio files on your web site with no intent of scheduling more. We have an app for that. No, you don't you just created another browser for the iPhone that shows content that you could just as easily make readily available your web site. Just putting content in an app does not make it an app. Yes, Eric, you are quite on track and there are many angles. Jeff Jarvis really gets at the “closed-ness” of the app world, which I didn’t want to dive into too much as I’m just scratching the surface and trying to quell the belief that “so-and-so has an app, therefore we need to make one too.” What I took away from the conversation on the TWiG podcast was that if you deliver content solely by an app, you are limiting your discover-ability by search engines. (Jeff uses the concept of submitting restaurant reviews.) Content on the Web is open to be indexed by a search engine. Content held hostage by an app is not indexable. Possibly useful if you wish to have a subscription service, but still, you can still have a mobile web login page which does the same thing. Imagine if the reviews or user submitted content you see on Google were only available to those with iPhone apps?

Now, if your app made user contributed content easier to SUBMIT via the mobile device (if for some reason you couldn’t acheive the same using a mobile HTML web page–multiple image upload on a device that doesn’t support Flash) then yes, you may want an app for productivity’s sake.

And yes, your podcast example is quite right. The popularity of apps is quite new (though they have been around since before the iPhone) and with new things (like buzz words) everyone wants to jump on and call themselves an app. We have a podcast. No, you don’t, you just have 3 audio files on your web site with no intent of scheduling more. We have an app for that. No, you don’t you just created another browser for the iPhone that shows content that you could just as easily make readily available your web site.

Just putting content in an app does not make it an app.

]]> Comment on Mobile App or Mobile Site? by Eric M. Larson http://chadleighkluck.net/2010/06/mobile-app-or-mobile-site/#comment-6 Eric M. Larson Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:35:39 +0000 http://chadleighkluck.net/?p=224#comment-6 Quick gut feel after skimming your post, Chad, is that it reminds me of the "podcast" concept when it was first popular. People would say, "I have this one lecture... so I want to make a podcast!" Podcasts are regular (or, at least, "a series of") content that you want people to download and listen to on-demand; putting a link on a web page to an audio file is a fine thing, but it's not a "podcast" -- nor should it be, in many cases. In the same way, a lot of stuff shouldn't be an "app" -- it should just be web-enabled content, which is a perfectly fine and honorable thing to do. I haven't listened to Jeff's audio so maybe I'm off track... but I bet the parallel I'm thinking of makes sense? Quick gut feel after skimming your post, Chad, is that it reminds me of the “podcast” concept when it was first popular. People would say, “I have this one lecture… so I want to make a podcast!” Podcasts are regular (or, at least, “a series of”) content that you want people to download and listen to on-demand; putting a link on a web page to an audio file is a fine thing, but it’s not a “podcast” — nor should it be, in many cases.

In the same way, a lot of stuff shouldn’t be an “app” — it should just be web-enabled content, which is a perfectly fine and honorable thing to do.

I haven’t listened to Jeff’s audio so maybe I’m off track… but I bet the parallel I’m thinking of makes sense?

]]> Comment on Screen Capture using Jing – Initial Findings by ChadKluck http://chadleighkluck.net/2010/04/screen-capture-using-jing-initial-findings/#comment-3 ChadKluck Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:45:15 +0000 http://chadleighkluck.net/?p=170#comment-3 The videos are limited to 5 minutes in length, which shouldn't be a problem as it needs to be done in one take anyway and people's attention spans are short. So if you are doing short explanations, or a series of short explanations, as well as on-the-fly training, this is still viable. Just know that you are limited to recording no more than 5 minutes, you can't edit, and if you royally mess up you need to start over. I've found this kind of "live" pressure keeps you on the game anyway. When I do stuff on a live broadcast, I correct myself and go on. When I do recordings i can mess up, restart, mess up, etc, etc and find myself worsening the situation than if I just moved on. The videos are limited to 5 minutes in length, which shouldn’t be a problem as it needs to be done in one take anyway and people’s attention spans are short. So if you are doing short explanations, or a series of short explanations, as well as on-the-fly training, this is still viable. Just know that you are limited to recording no more than 5 minutes, you can’t edit, and if you royally mess up you need to start over.

I’ve found this kind of “live” pressure keeps you on the game anyway. When I do stuff on a live broadcast, I correct myself and go on. When I do recordings i can mess up, restart, mess up, etc, etc and find myself worsening the situation than if I just moved on.

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