John Milner - Latest Comments

Re: http://blog.johnmilner.com/post/18135539676

John Milner — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:03:10 -0000

Well maybe not all today... but I'm about to go get that lucky #15 right now.

Re: http://blog.johnmilner.com/post/18135539676

Brendan Farrar-Foley — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:45:07 -0000

you had 14 coffees today?!

Re: Move to Tumblr or stay on Posterous?

John Milner — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:07:03 -0000

There was no good way to migrate all the old posts so i didnt. What you are able to do is set a RSS feed to import into tumblr (in your settings) and it will pull the last 10 or so posts into tumblr. It was a good point to start fresh.

Re: Move to Tumblr or stay on Posterous?

ocean — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:05:00 -0000

Hi I agree with u, Tumblr's just better designed & more social.
I am thinking to make the switch, did u migrate all the old posts over as well? If u did, mind sharing how? =)

Re: Tweetdeck Syncing Sucks

Guest — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:24:58 -0000

BTW it's good to put the conclusion at the top. Saves time for busy people.

Re: Comcast SUCKS! - Service update

Alison — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:08:58 -0000

Sounds like something that happened to me when I used to subscribe to Comcast. I also quit them and went to work and subscribe with DISH Network instead. I'm very glad in my switch and haven't had any problems since I left Comcast behind. I do recommend people checking out this website www.besttvforme.com and see all the comparisons of all the TV providers out there! It's what led me to DISH Network and I couldn't be happier! :)

Re: Just made my first Ally eCheck deposit!

Josh — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:49:10 -0000

as a bank, Ally is unbelievable for 2011 -- they have great customer service, knowledgeable employees who can always help, 24/7. At first I was a little bewildered by needed to snail mail checks or money orders to open accounts or deposit, with the extra option of having a second account. I'm 26 and have never needed a second bank with accounts, although, with ally, and less fees, and a much greater level of explanation in any question I ask, I now have a small bank in ohio, and US Bank, which is nation wide as well as Ally. I, partially to more hours at work, and less being toyed around by a bank, have almost double what I had when I started ally last september, having taken off 3 months of work for an extended vacation, and my wisdom teeth being pulled, I feel more in control that ever -- saying that, even with these set backs, I'm still doing better saving, and it feels like a friend is there, just a call or email away.

Re: Just made my first Ally eCheck deposit!

Ally Bank — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:33:43 -0000

We're very happy to see this, John, and glad that you like the new feature! Our responses has been almost uniformly positive, but it's still always nice to hear. Also, I know you've already seen us share this on Twitter, but we shared your post on our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/AllyBa... <http: 227742760575628="" allybank="" posts="" www.facebook.com="">

Don't hesitate to let us know if you ever need anything from us and thanks again for the great write-up! And stay tuned for even more great improvements to Ally in the near future.

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Re: Just made my first Ally eCheck deposit!

John Milner — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:55:57 -0000

Fully agree the 10 minutes is well worth skipping the 2-3 day EFT time. I
used our network office scanning system which is setup for documents which
is the only reason I had to do a little fiddling. Otherwise, its very easy
as you mentioned.

Re: Just made my first Ally eCheck deposit!

Jean — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:44:59 -0000

I just did my first too! Sooo excited to finally have this feature. Two specific comments to your post: I didn't have to do anything to my scanner - everything worked with no fuss. Smooth as silk. And, I generally would agree that 10 minutes per check is too long, but I'll make that sacrifice if it means I skip the trip to the bank (AND skip the 2-3 day wait for electronic transfer). Even at 10 minutes for each check.

VERY happy with Ally!

Re: Google Calendar Quick add via email?

Eric Entzel — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:15:27 -0000

I wondered the exact same thing, and created http://www.myeventbot.com/ to do just that. I'd love to hear how it works for you.

Re: Pandora vs. Last.fm round 1

Guest — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:35:53 -0000

Unfortunately (fortunately?), there are plusses and minuses to both.

Last.fm is prettier, free, has a better music selection, allows "playlists", has a free desktop version… but is a bit complicated and clunky as an app.

Pandora is simpler, and allows multiple "stations under a single user account.

Re: Reducing the content I consume for more simple living

John Milner — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:36:21 -0000

I'll have to check out Fever, do you use it? I'm pretty happy with google
reader mostly due to the number of apps that sync with it. In fact, i almost
never read from the reader web site, I'm almost always using Reeder on the
iPhone or NetNewsWire on the Mac.

'sorting out' is still in the stage I'm in and I haven't even begun to
consider harmonizing all the sources of information i consume (ie, tags, and
info services). That actually seems to be one of my biggest hurdles, my Zeo
wont talk to my diet and exercise tracking (MyNetDiary) which doesn't talk
to my pedometer (FitBit) and on and on. In order for these services to
become more wildly used and useful they need to start implementing API's to
allow these services to talk with each other.

Let me know how sorting out your digital life goes.

Re: Reducing the content I consume for more simple living

edwardmatheson — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:13:24 -0000

I have have been playing with personal meta data for a while and just generally 'sorting out' and refining my digital life. I feel it is coming together but still a few things that I need to consolidate e.g. tag lists (I have different tags in delicious, blog, my wiki, and everywhere else.

You might like to look at http://feedafever.com/

Re: Google Calendar Quick add via email?

John Milner — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:55:25 -0000

That's a great workaround! Thanks for posting, I'll have to give it a try. There are a lot of step in the set up (each step has a potential fairlure capacity), but its mostly all google so I'll give it a try.

Re: Google Calendar Quick add via email?

h00rj — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:36:07 -0000

Using Google Voice, set up your email as a forward address. Sign up for the sms alerts with your Gvoice number and reply to that number from the forwarded email like you would the sms and it'll be posted to your calendar just as if you had sent an sms. (I tested this just now, and it worked.)

Re: Restaurant review – avoid SEGO in Ketchum ID like the plague!

Scott Jordan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:41:30 -0000

John I could not agree more with all of your comments and think the posts defending the restaurant are ridiculous. I am a local here and what occurred to you was insane. I am glad Sego is trying to make things right. Frankly if a restaurant or anyone attempts to defend what you describe as "ok" is insane. I am glad the restaurant even acknowledges the issue. People get a grip. A restaurant should not take reservations if it can't offer great service. Period. Don't make excuses, make it better.

My beef was only that the food, or at least what I ordered, was just simply bad food, and poorly prepared.

The service was "ok" which is fine.

Scott Jordan
www.scottevest.com

PS: I have heard from MANY people who share the experience relayed by John. He is not alone.

Re: Restaurant review – avoid SEGO in Ketchum ID like the plague!

Scott Jordan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:33:43 -0000

I agree completely. We ate there this past weekend. Still no alcohol served at all yet, but they charge $15 to uncork your bottle. They even have a wine steward that comes over to let you taste your own wine... But I could deal with that if the food was ok. I LOVE salt but there was way too much salt on the fries and even the ice berg salad. And although the hamburger in grill looked amazing, it was tasteless and undercooked. Over all I rate Segos in Ketchum Idaho a 2 out of 10. Stay away!

Re: Restaurant review – avoid SEGO in Ketchum ID like the plague!

deanrinarson — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:27:34 -0000

Sorry but had the same bad experience

Also how is it allowed to bring your own wine in with out a beer and wine license , and then charge corkage fee . BOY it looks like he is making out real good . So the customer pays for the wine and then pays to have it open what does he pay for ? How about all the other restaurants in town paying for the license taxes and inventory . Maybe no one really needs a licence ?

Re: My favorite TED talk

John Milner — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:50:54 -0000

If that was the case, eventually the only people alive would be those who
have no concern for the environment. Likely not an optimal outcome.

Re: My favorite TED talk

digerati9 — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:20:34 -0000

Right, I'm not saying we should institutionalize it (limiting children), but
an environmentalist with kids is sort of ironic.

Re: My favorite TED talk

John Milner — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:15:08 -0000

I see your point, its much like the point, a vegan in a hummer 1 has a smaller carbon footprint than an omnivore in a prius, but I don't think we should be limiting who can have children, China did that and see where it got them. They have a lot of problems that are starting to manifest from their one child policy. Now encouraging people to consider the ramifications and consequences of having children is a good thing. Just like conserving resources, we should think of the impact of our actions from our transportation, or energy usage, food consumption, and children. Just my 2 cents.

Re: Aperture on MacBook Air

John Milner — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:09:33 -0000

Thanks, even though this is a older post it's still a relevant discussion.

One of things I was trying to do while traveling was go back and organize a lot of old projects (from before my Aperture days) that are just a mess. I didn't get to this on any of my prior trips, sadly. What I did when I didn't want my whole library was just to have the master library on my desktop and a library on my Air. While traveling I would would import photos (managed masters) into the library on the Air and then export the project(s) and re-import these project on the Desktop.

This sounds like what you have been doing if I'm not mistaken. Which seems to be the only way to move projects between computers.

It has been a wile since I had a small library size on my Mac Book Air so while I know the problem I'm running into, besides HD size which is fixable using your method, was the processor couldn't handle running the software very well. It would take multiple seconds (like 15-30) to change pictures (in the browser).

Have you found that when having a smaller library on your laptop (I don't know what laptop you have) improves Aperture performance as compared to a larger (HD size) library?

The wood river valley is a great place for photography. What type of work does your wife do?

Re: My favorite TED talk

digerati9 — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:01:10 -0000

That one seems outrageous when I say it to people, but not having one more
kid will save 1000x the emissions of driving a better vehicle, reusing bags,
and EVERY other green thing you can do in your lifetime to reduce your
impact. Just a thought, if we want to really solve problems we gotta think
outside the box.

Re: My favorite TED talk

John Milner — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:55:08 -0000

I agree we should all use resources more efficiently, and I think we are starting to see a greater movement in this direction (with things like the DC plastic bag tax) and consumers demanding more sustainable products. I'm note sure we should all stop having kids.